Chapter 529: Aren’t you going to scold me?
Jie Xia Lian hesitated, her words caught in her throat.
She wanted to ask some questions but couldn't bring herself to lose face.
Why did a menacing, bad woman suddenly turn into a petite young girl?
Jie Xia Lian's first reaction was that it was a disguise.
This could be a dirty trick to gain people's trust!
However, based on Jie Xia Lian's seasoned experience, this "stray cat" that appeared out of nowhere didn't seem to be faking it.
This might be her true form!
That mature appearance from before was actually the disguise!
Was that it?
Most likely!
Of course, Jie Xia Lian wasn't that shallow, nor would she be easily swayed by "beauty."
Back then, to ensure the "cats" Mu Luo brought back felt safe enough, she had taken on the responsibility and supported the entire small group by herself.
Compared to Jie Mu Luo, that "Male Mother" who spent all day squirming around somewhere unknown, the enlightened Jie Xia Lian was much more like a real mother.
During the period when Jie Mu Luo wasn't managing things, she was the one who fiercely forced the other two adults together into a cohesive unit.
All to create a safe enough living environment for the "Jazz Hao Maos."
On the condition that they were Jazz Hao Maos.
Not just any brat was qualified to be under Jie Xia Lian's Sanctuary.
Over these three years, Jie Mu Luo had brought back other Initial Sequences, but in the end, only a few of them remained.
Jie Mu Luo often didn't care about things, and Jie Xia Lian couldn't correct that gloomy fellow.
She could only try to manage the people he brought back.
But as it turned out, not everyone was as well-behaved as Jie Gu Wenxin and Jie Jiang Huashen.
Jie Xia Lian personally threw out some of the unruly brats and even learned a little trick of manipulating blood to cause minor cerebral hemorrhages to artificially destroy memories.
This allowed them to be picked up and managed by the Countermeasure Bureau again.
Jie Mu Luo even fought her over this, but in the end, he couldn't subdue this lunatic and had to compromise.
After several years of experience, Jie Xia Lian naturally knew who to protect and who to ignore.
And the silver-haired little girl before her undoubtedly possessed a quality that made her feel the need to protect her!
This was very likely a "Jazz Hao Mao"!
Jie Xia Lian wanted to say something.
But remembering what just happened, her words immediately got stuck in her throat.
Was it too late to apologize now?
Ye Yao slowly approached the residence within the painting, asking for some details along the way.
“Lao Gu, how were you rated as an Initial Sequence? Was there something 'unclean' in the Countermeasure Bureau you were originally in?”
Asking this question was to find out if the Countermeasure Bureau had been infiltrated by something dirty.
After all, the one who framed Gu Wenxin back then seemed to be something dirty from the Sanctuary.
Lao Gu?
Jie Gu Wenxin was a bit unaccustomed to this strange nickname, but he still answered her question.
“On the day I awakened my Superpower, I killed a few people who deserved to die, and then I was taken back by the Countermeasure Bureau for a period of observation.
At that time, I wasn't immediately rated as an Initial Sequence; instead, they were preparing to make me a member of the Countermeasure Bureau.”
Ye Yao showed an interested expression.
In that case, it seemed Jie Gu Wenxin hadn't encountered anything dirty.
Did the Sanctuary really not exist?
“And then? How did you end up here?”
Logically, if Jie Gu Wenxin hadn't become an Initial Sequence, he shouldn't have been targeted by the squirming Jie Mu Luo, let alone brought out.
The man took a deep breath.
“I couldn't help but attack my colleagues.
The Countermeasure Bureau tried to recruit High-Risk Sequences who had committed evil. Even if they promised to atone on the surface, the scent they emitted made it impossible for me to restrain myself.”
Ye Yao blinked.
“I see.”
This didn't seem strange; even those sentenced to death could commute their sentences through service.
If certain High-Risk Sequences were truly valuable and seemed like they might turn over a new leaf, the Countermeasure Bureau might try to recruit them.
But the evil-hating Jie Gu Wenxin couldn't tolerate such a thing.
Facing normal people, he might not show anything unusual, but facing those kinds of villains, his younger self might have been unable to suppress his killing intent.
A literal “Slaying Evil” Superpower launcher.
“Later, I couldn't help but kill that recruited High-Risk Sequence.
Afterward, the Countermeasure Bureau judged my Superpower to be unstable, and that's when they began strictly controlling me.”
Worldline convergence!
It seemed that even without the Sanctuary's framing, Gu Wenxin would still become an Initial Sequence, destined to be brought out by Mu Luo.
After all, Lao Gu did have a slight issue.
As long as someone had committed heinous acts or had the souls of the unjustly dead on their hands, appearing before Gu Wenxin was undoubtedly a provocation.
When he got fierce, he didn't care about high-level orders or legal determinations.
The 【Slaying Evil】 Superpower was his only standard for deciding whether to act.
Provided he remained stable and didn't suffer from cognitive bias.
He truly deserved the title of Initial Sequence.
Jie Gu Wenxin perhaps felt that “out of sight, out of mind” was best, which is why he planned to follow Mu Luo away from that place.
After all, he never felt he had done anything wrong.
“Then how did you all end up working together? I can't imagine how people with your personalities could communicate properly.”
As soon as Ye Yao asked this, Jie Jiang Huashen glanced at Jie Xia Lian behind them.
“Then you'll have to ask a certain woman who suddenly kicked open my door one day, grabbed my collar without a word, and coerced me with a murderous gaze.”
Through Jie Jiang Huashen's narration, Ye Yao finally learned the turning point of Jie Xia Lian's Divine Transformation.
After the girl named “Yin Yi” was brought back, An Qi and Yu Jin didn't leave.
At that time, Yin Yi's crucial reminder made An Qi stay, so naturally, there were three lolis in the residence.
And Xia Lian, who was a natural “cat” lover, was naturally unwilling to let them live in a terrible environment.
So she began to pressure herself, trying to take Mu Luo's place in looking after everyone else.
And “Wu Mi,” who was in a very bad state, was naturally the first target needing care.
To solve Wu Mi's problem, Jie Xia Lian violently kicked open Lao Jiang's door, wishing she could whip him into helping find a solution.
The taciturn Jielao Gu was even less likely to escape; he was seized by the emboldened Jie Xia Lian and refined in an instant.
After all, when Mu Luo wasn't around, it seemed Xia Lian had the most martial power, capable of beating the two of them into submission in minutes.
To take good care of the three lolis, Jie Xia Lian essentially burned herself out, not even having time for her District Transformation.
After all, there was no omnipotent “White Kitty” in this timeline.
After hearing the general gist, Ye Yao looked at the black-haired woman behind her with some surprise.
Xia Lian could actually be this reliable!?
So it turns out that only when there's no one to fall back on does she truly step up.
And the three weak, pitiful, and helpless lolis in the small group gave her infinite motivation.
It had to be said she was indeed very reliable, essentially filling Ye Yao's original niche.
It's just a pity her stats weren't that high.
“Eh? Why are you so quiet? Not planning to scold me anymore?”