Stuck in a Chinese novel

"Clean this place," The young woman named Lin brought Wei Jun to nowhere other than the lavatory. It was the female bathroom and unlike many said, it wasn't as clean as one would think. And Wei Jun was currently being asked to clean that place.

Of course, he wouldn't be happy about it. However…

"Corporal Wei Jun Ruan, yes, ma'am." Wei Jun replied. Defiance was still defiance. Rank was still rank. Wei Jun's ideology about rank being everything was still superior to his belief that power was everything. He firmly believed that rank was everything. Without order, there would be nothing but chaos.

He'd rather clean sh*t than collapse that order.

"Tch," Lin tutted. She wasn't happy she was being called ma'am but she had no choice. It wasn't like it was an insult or anything so she couldn't punish him for that. She simply turned around and left, saying, "Be careful when you clean it. I sh*t here."

A clear attempt to make Wei Jun unsettled but he wasn't unsettled in the least. He began as soon as Lin left, cleaning the toilets with the provided tools.

[That's… demeaning]

'I've done worse,' Wei Jun replied.

[How so?]

Upon hearing the curiosity in the system's voice, Wei Jun said, 'There was a woman in L.A. I needed her for my business. She controlled bay permits and I needed one.'

'However, she wanted me to sleep with her for one night.'

[Did you?]

'No. I slit her throat and threw her in the very ocean she controlled.'n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

[…]

'Anyway, that's not the point. Getting to her was extremely difficult. To do that, I had to disguise myself as one of her servants, and let's just say, she had a sick personality and made her servants, especially male ones, some very disgusting things.'

[Like?]

'Like clean her discharges.'

[… That's sick alright]

'I did that for two days until I finally had the opportunity to kill her.'

'I wasn't as sophisticated in the art of assassination then so I couldn't take the conventional method. Not to mention, she had some strong people by her side all the time. Getting to her from the outside was almost impossible.'

[Well, at least half of her wish was granted]

'What?' Wei Jun asked.

[She wanted to sleep with you]

[Instead, she was put to sleep by you]

[That's something right?]

"Haha," Wei Jun couldn't help but laugh out loud at that. He soon realized his mistake and said, 'I guess I never looked at it that way. I was too busy taking over the businesses she left behind.'

~~

"Is it someone like you?" Yang Haoran asked something floating in front of him. It was a woman, just very, very small in size. Her beauty and proportions would have been something to die for had she not been… tiny.

"I don't know," The tiny woman replied. There were no wings around her to call her a fairy so it was difficult to call her by her race without knowing what or who she was. Even Yang Haoran didn't know what her true nature was. All he knew was that she was his helper and she had been with his family for centuries.

"One thing is for sure, I don't sense anyone like me. Nor anyone of my race for that matter. I could check but I'd need to touch him for that." The little floating woman said.

Yang Haoran constantly surveilled Wei Jun ever since he arrived. What he found strange was that chuckle. It wasn't just an accidental slip or anything like that. Wei Jun was talking to someone and he made the mistake of letting his thoughts out.

Immediately, Yang Haoran had it checked but the tiny woman near him wasn't so helpful. "Then touch him," Yang Haoran gave the permission. He needed a way to deal with Wei Jun and if he didn't know everything about him, it could create difficulties for him when he'd get rid of him.

"Haa…" The tiny woman sighed before she flew away saying, "Fine."

~~

"Clean this place next," A man ordered Wei Jun to clean the male bathrooms as well. Wei Jun complied. After that, it was the room of everyone in the barracks, even those who weren't a part of Yang Haoran's battalion. The worst part was that Wei Jun was being forced to clean the rooms of those who were lower ranked than him.

"Order him however you want. I want to see the place clean." The man who led Wei Jun to a platoon of privates said and left, leaving Wei Jun at the commands of some low-ranked soldiers.

Wei Jun wasn't happy in the least but he had to do what he had to do. The privates ordered him to do their laundry, errand running, and many more under the guise of cleaning. This went on and on for quite a few days.

While everyone thought Wei Jun would erupt any moment now, the more they were proved wrong. Wei Jun didn't complain for once let alone make a scene. He carried every order perfectly. Whether it was cooking, cleaning, or errand running.

All orders were carried out so perfectly that the ones making his life harder couldn't even find one thing to complain about. In the end, they had no choice but to move to an even more demeaning task.

Clean toilets with broken flushes.

[Don't you think that's a bit too much?]

Even the system, the entity that had seen many things in life couldn't help but find it wrong to treat Wei Jun like that.

'Is everything ready?' Wei Jun asked. He didn't care in the least whether or not he had to clean sh*t-clogged toilets. What he really cared about was his plan. Being an errand boy granted him enough opportunities to finish his tasks.

After all, he couldn't be punished for going outside if he was being ordered to do so and what he wanted to do could only be done by going all over the base.

Good thing, he had to do everything everywhere. This also granted him an opportunity to visit his previous squadron who were taking it easy under the new command. They were a little angered to see Wei Jun being treated like that but he asked them to take a combined vacation on a designated date.

Since it would appear suspicious that all of them went out on a day like that, they would be the first ones the military would doubt. Wei Jun asked them all to leave and take their families to the Thunder Cloud Tempest Sect. He had already talked to the sect master and he would make them all disappear.

With all the boxes checked, the only unchecked box left was to execute the plan.

[It would be ready after a little more while]

[You just need to stabilize two more circles]

[The rest will be done on its own]

[Also, you need to have the sacrifices prepared]

'Oh, I have them prepared.'

'I have them all prepared.'

~~

Two days passed and Yang Haoran was cultivating while the tiny woman was nowhere to be seen. While he was busy cultivating, his battalion was busy humiliating Wei Jun. Of course, Wei Jun didn't defy their orders and did everything to perfection.

"If only there was something more demeaning than cleaning sh*t," Lin said, not knowing how to humiliate Wei Jun even further. It was a rule in the military. A superior officer would rather retire than obey someone lower ranked than him.

However, even that didn't work for them since Wei Jun remained silent even when the lower-ranked soldiers under the protection of the higher-ranked officers, humiliated Wei Jun to the fullest by making him clean without clothes.

"He'd have made a perfect soldier with that much determination," One of the men said.

"That man can never be a soldier. He's a traitor." Another woman in the room replied, scorn obvious on her face.

"But what should we do?" Lin asked, "There's nothing we can pin on him."

"There's one thing we can do," Another man replied before he stated his plan. Once everyone heard him, they all looked at Lin who had a complicated expression on her face.

"Even I think that's a bit…" She wasn't saying that because she thought it was too much and sympathized with Wei Jun. No. She said that because it implicated her as well and she was afraid of what Yang Haoran would think of her.

"Well, that's the only way left," The other woman in the room replied.

"Then why don't you do it?" Lin retorted.

"I don't feel well in the stomach," The woman replied, making Lin scoff but in the end, after a short while of thinking, she nodded and said, "Fine. Let's do it."

"Good. I'll call him to the bathroom. You just be ready," The woman said before she stormed out of the room while Lin could only sigh and say, "Where's her stomach pain now?"

"Haha," The rest in the room laughed at that.