I'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.

After Xiao Ma entered the office, Yu Chengmin’s expression turned rather peculiar. She seemed to have something to say, yet held back.

Once he had finished organizing her schedule and handled all the incoming and outgoing emails, Xiao Ma deliberately paced back and forth in front of her, waiting for her to speak.

Yu Chengmin detested people loitering in front of her. She took off her anti-radiation glasses, folded her arms, and said with composure, "You want to hear me talk, don't you?"

"Huh? You really knew? How did you manage to get entangled with me?" Xiao Ma suddenly looked unhinged again.

"Entangled? Me, with you?" Yu Chengmin’s face darkened instantly. "What on earth are you talking about?"

Xiao Ma gave his head a hard knock, feeling an uncontrollable sense of melancholy. "I’ve truly gone mad. When the Great Demon King died, he went into the quantum realm, but his 'resentment' didn't dissipate. The little girl used her primordial power to open something strange—let's call it a 'force field'—like a gateway. The Demon King then transmitted some things into my skull. Since then, I’ve been in a state of continuous 'quantum entanglement' with him. It’s like a coordinate, guiding me to pursue something, and in the end, perhaps the script of 'The King Returns' will play out."

After a moment of contemplation, Yu Chengmin was baffled yet impressed. "Are you saying... you’re entangled with a dead gay man? And he sent you a WeChat coordinate to tell you to write a script?"

"What the..." Xiao Ma’s brain suddenly snapped back to normal, and he stopped spouting nonsense.

Seeing that he had stopped acting deranged, Yu Chengmin didn't continue to scold him. She nodded slightly. "Yesterday... things went quite well for my family."

Then, with a strange look, she added, "But I heard you went crazy yesterday and assaulted a female teacher at school?"

"How did you know?" This wasn't exactly a glorious affair, and Xiao Ma’s face turned a shade of red.

"I know everything," Yu Chengmin said. "I know a bit about Chen Hong too; she is indeed a problematic person. But your behavior was that of a scumbag, you know. No matter the situation, you shouldn't have laid hands on her."

"..." Xiao Ma was speechless himself. He wasn't even sure if it was the Great Demon King or his own self who had acted that way yesterday.

"Take half a day off. Go find her and clear things up with an apology," Yu Chengmin concluded.

Xiao Ma protested, "That enchantress is wicked. If I show any weakness in front of her, the little girl will get expelled by her."

Yu Chengmin said indifferently, "You're overthinking it. The little girl won't be expelled; one phone call from me will prevent that. But my rule is: don't stir up trouble. She’s a troublemaker who loves to jump into the fray, and you are my employee. If you get on her radar, it’s easy for the company to end up on her radar too. She’s easy to handle, but how am I supposed to judge who is in her circle? If those impulsive, brainless, mocking idiots behind her keep popping up, won't that become a headache for me and the company?"

Xiao Ma couldn't help but feel she had a point, and he nodded in agreement.

Yu Chengmin’s expression softened. "Since you understand what I mean, go quickly and get it sorted."

Xiao Ma vaguely felt that yesterday was indeed inappropriate, so he decided to head to the school to see if he could salvage the situation.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, he turned back at the door and asked, "You won't look down on me because of this, will you?"

Yu Chengmin rolled her eyes. "You're overthinking it again. I know you’re a bit cracked in the head, so your behavior yesterday was just a nervous breakdown. Zhou Dongyun wasn't entirely wrong—geniuses and madmen are often similar. Fortunately, you still have some sense of shame, you still care about your reputation, and you still know to curry favor with me. That shows you know your priorities and care about my feelings, which isn't a bad thing. Stop talking and go get it done."

Xiao Ma was no longer sure if she was an enchantress or not. She always carried a strange aura—rational yet demonic, with a very unique internal logic...

At the elevator, he ran into Miki, who was carrying two journals. Seeing the magazines reminded him of Da Honghong, who would be leaving soon. His mood was complicated.

Longze Miki asked, "Brother Xiao Ma, where are you going?"

Xiao Ma replied, "I'm going to deal with the aftermath of the stupidity I committed yesterday."

Longze Miki asked in surprise, "Did you spit on a girl?"

Xiao Ma felt embarrassed. "It's not much different from that. I splashed vinegar on a female teacher."

Longze Miki walked over and whispered in his ear, "You idiot!"

Xiao Ma paused, watching her walk away. She didn't seem angry, which gave him a sudden epiphany: Miki must have meant that he could only do such things to her after asking her to a movie, not to other girls. He didn't know for sure, but with his high IQ, that was how he chose to interpret it.

By the time Xiao Ma arrived at the school, it was the break after the third period. He spotted the devil-may-care primordial girl on the lawn and caught her. He handed her a drink, but she didn't look particularly happy.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Ma stroked her little head.

The little girl hesitated.

Xiao Ma pressed, "Did you do something bad again?"

"Not today, but I did yesterday," the little girl said awkwardly.

"..." Xiao Ma had a bad premonition.

The little girl hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Is Chen Xiaoyan hurt badly?"

Xiao Ma asked curiously, "Isn't she your enemy? You're starting to care about her? Your stance shouldn't be that fickle."

The little girl whispered, "Damin, you were tricked by me. Chen Xiaoyan is indeed not a good person. But she didn't provoke me yesterday; I was just arrogant after recruiting a few big brothers as bodyguards. I bullied them for being ignorant of power and not knowing Brother Dong, so I goaded them into dragging Chen Xiaoyan to a secluded spot. She was stubborn and told me to wait and see, so I got annoyed and pushed her, and she fell and got hurt."

What!

Xiao Ma jumped up in shock. "You little brat, you didn't tell the truth yesterday! Because of that, I got hot-headed, made many enemies, and did so many wrong things."

"But..." the little girl argued, "Chen Xiaoyan and Teacher Chen are really annoying, and I do have a grudge against them."

Xiao Ma paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, then stopped and said earnestly, "Don't make excuses. A wrong is a wrong. Now I realize that Chen Hong was just being a bit pretentious and dramatic yesterday, but overall, she didn't do anything wrong."

The little girl said, "I thought I would be heartless and just enjoy the benefits of your rise. But... hearing the whole school gossiping this morning about how unbearable Chen Xiaoyan and Chen Hong are, and how they were asking for it... I vaguely felt that I was in the wrong."

"So you do know you were wrong?" Xiao Ma was speechless.

The little girl said, "So I feel guilty. I don't really want to be expelled anymore."

"Nonsense, as if anyone likes being expelled," Xiao Ma said.

Wang Xiaoai added, "I mostly just don't want them to be insulted like that. Now that I'm famous, the elementary school kids are all supporting me, and it makes me feel like I’m stepping on their 'corpses' to show off."

"As if you're not an elementary school kid yourself," Xiao Ma retorted.

"I have the emotional intelligence and level of a middle schooler," Wang Xiaoai didn't forget to praise herself.

Xiao Ma jumped. "Your emotional intelligence is higher than a middle schooler's, but the problem is your principles are purely middle-school-level 'chuunibyou'."

The little girl stood up. "Damin, you handle it. I've confessed, now I'm going to class."

Ma Weimin said, "You only know how to leave a mess for me to clean up after you cause trouble."

The little girl said, "You have to have a conscience. As a time traveler, I've exhausted my primordial power for you. If you treat me as well as you did before, I will slowly recover my abilities, and I might be able to save you at a critical moment."

Xiao Ma’s eyes lit up like a profiteer’s. "So, the primordial power can slowly recover?"

"It should, right?"

"Should?" Xiao Ma’s face twitched.

The little girl said, "Damin, don't be so mercenary. I know I was wrong. You just need to be a little bit nicer to me than before, and I estimate it's possible to recover."

*Heh.*

That was just how this little girl was. Xiao Ma didn't say much more, took out fifty yuan, stuffed it into her pocket, and patted her head. "No more trouble."

Hearing the school bell, the little girl took off running. She planned to sleep in class. She hadn't slept enough helping others with their homework, so she used class time to catch up. This was actually fine; otherwise, if the little girl wasn't restless and didn't listen to the lecture, she would just disrupt the class when awake—which was partly why Chen Hong had a bad impression of her.

After piecing together the cause and effect, Xiao Ma felt helpless. Chen Hong was still an enchantress, that was for sure. He had come here before under Yu Chengmin’s pressure, harboring resentment. But now, even if Yu Chengmin hadn't asked, he had to go and clear things up with her.

No one knew what the situation would be if the Demon King returned. But Xiao Ma felt that as long as he maintained a strong heart, upheld justice, and took saving the world as his duty, even if the Demon King returned, he would be able to protect his true nature and soul, continue to subdue enchantresses, and save the world from fire and brimstone.

After his internal monologue, Xiao Ma gathered his courage and headed toward Chen Hong’s office.