Chapter 956 - 948: The Father in Memory
He remembered a TV series where someone was locked in a very small house, no windows, and the door only opened through a tiny hole when food was delivered. Every person stayed in that little house all year round, in a room less than eight square meters, with a single bed and a chamber pot. This was the life of the prisoners. Liu Rui and the others were first taken to the warden’s office, where they presented the materials about Liu Rui’s father that had been prepared in advance.
Liu Rui looked carefully; there were some photographs, some were serious ID photos, and others were candid shots of his father and others working.
In fact, if the warden hadn’t told him that these were his father’s materials, he really wouldn’t have been able to recognize the person in the photographs as his father. There wasn’t even a single resemblance to the father he remembered.
What was his father like in memory? Tall and upright, with strong hands that could easily lift him over his head. When he smiled, his big eyes squinted into slits. But looking at this person in the photos, he couldn’t find even a shadow of the past.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide, staring at his father’s clothes in the photos. The prison uniform was worn so much it was unclear what it originally looked like, but Liu Rui noticed the color on one part of the arm was distinctly different from the rest, obviously blood-colored. Looking more closely at his father’s hands, he saw straps tightly bound around them, yet even so, his father was still holding a shovel in both hands, working.
Liu Rui couldn’t bear to look any longer, and the warden seemed to notice something, quickly taking the materials. After seeing the photographs, he didn’t notice anything unusual and said, "These photos were taken while they were working, and they can be used as review materials in the future."
Liu Rui, with a gloomy face, waved his hand to stop the warden’s further words. The warden said no more. Actually, the prisoners in this place usually committed extremely serious crimes, and under usual circumstances, no one came to visit them.
The warden had received news from above, so he knew that the background of these two people was definitely not ordinary and couldn’t guess their relationship with the person they wanted to visit. If they were enemies, he wondered to himself, he had noticed during Liu Rui’s examination of the materials that Liu Rui’s face looked very unpleasant, as if that person were his enemy.
If they were indeed enemies, anything might happen; they might find an excuse to get rid of that person. Such scenarios often appeared in movies.
The warden wasn’t afraid of anything happening. Inside, these were mostly desperados. No one on the outside hoped they would be released. The only requirement from superiors about this prison was safety—they absolutely couldn’t let anyone escape. Other than that, they could do whatever they wanted. Even if someone died in prison, he wouldn’t be held accountable.
"Can we go inside and take a look?" Xiao Yifei asked. He wasn’t quite sure what Liu Rui was thinking. He watched Liu Rui frowning all the time, evidently making a very important decision.
"Of course, as long as you dare to go in. But I still advise you to be careful; the people inside are far more ruthless than you might imagine," the warden said, leading them to a room with a window. From there, they could just see what the prison looked like opposite.
In a fenced area, there were two rows of houses, and in front of them was a large open space. They saw about a dozen people on the ground, some standing, some sitting. The warden beside them explained, "This is their time out in the open air. They come out at a fixed time daily to get some sun and fresh air."