Chapter 179 Fighting Violence with Violence
After completing the daily summary, it is time to chat and rest, but you cannot leave the board because you have things to report.
There were cadres on duty outside, walking back and forth.
During this break, they could have some snacks. No. 24 took out two pieces of candy from his pocket and gave one to He Shu.
"Did your family save money for you?"
He Shu shook his head, and No. 24 said, "Someone has to give you money, otherwise you won't be able to eat enough. You have to have money to buy food."
He Shu held the candy, lowered his head and said nothing.
"What's wrong? Your family doesn't care about you?"
"I am an orphan and have no family." He Shu said in a low voice.
No. 24 showed sympathy in his eyes and patted He Shu on the shoulder: "It's okay, I'll bring you some food next time."
He Shu smiled gratefully at No. 24 and said, "Thank you, brother. You can keep this candy. I won't eat it."
"Eat, eat. Being locked up in a place like this, the only thing that can taste sweet is candy."
After hearing this, He Shu was deeply touched.
Yes, life here is boring and monotonous, and most importantly, there is no freedom. Even the times for going to the toilet and sleeping are strictly regulated.
He Shu looked at the people in front of him. Some of them had gray hair, but they were still in this place.
I heard from No. 24 that although this is not a prison, some people have been locked up here for the past year or two, and it is no different from being in jail.
No matter what you do, you can't commit a crime.
If you ask these people what they really think, if they had a choice, I'm afraid they would rather pick up trash outside and sleep on the streets than stay in a place like this.
At 5 to 6 o'clock, it was finally time to take a bath.
The water pipe hanging on the wall is the shower. Everyone has to line up and take a shower one by one.
Under the sink, they took out the soap or small bags of shampoo they had bought, all of which they had paid for here.
When He Shu first arrived, there was nothing else given to him except a washbasin, a toothbrush, a tube of toothpaste as thick as a little finger, and a roll of toilet paper.
When No. 24 was washing her hair, he was waiting in line behind her. After washing her hair, No. 24 left one third of the shampoo for He Shu.
This small bag can be used by one person four to five times. For men with short hair, just apply it lightly.
If you can turn your back to the toilet, then taking a shower is really embarrassing.
No matter which side you face, you are naked.
He Shu didn't dare to waste time. He forced himself to ignore other people's gazes and rinsed quickly.
In fact, not many people like to watch others take a bath. They are all men. What’s so good about it?
Even if he had stayed in the cell for too long and was missing women like crazy, he would not dare to have any bad thoughts here.
As for why the prisoners in this detention center were so obedient, He Shu found the answer on the third day of being locked up.
No. 3, who was sleeping in the front row, had a conflict with No. 6, and they started fighting during lunch on the afternoon of the third day.
Number 6 is a very strong man with a body covered with tattoos. He is also the only person in the cell who wears a red vest.
For some unknown reason, he suddenly beat No. 3 so hard that blood spurted from his mouth and nose.
The cadre did not let go when he warned outside, so He Shu saw what happened to No. 6.
He was handcuffed to the iron door and stood near the toilet.
Both arms were hung high up, and I couldn’t squat or sit. I was hung like that a whole day…
And those people in the same room were also punished collectively. The outdoor exercise and rest time for the day were cancelled. They all had to sit and study, and were not allowed to talk to each other...
He Shu had a new understanding of the severity of the Mangmao Detention Center. No wonder the prisoners here, no matter how powerful they looked, behaved well once they got here.
Because when punishing, it is real corporal punishment, not verbal education.
There are even more severe punishments for the stubborn types who refuse to listen, so no one dares to make trouble here.
Most of the people in the Mangmao Detention Center are from Nanzhan, with a few outsiders like He Shu.
Nanzhan is close to Wanta, the most chaotic and lawless country.
Every year, countless people are arrested for smuggling, human trafficking, fraud, and even drug trafficking.
These seemingly tamed people that He Shu saw were actually each and every one of them full of sin.
But He Shu had to admit that fighting violence with violence really works in places like this.
Even No. 24 confessed his crimes at the big summary meeting on Saturday.
Even if you don't want to tell it, you can't hide it because the cadres will ask.
No wonder No. 24 refused to tell He Shu what crime he had committed to get him in jail. It turned out that he was a human trafficker, deceiving some inexperienced students into thinking they had a chance to make money here, and then sending them to Wanta to commit fraud.
Although No. 24 did not admit it and did not reveal the contact person, it was only a matter of time before solid evidence was found.
When it was He Shu's turn, He Shu used the same excuse. There were many people like He Shu in the detention center.
There are also many people who have been deceived and have no idea that they have broken the law. They still cannot believe it until they are caught and their belongings are seized.
There are also those who have been wrongly accused, whose cases have been going back and forth, and who have not been able to find any evidence to prove their innocence.
This kind of case is relatively rare. He Shu heard that there was a person who was wrongly imprisoned before and was detained for a year and a half before he was cleared of suspicion and released.
On the fifth day after He Shu was detained, a cadre called out his number and said that the police were there to interrogate him.
He Shu was handcuffed and taken out of the cell to a small meeting room outside the prison area. Sitting inside was a man named Tang Can, whom He Shu was not familiar with.
He was wearing the uniform of the public security department at this time. When he saw He Shu, he looked at him carefully for a long time.
The cadre, who was also the supervisor, brought He Shu here, removed his handcuffs and left, closing the door.
Tang Shen took out a large bag of food from under the table: "You look a little thin, are you not full here?"
He Shu nodded. For five days, the meals were almost the same every day. The soup was watery and there was not even a worm-eaten leaf to be seen.
The only source of nutrition is the egg on Saturday and Sunday morning, which is not available on other days.
Tang Shen patted the chair next to him and said, "Come and sit down."
He Shu walked over and sat down. Tang Shen took out a few lunch boxes from his bag and said, "Eat. I'll come to bring you some food every few days in the name of interrogation."
The lunch boxes in front of me contained roast chicken, pork trotter rice, beef noodles, and spicy and sour fish, as if they were packed from a restaurant.
"I don't know what you like to eat, so I bought some at random. You can tell me what you want to eat, and I'll bring it to you next time you come."
He Shu opened a box of white rice, tore off a chicken leg, and began to devour it.
He was really hungry, but this wasn't the kind of hunger that comes from not eating for days on end... It was the kind of hunger that comes from being given a little food every day and just wandering around, not starving to death, not being full, and feeling uncomfortable with neither being able to eat enough or not being able to eat enough.
Tang Can stopped asking questions and just watched He Shu stuff food into his mouth.
He Shu didn't eat everything. He only ate what he wanted, white rice and meat, and didn't touch anything else.
He only took two bites of a chicken leg, finished half a box of rice and put down his chopsticks.
Tang Shen asked in confusion: "Are you done eating now?"
He Shu nodded: "I have been hungry for a long time, I can't eat too much at one time, if I burp, I will be suspected. I just need to not be hungry now."
After hearing this, Tang Shen didn't know what to say and started packing his things.
"I saved two hundred dollars for you, you can use it to buy things."
"How long will I have to stay here before I can move on?"
Tang Can thought He Shu couldn't hold on any longer, so he reminded him, "It will be harder to be in prison than here. I think you should get used to it here first."
