Chapter 284 You Bastards, Let Me Out
The air was terribly heavy.
You can hear a pin drop.
Even the sound of breathing had an echo.
Sitting on the chair that went from warm to cold, the smell of yellow liquid urine and ammonia was extremely pungent at first.
Gradually the sense of smell becomes dull.
At this moment, Zhao Liren felt the shame and humiliation she had never experienced before.
Roaring and raging, cursing and howling.
The only response she got was silence and indifference, which had no effect at all.
Instead, it highlights her madness and stupidity.
She hated the world in the book. She no longer had the excitement and anticipation she had when she first came here. Zhao Liren wished she could go back to her original world immediately.
Go back to her ordinary office worker life.
She would no longer be obsessed with some crappy novel world or system space, it was all bullshit.
If time went back to last month, without food coupons to eat, she would definitely return to the countryside immediately and obediently.
What a bullshit black market operation.
What did these people want to ask her when they caught her?
What would happen to her if the small refrigerator was exposed?
The wetness on her pants made Zhao Liren feel a chill on her back and her teeth chatter.
It's not because it's cold, it's because they are inhumane.
When people are under high mental stress, their brains become unusually active.
Sudden...
A picture emerged in Zhao Liren's mind.
Last month, yes, that’s right, last month.
Tofu pudding shop.
Lin Yiyi dipped her hands in water and drew two flat concentric circles on the table.
Now thinking back carefully, she didn't draw a circle at all, it was clearly a Chinese character "回".
Zhao Liren cursed herself in her heart.
What an idiot she was. She didn't react at the time and thought she was just drawing out of boredom.
Since coming to this world, it seems that apart from her being stupid, there is no one around her who is dumber than her.
Damn it!
Half a year of peaceful rural life caused her to make a low-level mistake.
To underestimate others is to dig a hole for yourself.
But...why would Lin Yiyi tell her to go back in this way?
What does she know?
Or discovered something?
Thinking carefully back to the few times I had contact with her, the scenes flashed through my mind one by one.
Zhao Liren was startled and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead. She and Lin Yiyi had only had two private contacts.
One time, I exchanged chocolates with her for food coupons at the gate of the staff compound.
Another time was at a tofu pudding shop. She offered candy in exchange, but she flatly refused.
And there was also the question that Lin Yiyi asked her at that time.
Now think about it carefully.
Zhao Liren wanted to slap herself in the face.
It turned out that it was the candy that exposed the problem. Others had already noticed something was wrong and reminded her.
She didn't take it seriously at the time.
Now that it has happened, it's too late to say anything.
What should I do now?
Zhao Liren was sweating profusely and her legs were trembling. Before she could think of a way to deal with the situation, the place where the door and the wall merged without a clear boundary was pushed open again.
Or two men whose facial features cannot be seen clearly.
With a "pop", the sealed brown paper bag was placed on the table.
A new round of interrogation begins.
The interrogator came straight to the point and continued with the previous questions.
"What are you doing at the movies?"
Zhao Liren couldn't answer: ...
This is a dead end question. If you don’t believe it after watching the movie, do you think you can become a small vendor yourself?
According to current laws, she is not sure how long she will be sentenced for reselling, but the consequences are certainly something she cannot bear.
Time seemed to stand still.
If silence were effective, there wouldn't be so many rules and regulations in the world.
The interrogator did not ask any more questions this time. He stood up, walked over to her, took out a paper-wrapped candy and placed it where she could see it clearly.
"You should know what this is."
When Zhao Liren saw clearly what was in his hand, her eyes were filled with fear, her face turned pale, and she trembled, unable to utter a word for a long time.
I exchanged the candies in early March, and it has been a month and a half now.
How deep did they dig?
"You exchanged the candy with your roommate for the food coupons." The interrogator walked back into the darkness, took out the soda bottle from the drawer, and returned to put it in front of her again.
“This is the soda you sell at the movie theater.”
The interrogator's statement remained unchanged, but Zhao Liren felt a chill to the bone.
The shame of wetting your pants is not worth mentioning.
She was so flustered and uneasy that she didn't dare to look up and look him in the face, for fear that her poor acting skills would be seen through.
Zhao Liren could only stare at the empty bottle numbly, her hands clenched into fists, without saying a word.
“How many bottles of soda did you sell in 30 days? Where did the soda come from?
Do you think you can escape interrogation by pretending to be deaf and dumb?"
"Do you know why it took so long to arrest you?"
Zhao Liren suddenly raised her head, looked at the stranger whose half face was in the shadow, and asked in an inaudible voice, "Why?"
"Solving the case too quickly doesn't show how difficult it was. Now it's time for you to explain everything clearly."
After the interrogator finished speaking, he returned to the dark side and sat down. Where did this woman get the soda candy?
Zhao Liren was like an eggplant hit by frost. The person who was interrogating her almost called her stupid.
Explain?
What can she explain?
"How long will the sentence for speculation be?"
The interrogator said coldly: "At the beginning, you will be sent to the farm for three years, and in serious cases, you will be sent to the mining prison."
Their security department doesn't care about this.
Zhao Liren was so scared that she couldn't help swallowing her saliva. She looked down at her clothes that were stained with sewage and her pants that were slowly being dried by her body temperature.
She was really finished.
She couldn't admit to the crime, didn't want to be sentenced, and it was even more impossible for her to reveal her golden finger.
"Comrade Zhao Lili, let me ask you again, where did you get the candies and soda?"
Zhao Liren closed her lips tightly and dared not answer.
She had no choice.
I can only waste time and play dumb.
…
Faced with the female prisoner's silence and non-cooperation again, the two interrogators exchanged glances.
Get up, open the door and go out.
The whole process was a civilized interrogation.
But after a while, two more people came in.
Without waiting for Zhao Liren to resist.
He approached and put a sack over his head, knocked him unconscious and sent him to the solitary confinement room.
When Zhao Liren woke up again, she opened her eyes but could not see anything. She sat on the ground and groped around little by little.
The unknown amplifies the fear in people’s hearts infinitely.
She was locked in a pitch-dark place. There was no sound at all, not even any air vents. The silence was eerie.
Zhao Liren kicked around tentatively and tried to shout for help.
Hunger and fear made her want to cry.
She desperately wanted to leave this damn place.
"Is there anyone here? Let me out. Why are you keeping me here?"
"I know you can hear me, come out now!"
…
No matter how loudly she shouted, the only response she got was her own echo.
It took a long time.
Zhao Liren felt tired.
In a place where you can't hear, see, or feel the flow of time.
It just drives people crazy.
The taut string in her mind broke completely, and Zhao Liren sat on the ground and burst into tears.
The long period of fasting and water restriction made her stomach churn and her emotions fluctuate so much that she couldn't help vomiting.
But I couldn't spit out anything.
The fear in my heart reached its peak, like a frightened bird.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but there was a metallic sound of an iron door being pushed open.
A very small bright opening.
Leave the steamed buns and water.
Zhao Liren hurried towards the light. It was very close, just a few steps away, but she still managed to find the small window.
The small iron door closed and the world became dark again.
......
After eating and drinking all the water in the dark and replenishing the carbohydrates, Zhao Liren began to calm down and think about the problem.
How can she leave here?
How would she answer when faced with interrogation?
What should she do if lies don't work?
No matter how much she wanted to remain calm, facing the current situation, saying and doing were two completely different things.
The time seemed so long that she didn't know how long she had been locked up.
It can only be estimated based on the time it takes to deliver the meal and the degree of hunger and thirst one has to endure.
When she was sleepy, she would curl up against the wall and sleep. When she woke up, she didn't have the energy to shout.
Because no one responded.
How long will they keep her locked up?
If she wasn't let out, Zhao Liren felt she would go crazy.
"Let me out, I'll answer whatever you ask me!"
Afraid that they couldn't hear her, Zhao Liren kept banging on the small iron door to make noise in an attempt to get a response.
But it's all in vain.
The security department has plenty of ways to deal with those stubborn people who don't know what's best for them.
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