Chen Haonan, who had just been abused, slowly walked into Room 204 as if nothing had happened.
Brother Nan, are you alright?" Guan Liang walked to Chen Haonan's side and asked with concern.
"I'm fine!" Chen Haonan said with a smile. Although he had been beaten half to death by the deputy warden, they were all superficial wounds. Thanks to years of training, his body could still withstand it.，
Chen Haonan's gaze swept across the room. Other than Guan Liang, the others no longer greeted him worriedly. Everyone lowered their heads and tried to avoid Chen Haonan's gaze. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward.
Chen Haonan could feel that everyone was acting strangely, but he didn't blame them. After all, it wasn't easy for people to accept the word 'murder'. However, he was glad that Guan Liang didn't seem to reject him because of this. This made Chen Haonan feel gratified.
When Chen Haonan saw Ren Shujie in the corner, he turned around and walked over. Seeing Chen Haonan approaching, Ren Shujie stood up from the ground. He reached out and rang the bell at the door.
In the prison, in order to make it easier for the prisoners to call the prison guards, each room was equipped with a rope. The other end of the rope was connected to a bell in the prison guard's lounge. As long as the prisoners pulled the rope, the bell on the other end would ring. The prison guard would appear in time. This kind of device used to be electric. Unfortunately, after the war, the entire country was extremely short of supplies, so they had no choice but to use the most primitive but equally effective method.
After the incident at the orphanage, Shao Mingsheng, the prison guard, was sent to another juvenile detention center by the deputy warden because he had offended the deputy warden. He said that it was a business trip, but he only gave Shao Mingsheng a small amount of funds. Along the way, Shao Mingsheng had to endure the wind, the sun, and the bumps. Because of the inconvenient transportation facilities, Shao Mingsheng had to walk for almost a week before he returned. After returning, she had lost a lot of weight.
Today, Shao Mingsheng had just returned to the fourth juvenile detention center. Before he had time to rest, he was arranged by the deputy warden to keep watch in the cell. Hearing the bell, Shao Mingsheng dragged his tired body to the door of Room 204.
Seeing Shao Mingsheng come over, Ren Shujie raised his hand and said loudly,""Sir, I want to borrow a book from the library.”
"Alright!" Shao Mingsheng said as he walked back to the lounge to get the room key. In order to prevent accidents, the prison guards did not bring their keys with them when they patrolled.
When Shao Mingsheng returned with the key to open the door, Ren Shujie suddenly lowered his voice and said with a disgusted look," I feel uncomfortable just thinking about staying in the same room with a murderer like you.”Then, he walked out of the room.
The sky was completely dark, but the moon had just climbed up the treetops. It was still early. Other than Ren Shujie, there were also one or two youths who were writing furiously in the library. Ren Shujie walked to the innermost row of bookshelves in the library. His fingers gently slid across the books of different thickness and sizes. In the end, he stopped at a thick law book.
Ren Shujie looked around. After realizing that no one was paying attention to him, he quickly pulled out his book and quietly hid in the toilet. The toilet wasn't big and was rather compact. There was only one toilet bowl in the toilet. There was a small window above the toilet for ventilation. As there was no lock on the toilet door, Ren Shujie sat on the ground and blocked the door with his back.
Ren Shujie placed the thick law book on the toilet bowl and opened it carefully. A box of matches and a few cigarettes were revealed. When a wisp of green smoke slowly puffed out from his nostrils, Ren Shujie smiled smugly. In the prison, the prisoners used all sorts of tricks to hide their cigarettes. But who was as bold and meticulous as Ren Shujie! Hiding cigarettes in a library, and in a book at that. Who would dare to try such a bold move? Furthermore, Ren Shujie was smart enough to hide the cigarette in a remote book. In such an era where the law was broken, who would still believe in the law! Therefore, no one in prison would read legal books. This fully proved that the more dangerous a place was, the safer it was.
There was no light in the toilet, and the light from the cigarette flickered like fireflies. Ren Shujie quietly enjoyed his time alone.
"Friends? Hmph, I don't need it at all!" Ren Shujie thought about everything that had happened during the day and snorted disdainfully." The human heart cannot be trusted. How can we trust others?”Ren Shujie thought quietly, his thoughts unconsciously returning to that summer when he was young.
That year, Ren Shujie was five years old, and the war had just ended. Ren Shujie's father was a soldier who unfortunately died in the war, leaving him and his mother, an orphan and a widow. Because of the war, Ren Shujie and his mother lost their source of income. For a long time after the war, the city was in extreme shortage of resources, especially food. Looking at Ren Shujie's starving face, his mother decided to leave the city and live in the countryside. Compared to a ruined city, farmers with land might have extra food. That was what they thought.
His mother held Ren Shujie's tender little hand and knocked on the doors of the villagers one by one. Time and time again, he had shamelessly abandoned his pride and begged, only to return disappointed. Food was something that was comparable to gold after the war. Not everyone was willing to give it to others. Ren Shujie had suffered the world's disdain at such a young age with his mother. However, the mother did not give up because of this. In order to let her child eat a full meal, she could give up anything, let alone useless dignity.
That day, the weather was very hot. The sun seemed to want to drop fire as it fiercely roasted the earth. Ren Shujie and his son wandered to an unfamiliar town. The town was not big, and because of the hot weather, there were not many pedestrians on the road. His mother led Ren Shujie around the village for a long time and finally found a place that looked like a small restaurant that was open. Her mother pulled Ren Shujie and stepped into the restaurant with her knees bent. Before she could beg, the villagers 'voices of disgust and expulsion came from inside,""Get lost, get lost, quickly get lost. Go beg somewhere else. You stink! How can you let people do business by blocking here!”
Her mother was already used to such shouts. The other party only chased her away and did not hit her. It was already a great kindness to her. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" His mother lowered her head and pulled Ren Shujie out quickly.
A wave of heat swept through the air, lifting up her mother's long hair. Although her mother's face was covered in dust and haggard, it still revealed a trace of freshness and attractiveness. After all, her mother was only in her twenties. Time had not left too many traces on her face.
Just as his mother pulled Ren Shujie to try her luck elsewhere and turned to leave, there was the sound of footsteps chasing behind her. Then, two steaming buns appeared in the broken bowl in his mother's hands.
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