When she asked the question, Yin Zhu had already guessed the answer.
Back on Earth, people often joked about two things: when in doubt, consult quantum mechanics; when something doesn't make sense, travel through time.
However, Yin Zhu is no longer on Earth; instead, she has transmigrated to a world of strange tales, where anything bizarre and wonderful can happen. This jingle should probably be changed to: When faced with a problem, the all-powerful mystery is the answer; if you're still alive, it's unspeakable.
Unsurprisingly, the elderly in nursing homes are just like kindergarten children; to make up the numbers, a lot of strange things have been added.
"Hmm, have you had any in-depth conversations with the elderly about this?" Lu Youqi brought up another matter. "Although our job is to serve these elderly people so they can enjoy their later years, it's best not to have too close a relationship with them."
“I know that without you reminding me.” Yin Zhu glanced down at her phone and steered the conversation back to the number of criminals: “Are there that many criminals outside? I didn’t see many reports of vicious criminals before I came in.”
These words made Lu Youqi's expression somewhat subtle. He looked Yin Zhu over again, his tone seemingly more wary: "There are indeed many criminals outside. Since the arrival of the Rule of Strange Tales on Dawn Star, many people have gone down a dangerous path under high pressure. In the past, killing three or four people would be reported as a serial killer in the news, but now, if you don't kill a double-digit number of people at once, the media won't bother to report it. It's no big deal."
These words made Yin Zhu suddenly realize that something was wrong.
If what Lu Youqi said is true, then his suspicion lies in whether he came from outside Dawn Star.
After all, this situation was probably common knowledge among the people of Dawn Star, and anyone who wasn't aware of this "current situation" would indeed seem highly suspicious. Fortunately, Yin Zhu's imagination ran wild, and she quickly came up with an excuse:
"Is your country that chaotic? Our country has a small population and has always had good public security. Although there are occasional crimes, they are basically stopped. In addition, after the City of Sin appeared, the Chosen Ones no longer need to enter the dungeon, which reduces the pressure even more. So it's not as scary as you say, right?"
Everything is true, but the situation on the two planets is being conflated. Even if the head of the General Office were to use mind reading, he would find it plausible.
Yin Zhu vividly portrays the image of a naive citizen living in a peaceful and prosperous country, unaware of the dangers of other countries.
These words seemed to dispel Lu Youqi's wariness, but they slightly ignited his anger: "How could someone as naive as you be able to enter the City of Sin? The Cloud of Sin must have misjudged you, or you are a deeply hidden pervert."
"You're the pervert. I should be like Hong Xigua, someone who was implicated..."
“I don’t know your situation, but she definitely isn’t,” Lu Youqi interrupted Yin Zhu.
Lu Youqi gestured for Yin Zhu to leave the office, and as he closed the door, he said to Yin Zhu with a serious expression, "She is a good person, but she has nowhere to go. Her country is in great chaos, not much better than Sin City, but she was not implicated. She really did kill a lot of people."
"Sister Hong actually killed someone?" Yin Zhu was genuinely a little surprised.
She did have her suspicions, but speculation and concrete evidence are two different things. After all, Yin Zhu couldn't imagine Hong Xigua, who had such a helpful older sister image, turning to the dark side.
"Her country's primary industry is opium poppies, so the country is controlled by powerful gangs, and government officials who try to take control face death threats. Before Sin City appeared, people in our country liked to call that country hell on earth."
The country that Lu Youqi described also has similar ones on Blue Star, which instantly gave Yin Zhu the illusion that she was going home to watch people engage in keyboard politics.
Back on Earth, Yin Zhu used to read some foreign news. Almost every country that was involved with drugs was normal. One day you'd hear about a drug dealer massacring a city hall, and the next you'd hear about a gang fighting and killing a lot of people.
All I can say is cherish life and stay away from drugs.
Every time Yin Zhu sees news like this, she feels fortunate to have been born in a country with a ban on drugs.
Seeing that Yin Zhu was listening attentively to his story, Lu Youqi was somewhat satisfied and smiled slightly. He continued, "Her younger sister was assaulted by the local gang. Her parents wanted to seek justice for their daughter, but they were also brutally murdered. In the end, everyone in the family except for her, who was studying abroad, perished."
"So she took revenge? And then got hunted down? Sin City took her in?" Yin Zhu had already figured out the follow-up.
“If she’s outside, she’ll be targeted by gangsters sooner or later, but she’s safe in the nursing home.” Lu Youqi couldn’t help but smile. “I can’t help her with her unfortunate past, but Sin City can change her future.”
Yin Zhu didn't know what to say for a moment.
As expected of the city lord, he was able to do something that ordinary people couldn't, like adding a perfect ending to a fairy tale.
They possess an indescribable power; it's truly enviable.
As they talked, they arrived at the entrance of Yaoguang Building again. Lu Youqi stood at the entrance of the building without going in: "You go up first, so you won't worry."
"You seem like a good person too."
Yin Zhu sincerely thanked him, never expecting that this person would care about such a detail.
If Lu Youqi hadn't stopped him, the carefree Yin Zhu probably would have gone in with him and gone upstairs together. The colleagues at the nursing home office gave Yin Zhu a long-lost feeling of being with ordinary people, an atmosphere absent under the long-term high pressure of Sin City, making Yin Zhu forget that she should have maintained a sense of crisis.
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