Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

What you deliberately seek is often what you cannot find; everything in the world has its own time for coming and going.

—Sanmao

"Hey Idol Bro, have you thought this through? If it really doesn't work out, just forget it. It'll save you from getting dragged into this. Anyway, staying here seems pretty good."

Xu Tianyou gestured to the muscles on his arm, speaking somewhat absentmindedly. Hu Jianming and Yang Bo were still processing the food, and they took the opportunity to shower in their cell.

An Xiaohai knew that Xu Tianyou's words were half true and half false.

It's a lie that Xu Tianyou doesn't want to go out. An Xiaohai already knows from the newspaper that Xu Tianyou has probably been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.

If he doesn't leave, Xu Tianyou will likely grow old and die here.

Xu Tianyou didn't have high hopes for a successful prison break, which was evident from his preparations. He was doing them, but not very actively.

This is understandable, given that prison management in China is very strict, making a successful prison break extremely unlikely.

Xu Tianyou's apparent excitement was at least largely feigned; only in this way could it fit his persona.

An Xiaohai had been trying to understand Xu Tianyou more deeply, as he was an extremely complex and contradictory person.

Xu Tianyou should have received a good education. His madness was partly due to his nature and partly due to the needs of his status.

As the son of Hai Foye, Xu Tianyou spends his days among drug dealers. If he appears too refined, he simply cannot gain a foothold in that circle. He has no choice but to be so.

However, this does not mean that Xu Tianyou's madness was entirely an act; he was simply unleashing and amplifying another side of his true nature.

"Hey fans, please have some faith in me, okay? I've already figured out how to get out, but it's easy to go out alone, but difficult with someone else!"

"Idol Bro, why are you in such a hurry to go out? Can't you leave your idol's wife? You can't eat seafood every day!"

……

"It's not because of her," An Xiaohai shook his head, "Someone is trying to cause trouble for my family."

"Who is it? Is it the family member of that idiot you killed?"

"No, that problem is basically solved. It was Liu Jun's two brothers. He was stabbed in the kidney, and his life is ruined. I didn't expect him to blame me."

"You're the one who did this!"

"How is that possible? Who told you that?" An Xiaohai frowned. Could it be that Yang Yuanbing didn't keep his promise to delay for half a month and released the news so quickly?

"It's easy to guess, isn't it? Who else could it be besides you? Also, that Wang Bulai has already started taking on business outside, saying that he has received the real skills and specializes in stabbing people in the kidneys."

……

"Then he's more suspicious, don't pin it on me!" An Xiaohai rolled his eyes at Xu Tianyou.

An Xiaohai wasn't afraid of what his cellmates would say. Everyone in that cell was a suspect, and if someone asked them, they would naturally shift the blame to someone else, so their words couldn't be taken seriously.

Yang Yuanbing said that "releasing the information" refers to officials privately revealing information, which Liu Jun's brothers could use as a basis to cause trouble for An Xiaohai and his family.

Would people involved in organized crime care about these things? The answer is that most people would.

Every world needs rules and systems, otherwise it will collapse. People in the dark world are vicious and don't follow the rules, but the rules they don't follow are the rules of the light world. They still have to abide by the rules of the dark world.

If the people in the underworld don't even abide by the rules of their own world, then they can bring this world to its knees without the need for the police to intervene.

Just like in prison, a special world with its own rules, even someone as powerful as Xu Tianyou must abide by them.

In prison, Xu Tianyou was beaten up quite a bit, but he never said he would cause trouble for those people's families after he got out. At most, he would say, "When you get out, I'll kill you."

These are the rules.

However, An Xiaohai has come to realize that these are not the main issues.

The key point is that Liu Jun's two brothers are thugs, the kind of people who can't be brought to the table, and can't even be considered part of the underworld. They will most likely harass their own family members.

These two problems must be solved.

"Of course it could only be you. I've looked into those people, and only you would do something like this. I'm telling you, Liu Jun was sent by Hu Haikong to deal with you, wasn't he?"

"hehe!"

An Xiaohai chuckled, but alarm bells were ringing in his mind. Xu Tianyou was in such a predicament, yet he was still so concerned about his affairs. Was that normal?

"Why exactly is Xu Tianyou so interested in me?"

"Alright, enough joking around, tell me your plan."

I think I can go out by myself. Don't worry about it; your sentence isn't long anyway. Your family issues aren't a big deal; I'll take care of them for you—it's just a matter of a word.

An Xiaohai glanced at Xu Tianyou, who was wiping his body with a towel and looked perfectly normal.

That's really wrong!

It's already been concluded that the more normal Xu Tianyou seems, the more likely he is to be joking!

"Idol, don't look at me like that. I know you're interested in my body, but I'm sorry, I'm not that kind of person!"

Okay, that's normal now...

"But seriously, idol, please don't call me 'fanboy' anymore. It sounds like 'pink boy,' which is bad luck!"

Damn it, aren't you just a fanboy? The leader of the fanboys!

"Idol Bro, you need to know that in our line of work, fans have the lowest status."

Damn, it turns out it was a problem with the wrong social class!

"You call me idol bro, of course I'll call you fanboy, what's it to me!"

"Okay, my mistake!" Xu Tianyou raised his hands in surrender. "Then I won't call you 'Idol Brother' anymore. How about I just call you by your name? Xiao Hai?"

"Of course, how should I address you from now on? Should I call you Brother Tian or Crazy Guy?"

Call me Tianyou.

An Xiaohai glanced at Xu Tianyou again; he was acting increasingly strangely today. His roommate, Hu Jianming, had privately warned An Xiaohai that Xu Tianyou hated being called by his name.

An Xiaohai showed no unusual behavior. Since Xu Tianyou himself said to call him by his name, then he would call him by his name.

"Okay, God bless."

"Hehe, okay, Xiao Hai!" Xu Tianyou threw away the towel in his hand, raised his eyebrows at An Xiao Hai, and gave him a big smile.

For a moment, An Xiaohai was somewhat dazed.

The boy in front of them didn't seem like the fearsome drug lord, but rather a classmate from school, and the small, dark room wasn't a prison cell, but a university dormitory.

"I told you, don't stare at me like that, it makes me shy!"

……

Life is so short, can't we let the beautiful moments last a little longer? Damn it!

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At 8:30 p.m., Hu Jianming and Yang Bo still hadn't returned. Seizing the opportunity, An Xiaohai didn't go to the reading room, but instead lay half-reclined on the bed, closing his eyes to think.

Xu Tianyou remained quiet and did not disturb him.

In An Xiaohai's plan, there are three main challenges to getting out of this prison: image, timing, and key.

The best image would be that of a prison guard. Prison guards, like prisoners, are the most normal people in prison and are the least likely to attract attention.

With Xu Tianyou's background, it shouldn't be a problem for him to play a young prison guard. The key is his hair and police uniform.

The wig is already being made. This is Xu Tianyou's responsibility, and An Xiaohai hasn't interfered. It shouldn't be a big problem. If Xu Tianyou can't even do this much, then he's wasted all these years.

Police uniforms are available in three locations.

The first place is, of course, the uniforms worn by prison guards; the second place is the prison guards' office in the prison block, where there might be police uniforms; the third place is the prison guards' dormitory in the prison.

Trying to strip a prison guard of his uniform was unrealistic and too risky; it was practically suicidal. An Xiaohai didn't even consider that possibility.

So the only places to get a police uniform are the office and the prison guards' quarters.

It's unlikely to be the office. Even if you could sneak in during the day, there's a high chance you'd run into a police officer. And even if you got a police uniform, there'd be nowhere to hide.

At night, it's even more impossible; it's difficult to even leave the cell. Moreover, the prison's security level is noticeably raised at night.

Therefore, there is only one place left to get the police uniform: the prison guards' quarters. To get there, you need to go through two doors, both of which are locked and unguarded.

So the problem lies with the key.

A slight smile appeared on An Xiaohai's lips.

To others, obtaining the keys to the prison's four iron gates without arousing any suspicion was an impossible task.

But for An Xiaohai, it was a piece of cake!