Taking My Money Is the Same as You Taking Money (First Update)

Huo Yushen stared at her: "...How much do you believe now?"

"...Five points." Xia Chujian held up a palm, smiled, revealing her white and even teeth, yet with a bit of bloodthirsty heroic spirit.

Huo Yushen said in a businesslike manner: "I've reviewed your three-year file as a Dark Night Hunter. You have a talent for Gunmanship. Although you're not a Gene Evolver, that alone qualifies you to join our Special Security Bureau. As for your other special quality, it's just icing on the cake."

Xia Chujian smiled slightly: "Good, is Inspector Huo finished?"

"No."

Xia Chujian: "..."

Suddenly, she felt like she was being targeted.

"...Please continue."

Huo Yushen continued: "Your combat skills are too poor. If you encounter a high-level Gene Evolver, they wouldn't even need to use Mental Strength; a single slap could kill you. Therefore, for the next six months, you must come to the Special Security Bureau every day for physical training."

Xia Chujian's face fell: "But I'm not a Gene Evolver. No matter how much physical training I do, I still can't beat those Gene Evolvers!"

"...Don't you have the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha? What are you keeping it for? Just as jewelry?" Huo Yushen's gaze drifted towards the small Black Silver Other Shore Flower pendant necklace around Xia Chujian's neck.

Xia Chujian's expression changed abruptly. She subconsciously covered the necklace and said warily, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Huo Yushen's face remained cold and stern: "No need to deny it. Su Buyan, that blabbermouth, borrowed a fighter jet from me when he sent you the mecha."

Xia Chujian immediately deflated. She muttered, "I knew that guy was unreliable..."

Huo Yushen said calmly: "Don't worry, no one else knows except me. You don't have to wear it outside normally. During training or missions, just wear it under your latest model of nano-bulletproof vest, then put on the Special Security Bureau uniform. No one will know."

Xia Chujian suddenly looked up: "...You know about the bulletproof vest too?!"

That was the birthday gift Zong Ruoan gave her...

Huo Yushen was expressionless: "I said, individuals have no privacy in front of the Special Security Bureau."

Xia Chujian was also expressionless: "...Oh."

"Well, do you have any other conditions?"

"Inspector Huo knows me well."

"Know yourself and your enemy."

Xia Chujian perked up and asked the question she was most concerned about: "Inspector Huo, I just want to ask, I've already signed the contract, but I still don't understand the specific salary situation."

"For example, what are my benefits? What's the salary? What's the bonus? Is the salary paid monthly or weekly? How often are bonuses paid? Besides mission bonuses, is there an annual bonus? Is the annual bonus doubled? What about welfare? Besides medical insurance, is there a housing subsidy? Is there an employee handbook I can refer to?"

"Also, I demand immediate medical insurance, and medical insurance for the whole family. In addition, you just said that my start date is from the middle of last year, so can my salary also be calculated from the middle of last year?"

Huo Yushen's expression froze again, as cold as ice, and he said grimly: "...Start calculating your salary from the middle of last year? Why don't you just say you want to sit in the Inspector's seat at the Special Security Bureau?"

He was mocking her for being whimsical.

Xia Chujian's mind worked especially fast on such issues.

She didn't get discouraged and said: "Inspector Huo, you have to do the whole act. Don't lose big because of small money, and be caught by Chief Quan Da for loopholes. It's not good for either of us, is it?"

She looked at Huo Yushen with bright eyes, and said happily: "Inspector Huo, we are already on the same boat. My money is your money..."

Huo Yushen: ...

What the hell is my money is your money! Huo Yushen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at her with a stern expression.

Usually, as long as he looked at others like this, whether it was his opponent, subordinate, or even the Emperor, they would shift their gaze uncomfortably and not meet his eyes.

But Xia Chujian was as if nothing had happened, waiting for his reply with a radiant expression.

After a long while, Huo Yushen lowered his eyes and said faintly: "...I hope your ability is as outstanding as your thick skin."

This was tacit approval.

Xia Chujian didn't care about Huo Yushen's sarcasm at all, and just gave herself a victory sign in her heart.

As expected, if you don't fight for money, it won't come to you on its own.

What is face? Can it be sold by the pound?

Xia Chujian was in a great mood.

Huo Yushen felt annoyed by her small appearance and casually pointed to the child on the single sofa: "What do you plan to do with this child?"

Xia Chujian remembered those people from the Punishment Department throwing the child off the Duty Vehicle like garbage, and the smile on her face completely disappeared.

She was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Inspector Huo, can the Special Security Bureau help find his relatives? He's too young and too thin, and his health might not be very good. If he goes to an orphanage now... I'm afraid he won't survive a few days..."

"Well, leave his biological information, and I'll have someone search the database." With that, Huo Yushen called Kang Shanxing in and asked him to collect another sample of biological information from the sleeping child.

This time, Xia Chujian sincerely thanked Huo Yushen: "Thank you, Inspector Huo. It's still the New Year. Before his family is found, can I take him back to raise for a few days? I don't want him to wander outside alone, he's so young..."

Huo Yushen had no intention of continuing the conversation and pointed towards the door: "...Whatever."

Xia Chujian put the Lily of the Valley Purple silk hat on her head, and then put on the larger Fleece Exotic Beast Skin Hat.

Before long, Kang Shanxing brought the child back.

Xia Chujian hurriedly took the child.

The child was still sleeping, and sleeping soundly.

As she was about to leave with the child in her arms, she suddenly remembered something and turned back to Huo Yushen, "Inspector Huo, can you erase the surveillance videos from the plaza that show me?"

Huo Yushen raised his eyes indifferently: "...What surveillance videos?"

"The ones you mentioned earlier, the optical camera surveillance at the Plaza Garden, didn't you say they weren't affected by electromagnetic shielding and recorded the battle at the time?" Xia Chujian asked worriedly.

Huo Yushen was calm and composed, saying casually, "All the surveillance cameras are optical lenses. As long as they are optical lenses, they will be affected by electromagnetic shielding. So, there are no surveillance videos recorded on the plaza."

Xia Chujian was dumbfounded: "...But that's not what you said just now!"

Huo Yushen was calm and composed: "Well, I lied to you. It's obvious you didn't pay attention in physics class, so you couldn't recognize such a clumsy lie."

Xia Chujian was furious! What kind of person was this?! She took a deep breath and almost blurted out, "I quit!"

But Huo Yushen's next sentence blocked her "verbal resignation."

He said: "...All salary and benefits will be calculated from the middle of last year. All the money will be transferred to your Digital Bank account this afternoon."

Xia Chujian endured it, thinking that she must study physics properly when she gets back...

She said calmly, "Inspector Huo, you keep your word."

Huo Yushen tapped the Quantum Optical Brain on his hand: "...You'll be notified if there's any news."

Xia Chujian said, "However, you're only paying me half a year's salary now. If others find out, won't they suspect that my start date is fake?"

"No, there are many cases like this in our line of work. Some people work anonymously for a lifetime, and only receive all their salary and benefits in one lump sum when they retire."

Xia Chujian was relieved, but after taking a few steps, she turned back and asked, "For those cases where all salary and benefits are paid out in one lump sum after a lifetime of work, do you calculate the time value? For example, ten dollars twenty years ago is not the same value as ten dollars twenty years later. Will you compensate for the money related to the time value?"

Huo Yushen looked up at her, his gaze as cold as ice arrows, with no intention of answering at all.

Xia Chujian clicked her tongue and quickly carried the sleeping child out.

...

Meng Guanghui personally escorted her down from Huo Yushen's Bat-style Fighter Jet.

He said kindly, "Marshal Huo said your Gunmanship is particularly accurate. Our Action Division is in need of people like you!"

Xia Chujian smiled, but didn't take it to heart.

She knew very well why Huo Yushen had specially recruited her into the Special Security Bureau.

Although her Gunmanship was good, how could the Special Security Bureau lack people with good Gunmanship? She had that much self-awareness.

Meng Guanghui added, "What's your Quantum Optical Brain number? I want to add you to the Action Division's official group."

Xia Chujian thought that Meng Guanghui was her immediate superior, and quickly said, "Colonel Meng, can we add each other as friends? Then you can pull me into your official group?"

Meng Guanghui nodded, added her as a friend, and then pulled her into the official group.

Arriving at the plaza, while Meng Guanghui was standing next to her, Xia Chujian handed him the child to hold, and quickly found the landlord's contact information, requesting a video call.

She couldn't wait to contact the landlord.

"Mr. Liu, you already know what happened at the City Central District Plaza Garden in Mulan City today, right?"

"Yes, Ms. Xia, I'm also very sorry, hahahahaha!"

That landlord was smiling so smugly.

He was indeed extremely pleased with himself.

If the sale had been delayed by just one hour, the price of his already money-losing property would have been halved, and it wasn't certain anyone would even buy it.

Xia Chujian sneered, "Mr. Liu, according to Imperial law, we signed the contract less than twenty-four hours ago. I can cancel it now without incurring any liability, and you must return my entire deposit."

The landlord lazily took a sip of beer and said, "Heh heh, you can try. I have people in the Punishment Department and the Law and Justice Department. When the time comes, we'll see whose backing is stronger!"

Xia Chujian hardened her heart: "You want to compare backing, huh? I'll show you my backing."

With that, she canceled the virtual background on the virtual display screen, revealing Meng Guanghui, who was holding a child, next to her.

Of course, only his shoulder insignia was visible, not Meng Guanghui's face.

Meng Guanghui was wearing the Special Security Bureau's military uniform, and the insignia on his shoulder showed that he was a Colonel.

This was definitely a Chief-level official.

The landlord's face changed drastically, but he quickly recovered and sneered, "You think you can trick me by finding a shill and taking a photo? Girl, it's only noon, how many dishes did you have to drink like this?"

Xia Chujian then held up her identity card, of course, the back of the identity card, and said, "Then what about this? Do you recognize the Special Security Bureau's identity card? Oh, someone like you probably only enters the Special Security Bureau to be investigated, would you ever investigate others?"

"...You're really from the Special Security Bureau?!" The landlord panicked, "I don't believe it!"

"You don't have to believe it, then try and see if your backing in the Punishment Department and the Law and Justice Department is stronger, or my backing is stronger." Xia Chujian pretended to aim the video at Meng Guanghui again.

From the moment Xia Chujian started talking to the landlord on the phone, Meng Guanghui's mental state was, who am I, where am I, what am I supposed to do?

By the time Xia Chujian was using him as a tiger's skin to flaunt her power, he was completely numb.

The landlord finally softened and pleaded, "Ms. Xia, please don't do this, we can talk about it again..."

Xia Chujian said coldly, "This contract is void, you return my deposit, and I won't pursue the matter."

"Ms. Xia, I'll lower the price, isn't lowering the price okay?" The landlord was really worried that the house would be stuck in his hands.

The occupancy rate in that area wasn't high to begin with, and with such a major case suddenly happening, the entire building would probably have to be sold at a low price, let alone a small businessman like him...

Xia Chujian frowned and shook her head, "How much can you lower it? So many people died in that place, what business can you do? Might as well turn it into a crematorium!"

"Don't! I'll give you a 50% discount! Thirty-five thousand, okay?! I'm really not making any money! I spent thirty-five thousand to buy it ten years ago! I'm losing so much I'll have to sell my pants!" The landlord was really about to cry.

The second update will be at 1 p.m.

PS: I saw some readers questioning in the chapter comments why the Grand Prince wasn't wearing this kind of helmet. That's a very good question, it reveals a hidden detail of mine. You can go back and look at the details of the Grand Prince's death in the first few chapters. He wasn't killed by a mental attack, he was directly stabbed to death by tentacles that materialized from nothing, that is, he was killed by a physical attack. This can be inferred that he either had a particularly high Mental Strength level, or he was also wearing some kind of helmet that defended against Mental Strength attacks, otherwise, how could he have escaped back smoothly?

The issue of physical attacks is also a concern for both Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian. The hidden details won't be mentioned in the main text. You can experience it yourself, or if you like to study details, read it again from the beginning, and you may discover more hidden things. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't read it from the beginning, it's enough to just enjoy it. ^_^.

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