"...A new issue of South City Weekly, and a copy of Trickcraft magazine."
"...Jiang Han! The Dragon Bus is almost here, hurry up."
"...All right, all right!"
After hurriedly digging out her money and paying, Jiang Han hugged the books she had bought and boarded the Dragon Bus with Chen Ligu. Perhaps because she looked especially small while clutching all those books—and even tinier standing beside Chen Ligu—quite a few witches smiled knowingly.
Sometimes, it really made one wonder whether witches only had the color "pink" in their heads... Jiang Han grumbled inwardly. There were fewer people on the Dragon Bus today, and a comfortable two-person seat was available. She and Chen Ligu went over to sit down. Setting the books on her lap, she stretched out both hands and let out a long huff.
"What did you buy all this for?" Chen Ligu shook the National Daily in her hand.
Jiang Han made an offended-cat sort of purr, grunting in her throat. With puffed cheeks and one hand on her hip, she said:
"To read the news, obviously."
She pointed at the new weekly.
Chen Ligu pursed her lips and pointed at Trickcraft. Its cover still showed Jiang Han with her back to the camera, taking off her dress to reveal a black combat suit. Combined with her profile and neatly groomed single ponytail, she looked unusually handsome—though more than that, she was still...
"What about this one? Boss Kraken already sent us preview copies of its contents." Since the name Kraken was rather uncommon, Chen Ligu used her nickname so Kraken would not overhear their conversation.
Jiang Han lowered her head and huffed.
"I wanted to see how well it was selling. This is the first issue where I went back to model for her magazine."
"Oh." Chen