Then let the witch offer her loyalty

Upon hearing the master's instructions, Dong Xiaobai quickly went to fetch the car keys and walked towards Chen Moxin.

She was very tall, standing at 178 cm barefoot. Now, wearing Mary Jane shoes with high heels and with her dignified posture, never hunching over, she was half a head taller than Chen Moxin.

"Young Master, let me see you off." Dong Xiaobai crossed her arms in front of her and nodded slightly to Chen Moxin, her voice soft and pleasant.

Before leaving, she changed into a pair of flat shoes, went to the garage to get a car, and drove Chen Moxin to the Administration Bureau.

There wasn't much traffic at night, and the driver's cab was dimly lit. All you could see were the neon lights of the tall buildings in the distance, with the faint sound of engines echoing around you.

"Sister Xiaobai."

Chen Moxin looked at the night view outside the window, her voice incredibly deep.

"Do you think that if someone is betrayed and abandoned by the person closest to them, they will hate that person?"

Dong Xiaobai didn't know why Chen Moxin asked such a strange question.

However, she has always considered herself a servant and has never interfered much in the private affairs of the master and young master.

She thought for a moment and replied, "Of course, it's only natural."

Chen Moxin asked with great interest, "Then if I abandoned you, would you hate me?"

"No." This time, Dong Xiaobai didn't even think about it, as if the answer didn't require any thought.

"Oh why?"

Dong Xiaobai's dark eyes reflected the city lights in the distance, as if a dazzling galaxy was shining in his pupils.

"Because you gave me my life."

Chen Moxin smiled slightly after hearing this.

Yes, people in this world mostly come together and part ways, and there is always an insurmountable distance between hearts. For ordinary people, love and hate are just a matter of a moment's thought.

Only someone with a unique experience like Dong Xiaobai would consider others as their everything.

Chen Moxin didn't speak again, but silently gazed out the window, as if looking at someone through the night, her gaze becoming increasingly profound.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at the management bureau.

After Chen Moxin got out of the car, she leaned over the window and smiled gently at Dong Xiaobai, "Sister Xiaobai, I have a lot of things to do tonight, so I probably won't be going home. Don't wait here, go home and get some rest."

"By the way, another cold wave is coming recently, remember to wear fleece-lined clothes so you don't catch a cold."

Dong Xiaobai was taken aback after hearing this.

She and Chen Moxin grew up together and were childhood sweethearts. They had a very good relationship when they were young and often played together.

But ever since Chen Moxin started junior high school, he has had a new life and new friends. In addition, he often doesn't see her because he lives at school, so the two of them communicate less and less and inevitably become somewhat estranged.

In the past, when I drove Chen Moxin somewhere, he would either simply say "I'm leaving" after getting out of the car, or he would just play on his phone without saying a word.

Such concern is truly rare these days.

Looking at Chen Moxin's gentle smile, Dong Xiaobai felt a little lost.

She subconsciously lowered her eyes and nodded goodbye to Chen Moxin.

...

Chen Moxin returned to the Administration Bureau, where the lights were still on at night, and each department had people on night shift.

Upon arriving at the prison area, he saw several supervisors gathered in the control room.

The regulators stood in front of the control panel, watching the huge screen above them, where a series of complex data and waveforms were constantly updating.

It was a monitoring system developed by the Rose Empire's Department of Science and Technology, specifically deployed within the Administration Bureau to monitor the erosion of the witch's body by the rampant madness.

If a witch herself, or her agents, uses psychic energy to cause a frenzied erosion within her body, the instrument will react.

After system data conversion, the degree of madness erosion within the witch's body will be presented in numerical form, which the Administration internally calls "madness value".

The higher the psychic value, the deeper the psychic invasion within the witch's body, and the more dangerous the situation.

The regulators were recording something, and you could vaguely hear someone mentioning Liu Lan's name.

Chen Moxin walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"

The supervisor glanced back at Chen Moxin and said, "The witch named Liu Lan that your team caught, the instruments detected an increase in her blood sugar levels."

Chen Moxin asked, "What exactly is the time?"

监管看着数据说：“19点33分有一段增长，幅度很小。然后是21点07分到21点33分，这期间臆值持续增长，幅度比较大。”

Chen Moxin was very familiar with these two time points.

This was precisely the time when he tested "phase shift".

It seems that although I obtained my spiritual power through the system, it still affects the witch herself when I use it.

He had carefully examined the data.

The witch and the proxy have a complementary relationship.

Men who wish to gain psychic powers must rely on witches.

If a witch wants to increase her tolerance to the corruption of madness, she also needs to establish a spiritual contract with a proxy.

If the witch doesn't act on her behalf, she might go berserk after using her psychic energy seven or eight times in a row.

With the proxy, it's no problem to use it dozens of times in one go.

Just like tonight, Chen Moxin tested the activation conditions of phase shift, using psionic energy no less than twenty times.

Liu Lan's current psychic value is only 24, which is still a long way from the warning point of 60 and the critical point of 120, which is generally considered to be the threshold for the outbreak of psychic rage.

For Chen Moxin, it's still easy to shift the blame for Liu Lan's increased psychic energy level.

He said frankly, "Liu Lan's proxy is still out there and hasn't been caught yet. It must be that guy using psionic energy. Let's continue to monitor him, and contact us immediately if anything happens."

The regulators nodded.

Liu Lan's current level of anxiety is still low; it's fine to keep a record of it, but it hasn't reached the point where we need to sound the alarm yet.

“I have a situation to deal with here, I need to go in and continue interrogating her.” Chen Moxin pointed to the surveillance screen on the other side and said, “Turn off the surveillance in Liu Lan’s room.”

The regulator asked, puzzled, "Why turn off the surveillance?"

The main reason is that Chen Moxin will be using some special wording later, and he doesn't want outsiders to hear it, otherwise it will be troublesome to write a report explaining it later.

It's not good to always whisper and huddle together; we might as well just turn off the surveillance cameras.

Of course, this cannot be said directly.

"Liu Lan is still quite resistant. Without surveillance, her guard will be lowered, which will be beneficial for my interrogation."

The regulators looked at each other and said in a deep voice, "This won't do; it doesn't comply with the regulations."

"Shut it down. If your boss asks, just say I told you to shut it down." Chen Moxin was about to say something when a girl's clear voice suddenly came from behind her.

Luo Lingyou arrived at the prison area at some point.

Chen Moxin is just an unofficial agent. Even if she temporarily takes over the position, she is still an unofficial agent in the end.

The regulators naturally wouldn't make an exception for him.

But Luo Lingyou is a full-time judge from the Tribunal for the Deliberation of Crimes, and she also said that she would take responsibility if anything happened.

The regulators wouldn't refuse such a small favor, and they quickly turned off the surveillance cameras in Liu Lan's room.

Chen Moxin raised an eyebrow at Luo Lingyou and mouthed "thank you".

Luo Lingyou didn't respond, but just leaned against the wall and looked at him with a smile, as if to say - let's see what kind of tricks you can pull this time.

Chapter 10 The rules I approve of are the rules.

(Today is a combined two-chapter update, both chapters will be posted together.)

It was late at night, but Liu Lan couldn't fall asleep at all.

The place she was in was a prison area, where only prisoners were held; the witches who were taken in by the Administration did not live here.

She's the only one being held here right now, and it's late at night, making the atmosphere exceptionally eerie.

The pool in the next cell seemed to be broken, and the sound of water dripping echoed in the darkness, intensifying the sense of terror.

People are often most vulnerable when the night is quiet and still, let alone someone who has never been to prison suddenly finding themselves incarcerated and helpless.

Liu Lan's eyes were a little red. She curled up by the bed, hugging her knees. It was the dead of winter and there was no heating. Even though she was wrapped in a quilt, her body was still shivering slightly.

She closed her eyes and tried to imagine something happy.

I also tried to think about the people I cared about.

...The handsome face of the beautiful young man appeared in my mind.

Liu Lan was stunned for a moment.

strangeness...

She had originally planned to think about Zhang Hao.

For some reason, I inexplicably thought of Chen Moxin.

Thinking back to the interrogation room during the day, he mistakenly thought he had something hidden in his mouth and rushed over to pry it open.

Reckless and impulsive.

But when she apologized afterwards, she looked a little silly and cute.

Later, when he was bullied by the judges, he stood up against their power.

For a fleeting moment, she truly felt that the boy was radiant, like a knight in a fairy tale.

Thinking of this, Liu Lan shook her head and smiled helplessly.

Sigh, what am I thinking about?

I'm already engaged.

She has only one knight, and that is Zhang Hao.

Of course, Chen Moxin is indeed a good person, but his princess will definitely not be himself.

“Tick, tick, tick…”

Just then, footsteps approached from afar and stopped in front of the cell door.

"Sister Lan, are you asleep?"

Liu Lan was stunned when she heard the voice.

She felt that sometimes things in life are truly amazing.

The person I just thought of without thinking about it suddenly appeared the next moment.

"I didn't sleep."

"May I come in?"

"Yeah, sure."

With a "beep," the mechanical prison door opened.

Chen Moxin walked in, carrying a large insulated box.

He placed the insulated container by the sink, breathed on his frozen hands to warm them, and smiled at Liu Lan, "I figured you might not be able to sleep tonight, and it's cold, so I made you some chicken soup."

He opened the insulated box, and the aroma of chicken soup immediately wafted out.

Chen Moxin took out a portable bowl, poured in chicken soup, and carefully placed her hand on the rim of the bowl to check the temperature before handing it to Liu Lan to make sure it wasn't too hot.

Such meticulous care left Liu Lan momentarily at a loss. She quickly reached out and took the bowl, saying, "Thank you... thank you..."

After drinking a few sips of chicken soup, my stomach felt warm and I wasn't so cold anymore. With someone by my side, the loneliness I felt earlier was completely dispelled.

Liu Lan sipped her chicken soup and secretly glanced at Chen Moxin.

He stood there tidying up the insulated boxes, the light from the corridor falling on his face, the dim light making his already handsome face appear even softer.

Liu Lan subconsciously looked away, her heart beating faster for some reason.

To dispel the somewhat strange atmosphere, she decided to say something.

She glanced instinctively at the camera in the corner and noticed that the red dot indicating that the monitoring was working had been turned off.