CH 16

They found the nearest police station in the area and arrived after a leisurely stroll. There weren’t many people handling affairs there, so they took a number and waited for a while before being called to the appropriate window. 

When the staff member heard it was about an unregistered person who wanted to register a household, he asked several questions.

“Do you have any immediate relatives? A birth certificate? A DNA report? Or any other documentation?”

All answers were negative.

The staff member brushed their bangs aside and called out for “Bro Liu,” asking him, “We’ve got an undocumented person here with nothing, how can we proceed?”

Bro Liu looked up from under his reading glasses at Xiang Wan and Yu Zhou, made sure they were not kidding, then put the lid on his teacup. “Go to the second floor, office 203.”

Yu Zhou hurriedly took Xiang Wan to the second floor. They saw bro Liu in the hallway holding a teacup in one hand and opening the door with the other. “Come in.”

Bro Liu took a sip of tea before sitting down at his desk. He spoke kindly, “Take a seat. Do you have your ID card? Let me see it.”

Yu Zhou handed over her ID card. Bro Liu scanned it into the system, after checking the electronic file, he looked at Yu Zhou and then returned the card. “What’s the relationship between you two?”

Given their similar ages, it was unlikely Yu Zhou could be Xiang Wan’s guardian.

“Well, Brother, I didn’t know her at all before. One day last month, she suddenly appeared in my house. When I asked her how she got there, she said she had amnesia. She doesn’t remember her family or hometown, and sometimes she speaks in a very literary way. I thought she seems to have some problem here,” Yu Zhou pointed at her head, “but I’ve observed her for a month, her behavior is normal, except she just can’t remember.”

Bro Liu looked at the silent Xiang Wan, who had bright eyes and white teeth.

“She insists on staying with me. I can shelter her, but she doesn’t have any identification, which makes everything difficult. So I thought I’d bring her to the police station to see if there’s any solution. I know if there are difficulties, we should turn to the police.”

Yu Zhou decided to be as honest as possible after doing a lot of research .

Bro Liu glanced at Xiang Wan from above his glasses. “How old are you? Do you remember?”

“Eighteen.” Xiang Wan said.

“Her speech is clear.”

“Yes, yes, she seems to have no problems.” Yu Zhou quickly agreed.

“How did she end up at your house?” Bro Liu asked.

“I don’t know!” Yu Zhou shouted, “I really don’t know, and she doesn’t know either!”

Bro Liu was startled and frowned, “Calm down, calm down.”

“Really, you can check the surveillance, ask the property management to check the surveillance. I definitely didn’t kidnap her.” Yu Zhou said.

“You,” Bro Liu skimmed the tea foam with the porcelain lid and blew on it, “are you staying at her place willingly? It’s okay, you can tell us your true thoughts. We are definitely here to help people solve problems.”

“Absolutely willing.” Xiang Wan said.

Uh… Yu Zhou wanted to say that there was no need to emphasize “absolutely.”

Bro Liu narrowed his eyebrows with a hiss and scanned both of them, “Do you really not remember anything? Not even a little?”

“Absolutely true,” Xiang Wan replied with a poker face.

Bro Liu held the teacup in front of his chest for a while, as he had never encountered such a situation before.

He put the teacup down and knocked the lid, “It’s not impossible to register a household. We are trying our best to solve the problem of ‘unregistered’ people who cannot settle down. Last month, we even helped a few homeless people with no background. If you really have difficulties, it can be done. You don’t need to worry. However – “

He coughed up some phlegm, “However, you can’t just come here, saying you want to register, and we will do it for you. It’s not that casual, not that hasty. The household registration is a serious matter.”

“Ah, yes, yes,” Yu Zhou nodded repeatedly, “That’s right, that’s right.”

Seeing her good attitude, bro Liu’s expression eased slightly, “We need to verify this in advance. First, we need to make sure there is no such person in the archives. I’ll make a phone call in a moment. You go to Room 208 to find Xiao Li to record this girl’s fingerprints and facial information. We will check the network to see if her information is indeed not in the archives. It will take about 5-7 working days to confirm.”

“Ok, ok, ok.”

“Wouldn’t it be best if we could find her family, right?”

“Yes, yes, yes.”

“If we really can’t find them after thorough investigation, we can proceed with the registration process for people without any identification. She needs to write a voluntary registration application, explain the situation, sign and fingerprint it. Afterwards, she should read the application in our Household Registration Department and record a video for archiving. Then you, as a witness, need to write a handwritten statement, confirming that you voluntarily accept her as part of your household registration. Understand?”

Yu Zhou took notes while listening.

“Finally, there is a public notice period. Now it’s all done electronically. The notice will state that she, as a person without household registration, is applying for registration and archiving. If no one has any clues, she can be registered.”

Yu Zhou frowned, “So complicated…”

“Complicated?” Bro Liu raised his voice, “I told you, household registration is a big deal!”

“I understand, I understand.” Yu Zhou hurriedly apologized, “I was just thinking, it would take a few months to go through all this. What should she do now?”

“I’ll issue her a ‘Temporary Non-Registered Certificate’. Generally, when she needs to handle affairs, she can show it and explain the situation. There should be no problem with her basic life with it.”

Yu Zhou was relieved, “Thank you so much. I appreciate your help.”

The two took the certificate and came out after recording the information, it was almost 11 o’clock.

Just as they were looking for a place to have brunch, Peng Xiangzhi’s WeChat message arrived, “The first episode of the audio drama will start recording today at 12 o’clock. Are you coming?”

The crew knew she had left her job and had time to listen to the recording, so they would always invite her.

Yu Zhou thought for a moment, “I don’t have any plans today, so I can go.”

She sent the message using voice, so Xiang Wan heard it, she dragged her and said, “Are you going for several hours again?”

“Um, I’m going to watch their recording.”

“Take me.” Xiang Wan said.

“Well, that’s not appropriate. I’m going to work.” Yu Zhou hesitated.

“Can’t you bring friends and family to your workplace?” Xiang Wan asked.

It was actually allowed. Just yesterday, a voice actor from the next studio brought a small dog.

“But I didn’t tell them.”

“You can tell them now.” Xiang Wan pointed at her WeChat.

Leaving Xiang Wan at home, Yu Zhou thought that Xiang Wan would be bored, which would make her worry too. Since it was a recording job, she could take Xiang Wan to broaden her horizons.

With this in mind, Yu Zhou pressed the voice message button, “Uh… Director Peng, I have a friend who is with me and is very interested in my audio drama. Can I bring her to listen?”

Peng Xiangzhi replied quickly, “No problem, come.”

Yu Zhou was relieved and led Xiang Wan to the nearby KFC, “There’s no time, we’ll just take something quickly.”

“I was thinking that it would be beneficial for your future work to interact with people. Anyway, you can’t let people find out you’re from ancient times. When we get there, don’t talk too much, observe more, and ask me quietly if you don’t understand something.”

“Uh,” she paused, “and don’t make it seem like we’re particularly close, don’t mention that you’re living at my place. Let’s just say we’re, um, high school classmates.”

She glanced at Xiang Wan, who didn’t look like her classmate, “You’re my high school classmate’s sister, and we got to know each other through playing games together.”

She came up with it so smoothly, not caring whether Xiang Wan understood what “playing games” meant.

“Why hide it?” Xiang Wan’s eyes swept over her face from top to bottom.

“It’s not appropriate, living together.”

“I’m a lesbian, so if it gets out, it’s not good for your reputation,” Yu Zhou said.

Xiang Wan smiled, “What about you?” What about your reputation?

“I’m a modern person, I don’t care about that.”

“I’m in the modern era now too,” Xiang Wan blinked slowly.

Fine, fine, you win. Yu Zhou sighed, “Do as you please.”