After the last sliver of daylight was completely consumed by darkness, the neon lights throughout the city flickered on.
The once quiet Tai Street gradually saw several flying vehicles landing, with males walking over, their arms draped over each other's shoulders, chatting and laughing.
"Did you hear? There's a new female working at the Moonlight Bar tonight."
"No way? What's wrong with her? Why would she choose to work there?"
"Exactly, don't they know the bar's revenue is tied to the reduction in punishment time? The Moonlight Bar has already fallen off, with less than a hundred customers every night. How could they possibly make enough?"
Of course, they never considered the possibility of a female who hadn't committed any crime wanting to work at the bar.
After all, even a D-grade female would usually have at least three males supporting her, so there's no need for her to work for a few credits.
Especially in a bar, a place considered to be reserved for females who have committed crimes.
Even for females aiming to get the second-class planetary identity, it's pretty simple: just find a male from a second-class planet and have a child with him.
There's really no need to spend years working at a place like this.
At the back stage of the bar.
Jiang Qin sat in front of a makeup mirror, carefully applying her makeup.
Her job tonight was to start at 8 PM, providing large-scale mental soothing.
To be honest, she didn't really know how to properly perform the soothing, because in her previous life, when she was brought back, the Jiang family didn't think to send her to school.
She had learned a lot on her own through the light brain.
Speaking of the light brain, it suddenly rang.
Jiang Qin looked at the caller ID, her heart growing cold.
She didn't answer, but since the light brain belonged to Jiang Yulian, her mother, the call could be forcibly connected.
"Where have you gone? Why didn't you come home? Are you doing this on purpose, to embarrass Ru Meng since she's been discharged from the hospital today?"
Jiang Qin looked coldly at the angry Jiang Yulian on the screen, no longer feeling any pangs of pain in her heart.
Before she could answer, Jiang Yulian noticed her appearance.
Her pale, delicate oval face had eyeliner that made her eyes appear slightly narrow, with a tear mole at the corner of her eye. But what stood out most was her crimson red lips.
This face, which bore some resemblance to her first mate, caused Jiang Yulian to momentarily lose her composure.
Honestly, as a B-grade female, her mates had never been fewer than five, and several of them had passed away over the years.
So, it was a lie if she said she had any real feelings for that male.
She was simply reminded of her own emotions when she first became pregnant with a child.
However—
The thought of that child's recent trouble-making made her heart fill with dissatisfaction and frustration.
"What on earth are you doing, dressing like that so late at night?"
"You better come back and apologize to Ru Meng right now. She's already agreed to forgive you for my sake, but you need to promise you'll stop bullying her from now on.
If you do this again, I'll make sure you end up in prison to pay for your crimes!"
Jiang Yulian's face was tight with displeasure, and her words were full of disdain for her own daughter.
Jiang Qin suddenly smiled, her frail face blooming like a fragile flower. "I won't apologize. If you want to report me, go ahead. But I doubt Ru Meng has the guts to call the police."
With that, she hung up and ripped the light brain off her wrist.
Because of her rough movements, her slender, fair wrist immediately turned red, leaving marks.
Jiang Qin lowered her eyes, thinking about her past life.
Facing Jiang Ru Meng's false accusations and her fake forgiveness, she had stubbornly refused and had called the police immediately.
She had nothing to fear; the one who should be afraid of the police was not her!
Even if the home's surveillance system had been tampered with, so what? She had experience. The moment Jiang Ru Meng tried to stop her, she had started recording with her light brain.
In other words, the light brain she had just violently ripped off was still holding the video that could prove her innocence.
But—
That didn't matter anymore.
In her previous life, she had presented the video to prove her innocence, but it was useless.
The video had been deleted by Jiang Yulian, who had full control over the light brain.
Now, Jiang Qin understood: the truth didn't matter. What mattered was which side the heart leaned towards.
This time, she wouldn't call the police, nor would she expect any different reaction from her family after they knew the truth.
However, she still planned to keep the evidence that could prove her innocence safe.
Jiang Qin quickly created a temporary account on the star network using the light brain she had ripped off.
Such accounts were like guest accounts on some apps on Earth.
They were meant for temporary storage. If left unused for too long, they would be automatically deactivated, and only after binding a personal light brain would one fully own it.
Since she was about to work and didn't have any credits to buy a new light brain, she had to make do with this.
As for the light brain Jiang Yulian had given her, she casually tossed it into the trash compactor before going on stage.
"The female is about to take the stage!"
"I'm so excited, I wonder what the new female looks like? I heard she just turned 18 this year, she's just reached adulthood."
"Does that mean she doesn't have a mate yet?" The man asked eagerly.
For males like them, who weren't wealthy, as long as they could have a female, they didn't care whether she was a criminal or not!
The young man next to him couldn't help but snicker, "What? Are you an old male, trying to fancy a young female? She's young, but not stupid."
"You!!" The man, furious, immediately rose to take action.
Luckily, his companion stopped him in time. "Ke Lu, don't be rash. If you destroy the bar, you'll have to pay for the damages!"
"Plus, the female is about to take the stage to soothe our spirits. If you act out now, we'll be kicked out…"
That would mean wasting all the star credits they'd spent for the night.
Hearing this, Ke Lu, though still angry, gritted his teeth and held back.
After all, this was how lower-class males lived in the stars—constantly calculating the pros and cons to survive.
"Alright, enough talk, the female is coming out!!"
The bar, which had been bathed in warm light, suddenly dimmed.
Only a few beams of white light illuminated the central stage.
The music playing in the background stopped.
Everyone eagerly focused on the stage, waiting for the appearance of that slender figure.
At that moment, a panel in the center of the stage opened, and Jiang Qin, who had been sitting at the piano, rose up.
She wore a white dress, her black hair pinned up, and her crimson lips as bright as blood.
Her lowered gaze, her slightly sickly pale skin, and her delicate, fragile figure made her appear particularly pitiful and charming.
The noise in the bar erupted, filled with astonished gasps and praise.
"The young female looks so frail, is she sick?"
"I heard from the boss that she's not a criminal female. She came here to work because she's short on money. Oh my God!!"
"Ahhh! Who could bear to let such a beautiful female work so hard? Are her males useless?"
"Is she going to do the soothing now? What are those things she placed in front of her?"