Counter-Surveillance

Lin Yun stopped at the jewelry store counter.

The sales clerk was enthusiastically promoting the store's products to him, frequently asking questions and trying to confirm his choices, but Lin Yun paid no attention.

Because his attention was entirely focused on Moko standing to the side.

At this moment, Moko was sitting casually on the counter in front of him, excitedly looking at the jewelry. Every now and then, he would turn his head to glance at Lin Yun, and then continue to immerse himself in his own world.

It seems that in its perception, the ordinary people around it, including Lin Yun, cannot see it.

It's not surprising that he would have such thoughts, after all, Lin Xiaolu and Moko still have no doubts about Lin Yun's ordinary identity, and Moko often walks around in front of him casually. And he has fully demonstrated the composure of an adult, remaining unmoved no matter what Moko.

The result is that even though Moko currently tracking them, he dares not conceal himself at all.

If Lin Yun remembered correctly, more than half a month ago, when he told it how to supervise the two newcomers' magic training, it was still full of confidence and enthusiasm. He never expected that it would turn around and join in the corruption.

Oh well, I shouldn't have relied on it in the first place.

Sighing inwardly, Lin Yun wanted to continue ignoring its presence, but Moko was now lying directly below his field of vision, completely blocking the salesperson's introduction of the products, which unconsciously drew Lin Yun's attention to it.

What to do?

He had to start thinking about this problem.

After a moment's consideration, he decided that continuing to indulge Moko like this wouldn't work; he needed to scare it a little to stop its arrogance. So he simply stretched out his finger and poked it in the direction Moko was.

"Meow!"

Startled by Lin Yun's sudden movement, Moko let out a strange cry and scrambled to the side, looking at Lin Yun with a tense and somewhat suspicious expression.

"Could you show me this one?"

Lin Yun completely ignored it and instead pointed to a crystal pendant in the display case. "It's not very clear through the glass."

He didn't even know which item he was going to point to when he reached out; he just wanted to Moko, so he wasn't actually interested in the pendant. But since he'd already made the move, it was better to play along.

His words and actions were quite natural, and there were no flaws in his motives alone; it was as if he simply wanted to take a look at the piece of jewelry. Moko, watching from a distance, breathed a sigh of relief, his tense mood instantly relaxing.

It began to believe again that it would not be discovered.

It shifted its body and returned to Lin Yun's field of vision, then sat down in a different spot, intending to continue its close-range "tracking".

"Ah, I'm sorry--"

Lin Yun reached out again in that direction. "Let me see this one too, thank you."

Wow!

This time, he didn't intend to directly strike Moko, so he merely made a simple gesture. However, given his previous experience, Moko's heart tightened again, and he jumped up reflexively.

It wasn't until it realized that Lin Yun's hand hadn't actually reached out that it understood it was just a false alarm.

But Lin Yun had no intention of letting it off so easily.

After that, he interacted with Moko several more times, half-jokingly and half-seriously, using various feints to disrupt the pattern and keep Moko completely confused about his true intentions. On one hand, it still felt that Lin Yun seemed unable to see it, but on the other hand, it was often startled by Lin Yun's sudden movements. In the end, it even began to doubt its own luck, and finally learned its lesson and stayed obediently in the distance instead of constantly coming closer.

The distance was just right, so Lin Yun decided not to bother it any further.

The human and the Fairy walked around the mall in this strange relationship until one day, Moko, bored, picked up the phone around its neck. After speaking in a serious manner and answering a few calls, it seemed to receive some new instructions. It glanced at Lin Yun again, then flapped its wings and turned to leave.

Lin Yun quickly realized that his opportunity had arrived.

He didn't know whose idea it was for Moko to follow him, but that didn't stop him from following Moko in return to see what the other party was planning.

He glanced at the merchandise in front of him, politely and naturally said goodbye to the salesperson, and started walking in the direction Moko left.

The shopping plaza was bustling with activity on Saturday, with a large number of customers even in the luxury goods section. Therefore, Lin Yun did not need to deliberately hide his whereabouts. He only needed to hang a little distance behind Moko and slightly conceal his figure when Moco's gaze swept over him.

He followed Moko onto the elevator to the third floor, and then saw Moko fly to the central atrium of the building, where he met two girls who were waiting there.

Without a doubt, those were the two people Lin Yun had anticipated.

He could recognize at a glance that the one with the simple ponytail, wearing a three-piece set of short-sleeved shirt, shorts, and sandals, was Lin Xiaolu; the other one with naturally flowing hair, wearing a T-shirt and denim overalls, was Xia Liang. Both girls were leaning on the railing of the courtyard, seemingly looking down at something.

Upon seeing Moko fly over, and seemingly due to a disagreement during a previous phone conversation, Lin Xiaolu quickly started arguing with it:

"What? You're saying you're always worried about getting bumped when you're too close? Then just keep your distance."

"You might lose track of them if they get too far away? How could you lose track of such a big, living person?"

"How can I follow him? The safest way is from the courtyard. What if I go down and he discovers me while I'm actually tracking him?"

The faint sounds of conversation were right in front of Lin Yun, and because Lin Xiaolu hadn't deliberately lowered her voice, the content was clearly audible.

He looked down from the side of the courtyard with some curiosity and found that from this angle he could just see the luxury goods area. He immediately understood what the two girls were doing there.

"Xiao Lu."

Just then, Xia Liang, who was standing nearby, spoke up with some concern, "Have you seen your father over there?"

"Is there even a need to look? He's been wandering around those places for over an hour, and he's still all alone."

Lin Xiaolu drawled, her hands gripping the railing, and head held high, "I'm starting to wonder if he got stood up?"

"But I can't seem to see him anywhere here." Xia Liang smiled somewhat awkwardly. "Can you find him?"

"Ha?"

Reminded by Xia Liang's words, Lin Xiaolu hurriedly looked down, but after looking left and right, she couldn't see her father anywhere. She was immediately dumbfounded. "No way, have we really lost him?"

The words "How could I lose a living person?" had barely left her mouth for two minutes when they were quickly proven wrong, leaving her flustered and embarrassed, her ears burning.

She hurriedly turned on her phone, trying to locate him again, but then remembered that Moko, had already flown back, and she could no longer pinpoint Lin Yun's location.

So Lin Xiaolu could only stand there, holding her phone.

The two girls stood bewildered by the courtyard, while the culprit, Moko, seemed completely detached, making the scene rather awkward.

Not far away, Lin Yun let out a long sigh.

Since things had escalated to this point, all he could do was go and find out what happened.

So he stepped forward, slowly walked behind Lin Xiaolu, and then gently patted her shoulder:

What are you doing?

"Aaaaaah!" Lin Xiaolu was so startled she almost jumped up.