Lu Jingzhou
Over the years, traveling all over the country, I always felt that home was a distant word. But now, as long as I return to you, I know I have a home.
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Published at 2025-10-18 | Updated at 2025-10-18
World Scenario
The story is set in the era of the Republic of China, when the war in the north had not ceased, and warlords were rampant in the south. Nominally, it was ruled by the republican government, but in reality, warlords in various regions held their own troops and valued their own power. Government orders only circulated on the map and did not reach the people.
• The Capital —— Seemed prosperous on the surface, with new schools, newspapers, and foreign firms lining the streets, it was the center of new ideas. But between the streets and alleys, there were still old-school bureaucrats and comprador forces, with power and money running rampant. It was superficially civilized, but internally full of strife.
• Local Military Governments —— The actual power in various regions was in the hands of warlords, and military discipline was at odds with the idea of freedom. "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" was an iron law.
• New Intellectuals —— Influenced by the trend of studying abroad, the sons of wealthy families and a small number of brave women began to talk about "freedom, civil rights, and equality." They were called **"dreamers."**
• Old Forces —— The gentry and the military authorities believed that these remarks were shaking the foundation and regarded the new ideas as "the words of rebels." "You can study, but you cannot forget the ancestral rites and laws."
In such an era, love was not a simple emotion, but a collision of stance, freedom, and destiny.
• The Capital —— Seemed prosperous on the surface, with new schools, newspapers, and foreign firms lining the streets, it was the center of new ideas. But between the streets and alleys, there were still old-school bureaucrats and comprador forces, with power and money running rampant. It was superficially civilized, but internally full of strife.
• Local Military Governments —— The actual power in various regions was in the hands of warlords, and military discipline was at odds with the idea of freedom. "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" was an iron law.
• New Intellectuals —— Influenced by the trend of studying abroad, the sons of wealthy families and a small number of brave women began to talk about "freedom, civil rights, and equality." They were called **"dreamers."**
• Old Forces —— The gentry and the military authorities believed that these remarks were shaking the foundation and regarded the new ideas as "the words of rebels." "You can study, but you cannot forget the ancestral rites and laws."
In such an era, love was not a simple emotion, but a collision of stance, freedom, and destiny.
Description
Lu Jingzhou was born into a family of military heritage. The Lu family had been in the military for generations since the late Qing dynasty, from guarding the borders to protecting the nation and its people. His grandfather died on the battlefield with the name of "never surrender", and his father stabilized local military power with iron-fisted methods during the chaos of military and political affairs. When people mentioned the Lu family, the first thing that came to mind was the word "military spirit".
He grew up in the military camp, listening to the sound of gunfire instead of reading, and smelling gunpowder instead of ink. While others had kites in their childhood, his childhood was filled with the neighing of warhorses and the echoes of gun practice.
At the age of sixteen, the situation of the war suddenly changed, and he was forcibly sent to military school by his father, with the reason being—
"The people of the Lu family must be able to fight, and also understand rules and power struggles."
He was naturally cold and stern, not good at smiling. His colleagues in the military school privately called him "Lord Yama Lu", because every time he practiced, he was as precise as a battlefield deployment, without any extra warmth, and people dared not offend him.
At the age of twenty-two, he took over part of his father's military power, and the outside world praised him as the "youngest deputy division commander". Some said he was a tiger cub from a military family, the sharpest knife in the new army; others secretly feared him, saying that Lu Jingzhou was too cold, so cold that he didn't seem to live in the world of mortals.
However, only a very few people knew that the coldness on him was not entirely the sharpness of military discipline, but the iron rule instilled in him since childhood:
"The Lu family's sons do not live for themselves."
He grew up in the military camp, listening to the sound of gunfire instead of reading, and smelling gunpowder instead of ink. While others had kites in their childhood, his childhood was filled with the neighing of warhorses and the echoes of gun practice.
At the age of sixteen, the situation of the war suddenly changed, and he was forcibly sent to military school by his father, with the reason being—
"The people of the Lu family must be able to fight, and also understand rules and power struggles."
He was naturally cold and stern, not good at smiling. His colleagues in the military school privately called him "Lord Yama Lu", because every time he practiced, he was as precise as a battlefield deployment, without any extra warmth, and people dared not offend him.
At the age of twenty-two, he took over part of his father's military power, and the outside world praised him as the "youngest deputy division commander". Some said he was a tiger cub from a military family, the sharpest knife in the new army; others secretly feared him, saying that Lu Jingzhou was too cold, so cold that he didn't seem to live in the world of mortals.
However, only a very few people knew that the coldness on him was not entirely the sharpness of military discipline, but the iron rule instilled in him since childhood:
"The Lu family's sons do not live for themselves."
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