In another room, Wang Zhizhi was banging on the door.

The next second, the door was suddenly pushed open, and she looked up like a startled bird, bumping into Lian Xiao's face, which was bruised but still handsome.

The scars didn't diminish his handsomeness; instead, they added a touch of untamed wildness.

"What...what exactly do you want to do?" Her voice trembled like a leaf.

Lian Xiao glanced back at Jiang Linchuan. "Did you hear that? She's asking you."

A cold command came from outside the door: "Cover her mouth, grab her, and come with me."

"Did you hear that?" Lian Xiao sneered, stepped forward and grabbed Wang Zhizhi by the collar. "Let's go!"

"Let me go! This is against military regulations!" Wang Zhizhi struggled desperately.

"Rules?" Lian Xiao raised an eyebrow, his eyes full of disdain. "Rules don't work against scourges like you. Besides, I am the rule!"

He covered Wang Zhizhi's mouth tightly and followed Jiang Linchuan to the empty courtyard next door.

As soon as I entered, I saw Li Xingzhou twisting and turning on the earthen bed.

Lian Xiao clicked his tongue twice, "What's wrong with him? Spring hasn't even arrived yet."

Jiang Linchuan picked up the remaining food on the table and handed it over, saying, "Feed Wang Zhizhi this, and she will become just like Li Xingzhou."

His voice was calm, yet chillingly cold: "This is what they want to do to Xu Xinghe, to tarnish her innocence with such despicable methods."

"Damn it!" Lian Xiao exploded instantly.

The girl he promised to protect, how dare someone use such disgusting methods to scheme against her!

Anger surged to his head, and he grabbed the box of food that had gone cold, shoving it into Wang Zhizhi's mouth. "Eat it! If you don't eat it, I'll force it down your throat. You deserve to choke to death!"

Wang Zhizhi cried so hard that her face was covered in tears and snot, but she was forced to swallow it down in the end.

Before long, she too began to stare blankly, writhing on the kang (a heated brick bed) with a burning sensation all over her body.

Lian Xiao threw her over in disgust.

The two of them were locked in a tight embrace in the blink of an eye, a scene so intense it hurt the eyes.

Jiang Linchuan turned and walked out of the room. "The logistics department and the hospital are still open at this time. Someone will come over."

"I think I know what you're going to do." Lian Xiao reached out his hand. "Give me a handkerchief, quick."

Jiang Linchuan tossed him a clean handkerchief and said in a deep voice, "To the outside world, I'm on a mission, and you're recovering from your injuries. Don't worry about them revealing the truth."

Lian Xiao wiped his hands and sneered, "Even if I told you, no one would believe me. Fine, I'll just watch the show from here."

Jiang Linchuan didn't respond and went to a more secluded place.

He also wanted to stay and watch this farce end, making sure they both got what they deserved.

It was already seven o'clock in the evening, and the sky was completely dark.

The lights in the logistics department were still on. After Wang Chunmei and the others finished tidying up the last of the ledgers, they went out in groups to go home.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, miscellaneous tasks piled up like mountains, but no one complained of being tired. On the contrary, they were full of energy, their eyes shining with anticipation for the holiday.

Having spent a long time in the military, I'm not afraid to go out even in the middle of the night.

Have you prepared all the New Year's goods?

"All done!"

How many people are going back to visit relatives in other places this year?

"There aren't many. The tickets for the comrades from other places to go back have already been bought for them. We locals will stay at the military headquarters and go home for the New Year's Eve reunion."

As they were talking, a strange sound drifted over on the wind; it was sticky and particularly jarring.

Wang Chunmei, with her sharpest ears, abruptly stopped talking. "Hey, did you hear that?"

"What's that noise?" The military wife next to her took off her woolen hat and listened carefully. "There really is! It sounds like it's coming from that empty yard over there."

"No one lives in that house. Could someone have fallen down?"

"Let's go take a look!"

A group of people hurried toward the empty courtyard. Wang Chunmei, holding a flashlight, walked at the front. With a creak, she pushed open the half-closed wooden door, and a beam of light swept into the room.

The next second, she cried out in surprise, quickly covering her eyes, but her fingers couldn't help but peek through a crack. "My God! What is this?!"

"What happened? What happened?" The people behind squeezed forward curiously, and after seeing the scene inside the room, they all gasped in shock.

"My goodness, isn't this Li Xingzhou and Wang Zhizhi?"

"Aren't they cousins? How did they end up together? It's disgusting!"

"It's freezing cold outside, aren't you afraid of getting sick from the cold?"

Wang Chunmei quickly turned around and shoved the crowd, "Stop looking! Aren't you afraid of getting styes? Go and call someone to separate them! Even if it's their own business, they should go back to their own rooms. What are they doing in this empty house? Whoever moves in here will be disgusted!"

A military wife, quick on her feet, turned and ran towards a nearby courtyard.

Before long, several older soldiers rushed over. Wang Chunmei had already found a tattered quilt and haphazardly covered the two entangled people with it, at least providing some cover.

"Quick! Pull them apart!"

Several married men and women stepped forward and, with great effort, managed to separate Li Xingzhou and Wang Zhizhi.

A cold wind blew in through the open door, carrying with it the sounds of the crowd's chatter. The two of them felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over their heads, jolting them back to reality.

Upon seeing the figures around them and the cold, tattered blankets covering them, Li Xingzhou and Wang Zhizhi's faces instantly turned ashen.

Wang Chunmei's face was full of disgust. "Tsk, you guys, even if you can't help yourself, you should go back to your own homes. What kind of nonsense is this!"

Li Xingzhou opened his mouth to explain, but his mind went blank, and he couldn't think of an excuse for the moment.

No, perhaps the current situation is the best excuse.

They couldn't help themselves; they were shameless. But this kind of reputation is better than drugging someone!

One is immoral, the other is illegal.

Wang Zhizhi opened her mouth as if to say something, but Li Xingzhou held her down.

Once they mention Jiang Linchuan, the drugging incident will no longer be a secret!