“If I had been a step late, would our specially recruited newcomer have been killed by you all?”
“Didn’t you all receive the Order's Tribunal’s verdict yesterday regarding the inspectors who mistakenly killed a specially recruited newcomer? It was much more tragic than those who let Wanted Criminals in.”
Zhou Lei and Wang Ben were trembling and dared not speak. Just then, three more people braved the heavy rain.
The leader, before even entering the door, shouted aggressively:
“Who is the specially recruited newcomer? Come out and see me!”
It was their captain, Zhang Lin!
Xia Yuwan stepped forward again, blocking the doorway.
Zhang Lin saw who it was and adjusted his glasses.
“Oh, isn’t this Sister Wan? When did you come to South City? If you had told little Lin, I would have picked you up.”
“Just arrived, to pick someone up.”
Being a shrewd person, Zhang Lin quickly guessed what had happened here when he saw the situation.
He looked at Qi Xiao, who was standing to the side with a look of enjoyment, and sincerely praised:
“So this is the newcomer Sister Wan recruited. This young man is excellent, clearly a great talent!”
“He wasn’t tricked into losing his badge by bad people. As expected of our Sister Wan, her foresight is truly good!”
After showering Xia Yuwan with compliments, Zhang Lin looked at Zhou Lei and the others.
“The list was sent to the private group last night, didn’t you all look at it?!”
“What the hell are you all doing?! You don’t pay attention to group messages after work, do you?! Do I have to personally ask you to look at them?!”
“Don’t you understand the nature of our work?! We are inspectors, inspectors who serve the people! We need to be on standby 24/7!”
“And you even threatened the specially recruited newcomer with guns?”
“You’ve caused such a huge mess for me, I can’t protect you two anymore. Go to the Order's Tribunal! Both of you!”
Xia Yuwan looked at Zhang Lin, who was playing the bad cop, and spoke at the right moment:
“Captain Zhang, it’s not necessary.”
“After all, the Order's Tribunal is quite busy too.”
Zhang Lin gave Xia Yuwan a fawning smile, then he turned his head and looked angrily again at Zhou Lei and Wang Ben behind Xia Yuwan.
“You two lose this month’s bonus, I said it! Any complaints, go find Chief Jiangnan!”
Zhou Lei and Wang Ben were scolded so badly they didn’t dare to raise their heads, like two wilted chickens, shrinking their heads.
“What are you still standing around for? Get to work quickly!”
Zhou Lei jogged a few steps, bent down, and handed the badge back to Qi Xiao with both hands, then he and Wang Ben fled the carriage as if escaping a disaster.
Zhou Lei even got a kick from Zhang Lin as he passed by him.
“Always causing trouble for me.”
After Zhang Lin arranged for the two people he brought to also get to work, he looked at Xia Yuwan with a smile.
“Sister Wan, about that, my application to be transferred to the park, it’s been over a year, and there’s still no result.”
Xia Yuwan looked at the expectant Zhang Lin and said:
“Submit the materials again before the end of the month, this time write it more clearly.”
Zhang Lin understood immediately and nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking rice.
Some position changes, promotions, and personnel hirings in the Order Heavenly Kingdom are ultimately determined after evaluation by Chief Elsa and her team.
Especially promotions.
“Sister Wan, then, I’ll go get to work too! I’ll treat you to milk tea later.”
Zhang Lin looked at Xia Yuwan and chuckled.
Xia Yuwan raised her chin, signaling him to go. Then she raised her hand and pressed the button, closing the Train door.
From beginning to end, Zhang Lin didn't even enter the Train.
......
As soon as Qi Xiao docked at You'erdan and joined the chat room there, he searched for and added Xia Yuwan as a friend.
And from her, he learned about the major events that had happened in You'erdan these past few days.
As he expected, Kong You had disguised herself as an Order Heavenly Kingdom welcoming officer, tricked specially recruited newcomers into giving her their badges at Transfer Station, and then, using the loophole that specially recruited newcomers with badges could bypass inspections, organized many Wanted Criminals to infiltrate You'erdan and attack the Order Heavenly Kingdom’s headquarters, Dream Palace.
This also led to everyone with a badge being directly arrested.
Kong You is trying to screw me over, holy crap.
Wait, what's the point of her screwing me over like this?
It doesn't make sense, she wouldn't gain any benefit.
Unless, she knew I was a specially recruited newcomer myself?
Qi Xiao gasped.
Once this thought appeared, it couldn't be dismissed.
Qi Xiao became increasingly convinced that Kong You knew he had been specially recruited by the Order Heavenly Kingdom, and sending the badge was just a test.
Actually, at first, Qi Xiao had thought about giving Xi Jian a badge so she could avoid inspection, but now it seemed fortunate he hadn't done so.
If he had, and Xi Jian was caught, not only would the Arrival Reward module be exposed, but if she then confessed about him, it would be a complete disaster.
Qi Xiao put away the badge and looked at Xia Yuwan.
Did this guy leave some kind of mark on me? She even teleported directly here.
Xia Yuwan took off her hat, let down her pinned-up hair, shook her head, and then yawned.
When she looked at Qi Xiao again, her expression had returned to how it was before in Dawn City.
“Brother Qi Xiao, you’re finally here. I thought something had happened to you. You worried me to death.”
“Something did happen. I almost didn’t make it here.”
“I encountered a group of Wanted Criminals at the last stop.”
“Wanted Criminals! Brother Qi Xiao, are you alright? Are you hurt?”
“I got a little hurt, but they’re all gone.”
“Oh, right, I heard you can claim a bounty for killing Wanted Criminals. How do you claim that bounty?”
“I brought all the bodies. They’re frozen in the cold storage.”
Xia Yuwan: Huh?
She immediately pressed a button, and the Train door opened again.
At this moment, Zhang Lin and his team were checking another Train that had just docked nearby.
Hearing Xia Yuwan call him, he quickly scurried over.
“Sister Wan, do you have something to tell me?”
By now, Qi Xiao had already moved Li Zailong and the others’ bodies to the Train door.
Zhang Lin opened the bag, and inside was a frost-covered head.
The head had empty eye sockets, half of its scalp was bald, and the other half had red spiky hair.
Zhang Lin frowned, feeling it looked familiar.
“This is, Li Zailong?!”
After Zhang Lin saw the remaining two bodies, he confirmed it: these were the group of Wanted Criminals led by Li Zailong who had escaped from You'erdan a few days ago!
He looked at Qi Xiao in disbelief.
“My goodness, did you take them all down?”
“As expected of a specially recruited newcomer, Sister Wan’s judgment is truly good. To be able to kill Wanted Criminals with a bounty as high as one hundred and twenty train coins while still a newcomer!”
This was almost his three months’ salary!
This newcomer has a boundless future.
“This, is there only one head left?”
“What, does it affect claiming the bounty?”
“It doesn’t affect it, it doesn’t affect it.” Zhang Lin waved his hands repeatedly. “A head is enough, as long as it can prove identity.”
Zhang Lin then called two people over and had them drag away Li Zailong and the others’ bodies.
Zhou Lei and Wang Ben swallowed hard at the sight.
Good thing they held back and didn’t shoot earlier, or they would have been finished.
Zhang Lin now looked at Qi Xiao with a smile.
“After confirming the information, the bounty will be issued by a special person within seven days. Please wait patiently.”
Qi Xiao nodded.
With Xia Yuwan as a witness, he figured they wouldn’t dare to mess around. He just had to wait for the train coins to be issued.