Chapter 63: Behind the Fog

  Fortunately, Zhou Yu's hearing was far superior to that of ordinary people, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to hear Hu Mei's humming voice. However, no matter how capable Zhou Yu was, he wouldn't be able to guess the desperate cry in Hu Mei's heart! If he knew, who knows what kind of tricks Zhou Yu would come up with?!

  Does your back wound still hurt? Zhou Yu rubbed his hands together and asked Hu Mei with a tense face.

  It's already healed, but there's a slight itch. The pain is gone, but will it leave a scar? Hu Mei asked Zhou Yu with some concern.

  Don't worry, it won't leave any scars. Besides, with a mark like that, you won't be able to lose it anyway! Zhou Yule chuckled and teased Hu Mei.

  Big brother you are so bad, I won't talk to you anymore! Hu Mei angrily protested against Zhou Yu, and after finishing speaking, she deliberately turned her small face to one side.

  Under such circumstances, Zhou Yu was still very cooperative. Alright, alright, it's all big brother's fault, big brother apologizes to you, okay?! Zhou Yu hastily and pitifully begged for forgiveness from Hu Mei repeatedly.

  Hmph! This is more like it! Hu Mei finally looks like a victorious general, holding her small head high, striking a triumphant pose in front of Zhou Yu.

  Zhou Yu knew that Hu Mei's wound was basically fine, with her own blood present, although it had been diluted a lot, but the powerful disease-resistant ability it possessed was still effective!

  With a good mood, Hu Mei's recovery was relatively stable. Sometimes, love can be very powerful, powerful enough to forget everything in the world, forget the passage of time; powerful enough to change one's fate, change the world, and even more so, change Hu Mei's temperament!

  Like this, Zhou Yu accompanied Hu Mei in the hospital every day, "playing with emotions and counting love"! The small days passed quite comfortably, and before long it was already the end of February. Hu Mei's body had also recovered more or less, and a few days ago she moved from the hospital to Zhou Yu's large villa in Yuebei.

  Zhou Yu's villa in the Viet Bac Trung Uong military base was identical to Zhou Yu's villa in Hawaii, with exactly the same layout, as they were designed and built at the same time, so it looked like a mold carved out of one.

  In the villa, Hu Mei could also get out of bed and walk around. The news of Hu Mei's injury, she never allowed Zhou Yu to tell her father Hu Xueyan. She was afraid that if Hu Xueyan knew about it, he would take her back to Shanghai, and then she wouldn't be able to see her Big Brother Zhou every day. It took a lot of effort for this big fool to finally understand, can't waste the good times!

  The two people now are like opium addicts, if they don't see each other for a day, their hearts feel like they're being clawed by a cat, although it hasn't developed to the point of physical intimacy, but the spiritual worlds of the two have already merged together, Platonic love is nothing more than this!

  The main reason for this phenomenon is still because Zhou Yu's thoughts are haunting, because Zhou Yu can't put down the perspective of later generations, that is to say, Hu Mei is too young now, wait until she grows up and then talk about it, the flowers of the motherland are better when they bloom!

  After returning from the hospital, Zhen also stopped her fantasies about Zhou Yu. She felt that Zhou Yu didn't have any romantic feelings towards her, only a courteous greeting! At the same time, she also felt that there was a huge difference between herself and Zhou Yu. So she decided to turn back now!

  Zhou Yu's plan for the French army in Da Nang, Vietnam has also entered its final stage. The various combat troops of the Zhongyong Army have all taken their positions. Ten troop ships with non-motorized power were also rushed to completion and underwent targeted exercises, awaiting only the final action.

  On this day, Zhou Yu and Hu Mei were whispering in the villa, studying the structure of the human body. A tactless guy suddenly visited, disturbing the world of Zhou Yu and Hu Mei.

  The visitor was Tian Ergou, not the old troublemaker Zhang Long. Tian Ergou ran over alone and said he had something important to discuss with Zhou Yu, so Hu Mei left quietly.

  Zhou Yu sat on his own invention, a large sofa, and asked Tian Ergou: "Ergou, how's your ghost fleet preparation going? We're about to take action soon, and your ghost fleet is the main force!"

  Tian Ergou did not answer Zhou Yu's question, but instead knelt down in front of him with a thud and sobbed: Principal, I am sorry for the Zhongyong Army, and even more sorry for your deliberate cultivation. Please shoot me! As he spoke, he continued to kowtow to Zhou Yu, even when his forehead was bleeding, he did not stop.

  Lift your head up, didn't you forget what I once told you?...

  As a member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, we must stand up straight and live with dignity. We must be a good son of China who can hold his head high and stand on his own feet. Kneeling to heaven, earth and parents is not our style!

  What's wrong with you! You're making a big fuss over nothing!

  I... I'm sorry to you! Tian Ergou ignored Zhou Yu's rebuke and continued to knock his head against the ground, even handing over his black star pistol to Zhou Yu, asking him to execute him, but he still didn't say what he did wrong.

  You don't say anything and let me speak, what a useless thing! Are you here to make a fuss about being hurt or something?

  And you were also sent to the Black Flag Army by Cixi more than 10 years ago, weren't you? As a secret agent of the Qing imperial court, Lingling Gou. Cixi wanted you to get rid of General Liu Yongfu at the right time! Now you have lost contact with the Qing dynasty as well!

  I've been waiting for you to say this yourself! If I hadn't seen your reformed behavior, I would have shot you dead long ago. Do you think you can still be so arrogant now?

  Every time Zhou Yu says a sentence, Tian Ergou's heart is even more shocked, and he feels like he has nothing to say in front of Zhou Yu.

  Tian Ergou was indeed the ultimate killer, Lingling Dog, used by Cixi to deal with Liu Yongfu. However, with the arrival of Zhou Yu in the later period, Tian Ergou was instilled with some advanced nationalist ideas and thoroughly integrated into the Zhongyong Army, even forgetting his other identity as a palace spy, Lingling Dog.

  It just so happened that Zhou Yu knew Tian Ergou was a secret agent of the imperial court. In Hawaii, Zhou Yu had Tian Ergou demoted to a troop for training, and at that time, Tian Ergou trained desperately every day, returning late to Zhou Yu's villa to rest.

  But when he was extremely exhausted, he always talked in his sleep, and what he said was more or less the same: I don't want to be a spy for Manchu, I don't want to betray the Zhongyong Army. And even less do I want to harm Principal!

  With Zhou Yu's keen sense of hearing, Tian Ergou's dream talk was all heard by Zhou Yu without missing a single word. At first, Zhou Yu listened and found it strange that Tian Ergou was talking nonsense!

  When interrogating Zhao Gang last time, it was learned that Cixi had sent a spy called Lingling Dog to infiltrate the Black Flag Army long ago. Zhou Yu had already sensed that Tian Ergou was the so-called Lingling Dog.

  But on the one hand, Tian Ergou did not do anything to betray the Zhongyong Army, and on the other hand, Zhou Yu had a deep brotherly affection for Tian Ergou, and he couldn't bear to capture him. Zhou Yu wanted to give Tian Ergou an opportunity to speak out himself.

  Nowadays Tian Ergou did not disappoint Zhou Yu after all, and personally ran to confess to Zhou Yu.

  Through Tian Ergou's tearful narrative, Zhou Yu finally knew the whole story.

  Tian Ergou was actually a loyal guard raised by Empress Dowager Cixi, he didn't have any parents, from the time he could remember, he had been trained strictly under Cixi's supervision. Because Tian Ergou's nose was as sensitive as a dog's, he could quickly identify any smell he had sniffed before. So Cixi named him Lingling Gou (Lingling Dog), and in the Qing Dynasty, he gained Cixi's trust.

  Later, he was sent to Vietnam and renamed Tian Ergou. His so-called parents and family members who were killed were actually secret agents of the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately, they were unintentionally killed by the French army.

  Tian Ergou, who had been instilled with the idea of foolish loyalty by Cixi since childhood, was confused by what he saw and heard in Vietnam. Later, after having new ideas, he suddenly woke up and fortunately, he had never done anything that harmed others or violated justice before.

  Tian Ergou made a vow to bid farewell to the Qing dynasty after careful consideration when he was serving as Zhou Yu's orderly.

  If it weren't for Hu Mei's injury, Tian Ergou was prepared to hide his identity as a spy forever. He feared that if Zhou Yu found out, he would be disgusted with him and abandon him. In Tian Ergou's heart, Zhou Yu was more than just a leader.

  In Tian Ergou's mind, Zhou Yu was his reborn parents, his sky, and even his pillar. He didn't want to see the disappointment in Zhou Yu's eyes, nor did he want Zhou Yu to feel sad for his sake, so he chose silence.

  After Hu Mei was injured, Tian Ergou also hesitated. Several times in the hospital, he wanted to confess to Zhou Yu, but his hesitant attitude delayed him.

  With a big battle against the French army looming, Tian Ergou couldn't calm down, fearing that his own state of mind would hinder Zhou Yu's important matters. So he finally gathered the courage to come see Zhou Yu today, confess everything and await his verdict.

  Zhou Yu patted the sofa and asked Tian Ergou to sit down, but Tian Ergou shook his head and stood aside with his hands hanging down. Zhou Yu just let it be.

  Let bygones be bygones, you are still my good brother Tian Ergou. From now on, the old Lingling dog is dead, and there is only Commander Tian Ergou of the Zhongyong Army's Ghost Fleet.

  But I don't want you to have any ideological burdens, follow me and do a good job in the revolution. Past events are not your fault, everyone has a past, everyone makes mistakes, it's not terrible to make mistakes, what's terrible is knowing that you've made a mistake but still making the same mistake again and again, that's unforgivable!

  Let's just leave it at that and I don't want anyone else to know about this whole thing, you understand what I mean?

  All right... Principal, I will not disappoint the principal's kindness! Zhou Yu's understanding moved Tian Ergou from the heart and also relaxed his whole body. He excitedly stuttered to Zhou Yu to guarantee.

  Zhou Yu smiled in satisfaction, as Tian Ergou was the first person he had met in this strange world. Zhou Yu felt an inexplicable sense of closeness to him, and after everything had been resolved, he also felt extremely relieved.

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