Zou then joined the Liu Rui rink at second. The team won a silver medal at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. Later that season, Zou became the team's alternate. They would win a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Winter Games and finish fifth at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship (Zou would not play in any games at either tournament). The next season Zou joined the Zou Dejia team at third. They won a silver medal at the 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and finish 12th at the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship.