Zhu Yingying and Aunt Chen looked at Xia Chujian together: "...Female Sire?"
Xia Chujian touched her nose, feeling awkward and not knowing how to explain.
San Zong puffed out his chest and said proudly, "San Zong is Female Sire's servant! Not a slave, oh!"
It was obvious that he was very satisfied with the rise in his status.
Aunt Chen: "..."
Zhu Yingying: "..."
Although they felt this Pig-head Humanoid was a bit strange, they also found that he was indeed a very easy-going and honest Humanoid.
Aunt Chen then revealed her own big cat head, that big cat head with tiger stripes.
She said to San Zong, "San Zong, thank you for helping me take care of my daughter. I won't let you take care of her for nothing. I will send her food, clothes, and things to use, and things to play with. I will send them all to her."
"Aunt Chen, San Zong has food and things to use here, but no clothes." San Zong scratched his head. "Aunt Chen can send clothes and things to play with."
Xia Chujian saw that San Zong was still wearing that tattered sack, and couldn't help but secretly think, Oh no.
How could she not have thought of preparing clothes for San Zong?!
Xia Chujian patted her forehead, remembering that she had a Smart Bracelet that she didn't use anymore, and quickly said, "San Zong, I'll have Aunt Chen bring you a Smart Bracelet later, and you can use that to contact me in the future."
San Zong's eyes lit up: "San Zong can use a Smart Bracelet?! Female Sire is too good to San Zong!"
Aunt Chen looked at San Zong's natural demeanor, feeling a little surprised in her heart, but she didn't show it, and said with a smile, "San Zong, what's yours is yours. It's not like I can't afford to raise my daughter. I can send things to her once a month. It's a bit rushed this time, and I didn't bring anything. I'll come back again later."
San Zong nodded repeatedly.
Xia Chujian also took Zhu Yingying's hand and said, "Yingying, you live here now, and I'll come and keep you company when I have time."
She also wanted to come here often to see her baby!
Zhu Yingying said gratefully, "Chujian, you're too good to me! Chujian, let's keep in touch!"
Aunt Chen looked at the time and said to Xia Chujian, "Chujian, let's go back first. I'll come over later to send Yingying her daily necessities, okay?"
"Aunt Chen, since I've told you about this place, feel free to use it. I trust you."
It wasn't that Xia Chujian wasn't vigilant, but she felt that her aunt must have a way to ensure that Aunt Chen had no ulterior motives, so she didn't add anything unnecessary.
Aunt Chen nodded, and said to Zhu Yingying, "Yingying, wait a moment. I'll send Chujian back, and then come over."
"Mom, you have to be careful." Zhu Yingying reluctantly took Aunt Chen's hand, but quickly let go, watching Aunt Chen and Xia Chujian leave.
...
The way back was even faster.
In less than five minutes, when Aunt Chen told Xia Chujian to open her eyes, she found that they had returned to the place they had left.
And Xia Yuanfang was still standing by the flower bed waiting for them.
Xia Chujian hurried over and said, "Aunt, why didn't you go home first?"
Xia Yuanfang said, "I just stood for a while. I was just about to leave when you came back. How is it? Is everything done?"
Aunt Chen thanked the aunt and niece profusely, saying, "I'm leaving first. I have to go again to send Yingying things."
Xia Chujian said, "Aunt Chen, please bring some things to San Zong for me too."
Aunt Chen said, "Okay, I'll go back and pack things first. I'll go to your house before I leave."
After saying that, she hesitated, but in the end she just said, "Researcher Xia, Chujian, can you, keep this a secret from my husband too?"
Xia Yuanfang raised her eyebrows: "Keep what a secret? We have no idea what happened."
Xia Chujian also nodded.
She had never spoken to that man who liked to commit domestic violence, why would she go looking for trouble? After Aunt Chen walked away quickly, Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang followed slowly behind.
Xia Yuanfang sighed and said, "The world is really getting more and more unstable."
"What's wrong? Aunt? Is it about the Private Club? I don't know that kind of classmate, it won't happen to me." Xia Chujian found a Honey Tangerine from her cloth bag, took it out, peeled it, and ate it.
Her mouth was full of Honey Tangerine segments, her cheeks were bulging, looking carefree.
Xia Yuanfang patted her arm: "I knew you'd just want to eat. Did you hear what your aunt said? Go straight home after school from now on, and don't run around. Even the luxury residential areas like the East District aren't safe anymore."
Xia Chujian nodded repeatedly, broke off a segment of the honey tangerine and stuffed it into Xia Yuanfang's mouth, smiling as she asked, "Aunt, is it sweet?"
"Sweet." Xia Yuanfang smiled and walked towards the building with her.
Once inside, Aunt Chen had already returned to her own home.
Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang habitually headed for the elevator.
In the morning, they had torn off the seal on the elevator and taken it down directly.
Now that they were back, they found the seal had been put back on.
Not only that, but someone was on duty there.
Xia Chujian: ...
This time, it was the same man she had given money to last time.
Xia Chujian was annoyed. Did she have to pay every time? Fifty Beichen Coins just to use the elevator once? Were these people trying to rob her? Xia Chujian composed herself, walked forward, and said with a smile, "Big brother, could you do us a favor? Seeing as you're off work and don't need the elevator, could you let us go up?"
The man didn't even lift his eyelids, leaning against the floor next to the elevator, and said lazily, "I said you're not allowed to use it, so you're not allowed to use it. What's with all the nagging? Get lost!"
Seeing this, Xia Chujian's voice also turned cold: "So, you're not willing to accept a polite offer?"
Only then did the man raise his head, squinting at the two women in front of him, and sneered, "Little girl, are you trying to be funny? 'Not willing to accept a polite offer'? Take a look at who you're talking to, old man!"
He stood up, slowly rolled up his sleeves, revealing the muscles on his arms.
Xia Chujian's expression didn't change. One hand reached to her waist, directly drew her long magazine pistol, and with lightning speed, pressed it against the man's chin.
She said coldly, "... Who's trying to be funny now?"
The man's face turned pale in an instant.
He reflexively raised his hands and quickly said, "I'll open it! I'll open it! Can you please move the gun away?"
"Open the elevator first."
The man reached behind him to the elevator door and tore off the seal.
Xia Chujian said to Xia Yuanfang behind her, "Aunt, you go up first."
Xia Yuanfang looked at her quietly, shook her head, and quickly walked into the elevator.
Xia Chujian retracted the gun, but still pointed it at the man's chest, and said, "I have a gun license. Go back and ask your boss who made such an overbearing rule."
The man plopped down on his knees, crying with a mournful face, "Little grandma! Please don't cause trouble! I promise that you and your family will be able to use the elevator from now on, okay?"
It seemed he didn't dare to go back and talk to his boss like that.
Xia Chujian didn't care.
Her goal was just to be able to use the elevator freely.
As for what means she used to achieve this goal, that wasn't important.
Xia Yuanfang didn't say anything to her, probably tacitly approving.
...
Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang took the elevator up to the eleventh floor.
The two entered their home and went back to their respective rooms to change clothes.
In her bedroom, Xia Chujian changed into a set of casual work clothes.
She looked in the mirror, admiring the Other Shore Flower necklace around her neck, and was extremely satisfied with the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha.
Who would believe it if she told them?
Today, within an hour, she had traveled between the North District, the East District, and the Exotic Beast Forest, and even saved a young girl who was almost ruined by a scumbag.
Xia Chujian felt that her "one good deed a day" quota had been exceeded today.
Next, she packed up her few sets of old clothes, all work jackets she had worn as a child. Although they were old, they were still sturdy, perfect for San Zong's size.
Then, she put the smart bracelet she used to use into the cloth bag with the clothes.
She had already restored the smart bracelet to its factory settings, applied for a new account, and added Xia Chujian's new Quantum Optical Brain account as a friend.
It could be used by San Zong, making it easier to contact him.
Because the Beichen Empire doesn't have special regulations for smart bracelets, anyone can use them.
Unlike Quantum Optical Brains, which require real-name registration.
Coming out of the bedroom, she saw Xia Yuanfang was already in the kitchen.
"Auntie, I'm hungry!" Xia Chujian ran towards Xia Yuanfang, acting spoiled.
Xia Yuanfang looked at her, preparing dinner while asking, "When did you get back? Did school end early today?"
"Very early, I came back as soon as school was over." Xia Chujian stood behind Xia Yuanfang watching her pick vegetables, and asked, "Auntie, were you at the library all day?"
Xia Yuanfang had clearly gone to the Mulan City First Library in the morning, not the Third Library in the East District.
But Huo Yushen had said that Auntie went to the Third Library later.
Unfortunately, she had gone to that private club "Yu" to cause trouble tonight, which was next to the Third Library.
She didn't expect the incident to blow up, and Auntie even found out about it.
Xia Chujian felt very uneasy.
But Xia Yuanfang said, "I was originally looking up information at the First Library, but it just so happened that there was some information that the First Library didn't have, only the Third Library had it, so I went to the Third Library."
Because in order to prevent network hackers, some particularly important information in the Beichen Empire libraries is stored locally and not uploaded to the internet.
So if you want to access this information, you have to go to the library and search on the library's local computers.
"That private club that had the accident was right next to the Third Library. Oh, you don't know how big the fire was! Thick smoke everywhere..."
Xia Chujian's heart stirred, and she opened her Quantum Optical Brain, brought up the virtual display screen, and started watching the local news.
Sure enough, various anchors from the local news were now gathered next to that private club, rushing to report the news.
"This is Mulan City Evening News. According to the latest news, a killer appeared at 'Yu', the largest private club in Mulan City, and four people from the Da Fu Prefecture Fan Family were shot by a hidden gun."
"These four people have just been sent to the hospital. According to news from the local Li's Hospital, their lives are not in danger."
"At the same time, a fire broke out in a private room on the second floor of the private club 'Yu', burning all the items and people inside to ashes."
"The Mulan City Punishment Department is sending specialists to investigate the fire and killer case at the private club."
...
Xia Chujian turned off the virtual display screen, looking shaken, her eyes wide: "That's terrible! There was actually a killer! Luckily Zhu Yingying ran out early! How could the fire be so fierce!"
Xia Yuanfang also said, "I won't go to libraries outside anymore in the future. Anyway, I'll try to find information online as much as possible in the future. It's too dangerous, these killers are too lawless."
Xia Chujian: ...
She really wanted to say, Auntie, your niece is a bounty hunter.
And bounty hunters are killers who walk in the gray areas of the law.
Xia Chujian's eyes shifted, feeling a little guilty: "... Actually, killers aren't completely lawless."
"How are they not? Look at them, they'll kill people as long as someone gives them money, this world..." Xia Yuanfang sighed, her heart aching when she thought of her old hometown.
Xia Chujian bit the bullet and said, "Auntie, in our Beichen Empire, the only ones who can be called 'killers' are bounty hunters."
"And bounty hunters are registered with the Empire's Law and Justice Department, it's allowed by law."
Xia Yuanfang came back to her senses, remembering that Xia Chujian's Dark Night Hunter organization was a non-governmental organization of bounty hunters, no wonder she would speak up for "killers".
But in Xia Yuanfang's concept, killers were wrong, so she subconsciously wanted to correct Xia Chujian's point of view.
She frowned and said, "What do you mean? Are organized killers superior to unorganized killers?"
Xia Chujian was amused, she propped herself up on the quartz countertop with one hand, sat directly on it, and swung her long legs, saying, "It's not superior, but registered bounty hunters are the real killers."
"Unregistered bounty hunters are murderers."
"Also, the people we registered bounty hunters kill are all on the Hunted List. And these people on the Hunted List, although anyone can post a task, they all need to be recognized by the Law and Justice Department as people who can be killed."
Xia Yuanfang didn't think so: "The Law and Justice Department recognized them? Has the court recognized them?"
Xia Chujian's face fell. "Aunt, you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. Of course, the court hasn't made a judgment. If the court had already determined guilt, what would be the point of us bounty hunters? They'd just be locked up in prison or executed."
"So, since the court hasn't made a judgment, even if they're on the Hunted List, they can still appeal to the court, right? After all, the Punishment Department doesn't have the final say."
"That's natural. But anyone on the Hunted List, once a bounty hunter takes on the task, is as good as dead. If their family isn't satisfied, they can file a lawsuit with the court."
"After a lawsuit is filed, the local Punishment Department must cooperate with the family to re-investigate the case. As for whether the case can be overturned, it depends on whether they truly deserved their fate."
"And even if it's proven that the person was wronged, the bounty hunter who took the task isn't legally responsible. The person who issued the task is legally responsible."
Xia Yuanfang's brow was still furrowed. "What if no family member files a lawsuit?"
"Then the court won't get involved."
The field of bounty hunters was truly a blind spot for Xia Yuanfang.
The second update is at 1 p.m.
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