Ban all singles - chapter 1

Wen Qiuxing opened the personal terminal on his wrist. The news on it was: Hello, Mr. Wen, since your single tax has not been paid for three months, the Imperial Ministry of Justice has determined that you are an illegal single. Please arrive at the local civil affairs office at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning and accept the partner assigned to you.　　

Wen Qiuxing … The civilization of this country is truly amazing.　　

However, as a member of the Imperial citizen, Wen Qiuxing must follow the orders, because he inquired about the rules clearly and if he does not pick up the object at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning, a guy in uniform would come with a gun within 3 days to arrest him and serve his sentence.　　

“Here in this interstellar world, singles are imprisoned. This is not the earth, but the interstellar age where no one knows what year it is.”

The person whose body that Wen Qiuxing took over, also had no earth’s memory at all. So he guessed that he travelled into a parallel space. A week ago, Wen Qiuxing was just an ordinary senior college student and was about to graduate.

“One day I returned home late, I didn’t know what evil hit me, and I lost consciousness. I ended up here when I opened my eyes.”

The unlucky ghost which was in his current body passed away and had the same name as him, Wen Qiuxing, but he was younger than him and was only 21 years old. However, in this endless interstellar age, when one reaches the age of marriage, they can not continue to be single without paying ‘single’ taxes. The problem was that the single tax was expensive and ordinary people simply cannot afford it. Therefore, most citizens would find their partner early and get married as soon as they reach the marriage age.

If they have a baby after a year or two after getting married, then the couple can lead a comfortable life. The government provides subsidized maternity allowances, and also various practical benefits.

In this future, all babies’ expenses were fully borne by the state. Therefore, early marriage and early childbirth were a common phenomenon. The reason for such a policy stems from the Star Wars 100 years ago. The brutal war caused a rapid decline in the population, and the empire had to spend a lot of money to support the citizens to have more children.

The war conttinued for over ten years, after the war has subsided, polygamy was also legalised. Marriage policy was premised on childbirth. People who were matched by the state can apply for divorce if they had no children within one year. All those policies seemed unacceptable to Wen Qiuxing, the thing he was more shocked about was, the incredible number of people of third sex, in this interstellar age. The body that Wen Qiuxing traversed to was a third-sex person, and can match with a woman or a man in marriage.

“If I go to the civil affairs department tomorrow to pick up my partner, whether I will get a male or a female depends on my luck.” Wen Qiuxing woke up the next morning and thought of the 50% probability of getting a female partner, and told himself that he must not be so unlucky.　

One part of him was afraid that he could not afford the single tax anymore. The other part of him was afraid of him partnering with a male, so he was worried that he might be jailed or killed, for he was not ready to accept a male partner. It sounds a little nonsense, but it was not impossible. Besides, he was a poor guy and his parents always thought about themselves and saw him as a means of making money.

Wen Qiuxing’s parents’ marriage was also arranged by the state. They had no relationship between them, except that they rolled under the sheets several times in a year’s marriage and accidentally had him. The children can bring a lot of benefits to parents before they reach 18 years of age, so when divorced, they actively strived for the custody of him.　　

The citizens who cannot afford the single tax were mostly low-level citizens. Even after their birth, the state provides educational resources, but whether one can learn and rise to a higher level depends on their personal qualifications and Work hard.

For parents with children who continue to accept state-appointed partners, the children won’t be under parents care when they reach the age of 18. Therefore, it turned out that Wen Qiuxing was a pitiful member who failed to leap up from the bottom and was abandoned by his parents.

When one reaches the legal age, they must accept the partner assigned by the state to fulfill the obligations of authorities. He felt that he should’ve found someone he likes to register for marriage in the past three years, but he had a third gender identity, so he was never open to communicate with others.

The collection of single tax would increase exponentially with age. If one gets divorced after a year of marriage then they can continue to be single legally. Wen Qiuxing felt that this was a fine idea. In fact, he does not exclude the idea of marriage, if he can bring a girl back, it would be good to live together. If the recipient was not satisfied with the partner assigned to him he can apply for a divorce a year later.

Wen Qiuxing thought about this, he was still an unemployed youth with meager savings, he obviously would soon face the problem of food shortages.

He couldn’t blame anyone, as he entered this world just a week ago and it took two days to just get adjusted to that new body and the policies also gave him a headache. Even though Wen Qiuxing didn’t have much original memory, he vaguely knows that although the interstellar age was extremely advanced in technology, most people’s living standards were not okay.

The distribution of regimes was also very strange. There was more than one regime in the vast universe. The seven known main stars had their own independent regimes and jurisdictions. The reason why the interstellar war broke out 100 years ago was probably because of the land grabs. Wen Qiuxing’s main star was called the first main star in the ranking, which was the closest to the existence of earth civilization. The only difference was that the first main star was under a monarchy rule, and there were noble families.

Most civilians fear the nobility because of their power. A small number of liberals disdained the monarchy and aristocracy of the first star. So they usually work hard to make money, and immigrate to the second star which symbolizes freedom, and become legal citizens of that star. The so-called Freedom had very few rules and regulations, no tax, no forced marriages.

Wen Qiuxing sneered. Although he was only in his early 20s, he was not so naive to see the problem. Freedom was always another embodiment of turmoil. He didn’t know what to decide on but he convinced himself that inorder to live a stable life, he must follow the rules.

Wen Qiuxing wandered around in his small house of 30 to 40 square meters, there was no extra space, just one bedroom, one living room, one bathroom, not even a kitchen.

This was because the people of the main star didn’t like to cook . Ninety-nine percent of people’s houses in the main star had no kitchen. In other words, the kitchens were a luxury in houses, which only the rich people had.

Wen Qiuxing brushed his teeth in his small toilet and wiped his strange face with a towel.

His face looked very young and energetic, Wen Qiuxing didn’t noticed it when he first looked in the mirror, because the original owner of the body had a particularly stupid hairstyle. It looked like a lid of a pot. Wen Qiuxing used a rubber band to tie his hair as he took a shower. He glanced into the mirror by accident and found that the person in the mirror was so fucking handsome. Lips were red with white teeth, high nose bridge, and eyebrows were unruly, the eyes were a little light brown. He was amazed by his own figure, he felt that thousands and thousands of years of people fucking each other races resulted in such a handsome body.

The original owner concealed his own appearance, because of his homophobia, and his homophobia was closely related to his appearance. Wen Qiuxing didn’t want to go out with the weird hairstyle and sway the bad taste passing through the city, but he didn’t have the money to get a haircut. After he took the bath, he grabbed the two dollars in his pocket and went directly downstairs to buy some food. The streets of the interstellar era were very lively, and a variety of suspension vehicles roared past overhead.

There were stylish private cars and medium-range buses. If Wen Qiuxing was rich, he could take a taxi online through his personal terminal. Unfortunately, he had no money and had to walk from his residence to the nearest civil affairs office. He walked for half an hour. He was a young man with long legs, otherwise it would take hours to reach by walk, and he would be a dead man if he can’t attend at the assigned time. Fortunately, it was autumn. The weather was a bit cloudy, but neither cold nor hot.

Wen Qiuxing wore a white-washed T-shirt, overalls, and leather shoes, which were very common among young people in the civilian area of ​​the first star. There were often such people in the civil affairs office who wore the same attire as him. Wen Qiuxing saw countless copies of him when he entered the office. There are one or two years younger than him, and more are older than him. He was not afraid to yell that 99% of that group of people were poor. Most of them applied for divorce within a year, maybe because their partner was ugly or the other way around, so they came back to try their luck and wanted to allocate a better one. Like Wen Qiuxing, there were also many young people who simply cannot afford to pay taxes. So when he came in, he found many people’s eyes on him. After all, he was young and energetic, tall and well-proportioned, and his overall looks were very good.

Wen Qiuxing felt a bit cold about the situation, because most of them were male. He felt that very few women in there would actually fall for him. Wen Qiuxing knew that he was more and more fierce today, so he thought he looked ugly, took a token and found a corner to sit down, picked up a brochure and opened it to cover his face.

But that didn’t isolate the eyes of others betting on him. Even if Wen Qiuxing pretended to read attentively, he couldn’t ignore the fierce eyes that had other intentions. He really wanted to yell at them and say, “what are you looking at? Looking at me, a man, what’s wrong with you.”　　

It didn’t take long for the result, and those eyes turned away from him. Wen Qiuxing was relieved and felt strange again.

After he took off the book from his face, he raised his head casually and saw a very handsome man, who came in from the door.

He was tall. Wen Qiuxing conservatively estimated that according to the other party ’s long legs, the net height should be at least 190cm or higher. Wen Qiuxing was still complacent about his height that he saw in the mirror this morning, compared with the sudden appearance of this tall man, he felt short, and his face was not handsome enough as this new guy.

Even Wen Qiuxing was a straight man, he admitted that the man was very attractive. The other party’s hair color was black, but had a pair of blue eyes, deep and quiet like the ocean, peaceful, and surging, undoubtedly a pair of charming eyes. He looked at his face again, the skin was healthy, wheat-colored, the facial features were exotic, the silhouette of the person was handsome. This man, although dressed in ordinary clothes, had a strong aura and exudes an atmosphere that prevents others from messing with him. Therefore, it was unscientific how such a person was reduced to the loss of autonomy in marriage, or was this guy simply a member of the Civil Affairs Department, Wen Qiuxing’s brain was flooded with thoughts. He looked at the high-profile handsome guy, he looked at the crowd in the room for a while and with an appreciative eye, the handsome guy walked to Wen Qiuxingand and sat beside him. It turned out that he was not a member of the civil affairs department.　

“Hello.” Wen Qiu greeted the other party with hesitation.

Feng Ting was stunned, He glanced at this young man with no threat in his eyes and said, “Hello.”

His voice was ear capturing, Wen Qiu was again lost in thought. After a brief exchange, the atmosphere between the two became quiet and everyone in the room waited boredly. Wen Qiuxing flipped through the book for a while, with a big head. The eyes from all directions made him want to sit in a different position, away from the center of focus, the handsome guy. But Wen Qiuxing was quite stubborn, he said to himself that he was the one who sat there first and why should he change. “Is the wife in charge?” Wen Qiuxing asked. Nibbled boredly with the handsome guy beside him. Feng Ting heard him and turned his head to him, “Well.” He hesitated.

“How did it happen?” Wen Qiuxing said, “You don’t look like you can’t afford taxes.”　　

“Forgot to pay taxes.” Feng Ting replied in a deep voice.　　

Wen Qiuxing choked when he heard that, “Can such things be forgotten?”

“Well.” Feng Ting sighed..

“Oh, then I hope you get a lovely woman as your partner.” Wen Qiu said insincerely. After all, there were very few women, and everyone would want a woman for themselves first.

Feng Ting heard the words and looked at him again. After a few seconds, he whispered slowly, “Are you a third sex?” Wen Qiuxing froze, and then closed his mouth in displeasure.

Wen Qiuxing showed all his thoughts on his face, and feng Ting saw it clearly. But he was a little puzzled, because the third gender was a popular group in the empire and even in the entire universe.

But Wen Qiuxing did not want to answer that. Although Wen Qiuxing did not want to admit his situation, he was worried that he would not wake up the next day. Therefore, he did not understand what he was doing here.

“Are you afraid?” Wen Qiuxing was really bored and talked again.

“What are you afraid of?” Feng Ting asked back.

“Leaving here with a crooked melon as a partner.” Wen Qiuxing said, “You see, they are all men, and there are very few women.” He pointed to the people around him. “Hahaha …” Wen Qiuxing hugged his stomach and smiled for a while, and remembered that he was one of them, he couldn’t laugh anymore, “Fuck.”

Feng Ting looked at the energetic Wen Qiuxing and was a little stunned.

The officials started to shout the numbers, they randomly called out two numbers and declared them as partners. It was difficult to guess who gets paired with whom.

Wen Qiuxing glanced at his number, he bent slightly forward. The pressure made him breathless and began to lean. “Hey handsome guy, can I change the number with you?” Wen Qiuxing looked at Feng Teng. “ exchange?” Feng Ting looked at him and said, “this thing is already bound to our identity on the personal terminal.”

Wen Qiuxing was silent, he hated technology. “Then forget it.” He said disappointedly.

In his eyes, Feng Ting really made a fuss, but in the end, he didn’t even find a way to change the number.

“Bless you.” Feng Teng said to him. Wen Qiuxing felt that the other party was sincere.

After a while, his number was shouted and then another number. The young man raised his head hopelessly and looked left and right to see which stinky silk he was paired with.

Feng Ting stood up slowly, Wen Qiuxing suddenly felt a shadow, casted from his side, which greatly affected the lighting.

“It seems that we are each other’s crooked melons and jujubes.” Feng Ting’s low and dumb tone, rediculed him.

“What?” Wen Qiuxing suddenly jumped three feet high, unbelievable, “This is so funny, isn’t it?”

His original intention was to take a soft girl back, and it turned out that he had a tall handsome guy.

It was very uncomfortable.

“No …” Wen Qiuxing walked to the staff, who were behind the metal table and asked, “Can I apply for another one? Even if it’s not a girl, it’s okay to have a shorter stature.”

“Sorry sir.” The staff member said, “If you are not satisfied with the assigned partner, please apply for a divorce after one year.” This made Wen Qiu relieved a bit, he remembered that he can still get a divorce.

“But …” the staff said, “During this period, you still have to fulfill your husband and wife obligations twice a week.”

“What?” Wen Qiu was dumbfounded, his body froze like and he efused to receive the message.

“Ha! Twice a week? Why don’t you just stab me with a knife!”

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