the innermost part of the heart

You must have enough physical strength so as not to delay tomorrow's fighting practice. "

"Don't worry, I promise to complete the study task." Ah Chu raised his eyebrows and replied with a smile.

Yu Xiaojiang was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and finally blurted out a sentence that had been hovering in his mind, "Ah Ci wouldn't laugh like that, nor would he be so glib."

Ah Chu was startled, the smile on his face gradually froze, and he finally withdrew it.

"I'm sorry, I..." Before Yu Xiaojiang could finish his apology, he was interrupted by Ah Chu's deep voice, "Yes, Instructor Yu, I will pay attention in the future." Frowning brows slightly, the corners of drooping lips were slightly pressed , and the sudden stiffness of the back of the neck, the posture of holding the cigarette in his hand, made Yu Xiaojiang in a trance for a moment, as if her Ah Ci had returned at that moment.

"Ah Ci..." A soft, sigh-like voice called out from Yu Xiaojiang's mouth, but it was just this sentence, they all knew that Ah Chu was "dead", and only Yang Muci was there from now on.Ah Chu even nodded slightly under her whisper, his appearance was exactly the same as that of Ah Ci.

Yu Xiaojiang turned his head suddenly, unable to meet such Ah Chu's eyes.This man, while suppressing his flying hair into a well-regulated appearance, also carried the heavy burden of A Ci Qianjin on his shoulders.It turns out that he and Ah Ci are the same in their bones, they are both people who take all the responsibility on themselves, and they don't care if they can bear it or not.

"Go to rest early!" Yu Xiaojiang said softly.

"Is this an order?" But he didn't want Ah Chu to answer her like this.

"It's a request." Yu Xiaojiang looked at Ah Chu again, his voice almost choked up.

Ah Chu nodded lightly, slightly raised the corners of his lips, his apologetic expression was almost exactly the same as that of Ah Ci, and then he lowered his head and went back to tap his Morse code.

Yes, it's a request, so he doesn't have to accept it.

Yu Xiaojiang got into bed with his clothes on before the tears fell again, and turned his face to a direction that Ah Chu couldn't see.

Early the next morning, as Yu Xiaojiang expected, Ah Chu didn't sleep all night.But Yu Xiaojiang didn't persuade them any more. After breakfast, they started fighting practice.Since the sound insulation of the room is not good, Yu Xiaojiang chose to fight with the upper body on the first day, and she just asked Ah Chu to keep the horse stance for the lower body.In order to insulate the sound and try to protect Ah Chu from getting hurt as much as possible, Yu Xiaojiang even wrapped thick towels around their arms, but even so, after a long time, Ah Chu's upper body still had many bruises.

In the afternoon, Ah Chu was reciting the Morse code at home, while Yu Xiaojiang went to the contact point of the detective office to check for any news. She even went to the vicinity of Songxue Street to see if anyone was looking for Ah Chu.But nothing.

On the second night, Yu Xiaojiang stopped persuading him. Anyway, she knew that she couldn't win the argument with Ah Chu, so she simply let him go.

But on the third night, Yu Xiaojiang became anxious. "You can't do this, you haven't slept in three days, your body can't bear it."

Ah Chu nodded, knowing that he couldn't do it like this, but, "I really can't sleep." As soon as I closed my eyes, Ah Ci's words "Brother, I'm sorry" would ring in my ears.

"Or, you are also like when Ah Ci left." Ah Chu stretched out his hand and compared, "Give me a while!"

Yu Xiaojiang shook his head, finally knowing how Ah Ci and Ah Chu changed their identities at the beginning, "The neck is an important part of the human body and cannot be injured repeatedly. You are a doctor, so you should know better than me."

Ah Chu nodded, got up and found a pack of needles, took out a longer one and handed it to Yu Xiaojiang. "Here," Ah Chu pointed to an acupuncture point on the back of the neck, "You give me a try."

"What if I made a mistake?" Yu Xiaojiang stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that Ah Chu came up with such a method.

"If you make a mistake, pull it out and tie it again." Ah Chu acted as if he had nothing to do with himself.

"Can't you think of a milder solution? For example, sleeping pills or something."

"Do you have any? Sleeping pills."

Yu Xiaojiang shook his head.

"Let's tie it!" Ah Chu sat on the edge of the bed, with his back to Yu Xiaojiang.

Yu Xiaojiang took a deep breath, stretched out his finger and pointed somewhere on the back of Ah Chu's neck, "Is it here?"

"Ah."

Yu Xiaojiang stuck it with a needle.

"Hmm." Ah Chu let out a muffled groan and fell down. He forgot to tell Yu Xiaojiang that the needles of traditional Chinese medicine are slowly twisted in little by little.

"Brother." Ah Ci!

"Why don't you leave..." No, I didn't mean to say this, stop him and keep him.

"I'm here to say goodbye to elder brother." No, don't say goodbye, Ah Ci. "Brother, can you..." Promise him, promise him, promise him everything.

"Don't worry about me, do what you should do." No, don't let him do what he should do, he is going to die.

"Brother... Take care, there will be a period later." No, no.

"There will be a period later." Don't go, don't go.

"Brother, I'm sorry!" No, Ah Ci, don't do this, don't be so cruel to me.

boom!

"Ah Ci!" Ah Chu yelled and woke up, sweat and tears had already flowed into her hairline.

"A Chu, what's wrong with you, A Chu?" Yu Xiaojiang, who was sleeping next to A Chu, woke up to A Chu's screams, and when he woke up, he saw A Chu hugging his knees, trembling with his head buried .She didn't know if he was crying, but she knew that he was cold and shaking all the time, and looking at his watch, he had only slept for more than three hours.

"A Chu, what's the matter?" When Ah Chu finally stopped shaking, Yu Xiaojiang lowered his voice and asked again cautiously.

"It's okay, it's just a nightmare." Ah Chu wiped his face clean with his sleeve, and then raised his head to face Yu Xiaojiang, with a forced smile and pale face. "Go to sleep, I'll take a shower."

"It's so late, don't go out." The house they live in is shabby, and even the kitchen and bathroom are public, outside the room, let alone the bathroom?Yu Xiaojiang was worried that Ah Chu would go out alone so late. "I'll get you some water, wipe your face!" There was a thermos bottle in the room, and Yu Xiaojiang was about to get off the ground as he said that.

"I'll do it myself, you go to sleep!"

Yu Xiaojiang looked at the sky, shook his head, "No, it's almost dawn." After Ah Chu calmed down, he waited for more than two hours.

"I'm sorry to disturb you."

Yu Xiaojiang was silent for a while, and finally said in a voice so small that only the two of them could hear, "It doesn't matter if you disturb me or not, but do you know that no one wakes up in the middle of the night calling out their name, If there are enemies lurking around, you're exposing yourself."

Ah Chu stared wide-eyed, staring at Yu Xiaojiang for a full minute, finally lowered his eyes, nodded fiercely, "I see."

"Ah Chu..."

"Instructor Yu," Ah Chu interrupted Yu Xiaojiang, "Ah Ci knows he made a mistake, and he will never do it again." His tone was sonorous and forceful, just like Ah Ci's stubborn appearance when he made a mistake back then.

"You..." Yu Xiaojiang caught his breath in his throat and almost choked on tears, but he couldn't say another word.

"I'm going to wash my face." After finishing speaking, Ah Chu got out of bed and went to fetch water.

Using the water left in the thermos bottle to wash himself with a towel, and after wiping his face, Ah Chu was about to go out to pour water, but was stopped by Yu Xiaojiang. "Let me go, and boil water by the way."

Ah Chu reached out and grabbed Yu Xiaojiang's elbow, and tapped on Yu Xiaojiang's arm with his index finger: I'll go with you.

Yu Xiaojiang looked back in shock, unexpectedly, Ah Chu had memorized all the Morse codes in just three days.So in order to verify, Yu Xiaojiang stretched out his hand and tapped on the back of Ah Chu's hand: "Alright, let's get familiar with the environment by the way."

But Ah Chu was a beginner after all, and he tilted his head slightly to reflect for a while before he finally understood coherently.So he nodded to Yu Xiaojiang.And continue to knock on Yu Xiaojiang's arm: In order to adapt as soon as possible, we can use this method more often.

Yu Xiaojiang: You can stay at home, but try not to do anything suspicious when you go out.

Ah Chu: Of course.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and went out.

After pouring water, boiling water, and getting familiar with the surroundings, the two of them bought a simple breakfast before returning home.Along the way, Yu Xiaojiang briefly explained the surrounding environment to Ah Chu at a volume that only two people could hear, such as where are the commanding heights that are easy to block, where are blind spots that are easy to hide and monitor, and where are easy to exchange information, including Yu Xiaojiang also told Ah Chu In the beginning, she would go to the meeting place two streets away every afternoon to collect information from the detective department, and report her situation every three days.As for the CCP’s underground party, if they don’t see a special signal sign, they will temporarily sleep, that is, they will not communicate for a short time. "This is to ensure our safety." Yu Xiaojiang explained.

"Do you remember everything?" Yu Xiaojiang asked in a low voice while putting breakfast on the dining table when he got home.

"Well," Ah Chu carefully recalled all the roads he walked in the early morning, and nodded. "take note of it."

"This is just the most basic, more detailed, you have to slowly explore in practice, the road conditions are different every day, the lighting is also different, people are even more different, you have to observe for yourself." Yu Xiaojiang set the table and chopsticks, "Let's have breakfast first!"

"Okay." Ah Chu sat down, picked up the bowl, but only had two mouthfuls of porridge, and suddenly put down his chopsticks and covered his chest with one hand.

"What's wrong with you?" Yu Xiaojiang also stopped eating.

Ah Chu shook his head lightly. Before he could speak, the porridge in his mouth sprayed out before he could swallow it. The porridge that came out was pink, and at the same time, a trace of red liquid flowed out from his nose. "Ah Ci!" Yu Xiaojiang put down the bowl and chopsticks, and ran to Ah Chu's side.

Ah Chu was very satisfied with Yu Xiaojiang's address, so he smiled slightly, pressed Yu Xiaojiang's hand with his hand, and tapped it with Morse code