Si Shuo pulled out a chair and sat down with a sigh.
"The dead can't come back to life. All we can do is protect those who are still alive."
He had thought he would earn at least some approval.
Instead, he found himself facing a pair of eyes filled with utter disappointment.
"So..."
Jiang Ling said coldly, "The head of the Wang Household, who failed to raise his son properly and let him commit evil, is still alive?"
"And the county magistrate who took bribes and treated human lives like weeds isn't dead either."
"You even took that tyrant's dirty money and fed it to an even bigger corrupt official above him?!"
Si Shuo fell silent for a moment, then answered heavily, "Yes."
"Why?" Jiang Ling clearly loathed this behavior. "You're enabling them! As long as that magistrate lives, thousands upon thousands of other 'Old Suns' will be driven to ruin, their families destroyed!"
"Because Old Sun is only a mortal."
Si Shuo looked straight into Jiang Ling's eyes and said patiently, "Jiang Ling, you're used to standing high above everyone else. Do you think killing them all will solve the problem?"
"If I had slaughtered everyone in the county office and wiped out the Wang Household last night, the prefecture's army would be in this town tomorrow!"
"With our strength, you and I could naturally get away. But what about Old Sun's family?"
"When that happens, they won't be the only ones investigated. Their neighbors in town will suffer too. Brutal interrogations and torture will be inevitable."
Si Shuo pointed outside. "I spent a little dirty money to buy off the prefectural authorities and turn this into 'sudden death from a severe illness' and 'the wrongful arrest of an innocent man.'"
"The case is closed. Old Sun can