Sneak in and watch the show

He was genuinely afraid that Guo Ping would wait with him until the train arrived and only leave after seeing him board, which would leave him no time to find Li Zhou.

The ticket Zhao Dongchuan bought was for 7:30 PM, still several hours away. This was enough time for him to do many things, and it was also why he came to the train station early.

After a while, Zhao Dongchuan saw that Guo Ping had truly left. He then carried his suitcase to an unnoticed corner outside the train station, put on his system glasses, and directly stored the suitcase into his space.

He took out a bicycle from his space, one he had taken from Hei Lao Da in Huangyuan, and rode towards the Gongzhufen direction!

It was about 11 kilometers from Beijing Railway Station to Wanshou Road in Gongzhufen. He rode along Chang'an Avenue, passing Fuxingmen Avenue, and arrived at Gongzhufen, taking about 40 minutes to reach a certain compound there.

This was already the result of him speeding up; otherwise, this journey would have taken at least an hour.

Looking at the armed sentries at the entrance of a certain compound, Zhao Dongchuan passed by calmly. Not only at the entrance, but there were also sentries at regular intervals.

He came to an empty corner and stored the bicycle in his space.

Zhao Dongchuan then activated his Breath Concealment Technique, quietly observed his surroundings, and then approached a slightly lower compound wall, which had barbed wire on top.

At this time, the area around Gongzhufen in the western suburbs was filled with various compounds, basically arranged by air, sea, and land forces.

The compound where Li Zhou was located was the last one, theland J compound.

At this time, a compound was not just a courtyard; it was equivalent to a small society, very large inside, with hospitals, schools, shops, and a complete living area, as well as a working area.

Due to early land enclosures, the actual area inside was very large. Many places were desolate and uninhabited, only having barbed wire, not even a wall.

The place Zhao Dongchuan came to should have been a living area, as he could vaguely see a building similar to a school.

He didn't have much time to study it; time was tight.

Taking advantage of no one being around, Zhao Dongchuan activated his Breath Concealment Technique and Lightness Skill simultaneously. With a few jumps and a flip, he scaled the wall and landed in an open space.

After observing his surroundings and realizing that no one had noticed him, Zhao Dongchuan took out another military overcoat from his space and put it on.

He had previously hung out with children from military compounds, so he naturally knew how they dressed. After a bit of tidying up, he looked just like a child from a compound.

Zhao Dongchuan took out his bicycle from his space and rode towards that building with confident strides.

He guessed correctly that the building was indeed a school, a middle school called Yu X. Most compounds only had elementary schools; compounds with middle schools were quite rare.

Zhao Dongchuan cross-referenced the information provided by Director Li of the street office and what his cousin Zhao Xiaofei had told him. He quickly understood his location. He needed to pass through this school, then a military service station, to reach the residential area, where Li Zhou, whom he was looking for, was located.

Zhao Dongchuan rode his bicycle unhurriedly through the compound. This could no longer be called a courtyard; it should be called a community.

According to the information he got from Zhao Xiaofei, Li Zhou should not be at home at this time but rather hiding in a corner of the family compound smoking with his disreputable friends.

When Li Zhou had previously coerced Zhao Xiaofei, he had taken him there.

Actually, his visit today was a bit of a gamble. Li Zhou might not necessarily be there. If he wasn't, then he would only be able to have Zhao Xiaofei arrange a separate meeting with Li Zhou when he returned next time.

But he didn't know when he would return to Beijing next time, and he didn't trust Zhao Xiaofei. Faced with uncertainty, Zhao Dongchuan felt it was best that no one knew about this matter.

Riding his bicycle, he ignored the adults and children in military uniforms he passed and headed straight for the family compound.

Soon, Zhao Dongchuan arrived at the family compound. He slowly rode around the courtyard, observing his surroundings, and finally, at a collapsed corner of a wall, he saw several shadowy figures, crouching there, puffing away.

There were four or five people in total. To his surprise, there was even a long-haired girl in a military uniform. She looked quite graceful and pretty. He never expected her to be secretly smoking too.

Zhao Dongchuan shook his head, indicating he didn't understand the compound children of this era.

He had never met Li Zhou and could only identify him based on Zhao Xiaofei's description.

Before long, he locked onto a young man with short hair and an arrogant demeanor, mimicking adults smoking, whose features closely matched Zhao Xiaofei's description.

Just as he was thinking about how to get Li Zhou alone, he saw a little girl in the distance leading a middle-aged man in a military uniform, holding a belt, walking towards the group.

Realizing there was a good show to watch, Zhao Dongchuan immediately pulled out a handful of melon seeds and a small stool, sitting aside to watch the drama unfold.

"Yu Xiaobei!!!"

The middle-aged man shouted loudly.

"How can you, a girl, learn to smoke!!! Why do you learn this of all things..."

The man raised the belt in his hand, ready to strike. Seeing that the girl's parent had arrived, the others immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

The girl also immediately ran away.

"Li Zhou, you scoundrel, did you corrupt our Xiaobei... Damn it, can't you do something proper?"

The young man Zhao Dongchuan had targeted was indeed Li Zhou. Li Zhou, in his panic, was cornered by the middle-aged man against the wall.

"Uncle Yu, it's really not me. I didn't even know she smoked. She bought these cigarettes!" Li Zhou quickly explained, terrified.

The middle-aged man didn't listen to his explanation and swung the belt, giving him a beating. Li Zhou then let out a series of wails.

Li Zhou dodged and moved his body, spotted an opening, and immediately took off running.

Seeing this, Zhao Dongchuan knew his chance had come. He immediately put away his melon seeds and small stool, activated his Breath Concealment Technique and Lightness Skill, and followed closely behind Li Zhou from a distance.

After all, young people had better physical fitness. The middle-aged man chased for a while but still couldn't catch up, panting heavily.

Li Zhou was long gone.

...

Zhao Dongchuan followed closely behind Li Zhou from a distance, arriving in a small park's woods.

Looking at Li Zhou, who was slumped on the ground, panting, sweating profusely, and looking inexplicably terrified, Zhao Dongchuan inexplicably felt a sense of disappointment. Was the original owner really tricked by such a "coward"?

Alas, one can only say that for compound children facing ordinary people weaker than themselves, it was truly acrush. They acted completely without considering the consequences.

The military compound culture of this period was a rare and special product in Chinese history. In essence, it was still about emptiness. To assert themselves, they would get into fights over a mere glance, gathering a group of people to brawl.

All just to display their personal heroism.

Zhao Dongchuan shook his head, no longer sighing. This was not his concern.

He slowly approached Li Zhou...