Return to freedom

Sunny days, white clouds, sandy beaches, and the blue and wide sea in the distance. This is the vacation destination that many people dream of.

The sand is crystal white, rubbing the soles of your feet like powder when you step on it, making people itch and just want to laugh, the water is clear and transparent, and when it is calm, it is like a turquoise crystal, even if you go to the height of your knees, you can still clearly see your feet under the sea. The waves came from afar, and the waves hit the thighs softly, and the pants that were rolled up to the top were occasionally wet by the small waves, but they quickly returned to dryness in the fierce sun.

"Am I really infected by that guy...... At this time, I am still in the mood to tread the waves. ”

The man who walked to the middle of the water bent down, scooped up a handful of seawater and splashed it on his face, and then shook his head vigorously, as if to shake off the rotten habits of "being infected" along with the water droplets on his face. He had short and medium black hair, and his fair skin was tinged a faint red under the scorching sun, and it didn't look too far from a sunburn. He wore a white T-shirt and cropped denim pants rolled up to his thighs so that he wouldn't get wet from the sea.

On the beach not far from him was a pair of sneakers with two balls of socks tucked inside. Next to the sneakers lay a tightly closed suitcase, on which lay an unlocked handcuff with a key in it. If any ill-intentioned person happened to pass by this place, and took this suitcase, which seemed to be important, and left, he probably wouldn't have had time to get back from the sea.

It's just that there's no one else here.

Everywhere he looked, there were trees. He was the only one in the vast stretch of beach and the vast jungle that went deeper, except for the ones who wouldn't show up.

"What the hell ......" Xiang Nanxing shook his head and smiled bitterly, scolding rudely.

A few hours ago...... No, it should be traced back a little earlier, a day ago, Xiang Nanxing felt that he had been severely pitted. At that time, he and Liang Jingmo ran wildly all the way, out of breath, and finally intercepted the "black cat" Qiu Banxia and Luo Baichuan who were halfway through the corridor. As the host, "Black Cat" Qiu Banxia had already completed the "collection of bets" at that time, that is, from Luo Baichuan's mouth, he found out the secret that Liang Jingmo and Shen Junhao wanted to know at the cost of their lives, which meant that they were running all the way over, and it was still a step too late after all.

However, Liang's worst fears did not happen. In the face of their inquiry, Qiu Banxia asked the guards to take Luo Baichuan first, while he stayed behind and happily explained to them the information he had just obtained, completely ignoring the current situation that the "bet" on the other side, that is, Shen Junhao's life, had not yet been collected.

Xiang Nanxing, as a companion of the winning side, is naturally qualified to share the fruits of victory, and he is also quite interested in this secret, which according to Liang Jingmo, "is estimated to have a relationship with him". It was only soon that he realized that he had been wrong. Although Qiu Banxia had no intention of hiding something, Xiang Nanxing couldn't understand a single word of the words that came out of her mouth at this time.

No, it should be said, I can understand every word when I take it apart, but I don't know what she's talking about when it's connected into sentences. It was only then that Xiang Nanxing realized that he had probably been cheated by Liang Jingmo again, because these two guys obviously had the most basic understanding of "something", and the "secret" that Luo Baichuan knew was a supplement to this matter, for them, while knowing the secret, they had already gained a more detailed understanding of the panorama of the matter, and at this time, they could even try to dig out the part they didn't know from each other's mouths through mutual dialogue.

But what about Xiang Nanxing? He didn't even know what these two guys were communicating, let alone understand what Luo Baichuan's words of unknown meaning meant. What is the "war of stealing the country", what is the "afterimage of ten years ago", these things Xiang Nanxing didn't know what they were referring to until he listened to the conversation between the two.

So he can only mechanically push the memory of his brain to the best state, trying to memorize every sentence mentioned by Qiu Banxia, every word of unknown meaning, to see if there will be other opportunities to touch the bypass in the future, and occasionally there may be a harvest, maybe he will rely on these saves his life at the critical moment.

But that's not all. According to the agreement before participating in the game, Liang Jingmo started a game on the spot in front of Qiu Banxia, and lost some of the large number of chips obtained after the victory to Xiang Nanxing, which even exceeded his initial promise to recruit him, to the point that this alone could be exchanged to offset all the remaining sentences. The ecstatic Xiang Nanxing immediately proposed to the host Qiu Banxia present to exchange it for a reduced sentence, and the latter agreed, but with a complicated smile of unknown meaning on his face.

"I don't know if your luck is good or bad......" she looked at him with a sly smile like a cat on her face, "According to the rules, after offsetting the entire sentence, the default sentence is 'zero years', which means less than a year." Some leave the next day, while others spend nearly a year in prison until the last day. ”

As soon as he heard this, Xiang Nanxing's heart suddenly sank. "And what's the situation with me?" He asked cautiously, silently praying in his heart that the latter would not happen.

"You...... It's probably a good time. "If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to go out at noon tomorrow." ”

At that time, Xiang Nanxing's mood fluctuated with every sentence in her sentence, from apprehension to ecstasy, and the whole person was completely overwhelmed by the joy of regaining freedom, so much so that he didn't even notice the strange places in the autumn and summer words. Why is it called not knowing if luck is good or bad when you get out of prison? What's the good time? Why do I have to leave at noon? At that time, Xiang Nanxing couldn't spare any extra energy to think about the mystery in these words.

Then the next day, he understood.

He was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, and he didn't fall asleep until five o'clock in the morning. After all, I had experienced so many ups and downs the day before, and I was washed by the joy of regaining my freedom, and I was in a good mood, so I slept like this, and directly crossed the whole morning.

When it was close to noon, the prison guards walked to Xiang Nanxing's room and woke him up, who was still sleeping, and then announced that he would be given five minutes to wash and change clothes.

"It's now, you have to get out." The warden said.

Before Xiang Nanxing, who had just changed his clothes, could react, a cold handcuff directly roasted his hands and cuffed them behind his back. Xiang Nanxing just wanted to protest, but the guard brutally grabbed a ball of cloth and put his mouth on it, and then took out something like a black cloth and wrapped his eyes around it. The whole world suddenly fell into darkness, Xiang Nanxing's heart was cold, and he suddenly thought of an extremely terrifying possibility.

Could it be that when they "go out", they are actually taking people out and punishing them with death?

The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was possible. After all, it sounds very strange to get a sentence reduction through the "adversity game", and if you want to win in that kind of game, you either have to be good at organizing your team like Luo Baichuan, or you have to be good at forbearance like Liang Jingmo, and give the other party a fatal blow at the most critical moment, or you have to be ruthless enough, whether it is for yourself or others, no matter how you look at it, it is not something that a good person on the outside can do. Instead, most of the important qualities that make people win the game are the things that a good offender needs most.

In other words, it is entirely possible that this game is a lie, and instead of being a way to reduce sentences, it is a powerful tool to screen out the most vicious prisoners from the pile of prisoners. And he stepped into the team of "extremely evil criminals" without knowing it, and he happily thought that he was going to be released from prison.

"Hey! It's not like that! You are mistaken! ”

Xiang Nanxing struggled desperately to defend himself, but the rag in his mouth was tightly stuffed, making his words turn into slurred moans. The two guards grabbed his hand one on the left and the other on the right, almost dragging him forward. When the eyes can't see, other organs of the body will become more sensitive, and Xiang Nanxing at this time has personally felt this. He could realize that he was being dragged down a long aisle before stepping into what looked like an elevator. The elevator brought a subtle sense of weightlessness, and it seemed to be going down, and when they got out of the elevator, it was a long aisle, and then the guards pressed him to a chair and tied him firmly to it with several strips of cloth that came with the chair.

He had resisted a lot along the way, but in that situation where his hands were handcuffed and his eyes were blindfolded, and his breathing was restricted by the cloth, how could he be able to defeat two well-trained guards in terms of physical fitness? At this time, his heart was already dead, even if he was sitting in an electric chair right now, he could only accept his fate.

However, the worst did not happen. With a few strange sounds like the mechanism opening, Xiang Nanxing suddenly felt himself and the seat shake slightly. This feeling is quite subtle, you can clearly feel the body moving forward, but there is an irregular swaying from side to side, like sitting in a dinghy on the water2 play. Ten minutes later, Xiang Nanxing knew that he was right, and when his feet stepped on the ground, he realized that he had just sat on a speedboat and rode the wind and waves, and now he had landed.

As he walked inside, Xiang Nanxing felt like he had walked into the jungle. At this time, the ground under his feet began to become complicated, and all kinds of branches and vines were growing, and Xiang Nanxing no longer struggled, because he needed to concentrate so that he could not fall in this environment. The guards dragged him for three to five minutes before suddenly stopping.

Xiang Nanxing felt the handcuffs "click" loose, and at the same time, something like a grip was stuffed into his hand. "Carry it." One of the guards said sullenly. Xiang Nanxing reflexively held it. Then, in the next second, there was another "click", and it sounded like the untied handcuff was cuffed squarely to the grip.

"Count in place for three minutes before you can take off your blindfold."

The guard took out the ball of cloth from his mouth, threw down the above sentence, and then walked back with messy steps. Xiang Nanxing kept an eye on it, counted to two minutes, and took off the blindfold in advance after confirming that there was no other sound around him. As soon as his eyes opened, they hurriedly narrowed tightly.

I almost burst into tears. In that moment, the sun of freedom burned his eyes.

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