546: 535 546: 535 Song Yun was actually quite grateful to Zhang Longhu.
At least he was better than many of his compatriots.
When many encountered illegal situations, they were even afraid to make a comment, let alone offer help.
The vast majority just watched the news, criticizing others for not intervening in cases of theft or robbery, while they themselves would opt to merely spectate when it came to their turn.
Then, like idiots, they would comfort themselves by finding various reasons to feel good about themselves.
After reading Lu Xun for decades, the people’s deep-seated flaws are just the same as they were in the old society, so Mr.
Xun’s attempt to cure the nation’s soul with his writings has evidently not yet been successful.
But I digress, let’s get back to Song Yun.
At that moment, Song Yun could no longer avoid the situation and tentatively raised his head to ask, “Excuse me, do you need something?”
“Wow, he really does have good looks.” The man named Tongtong, very sturdy-looking, was clearly the type to take the lead in a relationship.
“Indeed, he’s quite handsome.
What do you think, are you interested?” Brother Tu asked Tongtong gently.
“Haha, interested my ass, my heart belongs only to you.
Other men are just for fun,” Tongtong proclaimed earnestly.
“Aww, you’re so sweet.” Brother Tu, half a head shorter than Tongtong, stood on his tiptoes to peck Tongtong on the cheek after speaking, an action that almost made Song Yun vomit his recently eaten meal.
“Zhang Longhu, your little roommate here is quite the looker, I like him.
Later, bring him to the gym to find me.
Don’t even think about running away; if you do, you’ll pay the consequences!” After speaking, Tongtong walked away, hand in hand with his companion.
“What do they want me in the gym for?” Song Yun whispered the question only after they had left.
“Sigh, you’re really unlucky,” Zhang Longhu said helplessly, “This Tongtong loves to play with men, and that Brother Tu is his boyfriend.
How could you catch his eye…really now.” Zhang Longhu was thoroughly puzzled.
“So he wants me to go to the gym later to…” Song Yun asked tentatively, full of apprehension.
“Obviously, to join them for fun.
That’s why I say you’re unlucky.
Tongtong doesn’t usually pay attention to just anyone.
You don’t look like a pretty boy, so why did he take notice of you?
It’s strange!” Zhang Longhu was evidently confused too.
Song Yun snorted coldly; having heard Zhang Longhu’s words, he could pretty much guess that someone didn’t want him to have an easy time, or perhaps someone was planning a move.
They’d send underlings to test the waters first, and when they’d figured out enough, they’d take action themselves.
It was not a particularly clever tactic.
Indeed, as Song Yun had thought, at that moment, Tongtong and Brother Tu were standing respectfully in front of a fat man – this was the same man Song Yun had seen earlier, Qian Kaikou.
“Have you all done as I said?” Qian Kaikou asked, while embracing a particularly flirtatious prisoner and chewing on a toothpick.
“Yes, all according to your instructions,” Tongtong replied with his head lowered, “Boss, what shall we do next?”
“What’s next?
Just do what you normally do.
If you can handle the new guy, I’ll award ten thousand yuan to each of you,” Qian Kaikou said with a smile, reaching out to grab the chest of the prisoner next to him.
His groping caused the loose clothing to reveal half of a breast, and upon closer inspection, one could discern that the prisoner was actually a woman!
To be embracing a woman in a male prison without any issues spoke volumes of Qian Kaikou’s power.
At the promise of their boss, Brother Tu and Tongtong couldn’t help but nod happily before they departed.
Qian Kaikou, while caressing the woman’s bosom, frowned and mused, “To think I have to test such an insignificant nobody, have the people outside lost their minds?”
“Song Yun, the times ahead are important for you,” Zhang Longhu said earnestly to Song Yun, after finishing his meal, “How you behave in the gym will directly affect your future days here.”
“What do you mean?”
“If you go in and bend over, then you’re going to rely on your ass to get by from now on.
But if you refuse to submit, even if you get beaten up or severely injured, generally they’ll leave you alone after one attempt – I know this from personal experience,” Zhang Longhu explained, “I don’t have any power or value, so this is all I can do to help you.
The rest, is up to you.”
“I understand,” said Song Yun, nodding, “Later, please, Brother Long lead the way.”
Zhang Longhu looked at Song Yun with a hint of pity, “Your luck is really not very good.”
“Life and death are decreed by fate, wealth and honor are in the hands of heaven,” Song Yun said with a smile, his face showing indifference.
Not long after, the meal was finished, and just as Song Yun was about to leave the canteen, he ran into the prison guards who had also just finished eating.
Mo Yuyao saw Song Yun as well; although she didn’t have a good impression of him, since they had only met that morning, she nodded to Song Yun upon seeing him.
Song Yun nodded back and was about to leave when Zhang Longhu pulled him back.
“Let them go first,” Zhang Longhu whispered.
The prison guards and Mo Yuyao, along with the Prison Police Captain, walked out of the canteen first, then Zhang Longhu remarked, “Alright, let’s go.
The rule here is not to compete with the prison guards for anything, including who exits a door first.
If there’s an emergency and they’re to leave, even if you get there first, you must wait.”
“Doesn’t this feel like some feudal society where everyone must clear the way for high-ranking officials?” Song Yun commented.
“Isn’t this the way things are done in our times?
Not only in prison, right?” Zhang Longhu replied with a meaningful look at Song Yun.
“That’s true,” Song Yun agreed.
“Let’s go.
There’s one hour of rest time after lunch, and I’ll take you to the gym.
What happens next is up to you,” said Zhang Longhu as he walked ahead.
The prisons of today were no longer like the old ones; now that the country was strong, naturally, there were more offenders.
But with the aim of keeping up with global standards, not only were more prisons being built, their quality was improving too.
Prison One had been renovated just last year, adding an independent cinema and gym.
The cinema would obviously not show blockbusters; it typically aired patriotic films or news, while the gym was for the prisoners to work out.