The faded person who shuttles between the everyday and the extraordinary

"Ok?"

An Yan heard the voice behind him and turned around subconsciously, only to see the blond girl from before reappearing at the corner of the street.

"Why are you back? She doesn't want to get the money back, right?!" Irena, who recognized Hongxia, was startled and her eyes widened.

An Yan, however, ran away without saying a word: "Don't be in a daze! Run quickly!"

"Eh, uh... Didn't you just say that you feel like you've lost something? Are you running so fast at this time?" Irena, who followed subconsciously, couldn't help being dumbfounded while running.

But he said without even thinking about it: "I just figured it out! Comparing the belly with moral integrity! Sure enough, the belly is more important!"

Although the price is moral integrity, at least temporarily avoiding the fate of living on the street is a good deal for the two of them... right?

"You..." Irena opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and it took a long time before she showed a warm smile: "You have grown up."

"...What kind of motherly expression is this? I don't want this weird growth! I just don't want to go hungry! Legally, this is also an emergency escape! It's not illegal! Otherwise, I wouldn't do this. Something!"

If she hadn't been running away now, Irena's strange gaze and smile would have made An Yan want to give her a blow on the head.

But even though he ran away with all his strength, within a few seconds he found two policemen behind him, quickly overtaking him on a bicycle and swerving in front of them.

"——Stop!!" The policeman dropped his bicycle and rushed over with his baton.

Another policeman stopped the vehicle and yelled: "Give up your resistance!"

(....It’s just the first day of traveling to another world, and I have to go to the police station? I can’t be so unlucky, can I?)

Although he was talking about emergency evacuation, it is difficult to prove emergency evacuation, so An Yan unconsciously had a despairing expression and began to think about what to say to get away with it later.

But the girl next to him took out her wand reflexively, preparing to defeat the opponent and continue to escape.

However... the older one of the two policemen looked at the two of them carefully, then turned to look at Hong Xia who was coming up behind them panting, and couldn't help showing a confused expression:

"The human trafficking organization you just mentioned is exploiting men, right? But..."

"Yes! I saw it! This person was kicking him just now! Is this... eh?"

Hongxia, who was out of breath, stopped and raised her head to say something. However, when she looked at the scary and strong man in the darkness in her imagination... she saw Yi, who was petite and not strong in any way. Lena.

The huge contrast instantly turned him to stone.

After a while, she rubbed her eyes and stared at Irena for a while again... In front of her was still a harmless girl with long gray-silver hair, who was even younger than herself. How could she look at it? They are far different from villains who threaten others.

"...You kid, are you reporting a false police report?" The younger police officer couldn't help but cast a suspicious look at Hong Xia when he saw the criminal next to the "victim" clearly. .

The older police officer shook his head and said cautiously: "No, if nothing happened, why did they run away when they saw us?"

"Suddenly someone is chasing me. A normal person would definitely run away, right? And I didn't see you?"

Listening to their conversation, An Yan suddenly guessed that he and Hong Xia had misunderstood something, and immediately spread his hands with an innocent expression: "You have misunderstood, we are all good people."

"No, even though this kid showed up first, a normal person wouldn't run away if he saw a girl running over, right?" The older policeman stared at him in confusion, always feeling like he was lying.

The scrutinizing gaze made him feel uncomfortable all over. He could only lower his head and ponder for a while, and then said quietly: "Actually...my family situation is quite special."

"Special? Special for what?"

"...This..." He deliberately hesitated, glanced at the policeman whom he didn't recognize, and then glanced at the confused Irena, and then pretended to be humiliated. He lowered his head again: "She is my sister...My father and mother both dote on her, and my grades are very poor. Even my sister looks down on me...No matter at home or outside, she will always treat her badly." I punched and kicked...so when girls...especially pretty girls came over, I, I..."

"——Hey! What are you talking about! That's education, isn't it? Your useless brother always makes me angry!"

He didn't even finish speaking, she just looked at him. He was a habitual criminal who cheated but had never been caught. Irena instantly understood and cooperated with her and became angry. She even kicked his ass hard, causing him pain. Covering his buttocks, he quickly ran away behind the older policeman.

This also made the older policeman quickly open his hands and block An Yan's body: "Wait! Little sister! Results can't explain everything! After all, relying on your parents to bully your brother is too much!"

"Who calls him useless! I don't want a brother like this!"

In order to avoid criminal suspicion, Irena, who has excellent acting skills, put her hands on her hips in a menacing manner, just like a fierce girl.

But even so, the dispute between the brother and sister, which could not even be counted as domestic violence, gave the police a headache for a while, and they had absolutely nothing to do with her.

He could only lecture Irena, and then left with just a few words of advice to An Yan, leaving Hongxia messy in the night wind instead of An Yan who had accepted the money a moment ago.

.........................

If he was really from this world, An Yan might consider going to the bureau to eat and drink and wait to be deported. During this period, he could at least get food and accommodation, and no need to deceive and abduct him, but he didn't even know where to sleep at night. None are guaranteed.

However, he really knew that neither he nor Irena had legal status and could not even be repatriated. In order to avoid trouble, he could only try his best to avoid visiting the bureau.

However, after the police walked away, An Yan stopped acting. He rubbed his butt and glared dissatisfied at the girl beside him who was patting her chest and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "Irena~! You really meant that kick! "

"Of course acting is a complete performance! I haven't complained about the role you assigned me. It made me look like a bad guy, and I was criticized for no reason. I haven't complained about you yet!"

"...This is my fault, but why do I feel like you did this on purpose? Are you really dissatisfied with the character setting?"

"Of course! Why would I want to play a weird role like that?"

"I was the one who defrauded you just now, now of course it's your turn to play the bad role! No! Lift your butt up, I'm going to kick you too!"

The more he thought about it, the more unbalanced he became, then he tried to go around and give her a kick on the butt.

However, just when Irena turned around and wanted to say something without giving him any chance, Hongxia, who was stunned in the shadow, finally stood up, with a look of astonishment on her face, and cautiously opened her eyes. Broken path:

"T-that...what...are you talking about?"

"Huh?" "Are you still there?"

An Yan stopped unconsciously, and Irena turned back sharply.

Obviously, because Hong Xia fell completely silent in the middle and still stood in the shadow... Both of them, who were in the dark, instinctively thought that this person had left before the police.

But this discovery also made them put aside their grievances for the time being. They looked at each other again in tacit understanding, and discussed how to solve this problem through invisible eye contact. Then they nodded in tacit understanding and pointed at each other:

"She is the mastermind! The money is with her! Don't look for me!" "I'm not familiar with him! He was just dragged into the water! If you have something to do, look for him!"

Just after they finished speaking, the two of them heard each other's words and looked at each other again in disbelief, with expressions of betrayal on their faces.

Chapter 7 The gap between people?

The two of them didn't even think about it. After tacitly cooperating, they betrayed each other tacitly.

This dumbfounding scene made Hongxia stunned for a moment. After being confused for a while, she waved her hands with a smile: "No, it's okay. I have no intention of getting the money back."

""real? ! "" Irena and An Yan, who were about to quarrel, turned their heads again in surprise.

"It's really true... By the way, you two... what should I say?" Hong Xia gathered her words, then nodded to herself and said, "The relationship is really good."

"Huh?" The strange calmness made An Yan dumbfounded, and even Irena was speechless: "How did you come to such a conclusion?"

"Isn't that so? But if you are not brother and sister, what is your relationship? Friends?"

"....Should I say it's a grasshopper on a rope? Or an emergency partner?" An Yan touched her chin, looking unsure.

When Irena wanted to say something, her stomach growled again, causing both of them to look over subconsciously.

She still wanted to find an excuse to cover it up, but Hongxia smiled helplessly: "You all seem to be very hungry, so why don't you go eat first and talk later?"

Of course, the two of them had no reason to refuse. Without thinking, they immediately urged Hongxia to take them to a nearby restaurant.

...........................

Irena and An Yan, two hungry people, introduced each other to Hong Xia on the way and exchanged names for a while. However, they were not polite at all in the family restaurant and ordered on Hong Xia's recommendation. After getting the food, he quickly devoured it.

This made Hongxia stunned for the first time today.

However, when he realized that he was tasting 21st century food again after a long absence, An Yan, who had eaten too hastily, choked and held his throat in pain, he quickly handed over the water glass: "Is it okay! Drink some water!"

"I just... almost thought I went back to my hometown..."

After drinking the water in one gulp, An Yan, who had just overcome the difficulty, couldn't help but lie on the table, breathing heavily with a depressed look on his face, lamenting the wonderful experience he had just a moment ago.

Because he is a faded person, there is no blessing here that can be used as a resurrection point, and the seeds of the golden tree have not been planted yet. If he dies, he may return to his hometown.

Of course, he might not be able to go back... He didn't want to think about what would happen.

However, this strange adjective aroused Hongxia's curiosity: "Hometown? Why did you see your hometown when you were choked? Could it be that... you are homesick? Did you run away from home together?"

"...Frankly speaking, I don't feel like home at all, so running away from home counts to a certain extent."

"Is that so?" Hong Xia always felt that there was something that she still couldn't quite figure out, but she put aside the question for the time being and wanted to speak again, but An Yan wiped her mouth and asked first:

"Speaking of which, I have always been concerned about an issue."

"Huh? What?"

"You already know what we are doing, right? In that case, why..."

"Because you seem to need that money more than I do." Hong Xia interrupted him and finished his words, but she scratched her cheek and turned her head away in embarrassment: "Ha, haha~ I always feel like this kind of line It’s more embarrassing than I thought to say it…”

"..."

An Yan stared blankly at the girl in front of him, speechless for a long time.

Then he looked at Hongxia, and then at Irena, who had a glossy mouth next to him. He shook his head unconsciously and let out a big silent sigh at the end.

"Hey...! What do you mean? Why are you looking at me and sighing??" Irena, who noticed the contrasting gazes, tried hard to swallow the food in her mouth and raised her eyes to stare.

"It's nothing, I just feel the gap between people at this moment."

"Ho~ How about telling me in detail?"

"I just wonder why there is such a big gap even though they are both girls~"

"That's a good question~ I'm also thinking about it, why are you like this even though we're just human?"

.........

"Well, well... calm down and stop hurting each other. You are companions, right?"

When another verbal battle was about to break out between the two sides, Hongxia quickly stood up to dissuade him.

Just hearing these words, both of them felt hurt, and they shelved the topic in a tacit agreement.

"It's better to eat first and then think about the next thing." An Yan lowered his head again and ate happily.

"That's right~ Ah, speaking of it, this chicken steak is pretty good!" Irena, who bit into the curry chicken steak, couldn't help but nod in admiration.

These two people seemed to have forgotten that they had conflicts with each other before. Hongxia didn't know whether she should admire them or not. At the same time, she couldn't figure out whether their relationship was good or bad.

But just when she wanted to ask something more, a notification tone came from her phone. She took out her phone and looked at it, and immediately exclaimed: "--No! It's been too long, my sister is already hungry!"

"Text message?" An Yan subconsciously raised his head, but Hong Xia had already stood up again, clasping her hands and bowing her head to apologize: "It's an email from my sister! I'm sorry! I have to go home! See you next time~!"

Although she thought they were interesting and wanted to get to know them, her hungry sister at home still asked her to pick up her shoulder bag and leave the place quickly, leaving the two of them looking at each other. Pay attention, lower your head again and actively fill your stomach.

However, half an hour later, when they were about to check out and leave, they discovered...

Hong Xia, who helped them order, had obviously calculated the price. Unexpectedly, An Yan had no money left at all when she left the store.

"Oops...that guy is not here, what should I do at night?" Touching his empty pocket, Anyan felt a touch of sadness in his heart.

But Irena patted him on the shoulder, with an obviously uneasy and kind-hearted smile, and said confidently: "It's okay, just find a new customer."

"Is it that simple?"

"What is tested at this time is patience."

"It sounds like you are very experienced, so come this time."

"You are such a fussy person. I will do it. You should watch and study hard. What does it mean to be professional~!"

Irena rolled her eyes at her unhappily, then put her hat back on. After carefully adjusting it, she showed a confident smile and waved for him to follow without looking back.

Under the bright starry sky, the two of them took steps together confidently for a better tomorrow.

However... the subsequent development of things seemed to deviate quite a bit from their ideal situation.

Chapter 8 Even if we don’t talk about money, we are still friends.

Although Irena was full of confidence and believed that An Yan could succeed, she would definitely be a sure shot if she was the experienced one.

However, on the dark night street, few people showed up at all, most of them were still walking around her, and the "precision customer" refused to show up.

On the contrary, a few people appeared to strike up a conversation, which made An Yan have to come out from time to time to chase people away. In the middle of the night, only the traffic on the road passed by them from time to time, but not a single pedestrian showed up for a long time. It could be said that it was completely frustrating. The hope of both of them was cut off.

They looked at the sky side by side and were silent for a long time, before An Yan spoke again: "....What should we do now?"

"It's okay, we just looked up at the stars and fell asleep together."

With an open-minded expression, the girl smiled at him without any desire.

"...Why do I feel like you are used to this kind of thing?"

"How come~"