Chapter 105: Can’t Blame Anyone Else For This
Wang Heng returned to the dormitory in a daze, only to find that his roommates had all gone to class, leaving only the hamster, who openly began to mock him:
“You refused, and now look what happened? You went around in circles, and still have to agree, plus you boosted Ye Xun’s favorability from the start—impressive move!”
Wang Heng sat on the chair, staring at the little guy in the cage, and said, “What if I still refuse?”
The hamster retorted, “Do you dare?”
Wang Heng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.
Indeed, he didn’t dare. If he refused again this time, what would happen? Maybe Ye Xun would give up and stop looking for a tutor, and then? Family pressure plus academic pressure—perhaps something else would happen at school?
He asked, “Since I’ve agreed to her, there won’t be any more accidents in the future, right?”
The hamster mused, “Depends on your performance… You don’t want to face the cleaver, but also want to protect her—this really tests your skills.”
Wang Heng: “What if I get someone else to tutor in my place? Would that work?”
Hamster: “Who? Han Yixuan?”
Imagining that scene, Wang Heng shook his head: “Might be a bit dangerous. What if I get Feng Jia Miaomiao to go instead?”
The hamster said leisurely, “Leaving aside whether the vice class monitor is willing, even if she went, would Ye Xun be happy? She said tutoring is something only you can do.”
“It’s my fault. After I refused her back then, I should have immediately recommended a reliable tutor…” In the middle of deep reflection, Wang Heng suddenly snapped back to reality and realized another potential risk. “Wait, Han Yixuan’s car accident, Pei Ningle’s kidnapping, and now this with Ye Xun. Does that mean Lu Qi is next?”
Hamster: “Have you refused Lu Qi now and forcibly disappeared from her life?”
Wang Heng: “I tried, and it failed… Wait, what if I had really succeeded in resigning that day? What would happen then? Lu Qi is a senior programmer, a solid elite middle-class type—what accident could happen to her?”
The hamster said meaningfully, “Who knows? Why don’t you try it and see?”
Wang Heng immediately shook his head. He had figured it out—his attempts to withdraw basically always led to unexpected trouble. Ignoring it was of course impossible, but as soon as he got involved, the consequence was being forced to boost favorability.
“Forget it. Since it’s come to this, I might as well finish what I want to do. Administrator mister, could you tell me which detention center that scum Xiao Wenbin is being held in?”
The hamster immediately asked, “What are you planning now?”
“I already said, three years minimum isn’t enough, and the police won’t lure him into committing more crimes. Since that’s the case, I’ll just stir up some trouble for him…”
“I remind you, this is a society governed by law.”
Wang Heng smiled: “Exactly, I won’t break the law. From start to finish, I’m just an honest law-abiding citizen. If Xiao Wenbin suddenly sees a chance to escape the detention center and roam free forever, and then does something irreparable, that won’t be my fault, right?”
After calm analysis, the hamster suddenly became alert: “You’re not asking me to run errands again, are you!”
Wang Heng: “Anyway, you can’t die or get caught, right?”
Hamster: “…”
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Xiao Wenbin sat in the detention center cell, looking at the several big brother-like men around him, trembling in fear.
“Heard you kid bought meds and got caught before committing the crime?” a man asked with ill intent.
Xiao Wenbin shuddered, his mind filled with one thought—these guys, how did they know? Didn’t the police guarantee they wouldn’t tell these temporary cellmates?
Another man asked, “Is that rumor reliable?”
“Look at how scared he is—definitely true! Damn, I hate scum like this the most!”
Another man said this as he approached.
Xiao Wenbin shrank into the corner, shouting, “Help! Here… mmph…”
As soon as he shouted, two men rushed over and together covered his mouth.
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At three in the morning, Xiao Wenbin lay on the bunk closest to the squat toilet, staring blankly at the moon outside the window.
Desolate, cold.
Just then, a faint sound came from beside his ear. Xiao Wenbin instinctively turned his head and saw a nimble figure no bigger than a palm flash by the wall corner, leaving a small object in place.
That thing looked like… a key?
Xiao Wenbin jolted, but didn’t act rashly. The tyrannical power of those big brothers in the cell made him really not dare to move lightly.
He listened carefully for a good while, confirming that the only sounds around were the big brothers snoring—no one woke up, no one noticed him. Finally, Xiao Wenbin sat up and quietly reached out to pick up the thing in the wall corner.
It was indeed a key, and not just one—three of them.
One key was marked with【21】, shocking him—this cell was number 21!
The other two keys had no markings, but were clearly different sizes. They seemed… for opening metal barred doors?
He immediately lay back down and hid all the keys in his underwear. But thinking it over, underwear seemed especially unsafe, so he simply clenched them in his hand, gripping tightly.
Xiao Wenbin racked his brains for a long time and finally came up with a seemingly reasonable explanation for the keys’ appearance—probably, some big brother in the cell got the keys, hid them in a corner, and a rat dug them out?
So, should he escape?
Imagining the consequences of escaping, he chickened out. But then he thought again—before the court verdict, he’d have to stay in this cell full of tyrannical power, which seemed worse than death… No, he had to be brave this time!
Xiao Wenbin couldn’t sleep anymore. He lay there with eyes open for one or two hours, then finally sat up again.
He went to the door, stuck the key in, and tried turning it. The next moment, the door actually opened!
If not now, when?
He pulled open the door, ran out, charging toward freedom—a hot-blooded youth fearless in his mind!
The second door at the end of the corridor—he tried the key, and sure enough, it opened too.
The detention center wasn’t large. Besides the cell doors and this big iron door, outside was just the main gate. But he had to be careful of the armed police on duty—they were armed, so no carelessness.
Xiao Wenbin exerted force to pull the big iron door open a crack, and with tremendous effort, finally squeezed through.
Freedom, freedom was right ahead!
Out the building door, Xiao Wenbin carefully avoided the armed police on duty and finally reached the detention center’s main gate. But at that moment, facing the last door, he was dumbfounded.
This main gate… the keyhole shape seemed wrong?
What was that third key for?
Just then, a blinding beam of light shone on his head.
“Hands up!”
The armed police’s roar made Xiao Wenbin freeze instantly.
At this moment, Xiao Wenbin didn’t notice that on the wall nearby, a small hamster was watching him, legs crossed, munching on sunflower seeds happily.
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Thanks everyone for the recommendation tickets, thanks classmates for the rewards… The fatigued author needs to rest.
