"Getting into trouble with the general by accident, am I wanted now?" Juxi mumbled to himself. He didn't think they would let him off so easily.

Because... um... he didn't even know why, but the other party didn't seem like a bad person, yet he couldn't relax.

"Indeed... I shouldn't have trusted them!"

Juxi felt that it would be better to leave the safe zone and seek refuge instead of continuing this way or holding onto a glimmer of hope.

Not long after he left, he found himself back in the same alley, where all he could do was return to the slums once again.

"Oh my god!!!"

The city was just too big, and he had completely lost his way! Of course...

The main reason was the monotonous layout of the city!!!

Juxi couldn't distinguish which was the original path because everything, whether it was a main street or a small alley, looked so orderly, as if they were all carved out of the same mold.

"The crazy brother and sister from earlier didn't seem like bad people, but..."

With that, Juxi put on his brand new clothes and checked himself in the reflection of the glass.

"Hmm, not bad at all!"

Juxi looked at his black leather jacket and jeans and felt a sense of confidence as he walked.

But then again, even though he had this attire, he still couldn't roam freely on the streets. And if you ask why... it happened just now!

*Buzz~!*

A drone that flew by suddenly descended from the sky and grabbed a child across from Juxi, saying, "Please show your identification!"

The passing child raised his wristband and allowed the drone to scan both himself and the identification projected from the wristband, then the drone slowly left.

This world is truly strange! Juxi still believed this as he couldn't trust everything that was happening before his eyes, even though this world felt the most real. Is all of this really happening?

Juxi had many questions, but he couldn't go back to the siblings because he knew he was now a wanted fugitive, rather than a so-called lawful citizen.

"Indeed, do I have to go back to that old man?"

I always felt something was strange about that old man, as if I had seen his whole family somewhere, but I don't know... In any case, their appearance made me feel familiar.

Based on my previous memory, I finally found the old man's bungalow along that alley.

"Excuse me, is anyone here?"

Juxi tried to greet twice, but no sound came from inside. Were they not home?

Juxi entered the house, and the situation was just as he imagined. Indeed, no one was there.

Even though everyone in this family felt familiar to him, to the point where he had an inexplicable closeness to them, Juxi knew very well that there were many things he wanted to find out, not just this.

"No one is here now?"

I walked around the room, which wasn't big, with only one floor and a size of just over fifty square meters. There were three rooms in total, except for the bedroom of the grandfather and granddaughter, the only thing left was a bathroom.

The house was dilapidated, and it was built in a slightly larger alley. The price should have been lower.

"Hey mister thief, there's nothing valuable in our house! The only thing of value is that broken bed. If you take it away, we won't even be able to sleep...wait, it's you?" The granddaughter of the old man who came in said.

"Huh? I'm not a thief." I waved to her and tugged at my collar, indicating that I had already taken off my prison uniform.

"Didn't grandpa tell you to leave? Why did you come back?" The woman pouted impatiently.

"I just want to know who the woman in this picture is in your family." I asked persistently.

"You...you must mean my great-great grandmother, right?" The woman looked at the old photo and said in shock.

"..."

Oh my god...I can't believe it. So the woman in the photo is her grandmother's grandmother?!

To prevent any resemblance, I continued to ask, "So that's how it is..."

Seeing me pondering, the woman walked over in three quick steps and snatched the photo, holding it to her chest. She said, "I told you thief, it's fine if you take the bed, but my grandfather said before he left that this photo must not be taken by anyone else!"

"Haha!" I couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Don't worry, I don't want this photo or the bed! I just want to ask, is the name of the person in the photo...Yu Nai?"

"..."

"Why aren't you saying anything? Is it or not?"

"Hold on, who exactly are you?"

"...I just want to know if this woman's name is Yu Nai."

I persisted with this topic because the resemblance was too striking, and I had to find out.

"Of course it is! But I'm curious, how did you know the name of my great-great grandmother? Honestly, my grandpa said that only the two of us would know about this!"

The woman remained wary of me, seemingly suspicious of how I knew about their family's elder's matters.

But I was different because Yu Nai and I should be of the same generation, so why...why does this happen? Am I still in my dream?

"If you want to know about my great-great grandmother, you'd have to talk to my grandfather. It's something that happened over sixty years ago, not something current."

The woman finally compromised, but she only told me who to look for, not the answer directly.

"By the way, my grandfather usually only comes back in the afternoon or evening. It's not too late now, so he won't be back."

"What about you? Don't you work during the day?"

"Oh, me? Haha, I'm the centurion of District C. I oversee over a hundred people. There's not much work normally. We're considered one of the wealthiest families in the slums. And my grandfather is in charge of managing the factory workers, he has more work than me, so he can't come back at this time."

"Centurion...factory management..."

I was a little confused. Both of these jobs were not simple, so why did they have such meager rewards?

Upon further thought, managing over a hundred people as a centurion and being in charge of the factory, it should definitely provide a middle to upper-class standard of living, right?

"Oh, I know what's on your mind," the woman immediately sensed my doubts and explained, "Although our job is not bad, it's only what we contribute to our work. If we compare it with the salary of someone from a wealthy and influential family, our salary cannot compare."

"The salary of someone from a wealthy family?" I couldn't believe it. Even at this social level, there's still a distinction between high and low?

"If it were just an ordinary family, it wouldn't even..."

"No, actually we can't even be considered ordinary citizens. We can only be described as lower-class citizens who entered illegally."

"Lower-class citizens?"

"Yes, lower-class citizens have very limited rights, and we can only purchase food and some basic daily necessities. We can't afford luxuries... Well, to be honest, our salary itself is not much, so it doesn't really matter."

The woman seemed completely unconcerned about all this. It seemed she had long ago accepted the fact that she was a lower-class citizen.

Food and daily necessities are indeed enough for a person to live a normal life. What more do we need a bicycle for?

Just as we were engrossed in our conversation, the door to the room was pushed open by a familiar figure.

"Hehehe, what are you chatting about so happily, Nannan?"

"Grandfather, did you finish work so quickly today?"

"Yes, the elders said it's becoming dangerous recently, so they're planning to shut down the factory for a short period of time, and they asked me to inform you... Don't come tomorrow."

"What? But... what about the workers' salaries? We have some savings, but what about the workers..."

"That's not our concern. The higher-ups have said that the workers will be paid as normal, and we will also receive some."

"Oh, I see..."

"Put aside these trivial matters for now. I have something more important to discuss, and it's about this young man!"

Suddenly, the old man started glaring at me and refused to look away.

"While I would love to congratulate you on being released by the Alliance government, I must say – stay away from my granddaughter Nannan!!!"

The old man's meaning was clear; he thought I was pursuing his granddaughter!

This is so unfair... I'm completely misunderstood!

"Grandfather, you've misunderstood. I just came to ask about Yu Nai, nothing else." I quickly explained.

"You, you... using excuses... wait a minute, did you just say Yu Nai?" The old man was so shocked that his jaw nearly dropped. He couldn't believe I knew that name.

"I mentioned Nannan. Did you tell him?" the old man asked his granddaughter.

"No... honestly, when I first heard it too, I found it hard to believe."

"Nannan didn't tell me anything. I merely asked her myself."

"No way..."

"Why not?"

"What I mean is, only Nannan and I knew about this. If someone else knows, it's... it's unlikely."

At this point, the old man began to reminisce, his thoughts traveling back to a long, long time ago.