I Might As Well Quit This Lousy Wizard Profession

Chapter 70 - 70 069 I got your back

?Chapter 70: 069 I got your back! Chapter 70: 069 I got your back! Mr. Liu must have been beside himself with anger because his Grey Wolf Spirituality didn’t show up in Lin An’s office the next day.

This guy clearly couldn’t afford to watch the monitors anymore.

Although Lin An also didn’t know what was the point of him staring at himself.

Everything on Friday was peaceful, and the special project team had three new members.

One seemed to be a freshly graduated girl with a confused look, showing a particular lack of ambition.

Another was a young man around five or six years Lin An’s senior, with early grey temples, who loved to brag about his triplet daughters to everyone.

The third was a somewhat dull man in his thirties who liked to gaze at car websites during lunch but actually hadn’t even taken his driving test.

But these three, who caught the eye of the young boss, were obviously very skilled in graphic design.

Lin An had Zheng Miao delegate some of her projects to several colleagues, invisibly promoting the sister to the role of everyone’s team leader.

He didn’t care how everyone was; his only requirement was to quickly refine the content of the green-skinned portrait.

Especially since he discovered two magical things.

First, not only for Zheng Miao, when other people looked at that green-skinned portrait, the one inside him would light up as well.

Second, every detail they refined on the green-skinned portrait, as long as he approved it, the one inside him would actually sync up and update!

Speed it up!

He was looking forward to more changes.

But he wasn’t like Mr. Liu and the other department heads, who were perverse enough to deliberately arrange for everyone to work overtime until 9 or 10 o’clock, making them come in late to work overtime.

For the special project team, there was no need to come to the company and ‘voluntarily’ work the night shift after punctually leaving work at 5:30 in the afternoon.

Why hassle fellow workers, Lin An hadn’t turned into a tyrant just because he became a small leader.

At least, the young boss didn’t make any objections, so Lin An was happy to leave work early.

In the evening, the young boss came over again, bringing liquor with him.

He had been negotiating a subcontract with Suxin Software’s owner Chen Xinmi and could only visit Professor Cao’s villa after work to check on the renovation progress, ending up liking to come by Lin An’s place to drink afterward.

He brought a piece of news.

“Qin is going abroad?”

“???” Lin An stared at the young boss, astonished. This witch was going abroad? Oh, right, he had heard this news on the day of the Wizard’s Awakening ceremony. (Chapter 22)
The young boss shook his head, picked up a piece of pig’s head skin, and put it into his mouth, “The owner of the yoga studio I signed you up for, we were really close in university, part of an activity club together.”

“The membership fee won’t be refunded, but she has transferred it to another yoga studio.”

“An, you don’t understand, many people go to Qin’s Yoga Studio for networking, to places that are just pure yoga teaching, they actually lose value to them.”

“Like me, and many others, we’ll probably have our memberships transferred to another yoga studio that also likes organizing activities.”

Lin An was somewhat resistant, “I don’t like this kind of socializing.”

“Hey~” the young boss took a sip of his drink, raised his eyebrows, “Socializing is not about climbing up the ladder, it’s about strong unions, it’s about a combination of the same level and different dimensions of interests, this is the most appropriate and harmonious extent. An, you wouldn’t fit in with them either.”

Oh~
Thanks for reminding me I’m just a worker.

Lin An shrugged and took a sip of his drink, his expression calm, “I would like to try learning yoga, though.”

“Well, that’s perfect, your membership has been transferred to Chen Shuyun’s yoga studio,” the young boss suddenly remembered something, his eyes widening as he looked at Lin An, “An, Chen Shuyun is pretty, right?”

Lin An recalled, peach… and nodded sincerely, “Mhm.”

“You’re not going to be seduced by her beauty and jump ship to Suxin Software, are you?” said the young boss with a teasing tone. However, in Lin An’s view, he turned into a lion, his gaze extremely vigilant.

Lin An rolled his eyes, “I’m doing fine at my job, why would I jump ship!”

Besides, Chen Shuyun? Sorry, he wasn’t interested in that woman. Recalling past encounters, he seemed not to have regarded these witches as women at all, more like the sensation of facing a terrifying monster.

Dangerous… predators!

He didn’t want a breathtaking romance; his life was tired enough as it was. If he truly wanted a life partner, it would be best if she could comfort the heart, plain and simple.

She didn’t need a figure as explosive and provocative as Chen Shuyun’s, nor did she need to be as classy as Chen Xinmi. Just being ordinary-looking, plain and simple, would be fine.

“Hard to say~” the young boss looked contemplative, his eyes bleary with a hint of drunkenness as he tilted his head back looking at the ceiling, deeply exhaling a breath of alcohol, “An, you have no idea…”

“When my dad passed away, leaving me this huge company, everyone inside was a shrewd operator, old foxes in the industry, I felt for a time that I had no ability to control such a company…”

“Hey~”
He chuckled, clapped his hands, and looked at Lin An, “Guess what happened?”

“They left, haha, all of them left.” the young boss’s eyes were hazy as he waved his hand, “I hadn’t even reacted, and they all ran off, leaving only Mr. Liu in the technical executive team.”

“It was pretty desperate…”

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, his face flushed red from the alcohol, “Barely hanging on until now, I finally see hope again.”

“An, don’t leave my company. If you feel aggrieved, you must tell me.” The young boss patted his chest firmly, thumbs up, “I’ll handle it!”

“If you think the salary is too low, I’ll give you a raise!”

He seemed genuinely drunk, rambling on with an anxious look.

“Mr. Cao and the others have been practicing it all wrong, wrong. I’m powerless and have no solutions, so I simply ignore them. When you are about to master the Condensing Furnace, I will go and demand they hand over the people; damn it, they spend my money and dare not give me face.”

“You are much more important to me than they are. Don’t worry, you’ll be fine!”

His gaze was hazy, and he staggered as he stood up to go to the bathroom, nearly falling over. When he saw Lin An coming to support him, he waved his hand away, “I’m not drunk, I’m clear-headed!”

The young boss patted his chest, swaying, “You work for me, I’ve got your back!”

After finishing his words, he stumbled to the bathroom.

Lin An stood there in silence, muttering softly, “Thank you!”

Yes, thank you.

I do feel warmth, the rare warmth this world has towards me, although it is because I now have value, the value of being under someone’s protection.

Lin An didn’t like being protected; he had always been quite self-reliant since childhood, but the feeling of being protected was indeed pleasant.

The young boss probably wasn’t really drunk; he washed his face and called a substitute driver to take him home.

The next day was the weekend.

The weather in Shenhou City had been nice ever since the rainy season ended, with the morning sun casting gentle rays and a soft breeze blowing.

Lin An headed out early.

There was no work on weekends, and according to the plan, he was to go to Chen Shuyun’s yoga studio to learn the Chen-style Flexibility Skill.

The yoga studio was located in the old city area of downtown, a few kilometers away. Seeing that it was still early, Lin An scanned a shared bicycle and rode it there.

Unlike the commercial and high-income districts, the old city had its own tranquility and peace as if the pace of life had slowed down.

Following the guidance of the map navigation, Lin An first arrived at a creative district refurbished from a last century’s preserved fruit factory, parked the bicycle, entered from the southeast gate, walked up several stone steps, turned a few corners, and a two-story pointed roof building came into view.

The eaves were painted red and outlined with green, with protruding eaves and the front door sporting the same colors, which made the entire front view of the house form the character “?” (He).

On the apricot-colored walls hung an artistic black ink sign that read—Hehe Yoga Studio.

The yoga studio was surrounded by trees on all sides, with a small hill to the east full of longan trees. In the woods, there were many birdhouses for birds to nest in, using the same color scheme as the yoga studio.

As someone approached, a bird flew out of one of the birdhouses, landing on the treetop and calling out with ‘woo-woo-woo’ sounds.

This bird, with its terrifying red eyes, resembled a crow but had unique bluish-purple feathers.

The Warbler, Lin An recalled that in the mountains near the orphanage of his childhood, he often heard these birds’ calls. The cleaning lady at the orphanage used to say they were ‘ghost birds’ or ‘wronged spirits’ birds to frighten children from sneaking out at night.

Over time, the cry of these birds also became the backdrop for Lin An’s childhood memories.

The Warbler’s call was clear and loud, carrying very far, and soon someone came out from the yoga studio.

It was Zhou Xiaoxiao.

“Lin An, this way. We enter from the side door; the front is for regular students.”

She led Lin An inside, slightly embarrassed as she spoke, “Last time I cast the far-range chat witchcraft on you without your consent, and upon reflection, it felt rather presumptuous, I am sorry.”

Lin An smiled faintly, “I don’t mind.”

Zhou Xiaoxiao stopped, turned around hesitantly, and continued, “Also, when you first awakened, to save me, you awakened an ‘innate witchcraft’ of strength amplification. They said it was not very useful; I have been feeling guilty.”

Strength amplification?

What I awakened was the ‘Sky-Scanning Eyes’.

Lin An just smiled and did not intend to explain.

“I’ve asked around, actually, encountering a situation as soon as you awaken is a great opportunity, which is why they didn’t help us. At that time, you could have awakened many other witchcrafts too. There was a similar case where a wizard, trying to catch his sister jumping from a building, awakened the ability of ‘Figurine Sorcery’.”

Lin An was astonished, “Figurines?”

Zhou Xiaoxiao sighed and looked at Lin An, “I know you quite like figurines, right? That guy was afraid he couldn’t catch his sister’s hand, and thought to himself how good it would be if his sister was as small and light as a figurine. And so, in his hands, his sister turned into a figurine.”

Hisss~
That sounds so eerie!

Ever since approaching Chen Shuyun’s yoga studio, Lin An had been using his spirituality to aid his brainpower, keeping his spirit highly tense.

Although Chen Shuyun promised to teach him and seemed very sincere, Lin An did not dare to let his guard down one bit; these wizards, in his eyes, were no different from monsters.

Now, hearing Zhou Xiaoxiao’s story, his highly excited brain even began to wander—once that wizard with ‘Figurine Sorcery’ talent grew up, he might appear to be compliant with the norms, perhaps even praised as a good gentleman by everyone. But when he got home and opened the door, the whole house was crammed with all kinds of figurines, and those figurines…

Hisss~
Mother f***er~