Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Unfortunately, although An Ran gained some experience in repairing machinery, nothing happened. She could only use her spare time to analyze and successfully master the blueprints for the Warhorse Pistol, as well as the blueprints for the bullets that would fit the two pistols.

"What an energetic day!" Anran thought to herself as she lay on the table.

In fact, when Anran arrived at the store, Colin had already locked himself in the workshop and started working. He left once in the middle of the process, and two hours later he came back into the workshop carrying a large box.

Although she was very curious, An Ran did not peek without permission.

She doesn't want to lose this base for the time being.

As for Zhou Jieyu, her situation was even worse.

In the same timeframe, somewhere in the old city, after spending an afternoon yesterday completing several small tasks, Zhou Jieyu finally found a repetitive task that could earn her money.

She is now wearing a headscarf, sunglasses, and a mask, with a shoulder bag slung over her waist, and squatting by the roadside.

His eyes were fixed on the intersection.

This is a task that's hard to talk about.

A man in a suit walked over. Zhou Jieyu remained motionless. The boss said that this was not the target.

A middle-aged woman walked over, but Zhou Jieyu remained motionless. The boss said that this was not the target.

A child walked over, but Zhou Jieyu's gaze had already drifted to the sky; she couldn't let the child be corrupted.

A man with a round face walked over, his appearance sleazy and his body hunched over—that's him.

I'm going all out to earn money, boost my reputation, and change jobs.

Zhou Jieyu quickly stood up, touched her handbag, cleared her throat, and walked briskly to the round-faced man. She said in as calm a tone as possible, "Sir, would you like a CD?"

"Huh?" The round-faced man immediately stopped and looked at Zhou Jieyu with a puzzled expression.

Zhou Jieyu thought the round-faced man was interested and secretly congratulated herself on her accurate judgment. She immediately launched into a second sales pitch: "I have all kinds of categories here, human, spirit race, wild race,..."

"Are there omnics too?" the round-faced man suddenly asked.

"..."

This person has really strange tastes; he even watches DVDs about robots "fighting" each other.

"I need to ask the boss about that," Zhou Jieyu said.

On her first day of work, there were many things she didn't understand. The lines were all taught to her by the boss upstream; she herself had never watched any DVDs.

“And the boss,” the round-faced man said meaningfully, “take me to meet your boss.”

"Okay."

Zhou Jieyu nodded.

Looks like the first order is about to be completed. Not only will I get a commission, but I'll also gain experience. This task isn't too difficult.

So she went to see the boss with her round face.

Chapter 13 Transactions with Zero Material Costs

The upstream boss from whom Zhou Jieyu accepted the task was located not far away.

She arrived nearby quickly, her round face a testament to her beauty.

The boss, who was sitting alone on a step smoking, looked up and saw Zhou Jieyu appear from around the corner.

"Huh? Isn't this that weird guy called 'The Leader of the Escape'?"

Why are you back so quickly? It hasn't even been an hour.

The boss took the cigarette out of his mouth with his index and middle fingers, stood up abruptly, and was about to walk over to Zhou Jieyu to ask about the situation when he suddenly stopped.

Because someone suddenly walked out from behind Zhou Jieyu.

A person with very distinctive physical features.

A round face, big eyes, a big nose, and a big mouth.

When such a combination of characteristics is found in one person, for a business owner who has spent years operating beneath the surface of the old city, there is only one conclusion to be drawn—

Run!

What are you waiting for!

The shop owner threw away his cigarette, no longer caring about damaging the city's appearance. If he wasn't caught, everything would be fine. But if he was caught, the charge of selling pirated and obscene CDs would be much more serious than throwing away a cigarette butt and damaging the city's appearance.

He took off running, his steps as fast as the wind, as if he had been trained.

As for Zhou Jieyu, the boss didn't care about her at this point.

This idiot actually managed to get the Municipal Appearance Management Bureau involved. Regardless of whether it was entrapment or not, it's good enough that the boss didn't beat Zhou Jieyu to death. What's the point of them interfering?

"old……"

Zhou Jieyu's words were cut off halfway through.

What exactly happened?

"Thank you so much, little sister!"

The round-faced Leonard patted Zhou Jieyu on the shoulder.

Uh……

What the heck? Didn't the boss run away? Why is he thanking me?

Zhou Jieyu turned around in confusion.

She noticed that the round-faced man was smiling happily. He casually pulled out a handcuff and cuffed it to her wrist, while grinning and talking to his watch.

"I've cornered that skinny guy selling DVDs in the old town. Send someone over quickly, the location is..."

Holy crap—

Even if Zhou Jieyu was stupid, she would know that she had been entrapped. This round-faced man was either a policeman or someone like a "city management officer".

Do you think I, Zhou Jieyu, have no dignity? How could you fool me like this!

"Snapped--"

While Leonard was happily calling out to people, Zhou Jieyu suddenly pushed him and stomped on him.

This set of movements was performed in one go, and Zhou Jieyu practiced it many times in the real world in front of her older brother.

"Oh, my foot!"

Leonard jumped back a step, and the other end of the handcuffs on his hand immediately loosened.

Seeing the opportunity, Zhou Jieyu didn't say anything more and ran away.

"Stop right there!" Leonard was furious; how could he let the cooked duck fly away?

Straightening his misaligned shoe, Leonard immediately chased after him.

……

"yawn!"

After repairing the electric fan that the customer brought in, Anran put it aside and yawned. Repairing such simple machinery every day didn't give her much experience.

She got up, poured herself a glass of water, and took a big gulp. On such a hot day, maybe she should have some lemonade.

However, this is still a bit too extravagant. I'll enjoy it when I have more money in the future. Plain water is just as good, isn't it?

Thinking this, An Ran turned on the ceiling fan above her head again.

The sound of "whoosh whoosh whoosh" quickly filled the repair shop.

One more bite—

Anran picked up the water glass again.

"Huffing and puffing, huffing and puffing—"

"Stop right there!"

Ok?

The sounds of a young girl's rapid breathing and a middle-aged man's rough shouting.

An Ran immediately looked up and saw two familiar faces.

The player who "led the escape" took the lead, running until his face was flushed, he was out of breath, and he was still wearing handcuffs.

Leonard, with his round face, followed closely behind, looking furious as if his tail had been stepped on.

The two ran past the repair shop quickly, one after the other, without noticing An Ran at all.

Upon seeing Leonard unharmed, he immediately became furious.

This guy took away her shopping cart and threw her into a detention center. If the security personnel hadn't arrived in time, she might have been killed.

Anran wanted to go up and give Leonard a series of punches, but she was outnumbered and outmatched, and even if she won, she couldn't defeat the Twin Moon City government.

We can only wait and bear with it for now.

Don't let me catch the opportunity, Anran thought.

……

Zhou Jieyu deliberately sought out alleyways to escape, and fortunately, she didn't encounter any dead ends. Leonard, being larger, couldn't run any further and could only watch helplessly as Zhou Jieyu disappeared around the corner.

"I'm so angry!"

Leonard slammed his fist against the wall, took a few breaths, and asked his watch, "Hey, how's it going over there?"

"The person has been successfully apprehended."

"Phew—" Leonard breathed a sigh of relief. The big fish didn't get away, that's good. The small fish getting away won't have much of an impact.

At that moment, on the other end of the call, the DVD seller was gazing at the sky with a look of utter despair.

I knew earlier...

Hey!

……

"Finally, we've shaken them off."