The prison guard had been drinking with a bunch of buddies the night before, and coupled with the heavy, late-night drowsiness, while waiting for Fang Yi to come out of the outhouse, he actually sat down under the eaves against a pillar and fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was already daylight, and the morning sun was already shining inside the high walls. He tapped his head, trying hard to recall everything that had happened last night, and only then did he realize things had gone terribly wrong.
He rushed in a panic to Fang Yi's cell, only to find the cell door wide open, and the punk locked inside was already nowhere to be seen. For a fraction of a second, he stood rooted to the spot in a daze, then beat his chest and stamped his feet in despair.
Chapter 171