About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

Exia coughed twice, then explained to the two girls with a smile.

"Eh... they clearly look like a couple, are you waiting for the right moment, sister?"

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll charge you?"

"Whoa whoa whoa!"

The little girl sighed in disbelief, but this time she was interrupted by Archangel's wave of his hand. When they heard that they had to pay, the two little girls were immediately scared away.

"Haha... There are quite a few children like this in the slums, but even fewer survive. Most of them don't care about the lives of others."

Exia sighed as she looked at the little girl hiding in the corner and staring at her.

"But you will, right? Thank you for saving those two children."

Orson said to the Archangel with a smile.

"I was only following the Lord's will, and it was you who saved both of us... Never mind, let's take a break and get ready to go back."

Exia got up from the ground and walked away, while Orson stared thoughtfully at the RGB light tube on Exia's head that had "turned red" for some reason.

—If the halo around Exiah's head can reflect her true condition to some extent... could this crimson color mean...

——Is the time for Exiah’s transformation coming to an end?

Orsen, who was always wrong in his guesses, was a little nervous for a moment, wondering whether he should send the Angel to Longmen People's Hospital for a check-up immediately.

As for the Angel...

- Lord, is he the 'righteous man' I'm looking for? If possible, please don't give me enlightenment. I... hope to bear witness in my own way.

The Archangel closed his eyes slightly, trying to cool down his cheeks which were burning hot, while praying a prayer of faith.

——A few hours later, Penguin Logistics Office——

"Let me summarize. During this mission, you let three people escape, damaged a uniform, lost Orson's wallet, and even had your last pocket money stolen by two little girls, Angel Exia. And someone also stole the wheel of that black car—right?"

"...That's it, croissant."

Exia was kneeling in front of the sofa, sweating profusely as she nodded at Croissant, who was holding a bill in her hand.

"I understand."

"Would you like to lend me some money?"

"I'll help you find 10 to 20 part-time jobs~"

“No~~don’t~~ah~~”

Exia roared in despair. Not only did he not have any fun today, but he also lost all his fortune.

1-It must be that idiot Orson's fault!

As Exia was trying to pass the buck, Orson, who was sewing clothes in the next room, sneezed.

18. Policeman Long's One-Day Rental Boyfriend

"Your uniform has been patched up, but your pants were badly burned. I guess you'll still need to pay for a new one yourself—Exiac?"

After returning from the slums and helping Angel to repair the Penguin Logistics uniform, Orson walked out of the room, only to find that the office was empty.

I need some money urgently, so I'm going to work part-time at the nearby fast food restaurant, KFC, with Croissant. Orson, you can just wander around Longmen. The office key is on the table. You can drive any car downstairs except the one with the penguin logo, which is a BOSS collectible.

Orson looked at the text message, then at the keys on the table and sighed.

Although Orson was very happy that Archangel could trust him, he was also a little worried that Archangel's personality might make him easily deceived.

Even if it was selfish, Orson hoped that Angel's "trust" would only belong to those close to her.

However, since he has already received recognition and the key, there is no need for him to continue to refuse. He should accept this kindness and try his best to live up to this recognition. This is what Orson needs to do.

Orson put the key in his pocket and left the empty Penguin Logistics office.

It just so happens that I don’t have anything important to do right now, so I might as well go to the Guards Bureau and get my sword “Red Queen” back.

After all, it was a weapon Maria specially made for him, and the Red Queen still had a deep meaning to Orson, not to mention that this knight sword was really comfortable to use.

Orsen acted immediately. After determining his goal, he went to the underground parking lot and, while looking at a row of cars, he exclaimed that the boss of Penguin Logistics was really rich. At the same time, he selected a vehicle that looked less conspicuous and did not have the penguin logo.

A moment later, Orson drove out of the garage in a pure white car that could be seen everywhere.

"Didi dididi——"

On the way to the Guard Bureau, the cell phone suddenly rang.

"Orson, you are in Longmen now, right?"

"aunt?"

A familiar voice came from the phone. It was Zofia.

"Don't call me aunt! Seriously... Anyway, how are things going with you? Tallulah suddenly told us that you left Casimir a long time ago. That Draco is really speechless sometimes. We didn't even throw a proper themed dinner for you."

Because the incident happened suddenly ('incident' refers to the gossip that Chen was entangled with a scumbag), Tallulah asked Orson to leave immediately. It was obvious that if other people knew that Orson had secretly run away, they would definitely come over without saying anything. Therefore, Tallulah deliberately hid the fact that "Orson had run away" from as many people as possible for a few days.

And Sofia was one of the people who got the news later.

"I'm fine here...

"What's with that subtle pause?"

Sophia on the other end of the phone asked curiously, and Orson could only smile bitterly.

I can only say "pretty good", what else can I say?

During the few days since I came to Longmen, I was taken to the police station and my wallet was stolen. Then I was dragged away by a rich woman to do a mission. I watched the sisters fight with the Rasengan. Then, I rescued the little mouse Lin Yuxia with De Dog and accompanied the Archangel to the slums to save people?

If I really said that, it would probably take less than three days for Zaolu to drive Qicheng and bring everyone from the Reunion Movement to encircle Longmen together with the Silver Spear Pegasus Group that Maria Zofia had called.

If it were Miss Black Snake, she would probably be happy to act like this and watch Wei Lao Er's confused and life-doubting expression up close.

"Forget it. We can't help you right now. Just protect yourself, Orson. If there's anything you can't handle, just tell us. The Linguang family and Casimir will always be your strongest backing."

"aunt……!"

"So don't call me aunt! Also, I'm calling you this time mainly because I have something to ask you—Casimir is planning to make a movie based on the story of the Silent Knight and Maria Xiaguang."

"Movies... Ugh, that sounds a bit weird and embarrassing."

Orson rubbed his hair shyly. What he had done was adapted into a movie or something... It sounded really shameful and a little exciting.

"The director asked me to ask you if it's okay to use 'Tall Dulin' to play your leading role."

"I'm boycotting the filming of this movie with my real name!!"

Orson performed a series of lightning-fast face changes.

After Zofia, Orson received several more calls.

Kal'tsit told Orson to take good care of his body. If she found any indicators were excessive during the next physical examination, she would tie Orson to the operating table and perform massage with mon3tr.

Frost Star called to complain that Patriot had been going to play chess with old Hellagur, the leather-pants general of Che City, every now and then. Although it was a good thing for the elderly to have some hobbies, the end result of each "chess game" between the two would always be a fight over "who is cuter, Yelena or Nain (Hellagur's adopted daughter)?", with marching mode versus survival swordsmanship.

After a few seconds of thought, Orson suggested that the Patriots eat less weird health supplements. This was overheard by a passing Deer-Headed Man, who affectionately said that he would let Orson experience breaking through the atmosphere alone.

Alina also called Orson to give him some instructions. The deer's soothing and calm voice made Orson feel the hard-earned peace in his heart.

Of course, Alina also added that if she arrived at Longmen and found a bunch of strange girls around Orson again, then... hehe.

Alina didn't say it explicitly, but Orson's mind was already filled with the image of his head being squeezed into diamonds by Alina Silverhand.

After briefly exchanging a few words with everyone, Orson felt warm in his heart. His companions were all paying attention to and caring for him, and this concern made Orson full of energy.

Of course, on the other hand, after this group of people come to Longmen, they will be "tied to the operating table and locked in a small dark room, whipped by ponytails and tickled at the same time, while Black Snake is recording with a smirk on his face, and the Patriots are sharpening their knives to prepare for the Houston Rockets launch."

...sounds pretty scary.

Orson didn't think about his identity as a dead futures dealer for the time being, and drove to the Guard Bureau.

After being thrown into police station twice, Orson soon found Chen's office.

"Officer Chen—are they talking inside?"

Orson was about to knock on the door when he found that there were already two people in the room.

One of them should be Chen, and the other one is taller——

Ka!

The door was suddenly opened from the inside, and Orson, who was standing at the door, met eyes with the girl who opened the door - Chen Huijie.

"Orson?"

"Hello, Officer Chen, are you free later? I'm hoping to—"

Before he could utter the words 'Able to retrieve his weapons', another person in the office, a tall and slender man, interrupted Orson.

"Wait, you're the one who went to the shooting experience center with Chen before, right?"

"Adams, this has nothing to do with you, right? Just because you're the captain of a detachment doesn't mean you can interfere with my actions."

Chen turned around and stood between Orson and the man, glaring at the man with a serious expression.

"...?"

Orson was a little confused about the situation. The man called 'Adams' seemed to know him, but of course it was more likely that he had also read that outrageous newspaper.

"Of course it has something to do with me, Chen! You should know what I mean—you are the youngest senior superintendent in the history of the Imperial Guards, and you are also a direct relative of Commander Wei Yanwu. Do you really think it's okay for you to be so intimate with this guy who just showed up out of nowhere?"

Adams looked at Orson at the door, his tone mixed with anger and rebuke.

"Take that back. First of all, he's not the 'guy who came out of nowhere' you mentioned. Secondly, I—"

Chen Fahen was halfway through her words when she suddenly thought of something. She paused and looked at Orson.

"And secondly—he's my boyfriend. What's your problem with that, Adams?"

“Hey hey hey!?” “Hey, wuwuwu…”

The man and Orson made surprised sounds at the same time, but before Orson could even say "eh", Chen covered his mouth.

"Help me act this one time and pretend to be my boyfriend, Orson, just this once...!"

Chen blushed and whispered in Orson's ear.

"???"

Orson's mind was full of question marks. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Chen Huijie's train of thought was sometimes exactly the same as Tallulah's.

19. Chen: "Sister, your boyfriend is awesome"

"What's going on, Officer Chen?"

Orson was inexplicably asked to "pretend to be a boyfriend" and was confused. He asked Chen in a panic and whispered if this was some kind of entertainment activity that he could not understand for the time being.

"Uh...how should I explain it? Anyway, the reason you came here is because Tallulah was afraid that I'd be kidnapped by some weird scumbag, right?"

Chen rubbed his eyebrows. Unlike his usual style of 'arresting the person first and then slowly interrogating him', he had to explain the whole story of pretending to be a boyfriend to Orsen, otherwise something might go wrong.

Chen glanced at the slender man in a suit with a Guard Bureau ID card pinned to his chest behind him, then pulled Orson aside and moved closer.

"How should I put it, actually... Although I certainly wasn't kidnapped by any strange guy, there have always been people trying to get close to me for various reasons, you know. Most of those guys are colleagues from the Imperial Guard, or the heirs of some politicians in Lungmen, so I can't say anything too absolute - but for example, that idiot named Adams has always thought he has a chance, which makes me very unhappy, understand?"

Chen pointed at the man behind him who was spraying cologne, his face showing impatience.

"I've tried pretending to have a boyfriend before, but every time they found out that the so-called 'boyfriend' was actually Hoshiguma, they'd come around again... So do me a favor today and drive these people away completely."

Chen sighed. This kind of 'suitor' who wasn't particularly annoying, but still occasionally affected her pace of life, always made her feel a little unhappy.

He had a constant stream of suitors, but despite their wealth and political status, he couldn't quite convince himself to pursue them. Most importantly, his nominal "guardian," Wei Yanwu, while publicly keeping aloof, secretly condoned these affairs, sometimes even offering unexplained assistance.

Chen could barely understand Wei Yanwu's point of view. All that remained with this man along the way was death and betrayal again and again. His life was a constant cycle of protecting-losing-rebuilding.

Wei Yanwu once told himself that the best decision he had ever made in his life was to choose to be with Wen Yue. Because of this, he naturally hoped that Chen could find a partner. On the one hand, this would not completely cut off his brother's bloodline, and on the other hand, he also hoped that Chen could experience the happiest moment in his life.

Of course, Chen, who only has Longmen in his eyes, has never considered such things, and Wei Laoer, the cheap matchmaker, can only occasionally cheer him on with his eyes.

"Officer Chen, it's been quite difficult for you... I always thought being pursued by a group of people was quite a happy thing. So, that person is also one of the suitors?"

"Well, that guy is my former schoolmate at the Victoria Royal Guards Academy. His family is a famous aristocratic family in Victoria, and generations have served the royal family. He himself is also one of the top students in the Guards Academy, and he ranks among the top in all tests, but-"

"But you don't like him, right? I think I understand. I'll try my best to pretend to be Officer Chen's boyfriend so that others won't have to worry."