Perspective Medical Genius Young Master

Chapter 956: Chapter 948: The Father in Memory

He remembered a TV series where someone was locked in a very small house, no windows, and the door only opened through a tiny hole when food was delivered. Every person stayed in that little house all year round, in a room less than eight square meters, with a single bed and a chamber pot. This was the life of the prisoners. Liu Rui and the others were first taken to the warden’s office, where they presented the materials about Liu Rui’s father that had been prepared in advance.

Liu Rui looked carefully; there were some photographs, some were serious ID photos, and others were candid shots of his father and others working.

In fact, if the warden hadn’t told him that these were his father’s materials, he really wouldn’t have been able to recognize the person in the photographs as his father. There wasn’t even a single resemblance to the father he remembered.

What was his father like in memory? Tall and upright, with strong hands that could easily lift him over his head. When he smiled, his big eyes squinted into slits. But looking at this person in the photos, he couldn’t find even a shadow of the past.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide, staring at his father’s clothes in the photos. The prison uniform was worn so much it was unclear what it originally looked like, but Liu Rui noticed the color on one part of the arm was distinctly different from the rest, obviously blood-colored. Looking more closely at his father’s hands, he saw straps tightly bound around them, yet even so, his father was still holding a shovel in both hands, working.

Liu Rui couldn’t bear to look any longer, and the warden seemed to notice something, quickly taking the materials. After seeing the photographs, he didn’t notice anything unusual and said, "These photos were taken while they were working, and they can be used as review materials in the future."

Liu Rui, with a gloomy face, waved his hand to stop the warden’s further words. The warden said no more. Actually, the prisoners in this place usually committed extremely serious crimes, and under usual circumstances, no one came to visit them.

The warden had received news from above, so he knew that the background of these two people was definitely not ordinary and couldn’t guess their relationship with the person they wanted to visit. If they were enemies, he wondered to himself, he had noticed during Liu Rui’s examination of the materials that Liu Rui’s face looked very unpleasant, as if that person were his enemy.

If they were indeed enemies, anything might happen; they might find an excuse to get rid of that person. Such scenarios often appeared in movies.

The warden wasn’t afraid of anything happening. Inside, these were mostly desperados. No one on the outside hoped they would be released. The only requirement from superiors about this prison was safety—they absolutely couldn’t let anyone escape. Other than that, they could do whatever they wanted. Even if someone died in prison, he wouldn’t be held accountable.

"Can we go inside and take a look?" Xiao Yifei asked. He wasn’t quite sure what Liu Rui was thinking. He watched Liu Rui frowning all the time, evidently making a very important decision.

"Of course, as long as you dare to go in. But I still advise you to be careful; the people inside are far more ruthless than you might imagine," the warden said, leading them to a room with a window. From there, they could just see what the prison looked like opposite.

In a fenced area, there were two rows of houses, and in front of them was a large open space. They saw about a dozen people on the ground, some standing, some sitting. The warden beside them explained, "This is their time out in the open air. They come out at a fixed time daily to get some sun and fresh air."

Suddenly, while watching, they saw three standing people surrounding one person sitting in a corner. After a few words, the three suddenly started to fight, using both hands and feet, beating the person. The person initially struggled a bit, but quickly stopped moving. After kicking him a few times and finding him indeed unconscious, they left, bored.

Xiao Yifei glanced away from the scene; he couldn’t bear to watch any longer. But the warden and Liu Rui seemed to watch very attentively, with a hint of a smile on the warden’s face.

Xiao Yifei couldn’t help but ask, "Why doesn’t anyone stop this kind of situation?"

"Who would be willing to confront such people head-on? Would you dare? We’re just ordinary people who happen to work here. Having worked in such an environment, we treasure our lives even more. Who’d be so brainless to risk theirs to save them?"

"Moreover, you don’t understand. Inside the prison, there are factions and divisions. They’ve secretly formed many small groups to avoid being bullied. The person beaten just now was newly arrived, which is why they bullied him," the warden said calmly, as if he were recounting someone else’s story.

"But what if someone dies? Judging by how it looks, they’ll kill him sooner or later," Xiao Yifei asked. He was a doctor, and his instinct was to save lives, regardless of who the person was or what heinous deeds they’d done.

"Things like this can only be left to fate. The people in here generally committed very serious offenses, so from another perspective, the suffering they endure now doesn’t compare to their past crimes!" the warden said.

Upon hearing the latter part, Liu Rui turned to give the warden a glance, a look so sharp it seemed to want to kill the warden. Only then did the warden realize he had misspoken. There was someone inside connected to these two important figures.

"Don’t misunderstand me, I didn’t mean that. I mean the person beaten just now deserved it. He was caught for a child crime, harming the country’s children. Such a person deserves a firing squad," the warden quickly clarified.

From Liu Rui’s earlier gaze, even the dullest person could see that the person Liu Rui wanted to see was very important to him, not the nemesis the warden had guessed. Liu Rui coldly said, "If you can’t speak properly, shut up." The warden’s face instantly darkened after hearing this, but he said nothing due to Liu Rui’s status.

Xiao Yifei had to explain, "He’s in a bad mood today. Don’t take it personally." Xiao Yifei thought, this was their territory; it’s better not to offend them. Liu Rui had always been this way. Whenever he was dissatisfied, he didn’t care who the other person was or where he was; he would speak his mind without mercy. That was fine before his subordinates, but in other environments, it was not good.

"So how do you usually get in?" Liu Rui asked as if nothing had happened.

"You see that gate over there? That’s how we go in. But generally, we don’t enter; going in might mean we never come out," the warden replied.noveldrama