No Way Out (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets 4)

On the way here, Shao Xiao Jia had wondered whether what he had done had been exposed. He knew that if those things were really investigated, getting sentenced to seven or eight years in prison would not be a problem at all.

But what happened afterward had made him toss that thought straight to the back of his mind. Yet now that Jiang Yan Hai had brought it up, the fear in his mind surfaced again. No normal person wanted to go to prison.

What did seven or eight years in prison mean? It meant becoming completely disconnected from society.

Remember that old joke? A thief was sentenced to twenty years. When he went in, he told his accomplice, "I hid pagers worth two million. When I get out and sell them, I'll instantly be a millionaire several times over."

And twenty years later?

"Sorry, what the hell is a pager?" While it was impossible to be completely cut off from the outside world in prison, for most people, falling out of step with society was inevitable.

For someone like Shao Xiao Jia, making him go to prison might as well be the same as killing him outright.

"Y-you... what are you talking about? I d-don't understand," Shao Xiao Jia stammered.

"Come on. With your mental fortitude, do you think you could hold out? Since I dared say it, that obviously means I know everything." Jiang Yan Hai smiled and reached out to pat his shoulder.

Shao Xiao Jia immediately fell silent for a moment. "What do you want?"

"Nothing. You're one of our War Propaganda Bureau people now, so none of those things you did are a problem anymore," Jiang Yan Hai said matter-of-factly.

The corners of Shao Xiao Jia's mouth twitched. Bro, I was talked into—no, I was