About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

Like...drunk?

Jingzhe sniffed, and the smell of alcohol emanating from Orson seemed to confirm his guess.

Just when Jingzhe was thinking about whether to take off Orson's clothes stained with liquor, she suddenly saw the ring that once belonged to the "Doctor" hanging on the inside of Orson's body.

There is a pattern printed on the outside of the ring. It is a circle divided by a vertical line, with two straight lines extending diagonally to the left and right of the vertical line.

"This pattern?"

Jingzhe widened her eyes. She had seen the pattern on the ring and understood what it meant.

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—About three years ago, in an unnamed village somewhere in the northern borders—

"Osen, Osen! Do you know what the best thing about being a time traveler is?"

"Hmm... First of all, I'm not even sure what 'traveller' means. Secondly, I guess it means someone knows a lot of strange knowledge?"

The Ursus bear boy called "Orson" rubbed his round ears and responded uncertainly to the energetic girl in front of him who was wearing a blue, white and black robe, had long brown hair, and liked to call herself "Doctor".

"Dudu—wrong answer! 'Knowledge' is a very useful thing, but in a sense, it is also a curse!"

"Curse...why do you say that?"

Orson tilted his head. Although he knew nothing before the doctor appeared in this village, as he got along with the doctor, Orson gradually had his own thoughts and aspirations.

"I forgot, I think it was Thanos who said that? I'll ask for you next time if I'm free."

"It doesn't sound like a name from this world."

Orson complained quietly before throwing back the covers and slowly getting out of bed.

"Wait a minute, Orson, your body is still..."

The doctor tried to stop Orson from getting out of bed, but Orson just smiled and shook his head.

"I'm fine, Doctor. And no matter what, I can't let you continue cooking today. If you do that, someone might die..."

"Hey, I admit my cooking isn't very good, but it's not enough to kill people, Orson!"

"Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow doc!?"

The doctor was so angry that his sore spot was touched. The girl rolled up her sleeves and used the Electric Dragon Audi Double Drill directly on Orson's round head, which made Orson cry and beg for mercy.

After a brief fight, Orson walked towards the kitchen step by step and put on an apron.

"..."

The doctor looked at Orson's skin covered with black crystals of Originium fragments, and put away his playful and laughing expression. Instead, he looked a little sad and self-blaming.

That child has sacrificed so much for me...

While Orson was making lunch, the "Doctor" walked into his bedroom and took out a module from the drawer that was out of tune with the surrounding architectural style and looked extremely high-tech at first glance.

The scientific name of this thing seems to be "Coffin Life Support Device" or "Fusion Transcription Component", but this is not a problem worthy of concern to the "Doctor".

The most important point is that the remaining operating energy of this thing is bound to its own life span.

The last time this thing ran out of energy, he nearly died of organ failure in this village in the northern border. It was the young man, Orson, who bravely stepped forward, stealing and refining the source stone in this extremely harsh environment, and re-energizing the machine.

In the end, the boy saved his own life, but at the same time...

"Cough cough cough...! Cough cough cough cough!! Ugh... the chili pepper is so choking, Doctor, can you put less?"

"Ah... yeah, okay."

A heart-wrenching cough was heard from the kitchen. The Doctor knew that it was not caused by choking, but a symptom of the failure and disease of Orson's organs.

Orson extended his life, but half of his body was buried in the grave.

The Doctor thought about using her own blood to delay and stop Orson's mineral disease infection, but she couldn't even find a complete injection in this village.

It would take at least three months before the peddlers would bring back supplies, and the Doctor knew that Orson's body wouldn't last that long.

What should I do……

"Doctor, come and eat—you haven't told me the answer to that question before?"

Orson's voice interrupted the Doctor's thoughts. The boy carried the dish and slowly placed it on the table, trying his best to not show the pain caused by the mineral disease.

"Ah...yes, the best thing about being a time traveler is that you won't get into copyright trouble."

Hearing Orson's words, the 'Doctor' shook her head, and she put on a smile that matched Orson's again, picking up the topic she had been halfway through.

"0v0?"

Not surprisingly, Orson looked confused.

"How can I explain it to you... For example, this symbol, Orson, do you know what it means?"

The Doctor took out the blackboard he often used when telling stories to Orson and drew a round letter M on it.

"Are they serval ears?"

"It's a super awesome fast food chain! What about this one?"

The 'Doctor' drew another symbol that looked like a chess piece.

"Watchtower?"

"It's a scary thief who will steal all the Lungmen coins from your wallet!"

"Eh……"

The doctor made a threatening face and then drew a pattern divided by a vertical line, with two lines connecting one end to the two sides of the circle.

"This pattern... Doctor, I think you've drawn it before?"

"That's right. Since I won't get in trouble, I'll borrow this icon. It means—[World Peace]"

'The Doctor' explained with a smile, while Orson looked at the icon and nodded thoughtfully.

"Doctor, you told me before that your goal is to make sure that everyone on this land is no longer affected by natural disasters or wars, right?"

Orson looked at the 'Doctor' and asked quietly.

"Yes. But I've also told you, Orson—the price you pay for embarking on this path is simply too high. You might lose a lot, drift further and further away from your original beliefs, part ways with your former friends, and maybe even lose your life."

The 'Doctor' held Orson in her arms. She ignored Orson's attempt to escape because he was afraid of being infected by the mineralogy, and reached out to rub Orson's round ears hard.

"I'm wuwuwu...don't, don't rub it, Doctor...What I want to say is - I can't be as powerful as the doctor, but I'm really happy!"

"—"

Hearing Orson's words of joy from the bottom of his heart, the "Doctor" stopped stroking Orson's hands.

"The time I've spent with you, Doctor, is more precious than every day of my life so far combined, so... uh, what I'm trying to say is... don't worry about me, Doctor."

Orson spoke his words haltingly, then gave the doctor his usual smile.

"..."

The Doctor didn't say anything else. She just gently stroked Orson's arm, where there was a brand new Originium crystal with a sharp corner.

——What should I do, Kal'tsit...?

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"Hiccup--cough cough cough!"

After a moment of trance, Orson regained consciousness. He opened his eyes and found himself lying in the back seat of the car he came in, and his head felt soft and numb.

"Calm down, Orson! Are you okay?"

Jingzhe's voice came out, and Orson realized at this time that he was resting his head on Jingzhe's legs. His cheeks could even feel the smooth and cool touch of Jingzhe's magical stockings that could turn white and black.

"Wooooooaaaa! Sorry for the hug, Sister Jingzhe!"

Orson quickly got up from the "electric knee pillow", and thanks to his height advantage he did not hit the roof directly.

"Don't worry, Orson. It's safe here."

Jingzhe didn't realize the reason for Orsen's panic and thought that he reacted so strongly because he felt insecure.

"No, I... um, by the way, Sister Jingzhe, how is the suspect?"

Orson rubbed his head. Although he vaguely felt that something was missing, he decided not to think about it for the time being and to finish the current matters first.

"The suspect—I'm sorry, Orson. I seem to have underestimated the organization of these people. When I was trying to take a statement from the suspect, he committed suicide using a drug that he seemed to have hidden in advance..."

When Jingzhe mentioned the suspect's fate, her expression became somewhat lost. Perhaps it was the first time for her that a criminal she needed to interrogate had died in front of her.

The Sicilian Gang, Longmen... the forces involved behind the scenes may not be simple.

"This isn't Sister Jingzhe's fault. It's all because I accidentally fainted... By the way, what time is it now?"

I seemed to have taken a nap due to the alcohol, but it should still be enough time, right? After all, the meeting was scheduled for 2pm, and it was just before 9pm when we arrived at the slums, so it should only be around 10pm now.

Orsen confidently checked the time on his phone - 14:08

"..."

Cold sweat instantly ran down my back.

At the same time, inside the Panda Burning Incense Restaurant—

"Okay, Wei Lao Er, I was fine with you for forcing that kid onto our Yuxia without explanation, but now you want to take him back? Do you think I, Lin Gerui, am one of your black-clad, mud-skinned men who can be summoned and dismissed at will?"

"Calm down, Lao Lin! First of all, I've already told you that last time was a misunderstanding. Secondly, your Yuxia has no business getting involved with that unknown guy. I'm only here to show Huijie Zhang some experience. Don't take advantage of our friendship and be so ungrateful..."

"Haha, Mr. Wei, you're so bold to say that. Has managing Longmen for all these years rusted your brain?"

"You're the one who can't even tell what's important? I'll definitely find you dozens of top students from prestigious universities. Why don't you just let Yuxia take her time choosing?"

At the not-so-big dining table, the two biggest bosses of Longmen, one on the open side and the other on the covert side, were having a low-level quarrel, and it seemed that the quarrel was getting more and more intense, with a tendency to start fighting at the slightest disagreement.

As for another table not far from the two of them, there were also two girls with completely different personalities sitting there.

"How are things going, top student? Why are you here?"

"Uh... I'm here to accompany my father to the meeting. As for you, doesn't the Imperial Guard have any other bodyguards? Why did they send you to accompany Uncle Wei?"

Officer Chen was still in his off-duty mode, while the little mouse looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

But even so, the four people present at least reached a consensus on one thing:

"Wait for that idiot Orson to come over. I'll make him explain himself to me no matter what. What on earth are you trying to accomplish by doing this?"

As for the mastermind who almost split Longmen without bloodshed by himself, he was now speeding towards Longmen while screaming "wuwuwu, I'm dying, I'm dying" and stepping on the accelerator.

56. Two sisters double-team Orson

"I'm so sorry... I'm late!"

In a small private room of the Yan Guofeng restaurant "Panda Shaoxiang Restaurant", Orsen, who was late because he drank too much, ran into the small compartment with sweat on his forehead.

As soon as he pushed open the door, Orson saw the leaders of Longmen, both black and white, sitting at the table, glaring at each other, and the scene was full of tension.

"Second Brother Wei, in Longmen, you must always do your duty. When you were pursuing Madam Wenyue, who took on all the work to help you? Now you're turning your back on me. Isn't that inappropriate?"

"Don't push your luck, Lao Lin! The last time you traveled to Colombia, you were detained there for alleged copyright infringement. I personally went there to handle the settlement. Do you think I didn't turn down my work?"

Wei Yanwu and the Rat King each held a cup of hot tea in their hands, but neither of them drank it. Hey, they were just playing around.

Initially, the two of them, as the big bosses in charge of the light and darkness of Longmen, would put on airs and tell each other riddles. However, as the conversation heated up, they stopped beating around the bush and started to expose each other's shortcomings directly without any hesitation.

The reason why the two are so at loggerheads with each other is very simple. After all, both of them have their own little calculations.

For Wei Yanwu, although he was not clear about the current relationship between "Black Snake" and "Tallulah", Wei Yanwu's temper was completely irritated by Black Snake's provocation in that short phone call: "Let's see whose child gets Hanhan first."

Of course, Wei Yanwu didn't really want to compete with Black Snake in this inexplicable "father race", so he accepted Orson's invitation, but he was indeed very curious about Orson, the "Black Snake's Blade".

More importantly, Chen Huijie, who had always been as inflexible as a rock, actually showed a great interest in Orson. Wei Yanwu knew Chen Huijie's character very well, and as his uncle, he had to take the initiative to push him, otherwise the senior superintendent would probably just stand by and watch.

As for the Rat King, he had similar thoughts. He noticed that Lin Yuxia had become more active since she came into contact with Orson. As the king of the slums, he naturally would not miss the opportunity to observe and contact this wonderful young man up close.