CH 165 Visiting He Qianjian
Translated by The BL Muse (ko-fi)
Zhangshan Prison.
It was night, and the fourteen-person prison cell was full of snores. He Qianjian did not fall asleep, lying on the iron frame bed, his face under the moonlight appearing alert and gloomy.
He had asked the prison guards for help many times before, asking them to help contact Jiang Zhuo and his wife. But someone learned of it, and it was rumored that he wanted to contact the He family. When Brother Hei and the others heard this rumor, they immediately thought he wanted to find outsiders to help solve problems in the prison, so he was grabbed that night for questioning.
It was naturally impossible for He Qianjian to admit that and he honestly said that he wanted to find his biological parents. However, Brother Hei and the others did not believe it. After giving him a lesson, they probably had some scruples and did not bother him again for several days. Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief and quietly wait for news from Jiang Zhuo and his wife, rumors spread from nowhere that he was planning to rely on the He family's connections to sell things in prison.
In such a large prison, there was definitely no shortage of people with backgrounds and sources of goods. Most of those people were brutal and ruthless. In order to avoid losses for their own interests, they monopolized the supply of goods in the entire prison. Before this, they have dealt with countless people. So when news of He Qianjian planning to sell goods came out, he was taken away for a good talk during the afternoon break time.
Since then, He Qianjian's life had become more and more difficult. Brother Hei was only the boss of Cell 14, but the one who monopolized the selling of goods could be said to be the invisible boss of the entire prison. He didn't need to give an order, just a glance and the wounds on He Qianjian's body were never lacking again.
At first, everyone was still worried about his identity as the eldest young master of the He family. Even if they beat him, they would not dare to do it seriously. At most, he would get a few more bruises on his body. But as time passed, everyone found that whether it was the He family or the Jiang family, no one came to visit him, and this last scruple disappeared.
He Qianjian wanted to turn over and touched the wound on his leg, but couldn't help but let out a hiss.
In a room filled with snoring, this soft cry was not loud because it was deliberately restrained. However, Brother Hei, who was next to He Qianjian's bed, heard it. Ever since He Qianjian offended the boss of the prison, Brother Hei ordered the others to force He Qianjian to the bed next to his own.
"Not asleep yet?"
The voice without concealing its purpose approached He Qianjian. A pungent smell followed the speaker's words and enveloped He Qianjian's surroundings. In the darkness, a hand slowly crept up.
Don't know where it touched, but He Qianjian couldn't help but scream. The man became more excited, turned over and groped more eagerly.
He Qianjian closed his eyes and did not move. After such a long time, he had become accustomed to what Brother Hei would do to him almost every night. Maybe he still had some scruples after all so although he had done everything that could be done, he had never done it to the final step.
After staying in prison for so long, He Qianjian was also a normal man. As early as the third year of junior high school, he had a girlfriend behind his family's back and engaged in sex. Until he fell out with the He family, he never had a shortage of girlfriends behind their backs so he had already become a little impatient after such a long time.
Although he found Brother Hei disgusting at first, over time, he got used to it. Without looking at Brother Hei's face, it wasn't that hard to accept.
The rustling movement here attracted the attention of a short man who was also awake not far away. He opened his eyes and looked over, and sneered in his heart when he saw the bed with clearly two figures on it. His eyes were full of spiteful hatred and glee.
After Brother Hei was satisfied he immediately turned over to sleep. He Qianjian pulled off the quilt on his body and was about to move when he suddenly heard a familiar electronic sound in his head.
He Qianjian's expression changed instantly. He flinched but hearing a snoring sound next to him, he then realized where he was. He tightened the quilt and did not move.
He held his breath and listened to the long-lost voice in his mind: [——The system is reconnecting... 13%, 24%, 49%... data is missing, the system is severely damaged, and reconnection has failed...]
Failed?
He Qianjian opened his eyes, how could it fail?
He immediately shouted in his mind: [System! System! Are you there?!]
The System did not answer, but the electronic sound appeared again: [——The system is reconnecting for the second time... 49%, 51%, 63%... The data is missing, the system is severely damaged, and needs to be reconnected again...]
The whole night, He Qianjian listened to "system is reconnecting for the xxth time" over and over again in his head, and stayed awake all night.
The prison's time arrangements for prisoners were very clear. After breakfast, He Qianjian would go to the workshop with the others to work. However, he didn't sleep last night, and with the constant new and old injuries gained in the past few days, he felt a little uncomfortable, his head heavy and his limbs weak.
On the way to the workroom, He Qianjian walked at the end of the prisoners' line. With a pale face and flaky mouth, he seemed to be in a very bad state.
Today happened to be the prison guard who was helping He Qianjian contact the Jiang family on duty. Seeing He Qianjian's face, he remembered that he had personally visited the Jiang family a few days ago and mentioned about going to the prison to see He Qianjian. The couple who were very gentle and polite to strangers suddenly changed their expressions, especially the woman. The disgust in her eyes was difficult to conceal, and even he, an outsider, could clearly feel it.
His biological parents didn't like him, and his adoptive parents didn't want him either. Thinking of He Qianjian's current situation, even if the prison guard knew that he had kidnapped the real eldest son of the He family, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for him. At that time, He Qianjian was just a kid. A high school student suddenly learns about his true family background. During this rebellious period extremes were expected, and he ended up doing something wrong. Although it was a bit excessive, it was not unforgivable. His biological parents and adoptive parents might be a bit too cruel.
Thinking of this, the prison guard sighed softly and walked towards He Qianjian.
However, before he could take a few steps, his arm was grabbed by someone. It was the senior who had told him to not mind the prisoners' business.
The senior prison guard glanced in the direction of He Qianjian: "What are you doing?"
The prison guard respected his senior and stopped and replied: "I think No. 149 seems to be feeling a little unwell. I want to go over and have a look. If he is not feeling well, I will send him to the infirmary."
The senior prison guard frowned when he heard this: "If he feels uncomfortable, he will report it himself. Why bother?"
Hearing these almost inhuman words, the prison guard felt a little uncomfortable and frowned: "Senior, He Qianjian is only in his early twenties, which should be one's best age. His family members, whether they are biological or adoptive, all disregard him, he is already pitiful enough, and do you know that he has been beaten many times overtly or covertly during this period? My checking on him is out of responsibility towards work."
The senior prison guard saw his firm eyes which were full of concern and kindness to everyone. Thinking that he didn't listen every time he reminded him, he wanted to just forget about it, but in the end he still said, "How many times have I told you, don't Interfere in the affairs of these prisoners, you said that He Qianjian is only in his early twenties. No one cares for him, which is very pitiful. But have you ever thought that he had enjoyed the life of a young master for nearly twenty years that others may not enjoy once in their lifetime? Isn’t it more pitiful for those who were born without a mother or father, and who had no choice but to do illegal things just to have a bite to eat and not to starve to death?”
The prison guard was stunned and his voice was lower than before: "But that's not something he can help... Even if he did something wrong, and his adoptive parents refused to forgive him. But even his biological parents won't forgive him either. They wont even come to have a look at him, isn't that too cold-blooded."
Seeing his appearance, the senior prison guard knew what he was thinking, and his tone was colder than before: "You only heard He Qianjian's side of the story. How can you be sure that it is the He family and his biological parents who are cold-blooded, and not that He Qianjian deserves it?”
"He is only a young man in his early twenties, no matter what he did..."
"You also said that he is a young man in his early twenties, not an underage child." The senior prison guard interrupted him and said solemnly: "Today you will be changing your guard duties. Don't be on duty here. Go to the visiting room.”
The prison guard wanted to say something else, but the senior had already turned around and left.
He looked in the direction of the workroom where the prisoners had disappeared, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes, and left through another exit.
……
Visiting room.
The two prison guards on duty were watching the news when suddenly the phone rang. One of them answered the phone, hung up after saying "yes" twice, and muttered: "How come someone is visiting the prison at this hour..."
Another person raised his head after hearing this: "Is someone coming?"
"A young man apparently." The prison guard stood up as he spoke, walked to the door and opened it. He turned around and saw that the door leading to the prison was also opened. He was stunned for a moment and saw that it was a new colleague who had not been here for a long time. He said curiously: "Zhou Yang? Why are you here?"
Zhou Yang smiled and said, "The team leader asked me to be on duty here today."
"That's good." The prison guard smiled and said: "We haven't spoken much yet, and the news is playing inside. You go in and sit down. Someone has come to visit the prison, I will bring them over and then chat with you later."
Zhou Yang nodded, looked at the clock on the wall, which was pointing at seven o'clock, and was a little curious: "Is someone coming here now?"
"I also said that this guy came early." The prison guard stuck his head out and looked outside, then said as he walked out: "Don't know who they came to see. Coming here now will delay the work of the factory. I'm going to pick him up."
Zhou Yang suddenly remembered He Qianjian, who looked not so good. He was a little worried and did not answer. Soon, he saw his colleague walking in with an unfamiliar young man. The two of them were talking in a low voice and walking towards this side.
"Mr. Jiang, these two are my colleagues. One is surnamed Zhang and the other is Zhou. They are both prison guards here. Usually Xiao Zhang and I are on duty outside, and Xiao Zhou watches over the prisoners inside."
The prison guard introduced with a smile, and Zhou Yang realized that he had come out while watching the news broadcast inside.
He subconsciously took a look at the young man in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help but light up. What a handsome young man. Then he was a little curious about who he was visiting. With his age and mannerisms, he didn't seem like he would know these people in the prison.
Thinking like this, he asked: "Mr. Jiang, who are you here to visit?"
Jiang Chen curled his lips: "He Qianjian."