Chapter 168: Give Up Voluntarily? This Matter Is Weird
The electric baton hit the iron railing hard, accompanied by a deafening bang, electric arcs flew everywhere, and the air was filled with crackling sounds of electric current.
Two prisoners who were leaning against the fence and smoking secretly during exercise time suddenly convulsed violently at this moment.
Their hair stood up instantly, their bodies lost balance and fell heavily to the ground, their eyelids drooped up sharply, white foam flowed from the corners of their mouths, and they swayed on the ground.
The prisoners around were so frightened by this sudden change that their heartbeats accelerated, and they all twisted their necks to look over here.
After they identified the perpetrator as the warden Zhou Hu, they immediately lowered their heads, looks of fear on their faces, and hurriedly fled in all directions, as if they were afraid of being affected by Zhou Hu's anger.
"Brother, what happened?" Ma Xuan walked quickly forward and asked with a frown. Chang Wei followed closely behind him with the same serious expression.
Zhou Hu remained silent, but his eyes flashed with a gloomy and cold light. He stared at Chang Wei closely, as if he wanted to see through his thoughts.
Chang Wei was already a little worried, and was awakened from his trance by Zhou Hu's sharp eyes. His heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and he asked nervously: "Brother, what happened?"
Zhou Hu curled up his lips into a cold smile, and asked in an unquestionable tone: "How dare you go behind my back and join the warden?"
Chang Wei's face turned pale instantly, and he looked horrified and incredulous: "Brother, are you kidding me? How could I betray you? I have always been loyal to you."
Zhou Hu's brows were tightly knitted into a knot, and his eyes revealed deep suspicion. He snorted coldly, his tone was cold:
"Don't you know? Your nephew actually gave up the job and stopped reporting to the prison. Is this something you did secretly?"
As he spoke, Zhou Hu suddenly swung his hand and slammed the list in his hand hard on Chang Wei's chest. The force was so strong that Chang Wei staggered and almost fell to the ground.
Chang Wei hurriedly picked up the form, which was the job application he submitted on behalf of his nephew. At the bottom line, in the column for the warden's approval, there was a big X drawn where the warden had originally signed his consent.
Instead, there were two big words written in red pen - "Rejected".
The bright red color, like two sharp blades, stung Chang Wei's eyes. The reason for the rejection was clearly written: the applicant voluntarily gave up the job due to personal reasons.
Chang Wei's face was full of astonishment. He held the list tightly, and his hands were shaking with excitement.
"Impossible, my nephew would never give up the job, he..."
Chang Wei took a few deep breaths, stared at Zhou Hu with wide eyes, his astonished expression gradually replaced by fear, and said in a trembling voice,
"My nephew went out at night two days ago and has not returned home since. I can't get through to him on the phone. He has been out of contact for two days. My sister has already reported the case to the police station anxiously."
Chang Wei clenched the employment form until it creaked. With bloodshot eyes, he said seriously, "My nephew is missing. How can a missing person voluntarily give up the job?"
Zhou Hu was stunned: "Missing?"
Ma Xuan was listening thoughtfully.
Chang Wei nodded quickly. "I asked my friend in the police station. They said they are short of manpower recently, so the case has been put on hold. However, they told me that there have been a lot of disappearances in District 9 recently. Based on their experience, if someone has been missing for more than two days, there is a high probability that they are in grave danger."
Chang Wei's eyes fell back on the list again. The words "give up voluntarily" seemed to be burning his anger. He raised his head, his eyes flashing with anger, and his voice became louder:
"Brother, the disappearance of my nephew must be related to the warden. I only have this one nephew, so you have to make the decision for me."
Zhou Hu's anger was immediately extinguished by Chang Wei's stronger anger, and he calmed down completely.
His pupils shrank twice, a hint of hesitation flashed across his face, and then he slowly said:
"Just for an insignificant job quota, the warden wouldn't go to such lengths."
Chang Wei gritted his teeth. Reason told him that the warden would not be so impulsive and unwise, but emotionally, the missing person was his nephew.
Ma Xuan suddenly interrupted and said, "Brother, this matter is strange, but it concerns Chang Wei's nephew, so why not go and ask the warden for clarification."
Zhou Hu thought for three seconds. Although he had never given any face to the airborne warden, he even looked like he was going to join forces with other wardens to sideline the warden.
However, when he really had to go to the warden's office alone and confront Qian Huan face to face, he still felt a little scared.
It's not only because the other party holds the title of prison warden, but also because of the dozens of meters long laser channel leading to the warden's office, which brings a tangible sense of terrifying oppression.
Zhou Hu finally went there with the order.
The warden's office.
Zhou Hu knocked on the door and entered. Looking at the explosion-proof glass wall of isolation, Zhou Hu felt a hint of contempt in his heart: "This warden is really afraid of death."
He completely forgot that the back of his clothes was soaked with cold sweat when he just walked through the laser channel.
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"Is there something?" Qian Huan asked knowingly.
Zhou Hu sorted out his words, forced an unnatural smile on his face, and asked, "Warden, I would like to ask, what does the mark 'voluntarily give up' on the list of the candidate I recommended mean?"
Qian Huan smiled slightly and replied casually: "It means exactly what it says."
Zhou Hu asked again: "Forgive my stupidity, please explain it more clearly, warden."
Qian Huan stared at Zhou Hu and said word by word: "He just won't come."
Zhou Hu frowned and asked uncertainly: "Did he call our prison on his own initiative, or..."
Qian Huan interrupted Zhou Hu's probing and said frankly: "No, I have never seen this person, let alone had any contact with him, but I know that he will not come to our prison to work."
Zhou Hu felt that the warden seemed to have admitted it, but also seemed to have admitted nothing, which gave him a very bad feeling.
He asked irritably, "Can't come, or won't come?"
Qian Huan unscrewed the water cup slowly and took a sip of water, then said with a half-smile, "Does it make any difference? In the end, they didn't come. So in my opinion, it's considered that he voluntarily gave up the job, so I'll naturally give the vacant position to someone else."
Zhou Hu's face was gloomy. He wanted to continue asking questions, but he saw Qian Huan had already lowered his head and pretended to be busy working.
He still didn't give up and asked: "Who told the warden Chang Qingsen that he gave up on his own initiative?"
Zhou Hu placed great emphasis on the word “give up voluntarily”.
Qian Huan was very satisfied with Zhou Hu's impatient attitude. That was why he deliberately wrote that in the reason for rejection. He wanted to arouse Zhou Hu's anger and impatience, and invisibly deepen the latter's fear of him.
Qian Huan didn't even raise his head, and said nonchalantly: "I can't remember clearly. You know, I'm the warden, and every day many of my subordinates have to report to me about the work inside and outside the prison. Maybe someone told me something and I remembered it."
(End of this chapter)
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