Seeing Lin Bingchun so tense, Chen Ze knew that these people must be exceedingly important to him.
He raised a hand slightly, signaling Lin Bingchun not to be nervous. "General Lin, I am asking this not because I intend to make anything of them, much less use them to threaten you. I simply wish to keep them safe.
I imagine the people you worry about have already been placed under the Dagan Emperor's close surveillance, haven't they?"
Lin Bingchun's face darkened. His hands clenched into fists, his knuckles whitening with force, his eyes brimming with worry and fury.
He had long anticipated that the Dagan Emperor would keep watch over those he cared about. He had merely never expected that day to come so soon.
Trapped here, he had utterly lost the ability to protect them. His heart was filled with helplessness and indignation.
Seeing this, Chen Ze soothed him softly. "General Lin, do not worry. Since I have promised to keep them safe, I will certainly keep my word.
You need only tell me where they are. I have my ways of secretly bringing them out and properly settling them somewhere safe."
Lin Bingchun's brow furrowed deeply, his gaze full of hesitation. After a long silence, he finally gritted his teeth and spoke slowly. "Lin Xiaoqing is my daughter. She should be at Yasong Tower in Longqing City right now. She is the proprietor there.
There is another person named Zhang Lejian in the city as well. He runs Old Zhang's Handicraft Workshop in the western part of the city.
I will trust you this once. Do not break your word."
Upon hearing Lin Bingchun name the two, Chen Ze's expression froze slightly. What a coincidence?
The only two people he had come to know in Longqing City both