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Chapter One: Are You Out of Your Mind?
Birdsong, mountain streams, moss, fallen leaves, high walls, iron fences, lush green lawns—this is no idyllic campus; this is Hate Mountain Prison.
In a tall building overlooking the entire exercise yard of the prison, Tang Zhong sat upright at his desk, writing.
Calligraphy with a brush.
"The sea is wide enough for fish to leap, the sky high enough for birds to fly."
His strokes were elegant, the ink vivid. The characters exuded lively energy and a graceful spirit.
To possess such refined calligraphy at a young age was certainly a point of pride.
Tang Zhong was not stingy with his self-praise.
"This is excellent. Unprecedentedly excellent."
"If the Sage of Calligraphy were reborn and saw these characters, he might weep."
"Sky high for birds to fly? Why not sky dark for birds to fly?—Ancients really were scoundrels."
Bang—
The door crashed open. A middle-aged prison guard in a gray uniform stood panting in the doorway, shouting, "Second Boss—quickly. Cell Seven has exploded!"
"Exploded?" Tang Zhong looked up. "Where’s the Head Boss?"
"Not in the duty room," the guard said urgently.
An "explosion" meant a serious fight had broken out in the cell—if not handled, bloodshed or even fatalities could occur.
Once, a death-row inmate under immense psychological pressure "exploded," strangling four cellmates in one night.
Tang Zhong’s delicate