Chapter 313: Social Worker

"A roommate who wears orange pajamas... Being able to find such a friend is really enviable."

The young girl said, subconsciously touching the ruby earring on her right ear. It happened that at this time, the waiter brought the vegetable salad she ordered, and the two temporarily stopped talking.

This was a relatively good restaurant in the wharf area. It was noon, and there were many people dining. But the tables in high-end restaurants were not as dense as street bars. Xia De and Princess lady chose a corner against the wall, and there were no people sitting around the table for the time being, so they didn't have to worry about being heard when talking.

"Speaking of which, Princess lady, what do you do in this city?"

Xia De asked. Saying his own profession just now was to facilitate asking about the other party's identity.

The young girl who looked like she had a noble birth didn't refuse to answer this time:

"A side job can be considered a reporter, occasionally writing some reports on social commentary and submitting them to the newspaper. As for the main job... Mr. Watson, I'm not afraid of you laughing, I am considered a noble. My father doesn't agree with me going out to work, so you can treat me as that kind of noble girl who is idle all day and goes in and out of banquets and salons."

This self-introduction was about the same as Xia De's guess. Seeing that the other party's answer this time had no cover-up, Xia De tried to go further and ask:

"Noble? Oh, it seems I really met an extraordinary person. I don't know, your father is..."

"The specific identity certainly cannot be told to you. As for his profession... it can be considered a social worker, making contributions to public undertakings."

"Social work?"

Xia De's understanding of this was that small nobles, in order to maintain their own decency and status, usually sought a position in City Hall or government departments. It didn't necessarily have to have a very high salary, but it must be something that could be taken out. The Kingdom's municipal departments had similar positions, and "social work" belonged to a relatively secondary position, which couldn't be done without doing things.

So, Xia De speculated that the identity of the other party's father shouldn't be high.

"This is really hard work. Has he ever thought about resigning and trying to open a factory? In the past few decades, news of nobles relying on connections to open factories and then becoming big tycoons has been quite common in newspapers."

Xia De was half testing and half joking. Princess lady used a fork to insert broccoli and showed a helpless smile:

"Resign? Oh, this won't do. As far as I know, no one has ever been able to resign voluntarily from this profession that my father is engaged in. This is a lifelong seat... You might not be able to understand that although this kind of work without much salary is heavy and often requires processing documents in the study until after nine o'clock in the evening, it also has high benefits that ordinary people cannot imagine. The work content relates to many people and cannot be resigned at will."

"Then that is really unfortunate."

Xia De made a sudden realization expression, quite sympathetic to Princess lady's busy father, and then used a knife to cut the meat steak in front of him.

After promoting to the second ring, his appetite was slightly larger. But this was also a normal situation. The Ringed Shushi itself was a power system that improved both body and spirit together, and similar situations would appear after just upgrading.

The preliminary test was completed. Xia De believed that although the five-ring female Shushi opposite him still had doubts, she could basically be trusted. In this strange city, spending money to hire her as a one-day guide shouldn't make any mistakes.

And he wasn't afraid of mistakes. If there was a problem, he would just jump into the sea immediately. Even if the other party was a five-ring Shushi, it was impossible to chase him into the sea.

Princess lady had high requirements for food. She only tried two bites of the vegetable salad and then gave it up, seemingly disgusted that the vegetables here were not fresh. As for drinks, Xia De didn't order wine but chose to drink soup, while Princess lady wanted water and complained to Xia De about the drinks here in a low voice:

"Last week at night, I sneaked out... cough cough, I came out to eat alone and ordered a bottle of 1845 wine from the Roselle Winery here. Mr. Watson, guess what?"

"Wine mixed with water?"

Xia De guessed.

"Of course not. Mixing with water is the lowest-class practice. The restaurant used a bottle of cheap third-grade goods sold in large quantities by the Roselle Winery this year to impersonate the good wine of 1845."

Slender fingers held the glass filled with white water and shook it slightly, as if it were wine inside:

"Mr. Watson, if you are interested in tasting wine, I can take you to a good place to eat tonight."

"No, I'm not used to drinking."

Xia De shook his head, and Princess lady didn't insist, as if she had long known Xia De would say so.

After lunch, Princess lady decided to accept Xia De's hire and use the remaining time today to take Xia De around Coldwater Port.

But since they were going to enter those sensitive places, they couldn't act with their original faces. It just so happened that Princess lady also had to find a place to store the bag of books she was holding, so she took Xia De back to her residence in this city and planned to help Xia De and herself do simple makeup.

The so-called residence was of course not a noble family's house, but a house rented by Princess lady outside. It was not a single-family apartment, but a simple collective apartment small room located on Robin Hood Street in the South District of Coldwater Port.

Robin Hood Street was only a fifteen-minute carriage ride from the location where the two had lunch. The apartment was more like a large mansion, with wreaths hanging at the iron fence. Entering the interior of the house, the first floor was a spacious hall with seats and card tables for residents to rest and entertain. The center of the second floor was a patio, surrounded by rented small rooms. There were 12 rooms on one floor. The other side of the corridor outside the room was a fence, where one could lie there and look out at the first floor.

With a cautious thought, when Xia De followed Princess lady here, he carefully observed every detail of the apartment. This shouldn't be fake to bluff people. This was indeed a normal rental apartment, and the temperament belonging to the city's small citizens on the other tenants they brushed past could not be disguised no matter what. This place probably only served as a temporary residence, so the interior of the apartment was very small. Besides the room that simultaneously served as the living room and bedroom, there was only a small balcony where clothes could be dried, and an abnormally small washroom.

Although the life atmosphere in the house was not very strong, the mold spots and hanging paintings on the wall, the unwashed teacups on the table, and the dresses swaying with the wind on the balcony all explained that this place was frequently used and was indeed Princess lady's temporary residence, which further dispelled Xia De's vigilance.

The young lady took the books she was holding and hid them in the wardrobe, and then greeted Xia De to sit down at the mismatched chair beside the low coffee table. There were old newspapers on the chair, and paper pages scattered on the coffee table. She didn't seem to clean the room often:

"Since you are hiring me, let's talk about the price before setting off. Mr. Watson, first you have to tell me, as a guide, what kind of places you need me to lead you to." ===== CHAPTER 314 =====

"Since you are hiring me, it wouldn't be too late to discuss the price before we set off. Mr. Watson, first you must tell me what kind of place you need me to lead you to as a guide."