The white-haired old man took the initiative to introduce himself:
"I am your administrator, Robert. Welcome to Sunflower Street. You will stay with me for a year. I hope we can get along well."
As Robert said, he took out a hand-held marker from the drawer of the wooden desk, stood up, walked out from behind the desk, walked around to Cheng Huaiqian, and signaled Cheng Huaiqian to lift his leg and put his foot on the stool beside him.
The surface of the stool was full of dirt and dust, obviously stepped on by countless pairs of shoes.
Cheng Huaiqian stepped on his right foot nimbly, and took the initiative to pull up his right trouser leg, exposing the black rubber band on his right ankle.
According to the information, this rubber ring is a "positioning ring" with built-in precision electronic equipment, which can monitor the user's position at all times.
When the two of them appeared in this mission world, the identification certificates in their pockets and the positioning rings on their feet appeared together.
"After that, you will come to me to check in for you every morning around seven o'clock in the morning and before seven o'clock in the evening."
While instructing, Robert used the marker in his hand to mark the positioning rings on the ankles of the two people in turn, representing today's clock-in.
The positioning ring is the hole dug for them by this mission world.
It was past six o'clock in the morning when they finished their classes in the classroom. If Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian hadn't discovered the restrictions on their identities in time, they hadn't been able to rush to the community center in Sunflower Block to check in for the first time at seven o'clock.
They are likely to be recorded for disobedience and lack of repentance. Community corrections will end immediately and the prison life will officially begin.
Fortunately, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian found the discarded materials, and followed the instructions on the materials to find the community center in Sunflower Street in time.
"There is a shortage of rooms, and you share a room." After accepting the two new arrivals, Robert took out two keys that were strung together from a drawer and threw them to them. The label on the key said "404".
It's really not a friendly number.
Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian put away the keys, without saying anything, went up the narrow old stairs to the fourth floor and found their room.
The facilities in the room are very simple, with two single beds, two desks, two wardrobes, and a small bathroom. There are no other facilities.
The first thing Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian did when they entered the room was to thoroughly search the entire room.
Fortunately, the official of this mission world still left some privacy for them. Except for the positioning ring on the ankle, at least there was no monitoring device in the room that they knew.
There is no stricter monitoring, but no more reminders and guidance. Except for the initial information, they will have to rely on themselves.
The two browsed the materials several times, which encouraged them to actively cooperate with community corrections, strive to re-enter the society, be a person of value and contribution to society, and be recognized by the society.
"The best way to integrate into society is to have a job, not to mention, we need wages to live on and start capital."
The two combined the two single beds into a double bed, lying on the bed together and repeatedly studying the only hints so far.
That's right, after accepting the cruel fact that they became criminals, they had to accept the second cruel fact, that they didn't have any money on them, although there were still some food or treasures that could give them a sense of satiety in the space , but there is no new coin, the world currency for this mission.
Looking at each other, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian saw the tacit understanding in each other's eyes, and couldn't help laughing.
After initially discussing the plan in Xinwang, the two did not stay in the room, but went out to collect information. Anyway, just come back and check in before seven o'clock in the evening, and they have freedom in the middle.
There are more pedestrians on the road than before, and they are all white people with blond hair and blue eyes. The images of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian with black hair and black eyes are a bit eye-catching. , first thoroughly explored Sunflower Street.
In the process, they paid special attention to the recruitment announcements posted in the shops facing the street.
The good news is that they saw seven job postings and it looked like there was plenty of employment.
The bad news is that whenever Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian want to know more, the other party will ask them to provide identification, and then it will be easy to find out that the two are in the state of execution outside the prison, and they will immediately refuse for various reasons.
Xia Ruize understood that their identities and backgrounds gave them an aura of discrimination.
"Hey, if you don't accept regular jobs, it's forcing us to go astray."
The corners of Cheng Huaiqian's mouth curled into a happy arc. Of course, he didn't care about the contempt in the shop assistant's eyes. He didn't really break the law, so he wasn't guilty at all.
He just thinks that the character set prepared by the Lord God for them is really interesting. This kind of character set comes with a halo of serious job rejection. He is really curious about what methods other testers in this task world will use to complete the task.
Fortunately, their search was not in vain. In the end, they found a few jobs that did not discriminate against their identities. The common feature of these jobs is that they require a lot of manpower. Cleaning, such as couriers.
At noon, when passing by a park, the two saw someone playing and singing.
Cheng Huaiqian borrowed the homeless artist's guitar and played two songs. He was satisfied with the fourteen Singapore dollars given to him by passers-by. One, I had lunch with Xia Ruize, and bought a map with the last two Singapore dollars.
At present, their superficial understanding of this city named Katsuma is only limited to the Sunflower District. A detailed map can quickly help them learn more information, such as where the bank is.
Of course, you have to find out where there are delicious restaurants.
The bread in his hand was too hard. Although it tasted good, Xia Ruize didn't like the texture. In his heart, the bread was only delicious if it was soft.
Sitting on a wooden chair in the park and looking at the map while eating bread, the two continued to explore. They are physically strong, and walking will not cause any burden to them at all.
In the eyes of outsiders, these two people are just wandering around the city with nothing to do, but in fact, all the roads traveled, how often the signal lights change, where the surveillance cameras are aimed, what public facilities are around, etc. are all collected.
The two have shown with practical actions that even if they do bad things, they must correct their attitudes.
In the middle of the afternoon, the two finally successfully applied for jobs. Xia Ruize applied as a cleaner and Cheng Huaiqian applied as a courier.
After spotting the target, Cheng Huaiqian first accompanied Xia Ruize to apply for the job.
The supervisor in charge of recruiting employees of the cleaning company checked Xia Ruize's identity information and sneered, rolled his eyes, leaned his obese body back, lazily leaned on the back of the chair, and elongated the tone in a embarrassed tone: "You kind The situation is embarrassing for me..."
While talking, he looked up and down at Xia Ruize who was opposite him, his heart was full of contempt, the short yellow monkey was just dishonest.
Xia Ruize didn't respond extraneously, and continued to look at the other party without any fluctuations in his eyes. The supervisor couldn't get a response, so he had to continue talking: "It's not impossible to recruit you, but this salary..."
Cheng Huaiqian stood on the side, looking at the supervisor with no expression on his face, and rubbed his fingers hanging by his side, his hand was a little itchy, and he needed to hit someone to relieve the itching.
In the end, when Xia Ruize didn't respond the whole time, the supervisor lowered his salary to 70% of that of normal employees.
Xia Ruize coughed twice, and finally responded for the first time:
"I am not in good health and cannot bear too much work intensity. I am willing to accept 60% of the salary, hoping to choose some easy jobs by myself."
The supervisor frowned impatiently, his eyes were full of reluctance, but he thought about it, the employees under him come and go, there are always not enough, it is not easy to recruit one cheaply, let him try first, not good It's a big deal to turn it off.
In the end, the supervisor signed Xia Ruize with 50% of the salary, on the condition that Xia Ruize could choose his own daily work.
Once the contract was signed, the supervisor called an old employee and asked him to guide Xia Ruize so that the newcomer could start working as soon as possible.
"Do you really want to do this?"
Cheng Huaiqian's face was not very good-looking, although the plan was like this, but when he thought that his lover had never done such hard work in the real world, his heart ached, and he wanted his lover to give up and follow him.
Xia Ruize's eyes were bright, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he refused with interest: "I still want to try, I will do what I can, if it doesn't work, I will give up."
Cheng Huaiqian watched his lover change into a set of full-body cleaning clothes, put on a mask, and prepare to do it with cleaning tools, feeling distressed and helpless.
So without wasting time, I turned around and applied for the courier job that I had long been optimistic about. The courier job is much simpler, and I can start delivering the courier with a small car. The only shortcoming is that it is more difficult to travel in the wind and rain, but this kind of hardship is nothing to Cheng Huaiqian.
Both of the jobs they found were on a daily basis. Although it was just a trial in the afternoon of the first day, both of them performed very well, so they successfully got their respective salaries.
Xia Ruize got 60 SGD, and Cheng Huaiqian got 150 SGD.
After getting off work at 5:00 p.m., after the two met, Cheng Huaiqian took Xia Ruize to the block adjacent to Sunflower. When he was delivering the courier in the afternoon, he found an oriental restaurant there.
The taste of the food was a bit weird, but it was still more to Sharize's taste than a hamburger coffee or a crackly sandwich.
It's just that during the meal, the two of them were attracted by the sudden news on TV:
"A piece of news is urgently interrupted. At 4:00 this afternoon, a malicious robbery occurred at the city bank in the Xiaohong District of our city. Two gangsters broke into the bank, robbed 70,000 cash and 10,000 worth of gold, and attacked the security guards and the surrounding people. A total of 23 people were killed and 17 were wounded in the shooting attack.
One of the gangsters was shot dead on the spot during the fight, and the other escaped. Citizens who find suspicious persons are requested to report to the Public Security Bureau in time. Follow-up reports are ongoing. "
In line with the announcer's voice, what was shown on the TV was the scene at that time. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian stopped their movements together and stared at the TV.
Their actions were not eye-catching, because the diners in the restaurant were all frightened by the sudden news, and all stared at the TV.