Work Prophet
Chapter 699 - 25 Prohibition of the Use of Child Labour Regulations

Chapter 699: Chapter 25 Prohibition of the Use of Child Labour Regulations

Li Yu took An Yixin to the nearby shopping mall, bought her a Bosideng down jacket, and then took her for a tour around the company.

An Yixin clicked her tongue in surprise, "You’re actually a little boss? I never noticed that before."

"I was promoted only recently," Li Yu said, "To be exact, I’m still a working stiff."

"But the work environment here is pretty good," An Yixin said. "How about I just drop out of school and come work for you?"

"You’re too young, employing you would be illegal."

"Then why are you asking me to act?"

"According to Article 13 of the ’Regulations against the Use of Child Labor’, cultural and sports organizations, with the consent of the minors’ parents or other guardians, may employ professional artists and athletes under the age of 16.

"The employer must ensure the protection of the physical and mental health of the minors employed and safeguard their right to receive compulsory education.

"So for you to act in my company, we would need your mother’s consent. Are you confident you can persuade her?"

"Of course, she only cares about her mahjong. I just need to hand her the consent form while she’s playing mahjong, and she’ll sign it no matter what it says," An Yixin shrugged.

"And then you would have to continue going to school," continued Li Yu. "Because that too is required by the ’Regulations against the Use of Child Labor’."

An Yixin huffed.

Li Yu noticed her reluctance, "Are you afraid that upon returning to school, Zhang Jingyi and the others won’t stop pestering you?"

"I’m not afraid of them," An Yixin said.

"Acknowledging fear is nothing to be ashamed of, if you’re scared, I can help you sort out this trouble," Li Yu said.

"How would you do that? By calling the police? The police won’t care about this kind of thing. At most they’ll just admonish them, and once the police are gone, Zhang Jingyi and her gang have a hundred ways to retaliate.

"Or are you thinking of finding our class teacher? In her eyes, a good student like Zhang Jingyi would never do such terrible things. It must be me, the bad student, who is slandering her.

"I’ve told you, school is a place with a strict hierarchy."

"I can give them a warning for you," Li Yu glanced at the time, signaling that the visit was over and it was time to go home.

An Yixin picked up the perfume on Zhang Yanlin’s desk, looked at it, and then put it back.

"You’d better not do that. Zhang Jingyi’s family is not simple. If you warn her and she tells her dad, you’ll definitely be in trouble.

"Don’t worry about me. They’ll beat me up a few times at most. Once they realize I really don’t have any money, they’ll stop bothering me. An iPad Pro isn’t really a big deal to Zhang Jingyi."

"If you didn’t steal her iPad Pro, why should you take her beating?" Li Yu said. "When school starts again, I’ll go and explain things clearly for you."

"How will you explain? Don’t be fooled by Zhang Jingyi’s quiet appearance, she’s not the type that listens to explanations."

"She will listen to my explanation," Li Yu assured. "But afterwards, you’ll probably be treated as an oddball at school and never make any friends again."

"That’s exactly what I want," An Yixin put her headphones back on. "I don’t need friends."

Li Yu then took her back home and even packed a KFC burger for her to eat that evening.

An Yixin took the burger, her head down, without speaking.

As Li Yu unlocked the unit door, An Yixin suddenly said softly, "I wish you were my dad."

"Hmm?"

"Nothing." An Yixin packed the hamburger into her backpack. "Uncle, do you think there will ever be a day when the world suddenly ends?"

"I don’t know, what do you think?"

"If that were to happen, that would be great, it’s my New Year’s wish."

"Then your New Year’s wish is probably very hard to achieve."

"What a pity," murmured An Yixin.

After that, the two took the elevator. Li Yu got off first, looked back as he exited, and noticed An Yixin was also looking at him, waving to him.

The elevator doors slowly closed between them.

In the next two days, Li Yu dealt with some personal affairs and then took a flight home. He didn’t return to City B until the fifth day of the new year.

Li Yu brought back the snacks and some stewed dishes and fried meatballs forced into his luggage by his elders at home and shared them with Miss Rabbit and the servants of the Double Rest Sect in Green Field.

Although drifting in a foreign land, or more accurately, a foreign plane, as a descendant of the Yanhuang, the Spring Festival was definitely to be celebrated.

Niu Xiangui and others timed it perfectly; they even wrote Spring Festival couplets and pasted them outside the transmigrators’ apartments. They also gathered together to make dumplings.

The scene, as divulged by the little maid invited to join the celebration, was indeed... pretty bizarre.

While Bratis Continent was engulfed in endless warfare, with various forces embroiled in chaos, as if dogs’ brains were about to be bashed out,

A group of Half-Beasts, humans, Dwarfs, and even members of the Wing Tribe came together, joyfully sharing a meal, and ended up banging on bowls and chopsticks, singing "My Chinese Heart" in unison, expressing their homesickness, which was indeed hard for others to understand.

Miss Rabbit ate a few fried meatballs and was amazed, especially upon learning that the vegetarian ones were made from carrots.

The Lady suddenly felt she had been planting carrots in vain for so long.

However, the Lady didn’t forget the matter at hand while eating the meatballs, saying to Li Yu, "While you were away, Hirodod defeated Gwen.

"The latter took eight thousand people to besiege Duolin City, only to be defeated by Hirodod in one fell swoop, capturing half of them, including Gwen and Quintus the High Priest.

"Hirodod announced that he would personally hold a public trial for Gwen and Quintus, listing their crimes, in two days, boosting his prestige immensely."

"It is said that many Priests and believers dissatisfied with the Silver Moon Church’s constant compromises and retreats are planning to travel to Duolin City to join the Blood Moon Association.

"Hirodod also shouted a slogan, saying he would drive out all the heathens from the West and restore the glory of Pisya."

Gwen’s defeat was so swift and decisive that it was a bit beyond Li Yu’s expectations, but the Prophet of the Double Rest Sect didn’t seem worried at all.

"It seems that Hirodod is ready to step out of the shadows," said Li Yu.

"The West can no longer withstand a major upheaval. If he really riles up all the followers of the Silver Moon Church, the happiest ones would probably be those Wing Tribe people.

"By the way, I heard that Hirodod is also considering an alliance with the Wing Tribe, and he’s already thinking about sending a confidant to Lion Heart Castle."

After Miss Rabbit finished speaking and saw that Li Yu was still calm and unhurried, she said, "Merlin, have you already figured out how to deal with Hirodod and his Blood Moon Association?"

"Hmm," said Li Yu. "I’ve been waiting for him to show up for a long time."