Chen Xiangling hid her fear in her heart and showed her anxiety on her face.

Zhang Yunhe took out a cigarette, lit it, and opened the window to check the situation of the surrounding houses.

He said, "This place is no longer safe, but you can't move yet. If you move, the spies watching nearby will definitely become suspicious of you. But you're already wanted by the Special High Technology Bureau. They've seen your face, so just in case, you have to put makeup on your face!"

Chen Xiangling thought for a moment and said, "You're right. This is the French Concession after all. The Special High Technology Bureau wouldn't dare to come here and search openly, but they can think of other ways to investigate!"

Zhang Yunhe said, "I've already told the landlady that you're my cousin, suffering from tuberculosis. You came here from the countryside for treatment and are staying here temporarily. So you need to dress up as a tuberculosis patient. Because of the unique nature of this disease, it can effectively prevent outsiders from getting close to you. If you use makeup, you should be able to hide it!"

"Can you put on your own makeup?"

Chen Xiangling said: "I may not be able to put on makeup to look beautiful, but I can still do it if I put on makeup to look ugly!"

Zhang Yunhe shook his head and said, "You need to put on makeup to look like a patient. People should know at a glance that you are seriously ill, and you must not let the spies recognize you!"

"This is a bit difficult!" Chen Xiangling said worriedly.

Zhang Yunhe thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go buy some makeup products, and you can try them yourself first and see how they work!"

"All right!"

Zhang Yunhe added, "You can't leave the radio here. It's too dangerous. I'll keep it for you. Don't touch it again until you recover. Otherwise, leave here and go wherever you want. Don't get me into trouble!"

"That won't do. What if I need to contact my superiors for something urgent and I can't find you?" Chen Xiangling said anxiously.

"What do I care about you? If you want to die, go somewhere else, not here. I don't want to be buried with you!" After saying that, Zhang Yunhe bent down, pulled out the suitcase from under the bed, and walked away.

"You..." Chen Xiangling was so angry that she hit the bed with her little fists, but she could only watch Zhang Yunhe take the radio away.

When going downstairs, Zhang Yunhe saw that the radio detection vehicle in the alley opposite was still parked there motionless. It seemed that the Japanese spies were stuck here.

While driving, Zhang Yunhe was thinking about the spies' possible next move. They might stay here until they detect the radio signal again, or they might not be able to help but start looking for ways to investigate after waiting for a day or two.

As for the method of investigation, in the Chinese area on the other side of the street, the Japanese can conduct large-scale searches without restraint, but they cannot do so in the French Concession, and the French Concession will not allow them to do so.

However, the Japanese spies could disguise themselves as personnel from water and electricity units and enter each household to check water meters, electricity meters and pipeline lines, or directly ask the police to check the area on the grounds of checking household registration and tenants.

Although the French police had no obligation to help the Japanese do such things, in order to prevent the Japanese from having an excuse to send their troops into the French Concession, they had signed an agreement with the Japanese. The police were to arrest the underground party and the Blue Shirts Society and crack down on their activities.

When he arrived at the department store, Zhang Yunhe bought a bunch of women's cosmetics and various tools in several shops. On his way back, he bought some Chinese medicine for treating tuberculosis at a Chinese medicine shop, and went to a Western medicine store to buy some Western medicine used by Western doctors of that era to treat tuberculosis.

Western medicines used to treat tuberculosis in this era basically had no obvious effect. Although isoniazid was synthesized as early as 1912, people had no idea that it had a strong anti-tuberculosis effect, and isoniazid was not available on the market.

Streptomycin had not yet been developed, and these two drugs were the first-line drugs for treating tuberculosis.

On the contrary, traditional Chinese medicine is much more effective in treating tuberculosis than Western medicine of this era, but the cure rate is not very high. However, using traditional Chinese medicine to treat tuberculosis can greatly alleviate the symptoms caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the human body.

Many celebrities have suffered from tuberculosis. They used traditional Chinese medicine for treatment, coupled with proper recuperation, and the treatment effect was good. Their lifespan was greatly extended, and many of them lived to their sixties or seventies.

In order to perform the whole play, Zhang Yunhe bought a coal stove, a clay pot for decocting medicine, a bowl for drinking medicine and two baskets of coal slag on his way back.

Returning to Chen Xiangling's room, Zhang Yunhe threw a large bag of cosmetics he had bought at her and said, "Now try to put on makeup yourself, show your sickness, and use these things to cover up your original appearance!"

Chen Xiangling said, "It's difficult to cover up your original appearance with makeup, right?"

"It's not difficult. Have you ever seen the dancers in the dance hall? They look completely different when they're not wearing makeup and when they're wearing makeup. When they put on makeup, even their mothers and husbands can't recognize them!"

Chen Xiangling was stunned: "So powerful?"

"Of course!"

In later generations, Zhang Yunhe had seen how powerful those women were. The foundation on their faces was like putty. A sixty-year-old lady could make herself look like she was in her twenties or thirties with makeup.

"You do it yourself first. I'll go light the coal stove and boil the medicine. If you do it, make it look just like the real thing. If any details are wrong and the spies find out, you'll be doomed!"

After Zhang Yunhe lit the coal stove and boiled the medicine, he returned to the room. Chen Xiangling sat in front of the mirror and painted her face into a big clown face.

"Oh my God, how did you become like this? Are you acting like a clown?" Zhang Yunhe sighed, covering his forehead with one hand.

Chen Xiangling said embarrassedly: "I, I really don't know how to do it. I have never used these things before!"

Zhang Yunhe patted his forehead and said, "Forget it, forget it. I'll go find someone to do your makeup! Hurry and eat your meal!"

After going downstairs, Zhang Yunhe drove out immediately. The radio detection car was still parked in the alley opposite.

Not long after, he drove to the Paramount.

It was not yet one o'clock in the afternoon and the Paramount had not yet opened. Zhang Yunhe found a waiter smoking in the back and waved a banknote in front of him.

Seeing the money, the waiter's eyes widened. "Tell me who is the best makeup artist here? Take me to her, and she'll be yours!"

"The best at makeup is naturally Lily-san!"

Zhang Yunhe asked, "How powerful is it?"

The waiter said, "Let me tell you this, when Sister Lily puts on makeup, she can completely transform into a completely different look. Under the lights at night, you can't recognize her at all. And when she takes off her makeup during the day, no one will know she is Sister Lily!"

"Take me to her!"

"okay!"

The waiter took Zhang Yunhe to a nearby alley and stopped at the door of a room.

"Sister Lily lives here!"

After knocking on the door, a woman wrapped in winter pajamas with messy hair appeared in front of them, yawning and squinting.

"Sister Lily, this gentleman is looking for you!"

Zhang Yunhe handed the money to the waiter, who took the money and immediately slipped away.

Sister Lily looked at Zhang Yunhe and asked, "Who are you?"

"I heard that Sister Lily is very good at makeup. I would like to ask you to do makeup for a woman!" Zhang Yunhe said, then took out a banknote and handed it over.

"This is half of the reward. I'll give you the other half after the job is done!"

"Bang!" The woman snatched the money from Zhang Yunhe's hand, said, "Wait for me ten minutes," and closed the door.

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