Chapter 542: Anchor Point

"Click! Click! Click!"

Looking at the strong old man who was blocking the lobby on the first floor of Happiness Apartment, holding a large pair of scissors and eyeing him covetously, Li Ang couldn't help but rub his temples with a headache.

Damn, after the Demon Badge advanced to Gold, the "demon smell" in his soul seemed to be too strong. Before the Holy Spirit Badge reached the Gold level, he estimated he could only sleep in the office.

Or...

Looking at the manager aunt in the lobby who had an apologetic look, Li Ang tentatively asked:

"That... Aunt Mary, do you mind if I use some means to tie your husband up for a while? Mainly because it's been more than a week since I last went home, and I really want to go back and see..."

"Tie him up, tie him up!"

After twisting the strong old man's waist several times and failing to make him move out of the way, the manager aunt shook her head of snow-white curly hair and said helplessly:

"Auntie knows you're a good person. The problem with your soul should be caused by the Cleanup Bureau's work. There's no reason to stop you from going home. But my old man is really stubborn... sigh, how about this, as long as you don't hurt him, you can tie him up for the whole night."

"No, no, it won't take that long, just a little while."

For these two old people who had been doing good deeds whether alive or dead, Li Ang still respected them very much. Hearing this, he hurriedly refused her suggestion, then slowly activated the power of the Holy Spirit Pendant, forcibly pressing the strong old man in place, and then rushed up the stairs without looking back.

"Click!"

Seeing the "evil demon cub" actually go upstairs, the strong old man's eyes widened, his solid latissimus dorsi muscles bulged suddenly, and he actually directly pushed away the restraint of the Holy Spirit Pendant a little, waving the large scissors and wanting to chase after him.

However, he hadn't taken two steps before he was tightly entangled by balls of yarn, and was hard-bound to the side of the stairs, and the soft flesh on his waist was pinched hard.

"You stubborn old man! You were stubborn when you were alive, and even more stubborn after you died... stick your neck out a bit, let me measure the length!"

After twisting the strong old man's waist twice, looking at her husband who was still holding the large scissors and wanting to rush up, the manager aunt shook her head helplessly, then moved a small stool and sat in the corridor, measuring the strong old man's neck while knitting a wool scarf.

And after waiting for a while on the third floor and not seeing the strong old man chase after him, Li Ang finally breathed a sigh of relief and ran toward the sixth floor.

"Brother?"

It was still the familiar opening of the door in advance. The moment Li Ang climbed to the sixth floor, the door near the stairwell opened suddenly, and a touch of warm orange light spilled out, illuminating the somewhat dim corridor and shining on Li Ang's body.

Although she had already recognized the footsteps, looking at Li Ang who was covered in dust and rushing home, the somewhat haggard Anna still couldn't help but feel a shock, and a feeling of relief appeared in her eyes.

It was just that before Li Ang could speak, the relief in her eyes turned into deep worry and grievance.

After biting her lower lip hard, the sickly girl turned her head slightly, her voice slightly complaining:

"Work finished?"

"Uh... not yet..."

Catching the slight complaint in his sister's eyes, Li Ang stopped and said apologetically: "Sorry, Anna, there have been a lot of things in the Bureau recently. I just came back to see you guys in my spare time. I have to leave in a while..."

"Okay..."

After listening to Li Ang's words, although she was still angry about him disappearing for seven or eight days without a word, looking at his dusty and exhausted appearance, the sickly girl bit her lip again and couldn't help but instruct with heartache:

"Remember to take care of your health, don't carry everything on yourself. If you're really too tired, just ask for more leave, it's okay to earn less salary.

Life at home is much better now, and my body is much stronger than before. If both of us can work, we can support Meilanni and the others even if you earn less, you don't have to work so hard..."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Looking at the sister in front of him who was heartachingly instructing him, Li Ang subconsciously curled his lips, feeling his whole body relax slightly, and obtained a kind of long-lost lightness and ease.

Whether it was the ruthlessness and ferocity of killing the Bishop just now, or the bloody smell that had been lingering in his heart after the Bobby Laien Blood Night, when he returned to this warm little home and was shone upon by that warm light, they were all thoroughly washed away.

At this moment, he was no longer the cleaner in the Cleanup Bureau who was decisive in killing and ruthless in his actions, nor was he the outsider who was suppressing anger and unwillingness and out of tune with this world, but an ordinary person who was eager to rest quietly in the harbor after a busy day of work.

"Anna, fortunately, you are still here..."

After sighing from the bottom of his heart, Li Ang, who had regained some "humanity," couldn't help but step forward, gave his sister a big hug, then buried his head in Anna's still somewhat thin shoulder, and took a deep breath greedily.

Although he had only joined the Cleanup Bureau for a month, if he looked back suddenly, he would find that the current him and the past him were almost two different people. At the very least, the him from a month ago absolutely couldn't do something like hearing the words "Weighing Gold Sect" and directly reaching out to crush someone's head.

Although he could comfort himself that this was a work requirement, the fact was that he was indeed moving away from the normal range and moving toward the "non-human" world, and the speed was constantly accelerating.

And although Anna's shoulders were thin, just as he was supporting this family so it wouldn't collapse, her existence and the existence of the two little ones were also supporting his cognition as a "human."

If it weren't for them as "anchor points," although it was unlikely he would become some great evil, he would probably be constantly infected by anomalous objects and become the kind of cleaner the Black Goat talked about, who, apart from their appearance, had almost nothing to do with humans...

"Ah! You... don't..."

Suddenly being hugged tightly by Li Ang, and then having his face buried in her neck and sniffing around, Anna was startled and instinctively wanted to push him away with a blushing face.

But after being hugged for a few seconds, perhaps feeling something from the overly deep intensity of this hug, she froze slightly, then gave up struggling. Regardless of the dust on Li Ang, she hugged his waist back, making the two hug even tighter.

After resting her chin on Li Ang's shoulder, the sickly girl turned her head slightly, shyly rubbing her cheek against his jaw, then enduring the hot and itchy breathing between her neck, while stroking Li Ang's back, she whispered softly with gentle eyes:

"Brother... no matter when, if you feel tired, just come home, I will always be waiting for you."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 543 =====