Chapter Thirty-One: The Japanese Army's Search

  "Save me." A very faint voice came from under the wall.

  The cry for help from the base of the wall was very faint, so faint that Lin Feng could hardly hear it.

  In the dark night with no lights on, Lin Feng didn't know what kind of person was asking for help and didn't dare to be careless. He didn't immediately walk over but instead asked again: "What kind of person are you?"

  "Save me... Japanese army... they're chasing me..." The voice was very weak and intermittent.

  This time Lin Feng understood that this was an anti-Japanese element being pursued by the Japanese army, but he didn't know what aspect it was from. However, no matter what aspect it was from, they had to be rescued. After all, he himself had been a soldier and fought against the little devils (Japanese). As long as they were anti-Japanese elements, they should be his comrades-in-arms.

  Lin Feng had just made a decision when the back door was suddenly slammed shut, and there were voices outside "hustling and bustling" shouting in disorder, sounding like a lot of people.

  Lin Feng didn't dare to delay any longer, and hastily ran to the foot of the wall, pulling up a black shadow that was lying on the ground. He didn't even have time to take a closer look at what kind of person it was, and hurriedly dragged him into the woodshed beside the small hut.

  There was no way, the man was very weak and had no strength to walk on his own. Outside, it was chaotic with knocking on doors and shouting, definitely the Japanese army had arrived. Time was pressing, Lin Feng could no longer care about whether the man's weak body could withstand such dragging.

  Lin Feng dragged the man to the woodshed, opened the woodpile and put him inside, then covered him with straw. He instructed: "No matter what happens outside, don't come out." Only then did he leave.

  Lin Feng came out of the woodshed and didn't bother with what was happening at the back door, he directly returned to his own room, the matter over there would naturally be handled by someone else.

  Lin Feng lay on his bed in his own room pretending to sleep, and before long he heard a commotion outside.

  It turned out that Li Zhuanggui heard the noise and called several apprentices to come and see what was going on.

  Li Zhuang shouted in the courtyard: "Who is outside?"

  When they heard someone inside making a noise, they stopped knocking on the door, but the shouting grew louder and more chaotic, sounding like a fierce argument.

  Li Zhuanggui also couldn't understand bird language, so he instructed his partner to keep a close eye on the courtyard and went back to report to the old master.

  Just then, the shouting outside suddenly stopped. After a short while, someone shouted in Chinese: "People inside, listen! We are from the Garrison Command, and we have been ordered to search for destructive elements. Open the door quickly and accept our search!"

  Lin Feng heard the voice was sonorous and round, absolutely a genuine Chinese. He cursed secretly: "Another traitor, still searching for destructive elements, is an anti-Japanese element!"

  Li the shopkeeper was just about to turn around and go back to report to the old master, when he heard this sentence outside, so he turned his body again and shouted: "Do you know what kind of place this is? How did your search bring you here?"

  The outside was a bit quieter for a while, then that voice shouted again: "We know this is the warehouse of Mr. Lin Qingyuan, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, but one of the saboteurs we were chasing earlier disappeared here, and we suspect he ran into your warehouse. To assist the imperial army in capturing the saboteur and for the safety of your warehouse, please open the door and cooperate with the imperial army's search."

  Li Zhuanggui thought for a moment and said: "I can't make this decision, I have to go ask the master, you all wait a minute!"

  "Alright, then you go quickly, don't keep the imperial army waiting for too long."

  The outsiders also seemed reluctant to make things too awkward with the Lin family and urged them to agree.

  Later, Lin Feng heard his father coming, the door was opened, and the Japanese soldiers started searching noisily. Yuexiang argued with the Japanese soldiers who were about to enter her room...

  Lin Feng couldn't bear it anymore, he turned over and got out of bed, wearing only his underwear, sat at the head of the bed, pretending to be dazed, and shouted towards the outside: "Who is it? How can you make so much noise? Can't you let people rest? It's midnight!"

  "It's Young Master, it's a Japanese soldier. He says he's searching for destructive elements and insists on entering your room." Yuet Heung replied respectfully from outside the door.

  "What a nuisance, the Japanese are here and I couldn't even get a good sleep!" Lin Feng complained, then said, "Let them come in and search, after they're done searching, hurry up and scram, I'm extremely sleepy!"

  The door opened soon after, and two Japanese soldiers with guns rushed in.

  Yuexiang followed behind, turned on the light, and the room brightened up.

  It's possible that the two Japanese soldiers had received some kind of signal, and after entering, they didn't act too recklessly, but instead carefully searched every place, and when they didn't find anything suspicious, they left.

  Lam Fung heard the Japanese army making a ruckus outside again for a while before they all withdrew.

  The Japanese army withdrew, and Lin Feng finally let out a sigh of relief.

  Yuexiang hadn't left yet when she heard Young Master let out a long sigh and felt it was strange. She asked: "What's wrong, Young Master?"

  Lin Feng did not speak immediately, but instead carefully scrutinized Yuexiang with his piercing eyes, secretly thinking to himself.

  Lin Feng currently has no one around him who can be used, but from the events of tonight, it can be seen that Yuexiang is still very protective of herself, whether it's because she received a commission from her mistress to take care of herself or because she appreciates Lin Feng's respect for her brother's family last night and wants to return the favor.

  As a maid accompanying the young lady, Yuexiang also has some charm. Now being stared at by the young master, and it's late at night, with only the two of them in the room, and having heard rumors when she first entered the Lin household that this young master is a ladies' man, her heart is racing wildly. They say that maids who accompany their mistresses are just the same as concubines, could it be that the young master has had some thoughts tonight after being stimulated?

  The moon's gentle light makes her blush with shyness, and she lowers her head deeply.

  Seeing Moon Fragrance's expression, Lin Feng immediately realized that his gaze at her just now was too direct. The little girl probably thought of something crooked and smiled slightly without explaining, saying: "Moon Fragrance, come with me to a place."

  Lin Feng finished speaking and stood up, picking up the clothes draped over the head of the bed and putting them on.

  What? Still want to go out and not stay in the room, this is so embarrassing! Yuexiang stood still on the spot.

  Lin Feng put on his clothes and walked out, after two steps he didn't hear Yuetiang following him, so he stopped and turned around saying: "Hurry up, if we delay any longer it will be dawn."

  Yuexiang didn't raise her head, remained silent for a moment, then said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum: "Is it okay to just stay in the room?"

  When Lin Feng heard Yu Xiang's words, he was momentarily stunned, then suddenly understood and burst out laughing. He laughed so hard that Yu Xiang looked at him in confusion, before saying: "Little girl, what are you thinking? Come with me quickly, I'll take you to do something meaningful!"

  Lin Feng finished speaking and turned around to walk out, with a curved arc at the corner of his mouth.

  Yuexiang only then realized she had been thinking wrongly, and felt even more ashamed, one side secretly regretting in her heart, while the other side followed with opened footsteps.

  Yuexiang never thought that this step she took would lead her into Lin Feng's life, and together they experienced countless battles of gunfire and bloodshed, countless struggles for survival on the road, and at the same time, created a legendary life for herself.

  Lin Feng walked out of the house and saw that the yard was empty again, restored to its previous tranquility. He went straight to the woodshed.

  Yuexiang didn't understand what Young Master wanted to do, but still followed closely behind him.

  As he arrived at the door of the house, Lin Feng was just about to push it open when he suddenly felt as if a pair of eyes were staring at him from the darkness. He stopped his hand movement and turned his head around, a pair of bright eyes gleaming with sharp light scanning around in the dark.

  "What's wrong, young master?"

  Yuexiang was a little afraid of the dark, and following Lin Feng's footsteps made her a bit tense. Lin Feng suddenly turned his head back, startling her, and she involuntarily asked this sentence.

  Lin Feng looked around and didn't find anything unusual. He suspected that he was just being too tense, which led to hallucinations. So he said, "It's nothing, let's go in."

  Yuexiang didn't know what the young master was doing, bringing her to this dimly lit hut in the middle of the night, but because she had learned from past experiences, she didn't think wildly and simply followed him inside with a puzzled expression.

  Lin Feng brought Yue Xiang to the barn to see the person who had just been rescued.

  Lin Feng intended to let Yuesiang handle some things, but he didn't know if she was reliable, so he decided to test her with this matter first.

  Lin Feng pushed aside the pile of firewood, only to find that the person had already fainted. He squatted down to take a closer look, but was surprised to discover that it was someone he knew. He let out a cold snort and stood up.

  After entering, Yueshang only saw the young master peeling the woodpile. Due to the angle, the line of sight was blocked and did not find the person who was peeled out from the woodpile by Linfeng at first. However, when Linfeng stood up, a shadow of a person hiding in the woodpile appeared. It was seen that the person was motionless like a dead pig, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead, which scared him to shout "Ah" ...

  Lin Feng hastily covered Yuesiang's mouth with his hand and scolded: "What are you shouting!"

  Yuexiang trembled with fear as she pointed at the person, her eyes filled with terror.

  "Don't shout anymore, be careful to let others hear." Lin Feng reminded, seeing Yueshang nodded, only then did he release his hand and said: "With me here, what are you afraid of?"

  "Is... is he dead?" Yuxiang spoke with chattering teeth, apparently truly frightened.

  "Don't worry, I'm not dead yet, but it looks like I won't last much longer," Lin Feng said.

  "Is this the person the Japanese soldiers are looking for?" Yueliang suddenly remembered that the Japanese army would be coming to search tonight.

  "Hmm." Lin Feng acknowledged.

  "Do you want to save him?"

  "Don't save him, let's go and find two buddies to throw this guy out somewhere!" Lin Feng said with endless hatred in his tone, and then walked away.

  Yuexiang was puzzled, could it be that this person wasn't Young Master hiding here?

  Why did Lin Feng risk his life to save people before, but now he wants to throw them out?

  This has to start with the identity of that person, who is none other than one of the "Suffering Army" gang that persecuted Feng Jie in the first place, and it's the very same person Lin Feng suspected as the leader.