Chapter 55: Invitation to Join the Company
Yan Shi doesn't actually have many memories of her grandmother; to be precise, she doesn't have many memories of her own childhood.
Her memories seem to have suddenly begun on a certain day.
She stood at the school gate, and a gentle-looking man with shoulder-length hair squatted in front of her and asked, "Yanshi, do you want to go with Dad? Dad will treat you very, very well and will give you everything you want."
Lin Zizui stood not far away, coldly watching them.
How did Yan Shi respond at the time?
She remembered and said, "According to the national criminal law, child trafficking is punishable by imprisonment of five years or more. Should I call the police or will you leave on your own?"
The man turned around in surprise to look at Lin Zizui.
Lin Zizui then walked over and grabbed Yan Shi: "Xu Xiangheng, according to our agreement, get out."
From then on, Yan Shi never saw Xu Xiangheng again. Actually, she didn't see Lin Zizui very often either, as Lin Zizui was very busy with work. Most of the time, Yan Shi lived alone and took care of herself.
She also pretended not to know that the gifts she received during holidays were always two completely different styles.
Only on the way home from school near her birthday or holidays would she mutter to herself about what she wanted.
Please, no one dislikes an unconditional wish machine that doesn't require a response.
Yan Shi genuinely felt that this was absolutely wonderful.
People in the outside world usually take either their mother's or father's surname. How come she isn't in the same group as Lin Zizui and Xu Xiangheng?
Her mother, Lin Zizui, also took her mother's surname, Linxiqiao, which means that normally she should also have the surname Lin.
Why is it that only her name is Yan Shi, which doesn't relate to anything?
Wait, she seems to have seen another case where the child doesn't take either parent's surname.
Yan Shi recalled looking through Lin Cai's file earlier.
At the time, her focus was entirely on the fact that Lin Cai actually knew her before, and then Yu Junxun suddenly contacted her, which distracted her.
Lin Cai's mother is Su Jiefan, what was her father's name again?
Yan Shi tentatively entered the "Su Jie Fan" option into the spiritual realm.
To her surprise, Su Jiefan was actually a professional agent, and quite famous in the underworld.
The main scope of work is to provide assistance to the Cross-border Business Group of the Underworld and the Commerce Department of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs in handling relevant materials.
Yan Shi: ...
A professional agent who can blow up the gates—could this related material help him by holding a knife to the business department staff and forcing them to pass it?
Yan Shi flipped through a few pages, somewhat speechless, before stopping. At the very bottom of the webpage was clearly stated: Su Jiefan, married, spouse Qin Yunzheng.
She remembered correctly. Lin Cai indeed didn't use her parents' surname.
What Lin Cai and she had in common was that they grew up in the same small town. Combined with what Shan Fengyang wrote in his work notes earlier, her mother gave birth to her in Guixu Town.
Yan Shi guessed that Lin Cai was also born in Guixu Town.
So the small town where they lived in their childhood should be Guixu Town.
Guixu Sea, the burial ground of the gods.
Guixu Sea, which was closed by the Bureau of Extraordinary Management for more than 20 years, was once the most beautiful scenic spot in the Inner World.
Sensing spirits at the Guixu Sea is twice as effective with half the effort, so why not bring your cubs for a trip to Guixu Sea?
[I visited Guixu Sea before it was closed; it's one of Long Sheng's most precious memories.]
There is no Guixu Town.
Yan Shi sighed, then suddenly heard a slight knocking sound coming from the front door.
Is there a thief?
Yan Shi was startled and tiptoed to the front door to peek through the peephole.
The door across the hall was left a crack, letting in a few rays of light.
She suddenly remembered the previous chapter, where Lin Cai seemed to have been squatting at her doorstep for quite a while after she brought Lin Cai home from the other world.
Yan Shi: ...
She pushed the door open expressionlessly.
Sure enough, there was something blocking the door.
Yan Shi pushed hard.
The dark figure at the doorway lunged forward.
"Yanlan!" The dark figure was suddenly tackled by the door, and after barely regaining his balance, he turned around and looked at her with surprise.
Under the light shining from Yan Shi's house, the face of the shadowy figure was clearly visible.
It really was Lin Cai.
There's still not enough work.
Yan Shi thought with deep sorrow.
Yan Shi: "What are you doing squatting at my doorstep?"
"I..." Lin Cai twisted and turned on the ground, adjusting herself from lying down to sitting with her knees drawn up, and looked up at Yan Shi with wide eyes.
“I haven’t seen you since I came back from the Otherworld. I’m a little worried about you,” Lin Cai said.
Yan Shi: "Thank you. But don't wait outside my house next time."
Lin Cai: "Does that mean I can just knock on the door next time?" she asked in surprise.
Yan Shi: ...
"Go home and rest early," Yan Shi said speechlessly.
Lin Cai pouted: "Okay."
Just as Lin Cai was about to step into her home, Yan Shi remembered something and called out to her, "Lin Cai."
"Hmm?" Lin Cai turned around and instinctively gave Yan Shi a big smile. "I'm here!"
Yan Shi: "Why is your name Lin Cai?"
“Huh? Because of the colorful mountains and forests,” Lin Cai said. “My mother said that the first thing she thought of when she opened her eyes and saw the window after I was born was the colorful mountains and forests.”
"She hopes that I will be able to see the world's diverse colors in the future."
"You don't have your mother's surname?" Yan Shi asked.
Lin Cai looked at her questioningly: "Lanlan, don't you remember? Everyone in the town is like this."
Yan Shi: "Remember what?"
Lin Cai suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing, and Yan Lan didn't remember anything.
She changed the subject and added, "It's nothing. I was just saying that's how newborns are named in my small town."
"Heaven and earth are our surname, and all things are our given names. Our names are given by our mothers, based on what they see, hear, and think when they first open their eyes and step out of the door."
Yan Shi was stunned for a moment.
Seeing that her expression seemed off, Lin Cai stopped and asked, "Is there something wrong with my name...?"
Yan Shi snapped out of her daze: "It's nothing. Lin Cai sounds nice."
With that, she slammed the door shut.
Lin Cai stood at the door, looking completely bewildered.
"But Lan is also a very nice name."
Yan Shi closed the door, revealing a surprised smile.
Thank you, Lin Cai!
She probably understood why she didn't take her parents' surname.
As for other matters concerning Guixu Town, she could ask Wuming about them another day when she saw him again.
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Lu Jian is really efficient.
When Yan Shi arrived at work the next day, the newly completed Yan Lan identity file and Zhan Zhou's job offer were already tucked into the information department's documents and placed on her desk.
[Lu Jian: Director Yan, Yan Lan's ID code has been entered into the Bureau's overall identity system. She can log in and activate her account at any time using facial recognition.]
What is face activation?
Yan Shi curiously opened the file.
The photo of Yan Lan posted on the first page was the one taken during her facial recognition at the entrance when she went to the Weier Hub Branch to smuggle contraband.
In the photo, Yan Shi looks up with a flamboyant smile, his eyebrows and eyes unrestrained, his spirits high.
Next to the file was written Yanlan.
The snapshot is good, but how did Lu Jian communicate with Duan Yunchen to get the photo?
Yan Shi was also curious whether the identity code generated when she logged into the personal identity system in the inner world using facial recognition belonged to Yan Lan or Yan Shi.
Wait, does Yanshi have an identity code?
Official business can wait; there's still plenty of time. Yan Shi opened the identity verification system and started testing it.
Facial recognition, expressionless.
"Verification successful. Welcome, Director Yan."
Quit and try again.
Facial recognition, smile.
"Yanlan, verification passed."
Quit and try again.
...
"Pfft, hahahahahaha."
Yan Shi tried several times and couldn't help but burst into laughter, leaning on the table.
She finally understood: the same face, as long as it wasn't smiling, the system recognized it as Director Yan. But when it smiled, the system recognized it as Yan Lan.
It's unlikely that the IT department added a smile recognition feature to the identity verification system overnight just for her.
Lu Jian is a talented person.
Let her see what kind of file this person wrote for Yanlan.
Lu Jian did indeed strictly follow her instructions and recorded the identity file, just like Shu Zhijing and the others.
According to the records, Yanlan was born in 7192 in the World Calendar at Yongning Medical Clinic in Baiyujing and was adopted by Yongning Orphanage. She excelled academically and, after completing 12 years of basic education at Changning Academy, left Baiyujing to travel the Inner World.
Water-based spiritualist. Has received an offer to join as a teaching assistant for the basic course of Eastern magic studies at Zhan Zhou.
The file even includes Yanlan's transcript for "12 years of basic education".
Yan Shi was amazed.
Is this the year of birth?
The surface world and the inner world use different notation systems. Yan Shi opened the system time to check the inner world's calendar.
The year is 7318 in the world calendar.
According to the file, Yanlan is 126 years old this year.
Silence is Yan Shi today.
Is she that old?
She doesn't even reach a fraction of the age recorded in this file this year!
Using his authority as director, Yan Shi accessed the information department through the system and checked Lu Jian's file. Then, incredulously, he checked the files of Sheng Chunqiu and Gui Gemu as well.
Lu Jian is 94 years old this year, Sheng Chunqiu is 51 years old, and Gui Gemu is 49 years old.
Yan Shi: ...
You can't tell at all. Every time there's an internal meeting, all her subordinates look to be around twenty or thirty years old.
All I can say is, this is truly the other world. She simply couldn't understand the way they remember things.
From this perspective, Sheng Chunqiu is truly a young man of great promise.
Zhan Zhou's job offer was similar to the appointment letter she had signed, both being thin sheets of paper, except that there was a Zhan Zhou emblem in the upper left corner.
The start date of each academic year in Jam Chau is August 16th.
Yan Shi glanced at the calendar; it was already August 10th. Didn't that mean school would start next week?
The start date for school in Jamchechao is quite early.
Yan Shi casually signed Yan Lan in the bottom right corner of Zhan Zhou's job offer invitation.
The handwriting blended into the invitation, and then the entire job offer turned into specks of light and vanished into thin air.
Yan Shi: ?
Her eyes widened. An internal message popped up on Yanlan's identity verification system, which she had just logged into and hadn't yet logged out.
[Lu Jian: Ms. Yanlan, please log in to Lingxun using your identity code after completing identity verification.]
[Lu Jian: Your sister has found you a job, and it just showed that you have signed and confirmed it. The information regarding your onboarding during the Zhan Zhou period will be directly linked to your spiritual messages; please remember to check it.]
Is it true that the job offer from Zhan Zhou is automatically withdrawn once you sign it?
So sophisticated.
Yanshi began to consider whether she should buy a new phone.
But is the account she's currently using to log into Lingxun linked to her seemingly newly created Yan Shi ID code?
Author's Note: I'll try to make up for the missed chapters by 1k chapters every day.
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