[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-cleanup-crew":3,"chapter-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-147":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm the Cleanup Crew!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2285983,4472,"Chapter 147","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-147",147,"\u003Cp>Is she... afraid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stopping her struggles and assessing the red-haired director’s condition, Li Ang couldn’t help but freeze slightly, then, enduring the crushing pressure comparable to a hydraulic press, leaned close to her ear and whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are those people starting to insult you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a faint sob, the red-haired director nodded slightly, then, as if desperately fleeing something, trembled uncontrollably while burying herself deeper into Li Ang’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stop digging in— if you keep this up, I’ll vanish entirely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the red-haired director’s pitifully weak demeanor was heartbreaking, Li Ang felt his own ribs creaking and his lungs compressed by a third in an instant—he decided he was the one suffering more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interlocking his hands against her forehead, he pushed with all his strength until he finally freed his lungs, then gasped two deep breaths, red-faced, before covering her ears with his palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How’s that? Can you still hear them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can hear…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nodding pitifully, the red-haired director whispered through sobs:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re not insulting me through my ears—covering them won’t help…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not through the ears, then where? Spirit? Soul? But when he used the Black Goat before, he’d looked up the stairs—seen nothing at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After straining to listen for ages without hearing any “insults,” Li Ang could only slap her back firmly and urge:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen… loosen up a bit, you’re holding too tight…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rubbing her head against Li Ang’s chest, the red-haired director sounded like a five-year-old girl, sniffling:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I let go, you’ll run away like everyone else—I won’t allow it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You won’t let go, but I can’t take this! If you squeeze any tighter, I won’t run—I’ll lose my soul first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the iron bars of her arms tightening around his back, Li Ang pounded her shoulder hard, trying to soothe her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t run! I swear I won’t! And not only won’t I run—I’ll insult them for you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“R-really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really. Don’t believe me? Look into my eyes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then… then I’ll look…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After rubbing her cheeks twice against his chest, she lifted her tear-red eyes, skeptical, glanced at Li Ang, then finally released her arms—only to grip his front lapel again, pitifully whispering:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually… you don’t have to insult them. Just don’t sneak away like the others and leave me alone to be cursed…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm, I won’t run.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I definitely won’t run! If you grab me again like that, I’m truly done for!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just trying to move away had nearly snapped his waist; he’d barely coaxed her into loosening her grip. Now, Li Ang dared not stir a muscle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent her from being triggered during her “curse” and suddenly crushing him with another bear-hug, Li Ang considered, then reached out, gripped her shoulders, and slowly turned her sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once their embrace shifted from face-to-face to nearly back-to-back, Li Ang gritted his teeth and locked his arms around her with all his might, pinning those lethal limbs in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must not let go until she sobered up! Another frontal hug like that, and his bones would snap with a crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li Ang… you’re so good…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to see his grimacing effort, feeling the “warm” and “strong” embrace behind her, the red-haired director, streaked with tears, curled up and finally rested trustingly against him, then whispered regretfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When Emma used to live in the bureau, she’d sometimes hug me to sleep. But once, after I got drunk and hugged her all night, she refused to let me hold her again—moved back to Redwood Street the next day…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the previous victim was Senior Emma?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Ang, tears stinging from pain, shuddered violently and clung even tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t let go! Absolutely don’t let go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Emma, with her immortality, couldn't survive a night of the director's hug—I have no such safety net. If she turns around again, I'm finished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that damn Black Goat—how dare it claim my luck is fine? All I wanted was to help the director up to her room after drinking, and I nearly got strangled to death—how is that “fine luck”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, Li Ang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Li Ang prayed she’d fall asleep quickly and not roll over, the red-haired director, now comforted by the embrace, stopped trembling and calmed down, leaning against him softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you want to know what’s upstairs?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her, Li Ang paused, then reminded her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director, though I don’t know what’s upstairs, according to confidentiality protocols, anything guarded by the Yellow Zodiac Branch Director should be classified from Level Three Incident Handlers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-haired director shook her head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unlike other Level-Equal Anomalies, this object’s existence isn’t secret. Not just branch directors—many senior Level One and Two staff know about it, even that it’s in my possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such information, even if highly dangerous, is categorized as public secret lore, like the Watchtower Palace. Telling you won’t violate protocol—you can listen safely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow… the director’s speech suddenly sounded much more coherent. Had she sobered up after all that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing something off, Li Ang pondered briefly and realized she wasn’t truly seeking answers—she just needed someone to listen. He loosened his grip slightly and nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go ahead. I’m actually curious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. Hold me tighter. I’ll tell you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly craving the warmth behind her, she pressed herself deeper into Li Ang’s arms, her cheeks now mostly freed of wine-red flush, closed her eyes, curled up, and whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The object on the top floor is an Anomaly with a number: 004. The one hundred twenty-nine million six hundred thousand ‘people’ constantly insulting me? Together, they form another numbered Anomaly—currently 013. Both are currently under my control.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Numbered? 004? 013?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The numbers are assigned by the General Bureau’s scholars—before you proposed ‘Li Ang Value’—based on user compatibility, past performance, effect intensity, range, cost, and impact to rank Anomaly strength manually.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing Li Ang’s confusion over the numbering, the red-haired director didn’t elaborate further, but continued softly with eyes closed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Generally, the lower the number, the more terrifying the Anomaly’s maximum potential. Your Holy Spirit Pendant—if fully unlocked—could rank within the top 150.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if you collect all seven pieces of the Black Goat, given your exceptional compatibility, it might even climb into the top 100 when used by you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Goat… that thing constantly brags it’s invincible beneath the True God—and it only has a chance to crack the top 100? Only after riding the Gold-Rank Badge’s enhancement?\u003C\u002Fp>",1066,"2026-06-20T03:18:28.556Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d38afadce5737c69fab3650967ce0f05ef3e00f27136137e9ad07d8324c6ad6a","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-148","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-146",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]