Chapter 1 has begun, Ye Haodong's happy prison life

  That day's shocking escort lineup scared the warden of Sifangtian Prison, and the second-class police monitor badge on Hong Yuzhou's shoulder gleamed so brightly that it left him stunned. From his more than 20 years of work in this prison, he had never seen any prisoner receive such a high-level escort lineup. The warden's aura was suppressed tightly, although this is a provincial-level prison directly under the jurisdiction, and as the warden, he does not belong to the Steel City political and legal system leadership, but the difference in level is still enough to make him pay special attention to Ye Haodong and his entourage. This was also Nong Junding's intention to put on a big show. She thought that this way, Ye Haodong might have an easier time inside. This was also the last thing she could do for him before leaving Steel City.

  Ye Haodong walked up to the tall and imposing black iron gate, turned around, and saw a small figure in bright red clothes standing on the distant half mountain slope, gazing far into the distance. It was vaguely Nong Juntin.

  Goodbye, sister. Thank you for everything you've done for me. Thank you for that confusing night in Shencheng. Actually, I already knew that the woman that day was you. Besides you, which other woman in Shencheng would make me feel so inexplicably familiar? You don't want to say it, and I won't expose it, but this lifetime, I won't disappoint you.

  The large black iron gate creaked shut, and the warden saw off the leaders. The curious ones walked back, and the whole person was different from before, with a changed temperament and demeanor. It seemed that the big gate not only isolated the outside world but also the warden's unique aura of being the sole ruler in this courtyard.

  "Which one is Ye Haodong?"

  Ye Haodong loudly responded: "Yes!"

  The warden looked him up and down, then smiled warmly, and the atmosphere in the prison changed. Ye Haodong could clearly feel the sudden relaxation of the prison guard who was escorting him.

  "I've already heard about your business, I must warn you, don't cause trouble here, remember two things are important: first, my name is He Kui; second, don't provoke He Kui's anger; can you remember?"

  Ye Haodong: "Yes!"

  "There's something else you might need to know, this prison is directly managed by the Provincial Prison Administration Bureau, which means that Steel City's political and legal system does not directly lead here, so don't expect to receive different treatment from other prisoners, my principle has always been to treat everyone equally."

  Ye Haodong: "Yes!"

  "Alright!" He Kui nodded, turned his head to the prison guard in charge of escorting: "Separate them and lock them up, put him in the same cell as Hou Tiejun, arrange for them to go out to work starting tomorrow."

  Just a few words, Ye Haodong seemed to have sensed the danger, and this He Kui looked somewhat interesting.

  From the detention center to prison, the hierarchy changed as if from elementary school to university. The prison guard led him to start the admission procedure, file, judgment, and handover. It was winter now, and he was given a set of black cotton-padded jacket and pants, a gray vest, two sets of cloth-made prisoner uniforms, and two white cotton underwear, and let Ye Haodong change into them.

  Register the items carried on the body, sign on the list, and then be led by the prison guard to the second floor. Ye Haodong was assigned to group 17, a 15-square-meter room with brick beds like those in rural earth stoves, but one bed per person. Like the detention center, it had a cement floor, a large wooden bucket covered with a lid, and a small wiping cloth on top. The space available for prisoners to move around was very limited, with only one ventilation window 50 cm long and wide, and without exception, there were steel pillars as thick as an arm.

  It is known from the introduction that this is an old prison, which existed in the Qing Dynasty and during the Japanese occupation, and was also a prison during the Nationalist period. This is the K-shaped building, which resembles the letter "K" when viewed from the sky. Following international convention, it cannot be bombed in the event of war. As a regular prison, most of those detained are serious offenders. A long history often means that the prison culture has been passed down and carried forward more thoroughly.

  As soon as Ye Haodong entered, the iron gate behind him clanged shut with a clang, and the palm-sized iron lock made a pleasant clicking sound. The footsteps of the prison guard gradually faded away.

  Ye Haodong had noticed a person staring at him since he came in, someone who looked very familiar. After a slight recollection, Ye Haodong suddenly remembered: Hou Saner.

  "Hou San Er: 'Ye! Hao! Dong!' Hou San Er loudly and clearly called out Ye Hao Dong's name, his eyes gleaming with a fierce and menacing light."

  Ye Haodong shrugged and smiled: "Wherever you go, there's always fighting, it can't be completely stopped. It's not just because people like to fight, but also because everyone doesn't like negotiating, they all think their own strength is the most reliable. My name is Ye Haodong, this is my second time here, I know the rules are to beat each other up first when you come in, but I don't think that's good, so it's best if you don't give me trouble. Hou Saner and I are sworn enemies, his two old friends died because of me, he wants revenge, that's understandable. This matter has nothing to do with anyone else, if any of you feel like brothers with him and want to help him out, I won't mind taking you on together."

  Hou San'er didn't dare to come by himself, but here he indeed had brothers, five people not one missing, walked up to Ye Haodong. The prisoner with the most ferocious appearance, the strongest build and the thickest arms asked: "Are you Ye Haodong?"

  Ye Haodong nodded: "Yes."

  "Did you kill Mountain Dragon and Tiger?"

  "It was an accident! He died from a car crash!"

  "That guy sneered: 'You think you're some kind of big shot, but you're just a despicable coward who only knows how to plot in secret. You dare to duel with me one on one?'"

  Ye Haodong: "No."

  "Scared?"

  "Come on, let's eat quickly, I don't have time to serve you one by one, come together."

  Hou San'er jumped over and shouted: "He said it himself, let's beat him up together!"

  That man was very dissatisfied with Hou Saner, and said: "Get out of the way, Ye Haodong, you're arrogant enough, but being arrogant is useless. If you can knock me down one-on-one, everyone in the house will give you a massage!"

  Ye Haodong: "You can represent others, won't it be just us two finishing things off, they're endless?"

  That man clenched his fist and said in a domineering tone: "This is it, this is the biggest! In this house, what I say goes."

  Ye Haodong: "Alright! From now on, what you say goes, but you have to listen to me."

  Others opened the scene, and the two men exchanged a glance. The man couldn't hold back and threw a punch straight at Ye Haodong's eye socket, which was called "sealing the eyes". If it hit, Ye Haodong's vision would be blocked, making him an easy target. Ye Haodong met the incoming fist head-on, not dodging but instead using his head to collide with the man's punch. With a loud crash, the two men clashed in a fierce exchange! The man winced in pain and withdrew his fist, shaking his hand, while Ye Haodong rubbed his forehead without taking advantage of the situation to counterattack.

  That man loudly shouted: "Come again!" and pounced on Ye Haodong. Ye Haodong dodged low to meet his strength, grasped the front of his chest and waistband with both hands, stood up with the momentum, and actually lifted this nearly 200-pound big fellow off the ground. He shouted: "Do you yield?"

  That man stretched out his hand to grab Ye Haodong's collar and shouted: "You don't obey, come on and fight with Laozi."

  Ye Haodong knew he had grabbed his own collar, thinking he couldn't shake him off. Ye Haodong suddenly threw his body backward, using all his strength to jump high and fall heavily, slamming the big man like a meat cushion with a ruthless slam.

  That man was stunned by the heavy fall, opening his mouth and spitting out a small amount of blood. Ye Haodong turned back, stepping on his chest and asking: "Do you admit defeat? If not, get up and continue practicing!"

  That man slowly got up, clasped his fists: "I admit defeat. My name is Ji Chenggang, from Fucheng, I work in a coal mine, and was sentenced to life imprisonment for accidentally killing someone."

  Yeh Hao Dong returned a courtesy: "Yeh Hao Dong, from Gang Cheng, self-defense killing, sentenced to ten years, just call me Dong Zi from now on."

  Others came forward to introduce themselves: "Gao Dapeng, Jin City, male-female relationship, sentenced to 15 years, please advise more"; "Lin Hongwei, Gang City, theft of state property, sentenced to 10 years"; "Fang Hualong, Feng City, fraud, sentenced to 20 years"; "Hou Tiejun", Ye Haodong interrupted: "You don't need to introduce yourself."

  Ye Haodong noticed that he and Ji Chenggang had just overturned the wooden bucket in a one-on-one fight, and was about to clean up. Lin Hongwei came over to stop him: "Dongzi, don't move, let that scoundrel come."

  He was referring to Gao Dapeng, a young man who looked no more than thirty years old, wearing glasses and looking gentle. Ye Haodong's mischievous spirit suddenly emerged, and he asked with wide eyes: "What did he do wrong? Why are you treating him so badly?"

  Hou San'er realized that from now on, he would have to survive under Ye Haodong's tyranny, so he quickly put on a show: "This son of a bitch is an elementary school teacher, damn it! He raped over a dozen students in his class, even gave them numbers, and encouraged them to be little heroes, wrapping towels around their legs to wait for this son of a bitch to...!"

  Every time Hou San'er said a sentence, Gao Dapeng's face turned whiter, he lowered his head, twisted his neck, and his eyes flashed with venomous light, staring fiercely at Hou San'er, his fists clenched tightly, not daring to refute a single word.

  Ye Haodong looked at others and asked: "Is what he said true?"

  Everyone nodded in agreement. Ye Haodong hummed and said, "In that case, you're being too disrespectful to Da Peng. On someone's first day here, the rules of getting used to the water can't be broken. We've already finished our fight, can't we play some other games?"

  Ji Cheng just realized that Dongzi also hated this kind of thing and wanted to torment Gao Dapeng, so he asked: "Dongzi, what do you think we should do?"

  Ye Haodong thought of the various tricks people played on him in the juvenile detention center and wanted to use them, but felt it lacked creativity. After some thought, he said: "Big Peng is right, good guy, indeed a good fellow, not in vain was your rebirth as an adult. I, Ye Haodong, am not someone who likes to torment people, but for you, I'll make an exception. How they treated you before doesn't matter to me, what kind of tricks you have up your sleeve here also doesn't matter to me. What I want to tell you is that from today on, unless you're transferred to another cellblock, every day there will be this one meal, sitting in the sofa area?"

  Gao Dapeng's face turned pale, his lips trembling for half a day: "I will, Dongzi brother, I really couldn't control myself at the time. I have a mental illness, behavioral disorder, so I was sentenced to such a light punishment. Otherwise, with what I did, even ten rounds of shooting wouldn't be enough."

  Ye Haodong said coldly: "Sofa, if you don't like us, then get out. You'd better make a decision quickly, or else I'll help you decide and it will be too late for everything."