Then let the witch offer her loyalty

That's right, the whole thing was orchestrated by Chen Moxin from beginning to end.

There was absolutely no such thing as being "injured".

Chen Moxin, Alexander, and the others were indeed there to apprehend illegal psychics.

It is true that the other party has taken hostages.

But when that person put up a stubborn resistance and confronted the law enforcement officers, he was directly killed by Chen Moxin with a stealth and teleportation backstab.

Logically speaking, with Chen Moxin's spiritual abilities, it would be good enough if he didn't scheme against others, how could he possibly be schemed against in return?

Those thirty-odd stab wounds were inflicted on him by himself after returning from the mission.

As for claims of "damage to all organs" and "ruptured coronary arteries," these are all fabrications made up by medical staff.

Among those present at the time, including Yang Jie, Alexander, Lei Lie, and Wei Lai, were all actors found by Chen Moxin.

Chen Moxin stabbed herself more than thirty times, each stab avoiding vital organs. It looked very frightening, but none of them were fatal wounds. It was all for Zhou Yan's benefit.

Poor Zhou Yan was played out from beginning to end, genuinely believing that Chen Moxin was dying, and recklessly signing a spiritual contract to try and save him.

Yang Jie bit off a piece of pork belly from the wooden skewer and said, "To be honest, you're really brave. This is the first time I've ever seen someone stab themselves with a knife just to make a spirit pact with a witch. Aren't you afraid of actually killing yourself?"

Chen Moxin grinned and said, "I used to study medical knowledge so that one day I could stab someone dozens of times without killing them."

Yang Jie was somewhat immune to Chen Moxin's optimistic remarks. He said helplessly, "I just think that your attempts to manipulate Zhou Yan are pointless."

"So what if she's made a spiritual pact with you now? This is only to save you temporarily; it doesn't mean she's willing to maintain the spiritual pact with you indefinitely."

“Once you recover, she will definitely take back the spirit contract. All your efforts will have been in vain. I don’t understand the point of what you’re doing.”

Chen Mo thought to herself: Of course you wouldn't understand, you don't have a system.

Chen Moxin coughed lightly and said with a smile, "It's hard to explain in a few words, but I have my own plans. Anyway, thank you, Captain Yang, for being willing to fool around with me."

Yang Jie said calmly, "This is indeed absurd, but it's not a matter of principle. You helped the organization successfully complete a cube resonance, so this request should be granted."

"However, Chen Moxin, I still have a piece of advice for you—be less manipulative with witches and more sincere."

“Zhou Yan isn’t a bad person by nature. If you spend more time with her, you’ll have opportunities in the long run. Why do you have to get involved in these messy things?”

"Do you think you can brainwash Zhou Yan and forcibly increase his favorability by using this kind of trick?"

Chen Mo thought to herself: Oh, you found out about that?

...

[Current Stage Task: Establish a Spiritual Pact with Zhou Yan (Completed)]

[Reward obtained: Implant "Mental Interference - Chaos" into Zhou Yan]

[Reward Obtained: Absorbed Zhou Yan's extraordinary factors, gaining the spiritual energy "Blood Healing"]

[Blood Healing: Psionicists can greatly enhance their blood activity and gain regenerative abilities by consuming additional blood.]

After completing the second task, Chen Moxin finally obtained Zhou Yan's spiritual power.

"Interracial" is simply "interracial"—a straightforward and blunt description.

Chen Moxin had secretly tried out the "Blood Healing" ability a few times in conjunction with the [Raging Suppression] talent.

He took a knife at home and stabbed himself in the thigh. What was supposed to be a fatal wound that pierced his femoral artery was healed in less than 10 seconds after his psychic energy was activated.

In addition, due to the characteristics of heterogeneous psionic energy, Chen Moxin's basic physical attributes have also been greatly improved.

His physical strength and athletic ability now far surpass those of ordinary people.

So sometimes, it's kind of funny when you think about it.

A witch of a different species like Zhou Yan is practically a superhuman in terms of physique.

If she wanted to, she could punch Zhou Haiwei so hard he'd be stuck to the wall, impossible to remove even with a shovel.

But the reality is that every time she sees her father, she has to cower and get beaten. She doesn't dare to fight back or even utter a sound.

Chen Moxin continued to look at the system prompts behind her.

[Because the host had previously established a spiritual pact with the witch, his spiritual energy has undergone a second-stage awakening, activating the ability "Blood Law".]

[Blood Law: Psionicists can alter the properties and form of their blood by consuming additional blood.]

Although Zhou Yan is young, compared to Liu Lan and Gu Qiaoqiao who have only recently awakened, she can be considered a "veteran witch".

Zhou Yan awakened more than a year ago, and his spiritual energy had already reached the second stage of awakening.

She had used the "Blood Law" ability before in the operating room.

At that time, she manipulated blood to condense into a blood crystal blade in her palm, which was the effect of "Blood Law".

Blood Laws endowed Zhou Yan with many additional combat abilities. He could transform blood into various weapons for attack, condense it into armor to attach to his body for defense, and even shoot blood droplets out like bullets.

Moreover, this blood crystal, formed through the condensation of psionic energy, possesses extremely high physical strength, far exceeding that of any known metal.

Back then, with the cube resonance, if Chen Moxin had Zhou Yan's abilities, she could have directly fought Anies head-on.

However, at this point, the system still has a message following:

[Due to the breakdown of the spiritual bond between the host and the witch, the second-tier awakening "Blood Law" effect is temporarily disabled.]

Yes, just as Yang Jie said before, the spiritual contract between Chen Moxin and Zhou Yan did not last long.

After Chen Moxin was discharged from the hospital after recovering from his injuries, Zhou Yan dissolved the spiritual contract with him.

According to Zhou Yan herself, she made the spiritual pact simply to save Chen Moxin's life.

As for becoming Chen Moxin's witch, she had no intention of doing so.

Chen Moxin had anticipated this outcome.

If it were a normal witch, under normal circumstances, as long as she didn't make any mistakes in social situations, and combined with the strength of "Mental Interference: Chaos", she could definitely start discussing spiritual contracts.

However, Zhou Yan's experiences and personality are very special, making it difficult for outsiders to get close to her. Even with the existence of "Mental Interference and Chaos," it is far from enough to make her voluntarily form a spiritual contract.

Chen Moxin guessed that to officially obtain Zhou Yan's spirit contract, she might have to wait for "Mental Interference - Su".

Even that might not be enough.

It would probably require the highest-level "Mind Interference - Absolute," which symbolizes absolute obedience.

The fact that the spiritual contract has now broken does not mean that the whole drama that was orchestrated before was meaningless.

The previous task only instructed us to establish a spiritual pact, without specifying how long it would last.

Therefore, the moment the two established a spiritual pact, the mission was completed, and the progress continued to move forward.

【Task Update】

Within the Bureau, reputation is of paramount importance for a witch who has been captured.

A good reputation implies good interpersonal relationships and a good living environment.

A favorable environment, in turn, can help the witch maintain a good reputation.

Zhou Yan clearly didn't do a good enough job in this regard.

[Current Task: Raise Zhou Yan's overall reputation within the Twin Cities Witch Management Bureau to "Highly Praised"]

[Zhou Yan's current public image: Disliked by both people and dogs]

Putting aside how to complete the task, Chen Moxin found the task itself somewhat laughable and frustrating.

Perhaps the "welfare bureau" that took in Gu Qiaoqiao before was too easy, because the tasks assigned to Zhou Yan this time are quite perplexing.

Chen Moxin closed the system panel and looked at Zhou Yan, who was sitting across from her eating: "Zhou Yan, I have a question."

Zhou Yan focused on eating, not even looking up: "Go on."

“I know you cause trouble every now and then to lock yourself in the strict detention area and hide from your father as much as possible.” Chen Moxin paused and asked, “Since you’re so afraid of your father, have you ever considered getting rid of him forever?”

Zhou Yan was somewhat puzzled: "What do you mean by getting rid of him forever?"

Chen Moxin slowly said, "Or let me put it this way: if there were a chance right now to make your father disappear forever—don't worry about why he would disappear, just that he would disappear. Would you want to see that happen?"

Zhou Yan sat there, silent.

This seems like a question that requires no thought.

From childhood to adulthood, Zhou Haiwei never did a single good deed for Zhou Yan.

This is not an exaggerated metaphor, but a statement of fact.

There wasn't even the most basic debt of gratitude between the two of them—every penny Zhou Haiwei spent on Zhou Yan, including the money for his baby formula when he was a child, was recorded in the books, and interest was calculated on it.

All the money he spent over the years has been earned back with interest from Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan seemed to have no reason to be attached to this so-called "father".

But faced with Chen Moxin's question, after a long silence, Zhou Yan shook his head: "No, I don't want him to disappear..."

"Why?" Chen Moxin asked.

Zhou Yan forced a smile and gave Chen Moxin a sad one: "No matter how bad he is, he's still my dad."

Chapter 177 Good baby

Zhou Yan's answer actually reflects a very common psychology.

News reports often feature similar cases where husbands have been abusing their wives for years, beating them until they are covered in bruises, hospitalized, or even paralyzed, yet the wives still refuse to divorce.

It's not that they love their husbands that much; it's simply that they don't have the courage to let go.

Letting go is often more difficult than picking up.

The same applies to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Haiwei can be described as a complete scumbag; he has been abusing Zhou Yan ever since she could remember.

But in Zhou Yan's heart, this scumbag was still her father, her only family member in the world.

As long as Zhou Haiwei is around, no matter how badly she is bullied, she is still considered a "child with a home".

Even if this home is a cage, a wound, and a nightmare that keeps her awake at night, she will still lower her head and pretend to be indifferent when others talk about the word "parents," while secretly thinking to herself, "I have them too."

If Zhou Haiwei were to suddenly disappear one day, she would truly become a homeless stray dog.

Chen Moxin looked at Zhou Yan and said deeply, "Zhou Yan, it's true that Zhou Haiwei is your father. Your blood relationship is an objective fact that can never be erased."

“But you have to understand that not everyone deserves the title of father, at least Zhou Haiwei does not.”

Zhou Yan wasn't stupid; she certainly understood what Chen Moxin was saying.

But she was unwilling to face this fact, so like an ostrich burying its head in the sand, she lowered her head and pretended not to hear, eating her meal silently by herself.

Seeing that Zhou Yan had some soup stains on her lips, Chen Moxin took out a tissue and wiped them for her: "No matter what, don't let yourself live such a miserable life."

"Listen to me, don't cause any more trouble, go back to the Puguan District and start a new life."

Zhou Yan let Chen Moxin wipe her lips and forced a smile: "At least now I get beaten once a month. If we go back to the Puguan District, I'll get beaten once a week."

Chen Moxin smiled and pinched her cheek: "What are you afraid of? I'm here."

...

"What are you doing here again?!"

At the routine family meeting in early October, Zhou Haiwei's face turned pale when he saw that Chen Moxin was the officer accompanying Zhou Yan again.

Chen Moxin leaned against the wall and said lazily, "You can get used to it in advance, because I will be accompanying Zhou Yan here from now on."

Last time, when a family member was present, Chen Moxin attacked Zhou Haiwei without saying a word, leaving him covered in blood and traumatized.

But at this moment, Zhou Haiwei's attitude seemed very arrogant, because there was a fourth person in the room besides the three of them.

After being beaten last time, Zhou Haiwei immediately called the local court to recount his ordeal.

As an imperial administrative body, the court was naturally willing to listen to the opinions of the people and sent a special working group to conduct discussions with the administration.

The family meeting process has now been optimized. In addition to the family members and accompanying agents, a judge will also accompany each meeting to supervise the agents' words and actions.

Today, when Zhou Haiwei met Zhou Yan, he was accompanied by judges.

Zhou Haiwei looked at Chen Moxin arrogantly: "You fooled me last time, but today, with the judge here, let's see what you can do to me!"

After saying that, he turned to look at the accompanying judge and gave her a flirtatious wink: "Beautiful lady, you'd better keep a close eye on things. If anything goes wrong, you'll have to stand up for me."

Luo Lingyou, sitting in the corner, nodded: "Okay."