Chapter 346

If I were you now...

After hearing Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's question, Li Ang couldn't help but sigh deeply.

If he were her, there would definitely be one of them who wouldn't live until now. This kind of deep hatred had no room for maneuver at all.

Also, he finally understood why even the omnipotent Director couldn't do anything about her affairs.

"Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma."

Looking at the three children in the semi-abandoned garden who were chased and fled by the mother bird returning to the nest when they were digging bird eggs, Li Ang asked softly:

"Did you not take revenge in the past because of the regulations in the Bureau?"

"Mm..."

Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, who was also looking at the three children, bit her lip slightly and said:

"Unlike you who took the initiative to join the Cleanup Bureau, we cleaners who joined through the 'Amnesty Ordinance' need to accept special verbal constraints, promising not to use the anomalous objects obtained to launch revenge on our former 'enemies'.

If it weren't for the special situation of the Virgin Branch and Olivia's guarantee for me, cleaners like me who have a high possibility of revenge would even be forcibly transferred away from their original place and would never be able to return to their original country for the rest of their lives.

This is one of the conditions for various kingdoms to be willing to cooperate with the Cleanup Bureau, provide full support in finance and intelligence, and even agree to give temporary mobilization rights, and even becoming a first-level cleaner must also comply."

"Is that so..."

After listening to Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's answer, Li Ang's brows couldn't help but wrinkle slightly.

The reason why the Cleanup Bureau has powerful power but set this "aggrieved" rule is not difficult to guess.

Considering that the birth of anomalous objects is indeed accompanied by extremism and pain, and the cleaners who are constantly immersed in it are not very stable in their mental state, after they have mastered powerful enough abilities, the possibility of turning back for revenge is almost 100%.

Taking Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma as an example, if there was no such rule, neither the royal family nor the Jin Jin Jin Juan Hou Jue would let her slowly become stronger in the Cleanup Bureau and finally bring them down, and would definitely kill her as soon as they discovered that Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma had anomalous objects.

And immortality is a relatively rare special anomalous object. Most cleaners' bodies are only slightly stronger than ordinary people. As long as there are no special protective anomalous objects, if they are shot in the vital parts, they will still die on the spot.

If there was no such rule that seemed outrageous, many cleaners with great potential would have been eliminated in advance before they grew up, resulting in a sharp reduction in the available manpower of the Cleanup Bureau.

It is even more likely that in the past when the rules were not very mature, a large number of "cutting the weeds and digging the roots" had already occurred, causing very serious consequences, which prompted the Cleanup Bureau to set such rules to ensure its own normal continuation.

But in contrast, this constraint that protects a large number of cleaners also seems to protect a lot of scum.

After recalling the file of 【Baohua's Sin】 and the record of little Aili's "accidental drowning," Li Ang's eyes narrowed slightly, and something seemed to be burning in his heart.

"Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma."

After touching the cuff where he kept his sniper rifle, Li Ang couldn't help but ask:

"Since you have long-range anomalous objects, you still practice sniper firearms. Could it be that you want to..."

"Yes, it's just what you think."

Looking at her daughter, who was covered in dirt and grass, and had changed from an exquisite porcelain doll to a dirty little mud monkey, but was laughing exceptionally happily, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, who was standing at the entrance of the garden, admitted with pity in her eyes:

"Because of the constraints of the verbal language, I cannot use anomalous objects on that person, so I specially practiced using firearms. I wanted to ask you for help before, hoping to use soul vision to lock that person's position from a distance, and then completely end all this, but I was temporarily persuaded by Olivia.

Sorry, Li Ang, I shouldn't have involved you.

If I had really done this back then, even if you were completely unaware, you would probably have to be investigated. Olivia is right, I was already blinded by hatred at that time."

"It's okay, those things didn't happen after all..."

After shaking his head slightly, Li Ang looked at the three children in the garden, his expression a bit complicated:

"Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, if you complete your revenge, what will be the price?"

"Probably be deprived of all anomalous objects and then forcibly sent to the Dead Realm."

Auntie Auntie Ai Ma said calmly:

"According to the relevant regulations, if this ordinance is violated, cleaners at the branch director level can also perform three cleanup tasks with a high mortality rate. If it is a cleaner below the branch director level, they will only be executed."

Branch Director?

Li Ang's expression moved slightly after hearing this, and he asked:

"Then have you ever thought about..."

"Waiting until I become a branch director before taking revenge, to avoid being executed directly, right?"

Auntie Auntie Ai Ma said calmly:

"I have indeed thought about this path, or rather, except for the period when I discovered that Aili was not my daughter but just a projection of my wish, I have always planned to do so.

Although Aili is not truly alive, she has my daughter's soul after all. I really don't want to lose her again, and I am willing to continue to endure for her, but..."

After looking back in the direction of the main building of the manor, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma couldn't help but laugh at herself.

"I don't seem to be as good at enduring as I thought."

That is... the badge of the Jin Juan family?!

Following Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's gaze, seeing the emerald Jin Juan badge on the curtain wall on the second floor and the workers who were demolishing the wall with Baohua patterns, Li Ang was shocked.

Theoretically speaking, the Jin Juan family and the Baohua family had very close dealings, and marriages had been extremely frequent for the past two hundred years. Even that Jin Jin Jin Juan Hou Jue himself obtained the qualification to control the North commercial road through the marriage between the families.

Therefore, now that the nobles who were close to Baohua were either killed or exiled, from the perspective of blood lineage, he really had the qualification to inherit Baohua Manor, and the inheritance order was even on par with Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma.

But if the facts were really as Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma said, that the Jin Juan family was the first culprit of the destruction of the Baohua family, how could they have the face to move in?

Also... aren't you looking for death?

After finding that Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's palm was slightly cold and there was a biting murderous intent in her usually gentle eyes, Li Ang closed his eyes slightly, his scalp tingling from the Jin Juan family's overly awesome operation.

If the Jin Juan family didn't jump in front of her, relying on the existence of little Aili, Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma might still be able to endure it, endure until the day she became a branch director.

But looking at the Jin Juan family's appearance, they seemed to be preparing to play a trick of occupying the magpie's nest, and moved the whole family into the Baohua family's manor. This is really... the enemy of destroying the family is not only shaking in front of her, but even moved into her home in a grand manner. Anyone would be unable to swallow this breath!

If it weren't for Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma being constrained by the verbal language and unable to use anomalous objects, even the cockroaches in your cabinet would have to be punished!

"I can drive them away!"

Jin Juan family occupies the manor = Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma can't help but take revenge = violates the Cleanup Bureau's regulations = Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma will be executed!

The moment this equation was reached in his heart, Li Ang immediately suggested:

"Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, you endure for a while longer, I will go find the King..."

"No need."

Before Li Ang could finish speaking, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma refused his suggestion and said calmly:

"Li Ang, for Aili, I have endured for six full years, but now I really don't want to endure anymore."

"But you are already a first-level cleaner. As long as there is any branch director position vacant..."

"The headquarters is now closed. Without the appointment of the directors, even if there is a vacancy, I cannot be promoted. And even if there is a vacancy, it may not be my turn."

After looking at her daughter who was holding Melanie's hand and taking her to see the bird nest with pity, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma said softly:

"Also, actually for me, this manor really has no value. Those beautiful pasts, as long as I think of the final result, will become painful memories.

The reason why I stayed here is because Aili cannot leave here. She can only exist in this manor full of my memories. Otherwise, I would have moved away long ago."

Li Ang couldn't help but take a deep breath and emphasized a bit irritably:

"I said, I can drive them out! You can still live here with Aili in the future. As long as we wait until the headquarters is unsealed in half a year..."

"Li Ang, that's not the point."

After holding Li Ang's palm, which was clenched tightly unconsciously, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma said gently:

"After discovering that the Jin Juan family wanted to move in, I also thought that I could drive them away, and then pretend that nothing happened, and continue to wait like before, but after thinking about it for a day, I have already figured it out.

There are many first-level cleaners whose strength is similar to mine and whose qualifications are older than mine. Even if a vacancy appears, it will probably not be my turn to be promoted. So although it looks like it's only one step away, if I really want to wait for the opportunity to take revenge, I'm afraid it will take twenty or thirty years or even longer."

"Li Ang, I really can't wait anymore."

Looking at the Jin Juan badge on the curtain wall of the main building, seemingly having made up some kind of determination, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's eyes, which were shining with waves, completely settled down,

"Do you remember that only death-reporting crow that will approach me?

It was my sister's. At that time, she was a little older than Aili is now, but she was born with a deficiency, she was very small, and looked almost the same age as Aili now."

After looking back at the three children playing in the semi-abandoned garden, and thinking of the little girl who used to run to her happily from the pebble path in the garden, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma said gently:

"My mother was in poor health and had been lying in bed all year round since I was a child, and my father was a very old-fashioned person who was very difficult to approach, so she liked to stick to me since she was a child.

Before that happened, I often stayed with her in this garden. The small greenhouse that was just demolished in front of the garden was built by me for her. It was her favorite place.

And she was much more lively than the usual Aili, and very similar to today's Aili. She also liked birds and flowers, and liked to draw some brightly colored but ugly drawings with crayons. Perhaps the Aili likes these, which comes from my longing for her..."

When saying this, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma was silent for a moment, then said:

"But she is already dead. She was strangled before me, and her corpse fell beside my mother. And the execution day is less than two weeks away from her tenth birthday."

"..."

"She was just a nine-year-old child who hadn't committed any mistakes, but her life stopped on that day and there will never be a future.

And the person who really made a mistake can live on without any guilt, can swagger into her home, can dismantle her house, and completely erase the traces of her existence.

Even that person who really deserves to die can live for another twenty or thirty years, until he is old and frail, and even forgets what he did, before he meets the judgment he deserves."

After withdrawing her gaze from the emerald Jin Juan badge on the curtain wall, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma turned to look at Li Ang beside her, her voice calm and firm,

"This is not fair!"

"..."

In Li Ang's speechless silence, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma withdrew her gaze and said calmly:

"Perhaps from the beginning I vaguely knew that the current Aili is not the real Aili, but because I was greedy for this last warmth, I used endurance as an excuse to deceive myself for six years and was cowardly for six years.

And now, I am going to do what I should have done six years ago.

As a daughter, I want to kill him for my parents! As a mother, I want to kill him for Aili who was drowned! As the last Baohua, I want to kill him for those clansmen who could have avoided death!"

"..."

How can this be persuaded?

Looking at Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, who was no longer full of resentment but calm again, Li Ang felt a chill in his heart.

If Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma was just stimulated by the Jin Juan family's operation and produced an impulse in temporary anger, he could think of a way to persuade her to let her endure for a while for Aili's sake.

But looking at Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's appearance, after thinking about it for a day after the initial anger, she had already calmed down. Now she really figured it out and determined what she wanted to do. This situation could no longer be stopped.

"Then what about Aili?"

Holding his last hope, Li Ang tried to remind:

"You also said that Aili will grow up, so do you want to wait a little longer, at least..."

"Li Ang, you said that you want to respect my thoughts."

"..."

"Actually, I know what you said is right. In the case of having a better choice, I might indeed not have the need to do so, but I have waited for a full six years, and I really don't want to continue waiting anymore."

After smiling gently at Li Ang, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma reached out and stroked his tightly locked brows, and asked softly:

"Let's stop this topic here. Let's temporarily forget those annoying things and help Aili have a birthday without regrets, okay?"