Hello, Arknights

"Are you really here?" Jiang Sa gathered his clothes to block the cold wind. The rain was chilly. He had been caught in the rain yesterday and looked a little weak today.

"Well, come on. I passed by a pharmacy on my way out and bought some cold medicine and some other medicine. I wonder if it's enough for you to share." Ling Dengxian handed the bag of medicine he bought with his fresh salary to Jiang Sa and shook his head. "I don't know what you need. I can only find out from today."

"Sir... I have to tell you in advance that some of them may not appreciate it." Jiang Sa whispered, "... Of course I believe you won't be hurt, but..."

"Well, don't worry, I'm mentally prepared." Ling Dengxian smiled. He just came to see if there was anything he could do to help. Chi Yu followed him obediently and didn't cause any trouble.

"Well then... sir, let's take these medicines to Sister Li to sell."

"Why?" Ling Dengxian asked, "Isn't this a gift for you?"

Jiang Sa smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "Sir, you probably don't know that some of us are not only ungrateful, but they will also think it's natural if you don't charge them a price - they don't even know they are shameful."

Ling Dengxian looked at the Liberi man who had caught a cold and was a little surprised: "Mr. Jiang, you seem to be very good at this..."

“No way… Before I was infected, I went to school and went to college. Later, I barely became a teacher. Then an accident happened… I haven’t learned any other skills, and I ended up in this situation today. And please don’t call me Mr. Jiang, I’m a little scared.” Jiang Sa shook his head, which gave him a headache.

"Very impressive... Nowadays, even many famous professors may not be able to understand these things. And it's easy for me not to call you Mr. Jiang, but your 'Mr.' makes me uncomfortable..."

"No, a gentleman is a gentleman." Jiang Sa was very stubborn, as only a scholar could be.

"Okay, okay... at least remove the honorific 'you'?"

"...Okay, sir." Jiang Sa nodded hesitantly, and the two finally arrived at the intersection.

Several gang members that Ling Dengxian had seen before were still investigating yesterday's scene. They were a little nervous when they saw Ling Dengxian coming: "Operator Baige..."

"It's none of your business. Just go about your business and pretend you didn't see me." Ling Dengxian waved his hand. He was not going to work today.

The gangsters nodded and retreated back into the alley. It was hard for them to tell what they felt about this man.

"Sister Li, I'm sorry I only found out your last name today..." Ling Dengxian had always thought that the Caprini woman was middle-aged, but Jiang Sa told him that she seemed to be only thirty this year, and she looked so haggard. Ling Dengxian briefly explained his purpose to Jiang Sa, and the haggard woman shook her head helplessly after hearing it:

"Xiao Jiang... and Mr. Bai Ge, it's not that I don't want to accept this kindness... it's just that this thing may not be something special in the upper city, but in the lower city, it is a hot potato in my hands..."

"…Because of those gangsters?" Ling Dengxian looked back and saw a gangster member who was looking over here smiled awkwardly and hid back.

"No, they have the Rat King in charge, who doesn't care about this little medicine." Caprini shook his head. "It's the poor people. The fierce ones will take the initiative to rob to recruit people to establish new gangs, and the timid ones will be forced to rob to save their own children."

"..." Ling Dengxian and Jiang Sa looked at each other and could see each other's helplessness. Indeed, Jiang Sa was needless to say, and Ling Dengxian couldn't be there all the time. "What should I do... Hmm."

Ling Dengxian glanced at Chi Yu from the corner of his eye and suddenly understood.

Chi Yu looked at him, knew what he was thinking, and rolled his eyes.

But he didn't object either.

After the explanation, Caprini finally took over the batch of drugs, and Chi Yu temporarily stayed in the slums as a guarantee.

Ling Dengxian knew that this was not a long-term solution, but they had no other choice. Relying on the gang was not a good idea either. He could only wait and see if there would be any other turning points in the future.

As he was speaking, Ling Dengxian looked up and saw a few film children running past the intersection. They had smiles on their faces that were rarely seen in the slums. They were like a touch of fresh green among the ruins, which made people feel much better unconsciously.

"Those children...are from Liu Mei's family." Jiang Sa also noticed the change in his expression.

"Yes, come to think of it, only one of the four children is her biological child... It's not easy for her. If she wasn't nimble, she wouldn't know how she would survive." Sister Li nodded. Ling Dengxian watched the children playing and leaving, closed his eyes and thought for a while and asked, "Are those children also infected?"

"No... Liu Mei's is not. The others are indeed infected... Most of the half-grown children you see in the slums were abandoned because of mineral sickness. Anyone with a little ability and conscience here will adopt them... Xiao Jiang and I are the type of people who are one without ability and one with a poor health and can't even take care of ourselves."

Jiang Sa turned his eyes away in shame. As a grown man, he felt a little uncomfortable when hearing such words spoken to him, but it was also a fact he had to admit.

"Sister Li, tell me what you need. I will be your extra supplier and provide some things that are not available in the slums but are needed... provided that I am still in Longmen."

"Sir, are you leaving?" Jiang Sa understood what he meant.

"It's only a matter of time. I have an agreement with someone. I want to go see what this world looks like."

Ling Dengxian looked at the slums slowly waking up in the morning light, hoping that it could stand up from the mud.

Dragon Gate Outer Ring.

Lin Gerui was leaning on his crutches, silently looking at the people kneeling on the ground in front of him. His subordinates behind him were waiting with him for the customer who had called him before.

"Sorry to have kept the Rat King waiting for a long time. It took some effort to get him to talk." Soon they saw two figures emerging from the black fog.

Just one was standing and the other was being carried by him.

"Wu... the interrogation work can be left to us." The person next to the Rat King said in a low voice.

"I need it too. This is more efficient, isn't it?" Anasa dispersed the black mist and threw the incapacitated Gray Shadow into the middle of the group of traitors that the Rat King had caught. He crossed his arms and shook his head, saying, "Thank you very much for inviting me, but I'm sorry, I have my own mission."

"...Dirty Sarkaz! You will regret it!" Gray Shadow growled.

"You should deal with the dust first." Wu shook his head again and looked at the Rat King: "Then I will take my leave first."

"Thank you for your cooperation, mercenary. We will no longer restrict you from entering the lower city, but please be careful." The Rat King nodded to express his gratitude.

"Understood." Wu disappeared into the black fog again and concealed his whereabouts.

What remains is the end of the traitor.

A week later, Waifan and Ling ran into each other by chance.