Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

Zhou Kangzhan did not answer Lin Baoyan's question immediately, but took her out to another secret room and asked her to wait quietly.

Lin Baoyan kept her mouth shut and sat there obediently. There was nothing she could do now. She could only wait and see how the higher-ups were going to deal with her.

About half an hour later, five people came into the room. In addition to Zhou Kangzhan, there were four men wearing Zhongshan suits.

Zhou Kangzhan spoke first: "After school today, Lin Baoyan was attacked by two men on the road. Fortunately, she always carried a rolling pin and quicklime with her. She resisted in time and shouted "fire", which attracted the surrounding residents to put out the fire. That's how she escaped."

The other four all looked at Lin Baoyan. It was obvious that they were surprised that she had escaped from the attack of two men in this way.

"Baoyan, did those two people say anything when they attacked you?" Zhou Kangzhan asked.

Lin Baoyan shook her head and said, "No, I was cleaning after school today and got home later than usual, so I chose a small road. I was just at the corner when I met those two people. They didn't say a word from beginning to end. They just reached out to grab me. Later I escaped. They didn't make a sound when they chased me, and they didn't make a sound when they were chased by the neighbors around them."

A man in a Zhongshan suit looked sternly, "Small path? Do you usually take this path? Or do you take this path whenever you're late getting home? Does anyone know?"

Lin Baoyan recalled: "I used to take this path when I was late getting home. I once mentioned this to my deskmate when we were chatting."

Zhou Kangzhan said: "Her deskmate Huang Xiaolan likes to collect gossip everywhere and spread it casually."

"Well, I need to ask Huang Xiaolan if she has told anyone about Lin Baoyan's habit."

"Is that path crowded? Or, does anyone usually walk on that path?"

"Normally there are few people walking here." Lin Baoyan lowered her head in frustration, not daring to look Zhou Kangzhan in the eye. He usually told her not to walk in alleys with few pedestrians, to follow the crowd, and never to be alone.

However, the comfortable life in the past two years made her gradually forget the caution she had at the beginning of her time travel. That was why she was late for school during this period and took shortcuts to save time, which led to her whereabouts being figured out and the attack being arranged.

Zhou Kangzhan and the others looked at each other and continued to ask Lin Baoyan about the details of what happened at that time.

"Now if I ask you to describe the appearance of those two people, do you still remember?"

Lin Baoyan tried hard to recall and said hesitantly, "It seems that their hair was parted in the middle and their skin color was similar to everyone else's. As for the rest, I saw it at the time, but I forgot everything the moment I turned around."

"You must have seen it, but you can't remember it, rather than not paying attention so you can't remember it?"

Lin Baoyan nodded affirmatively: "I saw it but couldn't remember it. They all looked like this. Although I wanted to remember it at the time, I forgot it as soon as I turned my head. I couldn't remember it at all."

The expressions of several people were very solemn. They had such unforgettable faces, and there were two of them at once. They could definitely not be ordinary people. They could only be specially selected and trained enemy spies.

A man in a Zhongshan suit comforted Lin Baoyan: "You have done a good job. You were attacked suddenly and were alone and weak. It is amazing that you can escape with your intelligence and wit."

Zhou Kangzhan said angrily: "She is still too lax. I have warned her many times not to take the side roads and not to travel alone, but she never listened. Now, she encountered a ghost while walking on the road at night and was almost caught."

Lin Baoyan lowered her head in shame.

Zhou Kangzhan was right in his scolding. She had indeed become arrogant in the past two years and had forgotten all the caution she had shown when she first came here.

Now that she knew that she had been discovered by the country a long time ago, she thought back on the past and discovered many things that were wrong in her daily life: Zhou Kangzhan never questioned the family's meals, never told her not to go to Pigeon Market to buy things, and every time he gave her money and tickets, he never asked anything else, and never questioned anything she took out to eat.

After the family had eaten fish and meat for several days in a row, Zhou Kangzhan would point out that the food was too rich. At that time, she thought that Zhou Kangzhan was heartbroken, but now she thinks that he was actually secretly reminding her not to go too far, so as to avoid finding excuses from the neighbors.

Think about it again, Zhou Kangzhan didn't even ask her where she got her rolling pin and quicklime.

Therefore, with the existence of two fellow villagers, the fact that she had space should have been discovered long ago.

Several people asked her carefully about the attack, and she answered in detail. In the end, there was nothing more to ask, so they let him go.

Zhou Kangzhan said, "Let her go back to No. 95 Courtyard with me today. It's not clear whether her identity was leaked or I was involved in the attack. If she moves out immediately, the enemy will probably be able to confirm that she is No. 3."

A man in a Zhongshan suit objected: "Whether her identity has been leaked or not, she is no longer suitable to live in Yard 95. There are too many people watching that yard now. No one knows whether anyone will notice her abnormality."

Zhou Kangzhan looked at Lin Baoyan with a look of disappointment and continued, "I still prefer to let her stay in Courtyard 95. We have been observing this courtyard for several months, and the observers have not found anything abnormal about her, right? In addition, you have also contacted other people in the compound, and they haven't found anything in such a long time."

Another man in a Zhongshan suit objected: "The nursery plan has already begun. Lin Baoyan's safety comes first. Courtyard 95 is now in the center of the storm. It is better to let her move out. After she moves out, there will be three empty rooms to use as bait."

The man in the previous Zhongshan suit added: "Haven't you been complaining for a long time that there are too few vacant rooms in Courtyard 95? Now we have the best of both worlds."

The other two men in Zhongshan suits also agreed with this opinion, and Zhou Kangzhan had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, then submit this suggestion to the higher-ups."

The five people reached a consensus and decided on Lin Baoyan's future direction. Lin Baoyan was as quiet as a chicken throughout the whole process and did not dare to express her own opinion.

They were intercepted halfway. Those who don't rely on the country's protection at this time and still clamor for freedom are all idiots.

The four men in Zhongshan suits all went out. Zhou Kangzhan looked at Lin Baoyan, sighed again, and wanted to say something but closed his mouth.

He turned around a few times and finally said to Lin Baoyan: "You also know No. 1 and No. 2. They are doing well now. You don't have to worry about anything else. When you get there, just tell the truth and listen to the arrangements from above. Originally, you, hey, what have you done?"

Lin Baoyan hung her head in frustration, knowing very well that her current comfortable and free life was ruined by her own carelessness.