Chapter 11: The Eight Great Vajras and the Four Heavenly Kings

  Near the window on the lower bunk, a young man with a sullen face sat cross-legged, staring at Ye Haodong with a provocative gaze.

  Will we have to suffer from the "water and soil" of the juvenile detention center?

  Ye Haodong sat up, narrowing his eyes to size up each person in the room. Among the young men, except for Huang Mao'er and the youth on the lower bunk opposite Ye Haodong, everyone's eyes gleamed with malice.

  "Huang Mao Er, what does this mean? Can't help but 'follow the local customs'?"

  What happened next shocked Ye Haodong.

  Only to see the yellow-haired boy, who was as gentle as a sheep when he was in the detention center, suddenly turned into a hungry wolf at this moment. The yellow-haired boy, who had already occupied the best bed in the room, suddenly jumped down from the bed and growled: "Get out of here, all of you!"

  The look of anger on the young faces disappeared in an instant, and one by one they became obedient, like sheep, quietly getting down to the ground and standing in a row.

  Huang Mao'er's previous impression on Ye Haodong was too deeply rooted, and the current valiant performance created a huge contrast with before, making Ye Haodong very surprised. He laughed and also wanted to jump down from his seat to see what Huang Mao'er would do next.

  He didn't even have time to make a move, Huang Mao saw it and misunderstood, panicked, and hurriedly stopped him: "Hao Dong brother, you mustn't move, I can handle these little rascals."

  Ye Haodong ignored him and jumped down from the bed: "Don't be polite, you little brat is not what it used to be, tell me what's going on?"

  Looking at Ye Haodong's expectant face, Huang Mao'er thought of his appearance when he was in the guardhouse. Knowing that this master's curiosity had been hooked again, if he didn't get to the bottom of this play, don't expect him to give up.

  "Hold on, please don't say that! What's the point of comparing now and then? I wouldn't dare act big in front of you. It's just that these little ones have no respect for their elders, I'm afraid of offending you."

  Huang Mao'er walked up to the ten juvenile delinquents standing on the ground with an air of superiority, as if a general inspecting his troops.

  "Everyone stand up straight, today I'll introduce you to a real character, let you all broaden your horizons."

  Ye Haodong waved his hand to interrupt him.

  "Don't introduce me anymore, just tell me what they were planning to do earlier? Is it about getting used to the local environment?"

  Huang Mao'er said: "If you're interested, I'll introduce you. It's not like the detention center over there, where they have rules about adapting to the local environment. Newcomers all have to go through a session, mainly asking what crime they committed to get in here. If it's something trivial, that's one thing, but if it's for a 'flower affair', then you'll be treated well. The situation here isn't like the detention center; most people are just petty thieves or got into a fight. But your case is unique, a huge deal. If these guys find out, they won't need me to tell them, they'll turn you in for sure."

  Ye Haodong heard that those who came to the flower affair would receive special treatment, and he became interested: "Alright, don't stand around, which of you have participated in the flower affair before? Tell me, what methods did you use?"

  The young offenders heard this but didn't dare sit down, instead casting their eyes towards Huang Mao'er.

  Huang Mao'er: "Big Brother Dong told you to sit down, so you'd better sit down. Remember, in our house Big Brother Dong's words carry more weight than mine."

  The young men finally sat down at ease, but their eyes cast towards Ye Haodong still showed restraint. No one dared to speak first.

  Ye Haodong: "You're just a chatterbox, Huang Maohair, with your broken mouth, nobody else dares to speak. And to the others: Don't listen to Huang Maohair's nonsense, we'll be roommates from now on, and since we've met, it's fate, no need to distinguish ranks, let's interact as equals. Let's start with self-introductions, I'm Ye Haodong, from Taipingmen, came in for injuring someone, what about you guys? Who among you has participated in the flower arrangement event? Since we can't sleep anyway, tell me about it."

  Young Yuan Qiang, born in the year of the horse, who was the bravest among them and took the lead to introduce himself: "I'm Yuan Qiang, born in the year of the horse, I robbed a taxi to get here."

  It wasn't until they had known each other for almost a month that Ye Haodong found out that Huang Ma'er's real name was Liu Honggang, and he was actually one of the "Eight Golden Guardians" of the East District Police Station.

  As soon as the chat box was opened, the atmosphere suddenly became lively. The young people took out their most heroic and proud events to show off. However, only Ye Haodong, who sat opposite him, didn't say anything about that shy boy.

  Ten young men, the most serious crime was committed by Yuan Qiang, who was sentenced to six years in prison. That is to say that this kid will stay here for two years and after turning 18, he will go to a labor reform team to serve the remaining sentence. Liu Honggang came in because of beating someone causing severe injury, known as "Baozi" here, which belongs to the top of the food chain of crimes. The others were mostly theft. And the most embarrassing one was He Lin's brother, whose crime was the most surprising to Ye Haodong: this shy and silent 15-year-old boy actually cut off his stepfather's second son with his own hands, but as for why he did it, no one has ever heard him mention it.

  Before the experienced young man could tell Ye Haodong about the story of the person who was caught stealing flowers, the lights-out signal sounded, and the group of young men suddenly became tense and busy. He Lin was left to mop the floor clean with a mop, while the others quickly climbed into bed at top speed, and the dormitory quickly returned to calmness. Two minutes later, the patrolling instructor indeed walked in, carefully checked the arrangement of objects in the room, confirmed that there were no abnormalities, and then quietly left.

  Many young people were busy all day and were indeed tired, and they were also worried that if their conversation was discovered by the teacher, they would be punished, so their enthusiasm for talking was greatly reduced. Ye Haodong noticed it, but he couldn't force others to talk, so he had to hold back his curiosity and wait until tomorrow to continue the conversation.

  Ye Haodong did not expect that he would only miss one night, and finally understand the whole situation through his own eyes.

  The next day, after returning from morning exercise and having breakfast, the instructor conveyed a new order: there was a vicious fight in room 306 on the upper floor last night. For convenience of management, Ye Haodong and He Lin from room 216 would be swapped with Jiang Baojun and Hu Dawei from room 306. They had to move their luggage before starting work. The order was given by Qi Suo himself, which meant there was no room for discussion.

  This made Ye Haodong, who had just become familiar with his roommates, very unhappy, but he couldn't do anything about it. His emotions were only slightly down, while He Lin on the other side was already frightened silly by this news and sat on his bed for a long time without leaving.

  Huang Mao'er explained to Ye Haodong why He Lin was unwilling to swap rooms.

  The boss of Room 306 is called Zhang Shaowei. If Huang Maoer, one of the "Eight Great Golden Men", can be considered a top figure in the food chain of the prison, then Zhang Shaowei, who is among the "Four Great Kings", can be said to be an existence above the top.

  Zhang Shaowei is nineteen years old, yes, just nineteen years old. This kid is one of the special individuals in the East District Juvenile Detention Center who are serving sentences beyond their age. Over eighteen years old, not yet finished serving his sentence but doesn't have to go to a labor reform team to serve his sentence - this kind of existence is obviously not an ordinary person. And the reason he can receive such preferential treatment is indeed impressive: this kid has a father who is the deputy director of the Xin Guang District Branch.

  Zhang Shaowei's crime was not minor, otherwise his father's influence would have been enough to get him off scot-free and he wouldn't have ended up here. A year and a half ago, Zhang Shaowei was still under 18 years old. He dropped out of school and spent his days idling around at home, where he became obsessed with playing poker machines, inevitably losing as much money as he had. The addicted Zhang Shaowei quickly ran out of money, but his father, although having used some connections to help him avoid punishment, was not a fool and normally had very strict demands on Zhang Shaowei. With no more pocket money left and too afraid to ask his father for more, under the temptation of poker machines, the spoiled Zhang Shaowei didn't consider the consequences and took a knife to rob three workers from dormitory 47 at the Metallurgy Company on payday, seriously injuring one who tried to resist.

  The case is serious, the consequences are severe, and the impact is extremely bad. The entire process of robbing and injuring people has complete evidence, and the police didn't have to work hard to find Zhang Shaowei who was still indulging in the poker machine.

  According to his actions and the consequences, if he were caught during a severe crackdown, being sentenced to life imprisonment would not be excessive. However, because his father was a deputy director of the local Public Security Bureau, under the operation of this "loving father", Zhang Shao-wei, who had been captured and brought back, became "Zhang Shao-wei who surrendered himself". Although this kid did not escape legal punishment, under his father's care, this punishment still had to be greatly discounted. Before Qi Zhen-dong became the director of this juvenile correctional facility, he and Zhang Shao-wei's father were once the director and instructor of a police station respectively. They had jointly cracked down on the Er Xin Zi criminal gang for selling cultural relics and inciting malicious brawls, and because of that case, they both got promoted together. The relationship between them can be said to be one of sharing weal and woe. Relying on this special relationship, Zhang Shao-wei's dominance in this juvenile correctional facility led by Qi Zhen-dong was a natural result.

  He Lin's refusal to switch rooms was mainly because he was afraid of Zhang Shao Wei's abnormal behavior. He Lin, who had a somewhat demonic appearance, once encountered Zhang Shao Wei while taking a bath. The suppressed sexual desire and the vigorous vitality of puberty in the dormitory made the young man with little self-control produce twisted personality, and Zhang Shao Wei had made a rather abnormal move towards He Lin, making a gun shape with his hand at He Lin who was taking a shower. Although due to the disturbance of others, Zhang Shao Wei did not do anything to He Lin that time, but after that incident, in He Lin's heart, Zhang Shao Wei had become an indelible shadow.

  The story of Zhang Shao Wei, the entire eastern district juvenile detention center, older qualified young offenders do not know, so Huang Mao Er will introduce such details. In summary, this character is a teenager with extremely bad relationships, extremely cruel means, and extremely abnormal habits.

  Ye Hao really wants to meet this Zhang Shaowei.

  Looking at how Qi Zhendong has been exceptionally kind to himself, he should not have any hostility towards himself. Qi Zhendong's arrangement is definitely not unintentional, what could it mean? Ye Haodong was thinking randomly in his heart. Could it be that the old fellow wants me to help him manage his friend's son? A ridiculous and bold idea floated into his mind, making Ye Haodong himself hard to believe. Then what did he mean by transferring He Lin over? It can't be to satisfy Zhang Shaowei's perverted desires, right?

  The Eight Great Golden Arhats, and from 'Huang Mao'er' Liu Honggang's body alone, you can see the quality. What kind of role are the 'Four Heavenly Kings' who are even higher than them? If the rumors about Zhang Shaowei are true, what kind of three bastards would be worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as this dog? As he thought about it, Ye Haodong's heart unexpectedly had a certain expectation.

  Although he didn't learn much, Ye Haodong read a lot of books. He was good at using substitution thinking to analyze problems, and he vaguely guessed the meaning behind Qi Zhendong's actions.