Ling Zhenfei knew he was about to be locked up in a detention center. Thinking about it, it was really helpless. Ling Zhenfei once had a classmate who was detained for a few days for fighting. Although it was only a few days, the state he was in when he came out was unforgettable for many years.

Huaxia is a society ruled by law, so everything follows the law. We often see chaotic prison scenes in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies, but in fact, Huaxia's prisons are quite strictly managed.

However, entering prison is something that happens after sentencing; before entering prison, one is first placed in a detention center.

That kind of detention center is not like a prison; it is definitely a place where Huaxia is most exemplified, because it is technically a no-man's land.

According to logic, people in the detention center are held for at most a few months; half a year would be the end of it. But there are people who've been held in this detention center for over a decade. You can imagine why someone would be held for so long in a place meant only for detention.

The darkness of this world is far beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Ordinary people eat three meals a day, work hard to get into a company, and then their name gets usurped by someone's money. Even then, that's experiencing darkness.

Running a small stall and getting extorted by hooligans for protection money, having a meal eaten for free without paying, is considered extremely dark too.

But the darkness inside a detention center can be a hundred times darker, a thousand times darker than that.

Of course, this was all said by Ling Zhenfei's classmate who was detained for fighting. Ling Zhenfei hasn't seen it himself nor knows about it. But now Ling Zhenfei is relatively strong, so he shouldn't be at a disadvantage.

The detention center was not far from the police station. It didn't take long to get there and once the procedures were finished, it was already midnight.

The person in charge was a big, fat man named Li Dawei. His face was full of fat, and he didn't look like an easy person to talk to. Maybe because it was so late, he was woken up from a comfortable sleep and naturally wasn't very happy.

"What did you do to get in here?" Li Dawei asked coldly.

Ling Zhenfei didn't want to cause trouble, so he answered whatever was asked.

"I don't even know why I'm here; they said I committed murder."

Li Dawei glanced at Ling Zhenfei and sneered, "With that small build of yours, you killed someone? You must be something."

Ling Zhenfei replied, "Exactly. That's what I said, but they just didn't believe me. They insisted I killed someone."

Li Dawei laughed, "Seems like you're quite something. Just now Officer Zhang called and said to look after you. You seem pretty tight with Officer Zhang."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Just acquaintances, that's all."

Unexpectedly, Officer Zhang was quite decent. Though they hadn't known each other for long, Officer Zhang even instructed someone to look after Ling Zhenfei.

Li Dawei chuckled coldly, "Acquaintances and yet he asks us to look after you? Did you bribe him? You seem pretty rich."

Upon hearing money mentioned, Ling Zhenfei knew there were underlying intentions; the man was probing him.

Ling Zhenfei replied, "I didn't pay anything. I don't even know why Officer Zhang is looking after me."

Li Dawei's expression changed; clearly, he wasn't satisfied with Ling Zhenfei's answer.

"Kid, you've got some guts. Do you know whose turf you're on?"

Ling Zhenfei played dumb, "Whose turf? Have I gone abroad?"

Li Dawei got angry, "Fine, kid, play dumb with me, huh? Fine, it's your first day, so I won't say much. We have plenty of time."

Ling Zhenfei knew Li Dawei was surely trying to extort money, but seeing how uncooperative Ling Zhenfei was, got upset. It seemed his days here wouldn't be easy.

At this moment, someone knocked and entered, saying to Li Dawei, "Boss, there's an opening in Cell Block Four. Shall we move a person there now?"

Li Dawei nodded, "Send him to Cell Block Nine."

Li Dawei's words left everyone stunned. The person clearly said Cell Block Four had an opening, yet he wanted to send someone to Cell Block Nine. It was incredible.

That person was also confused, "Boss, I said Cell Block Four has an opening."

Li Dawei's face darkened, "I said send him to Cell Block Nine. Do you not understand or do I not understand?"

Scared, that person hurriedly said, "Yes, I understand. I will send him to Cell Block Four immediately."

After saying that, the person approached and led Ling Zhenfei outside, heading towards the so-called Cell Block Nine.

Ling Zhenfei initially thought he was alone, but after a short walk, he noticed another prison guard leading another person in detention center attire.

The two prison guards naturally started chatting.

"Where are you headed, brother?"

"To Nine."

"What a coincidence, I'm also going to Nine!"

"Isn't Nine short by just one person?"

"That, I don't know."

"This person looks familiar."

"Yeah, I think so too. But why bother? He's not your family."

"It's really strange. I told the captain that Cell Block Four has an opening, but he asked me to send someone to Cell Block Nine. Isn't that weird?"

"It's not strange at all. It just means this kid is unlucky. Being sent over this late is bad luck itself."

Listening on the side, Ling Zhenfei realized that Cell Block Nine was not a place good people stayed. Otherwise, they wouldn't talk like that.

It seemed Li Dawei was intentionally giving Ling Zhenfei a hard time.

Ling Zhenfei glanced at the man next to him who was also in trouble. He was a middle-aged man who didn't seem very honest or meek, with a little beard, giving him a slightly heroic air.

The man also looked at Ling Zhenfei and nodded at him.

The two prison guards led Ling Zhenfei and the man, quickly reaching their destination, passing by a row of small cells with numbers written on them, until they arrived at number nine.

The guards handled the paperwork and let them wait at the door for a while.

"What's your name?" the man asked Ling Zhenfei proactively.

"My name is Ling Zhenfei," Ling Zhenfei answered honestly.

"I'm Jiang Haiyang. Is this your first time in?"

Ling Zhenfei raised a finger and said, "First time."

Jiang Haiyang was surprised, "Then you're in trouble. How many days?"

Ling Zhenfei shook his head, "Don't know yet."

Jiang Haiyang shook his head, "Ah, let's endure it together."

"What are you two doing, talking? Think you're here to chat?" The two prison guards noticed Ling Zhenfei and Jiang Haiyang chatting and angrily scolded them.

Ling Zhenfei and Jiang Haiyang quickly closed their mouths, not daring to speak again as the two prison guards returned.

The door to Cell Block Nine was opened, and Ling Zhenfei was pushed inside.

This was a place Ling Zhenfei had never seen before; a long, narrow room with a row of beds on the left side, all flat-panel beds, with no gaps between them, stretching straight from front to back.

The bed was large but couldn't accommodate so many people. At a glance, there were about thirty people.

The bed was big but couldn't fit thirty people lying down, and even with the lights off, Ling Zhenfei saw everything clearly when he entered.

The bed from the front to the back, the first two people were lying down to sleep, but the ones behind were all sleeping on their sides, one right next to the other, neatly in place.

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