Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

After the order was given, Zhao Dong and the other three immediately stepped forward, took out a rope, and waved it in front of Jia Zhangshi.

"Are you coming with us on your own, or are we helping you leave?"

At this moment, Jia Zhangshi finally felt fear and looked to Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui, who had just arrived, for help.

However, Cao Xu's attitude was too forceful, and none of Yi, Liu, and Yan dared to step forward to stop him.

In the end, Jia Zhangshi was escorted out by two security guards.

Another person packed up the swill bucket, brazier, candles, and unburned paper money from the backyard and took them away as evidence.

Only Cao Xu and Zhao Dong remained at the scene.

"Everyone, I'm sorry to bother you so late at night."

"If there's nothing else, everyone should go home and settle down as soon as possible."

After saying that, Cao Xu and Zhao Dong left the Jia family home.

After leaving the compound, Cao Xu gave Zhao Dong some instructions.

"After you get back, tell Deputy Team Leader Cheng that most of the things He Yuzhu brought out were given to the Jia family."

"We've already stirred up the enemy, so we should try to get as much information as possible out of the way."

"If necessary, we can use some methods, but we must be careful in our approach and avoid leaving any evidence against us."

Zhao Dong nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, team leader. Our security department can interrogate even enemy agents, let alone a few small fry like these."

Cao Yang reached out and patted Zhao Dong on the shoulder.

"Go on, and do a good job!"

"Oh, and please tell my brothers they've worked hard, and that'll be breakfast tomorrow..."

Cao Yang raised his hand to look at his watch; it was already 12:15.

"I'll take care of today's breakfast!"

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When Cao Xu returned to the courtyard, everyone had already left, but some faint whispers could still be heard.

Walking to the backyard, seeing the lights still on in the Xu family's house, he stepped inside.

After entering the house, Cao Xu went straight to the wardrobe, took out a set of Lou Xiao'e's clothes, then turned off the lights, closed the door, and left the Xu family.

After returning to the room, Cao Xu closed the door and went to the bedside.

Lou Xiao'e was already asleep, but there were still traces of tears at the corners of her eyes.

He placed Lou Xiao'e's clothes on the desk next to him and went back to the outer room to wash up.

After washing up, he added some coal to the stove to ensure the fire would stay lit that night.

When Cao Xu returned to the inner room, he saw Lou Xiao'e still lying on the bed, but half of the quilt had been kicked off.

Arriving at the bedside, he looked at Lou Xiao'e, who was sleeping soundly, and shook his head helplessly.

After the blanket was kicked off, the spots on Lou Xiao'e's clothes that had been splashed with swill were clearly exposed.

Looking at the stained coat and trousers, and the faint, unpleasant odor, Cao Xu reached out his wicked hand.

Lou Xiao'e noticed something was wrong, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and saw that the buttons on her clothes were undone.

"what are you doing?"

Cao Xu pointed to the clothes that had been half taken off.

"My clothes got splashed with swill. If I don't take them off, I'm afraid I won't be able to use this blanket tomorrow."

Lou Xiao'e blushed slightly upon hearing this.

"I will do it myself."

Lou Xiao'e sat up and took off her coat.

As she reached to pull down her pants, she noticed that Cao Xu was still watching her.

“You…you turn around.”

Cao Xu couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Lou Xiao'e's somewhat girlish demeanor.

However, Cao Xu didn't tease her and cooperated by turning around.

"Okay, I'll turn around."

Soon, Cao Xu heard Lou Xiao'e's voice.

"Alright, turn back now."

After turning around, Cao Xu looked at Lou Xiao'e, who had returned to bed, with only her head sticking out.

"Feeling much better now, right?"

After saying that, Cao Xu walked to the side and started unbuttoning his clothes.

"What are you doing taking off your clothes?"

Cao Xu turned around and said.

"Big sister, I'm taking off my clothes to sleep."

"I've been tossing and turning all night, I haven't closed my eyes for almost twenty hours."

Lou Xiao'e ultimately couldn't bring herself to tell Cao Xu to sleep fully clothed, knowing that Cao Xu was indeed tired today.

"Then, I'll go inside."

Cao Xu stepped forward and held Lou Xiao'e down.

"You can sleep outside, it's cold inside."

Soon, Cao Xu changed his clothes, turned off the lights, got into bed, and went to sleep.

Lou Xiao'e felt a pair of warm hands reaching out to her, and then Cao Xu pulled her into his arms.

Lou Xiao'e, feeling uneasy, was about to speak when she heard Cao Xu's magnetic voice enter her ears.

"Jia Zhangshi has been taken away by the security department. She probably won't have time to sleep tonight."

Upon hearing this, Lou Xiao'e's heart immediately calmed down.

She turned around, took the initiative to hug Cao Xu, and whispered.

"Thank you!"

Cao Xu looked at the beauty in his arms and said softly.

There's no need for thanks between us.

After saying that, Cao Xu lowered his head and kissed Lou Xiao'e, and Lou Xiao'e wrapped her arms around Cao Xu's neck.

Before long, the room was filled with the vibrant colors of spring, the fiery glow of the fireplace making the whole room feel like springtime.

Chapter 35 Evidence in Hand, Xu Damao Beats Jia Zhangshi

In winter, the sun also takes a nap, and it's already seven o'clock and you still can't see it.

After washing up, Cao Xu rubbed his aching lower back and muttered to himself.

We should take it easy from now on. There's no need to rush into it in a single day.

Cao Xu went into the inner room, took a coat from the wardrobe, and glanced at Lou Xiao'e, who was still fast asleep.

Being a man is tiring; being a good man is even more tiring.

After tucking her in by the bedside, Cao Xu put on his clothes and went outside.

After going outside, Cao Xu found that there were already quite a few people in the courtyard.

Although many people didn't go to bed until after midnight last night, they still got up very early this morning.

They might go out to buy breakfast, get up to make breakfast, or start washing clothes early in the morning.

"Cao Xu, time to go to work."

"Team Leader Cao, have you eaten yet?"

"Xiao Cao, you're out so early. Your security department must be working really hard!"

Cao Xu responded to the people who greeted him with a smile.

After leaving the compound, he went to the state-run restaurant in the neighborhood and bought a bag of meat buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk.

Fried dough sticks were alright, as long as you had grain coupons, but meat buns definitely required both grain coupons and meat coupons.

These thirty meat buns used up all the meat coupons he had left for the month.

Upon arriving at the security department, Cao Xu ran into Zhao Dong, who had just come out of the interrogation room.

"Dongzi, you've come at the perfect time."