Just then, the ground suddenly began to tremble violently, much more intensely than before. Qin Hao could barely keep his balance.
“Careful.” Jinx immediately came to his side, protecting his safety.
Qin Hao immediately asked, “Can you sense where the source of the tremors is?”
Liu Fang shook her head, while Jinx looked south. “It seems to be in that direction.”
Qin Hao frowned slightly. He had seen the prison’s floor plan, and aside from some warehouses, there was nothing special in the south.
However, there could also be secret facilities.
But one thing was certain: this matter definitely had something to do with Luoluo.
She had come here not long after the tremors, and after leaving with Wang Ling, the violent shaking had begun.
The connection between them was obvious.
The question was, what exactly were they doing?
However, this tremor did not last very long. It disappeared after about ten minutes, much sooner than the previous one.
Yet, at the very instant the trembling ended, Qin Hao furrowed his brows deeply.
“Did you feel it?” he asked Jinx and Liu Fang.
The two women exchanged a glance, then both shook their heads.
“What did you feel?” Jinx asked.
Qin Hao rubbed his brow. “There seem to be many more ominous auras around us: hatred, coldness, resentment, and killing intent.”
Both women frowned in unison.
“Could it be related to the tremor just now?” Liu Fang asked.
“Highly likely.” Qin Hao nodded. “From now on, stay on high alert no matter what you are doing.”
“We’ll be fine, but what about you?” Jinx looked at Qin Hao worriedly.
As four-star level prisoners, they enjoyed a relatively high degree of freedom, but no matter how free they were, they ultimately had to return to their prison cells.
At that time, how would Qin Hao’s safety be guaranteed?
Qin Hao smiled. “Don’t worry. I’ll be fine. This is, after all, a prison, and I’m also a guard. There’s no need to worry about my safety.”
Jinx still wanted to say something, but just then, the broadcast suddenly sounded:
“All prisoners, return to your prison cells. All prisoners, return to your prison cells.”
The two women frowned again. This should have been their activity period.
“Go back. Something may have happened,” Qin Hao told them.
The two women had no choice but to leave.
Watching their retreating figures, a sharp glint flashed through Qin Hao’s eyes.
Clearly, something had happened. He simply did not know how serious it was.
……
His judgment was correct. Over the next two days, the prisoners did not even have any activity periods.
Qin Hao’s psychological counseling room did not receive a visitor until the afternoon of the third day.
This visitor was not a prisoner either, but Yao Fei, who had previously sent him welfare photos.
“This door is really difficult to open.” She shook her wrist as she walked into the room.
Qin Hao put down the diary in his hand and smiled at her. “You’re pretty impressive. At least you can open it easily.”
“What? You can’t open it?” Yao Fei came to the desk and sat down, but then remembered Qin Hao’s strength and chuckled. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you.”
She glanced at Qin Hao’s bald-headed man appearance, her face full of astonishment.
“Did you get a new hairstyle?”
“Yeah. It’s cooler. Would you like something to drink? Hot boiled water or cold boiled water?” Qin Hao said with a smile.
“Give me a warm one, please.” Yao Fei could not help laughing.
“Forty degrees, the ideal drinking temperature. I’m sure you’ll like it.” Qin Hao poured her a cup of water.
Yao Fei took a sip, and her eyes lit up. “It really is! Neither cold nor hot—just right.”
Qin Hao smiled gently. “Miss Yao Fei, what brings you here?”
“I was relatively free today, so I had some spare time and came to chat with you.”
Qin Hao smiled. “What a coincidence. I’ve been quite idle these past few days too. I thought I was going to lose my job.”
“All the prisoners are locked up, so of course you’re free!” Yao Fei said with narrowed eyes and a smile.
“Why? Don’t they have activity periods?” Qin Hao asked.
“I don’t know. This is the first time I’ve seen a situation like this.” Yao Fei shook her head. “Still, it’s a good thing for us. At least we have some rare time to rest.”
“That’s true.” Qin Hao nodded.
“I’m off duty, and no prisoners will be coming to see you either. Why don’t we go find something fun to do?” Yao Fei suggested.
“What do you have in mind?”
“How about we go play ball?”
Qin Hao hurriedly shook his head. “I’d rather not. Play ball? You mean hit me, right?”
Pfft!
Yao Fei laughed. “Don’t worry. I’m very considerate of men. I won’t let you get hurt.”
Qin Hao continued shaking his head. “A woman’s words are the tricks of a demon.”
Yao Fei froze for a moment, then burst into laughter. She had never heard that saying before.
“What? Have you been deceived by a woman before?”
Qin Hao nodded. “Once, a little girl said she would marry me when she grew up. But when I went looking for her at twenty-three, she already had her second child.”
“Hee hee.” Yao Fei covered her mouth, unable to stop her delicate laughter.
After laughing for quite a while, she finally stopped and said to Qin Hao:
“Well then, you poor little thing who was hurt by a woman, your big sister will do you a good deed and take you to see a movie.”
The prison had quite a few entertainment facilities, and the cinema hall was one of them.
“Then I’ll have to thank you, Sister Fei.” Qin Hao smiled.
Yao Fei looked at him in surprise. “How did you know my nickname was Fei’er?”
“I guessed.” Qin Hao winked at her.
“You’re really good at guessing.” Yao Fei rolled her eyes at him. “Then guess what I’m going to do next.”
Qin Hao thought for a moment, then smiled.
“It’s the usual routine: take me to see a horror film, then take advantage of the opportunity to do something to me, heh heh heh…”
A trace of unnaturalness quickly flashed through Yao Fei’s eyes. She glanced at Qin Hao and said coyly:
“In your dreams! Plenty of people are pursuing me. Why would I take advantage of you?”
Qin Hao smiled, stood up, and extended his hand toward her.
“Then I’m relieved. Let’s go, beautiful Sister Fei.”
Yao Fei placed her small, fair hand in his and gracefully rose.
“If you weren’t a bald-headed man, this gesture would actually look quite gentlemanly.”
Qin Hao said nothing and walked out of the psychological counseling room first.
The cinema hall was not far from the psychological counseling room, and they arrived after walking for only a short while.
But after they entered, Qin Hao smiled.
“Sister Fei, it seems you really were setting me up.”
He said this because the film about to be shown was indeed a horror film.
Another strange glint flashed through Yao Fei’s eyes, but she quickly concealed it. She pouted. “What setup? Then let’s go. We won’t watch it.”
Qin Hao winked at her with a smile. “Forget it. We’re already here. But let me make this clear first: when you make your move later, go easy on me.”
Yao Fei gave him a fierce look and found a seat.
Naturally, Qin Hao sat beside her as well.
Looking at Qin Hao beside her, a cold glint flashed through Yao Fei’s eyes. She touched the ring in her hand.
A short needle tip sprang out from it.