Ji Yuan's terminal had been acting up lately. His identity code was suddenly stolen by a stranger, and ever since then, he'd been sitting at home while trouble fell from the sky.
A law-abiding citizen, Ji Yuan was forced to become a delinquent. Sometimes, all it took was a nap for him to end up with three new traffic violations in another city.
Taking the skyrail: Sorry, your Federation credit score is too low. Your travel privileges have been restricted. Please complete the quiz and earn points within the allotted time.
Driving a hovercar: Sorry, we found multiple speeding violations on your record. Your driving privileges are temporarily suspended.
Buying products: Sorry, your account has been frozen. Please visit the Federation's General Administration Office to have it unfrozen.
Frustrated, Ji Yuan filed an appeal with the Federation, but even they couldn't find any information about the thief.
All he could do was grit his teeth and keep retaking quizzes to earn points, appealing for his privileges, and unfreezing his account... Unfortunately, he could never unfreeze his account as quickly as the thief accumulated violations.
The thief used the hovercar credit score he'd worked so hard to earn, got caught speeding, and had their flight privileges suspended. Then Ji Yuan had to run on his own two legs to an out-of-city login point to catch them.
Damn it... Who was this irritating person? He'd already done the driving quiz fifteen times!
Wei Zhanyun was an illegal immigrant with no identity information in the Federation. She took under-the-table jobs and was among the very best at them.
Since illegal immigrants had no identity codes of their own, they stole the codes of first-class citizens to carry out their jobs. Ji Yuan's identity code was the one Wei Zhanyun found easiest to use.
Secure identity, plenty of privileges, and most importantly, he was so quick at filing appeals and taking quizzes...
He was the perfect reusable resource.
Later, when Ji Yuan was framed and faced prison, Wei Zhanyun tapped the empty space on her terminal screen and opened the location marker for the Starry Sky Prison.
It'd be a shame to let such a useful identity code become a blacklisted one. She needed the big sucker to come back and do more quizzes for her.
A troublemaking underground outlaw x a hapless military academy student who spends every day appealing and taking quizzes.
This is a boy-girl romance.
The illegal immigrant feels no guilt about stealing identities.
Blurb screenshotted and archived: 2025.4.8
Theme: Everyone has their own way of living.
