My sister regretted sending me to the correctional facility.

While I was in the reformatory.

The moment the director raised his right hand, I was met with a brutal beating.

So, the moment Aunt Gu raised her hand, I hallucinated that the director was raising his hand to hit me.

This reformatory was set up specifically for men.

The purpose is to educate men.

No matter how outrageous a man is outside, as long as he's sent in jail for a year, he'll be completely tamed.

Every woman who sends her man to a reformatory is very satisfied with the results of his rehabilitation after a year.

But no woman would care about the transformation process over the course of a year.

Because they only care about the result.

She never cared about the listless and empty soul in a man's eyes.

This undoubtedly fostered a culture of condoning beatings and verbal abuse in correctional facilities.

The director used the pretext of reform.

They wantonly humiliated every man who came in for reformation.

Verbal abuse and physical punishment are commonplace.

At the dinner table, I remained silent and offered no explanation.

Because I know that explanations are useless, and no one will believe the words of a man who once committed a "crime of assault".

Moreover, what if I were to reveal what happened at the correctional facility?

If the director finds out about this, he might take away even my will to live.

I sat timidly at the dining table, head down, barely daring to breathe, like a criminal who had done something wrong.

When we were in the correctional facility, whenever the warden got angry, everyone would sit at the dinner table with their heads down like this.

Aunt Gu seemed to notice that something was wrong with me.

She quickly asked with concern, "Lu Yi, are you feeling unwell? You look very pale. Why don't you go back to your room and rest?"

I forced a smile, managed a weak nod, and then nodded with difficulty.

Immediately afterwards, I staggered to my room and closed the door.

When I touched my nose, fresh blood kept flowing from my nasal cavity and mouth.

I showed no surprise at what I saw.

I skillfully picked up a tissue to stop the bleeding.

While I was in the reformatory, I had already taught myself how to bandage and perform simple treatments.

After all, being beaten up so often, one naturally becomes a good doctor through long-term illness.

Just then, there was a knock on the bedroom door.

I quickly wiped the blood off and then went to open the door.

Gu Yao stood at the door, staring at me with displeasure.

"Lu Yi, what's wrong with you? You've been acting strange ever since you came back. Do you know how scared your mother was just now?"

"Yes, sorry."

I immediately lowered my head and apologized in a very humble manner.

Gu Yao will never know.

When she sent me to the reformatory, she begged the warden to discipline me properly and to make sure I got rid of those filthy thoughts about her from my mind.

She even gave the director a sum of money because of this.

It was this money that made the director take extra care of me. Whenever there was training on male virtue, I was always the one who was trained the most severely.

Memories flood back, one after another, all of them painful.

Just recalling it makes me feel short of breath, as if I'm about to suffocate.

"Please apologize to Aunt Gu for me. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do this."

"Perhaps I stayed inside for too long, so I was a little disoriented when I came out and accidentally startled Aunt Gu."

Gu Yao was clearly dissatisfied with my answer.

She frowned, as if she wanted to say something.

At this moment, footsteps came from behind.

Zhao Ming walked towards Gu Yao with a big smile on his face, speaking to her gently.

"Gu Yao, your aunt asked me to come and call you. She said we'll go to the bridal shop together this afternoon to pick out a beautiful wedding dress for you."

As he spoke, Zhao Ming's gaze seemed to fall on me intentionally or unintentionally.

"After all, we're getting married soon, so we need to focus all our attention on wedding preparations during this time."

Zhao Ming's unspoken meaning.

Tell Gu Yao not to focus her attention on someone as insignificant as me.

I lowered my head in silence, my thoughts racing.

That was many years ago.

When Zhao Ming first came to my house, he liked to linger around Gu Yao.

Gu Yao is introverted and aloof.

At first, her attitude towards him was exactly the same as her attitude towards me.

But unexpectedly, after getting to know each other for a while...

Gu Yao's attitude towards Zhao Ming changed.

The two chatted and laughed as they went to school together.

I even specially bought tickets for Gu Yao's favorite star's concert.

She even took the two tickets I bought and went to see the movie alone with Zhao Ming.

Gu Yao withdrew her gaze from me.

She looked at Zhao Ming, her lips no longer cold, but a warm smile appeared.

"Okay, I'll head out right away."

Zhao Ming nodded and smiled politely, "Auntie and I will wait for you outside."

After Zhao Ming left, he disappeared from sight.

Gu Yao then turned her head and looked at me, but there was not a trace of a smile on her face.

Even the smile he received from Zhao Ming just now.

They wouldn't even give me a second of this moment.

Gu Yao seemed to be deep in thought.

She thought for a long time before finally speaking slowly.

"Lu Yi, Zhao Ming and I are getting married soon. You'd better get rid of all those improper thoughts and dirty ideas you have about me! If you can't, you'd better shut your mouth and not say a word!"

"If my mother and Zhao Ming suffer serious harm because of you, I will send you back to the reformatory for reformation again without hesitation!"

Upon hearing this, I broke out in a cold sweat.

I was very impressed.

During this year, many trainees were sent back to the reformatory by their families because their rehabilitation was not thorough enough.

The director viewed the students who returned as a stain on her career.

Therefore, the plight of these trainees cannot be described simply as miserable.

It's a hopeless hell!

The thought of the inhuman torture those trainees suffered terrified me so much that I wet my pants.

Just then, Zhao Ming overheard everything from the doorway.

He immediately walked in and looked at me with a very surprised expression.

"Cousin! How could you have such wicked thoughts about Gu Yao? If Auntie knew about this, she'd probably have a heart attack!"

When Gu Yao saw Zhao Ming come in, she hurriedly pushed him out the door.

"Zhao Ming, stay away from Lu Yi in the future. Don't let him corrupt you."

Then, Gu Yao stared at my lower body with disgust.

I lost control of my bladder due to excessive fright.

This is the state she hates most.

"Lu Yi, I'm truly disappointed in you!"

Done.

My body was trembling, and my heart was pounding to an extremely exaggerated degree.

Finally, everything went black, and he lost consciousness...