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Chapter 77 - 74: The Whole Day’s Work Depends on a Good Start in the Morning

Chapter 77: Chapter 74: The Whole Day’s Work Depends on a Good Start in the Morning

Under this state, Jiang Xiao was simply not within the purview of those two Prison Directors.

Thinking of this, Wang Dayong clapped Li Bing on the shoulder and said earnestly,

"Don’t rush, tomorrow you’ll go brainwash him, but even if you wake these prisoners up, what can he know?"

Deputy Prison Director: ???

What?

Why am I the one to brainwash him?!

Could someone clearly single-minded like him be influenced?

"Heck, don’t be scared. This kid’s got mental issues, quite easy to deceive."

Mentally ill, huh?

I hope that’s the case...

Anyway, Li Bing had made up his mind to never try to match strengths with this walking whirlwind.

A few hundred a month, I’m not risking my life for that.

After waiting for twenty minutes, just when Jiang Xiao was about to lose hope,

one of the prisoners’ eyes regained consciousness.

Soon, all the prisoners came to.

Following that, they all wore confused expressions.

Prisoner: (´◑д◐｀) Huh?

How did I end up here?

Hiss...

Why is Warden Jiang Xiao here too?

They couldn’t recall anything that had just happened.

Jiang Xiao pointed at the Yellow-haired boy, signaling him to explain tonight’s events.

The latter scratched his head in bewilderment.

Yellow-haired boy: (๑•̌.•̑๑)ˀ̣ˀ̣

"I only remember that after the lights were out, we went to bed, and then... then that’s all."

Everyone nodded in agreement, confirming that the Yellow-haired boy was right.

Jiang Xiao relayed everything he had heard and seen to them.

The prisoners immediately started a buzz of discussion.

As "spooky" figures themselves, they weren’t much scared of such matters.

But they were very curious and a bit unsettled.

After all, according to the warden, they’d been controlled like puppets.

Who in their right spook would like to be controlled by an unknown force?

One of the prisoners suddenly slapped his head!

"Wait a minute! I remember hearing some strange noises before I went to sleep?"

"Ah? You heard it too?"

Everyone looked at each other and nodded.

The skinny female prisoner who cooked lunch came up with a description of that sound.

"The sound was very faint, like when you’re walking and someone calls out to you, but when you look back, there’s no one there."

"Yes, that’s it. At first, I thought I was hallucinating."

"Wow, so that sound was the key to leading us here?"

As to the source of the voice, none of the prisoners had given it much thought before.

After all, hallucinations and the like were nothing unusual in Hengshui Prison.

"Hold up! You guys stop, I gotta ask a question," the warden spoke, and the discussion halted.

"The sound you heard, was it a creepy nursery rhyme or what?"

People shook their heads, indicating it was more like someone whispering in their ears.

It had nothing to do with nursery rhymes.

But as to what was specifically said, not one of the prisoners could remember.

Jiang Xiao nodded, signaling that everyone could go back to rest.

So it was.

His initial guess was not wrong.

Since they hadn’t heard a nursery rhyme.

That meant the eerie nursery rhyme was sung by these prisoners.

But what was the voice that led them out?

It didn’t make sense, so Li Yunlong waved his hand with a flourish!

If it didn’t make sense, then just stop thinking about it and ask directly tomorrow!

That’s the kind of guy Old Li was, straightforward and earnest to the core.

The first thing Jiang Xiao did after getting up and freshening up the next day was to release Da Yong and his two companions.

Unsurprisingly, they had also forgotten everything that happened last night.

But there was something different about them compared to the people in Section A.

They hadn’t heard any sounds.

Was the guiding voice targeted only at Section A?

Forget it, not thinking about that now.

"Da Yong, here are the keys, go get the prisoners from Section A up for exercise."

"Sure thing, boss, mission accomplished!"

Scar-faced and Mei Li followed as well.

As for Jiang Xiao, he headed straight for the Prison Director’s office!

Neither Jiang Xiao nor Old Li were fools; it was clear the prisoners were mere puppets on strings.

Trying to understand the inside story through these pawns?

Not possible~

The two Prison Directors must know something!

"Warden Jiang Xiao, what are you spacing out for in Section B?" A voice sounded behind Jiang Xiao.

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.

Dapper Li Bing had somehow made his way to Section B.

"Oh, it’s like this, I discovered some strange things last night."

"You went out last night?"

"Yes, my prisoners were acting weirdly, as if they were hexed."

"Really?"

"Deputy Director, you don’t know?"

"Not quite clear on it."

Li Bing began to feign ignorance, frowning and pretending to be upset.

"Didn’t I tell you yesterday? Don’t go out at night! What happened? Are you alright?"

Uh?

Jiang Xiao couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. Isn’t that like stating the obvious?

"Ha-ha, if our dear Li had any trouble, could he be standing here unscathed? What you’re saying is as if you have no brainstem at all."

Li Bing pretended not to understand the sarcasm in Jiang Xiao’s words.

Instead, he extended his hand with an inviting gesture.

"Let’s go, shall we talk?"

Fine, let’s chat then~

Jiang Xiao followed him all the way to the deputy warden’s office.

"What did you see last night?"

Li Bing kept playing dumb.

Jiang Xiao reported everything he had seen, leaving nothing out.

From the singing he heard in the room to the inmates of Area A appearing for no reason, to the trio in Area B unconscious and unresponsive.

He didn’t miss a thing.

"What I freaking don’t understand is, do the damn cell doors open by themselves at night?"

The idea of something eerie being strong enough to break out was completely plausible to Jiang Xiao.

But according to what the inmates said last night, they walked to the yard by themselves.

And when they returned, the cell doors were wide open.

Jiang Xiao’s question was pertinent... incredibly pointed...

There had to be a plausible explanation for the cell door issue...

The deputy warden’s knuckles were incessantly tapping on the table as if considering how to start the conversation with Jiang Xiao.

Damn it.

Didn’t the warden say this guy was mentally ill?

He looks perfectly fine to me!

Should I use the Spirit to brainwash him?

Right, Jiang Xiao has problems, but the commander of the Independent Regiment doesn’t~

"Hey, Jiang Xiao, I’ll tell you the truth."

"These inmates have special backgrounds, and regarding the incidents that happened at night, even we have to keep our distance. The prison guard rules are also made clear, we aren’t allowed to go out at night."

So, does that mean the deputy warden is also clueless about what the inmates do at night?

But they must be able to hear what’s going on, right?

Could it be that the eerie singing is only targeting me?

Jiang Xiao had every reason not to believe such a lame explanation.

If the deputy warden didn’t give a satisfactory answer, he would naturally use his own methods to investigate and uncover the truth.

"Knock knock knock~"

Awei knocked on the door, reminding the warden and deputy warden it was time for breakfast.

It was breakfast time already.

Jiang Xiao stood up first. You can’t let yourself suffer, and more importantly, you can’t let yourself go hungry.

The deputy warden then went to the warden’s office.

"How did it go?"

The warden, unusually not cuddling with his secretary, immediately asked Li Bing how things were progressing, with a sense of urgency.

"He doesn’t look like he’s mentally ill, so don’t think about fooling him as if he were an idiot."

Li Bing looked quite dissatisfied, feeling as if he was the one being played for a fool by the warden.

"Don’t we have a contingency plan? Let him take a test! I refuse to believe he can score zero every time?"

Neither warden wanted to openly fall out with the odd Jiang Xiao until it was absolutely necessary.

"Did you give him the study guide?"

"Yes."

"Good! This time we’ll pick questions from the front of the first page. He has to pass if he so much as glances at it. If not, we’ll just have to add a couple more questions!"

...

"Boss!"

"Ha-ha, the boss is here!"

The moment Jiang Xiao entered the cafeteria, he was submerged in a sea of enthusiastic greetings.

"Good morning, boss~"

The feeble female inmate from last night greeted him shyly.

"Ha-ha! So, tell us, what’s so great about our dear Li?"

The crowd: ...

It was only after causing the feeble female inmate to blush that Jiang Xiao casually found a spot to sit down.

"By the way, what did she do?"

Jiang Xiao gestured towards the female inmate he had just mentioned.

"Theft, fighting, drug abuse, she was reported."

Ah, this...

Truly, appearances can be deceiving.

"Could there be wrongful convictions in our prison?"

"No way, we all confessed to these things ourselves, there’s no such thing as a wrongful conviction."

How odd.

Li Yunong had seen plenty of hardened criminals and polished scoundrels.

The commander was quite confident in his own judgment.

But these inmates seemed to give off a different vibe...

Just then, the deputy warden came in with a stack of test papers.

"Quiet down, everyone. After breakfast, we’ll start today’s test."

While speaking, Li Bing’s look swept towards Jiang Xiao, then took a seat next to him, making it clear he was monitoring the situation.

Jiang Xiao quickly finished his meal, ready for today’s test.

Huh?

Jiang Xiao: (▼皿▼#) Chinese again?

Mathematics is my strong suit...

The next line of ’A day’s plan starts with the morning’?

Jiang Xiao picked up his pen, hesitated, and finally glanced at the deputy warden with a bit of unease before writing his answer.

1. A day’s plan starts with the morning, ("I curse your ancestors to high heaven.")

!!!!!

Li Bing’s face instantly froze.

What the... dude?

Your answer to this question...

Contains a bit too much personal emotion, roar!

Seeing that the deputy warden didn’t show any reaction, Jiang Xiao thought he got it right and moved on to the next question.

The second question was about the dwindling willow fluff on the branches.

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