Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

The weather was already very cold at the end of November, and after school, everyone ran home quickly.

Lin Baoyan was on duty today and had to stay to clean the place, so she did not go with her companions in the nearby yard.

After taking out the trash, Lin Baoyan locked the door, left the school and went home.

When she walked out of the gate, she habitually greeted the security guard, Lao Ma, and left to go home.

The junior high school is a little farther from No. 95 Courtyard than the elementary school. It was already late for cleaning today, so she took a detour to save some time.

As soon as she turned out of a small alley, she thought to herself that something was wrong, and with her hands behind her back, she quietly took out a rolling pin from the space.

At the corner, there were two men blocking the way. They had ordinary faces, the kind that you would easily forget what they looked like in a blink of an eye.

Without saying anything, the two men quickly reached out and grabbed her.

Lin Baoyan screamed "Fire, fire!" while waving the rolling pin with both hands and hitting the arm that was grabbing her.

She was young and weak, and facing two gangsters, all she could do was to delay time as much as possible and see if there was a chance to escape.

The two men in front of them did not expect that Lin Baoyan would carry a rolling pin with her. They were caught off guard and one of them was hit hard by the rolling pin. He immediately covered his arm and grimaced in pain. The other one stretched out his hand and grabbed Lin Baoyan's shoulder.

Lin Baoyan loosened her grip, threw away the rolling pin, lowered her head, waved her hand, and threw a handful of quicklime across the street. She turned around and ran, still screaming "Fire, fire!"

Having never expected to be attacked by quicklime, the remaining men immediately covered their eyes and howled in pain.

At the same time, the sound of a crowd approaching was heard not far away.

"Where's the fire? Put it out."

"Hear the sound, it's over there, hurry up, put out the fire."

The man whose arm was injured saw that things were not going well, so he quickly grabbed the man who was jumping around with his eyes covered, and whispered, "Go."

The two men hurriedly ran in the direction Lin Baoyan fled. They wanted to retreat, but also to see if they could catch up with Lin Baoyan.

Unfortunately, Lin Baoyan had already run as far as she could and bumped into nearby residents who were rushing to put out the fire with basins and water.

"Where's the fire?"

"Go put out the fire."

Lin Baoyan quickly shouted, "There's no fire, there's no fire. There were two human traffickers who wanted to catch me. I was scared, so I shouted 'fire', hoping to call someone to scare the traffickers away."

Seeing that Lin Baoyan was so small, running out of breath, and looking terrified, everyone couldn't help but believe it a little bit, and said, "Where are the two human traffickers? Take us there and we will catch them together."

Lin Baoyan turned around and saw that the two men who were chasing behind were turning around and running away after seeing the large group of people here.

Lin Baoyan quickly pointed at the two people and shouted, "That's them."

Immediately, a group of people threw away the basins in their hands, shouting "Catch them!" "Catch the human traffickers!" and chased after the two men.

Lin Baoyan also ran with everyone.

She had no idea what the situation was, or whether there were other people who wanted to capture her. The safest way at the moment was, of course, to move with the crowd. Even if there were still people who wanted to harm her, she would not be easily ambushed if she hid in the crowd.

Sure enough, this time she ran with the crowd and was safe throughout the journey.

Unfortunately, the two men ran too fast and disappeared in the alley, twisting and turning.

In the middle, their group encountered two groups of people who also came to put out the fire. After they informed each other, it was too late to chase them.

A large group of people chased for a long time but could not find any trace of the two men, so they had to stop with regret.

However, it was a good thing that there was no fire, and it was an even better thing to be able to save a child who was almost abducted.

After expressing her gratitude to the neighbors who came to put out the fire, Lin Baoyan did not go home but went to the police station.

When Zhou Kangzhan saw Lin Baoyan, his face became serious.

After more than a year of getting along, he knew very well what kind of personality Lin Baoyan had. Unless there was something serious, she would always stay at home.

"What happened?"

"I met two men on my way home today who wanted to arrest me. I..."

Before Lin Baoyan could finish, Zhou Kangzhan immediately grabbed her shoulders and nervously interrupted her, "Wait, someone wants to arrest you? Are you okay? How did you run away? Did someone save you?"

"I'm fine. Look, I'm still alive and kicking. I'm so smart. When I saw someone trying to catch me, I resisted. I hit one man's arm with a rolling pin, then threw quicklime into another man's eyes. Then, while the two men were injured, I turned around and ran, shouting 'fire' as I ran. Sure enough, I met a lot of people rushing to put out the fire on the way. Then, a group of us chased the two men, but unfortunately, we didn't catch up with them in the end."

Although Lin Baoyan said it lightly, Zhou Kangzhan was very clear how dangerous it was.

He reaffirmed: "Was there no one else there at the time?"

"Well, I took that road because it was closer and there was no one else there. Otherwise, those two people wouldn't be able to catch me there."

"Do you remember what those two men looked like? How old were they, how tall were they, and what were they wearing?"

Lin Baoyan thought about it carefully and said angrily, "These two people have no distinctive features at all. It's easy to forget what they look like. I remember that they were both about 1 meters tall and wore ordinary black cotton jackets. One had a palm-sized patch on the left pocket, and the other had no patch. I didn't pay attention to anything else."

It is very good to be able to observe these in such a short period of time.

This is the one that looks so ordinary that I can't remember it...

Zhou Kangzhan thought for a long time, and finally said, "I'll make a phone call."

After answering several calls, Zhou Kangzhan finally got through. "Report, No. 3 was attacked today. Yes, according to No. 3's report, she fought back with a rolling pin and quicklime. No, there was no one else. There were only two witnesses at the time, and we can be sure there were no other witnesses. Yes, in addition, according to No. 3, the attacker looked ordinary and was forgotten in a blink of an eye. He was probably a special agent. Should we start the plan now? Yes, we will ensure the completion of the mission."

Lin Baoyan listened to the phone call and gradually became stiff.

She is not a fool. She knows very well who the number 3 refers to. She is labeled as number 3, including Xiao Li and Wu Zhi. So, she has actually been exposed a long time ago? Then what is the point of her hiding so hard in the past few years?

Think about it again, after Zhou Kangzhan moved in last year, the two of them inexplicably became familiar with each other, and later even became sworn relatives. Now look at it, it seems that he was arranged by the organization to monitor her.

Zhou Kangzhan hung up the phone and started dialing again. While waiting for the call, he admired the cracked, unbelievable and frustrated expression on Lin Baoyan's face. His tense nerves relaxed a little.

The call was connected, and Zhou Kangzhan continued: "I am Zhou Kangzhan, and now I will start the nursery plan."

After making several calls in succession, Zhou Kangzhan finally stopped and looked up to meet Lin Baoyan's resentful eyes.

"Brother, my dear brother, can you explain it to me now?"