After working hard all afternoon, the prisoners did not stop laboring until dinnertime.
Because they had done physical work that afternoon, there was an extra serving of braised pork for dinner.
The braised pork was red and glossy, giving off an enticing aroma that made all the prisoners very happy.
Wu Zhihua watched everyone eat the braised pork with smiles covering their faces, and a bitter smile appeared on his own.
He picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth. The rich flavor gave him a trace of satisfaction, but the bitterness in his heart still refused to disperse.
After dinner, everyone showered and returned to their cells to rest.
Wu Zhihua lay on his bed. After pulling weeds all afternoon, his entire body ached. He had only experienced this feeling in the distant past, and he had never expected to feel it again now.
One by one, snores began to ring out from the various rooms.
The noisy snores rose and fell, like an out-of-tune symphony.
Listening to the snoring, Wu Zhihua tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Today was his first day serving his sentence, and scene after scene from his imprisonment kept flashing through his mind.
He clenched his fists, his gaze resolute as he shouted inwardly.
I don't want to live like this for even one day. I have to find a way to escape...
In the city proper, Room 601 of Building Three in Happiness Garden residential area.
The morning sunlight had not yet fully pierced the thin mist, and the entire residential area lay immersed in silence.
In the dim bedroom, soft light streamed through the gaps in the curtains, casting mottled shadows across the room.
A faint, delicate fragrance filled the air, like lavender and jasmine