[{"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-73":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},2285909,4472,"Chapter 73: 72 Confessing One","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-73",73,"\u003Cp>72 Confessing One’s Heart Alone\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s you again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unaware that he had become the central figure in the biggest scandal at the Police Force, Li Ang turned around upon sensing someone’s presence—and saw that the troublemaker was standing before him; his expression instantly darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As someone with a relatively mild temperament, his anger had cooled considerably after a full day’s passage, but seeing this persistent nuisance still stirred a fresh wave of heat in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you never done?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Setting down his large sniper rifle and stepping back from the shooting position, Li Ang, his clothes smeared with dust, glared and demanded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve said it many times already: what happened yesterday morning was an accident. Your target escaped mainly because your disguise was full of holes—you didn’t look like a coffee vendor at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if I did cause you to lose your target, you cuffed me all morning and then withheld my lunch at the cafeteria—doesn’t that balance out? If you keep this up, don’t blame me for being uncivil!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Ang bring up yesterday’s events, recalling how she’d been made a fool of that morning and the humiliation at the cafeteria, the female officer’s temper flared, her eyes narrowing as she prepared to shout back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then she caught sight of Li Ang’s slender frame and the dusty old coat he wore; her entire aura deflated, and she lowered her head, chest caved in, whispering instead:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You… can’t you just talk to me properly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did you eat something weird?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the female officer transform in an instant from a shrewish lioness into a meek, wronged little wife, Li Ang’s mind froze—he lost his righteous indignation entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this… a smile hiding a dagger? First courtesy, then force? A covert maneuver? Or some new tactic I don’t know about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Li Ang was stunned by her sudden soft tone, staring at her with growing suspicion, wondering what trick she was up to, she reached out and tugged at the hem of her uniform, her face flushed with awkwardness as she whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you… been getting by lately?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m done… I truly can’t figure out what she wants anymore…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely baffled by the female officer’s schizophrenic behavior, Li Ang stood frozen for several seconds before finally summoning a sliver of residual anger by forcing himself to recall all the things he hated about her, and replied gruffly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks so much for your concern. Aside from being haunted by a petty, annoying nuisance, I haven’t had any other misfortunes lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having barely held back her anger, only to be mocked to her face, the female officer—already quick-tempered—exploded, snapping her head up to glare at him, her eyebrows sharply arched:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You… you’re fine… that’s good…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After stealing a glance at Li Ang, whose eyelids were twitching uncontrollably and whose expression looked as if he’d swallowed beef stewed with chocolate, the female officer, equally suffocated by discomfort, abruptly turned her head away—only when the old coat vanished from her sight did she feel any relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no choice: after reading Li Ang’s file and learning of the debt her father and the Military Department owed his family, she’d lain awake all night, scratching her walls raw with her fingernails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When arresting other dissidents in the past, she’d heard their furious accusations before—but she’d only felt pity for their suffering, and never hesitated to act when it came time to apprehend them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she firmly believed: no matter how unjustly one had been treated, once a person joined the dissidents and began seeking revenge through assassination, poisoning, bombings—endangering innocent lives—they had become new oppressors and deserved to bear their guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Ang’s file was unnervingly clean: aside from one extremely inflammatory remark and interfering with her arrest, he’d spent every day struggling to survive, working tirelessly from dawn to dusk to keep his small family from falling into the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never raised a blade against the innocent—he’d even saved an entire hospital’s worth of people—and everyone who knew him praised him as diligent, hardworking, and kind. No one had ever spoken ill of him; he was the perfect victim, beyond reproach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse still, much of the injustice and betrayal he’d suffered came directly from the Military Department under her father’s command—even her father’s signature appeared on the proposal to prematurely halt his parents’ pension payments!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m finished… I’ll never be able to hold my head up in front of this man…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Biting her lip, half-bitter, half-desperate, the female officer turned toward the pile of gas tanks stacked like a small mountain and demanded, forcing a stern tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re practicing such dangerous shooting… what… what exactly are you trying to do…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the face staring at her with confusion, the female officer—who’d already softened halfway—remembered her lesson and snapped her eyes shut, gathering courage to shout again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I warn you! This extremely dangerous shooting method has been banned by the Police Force!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, I’ll carefully inspect your nail-gun records. If any similar attacks occur in the Capital, you’d better be able to account for every single nail fired!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t think just because you haven’t slipped up yet, I’ll drop my investigation! I’ll be watching you closely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang Lian! Listen to me! You haven’t harmed any innocents yet—there’s still time to turn back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know you’ve suffered great injustice, but that’s no reason to give up on yourself! I can help you escape them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did you hear me? Say something!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After screaming for a long time with a face like (〃＞ Min ＜) and receiving no reply, the female officer cautiously opened one eye—and instantly turned beet red, her face darkening to liver color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That damn, despicable dissident had already put on noise-canceling ear muffs, his backside squarely facing her, and had reclined again onto the shooting platform over a meter high—her heartfelt warnings had all been spoken to his buttocks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaaaaaah!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching those two cheeks calmly facing her, swaying violently with the recoil of each shot as if laughing mockingly in front-back rhythm, her shame exploded. She screamed, clenched her fists, and lunged forward, delivering a full-force punch to that damned backside!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaah!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell is wrong with you?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing footsteps that sounded odd, Anna rushed to open the door early—and saw Li Ang, covered in dust, limping toward her. She dropped her bags and hurried over, brushing the dirt off his clothes while worrying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother! What happened to you?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh… I don’t go on patrols, but I’m still with the Police Force, so I joined in some hand-to-hand training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secretly rubbing his still-throbbing backside, Li Ang waved his hand with a sour expression, half-truthfully fibbing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t much at first, but my sparring partner’s got a screw loose—he punched me in the thigh. A little movement and it’s fine…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, how’s your packing going? Can you make the move tomorrow morning?\u003C\u002Fp>",1162,"2026-06-20T03:18:28.556Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","443930d3b6b82456674d8565b51f5508fd879e5310fadf910c7a36e5821680d6","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-74","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-72",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]