At midnight, I was lying alone in the prison guard's dormitory in Bac Giang Prison, surrounded by deathly silence! The entire Bac Giang Prison seemed to have evaporated from the world, without the slightest sound. I've been lying in bed for hours, but no matter how hard I try to push myself to sleep, my tired eyes just can't close.

I rolled over hard and turned myself to the window in front of the bed again, staring blankly out of the window. It had been raining for a whole day, and finally at midnight, I was able to hold back the tears. Although the rain stopped, it quietly left the gloom in the world.

It seems that whether I am a criminal or not, this first night in prison is destined for insomnia......

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"Did you sleep well last night?"

In the small cafeteria of Beijiang Prison, prison guard Gu Yu sat opposite Nian Yu, carrying out a final sweep of the food in front of him.

"It's okay!" Nian Yu lowered his head, trying not to let Gu Yu on the other side discover his dark circles.

"Huh! Catfish, you're lying to me! You must not have slept well, your eyes are dark, you can't say that this is a ghost in the middle of the night, right?? After Gu Yu finished cleaning up the last bite of food, he looked at Nian Yu who was eating with his head down with a smile on his face, especially Nian Yu's faint dark circles, which did not escape Gu Yu's eyes at all.

"I recognize the bed! I can't sleep in another place! Nian Yu felt that Gu Yu's eyes were staring at him tightly, but he could only continue to lower his head and make weak excuses.

"I said catfish! Actually, you don't have to live here at all! Didn't the warden say that he could send a special car to pick you up every day? Why do you have to live in a prison dormitory?? Isn't this looking for your own hardships! Gu Yu reached out and took out two tissues from the paper drawer on the dining table and wiped his mouth, then unhurriedly took out a box of Liqun from his arms, took out one and put it to his mouth and lit it. Suddenly, a faint smoke drifted between him and Nian Yu, getting thicker and thicker, and there was a faint mist between Nian Yu and Gu Yu.

"I just want to have a more direct understanding of the psychology of the criminals and their living environment, and besides, going back and forth between the city and the prison every day is a waste of time, and I think I will get used to the environment here tonight and I won't have insomnia anymore." Nian Yu continued to keep his head down, dealing with the food in front of him.

"Huh! It was nothing, and I couldn't sleep the first time I spent the night here, and whenever I remembered that there were criminals who could do anything not far away, no matter how sleepy I was, I didn't feel sleepy at all. Gu Yu patted Nian Yu's shoulder and comforted him with a smile.

"Oh!" Nian Yu still didn't look up.

"Catfish! What are you going to do today? Why don't we continue to talk to a few colleagues? Gu Yu is now calling Nian Yu a "catfish", as if he has known a buddy for a long time. Maybe it's because the two people are of the same age, maybe it's because of Chen Fatzi's special explanation, anyway, in Gu Yu's opinion, the catfish in front of him is worth his attention to it, and it is even more worthy of him to release a long fishing line.

"It's been a day of talking yesterday, so let's go meet the prisoner today! I'm here to write a report, so I can't just sit in my office and talk to everyone! Nian Yu finally raised his head, rubbed his astringent eyes, looked at Gu Yu on the opposite side and said softly.

"Oh well! Today we will go to meet these social scum, but there is one thing I declare in advance, you have to listen to me when the time comes, you must not have any physical contact with these scum, otherwise it will ......" Speaking of this, Gu Yu looked around, and then lowered his voice and whispered to Nian Yu: "Otherwise, if it is discovered by 'sinking', I won't be able to eat and walk around, don't forget it!" ”

"Don't worry! I won't make it hard for you! Nian Yu nodded.

"Huh...... That's it! Gu Yu took a long breath of smoke rings, then stood up and pulled Nian Yu out of the administrative building of Beijiang Prison. Along the way, from time to time, some prison guards who had changed their guards greeted Gu Yu, and everyone seemed to like Gu Yu, a thin young man, and Gu Yu also greeted everyone with a kind face.

"Gu Yu, your popularity is very good! Everyone seems to like you very much!" Nian Yu said softly to Gu Yu.

"Huh! No way...... In today's society, it is better to have more friends than many enemies! Although, everyone is in the same unit, but, who knows that person likes to make small reports behind his back! If you can not offend people, try not to offend them. Reach out and don't hit the smiling person! ”

Gu Yu shrugged helplessly, with an innocent expression.

"Got it, buddy! Or don't talk about me, don't you want to know about our prison and the inmates here? Let me introduce you to this prison! Our Bac Giang Prison was built in 1968, and it has been almost 50 years since then, and it is one of the top ten prisons in our country. More than 30,000 criminals have been detained here, and there are still 3,119 people in custody, including 1,871 men and 1,248 women. There are murderers, rapists, robbers, fraudsters, embezzlers, thieves...... In short, you can think of criminals here. No matter what kind of group he used to be, or a high-ranking official of the government, or the big brother of the underworld, as long as he enters here, he has to listen to our buddies, who made us prison guards, they are a group of social scum! ”

After listening to Gu Yu's introduction to Beijiang Prison, Nian Yu deliberately slowed down his pace of progress and asked Gu Yu softly, "You seem to have a lot of resistance to these prisoners?" Is it related to your profession? ”

"No, I don't have a deep grudge against them, and I can't meet them like them. Merely...... Alas! Actually, that's the case, I'm a prison guard, they're prisoners, I don't bother them, I'm already worthy of them, and as for the rest, you will slowly understand. Gu Yu seemed to swallow back halfway through his words, but he always had his signature smile on his face.

Nian Yu looked at Gu Yu in front of him, who didn't smile or speak, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. After studying psychology for several years, through conversation and regular contact, Nian Yu can easily understand a person's personality and his inner activities. However, for Gu Yu, Nian Yu always had a skeptical attitude to analyze his character and heart. In Gu Yu, he couldn't see the anxiety of other policemen, especially the prison guards. It seems that Gu Yu doesn't care about anything, especially his kind attitude, which makes it easy to feel like a good person.

But the more this Gu Yu is like this, the more Nian Yu feels that he is not so simple, at least there are some things that Gu Yu did not put on his face, or that he hid it well. For Nian Yu, the more things are hidden, the more interested he becomes.

"We seem to be about the same age, right? You were born that year, huh? Nian Yu did not continue the topic just now, but talked to Gu Yu about it.

"I'm '93, what about you?"

"I'm also 93 years old, the same age as you!"

"You're also '93? Didn't you just graduate from college this year? It can't be a graduate student, right? Gu Yu asked with an envious smile.

"I'm an undergraduate, but when I was in college, I took two years off! That's why I graduated this year. Nian Yu smiled embarrassedly.

"Take a leave of absence? A top student like you shouldn't take a leave of absence? Gu Yu turned around and looked at Nian Yu in surprise with a question on his face.

"Huh...... Don't make fun of me, what kind of top student am I! I just took a break from school because of my study problems! ”

"No, it won't!" Gu Yu stopped and looked at Nian Yu with a look of surprise on his face.

"Why am I lying to you! I really had to take a two-year break from school because of my studies, don't tell anyone about it! Nian Yu said with a slight blush.

"How so? How can I tell anyone about you? You can rest assured! I'll keep this secret for you, and make sure that the entire Bac Giang Prison is known to the two of us. Gu Yu smiled and patted Nian Yu's shoulder.

"Then I'll thank you first!" Nian Yu smiled faintly.

"Thank you! Who made us buddies! Your business is my business! Definitely won't let anyone see your jokes. Gu Yu pointed to an iron gate not far away, and continued: "In front of us is the third prison area of our Beijiang Prison, let's start here first!" After speaking, Gu Yu didn't wait for Nian Yu to answer, he turned around and walked slowly towards the third prison area. And after Gu Yu turned around, the kind smile on his face suddenly disappeared from an angle that Nian Yu couldn't see, and was replaced by an inexplicable sneer and contempt.

"Okay!" Nian Yu walked slowly behind Gu Yu, but the smile on the corner of Nian Yu's mouth became stronger.

Criminals, a group of people deprived of their freedom and dignity, live at the bottom of society. Facing the surrounding walls and power grids, can you still say that you are the boss of some group and the big brother of some gang? There is no future for them, and the only thing they can do is to count the sun and live their lives, hoping that one day they will be able to walk out of here. However, for those who have been sentenced to life or death, prison is their last earthly memory. Although this memory is not glorious, it cannot be erased.

Prison guards, a group of ordinary people who eat and live with criminals, among these ordinary people, there are only a handful of people who really love this job, the vast majority of prison guards are waiting for the opportunity to be transferred out of here, or promoted, or flat, and a small number of prison guards like to stay here, like to face prisoners, and prefer to face pain. No matter what kind of mentality these prison guards hold to stay in prison, there is no doubt about one thing, that is, many honest prison guards have accompanied wave after wave of prisoners through their sentences, but they have been locked up in prison for the rest of their lives until the end of their "sentences".