Chapter 101: Detention Room!
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The new recruits of the recruit company found that going to the small shop wasn’t as straightforward as going to the lower company. Most of them would be taken to the camp’s small shop to buy daily necessities when they first arrived.
However, Wang Ye seemed to be an exception to this norm. It had been a while since he last went to the small shop, and this caught the attention of the shop’s staff. They wondered if his father held a high position in the military, like the regiment commander.
“Hche, my dad is a socialist, and I’m the successor of the socialists!” Wang Ye said with a smile, giving a playful response to the inquiries.
Although it was not a direct answer, Wang Ye’s mysterious reply only fueled the auntie’s curiosity even more.
After purchasing what he needed, Wang Ye left the shop with Song Yuejin. The shop’s lady continued to glance at Wang Ye, still curious about his background.
After leaving the service center, Song Yuejin chuckled, “Hche, Brother Wang, that auntie will definitely be puzzling over whose child you arc when she goes to sleep tonight!”
Though the people in Class Five were not aware of the exact details of Wang Ye’s family, they were certain that he didn’t have any special connections or favoritism.
“Hche, let her think whatever she wants. Let’s head back quickly!” Wang Ye responded nonchalantly.
It was almost lunchtime, and he planned to cat in the cafeteria and then pack some food for later. After lunch, he would return to the detention room to deliver the food.
In the detention room, there were three empty rooms on the third floor and two on the fourth floor. The doors were closed, the windows sealed, and the lights turned off inside. The students were left to sit and contemplate how to write their self-criticisms.
One of the students, Qin Li, opened the door of one of the rooms on the third floor and rushed out with a troubled expression. He complained about feeling suffocated inside.
“Don’t worry, we’ll try to get you out before dinner,” Ye Sanshi, the class monitor, assured him.
Qin Li, still looking anxious, mentioned his inability to sleep on this floor. The class monitor promised to resolve the situation.
At that moment, Wang Ye handed Qin Li a plastic bag containing coke and melon seeds as a snack to help pass the time.
As per the rules, there shouldn’t have been anything more than the lunch box in the detention room. But since Ye Sanshi, the class monitor, wanted to lock up the students, the situation was different. They were confined, but there were still some drinks and snacks available.
The other three students in confinement were in similar circumstances. Wang Ye was less concerned about the student from class 9 who had been confined last night, as it was not his class’s responsibility to deliver food to him.
In the afternoon, they continued their usual cleaning routine despite the confinement.
Fortunately, Class 5 had acquired the moving red flag and was assigned to the outer hygiene area. This assignment proved advantageous as it required fewer laborers. Otherwise, with four fewer people due to confinement, the increased workload would have been overwhelming for the remaining students.
After the roll call that night, Wang Ye and Ye Sanshi began delivering quilts to the confined students.
Ye Sanshi had initially attempted to persuade the instructor to release the recruits in detention before dinner. However, his request was met with rejection. The instructor emphasized that regardless of how wrong the soldier from class 9 was, they couldn’t take matters into their own hands and gang up on him. The repercussions would be severe, and they needed to be grounded for 24 hours as a reminder of their actions.
“Sigh, I never want to be locked up in a small black room by myself for the rest of my life. I almost went crazy in there!”
The next morning, before breakfast, Qin Li and the others were finally released. Although the instructor had said they had to endure 24 hours, they were let out half an hour earlier.
Of course, nobody bothered to remind the instructor of this slight discrepancy. In fact, if anyone were to bring it up, Qin Li and the others might end up resenting that person for the rest of their lives.
Only those who had experienced being locked up in a small dark room truly understood how terrifying and mentally draining it could be.
In solitary confinement, they were isolated and couldn’t do much. They had to be quiet all the time, unable to sleep properly for 24 hours. Without blankets during the day, they had to sleep on the hard ground, making rest even more challenging.
It wasn’t physical torture, but it was mental torture.
Before the incident, Guan Zhong was mostly indifferent to the group of people. However, now that they were out, if they had to choose between another day of confinement or jumping into a manure pit and digging out manure, they would opt for the manure pit without hesitation.
“Me too. He didn’t even let me sing. I almost suffocated in there!” Liang Fan complained bitterly, echoing Qin Li’s sentiments.
After Liang Fan expressed his complaint about missing the weekly shower time, Wang Ye comforted them and hugged each of them. He assured them that he had washed their clothes, so they would have fresh clothes to change into later.
Qin Li was surprised when Wang Ye mentioned the possibility of taking a bath. He looked to Ye Sanshi for confirmation.
Ye Sanshi smiled and clarified that new recruits could only go to the bathhouse once a week during the company period. Qin Li then turned his attention back to Wang Ye, who mentioned that he felt it would rain that day.
With a mischievous smile, Wang Ye hinted at the idea of taking advantage of the rain to bathe outside.
“Darn it, Brother Wang, are you suggesting we bathe in the rain?” Qin Li said incredulously. He didn’t see much difference between bathing in the rain and washing himself in the bathroom – both would involve cold water.
However, Wang Ye responded playfully, “Well, bathing in the rain can be quite refreshing! And it’s an excellent opportunity to get cleaned up.”
“Alright, enough talking. Let’s quickly fix the blankets. Wang Ye, help out. Time is limited. We can’t afford to lose the moving red flag of our class,” Ye Sanshi urged them.
Qin Li and the others heard the wake-up call in the confinement room and knew they had to hurry to fold their blankets properly.
If the blankets were not neatly folded, they would be deformed when carried down, and this could lead to trouble during the internal evaluation.
Losing the moving red flag was a significant issue as it could affect the wake-up time for the entire class in the following week and the allocation of the weekend hygiene area. While Ye Sanshi might be able to negotiate for an exception due to the special circumstances, if the blankets were not well done, they would face direct deductions from the internal affairs evaluation.
The punishment for that would be cleaning up feces, which was something no one wanted to endure. With that motivation, they quickly focused on fixing the blankets to avoid any further complications..