svetikya Chapter 17 The Plan Has Changed
Chapter 17 The Plan Has Changed
Sensing that Sissan was becoming distant from his group, Ron guessed that something must have happened, but Sissan was too embarrassed to say it.
"Couldn't you try to act more naturally? Your sudden change of attitude towards us makes you seem even more suspicious."
It was Su Zixu who spoke, although he had never seen Ron communicate with this person before.
However, judging from Ron's greeting just now, the two have a fairly good relationship.
But Xisang's reaction was rather intriguing. Su Zixu thought he should try to keep this person calm.
"Nothing much, I just saw you eating alone and thought I'd join you at the table," Ron said with a smile, patting Sissan on the shoulder.
The four sat down again, and no one spoke, only silently showing off their food, creating a somewhat heavy atmosphere.
"Brother Xisang, do you have any work assigned to you tomorrow?" Old Zeng broke the silence after swallowing the chicken leg in his mouth.
"If you don't have one, why don't you come and help us? We're short-handed here, and the work is really too tiring." Old Zeng said, tearing off another big bite of bread and chewing it with a chicken leg.
Xi Sang propped his head up with one hand and stirred the milk in his cup with a spoon in the other, ignoring Lao Zeng's words.
"As I said this morning, please feel free to ask if you need our help."
Hey, no need to rush to reply. We'll be waiting for you tomorrow morning by the third bench on the west side of the exercise yard. Come find us if you'd like to help.
"But hurry, because we'll be going to the bathroom soon." Ron added when he saw Sissan remain silent.
After quickly finishing their dinner, the three of them got up and left in perfect unison.
Xisang watched the three people's backs, his brows furrowing slightly, his face showing a troubled expression.
Men's prison ward, section 2.
It was time for the prisoners to return to their cells. Old Zeng and Ron sat side by side opposite Su Zixu, on Liu Runyu's bed.
"The clues are still too scattered. The only clue we have so far from Lizzie and the others is a prison guard with the number '057' whose name is Joe."
His sister Jenny was apparently framed and sent here, and ended up in District 3.
Su Zixu stroked his chin, sorting out his thoughts little by little. He was a lawyer, and organizing storylines was one of his strengths.
"A young man risked his life to send an email to Joe's grandfather in Joe Sergei's name, and then the young man was shot and killed by a man with badge number 57."
These are the clues Lizzie and the others found in the library, right? Is there anything they missed?
"And then there's Quaid and that '009,' I wonder who this '009' is."
Ron added, "We need to string these little things together to form a complete story. I'll do that tomorrow morning."
"Now we're just waiting for Liu Runyu to come back. Tomorrow we'll focus on the library and Zone 3. I think there are still clues we haven't found there yet."
The thought of Liu Runyu's continued absence made Lao Zeng feel uneasy.
After sorting through the clues for a while, the group finalized their action plan for tomorrow: Ron would go to the library to meet up with the woman and her group, and then they would go into the library to look for clues.
Old Zeng, Su Zixu, and possibly Xisang who might join them for backup, while Liu Runyu will continue to act with Edwin and his group.
In the afternoon, Su Zixu went to meet Liu Runyu and tried to find a way to explore the Third Death Penalty Area.
After the three of them had finalized the details, the gate to Zone 2 was about to be locked, and the prison guard who came to take attendance came up with a baton, but Liu Runyu still did not appear.
"Oh no! Something must have happened to Liu Runyu!"
The unease in his heart was finally confirmed. Old Zeng suddenly stood up from the bed and looked at the closed door.
He knew in his heart that if he didn't return by this time, the chances of him being in grave danger were slim.
The iron rod banged on the door frame of room 306. "Silence! Roll call! 3016! 3017! 3018!" It was the same scarred man from last night. He was missing a small section of his right thumb, making it difficult for him to write.
Su Zixu's gaze locked onto the man's name tag, and his expression changed slightly. The number on the tag was "057".
"Officer, please wait a moment." Old Zeng stepped forward.
Upon hearing this, the prison guard stopped and looked at Old Zeng with suspicion: "What do you need?"
"You forgot about '3015,' officer." As he spoke, Old Zeng pointed to Liu Runyu's bed.
The prison guard flipped through the stack of papers in his hand again to check:
"There were only the three of you in this room, so where did the '3015' come from?" he said, looking at Old Zeng with the eyes of someone looking at a dead man.
Seeing the prison guard's face grow increasingly pale, Old Zeng felt a chill run down his spine from the intense gaze and quickly spoke up:
"I'm sorry, officer, I was just confused. Maybe I'm not in a good mental state and I keep having hallucinations...hehe."
The prison guard then simply scolded him a couple of times and told him not to cause trouble before leaving.
After he left, Old Zeng's face changed drastically, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.
"Dead... This is only the first day, how is this possible?" The difficulty of this dream seems to have exceeded his expectations.
"No, Xiao Su, the plans have changed tomorrow. You can't go and work with those prison bullies by yourself."
Old Zeng grabbed Su Zixu's arm, his breathing becoming rapid.
"I'll go with you tomorrow afternoon. It's only the first day, and we only have seven people left. We need to do our best to avoid any more casualties."
"How can you be so sure that Liu Runyu is really gone?" Su Zixu's face also turned somewhat gloomy.
"That's for sure, because the people here have forgotten him, just like that police officer from earlier."
"Sigh... I knew he was timid and afraid of trouble, but I never expected that a grown man would just disappear like this without any explanation."
But... if both of you go to Edwin's side... I'm afraid I won't be able to finish the task of changing the sheets and clothes by myself."
Ron had a bit of a headache.
"We went to persuade Sisang during the morning."
Liu Runyu's death felt somewhat unreal to Su Zixu.
"If Liu Runyu is really dead, then we need to know exactly how he died. This is very important. Even if he is dead, we must find a way to locate his body."
Currently, there are no clues about the third district, and the known clues are fragmented and incomplete, yet one person has already been lost.
This loss is enormous for them, but the death of a teammate often provides more clues and hints. Although it is cruel, it is a lifeline for those who are still alive.
Liu Runyu's death made the atmosphere in the room extremely oppressive. The three of them silently lay back on their beds and stopped talking until all the lights in Zone 2 were turned off.
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Women's Ward 2.
It was almost time to turn off the lights and go to bed, a different atmosphere from Ron and the others.
From the time they finished dinner until bedtime, Lizzie and the other three felt a little more relaxed. They couldn't say they were happy, but at least they weren't so stressed.
Shortly after roll call, the lights in the building went out, and the four of them stopped talking and went to sleep.
At night, Pang Qingxuan, who was asleep, suddenly shivered.
"It's so cold..." She vaguely tried to find the blanket, but after groping around for a long time, she couldn't find it anywhere, and the ground beneath her had become cold and hard.
Pang Qingxuan sensed something was wrong. She suddenly opened her eyes, turned over, and tried to stand up, but her head hit the edge of a hard object with a dull thud.
A wave of dizziness washed over Pang Qingxuan, and she reached out to feel around beneath her, only to find that the once comfortable bed had turned into a cold floor.
Immediately afterwards, she reached to her right, where she had bumped herself.
Pang Qingxuan measured the shape of the object with her hands and discovered that it was a table.