Hold His Hand

Chongcheng bottom common people basically don’t take a bath all winter.

Hot water is needed for bathing, firewood is used to heat up hot water, and firewood needs to be bought with money.

Lu Yanzhou previously spent a lot of money on providing a place for people to stay and take a bath.

However, whether it’s him or Xie Chengze, they didn’t lack this little money. They can take a bath whenever they want to take a bath. It is just that, in order to avoid being noticed by the bodyguards, Lu Yanzhou often doesn’t take hot baths and only rinses himself with cold water.

About half an hour after Xie Chengze ordered people to boil the hot water, someone came to report that the water had been boiled and it was time to take a bath.

The bathing place is downstairs. Xie Chengze took Lu Yanzhou there. There was a bathtub in the small room, which already had bath water at a suitable temperature with two buckets of boiling water beside it.

Xie Chengze glanced at Lu Yanzhou, and took off his clothes generously.

When he first learned that Lu Yanzhou was his liaison officer, he was a little confused, but now he has calmed down.

Even if Lu Yanzhou knows that he is Zhaojun, it doesn’t matter.

All he wanted was to live a better life before death, and the current situation is exactly what he wants.

“You have injuries, so you can’t stay in the bath for too long. It’s best not to use the bathtub. You stand beside me, I’ll wash it for you.” Lu Yanzhou said.

Xie Chengze glanced at Lu Yanzhou. Without any objection, he let Lu Yanzhou scoop up water to help him wash his body.

Lu Yanzhou washed him very seriously.Being bathed by Lu Yanzhou like this, Xie Chengze felt it again, so he looked at Lu Yanzhou.

Although Lu Yanzhou is young, he has a lot of muscles on his body, completely different from ordinary teenagers. He likes it very much.

Xie Chengze asked: “When did you join Chongcheng Command Station?”

Lu Yanzhou said: “A year ago.” He didn’t hide anything, and directly told all about his past with Hei She.

Of course, he added some content such as Hei She training him in the middle, otherwise there is no way to explain his skills.

Xie Chengze didn’t become suspicious, and asked again: “How is Chongcheng Command Station’s situation in the past 3 months?”

Lu Yanzhou answered: “I haven’t had much contact with them, so I don’t know much about them. I only know the general situation.” Lu Yanzhou said everything he knew.

After thinking for a while, Lu Yanzhou continued: “The people at Chongcheng Command Station don’t know my identity, and I don’t participate in their operation. I went yesterday because they were going to attack you. I was afraid that they would hurt you, so I followed them to take a look. I thought you were in the car, but seeing that they couldn’t get close to the car, I planned to leave, but I didn’t expect to run into you.”

“You know I recognized you?” Xie Chengze was taken aback.

“If you didn’t recognize me, why would you tie me up early in the morning?” Lu Yanzhou laughed.

Indeed, if he hadn’t recognized Lu Yanzhou last night, he would never have kidnapped him early this morning.

Lu Yanzhou knew him well.

If he hadn’t done something stupid to Lu Yanzhou today, maybe they could become confidants.

However, he can’t become a confidant, he can enjoy his time in the present.

Xie Chengze pulled Lu Yanzhou over and kissed him.

The guest act as the host1To turn from passive to active, Lu Yanzhou deepened the kiss.

Xie Chengze was in a daze when he was kissed. Lu Yanzhou was very gentle, which made him feel like he was being cherished…

This is very good. Like this, even if he dies in a few days, he won’t live in vain.

“Shall we do it again?” Xie Chengze bent over the bathtub.

Lu Yanzhou was quiet, then quickly looked away: “Don’t think about it! You are injured! Can’t you cherish your body?”

Xie Chengze felt that Lu Yanzhou probably didn’t want to touch him. However, he wants to be with Lu Yanzhou because he loves him: “Then we’ll do it when my injury recovers?”

“Okay. I’ll go and prepare something so you won’t get hurt again,” Lu Yanzhou tried to restrain himself, “I’m going to get some medicine for you now.”

“Okay.” Xie Chengze smiled.

Lu Yanzhou brought the wound medicine into the bathroom. After Xie Chengze finished bathing, he applied the medicine to Xie Chengze.

Xie Chengze was very calm, not shy at all. Lu Yanzhou also didn’t take it seriously, mainly because of the first two worlds, Xie Chengze was also like this.

The Xie Chengze in this world has been licking blood with a knife, so it’s even more impossible for him to be shy or embarrassed in such a place.

The two packed up before leaving the bathroom.

Lu Yanzhou told Xie Chengze before, when they were outside, he will continue to act, so after going out, he looked at Xie Chengze with a mixed gaze of anger and fear.

Xie Chengze also entered the act instantly: “You’d better be obedient, otherwise…Not only will you suffer, your classmates, those in your shelter, I won’t let anyone go.”

Lu Yanzhou lowered his head indignantly, but he didn’t dare to resist anymore.

People in the Inspection Department: Their Section Chief is really good at training people!

The two of them haven’t eaten all day, so after going out, Xie Chengze immediately asked for food to be served.

This era conditions were limited, the ingredients are far less abundant than later generations, so it was also hard to get fresh ones. However, because today is new year eve, the two dinners were very sumptuous.

Boiled chicken, bacon, braised fish, vermicelli meatball soup…the table was full with the new year eve dinner.

When Lu Yanzhou saw this table of dishes, he just remembered that today is new year eve.

The Lu family left Chongcheng, his four bodyguards and Hu Zi have no family members, he is also busy…so much has occurred that he didn’t care about the new year.

However, now he can celebrate the new year with Xie Chengze, it’s pretty good.

Lu Yanzhou was very hungry, so soaking the rice in the soup, he dug in.

When the two have eaten and drank enough, it’s already past 8 pm.

Xie Chengze’s subordinate, some of which were natives of Chongcheng or have settled down in Chongcheng, all went home for the new year. However, there are also some people, who have no relatives or friends in Chongcheng, gathered in Xie Chengze’s residence to celebrate the new year.

Xie Chengze’s house is very big, so it can accommodate many people. Now these people just get together to play cards. They also asked Xie Chengze if he wanted to join.

Xie Chengze is not interested in such entertainment, so he turns to Lu Yanzhou: “Let’s go back to sleep.”

Lu Yanzhou followed him upstairs with a face full of humiliation.

People in the Inspection Department: Their section chief is so energetic, he did it all day and he could still do it at night.

Tsk. Tsk. That Lu Yanzhou is also quite pitiful. There were bite marks on his neck too, they just don’t like what he’ll look like.

It’s just that young people really care about face, there really is nothing unusual about his walk.

Xie Chengze really felt uncomfortable. When he said to sleep, it’s really simple sleep.

With Lu Yanzhou by his side, he can sleep well. He likes to sleep with Lu Yanzhou.

Although the two of them took a nap during the day, it’s not enough rest. They quickly fell asleep, and slept until the next day when the sun was bright.

It’s the new year!

Another rare good sleep…Xie Chengze couldn’t remember when was the last time.

Thinking about it, he was pulled into Lu Yanzhou’s arms. Lu Yanzhou’s eyes were still closed but he still kissed him skillfully.

Xie Chengze suddenly stretched out his hand to pinch Lu Yanzhou’s nose.

Lu Yanzhou woke up in a daze, looking at Xie Chengze puzzled.

Xie Chengze: “Have you ever had someone else before? Who is it?” He investigated Lu Yanzhou before, but he didn’t find anyone who had a relationship with Lu Yanzhou before. However, for a spy like Lu Yanzhou, if he really were cautious, no one would find anything.

Not to mention that Lu Yanzhou is not picky. He can spew out all kinds of love words to him.

Lu Yanzhou hurriedly said: “How could I have anyone before! I only ever liked you!”

Xie Chengze stared at Lu Yanzhou.

Lu Yanzhou kissed him directly.

They were messing around for two days, but they didn’t forget business. While Xie Chengze was getting dressed, he told Lu Yanzhou a few things he had learned recently.

Some of the information he got some time ago is now obsolete, however, these pieces of information are still valuable.

Lu Yanzhou said: “I’ll go out later to send the information out.”

Xie Chengze thought for a moment, then took out a suitcase from under the bed and threw it to Lu Yanzhou: “Take it and spend it.”

When Lu Yanzhou opened the suitcase, he was shocked. The suitcase was closely packed with western currency, it has to be at least 100,000!

“Give it all to me?” Lu Yanzhou asked subconsciously.

“I am here, the last thing I need is money.” Xie Chengze said.

He looks like he loves money to the outside world, so naturally many people give him money.

However, he actually has very little to spend money on.

As for sending the money to Chongcheng Command Station…When one of Hei She’s student contacted him before, he would send money to Chongcheng Command Station too.

As a result, he gave it away a few times, then they started asking for it, saying it was too little.

He didn’t care much about the money, and he didn’t feel bad about giving it out, but the attitude of the person who received the money made him uncomfortable.

So, when Zhu Haifeng re-established the command station in Chongcheng, and when he reconnected with Hei She, he stopped giving money. He only said that the money he got was used to please his superiors and bribe his subordinates.

The Inspection Department received money quickly. Some people will always give them money for no reason, so his subordinates also give him some of the ill-gotten money. So even if he sent out a lot, there are still many left.

He is willing to give Lu Yanzhou more things needed in life that couldn’t be bought to death.

What’s more, part of the money in this suitcase was given by Lu Tao when he came to pick up Lu Yanzhou.

“AZe, thank you!” Lu Yanzhou said immediately.

There are so many places where he could spends money! Zhou Duzhong is very short of money too!

Lu Yanzhou’s bodyguards and Hu Zi had already been released yesterday. Lu Yanzhou sent the information provided by Xie Chengze to Chongcheng Command Station on the pretext of seeing them out.

After finishing these, Lu Yanzhou returned to Xie Chengze’s residence.

When he was outside, he looked unhappy and stepped on the wooden stairs loudly, but when he went upstairs and entered Xie Chengze’s bedroom, he immediately smiled and leaned over to Xie Chengze, who was reading a book, and kissed Xie Chengze.

“Has the information been sent out?” Xie Chengze asked.

“Yes.”

“Then, can you stay at home with me?” The Inspection Department is also on holiday for the new year, so Xie Chengze is very free these days.

Of course, it was the opposite for the Secret Service. In order to find out useful information as soon as possible, Bureau Chief Li didn’t go home on New Year’s Eve yesterday and stayed in the Secret Service all the time.

“Of course, but I have to go out at night to give money to people.”

“Who do you want to send money to?” Xie Chengze asked with a frown.

Lu Yanzhou naturally didn’t hide it: “Give it to the Self-Defense Regiment.”

“You are still in contact with the Self-Defense Regiment?”

“Yes.” Lu Yanzhou scratched his hair, not knowing how to explain it.

However, Xie Chengze didn’t delve into it: “They are poor, you can send some money, but I have some bad news about the Self-Defense Regiment…Yan Country has sent a ruthless message about an all-round blockade of the Self-Defense Regiment after the New Year.”

Xie Chengze took advantage of the situation and said a few things about the Self-Defense Regiment.

“Aze, you have helped them a lot!” Lu Yanzhou was very happy.

“I’m helping you…How will you thank me?” Xie Chengze looked at Lu Yanzhou.

Lu Yanzhou said: “I will take good care of you at night.”

Xie Chengze was taken aback for a moment, and then began to look forward to the night.

It turned out that at night…

The service Lu Yanzhou was talking about turned out to be a massage!

Although it was indeed very comfortable, it was completely different from what he had imagined.

Granted, Lu Yanzhou also left after he finished massaging him too.

Xie Chengze: “…” Lu Yanzhou, does this count as throwing away after use?

He wants Lu Yanzhou to treat him better, does he need to give out more information and money?

Lu Yanzhou didn’t know that Xie Chengze had thought so much!

The house Xie Chengze lived in originally had a tunnel under it, and Xie Chengze had also remodeled it over the years…Lu Yanzhou left through the tunnel and walked towards Zhou Duzhong’s clinic.

He and Zhou Duzhong had other contact methods, but that method was only suitable for giving information, not money, so Lu Yanzhou could only make a trip in person.

In Zhou Duzhong’s clinic, Zhou Duzhong and the doctor have already fallen asleep.

Although Shancha gave them a sum of money not long ago to relieve their urgent needs, they are still very very short of money.

So in order to keep warm, Zhou Duzhong and the doctor could only sleep on the same bed.

However, even if it’s like this, it’s still cold…

Zhou Duzhong put the cotton-padded jacket between the two quilts and covered his body. When he finally warmed up a bit, he said to the doctor: “This year is really difficult!”

Zhou Duzhong owed a lot of money outside, his family couldn’t stand it, so they kicked him out. He was not allowed to go home for new year eve dinner.

He can only live in the clinic, living a miserable life with the doctor.

In the past, when the doctor worked diligently to open the clinic every day, they had income, even if they were poor, they would not go hungry.

However, previously the doctor went back for two months, so the clinic business was not so good when he came back to the clinic.

This left them almost without money to eat!

So, on the first day of the new year, the two of them could only use the leftover rice from last night and add water to cook it into ‘rice porridge’ to eat it with hot pickled mustard tuber.

Zhou Duzhong felt that he was quite pitiful.

The doctor said: “This year has been very good. We sent back so many cotton clothes, which can save a lot of people from freezing to death!”

Hearing what the doctor said, Zhou Duzhong also felt that he had a good year this year.

At least he has a house to live in, he can eat hot food, as well as cotton clothes and quilts.

“Unfortunately, the money is still not enough, and it so difficult to buy food now…” The doctor sighed.

Zhou Duzhong also sighed.

The two were about to fall asleep against the cold when there was a knock on the door outside.

Zhou Duzhong asked: “Is a debt collector here?”

The doctor replied without thinking: “No. No one will come to ask for debts on the first day of the first lunar month!”

After the two finished speaking, they suddenly realized that the knock on the door was rhythmic. They looked at each other and said in unison, “It’s Shancha!”

The two people who were too cold to get out of bed just now quickly got up and went downstairs to open the door.

The person who entered is Shancha.

“Comrade, do you have any new information?” The doctor looked at Lu Yanzhou eagerly.

After Lu Yanzhou came to see the doctor for the first time, he hadn’t seen this person again. He didn’t expect to meet him today: “There is new information.”

Lu Yanzhou told all the news he got from Xie Chengze.

The faces of the doctor and Zhou Duzhong changed drastically. If the Yan people really block them like that, their soldiers will have a hard time!

“By the way, I brought a sum of money. You should send it back as soon as possible.” Lu Yanzhou handed over the suitcase in his hand.

“You’ve already given us a lot of money, so you don’t need to give it anymore.” The doctor said quickly.

At this time, Lu Yanzhou had already opened the suitcase.

The doctor and Zhou Duzhong were stunned for a moment—they had never seen so much money growing up!

“This money was given to the organization by Zhaojun,” Lu Yanzhou smiled, “You guys accept it.”

Zhou Duzhong and the doctor looked at each other, and said gratefully: “Thank you! If you need any help in the future, just tell me!”

“We will.” Lu Yanzhou nodded seriously.

Lu Yanzhou left quickly.

There was an assassination aimed at Chongcheng Command Station just now, so the movement there was not small. Lu Yanzhou has decided not to meet Zhu Haifeng for at least a month, so as not to be targeted, so after returning to Xie Chengze’s place, Lu Yanzhou accompanied Xie Chengze for the new year and didn’t go out again.

Although he didn’t go out, he got a lot of outside information from the people in the Inspection Department.

For example, among those who were captured by the Secret Service, some had already confessed, and then Bureau Chief Li led people to raid the pig slaughterhouse.

“I didn’t expect the people from Chongcheng Command Station to hide in the pig slaughterhouse!”

“Zhu Haifeng was a scholar before, he really doesn’t care much!”

“As long as you can survive, who will pay attention to life and death?”

“I heard that the pig slaughterhouse stinks very badly. Zhu Haifeng had already run away when Bureau Chief Li went, but the pig feces were still there, and Bureau Chief Li stepped on it!”

…

Because the Inspection Department didn’t deal with the Secret Service, it paid special attention to the Secret Service, so now they’re gossiping about what the Secret Service has done these days.

Lu Yanzhou was listening, however, he didn’t take it seriously.

These are not secrets.

Even if it is a secret, it is also the Secret Service’s secrets.

“You listened quite seriously,” someone teased Lu Yanzhou, “What’s the use of listening to us talking about this? You should go to the dance hall to learn from them and find a way to serve our section chief well!”

Lu Yanzhou looked at him and sneered: “I don’t need to learn from others to file a complaint. Do you think I should file a complaint to your section chief for harassing me?”

The man’s expression changed instantly, begging for mercy again and again.

Although Lu Yanzhou looked displeased, the section chief had treated Lu Yanzhou well in the past few days.

For the new year’s eve, he even asked someone to capture the tailor who was going to close the door for a rest…No, welcome the tailor to come make some clothes for Lu Yanzhou.

The people in the Inspection Department didn’t dare to provoke Lu Yanzhou, so Lu Yanzhou snorted and went to find Xie Chengze.

Although Xie Chengze doesn’t have to work these days, he is still very busy. He needs to send money to his boss or those who know people who are higher than him for the new year.

Similarly, there will be people with lower status than him, who will come to him to pay New Year’s greetings and send money.

Xie Chengze doesn’t like this kind of communication, so he was more irritable during the new year.

However, this new year because of Lu Yanzhou’s existence, he slept very well, so his temper became better. He ate and drank all day, he even got a little fatter.

It was at this time that his injury finally healed.

In fact, his injury should have healed two days earlier, but unfortunately he ate too much with Lu Yanzhou and accidentally got diarrhea, so the injury was healed two days later.

Seeing that the injury was healed, Xie Chengze couldn’t wait to let Lu Yanzhou fulfill his promise: “You said before that you will do it again when the injury is healed!”

Lu Yanzhou directly hugged him to the bed, and then he was squeezed dry.

Xie Chengze is obviously very tired, but he still refuses to stop!

Of course Xie Chengze didn’t want to stop.

The last time he acted recklessly by himself, he was injured when he did it. Although it was a little fun, it was not very fun, it was far worse than when Lu Yanzhou took the initiative this time.

Secondly…he doesn’t know how many days he can enjoy it, so naturally he has to eat more when he can still eat!

Lu Yanzhou: “…” He needs to step up his training, the Xie Chengze in this world is really strong!

So, Lu Yanzhou got up early in the morning to exercise.

Seeing him exercising, Xie Chengze thought again.

Now that he thinks about it, go!

Xie Chengze said to Lu Yanzhou who was doing push-ups: “You stop for a moment, let me lie down, and then you do it on top of me.”

Lu Yanzhou: “…” In that case, how could he have the heart to do push-ups!

Xie Chengze couldn’t even get up, why is he still like this!

Lu Yanzhou and Xie Chengze closed their doors and lived their lives, but people were talking about them outside.

After all, they all pity Lu Yanzhou.

Early in the morning of new year’s eve, Xie Chengze took Lu Yanzhou back. He didn’t want Lu Yanzhou to have a good year!

Poor Lu Yanzhou was imprisoned by a traitor like Xie Chengze, so…

Several of Lu Yanzhou’s classmates even came to find Lu Yanzhou for this purpose.

Afraid that they would get into trouble, Lu Yanzhou drove them away.

After these people left, they were extremely moved: “Lu Yanzhou drove us away to protect us, right?”

“Definitely!”

“Lu Yanzhou is too miserable!”

“It’s a pity we can’t help him.”

…

On the other side, the people from Chongcheng Command Station, who were being chased by the Secret Service like a bereaved dog, also found some motivation from Lu Yanzhou that allowed them to persevere.

Lu Yanzhou is in such a miserable situation, but he is still alive. They must not be discouraged, they must not be discouraged!

No matter what, their current situation is better than Lu Yanzhou who is deeply trapped in the wolf’s den.

T/N: IDK whether to pity Zhouzhou or AZe (≖ᴗ≖)

1To turn from passive to active