Miss Mengmeng paused for a second, then immediately guessed the general situation inside the room, and shrugged:

“That’s perfectly normal… In fact, Amelie only has two elves by her side right now, which is already considered quite virtuous among the powerful and influential people of similar status.”

"But she can't always be working half a day... She never rests at night either. How does a delicate young lady like her get such stamina? Could it be that she's actually very strong?"

Yulia pouted and complained unhappily for a couple more minutes before flying downwards with Miss Mengmeng to the main entrance of Blue Star Film and Television Company.

"A beauty like you, Mengmeng, might get caught and bullied if you go in and bother her at this time... Facing a scumbag like Emery, pretty girls like us must protect ourselves! Do you know how hard I tried to avoid being tricked into bed by her...?"

While chatting away, Julia quickly entered the VIP reception room of Blue Star Film and Television with Miss Mengmeng, where they drank tea and ate snacks while waiting for Amelie to finish her business.

Yulia's act of opening the window earlier had clearly alerted the people inside.

So, just over 20 minutes later, Julia and Miss Mengmeng received a message from their assistant saying that Amelie was waiting for them in the office.

The two women walked together to the top floor and entered Amelie's office. There they found Amelie and the two elves, one with red hair and the other with white hair. Their clothes were obviously freshly changed, and they still smelled of bath gel.

"Welcome to visit, Mengmeng~~"

Emery ignored Julia, who was still pouting, and gave Miss Mengmeng a light hug in a rather enthusiastic manner. However, while hugging Miss Mengmeng, she secretly squeezed Julia's hand and tickled Julia's palm with her fingers.

"You've worked hard too, my dear Yulia."

"Who's your darling? Don't call me that so mushy."

Yulia immediately protested haughtily, but her eyes were full of joy, and her pouting lips had completely disappeared.

“You’ve always been my darling, Julia.”

Emery remained completely calm and composed, as if she were discussing something very serious:

"Yulia, you are my most important employee and the cash cow at the core of my business plan. Of course you are my darling!"

"...Hmph! You greedy wretch! Drink some cold water!"

Yulia was immediately embarrassed and annoyed. She angrily grabbed the innocent pancake, rubbed her cat face to vent her anger, and sat down on the sofa.

"Haha, you two are still so close... Julia, Emerald."

Miss Mengmeng finally spoke with a smile:

“I just overheard Julia talking about your new movie, which shows the people how brave the Federation Army was when they fought against the demonic tide. It’s a really great idea… I believe you will definitely succeed. Congratulations in advance, Emerald.”

Chapter 124: Hot Spring Tea Party and the Screening of "Demon Tide Extermination"

Emery has always been generous when it comes to investing in worthwhile friends.

Miss Mengmeng is not only a top-tier investigator in the FBI, but also hot and beautiful, making her undoubtedly a worthwhile investment opportunity.

Now that Miss Mengmeng is vacationing in Locke City, Amelie naturally generously offers her money.

In the Allen Federation, a human nation completely controlled by capital, Miss Mengmeng can definitely be considered a very upright person, but uprightness and integrity are two different things.

Although Miss Mengmeng is not greedy, she never refuses any benefits offered by Emery.

Amelie took her shopping at malls and luxury stores, giving her jewelry, pocket watches, and all sorts of small gifts, which she accepted without hesitation.

Emerald took her to a high-end club for food, drinks, and entertainment, and she enjoyed it to the fullest... She accepted everything except for the two fairy bunny girls who were to serve her at night.

Miss Mengmeng declined the nighttime service, and Amelie felt embarrassed to take Marcy and Viliana home to practice water magic after paying the bill, so she booked a hot spring hotel on the outskirts of the city, planning to bathe and chat together all night.

I heard that Amelie didn't go out partying tonight, but just went to the hot springs. Yulia, who had just finished working for a few hours, joined in, carrying the fat orange cat Pancake.

The girls, all wrapped in bath towels, sat by the pool. Each of them had a rectangular wooden tray floating on the water in front of them, filled with various snacks, tea, and drinks.

Emerald was flanked by Marcy and Viliana, and she openly embraced the two women in the water, enjoying their feeding services in turn.

He took a bite of the cherry that Marcy fed him, and then tasted the fairy honey that Viliana fed him, looking quite content.

"It's so nice to be a capitalist like you. You can go to all sorts of luxury places every day and have beautiful women serving you wherever you go... Sometimes I really envy you."

Miss Mengmeng glanced at Emery, who was enjoying herself, and sighed naturally:

“Unlike me, I have endless cases to investigate every day, and I’m often assigned cases that I don’t want to handle at all by some idiot managers… I worked so hard to become a Purple Star Investigator for the right to conduct independent investigations, but now I’m forced to work for the bureau. I feel like all my efforts have been in vain.”

"Oh? Mengmeng, are you being bullied at work? Do you need my help?"

Amelie, who was holding Viliana in the water, suddenly stretched her arm further out and pinched the soft flesh of Julia's slender waist, then quickly withdrew it and continued as if nothing had happened:

"Speaking of which, the director of your FBI is actually one of my cousins... Should I ask him to teach the people who bullied you, Mengmeng, a lesson?"

"Well!"

Yulia, who had been pinched, immediately wanted to express her dissatisfaction, but found that Amérite was seriously discussing workplace issues with Miss Mengmeng. Helpless, she could only pout and pinch Pancake's chubby cat belly to vent her anger.

But Pancake didn't seem to care much. It was still lying on the water, its belly completely up, looking completely nonchalant... It seemed to really enjoy having its belly rubbed.

Miss Mengmeng seemed to think about it quite seriously for a few seconds before gritting her teeth and saying with a rather malicious smile:

"It was that old woman named Sarah, the assistant to the current deputy director, who bullied me! There's no need to deal with her, but Emery, could you please put in a good word with the director and make sure she can never get a promotion again? ... Hmph, I'll make her taste the bitterness of wasted effort!"

"Hahahaha... What a wicked idea, I love it."

Emerald laughed gleefully:

"Don't worry, this kind of thing is just a matter of a word for me... If it were a deputy director who bullied you, Mengmeng, I might have to say a few nice words to that uncle, but there's no need for a mere assistant. It's very simple."

"...Well, then I'll thank you in advance, Emery."

Miss Mengmeng appeared happy on the surface, as if she had gotten her revenge, but inwardly she was bitterly smiling.

This is the Allen Federation. Many people's lifelong hard work can be completely shattered by a single joke from a powerful figure.

However, Miss Mengmeng doesn't regret it, and the happiness she showed was mostly genuine.

She really hated the scheming assistant who forced her to take the job, so it was very satisfying to get revenge now.

Upright people are still human; sometimes they can be petty and quick to seek revenge.

"a piece of cake."

Emerald withdrew her arm from Marcy's and gently waved it, but one of her little feet underwater became restless again, rubbing against Julia's leg and pinching it with her nimble toes.

Julia immediately glared at her angrily, and just as she was about to speak, Emerald deliberately preemptively asked Miss Mengmeng about the important matter:

"By the way, speaking of which, how's your investigation going, Mengmeng, regarding that case of trafficking in magic-repelling cubs? Any new leads? Have you taken good care of the cubs you rescued?"

"Hmm... I guess it's all settled in now?"

This question made Miss Mengmeng hesitate and frown for a while:

"Speaking of which, you should know that famous philanthropist Langdon, right? The children ended up being sent to him."

...It would be better to let them stay with the traffickers; they might live a few more days.

Emery thought to herself, rather speechless, but nodded slightly on the surface:

"Of course I know him. When old man Langdon first founded Langdon Hospital, it was our Melson family that provided the money and the connections we made... Of course, his skills are also quite impressive. Several of my family members are now relying on his bionic magical organs to prolong their lives."

"Are you familiar with him? Do you know much about him?"

Miss Mengmeng immediately perked up and quickly asked:

“I met him once before, and he really acted like a true philanthropist, but I had a feeling that something was off… Afterwards, I secretly went back to investigate, but I still couldn’t find anything suspicious, so I put it aside for the time being.”

...That's a really sharp intuition.

Amelie sighed inwardly again, while glancing at Julia, who was still sulking.

Yulia's intuition is often quite absurd; even when her reasoning and analysis are almost entirely wrong, the answers she comes up with point directly to the truth... Could it be that stupid people all have amazing intuition? But Mengmeng is clearly not stupid.

"Old Langdon... I'm not very familiar with him. At most, I only caught a glimpse of him from afar when he came to our house to discuss investment cooperation."

Regardless of her inner turmoil and complaints, Emery showed no outward expression, naturally adopting an expression tinged with reminiscence:

“I think he’s pretty stupid and naive… He’s clearly very talented in medicine, but he wasted 30 years traveling around to villages of magic rejecters to practice medicine, and he often didn’t charge for his services, which led to him ending up destitute… If our family hadn’t decided to invest in him, I wouldn’t be surprised if he starved to death on the streets as a homeless person one day.”

"If he had gone straight to work at a major hospital after graduating from medical school, he would definitely have received more recognition and resources. The bionic magical organ technology might have been developed long ago, and he wouldn't have needed to suffer so much."

"...The fact that someone like you, Emery, thinks he's stupid makes me feel even more at ease with him."

Miss Mengmeng gave Amelie a deep look:

"There are already too many unscrupulous capitalists in this world. What we really need are fools like Dr. Langdon to make things better."

Emerald simply shrugged, took another bite of the cherry Marcy fed her, and continued:

"It's a real shame I'm not that kind of fool... Now that the children you rescued, Mengmeng, have found truly good homes, how's your follow-up investigation going?"

"There has been virtually no progress."

Upon hearing this question, Miss Mengmeng immediately frowned and began to pour out her troubles:

“Based on clues provided by members of the Mark Chamber of Commerce, I have been tracking down that mysterious black-robed buyer these days, only to find that he was quite active during that period, appearing in several major cities in the Federation, and doing mostly reaping rewards.”

"But that's the problem. Normally, someone who has appeared in multiple major cities and has eyewitnesses, no matter how well he disguises himself, our FBI resources can always find some clues."

"But this time it didn't work. I mobilized a lot of investigative resources, but I couldn't find any information about his identity or whereabouts. It's very strange..."

Miss Mengmeng paused to think for a moment after saying this:

"He seems to have completely escaped the needs of human life. Nothing has been found in any of the places he has been or the surrounding areas... It's as if he doesn't need to eat, sleep, travel, or even excrete... But that's obviously impossible, isn't it?"

Because it wasn't originally a human, but a magical doll.

Amélie found it amusing, but her face showed a mixture of confusion and regret:

"That's a real pity... I'm sorry, Mengmeng, there's nothing I can do to help with this. At most, I can ask my people to keep an eye out, and if he reappears in Locke City, I'll let you know immediately."

“I’m very grateful to you for doing this, Emerald.”

Miss Mengmeng's "thank you" was quite sincere.

"I'll help too!"

Yulia finally found a chance to interject, and quickly waved her little fist to express her opinion:

"If that bastard comes to Locke City, I'll definitely beat him to a pulp!"

"Yes, thank you too, Miss Hero."

With the support and comfort of Emerald and Julia, Miss Mengmeng finally smiled again and her mood improved.

So the women stopped talking about their stressful work and started gossiping and having fun, quickly pushing the hot spring tea party into the late night.

"Alright, go to sleep, everyone. I've already arranged rooms for you all... Go back and get a good night's sleep, and we'll go see a movie together tomorrow."

Emerald was the first to stand up from the hot spring and stretched out her hands, allowing Marcy and Viliana to simultaneously put a bathrobe on her from both sides:

"Tomorrow is the day when the two Blue Star Cinemas in Locke City open simultaneously, and it's also the day my new movie is released. I can't miss it."

"Hmph, you have the nerve to talk about us like that?"

Julia then stood up, drying herself with a towel while making a face at Emerald:

“Miss Mengmeng and I definitely went back to our rooms to rest, but what about you? Emery, when do you not mess around with Marcy and the others every night... You shameless bastard!”

"Yulia, if you can't sleep right now, you can join us!"

Emerald, however, showed no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, she beckoned to Julia with her finger and winked at Miss Mengmeng:

"Of course, Mengmeng would be very happy to come too~~"

"You're not allowed to flirt with Miss Mengmeng!"

Julia immediately stood in front of Miss Mengmeng, blocking Amelie's view, and even spread her arms and puffed out her chest:

"It's rare to find such a good investigator as Miss Mengmeng. We can't let you corrupt her!"

"Alright, alright, since you're jealous, Yulia, then so be it."

Emerald immediately reverted to her languid demeanor after her bath, and after putting on her robe, she led Marcy and Viliana back to their room... but before returning to their room, she gave Julia a meaningful look.

"……Why?"

Yulia then realized that she had been so focused on stopping Amélie from harassing Mengmeng that she had forgotten she hadn't put on her bathrobe yet.

puff!

Just thinking about the way she had blocked Ameliete's view made Julia blush instantly and her head practically steam.

"Bad guy, bad guy, bad guy! Emeralt is a bad guy!"

After stomping her bare feet on the wooden floor a few times, Yulia couldn't stay still any longer. She didn't even bother to say goodnight to Miss Mengmeng and ran back to her room.

"……Why."

Miss Mengmeng watched Yulia's retreating figure disappear for a long while before gently shaking her head with a very regretful expression:

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