Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 69 Wrong Wrong Wrong

At night, in the family quarters of important military officials which were filled with sentries, there was a small villa which was very large but had almost no decoration.

"Isa?"

Seeing her daughter sitting on the sofa in a daze, hugging a huge stuffed doll, the tall middle-aged woman walked over worriedly. She first tested the temperature of her daughter's forehead with her chin, then hugged her in her arms and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

After feeling the familiar warm embrace, the policewoman came to her senses and shook her head. Then she put her arms around the woman's waist, buried her face deeply in her arms, and replied in a muffled voice:
"I'm actually fine, it's just...some things at work aren't going well..."

"That's it."

Hearing that her daughter was not sick, the middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief. Then she stroked her daughter's soft long hair and asked softly:

"Is it still about Ryan's last time? Are they still refusing to investigate?"

"No, this time it's something else..."

After recalling the scene she saw at noon and the results of her investigation into "Leon Ryan", the policewoman raised her head from her mother's arms and said with a complicated look in her eyes:
"Mom, three months ago, did the military stop paying many martyrs' families' pensions in advance?"

"That's the thing..."

After hearing her daughter's question, the middle-aged woman recalled for a moment, then said helplessly:

"As you know, the military has been spending too much in recent years, and the kingdom's finances are almost unable to sustain it, so this year's spending has been cut by one third. Your father sighs every day when he comes home... Isa, why do you think of asking this?"

“I just think it’s a little unfair…”

Thinking back to the file transferred in the afternoon, about the family of four who were nearly forced to death, the female police officer's eyes suddenly showed a trace of pity, and her voice became louder and louder.

"The military has 47 departments, each with a high cost. There are so many areas where we can cut costs, so why do we have to cut costs on pensions?

Mom, do you know that many of those who are still receiving pensions are relatives of martyrs from the Patriotic War six years ago, and there are even orphans whose parents have died!
Many of them simply don’t have the ability to support themselves and rely almost entirely on the pension to survive. If the military stops paying the pension in advance, isn’t that the same as forcing them to die? "

"Isa?"

After hearing what her daughter said, the kind-looking woman was startled for a moment, then her expression immediately became serious, she frowned and said in a cold voice:

"Tell me, who taught you to ask these questions?"

“No one taught me, I just thought of it myself!”

"You never thought about this before! You always were..."

“People change!”

"But before you... Oh! Never mind..."

Seeing her daughter pursing her lips tightly and obviously showing her stubborn temper, the middle-aged woman rubbed her brows helplessly, then lowered her voice and instructed:

"I don't care where you heard it from, but just talk to mom about it, and don't say it in front of your dad..."

"why?"

The female police officer said with dissatisfaction:
"Even if he didn't propose it, but since this outrageous decision was passed, he at least acquiesced to it! Since he did it, he should..."

"Isa!"

After stopping her daughter's increasingly aggressive words, the middle-aged woman sternly reprimanded her:

"You're already so old, it's time for you to be more sensible! With so many things happening this year, do you know how much pressure your father has to endure? Don't use your problems to cause him more trouble!"

"Then what should I do if he causes trouble for me?"

Thinking of the man in an old coat who happily ate the pudding on the table at noon, the policewoman, feeling uncomfortable, couldn't help but say:

"Mom, I met a man today. Both his parents died in the Patriotic War six years ago, but the military has only paid one-third of the pensions over the years, forcing him to support his family at the age of thirteen or fourteen. He had to carry bags under the summer sun and soak in the cold water at the dock all day to clean cargo ships!
This sounds outrageous, right? But do you know? After my father signed, the remaining one-third of his pension was also stopped, and he has two younger brothers and sisters who are only six or seven years old! His sick sister stopped taking medicine on her own initiative to save money and almost died in the hospital! "

"Ah..." Looking at her daughter whose eyes were slightly red, the middle-aged woman who knew the situation in the military sighed and said with guilt in her eyes:
"Your father is also... he really has no choice... Yisha, how is that family now? Mom still has some money, why don't you..."

"No need, he should not be short of money now."

The female police officer took a deep breath and turned her head away, whispering with complicated eyes:

"He joined the rebels and is now a spy in the police department. He disrupted our arrest operation this morning and rescued a rebel who had participated in the assassination of the princess."

"..."

"So now it's not me who's causing trouble for my father, it's him who's causing trouble for me, right?"

After looking at the mother who was speechless, the policewoman sneered and sat back on the sofa, her eyes still looking towards the door.

"I should be able to ask now, right? I want to know what kind of mood he was in when he signed such a dirty proposal!"

"..."

Seeing her daughter holding a soft doll in her arms, but looking like a hedgehog with its spines raised, ready to prick someone, the middle-aged woman could only gently advise:
"Isa, be obedient, you first..."

"Don't try to persuade me!"

The female police officer, feeling upset, turned her head away and said stubbornly:
"You should have the courage to take responsibility for what you do. This is what he taught me!"

"But he also taught you that there are always some responsibilities that are destined to be above everything else."

Patting her daughter on the back, the middle-aged woman said with a gloomy look in her eyes:

"It wasn't just other families that died in the Patriotic War. Your brother and two uncles also died six years ago. Even the reduction in pensions this time started with our family...

Stop! Don't argue!
I know our family doesn't need to rely on pensions to survive. I just want to say that you should never think too badly of your father. He is really trying his best to maintain this mess in the military."

Looking up at the empty room on the second floor, the middle-aged woman said with tears in her eyes after thinking of her eldest son who died six years ago:
"Earlier this year, the last person in charge of the military was executed for going too far, leaving behind countless holes to fill, and it just so happened that spending was being drastically cut.

At that time, everyone knew that this hole could not be filled at all. The person who took over would at best fail in his job. None of the qualified people were willing to take on this hot potato, and only your father stood up..."

Recalling her husband who had become increasingly taciturn, thinner, and with a slowly hunched back over the past year, the middle-aged woman held the policewoman's hand and said in a trembling voice:
"The Patriotic War six years ago is an eternal pain in your father's heart, and the current problems in the military are really too big. If he leaves it alone or has an incompetent successor, what happened six years ago will happen again sooner or later. He really can't let it go.

Mom knows that stopping the pension early is too much, but have you noticed? From the time he took on this responsibility to now, which is only half a year, your dad's hair has turned half white, and he is almost exhausted by the military affairs. "

"But he can't..."

"Isa, your father really tried his best."

After interrupting her daughter's words, the middle-aged woman sighed quietly and said:
“I saw with my own eyes this year that he had done everything he could, but in the end he still couldn’t fill the hole, so he reluctantly agreed to cut some expenses in this area.

Moreover, your father has issued a strict order that before deciding to stop the pension, the compensation officer must visit the victim at least three times within two months to make sure that the victim can still maintain his or her life after the pension is stopped.

But he only has a pair of eyes after all, and he can't keep an eye on everyone, so no matter how much preparation he makes, this kind of thing is still inevitable...

Oh, Isa, please go back to your room and don't let him worry about you anymore, okay?"

"..."

"Okay?"

"All right……"

The extremely stubborn female police officer finally succumbed to the mother's gentle pleading and was pulled away from the sofa with a look of reluctance in her eyes.

After being pushed back to her room and lying on the soft mattress with her doll in her arms, she was already very tired. However, she did not fall asleep peacefully as usual, but stared blankly at the chandelier on the ceiling.

My father who worked hard to maintain the military was right... I was also right to arrest the rebels who attacked and destroyed everywhere... He was even more wrong to join the rebels because his pension was withheld...

So who is wrong?
(End of this chapter)