They were used to fighting, and pre-fight verbal provocation to boost morale was essential – life needed a bit of ritual.
“Oh, by the way, this is the cafeteria. You’ll definitely mess it up after fighting. Please clean up, or I’ll definitely get scolded tomorrow,” Tao Yu smiled.
The atmosphere completely dissipated. Li Xun threw down the large ladle, glaring, “Are you done? Why do you always get scolded? You’re really embarrassing our Fifth District!”
“And our Sixth District!” The fat prisoner retorted.
Tao Yu found it amusing. “I remember I’m in charge of the Fourth District.”
“Who wants to be in the same district? I’m from the Sixth District, six six big success!” The fat prisoner looked slightly proud.
Li Xun rolled his eyes, “I’m from the Fifth District, which ranks higher than some people!”
… Fine, they’d effectively dismantled the Fourth District and created their own Fifth and Sixth Districts. Tao Yu curved her lips, glancing at the wall clock, “Five more minutes, please hurry.”
The rest of the passage continues in this engaging and humorous style, depicting the complex interactions between the prison guard and prisoners.
Tao Yu exhaled silently, and after sending them away, she hurriedly went to the office. When passing the cafeteria again, she paused briefly, turned into it for a moment, and then quickly came out.
When she arrived, everyone was already in the room. She thought she would be scolded, but to her surprise, Lao Chang saw her and was instead astonished, “Why are you back so early?”
“…Are you being sarcastic?” Tao Yu was somewhat speechless, noticing two more people in the office.
“I thought Li Xun and the others were going to fight. Turns out they didn’t?” Lao Chang laughed, then introduced the two present, “These two are prison guards responsible for areas one and two. You can call them Wang Ge and Liu Ge. Now that you’re here, we’re all assembled. Let’s have the meeting.”
Because of this island prison’s unique freedom, there were only a few prison guards on the island, with the rest composed of external personnel. The prison was roughly divided into four areas, each with a person in charge.
Apart from Tao Yu, these three were the heads of areas one, two, and three.
