Courtyard House: My System - Artificial Human

"Zao'er, your school must be pretty busy lately, right? With you so busy, my shop is struggling to keep up with cash flow. Even with just Erhu and me, we can't manage!"

"Um... I am indeed quite busy." Tian Zao replied, winking at Chen Xueru, wanting to know what she was up to.

Chen Xueru sighed, sat down on the stool, and rested her chin on her hand.

"What should I do? I want to spend more time with my husband, but I don't have time to mind the shop. Sigh! Huai Ru, why don't you come help me? You don't have anything important to do at home, right? I'll pay you wages if you come, and you can send the money home to report back later."

"Huh? Me?" Qin Huairu pointed at herself with an incredulous look on her face, then laughed awkwardly.

"Sis, don't tease me, how could I possibly know how..."

"If you don't know how, can't you learn? Huai Ru, let me ask you, do you want to stay in the countryside for the rest of your life or do you want to live a good life in the city? I'm giving you an opportunity, so you have to seize it."

Chen Xueru's attitude suddenly turned serious, causing Qin Huairu to suppress her awkward smile, slowly withdraw her hand, place it on her lap, and lower her head.

She felt both inferior and touched, and also annoyed at her own lack of tact.

Even though Sister Xue Ru was talking about something serious, I thought she was joking.

If that's the case, wouldn't I be able to live in the city... and even earn money back home?

As Qin Huairu thought of this, her heart raced, and she couldn't help but dream about it. She raised her head and looked at Chen Xueru with determination.

"Sister! As long as you don't mind my clumsiness, I'm willing to learn from you! It's just... I don't know if my parents will agree."

"I'm waiting for your attitude. As for your parents' and older brother's opinions, don't worry. I have my own way of persuading them. We'll talk to your older brother when he gets back."

Chen Xueru was full of confidence; you could tell from her expression that she had already made plans. Tian Zao remained silent.

She was wondering how Lin Weidong would react when he returned home to find another person suddenly in the house.

At the same time, she was also finding reasons for herself to accept Qin Huairu. If Lin Weidong agreed, then she would agree too...

Lin Weidong naturally agreed!

Seeing a younger version of Qin Huairu who looked remarkably like the Thirteenth Aunt through the lifelike surveillance footage, Lin Weidong wholeheartedly approved of it.

He not only agreed, but also planned to tease Chen Xueru and the other person by pretending to be reluctant.

However, he didn't have time to come back yet. He was currently around the square, complaining and frantically scanning, marking and tracking signals one by one.

How many of our comrades and how many enemy agents were in today's march? Perhaps only Lin Weidong in this world could count them clearly.

For Lin Weidong, these one or two achievements were all stepping stones to advancement!

Of course, he himself is not part of the public security system and is not suited to show off. These enemy agents are used to help the clone accumulate merits.

He didn't care whether the enemy agents who came to the square were carrying dangerous items or whether they were like Chen Yang, who outwardly complied but inwardly defied orders.

In any case, as long as the status bar shows a red name indicating an abnormal identity, he marks it with a lifelike monitoring tool.

There's no way around it; I have a lot of people working on copying, and they need to improve every few days, so there's still not enough to go around!

Currently, most junior clones within the system are still in the probationary stage. Only those who have participated in missions, like Jin Lu and Yan Qishan, have been promoted to permanent positions ahead of schedule.

To be honest, Lin Weidong was somewhat disappointed.

His original plan was for the clones to work hard while he reaped the benefits. Now, it's the other way around—he, the boss, is helping his subordinates develop. It's like the world has been turned upside down.

While complaining, Lin Weidong counted heads like he was counting money, wandering around until dusk, marking all the people who needed to be marked before leaving.

He was about to teleport back when he suddenly saw Yi Zhonghai with a bruised and swollen face appear at the entrance of the courtyard house in the surveillance footage, and he immediately burst into laughter.

"Hey! What's wrong with you, Lao Yi, on such a holiday?" Yan Bugui helped lift the back of the car, his eyes darting around Yi Zhonghai's face.

Yi Zhonghai's face darkened even more.

"Don't even mention it! We were ambushed by that brat at the front gate!"

"Old Yi, you got beaten up again? How many of them hurt you like this?" Yan Bugui raised his voice, attracting the attention of everyone in the courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai was about to curse, but then he thought better of it. Qianmen wasn't the only one who had a grudge against him, so he couldn't take the hit alone.

He stopped the car, took out a cigarette and lit it out, muttering under his breath.

"Sigh! They're really bullying us. There are all the neighbors here, and I'm not afraid to embarrass myself by telling you all this. Yesterday, a colleague and I were waiting for passengers at the station when the police stopped to check our household registration and identities. We went back to our police station together. After checking our identities, the police officer didn't want to take advantage of ordinary people and offered to give us travel expenses, saying it had taken up too much time. I thought, didn't Xiao Lin from our compound say that as government officials, not taking even a needle or thread from the people is the bottom line? So I thought, why not just accept it? We can't let the police make a mistake! Don't you agree?"

"That's absolutely right!"

Yan Bugui nodded in agreement, puffing on his cigarette, and the others in front of him also nodded. Yi Zhonghai then changed the subject.

"And guess what? That Wen San'er with me, he was fawning over me like he was seeing a traitor in the old days, completely misunderstanding that the police officer was just being polite! I couldn't stand it and said a few words to him, but instead of recognizing his mistake, this guy claimed to be some kind of Master Wen and said he was going to teach me a lesson! Tell me, do you even know what kind of person he is?"

"Hey, Lao Yi, you've been talking for so long... was it Wen San who beat you up or the guy from Qianmen? I'm getting a little confused."

"He hit me? Humph! Yesterday I slapped him twice across the face and he ran away like the wind. He's no match for me in a one-on-one fight! But this guy has no sportsmanship! Today he called several people to ambush me. Those people are Cai Quanwu's gang from Qianmen! How can I stand being ganged up on by a group of people? Ugh! This is too much!"

After hearing this, everyone nodded silently. If what Yi Zhonghai said was true, it was indeed a bit like bullying.

But some people thought he deserved it. Jia Zhangshi heard this twice, pursed her lips, and silently grumbled in her heart.

Yi Zhonghai is really useless at everything, but he's always eager to get beaten up. He's been beaten up by the Qianmen gang several times already.

This is such a disgrace to the courtyard house! Dongxu is about to have to go on a marriage proposal. If word gets out, outsiders will think that the men of the courtyard house are spineless!

And Yi Zhonghai is now trying to steer the conversation in that direction.

He then waved a cigarette around in front of everyone, sighing.

"Sigh, it's not that I'm disgracing our courtyard, but there are several people I just can't handle! Actually, I don't mind getting beaten up, I'm just afraid that these bastards will spread rumors about our courtyard again, like last time, saying that there's not a single good person in our courtyard..."

"Hey, Master Yi, what makes you say that there's not a single good person in our courtyard?"

Lin Weidong appeared at the right time. Yi Zhonghai didn't understand what he meant by that, but he still explained it to him.

"Xiao Lin, don't misunderstand, this isn't what I said, it's what those guys at Qianmen said when they were putting sacks on Da Mao!"

He Yuzhu was excited when he saw Lin Weidong return, so he immediately stepped forward to offer his advice.

"Uncle Lin, those guys were making threats last time. Do you think we should go and teach them a lesson? Why are those guys at the front gate always going against us?"

"Silly Zhu, don't talk nonsense. What are you doing, tidying up this and that all day long?!"

He Daqing's face suddenly stiffened in the crowd. "Have you forgotten why you're targeting us?"

Bringing this up in front of Lin Weidong is just making things difficult for him!