At seven o'clock in the evening, all arrested students were released.
"Xu Wenxiu, someone saw you coming." Under the guidance of the guard, Aunt Mei walked in carrying a food box.
Aunt Mei handed the guard a bill and said with a smile: "Officer, for your convenience, let me have a few words with the lady."
"Hurry up, don't cause trouble for me." The guard put the money in his pocket and walked out.
Aunt Mei put the food box on the small table, looked around, and whispered: "Wenxiu, what is going on? Please tell me in detail."
Xu Wenxiu recounted what happened in detail.
Aunt Mei was worried and asked for a few more details, and then said: "It's very good that you haven't exposed your identity."
"Aunt Mei, I'm a little worried now that Shen Zhifeng will know about this..."
Aunt Mei thought for a while and said: "That Zhang Ping said that as long as there is a guarantor, this kind of thing will not be recorded on the record?"
"Well, Peishan and the others said so."
"That's not too bad..."
"Aunt Mei, it's best to inquire again. What they say may not be right."
"I will."
"Aunt Mei, I'm sorry, I..."
Aunt Mei waved her hand and said: "Now is not the time to talk about this. The most important thing is that you must get out of prison as soon as possible!"
"Why?"
"What if Shen Zhifeng calls at night and you are not here, how should I answer?"
"Just say, I'm going to sleep."
"It's easy to deal with once and a half, but what if I call tomorrow night?"
"...What should we do?"
Aunt Mei thought for a while, made up her mind, and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. I will find a solution. However, it will definitely be too late tonight. You have to endure it here all night."
As she spoke, she opened the food box, took out the steaming food, and said, "Are you hungry? Eat it while it's hot."
Xu Wenxiu picked up the chopsticks, thought about it, put it down, and said, "I can't eat it."
Aunt Mei smiled and said: "Doing underground work requires tenacity. How can you encounter a little setback and not be able to eat or sleep well? In that case, you are not a qualified revolutionary warrior!"
There were footsteps outside, and Aunt Mei said, "I'm leaving first, and I'll learn to take care of myself!"
Watching Aunt Mei leave the cell, Xu Wenxiu lost her appetite even more and stared blankly at the food in front of her.
A girl in her early twenties was suddenly placed in a dark, damp and cold prison. Her uneasy mood could not be overcome by a few words of encouragement.
With a bang, the guard unlocked the iron door and said to a forty-year-old woman behind him: "Go in!"
The woman had disheveled hair and a very clean face. She looked directly at Xu Wenxiu and walked into the cell without saying a word.
When the guard went to inspect other cells, the woman suddenly grabbed the bowls and chopsticks on the food box, put the vegetables and rice together, and ate without caring.
Xu Wenxiu said quickly: "Hey, that's my food."
The woman stopped her chopsticks, stared at Xu Wenxiu for a while, and said, "You want to rob me too?"
"I'm not trying to steal it from you, it's mine..."
Before Xu Wenxiu finished speaking, the woman yelled, threw away the rice bowl in her hand, and rushed over like a mad tiger!
Xu Wenxiu was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground. Before she could get up, the woman was already riding on her.
"What are you doing..." Xu Wenxiu was frightened and at a loss.
The woman didn't answer. She grabbed Xu Wenxiu's neck with both hands and said viciously: "Little goblin, if you ask me to rob you, I will strangle you to death!"
Xu Wenxiu felt suffocated. In desperation, he grabbed the rice bowl that had fallen beside him and hit the woman on the head.
The rice bowl broke into two pieces, and the woman yelled, jumped away, rubbed her head with her hands, and cursed endlessly.
Xu Wenxiu picked up another bowl, looked at the woman warily, then quickly came to the door and shouted: "Someone, come quickly!"
After a while, the guard came out of the shadows, looked at Xu Wenxiu, who looked frightened, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xu Wenxiu glanced at the woman, and thinking of the scene just now, she felt lingering fear in her heart and said: "She, she pinched my neck just now..."
The guard interrupted Xu Wenxiu and said, "Did you offend her?"
"No?"
"Impossible. No one messes with her, she won't be like this."
"She robbed me of my food, so I said it was my food, and she went crazy..."
The guard laughed and said: "Why do you act so crazy? She is already crazy."
"She is... crazy?" Xu Wenxiu was stunned.
The guard was very patient, lit a cigarette, pointed at the woman and shouted: "Be honest with me. If you don't be honest, I won't give you food!"
The woman seemed to be frightened by hunger and huddled in the corner without daring to move.
The guard took two puffs of his cigarette and said to Xu Wenxiu: "She is Li Datou's wife... Do you know who Li Datou is?"
Xu Wenxiu shook his head.
The guard explained: "Li Datou is a famous rich man in Hongqiao. She is Li Datou's wife. She has been married for more than 20 years and has no children. Li Datou married his second wife a while ago. This woman can't stand it and makes trouble every day.
As a result, Li Datou divorced her in anger."
"And then she went crazy?"
"Yes, I'm crazy."
"Then, why did she go to jail?"
"She's crazy, she's crazy. She remembers who was fighting for a man with her, and when Li Datou was not at home, she chopped that little wife to death!"
"..."
"The woman is weak and the kitchen knife is a bit dull. Do you know how many cuts she made?"
"...how many knives?"
"One hundred and seven knives! When Li Datou returned home, the house was covered in blood. Oh, it's so miserable."
Imagining the scene at that time, Xu Wenxiu felt chills in her heart. When she looked at the woman again, she felt an unspeakable fear.
The guard continued: "Isn't that right? If I'm locked up for a few months and the case is approved, I'll probably be dead."
"Then why are you locked up with me?" Xu Wenxiu couldn't help but ask.
The guard looked at her and said calmly: "You are a woman, and she is also a woman. If you don't lock her here, where do you want to lock her?"
"But……"
"There's nothing to be afraid of. This woman is actually quite reasonable. Just try not to offend her and you'll be fine."
After saying this, the guard walked out.
"Well!"
The woman suddenly burped, which startled Xu Wenxiu, who was in a highly nervous state.
The woman grinned. When she smiled, she looked pretty, and she didn't look like a madman at all.
Just as Xu Wenxiu breathed a sigh of relief, the woman immediately made another surprising move. She lay on the ground and ate the food scattered everywhere like an animal.
Xu Wenxiu held her breath, not even daring to take a breath, for she was afraid that if she were not careful, she would get mad.
…………
now.
The captain's room of the fourth plainclothes team.
A man had his back to the door, looking at the map of Yanjin hanging on the wall. When the door rang, Captain Hong opened the door and walked in.
The man didn't look back and said in a deep voice: "How is she?"
"She's very scared. Let me see, this night is enough for her... She is your fiancée after all. Isn't it a bit too much to treat her like this?" Captain Hong said cautiously.
"You don't understand, I am saving her." The man slowly turned around, and surprisingly it was Shen Zhifeng who was on a business trip to Nanjing.
"Director Shen, I don't understand. Since Miss Xu is not a Communist Party member, why are you still locking her up?"
"You don't have to worry about it. Just do as I tell you. I won't treat you badly afterwards."
"Thank you, Director Shen."
"Besides, you know this and I know it, and you are not allowed to reveal even a single word. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, I'm famous for being strict with my mouth. I guarantee no one will know!"