Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

When Director Liu came, Lin Baoyan was almost asleep.

The two people were talking in the conference room on the first floor.

Liu immediately apologized to Lin Baoyan: "I'm sorry that I didn't arrange it well and made you feel wronged."

"Ah, no, no, you have arranged it very well, and you can't know everything everyone is thinking."

Although Lin Baoyan felt uncomfortable, what else could she do since Director Liu had already apologized?

Director Liu didn't waste any more time and said, "We were negligent before. The Li Mei assigned to you this time is an insider. You can ask her anything you want to know. If she doesn't have enough authority, you can contact her. The previous situation will not happen again."

Lin Baoyan nodded. She didn't care about Li Mei's authority. She just wanted to know what happened to Zhou Kangzhan after he left in a hurry.

"Zhou Kangzhan received a minor punishment," seeing Lin Baoyan staring at him with wide eyes, Director Liu quickly explained, "This is none of your business. He was punished because he didn't do his job well and made a mistake."

"He was investigating a spy case at the time. The case was related to one of the most advanced steelmaking technologies in China in Shijingshan."

Lin Baoyan's heart skipped a beat, and she remembered the college student who was taken to the dance by a foreigner.

"During the investigation, we found that this espionage case was related to multiple countries. You were attacked because some of the spies wanted to capture you to divert Zhou Kangzhan's attention and buy time to escape. Unexpectedly, you were clever and escaped by yourself."

Seeing Lin Baoyan's face full of regret, Liu comforted her: "If it's not you, it will be other family members of soldiers related to the case. They may not be as lucky as you and escape safely."

Lin Baoyan was not comforted. The enemy spies were definitely selective when arresting people. Those who were important and easy to catch were definitely the priority. After all, the enemy spies were not fools and would not act recklessly.

Sure enough, the consequences of her negligence not only harmed herself, but also Zhou Kangzhan. She didn't believe that this incident would have no impact on Zhou Kangzhan.

"So, were all the spies caught in the end?" Lin Baoyan hoped to catch them all and then cut them into pieces.

"Unfortunately, we only caught most of the spies, and a small number of leaders finally escaped." This was the mistake made by Zhou Kangzhan. He did not arrest the college student in advance, but only arranged people to monitor him. As a result, the college student secretly ran to report the news. Although he made up for it later, he was still the one who escaped and should have been caught.

"What about the steelmaking technology? It hasn't been leaked out, has it?" Lin Baoyan was a little anxious. This was the most advanced steelmaking technology. If it was stolen and then the international patent application was made, it would be all over. She was not from this era and understood the importance of patents.

"Don't worry, these are all well protected," Director Liu was very pleased. This young comrade was indeed very patriotic.

"That's good, that's good." Lin Baoyan relaxed. As long as the technology was not leaked, there would be no big problem.

"So, my identity hasn't been leaked, right? Then can I still go back to Yard 95? I haven't even packed my things yet."

Director Liu shook his head and said regretfully: "You have been in and out of here for so many days. Even if it hasn't been leaked, it has been leaked." There are so many eyes watching around.

Seeing Lin Baoyan staring with eyes wide open and mouth puffed out, he continued, "Of course, you can go back and have a look, but you have to go to Zhou Kangzhan first and have him accompany you."

Lin Baoyan swallowed the protest in her mouth.

Originally, it was Zhou Kangzhan who suggested that she return to Yard 95, but it was Director Liu and others who insisted on bringing her here. If it weren't for their insistence, her identity would never have been leaked.

Now that it was a fait accompli, there was no point in her resisting.

Two days later, Lin Baoyan finished her training early in the afternoon and followed Li Mei to the Public Security Bureau.

Zhou Kangzhan looked much more haggard during this period, with untidy beard on his face. When he saw her, he gave her a tired smile.

Seeing that he still had a lot of things to do, Lin Baoyan didn't waste any time. She found a corner and took out a workbook to study obediently. Li Mei went out and no one knew where she went.

Soon, Lin Baoyan completed today's study tasks. She stood up, poured a glass of water and drank it slowly, muttering to herself how tired Zhou Kangzhan was recently and whether he had eaten well.

After all, they have been siblings for almost two years. Even though she knew that his initial intention was to monitor and protect her, they have been together for so long and he usually does a good job, so how could he not have feelings for her?

She was thinking about what she had that could help him replenish his body. Now that they both knew each other, it was okay for her to take out the things.

After thinking it over again, he packed a large bag of wolfberries, dried longans, fried fish, dried sweet potatoes, peanuts and malt sugar into the space, as well as some salted duck eggs and pressed duck, and prepared to bring them back to the courtyard to give to him.

When it was time to get off work, Zhou Kangzhan finally finished his work and called Lin Baoyan to go with him, and Li Mei followed behind.

"Let's go eat first and then go back and clean up. I haven't been back many times in this period, so your room is probably a mess." Zhou Kangzhan said while pushing his bicycle.

Lin Baoyan guessed that this was the case, but she looked around: "Are we the only three?"

"Yes, there are only three of us. Comrade Li Mei who is beside you is said to be a distant relative of your mother. Last time you were attacked, I was afraid that you were not safe, so I asked a colleague to look after you for a while. This time it was your relative who came to take you away."

Lin Baoyan said sadly, "Will I really not be able to return to Courtyard 95 in the future? Can't I come to visit like I did today? And what about He Yushui? What if she wants to communicate with me?"

Zhou Kangzhan cruelly rejected her: "For everyone's safety, you'd better not communicate with He Yushui."

In fact, I shouldn't have come here today. Taking all aspects into consideration, I agreed to Lin Baoyan's request. However, it will be impossible to agree to it again in the future.

The three of them quickly finished their meal and returned to the courtyard.

The weather was too cold, so Yan Bugui huddled in the house, looking out the window to see if there were any strangers coming in or out.

Seeing Lin Baoyan behind Zhou Kangzhan, Yan Bugui's eyes widened and he quickly ran out the door: "Captain Zhou, Lin Baoyan! Oh, Lin Baoyan, you're finally back. You were attacked a few days ago, and we were really scared to death."

Seeing this little old man at this moment, Lin Baoyan actually felt that he was quite kind, and said with a smile: "Yes, Third Uncle, my brother was too worried about my safety, so he let me hide outside for a few days. Isn't this because he is afraid of bringing danger back to the yard?"

Yan Bugui nodded: "Captain Zhou does things in a righteous way. Now that you are back, have all the problems been resolved?"

Zhou Kangzhan said: "Yes, everything has been resolved, Baoyan is safe, so I let her come back. However, she will no longer live here. Her mother's relatives happened to come here, so Baoyan will live with her relatives from now on."

As he spoke, he introduced Li Mei behind him: "This is Baoyan's relative."

Yan Bugui's eyes widened, he looked at Li Mei and then at Lin Baoyan: "Does Lin Baoyan really have other relatives?"