3. After liberation, family living conditions improved, and Li Changkuan went to school. However, his former habit still drew him obsessively to the xiaorenshu bookstalls. His childish heart was already deeply tainted with the “chivalrous spirit” of “robbing the rich and plundering” and “seducing and raping women.” So he gathered companions to fight, stole melons from farmers, and often bullied female classmates, believing this to be the behavior of a “true brave hero.”
