[{"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-187":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},2286023,4472,"Chapter 187","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-187",187,"\u003Cp>Of course, needing to buy daily supplies discreetly over a long period, with consumption fluctuating according to news of rebel activities—these people’s identities were obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the girl with a baby face speak, Li Ang’s face involuntarily flushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since joining the Cleanup Bureau, I’d fallen into mental ruts, especially after experiencing the convenience of Soul Vision—I always instinctively sought targets using “abnormal” methods, forgetting these most basic approaches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebels are people too! They need to eat and wear clothes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they’re a fairly large organization; aside from the few abnormal abilities created by the Aquarius Director, they have at least three or four hundred members and their families—these people’s consumption isn’t small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why they gathered together instead of scattering and hiding throughout the capital… well, the danger and difficulty of hiding separately might not be any less than staying together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are no cell phones for instant communication; most still rely on letters for long-distance contact. The wealthy can visit the Tongxin Bureau and use something like a telegraph machine to send simple messages, but these methods are both difficult and dangerous for rebels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Police Department’s Secret Investigation Bureau isn’t idle—they can trace passenger routes on steam carriages. If someone suddenly receives letters or vanishes just before each rebel operation, it’s practically announcing their identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using coded signals to coordinate attacks is even harder: if one person is caught, all codes must be changed, and in situations where opportunities vanish in an instant, it’s nearly impossible to reliably convey operational details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their precise attacks—lasting from seven or eight minutes down to thirty or fifty seconds, and withdrawing before the Police Department arrives—cannot possibly be supported by such primitive communication methods. At least, not with the rebels’ average personnel quality. So there must be a place like a communal hideout!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you! Your information helped immensely!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing how to locate the rebels’ hideout and trace the abnormal item holders, Li Ang, overjoyed, first thanked her, then said seriously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Amy, those people possess extremely dangerous items. You and your family shouldn’t get involved further—just tell me the shops where they usually buy supplies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I’ll write down those shops right away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Delighted that she’d truly helped Li Ang, the girl with a baby face rummaged in her pocket but found no pen or paper, so she looked back up at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have pen and paper.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly understanding what she needed, Li Ang had intended to hand her his notebook, but after recalling its contents, he hesitated slightly, then pulled out his homemade charcoal pencil and pointed to the headboard:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Move my pillow aside, then lift the bed panel—there’s a small cabinet inside. There should be some old scrap paper that Mélanie used.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, okay, I’ll look.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After glancing curiously at Li Ang’s oddly shaped charcoal pencil, the girl with a baby face followed his instructions, moved his pillow, and prepared to lift the bed panel with the hidden compartment—yet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This… this is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the female undergarment lying beneath Li Ang’s pillow—bold in design and strikingly “mature” in cut—the two in the room simultaneously widened their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t even say it might be Anna’s. First, this purple-black lace corset doesn’t suit Anna’s demeanor at all; second, those two enormous hollows at the top couldn’t possibly fit Anna’s “size.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amy knew at a glance this belonged to a woman of extraordinary proportions—especially the drastic difference between the bust support and the waist cinch. The owner’s chest was undeniably “ruling-class.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder! No wonder I heard shouting about “papaya” and “size” when I first came in! No wonder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the noblewoman’s corset—the kind worn under evening gowns to cinch the waist—especially those two shockingly large “lower bowls”—for a long while…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl with a baby face’s lips twitched, her round, delicate nose flared twice, and a strange sourness rose to her nostrils; her eyes began to redden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I say I don’t know where this came from… would you believe me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interrupting Amy’s tearful disbelief, Li Ang walked over, examined the corset, then checked his sheets and pillow, frowning:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My bed seems to have been slept in… Anna likes to tidy the room every night, so someone must have visited yesterday and left this under the pillow. But I slept at the Bureau yesterday—I never came home…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind, I’ll just ask her directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid being mistaken for a pervert who collects women’s undergarments, Li Ang explained earnestly. Seeing the girl’s still-strange expression, he simply opened the door and called toward the inner room:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anna! Who came to the house yesterday?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Ang’s call, Mélanie’s loud sobs in the inner room paused slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Anna opened the door, her complexion glowing from exertion. She glanced at Li Ang, then nodded with a complex expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Miss Veronique came. We talked for a long time, until the last carriage stopped running. I let her stay in your room… Is there a problem?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miss Veronique? The Princess? No wonder…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the Princess’s situation and glancing back at the corset on the bed, Li Ang’s expression cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No big issue—she left one of her garments in my room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left a garment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Anna blinked in confusion. Veronique sister wore the same clothes when she came and when she left—how could she… hmm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing what he meant, she rushed over and looked at the bed. Her pupils shrank sharply too—obviously stunned by the garment’s size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anna, Miss Veronique will be staying at the Bureau for now. Please collect her things, pack them in a bag, and I’ll bring them to her when I return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Anna hurried back to the inner room to find a bag, Li Ang turned to Amy, who still looked skeptical, and explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss Veronique is the one targeted by the rebels. She came to our Bureau for help this morning—we’re investigating the rebels because of her. That… could you please write down the shop locations now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pulling out his small notebook, tearing off a page, and handing it over, Li Ang glanced out the window at the burly old man inching his way up the sixth floor, bound in woolen ropes, and urged impatiently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you can, write faster—time is running out for me…”\u003C\u002Fp>",1050,"2026-06-20T03:18:28.556Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","eece12d46af22bb7f590a598e6c332636634a76abea83e9577c58b8e0adb914c","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-188","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-186",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]