Chapter 127
Chapter 127: What Kind of Good Person Invites You to Watch an Execution?
Jiang Zong Shen and Mu Mei Xi were sentenced to life exile.
Jiang Yi Zhu and Jiang Yi Cheng would be executed by firing squad tomorrow.
Wow. The bit of consciousness left from the fake young miss inside Jiang Tea Tea was overjoyed.
To make that remaining bit of the fake young miss’s consciousness even happier, Jiang Tea Tea raised her hands and clapped hard to add insult to injury: “Cheng Lin Yue, Sui Xuan Chu, let’s give a round of applause for the fair and just laws of The Empire.”
Cheng Lin Yue and Sui Xuan Chu were very in sync. Right after she spoke, the sound of clapping filled the air. In one second they could probably clap ten times.
Jiang Yi Bao was, after all, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old young girl. Being treated like this by Jiang Tea Tea made her cry even harder. “Jiang Tea Tea, you are my big sister. Our family raised you for more than ten years. How can you treat me like this?”
Jiang Tea Tea suddenly stopped clapping. She looked at her with a smiling face and said: “Little girl, I was just clapping for the fair and just laws of The Empire. You can’t even handle that? You are really fragile.”
Jiang Yi Bao snapped at her: “You, you have no conscience.”
Jiang Tea Tea raised an eyebrow: “So in your eyes, if I had a conscience, I would save your dad and mom from exile and pull your big sister and eldest brother back from the guns?”
Jiang Yi Bao bit her lip: “It is not impossible. You are a mutated S-level supernatural ability user, a plant-type healing master. You are the only one in The Empire, even in the whole interstellar space. I heard people say that because you are so rare, you have special privileges.”
“Big sister, can you use your privileges and beg Commander in Chief Chong Ming to let Dad, Mom, older brother, and big sister go? Please don’t let them be exiled, and don’t let them be executed, alright?”
Sui Xuan Chu: “!!!”
[Oh my gosh!]
[This little girl can really ask for anything!]
The four members of the Jiang Family had all committed crimes big enough to go down in history. If they could walk free, it would only be because the Zhenlin Empire had fallen that very day, every battleship had blown up, and every bullet had been sent to the battlefield.
Jiang Tea Tea said: “Alright…”
Jiang Yi Bao was wild with joy: “Really?”
Jiang Tea Tea said very seriously: “Really.”
Because she answered so easily, Jiang Yi Bao started to doubt her instead: “You are not joking with me, right, big sister?”
Jiang Tea Tea gave her a bright smile: “Weren’t you the one joking with me first? It is not funny at all. Sui Xuan Chu, Cheng Lin Yue, is it funny?”
Sui Xuan Chu and Cheng Lin Yue gave her full face: “Funny, funny, very funny. Look how loudly we are laughing. Hahahahaha…”
Jiang Yi Bao’s face turned red with anger: “You, you… you…”
Jiang Tea Tea followed her words: “You what you. If you are sick, go see a doctor. If you have no money, go get a part-time job. You have an A-level water element ability. You will not starve.”
Back when the fake young miss was about the same age as her, she also had no money and had to survive on her own.
The fake young miss did not awaken any supernatural abilities at all, but with her own effort she still managed to get into the Royal Military Imperial Academy.
Jiang Yi Bao had an A-level water element ability. As long as she did not cause trouble and did not aim too high, it would be much easier for her to find work than it had been for the fake young miss back then.
Besides, she still had Grandpa and Grandma, and her maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother. She was not alone. The laws of the Zhenlin Empire were merciful. They did not punish a whole clan for the crimes of a few.
Jiang Yi Bao shouted at Jiang Tea Tea: “I won’t starve, but I won’t have Dad, Mom, older brother, or big sister anymore.”
“Jiang Tea Tea, our family raised you for more than ten years, but you are acting like a white-eyed wolf. You hurt my Dad, Mom, older brother, and big sister.”
Jiang Tea Tea clicked her tongue: “Little girl, you are fourteen or fifteen, not four or five. If you don’t understand the law, you can go to any Police Bureau and have a staff member explain it to you. It is your dad, mom, older brother, and big sister who broke the law. I do not have that much power to hurt them.”
“You want me to take the blame and feel guilty. You made the wrong plan. Even if you die right in front of me, I won’t feel guilty. This is the retribution you all deserve. You had it coming.”
“You… you…”
Jiang Tea Tea gave her a trash-like glance, then called to Cheng Lin Yue and Sui Xuan Chu and walked toward the Academy gate.
When Jiang Yi Bao saw that she was almost inside the Academy, she panicked. Once Jiang Tea Tea entered the Academy, it would be harder than going to heaven to see her or find her again.
She could not just let her leave like that. Jiang Yi Bao quickly ran forward and blocked Jiang Tea Tea’s path. “You are not allowed to go.”
Jiang Tea Tea stopped and looked at her in amusement: “Little girl, in the last three months I have memorized the Zhenlin Empire’s Law Code word for word.”
“What you are doing right now is already jumping on the edge of the Law Code. Do you really think that just because you are not yet an adult, no one can punish you if you break the law?”
“You…”
Jiang Tea Tea cut her off lightly: “Let me tell you, little girl. According to The Empire’s Law Code, when a minor is found to have committed a crime, once the crime is confirmed, the Judicial Department and the Police Ministry will lock this minor up in prison and raise her there until she becomes an adult. After that, they will carry out the sentence.”
“To say it simply, if you kill someone now, it does not matter that you are only fourteen or fifteen. When you live to eighteen, you will still be executed by firing squad.”
“When they execute you, they will tie up your hands and feet. The guns will aim bullets at your head. With a bang, your head will burst open, your brain will split, and you will lose control of your bowels. Your pants will be full of poop and pee.”
“That is if the bullet hits the right spot. If it doesn’t, they will have to fire another bang and give you a second shot…”
“Stop talking, stop talking!” Jiang Yi Bao’s face lost every bit of color. She cried and shouted to cut off Jiang Tea Tea’s words.
Her head was full of the scenes that Jiang Tea Tea had described. Her whole body was shaking, like a frail white flower being hit by a raging storm, pitiful, weak, helpless, scared, and embarrassed.
Jiang Tea Tea did not feel even a trace of pity for her. She reached out, pushed her to the side, walked over the place where she had stood, and entered the Royal Military Imperial Academy.
Cheng Lin Yue quickly ran after her. She admired her even more now. [She is so A, so cool. She is my role model, my idol.]
Sui Xuan Chu, the loyal flunky of his uncle, secretly turned on the recording function of his light-brain wrist terminal the moment Jiang Tea Tea went full A on Jiang Yi Bao. He recorded a bit of the screen and sent it to his uncle.
Cheng Lin Yue walked Jiang Tea Tea all the way back to her dorm. In the small room, she could not hold back and sighed again: “Sister Tea, you are so handsome. You are my second idol. You are on the same level as my heartthrob idol.”
When she mentioned her heartthrob idol and idol, Jiang Tea Tea looked at Cheng Lin Yue: “I have a question.”
Cheng Lin Yue’s eyes shone with pure light: “Ask…”
Jiang Tea Tea asked: “Your most admired heartthrob idol is Chong Ming. The person you most want to marry is also him. So why did you choose to help me without any hesitation?”
Cheng Lin Yue had not expected this question. She blinked and her voice sounded crisp and a bit innocent: “Yes. He is my heartthrob idol and my idol. He is also the man I most want to marry.”
“But when I say he is my husband and that I want to marry him, I am just talking for fun and daydreaming. If you look across The Empire and even the whole interstellar space, there are not just billions like me, but tens of billions. That is normal.”
“Besides, look at what high place he stands on and what low place I stand on. I am young, but I am not stupid. How could I run straight into something impossible, run into someone so far above me?”
“If not for you taking me with you to the Supremacy Tournament and our excellent performance there, I would never have been able to get this close to him in my whole life, to talk to him, and to hear him praise me.”
“There is a wall between him and me, a barrier that I could not cross even in ten lifetimes.”
“As for why I stand by your side and help you, I already said it before. He is an excellent leader and someone worthy of trust and respect.”
“I also trust him and respect him. But you do not trust him. You do not want to be with him. You do not want to give your cubs to him.”
“I am your schoolmate, your teammate, and your good bestie. Since we met, whether at the Supremacy Tournament or in daily life, you have always treated me very well and taken care of me.”
“Also, when I only mentioned my uncle’s situation a little, you went and beat up the director of the Supernatural Abilities Research Institute, Li Ao, for him.”
“So, even though he is my idol and my heartthrob idol and the high, impossible husband I joke about marrying, you are my good schoolmate, and you are a person. You trust me. Of course I will help you. I will not let you end up like my uncle, alone with no one on his side.”
“Sister Tea has treated both me and my uncle so well. You have not broken any laws. Helping you is the most natural thing to do.”
Her uncle had told her before that if someone is praised by everyone but treats you badly, bullies you, or curses you, then for you he is not a good person. You do not need to betray your own heart and follow the crowd to say he is good.
On the other hand, if someone has a bad name but treats you well, everyone else can add insult to injury and stab him, but you must not.
Jiang Tea Tea curled her lips: “Thank you, little Rabbit.”
Cheng Lin Yue grinned and showed her teeth: “You are welcome. You are so amazing and so strong. I hope you stay well and stand even higher.”
“Of course, I also hope I can learn well from you and become the best healing master and soothing specialist, someone useful to the Nation.”
Jiang Tea Tea said firmly: “You definitely can. I believe in you.”
Cheng Lin Yue smiled very brightly and happily: “I also believe in myself. Alright, you should rest well. I will go back to rest too. We still have class tomorrow.”
Jiang Tea Tea answered: “Okay.”
Cheng Lin Yue said: “Then I am leaving. If anything happens, call me.”
Jiang Tea Tea walked her to the door. After she closed it and turned around, she saw Sui Xuan Chu leaning against the window in the dorm’s tiny common area, staring at her… belly.
She yawned as she walked over and asked: “Roommate, what are you doing? Do I have a mole on my face that you have to stare at me?”
Sui Xuan Chu’s mood flipped faster than a page in a book. His voice was light and cheerful: “There is no mole on your face. You are very pretty. But I have a tiny little request.”
Jiang Tea Tea walked to her own room door: “Rejected, you ugly thing.”
Sui Xuan Chu started yelling: “I haven’t even said my request yet and you already rejected it for being ugly. What about our bond as people who live together?”
Jiang Tea Tea corrected him and reminded him: “We live together but not in the same room. There is no bond. Don’t try to get close to me.”
[A female’s heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea. In just a short time, look at how spoiled she is and how unreasonable she has become.]
What could he do? His uncle had told him to watch her, follow her, and coax her. As the only weak and pitiful dragon of the Golden Dragon family, he could only obey.
Sui Xuan Chu quickly explained: “I am not trying to get close to you. Forget it if you want to reject my little request. I will tell you a piece of good news instead.”
Jiang Tea Tea raised a brow at him: “What good news?”
Sui Xuan Chu started talking like he was reporting credit: “Your cheap eldest brother, Jiang Yi Cheng, the one who punched your belly, besides being suspected of betraying the country, colluding with the Insectoid Race, and trying to kidnap and murder me, has gotten one more charge: trying to murder a Golden Dragon Imperial Clan youngling.”
“Because of this new charge, his case, which was still going through the legal process, has been simplified directly. Tomorrow at noon at 12, he will be executed by firing squad, two bullets, and it will be broadcast nationwide.”
“My uncle told me to ask you if you want to watch it live. If you do, he will save you a seat so you can see, at close range, the amazing scene of two bullets blowing up Jiang Yi Cheng’s head at the same time.”