Lakeside Hill District.
This was a villa compound built by the Third Affairs Investigation Bureau for its own personnel.
Chen Shouyi was stopped by the security guard as soon as he reached the entrance on his bicycle. "Who are you looking for?"
Without wasting words, Chen Shouyi took out his identification as a Security Advisor for the Public Security Sub-bureau of the Lower City District. "Do you know where Director Cao's family used to live?"
The Security Advisor identification looked almost exactly like a police badge. The guard immediately cooperated. "Hello, Officer. Their family moved away a long time ago. After something happened to Cao Zhenhua, their house was confiscated. His wife and son left too."
"Do you know where they went?" Chen Shouyi asked hurriedly.
"Not really!"
At that moment, Chen Shouyi noticed a young guard beside him hesitating to speak. He turned and asked, "You know?"
"I... I once saw his wife when I was passing through Qingyi Alley. They seemed to have moved there." The young guard blushed and stammered.
"Where is Qingyi Alley? Is it far?"
Although the young guard found it strange that the man seemed somewhat unprofessional, he still cooperated. "Not far, not far. Follow this road, turn right at the crossroads, then turn left at the third intersection. You'll be there.
Next, Chen Shouyi asked about the names of his wife and son.
Fortunately, Cao Zhenhua had once been the director of the Third Affairs Investigation Bureau. His family had naturally been an important focus of the security guards' attention. If they had been an ordinary martial artist's family, the two guards probably would have known them only by sight.
The cold wind howled, and leaden clouds filled the sky.
Chen Shouyi pedaled his bicycle at an unhurried pace. A few snowflakes drifted