Outside Abstinence Hall.
A carriage raced in from the waters beyond the island, riding the waves. Like a ghost, it passed through the heavy steel walls in a flash. None of the prison guards or inmates seemed able to see it; they simply went about their business.
The page guided the carriage to a slow stop before a clock tower. Only then did the carriage appear before everyone's eyes.
Master Chen, dressed in a scholar's long robe, pushed open the carriage door and stepped out unhurriedly. He headed into the clock tower, where a man in a black trench coat soon appeared before him.
"Master Chen, you've finally returned," he said respectfully.
"Little Xie, while I was gone, nothing happened in the prison, did it?" Master Chen asked.
Xie Yu hesitated for a moment before answering, "Before today... nothing happened."
Master Chen raised an eyebrow. "Then something happened today? Tell me."
"At noon today, there was a group brawl in the cafeteria. More than twenty inmates were seriously injured, and one had half his body crippled with chopsticks," Xie Yu replied.
Master Chen's expression changed. "A group brawl in the cafeteria? What do they take this place for? They're outrageously bold! Who did it? They must be dealt with severely!"
"Master Chen, the ones who injured them were two teenagers."
"What does it matter if they're teenagers? Teenagers don't need to follow the rules?! Xie Yu, while I was away, I entrusted everything to you. Look at how you've been managing this place!"
Embarrassment appeared on Xie Yu's face. "But Master Chen, one of the two teenagers who made a move wasn't an inmate. He was a patient from Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital."
"A patient? Was it that Old Dog Wu?"
"No, it was a boy named Lin Qiye."
"..."
"Master