Zhou Xuennian didn't realize he had actually been captured until he found himself locked in the pitch-dark, damp, and gloomy dungeon.
Coming to terms with this fact, and then seeing those incarcerated prisoners, along with the harrowing sounds of whipping and screaming from an unknown location during interrogations, left Zhou Xuennian utterly pale, nearly wetting himself.
Especially concerning were the cellmates who, for some unknown reason, looked fierce and terrifying, terrifying Zhou Xuennian to the verge of tears.
In all his life, aside from repeatedly failing his exams, he had never suffered much. Merely devoted to his studies, he had never witnessed such scenes, even the mere sound of those screams causing his heart to bristle with fear.
How could this happen? It was supposed to be just a simple examination to become a scholar, nothing more. So much time had passed since then; why did this happen now?
