Travel through famine years and awaken a post-apocalyptic survival system.

I searched high and low without finding it, but then it came to me without any effort at all.

He quickly covered his face with his scarf; this guy recognized him, so he couldn't just chase after him.

They slipped into another alley without leaving a trace.

Fortunately, his work clothes were a bit dirty before, so he didn't wear them after showering; otherwise, his security guard uniform might have been exposed.

The radar clearly showed the other party's movement trajectory, so they quietly followed.

The other person was wearing a dog-skin hat, with even-numbered tucked-in cuffs, and walked with his head down, but his eyes would occasionally dart around.

There's definitely something wrong.

Let's find out where this guy lives first.

After following for a long time, they finally stopped at a courtyard. The layout was similar to his, a small earthen house with a courtyard, but the house was larger than his.

The kind with three rooms.

Zhao Qingsong arrived at the courtyard, glanced at it, and continued walking. When he reached the corner of the house, he quickly slipped into the alley.

After walking around the house, I discovered that it also had a back door.

However, the door was bolted.

Zhao Qingsong looked at the house and pondered for a moment. There were two people inside.

Unfortunately, the invisibility charm is no longer available.

It would be much more convenient if we still had some.

Seeing a child playing in the snow near the gate of a courtyard not far away, Zhao Qingsong's eyes lit up and he walked over.

"kid!"

The other person was probably around ten years old, an age when they are easily fooled.

The little boy was wearing a gray cotton-padded jacket with patches on it, which looked drab, and he also had long snot hanging from his nose.

With each breath, it would sometimes shrink in and sometimes pop out again.

The other person looked at him strangely: "What's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I just wanted to ask you something. Who are those people? Do you know them?"

The little boy followed his gaze and looked over, then smiled and said, "Oh, I recognize that house! Isn't that Gou Sheng's?"

"Gousheng? What does he do? How many people are in his family?"

Zhao Qingsong asked a question, thought for a moment, and then took out a piece of candy and handed it to him. It was a little bit that he had bought in the city last time.

It's perfect for soothing children.

The child's eyes lit up when he saw the candy, and he took it.

He muttered, "He doesn't do anything! He's a coal hauler here, he lives alone, but I heard he's getting married, he's found someone and is getting married."

After saying that, he asked, "Are you going to find him? You can just go directly there."

Zhao Qingsong snapped out of his reverie and laughed, "Oh, I was just asking. Go have some fun!"

The little guy took off running as soon as he saw this, I wonder if he was afraid that he would take the candy back.

……

Zhao Qingsong watched the person run away but didn't pay any attention. His gaze then turned to the house next door.

They waited in the corner.

Let's see if we can find any clues.

The kid just said that Gousheng is getting married, so I guess the people inside are talking about his girlfriend.

It gets dark early in winter; it got dark in no time.

Just as he was about to go back, the red light inside the house moved, and one of the red lights actually left through the back door.

"woman?"

Could she be this guy's girlfriend?!

He hesitated, wondering whether to follow. He was very suspicious and felt that Gou Dan was suspicious, and that everyone he came into contact with might be suspicious.

After a slight hesitation, he followed them directly.

Because he felt that the woman he had just met gave him a very familiar feeling.

Moreover, he already knows Gousheng's location, which will make it much easier for him to keep an eye on him later.

……

As the other person approached the streetlight, Zhao Qingsong thought of a woman's face, but for a moment he wasn't quite sure.

We followed them all the way.

The other party is very cautious and has a very strong counter-surveillance capability.

We traveled along the way, stopping and starting frequently.

Sometimes they hide.

If his radar hadn't been able to detect the enemy hiding in some corner in advance, he probably would have been discovered long ago.

He didn't confirm the other person's identity until he arrived at the family compound.

Moreover, the woman had already removed the scarf from her face, revealing a beautiful young woman's face.

It was the young woman who bought his canned food at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative that day.

That piece of clothing left a deep impression on him.

Of course, there are some people in the steel mill who can afford these clothes, but it's rare to see someone wearing the same style, unless it's a ready-made garment sold in a department store.

He had simply assumed that the woman was the wife of one of the factory's top leaders.

It seems I've fallen into a misconception.

The woman entered the family quarters.

Zhao Qingsong followed directly after them.

The residential area has several buildings, and there are many people coming and going, so it's easy to follow them.

As he watched the other person enter a building, he hesitated whether to go up and keep an eye on them, but he also felt it was somewhat dangerous. After all, everyone in the building knew each other, and his sudden appearance would definitely arouse suspicion.

It would be bad to alert the enemy.

Once we've decided on a place to stay, we'll come and keep an eye on things.

"A pine tree?"

Lost in thought, I heard a familiar voice behind me.

Zhao Qingsong turned his head and saw Gao Dazhi.

The other person stared into his eyes for a moment, then laughed, "I thought I had mistaken you for someone else. What are you doing here?"

Seeing this, Zhao Qingsong had no choice but to pull down his scarf.

After all, his patched-up clothes were too conspicuous.

"Brother Gao, you live here?"

"Yeah! My house is up there. You haven't eaten yet, have you? Let's go up and get something to eat."

Gao Dazhi politely declined.

Zhao Qingsong hesitated for a moment, looked around, and said, "Brother Gao, I have some new information. Let's go aside and talk."

Upon hearing this, Gao Dazhi also stopped smiling.

Looking around, he agreed.

The two went together to the big tree on the side.

Once they arrived at the destination and made sure no one was around, Gao Dazhi offered him a cigarette.

Then he asked, "What happened?"

Zhao Qingsong took the cigarette, lit it, and pretended to make small talk, asking in a low voice, "Do you remember? That day at Jia Fugui's house, the person we asked you to arrest, Wang Ying said that person was the one who went to resell goods with Li Hongwei?"

"Yes, I remember. You found it?"

After saying that, he looked up at the building and said, "You're not saying that person is in this building, are you? No, we don't know everyone here, but we all recognize them. They definitely aren't here."

"No! Today I..."

He recounted what had happened before.

Then he asked, "Do you know who lives in apartment 201 of this building? Is it a woman, probably in her early thirties, wearing a greyish-white wool coat, and quite pretty? Oh, right, she has a red mole near her eyebrow."

Upon hearing this, Gao Dazhi replied without hesitation:

"201? No! That's Xu Qiang's house. That guy's wife is alright-looking, but she doesn't usually wear a wool coat!"

Zhao Qingsong frowned upon hearing this.

Was the address the woman gave him earlier a fake?

But thinking about it, it makes sense.

Probably.

However, what the other party said next surprised him.

"However... Xu Jing, who lives in room 202 next door, is wearing a wool coat. That's his sister, and she looks just like you described."

"His sister?"

"Yes! These two are quite pitiful. During the War of Resistance against Japan, their whole family was killed by the Japanese devils, leaving only the brother and sister to depend on each other for survival."

"Huh? That's her older sister? How can she afford such nice clothes?"

Gao Dazhi laughed upon hearing this: "You probably don't know this, but this woman had a tough life. She married two men, and both of them died. She doesn't have a good reputation here. But both of her husbands died in work-related injuries, and she received a considerable amount of compensation."

After saying that, he thought for a moment and asked, "You're not talking about her, are you?"

Zhao Qingsong frowned: "Yes! But I haven't seen her, so I'm not entirely sure. It's most likely her, though. And I noticed that I ran into Xu Qiang the day before yesterday. He was drunk and had eaten a lot of meat, which seems a bit unusual!"

If it weren't for his radar capabilities, anyone else would have lost track of him long ago.

His words made Gao Dazhi fall into deep thought.