I'm living off a woman in Arknights.

She shuddered, banishing the jarring image from her mind.

"Also, how many orphans are there here?"

“...Common,” Swire said in a low voice.

"So blurry."

“This land is dangerous, swallowing lives almost every moment.” Swire’s breathing quickened. “Lungmen is the same.”

That's just how it is when people exist.

Yun Yi pressed further: "I mean, are there very few safe zones? A safe zone is the kind of place where you can be assured that the danger to your life is greatly reduced when you are in that area."

“Very few,” Swire said with certainty.

"That's even more impossible. Most of those policies are intended for large areas of long-term stability."

“If we insist on using it here, we have to practice and modify it one by one, which is very troublesome.”

Just troublesome?

Shi Huaiya tapped the table, deciding to chat with Yunyi whenever she had time.

Yun Yi suddenly felt a chill. Who was cursing her?

If she knew that it was Swire who was eyeing her half-baked political skills, she would probably burst into tears on the spot.

Please, how could those trivial details of grandstanding and pontificating possibly be practical?

(Yun Yi, who is tearfully reviewing politics in the training ground in the future: So annoying! T﹏T Nine Lives!)

"Since we can't use it for the time being, let's sort out your identity first."

Perhaps because of the somewhat ambiguous interlude, Swire didn't smile this time, but instead told a story in a reverent tone:

"Some time ago, 'you,' Yun Yi, finally couldn't bear the constant fear and trepidation outside the Dragon Gate and made up your mind to fight for your future."

"So a few days ago, 'you', who had prepared a meticulous plan, successfully sneaked into Lungmen through the sewers."

"Just when 'you' thought you had succeeded, you found that you couldn't find a job at all because of communication difficulties, and you collapsed from hunger in an alley the day before yesterday."

“Yesterday, Chen, Xingxiong, and I happened to pass by and found ‘you’. After discussing it, the three of us decided to adopt ‘you’ together.”

"But in order to avoid adopting a person of bad character, we made 'you' stand there in front of the Guard Bureau and cause a commotion. After feeling quite uncomfortable, we led 'you' into the office after you discovered the truth. Out of guilt, we decided to formally adopt 'you'."

"As the one with the most funds and the widest network of connections, I naturally took care of all of 'your' expenses and a series of settlement procedures, and planned to give 'you' a house to settle down in."

"Today, you woke up tired and learned of this wonderful news that a pie had fallen from the sky. You were extremely excited and nervous. You did whatever I asked you to do, and you dared not refuse whatever I gave you."

"Then in the next two days, 'you' will follow me step by step to complete the entire settlement process. You still don't want to leave me during the adoption process, so you will stick to me and go to the Guard Bureau the day after tomorrow."

Yun Yi was so embarrassed he almost had a stroke, and said with a bitter face, "Does 'my' experience have to be so... cliché?"

"Just remember the key points; no one will ask you for the whole thing."

As Swire spoke, he turned the paper over and pointed to the end, asking Yunyi to sign it.

"Key point?"

As Yun Yi spoke, he picked up a pen and signed his name, thinking to himself that it was fortunate that Longmen seemed to use traditional Chinese characters.

She can read and use traditional Chinese characters, and even if she can't write them, she can use simplified Chinese characters to fool people. At most, the characters will appear illiterate because they are missing parts (in reality, they are simplified Chinese characters, but the protagonist is misled by herself).

If it's any other bird language, I might as well just explode on the spot.

"Now, I ask you questions."

Swire snatched the paper back, crossed her legs, wagged her tail, and asked, "Your name?"

"Yun Yi."

"how did it get here?"

"I obtained it myself."

"I asked you how you got to Longmen!"

"They slipped in."

"from where?"

"sewer."

Why approach Swire?

Yun Yi smiled and said, "Because Miss Swire kindly took me in."

"Stop grinning and answer my question seriously—why are you monitoring the Guard Bureau personnel coming and going?"

Shi Huaiya slammed the paper on the table and stared sternly at Yun Yi.

"?" Yun Yi looked puzzled. "What are you talking about? When did I ever monitor the Guard Bureau?"

"Tsk, when is your birthday?"

"August 20."

What day is it today?

"I don't know." Yun Yi blinked. "I guess that's a fair way to put it."

Swire typed "OK".

It's perfectly normal for orphans wandering in the wild to live a muddled and aimless life.

Many of them don't even have a concept of dates, and they are constantly struggling with their only, possibly untrue, birthday.

Perhaps I should take in some real orphans.

The idea flashed through Swire's mind, and she put it aside, planning to see if it would work when she had time.

While pondering, Swire kept talking, then asked awkwardly, "How did you find out the names of the three people who took you in?"

"They told me."

"Do you know where this is?" Swire held up the paper and pointed to the original address column.

"Miss Swire's home."

"I mean, do you know where this is? Have you ever been there?"

"I don't know, I've never been there."

How old are you?

"24, I think."

"What exactly did you do with Swire? Tell me in detail, without missing a single word."

"So, it's just going through the motions and collecting things. The process... is it just repeating itself?"

"..."

What's the difference between saying it and not saying it?

I didn't expect this person to be so good at talking nonsense. Not bad.

Swire relaxed and sat back in his chair, saying:

"Alright, it seems there are no problems. You can go now."

"Oh."

"Wait, here's a document from Swire. Where do you live now? I'll take it to her."

"The coffee shop across the street."

Yun Yi said casually.

"Idiot, there's no need to answer here, just leave."

Swire* stood up, one hand on his hip, the other pointing to himself, and said, "My people will never ask you questions, much less interrogate you."

"The person who would do this is definitely someone who is at odds with me or has ulterior motives, hoping to achieve their own goals through the Guard Bureau's interrogation."

As she spoke, Swire smiled smugly:

"When dealing with these guys who don't dare to face me directly, just make sure the formal interrogation part is correct, and don't indulge them in the informal or deliberately ambiguous parts."

"If they dare to cause you trouble because of this, don't hold back if you can beat them or yell at them. Just give them a piece of your mind. I'll definitely be outside the interrogation room by then."

ps:

I barely slept last night (Tuesday night), but my dark circles actually got smaller; you can barely see them unless you look closely (Wednesday).

I didn't expect to catch the update so soon. Vivian and Jane are really beautiful, and the controls are very smooth. However, I don't have enough resources, so I can only choose Jane (Vivian's language is a bit embarrassing).

I've noticed that other authors typically post chapters of two to three thousand words. Following the example of successful predecessors, I'll also post chapters of two thousand words each.

I feel like I'm about to have a brain hemorrhage. The trash can can only hold one draft, and another two thousand words of mine have been swallowed up.

I hope to finish writing it before tomorrow.

New author, new book, please support me!

Volume 2: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 8 - Just a Little Bit of Hardship (winks while raising glasses.gif)

"These people are so idle."

In response to Swire's reminder, Yun Yi retorted, "No matter how you look at it, you can't get any useful information out of this kind of interrogation, can you?"

After all, Swire herself, whom they wanted to scheme against and exploit, would guarantee that she would stay outside the interrogation room, and Yun Yi, who seemed to be just a tool inside, could not have been unprepared and must have memorized his story in advance.

What do you want to know?

can.

First, you have to be discreet under Swire's gaze, otherwise she could easily stop you.

Secondly, the questioning had to be conducted in strict accordance with the rules, leaving no opportunity for Swire, who was also an insider, to stop it.

Then you need to go through all the questions you're supposed to ask within the time limit before you can try to interject your own questions.

Asking precise questions is likely to get you stopped; asking vague or ambiguous questions is likely to get you misled…

Such difficulties are not hard to predict; if you want to do it, you have to solve these problems, otherwise it's all for nothing.

Yun Yi thought to himself, this interrogation is like picking bones out of an egg.

It's not that success is impossible, but rather that the probability of success is extremely small.

Doing it felt like a complete waste of time.

"There's nothing we can do, some people are just so idle."

Swire waved his hand and said, "However, just remember the key points. It's hard to say whether those people will use this inefficient way of finding fault, so there's no need to worry too much about it."

"I'm showing you through it just in case some idiot or skeptical person suddenly pulls a trick on you."

Yun Yi nodded, understanding. It was purely for preventing those disgusting guys who weren't very harmful but were persistent and annoying.

You should pay attention, but don't worry about it too much.

"One review is enough; we need to focus our time on the key issues from now on."

Swire summarized it this way.

She put the finalized and signed documents back into the folder and then took another, thicker folder from the side.

Shi Huaiya unfolded it, took out three stacks of booklets, and pushed them in front of Yun Yi.

"Here, this is the main point for today."

The booklet pushed over, the largest one at the top, is a "Private Land Transfer Agreement" that is impossible to ignore.

"..." No, sister, are you serious?

Yun Yi's eyes widened for a moment, his head full of question marks.

Have they known each other for more than a day at most?

The system's functions haven't even been officially tested, yet land is being given away so easily?

This is completely illogical. What are they trying to do?

Yun Yi sighed, resting his chin on his hand, "While I'm glad you trust me, is it really necessary to give me something like this right from the start?"