Back to the 90s: I Helped the Beautiful Factory Manager Become an Arms Tycoon

"A circus performer."

Surrounded by the crowd were a group of acrobats who had arrived just in time for the most exciting part: magic tricks.

The magician, dressed in a black suit and wearing a top hat, acted very gentlemanly, holding a small stick in his hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, next up is our magic trick where people disappear into thin air. I need to find an audience member to cooperate. Who would like to join us?"

As soon as the magician finished speaking, a clamor of voices erupted from the surrounding crowd.

"I'll come, I'll come."

"No, let me do it, I'm good at cooperating."

Everyone was eager to perform magic tricks with the magician.

Although Qiu Meizi was curious about how magicians could make living people disappear, she never thought of cooperating with the magician herself.

She turned to look at Lin Yunhai and asked in a low voice, "How do you think magicians can make a living person disappear and then reappear?"

"Because the box is double-layered with a partition in the middle. If you open the partition, you will fall into the other layer and then disappear naturally."

"It's even simpler to turn it back. Just put the partition back, and the person will appear in front of the audience. It's an optical illusion, nothing special. It's just that no one has ever seen it before, which is why everyone is so excited."

He'd seen these little tricks many times before, so he naturally didn't take them to heart.

"Do you want to play? If you do, you can give it a try."

Lin Yunhai encouraged Qiu Meizi to participate as well.

However, Qiu Meizi refused.

Her personality is not suited to standing out in public.

"Never mind, I'm not really interested either."

She wasn't interested, but the magician chose her anyway.

"Beautiful lady, would you like to perform a magic trick with me?"

Seeing the magician's gaze fall on her, Qiu Meizi pointed at herself incredulously and asked in confusion, "Me?"

She didn't say what kind of magic show she was going to participate in.

"That's right, it's you, beautiful lady, are you willing?"

Qiu Meizi wanted to say she didn't want to, but the people around her were egging her on to agree to the magician's request.

Qiu Meizi really disliked this feeling, always feeling like she was being roasted on a fire by everyone, and she couldn't even refuse.

Seeing her resistance, Lin Yunhai tightened his grip on her hand and said in a very strong voice, "I'm sorry, my girlfriend is not willing to participate. Please ask the magician to find someone else."

The magician, unwilling to give up, continued to persuade her: "Beautiful lady, we're just cooperating to perform a magic trick. There's no danger. A beautiful lady like you would surely be understanding, wouldn't you?"

"Look how interested everyone is, they all want to see how you perform. You shouldn't disappoint them, right?"

Seeing that Qiu Meizi disagreed, she directly resorted to moral blackmail, which made Lin Yunhai very unhappy.

If he initially thought it was just a minor incident, he doesn't think so now.

The other party is being aggressive; they must have their eyes on them.

But they don't know anyone in Qinghe County, so who would deliberately target them?

"It's just a magic trick performance, why are you being so hesitant and affecting everyone's mood?"

"Young lady, you'd better hurry up and agree. With so many of us here, what could the magician possibly do to you?"

Everyone around was eager to see the magician perform, so they kept urging Qiu Meizi, who had a grim expression, to agree to the request.

"Sorry, we are not involved."

To prevent any accidents, Lin Yunhai pulled Qiu Meizi and turned to leave, not giving the others a chance to morally blackmail him.

"Why don't we agree to their offer? It's just lying in a wooden box, nothing will happen."

Girls are more soft-hearted, and after hearing everyone's pleas, they wanted to agree.

However, Lin Yunhai didn't make her do it; instead, he simply dragged her away from the crowd.

"Yunhai, why do you look so angry?"

Seeing her puzzled look, Lin Yunhai said helplessly, "Are you stupid? That magician was obviously after us, otherwise why would he insist on you performing?"

“Although I don’t know who we’ve offended, I think someone is definitely targeting us. If you really agree to cooperate in the magic performance, you will definitely disappear. I can’t take that risk.”

Qiu Meizi thought about it and realized that what he said made sense.

She had no intention of participating at all, but the other party insisted that she participate, which was clearly ill-intentioned.

Fortunately, Lin Yunhai forcibly took her away, otherwise she would have suffered a loss and been tricked.

"Then let's go back. Xu Bao and Chang Ping have disappeared again. It's not safe for them to stay outside."

The incident with Manusa left Qiu Meizi with some psychological trauma, so whenever she heard of danger, she wanted to hide Lin Yunhai.

Lin Yunhai knew what she was thinking and comforted her, "Don't worry, there are many people here. Even if someone targets us, they wouldn't dare to take action themselves."

"Didn't we say we were out to relax? We can't just go back without doing anything."

"That's fine."

Not wanting to spoil the fun, Qiu Meizi had no choice but to continue strolling through the night market with Lin Yunhai.

However, she was preoccupied and didn't enjoy shopping very much.

Seeing this, Lin Yunhai sighed and said, "Meizi, we need to learn to let go of the past, otherwise it will be very tiring."

"I know you're worried about me, but we can't stay indoors forever. When facing danger, simply running away won't help. Only when the danger is completely eliminated will we be truly safe, understand?"

He wanted Qiu Meizi to be happy, not to live in constant worry.

"I'll face even more dangers in the future than I am now. What will you do then?"

Lin Yunhai didn't say it very directly, but Qiu Meizi already understood.

She was overthinking things and her mindset was affected by past events.

Just as Lin Yunhai said, he would only encounter more dangers in the future, and she couldn't keep him hidden forever.

If that's the case, then Lin Yunhai is no longer the person she likes.

"You're right, I was narrow-minded. I should relax."

"Let's go, I've seen something fun again."

Sweeping away the gloom in her heart, Qiu Meizi took the initiative to drag Lin Yunhai to play things she had never played before.

Without any psychological burden, Qiu Meizi really had a lot of fun, and her outward expressions were full of excitement.

Only when they were tired of playing did the two decide to go back to rest.

"Brother and sister, I can't find my way home. Can you take me back?"

On their way back, they were stopped by a very cute little girl.

The little girl looked to be only seven or eight years old. She was wearing a pretty dress, had her hair in a cute bun, and had a timid expression on her face.

She nervously clutched the hem of her clothes, afraid that she would be rejected.

Qiu Meizi squatted down and said softly, "Have you gotten separated from your family?"