n Shiheng had anticipated, with the apparently conniving couple turning against each other. By the time the police arrived, as they hcid been wrestling with each other, neither of them could escape.
Originally, the police came to arrest Wang Renyi, but how could he be willing to watch himself get arrested while the woman who was going to betray him stayed alive and well?
He took out the recorcling. It clidn’t matter who sent it to him at the moment. Anyway, as long as the recording was proven to be true, even if neither of them had time to do anything, Wang Renyi was a witness, and their plans were enough for a prison sentence.
Looking at Mother Lin’s disbelieving eyes, Wang Renyi revealed a hideous grin.
The recording would have been the most damning evidence of the attempted kidnapping, especially since the kidnapping was of a 7-year-old girl. This, coupled with the fact that Mother Lin was related to the child, would be enough for the judge to increase the sentence.
Of course, Wang Renyi, who was also an accomplice as a snitch, couldn't escape. But at this point, he didn’t care about that.
He was already doomed to be imprisonecl in Star Prison anyway, and he would be locked up for the rest of his life. What difference would a smaller or bigger crime make?
With that in mind, even though Mother Lin triecl to stop the kidnapping, the obese middle-agecl man was quick to confess his guilt in court. He also wisely threw the blame for producing substandard healing nutrients on Mother Lin.
It didn’t matter if she admitted it or not. Anyway, all the witnesses and physical evidence were there. Even if she was only charged with kidnapping, she would end up in Star Prison for the rest of her life.
Mother Lin’s only hope was her son.
Before her sentence was handed down, she was temporarily held in a holding facility, where the Federation would allocate individual prisoners according to their crimes. Mother Lin was placed in the midst of a group of kidnappers.
Just because there were a lot of good people on Blue Star, it didn’t mean there weren’t any bad people.
Mother Lin was a bad person, but her villainy was only towards defenseless children. She only had the courage to do evil toward her own children, knowing that even if she was found out, she could rely on her status as the biological mother to gain immunity.
Unfortunately, this time, she clearly broke her children’s hearts. Lin Shiheng, who had always adored her, hadn’t visited her even once since her arrest.
And to Mother Lin’s distress, she wasn't the only villain in the temporary facility. The convicts were equally as bad or worse than Mother Lin, who only targeted the weak.
Despite being watched by prison guards, prison guards couldn't always supervise a group of prisoners 24 hours a day. She had been subjected to the violence she would never have imagined before. And because everyone was to be sent to Star Prison for life, it was clear that these prisoners had no intention of showing mercy.
Even if Mother Lin went to the prison guards for help, they would strike even harcler next time.
Gradually, she learnecl to shut up and tolerate the bullying in silence.
Sometimes, when being pushed roughly, a small figure flashed through her mind.
Lin Yu had been bullied by the family, and Mother Lin had always known about it. She had witnessed it many times. Some of the servants in the family were following Wang Renyi’s example, grovelling to powerful people and treating weak people or matters as rudely as they could.
Mother Lin was the madam of the house. All she had to do was to reprimand them. These villains who could read people’s eyes would certainly be too scared to bully Lin Yu any further, but she clidn’t.
She just gave her little daughter, who had been deliberately pushed to the floor, a disdainful look and left with her head tilted high in her gorgeous, expensive dress.
At that time, she only felt that this little girl was really nothing like herself. She clidn’t even whimper when she was bullied: she would only sulk and endure.
It was the weakness that she hated and despised the most.
But it was only when that brutality befell her that he realized how terrible life was when no one came to her rescue, even if she raised her voice.
Mother Lin didn’t regret treating Lin Yu that way. She only regretted that she hadn’t coaxed the valuable Lin Shiheng earlier.
On this day, while standing up to shower, she accidentally stepped on the shoe of a woman who, being a grumpy person, grabbed her directly by the hair and slammed her head against the bars.
Bang bang bang —
There was a violent sound as her head collided with the bars and sharp pain in Mother Lin’s head. She could feel something wet running down her forehead.
It was blood.
A familiar blood.
She didn’t cry out in pain because crying out in pain would only make the pain that followed somewhat worse.
The sound of chains sounded outside, and the woman who had grabbed her hair immediately let go. Mother Lin weakly gripped the bars, her eyes darkening from the bleeding.
The prison guard came in and frowned at the scene, “How many times have I told you, no fighting!"
"Not at all, Officer.”
The woman who grabbed her head and slammed it against the railing without mercy only moments before laughecl, “This weakling just fell down on her own.”
They were only a temporary holding area, with no punitive measures. Therefore, the prison guards just gave them a few warning glances and sat back in their seats.
Guarding prisoners was boring, so it's fortunate that the place was furnished with a TV. The guards sat in their seats and turned it on. The first face that appeared in it was a familiar face to a ’mother’.
“Although I have the most shares because I clon’t know anything about business, the 311 Group has always been run by my two friends.”
“At the moment, none of us has graduated, but I think 1’11 be focusing more on research in the future. My sister had a close call with kidnapping before. In response, I had a custom-made protection kit made for her. Compared to the somewhat finicky protection of the chip, this kit could easily take down a giant shark.”
Saying this, the man on the TV clicked a button on his arm with a shy smile and clemonstratecl to everyone how amazingly deadly this protective kit could be.
"Of course, these will also be sold by the 311 Group. Naturally, to prevent certain unscrupulous individuals from using it for something nasty, the equipment comes with a detection function that will only activate the attack if it cletects a threat to the host and that there is indeed an enemy ahead. I have some more ideas about the protective kit...”
The man on the TV still smiled gently and shyly, but the words he spoke carried murclerous implications. Coupled with the scene in which a giant shark beast, always known for its fondest desire for violence, fell after pressing a tiny button; as long as no one who saw this interview was crazy or stupid, they would never get any bad ideas about him or his family.
And by the time they had finished showing off the weapons they were currently making and intended to make in the future, the projection on Lin Shiheng’s side closed up and was replacecl by the face of the presenter, who spoke to the audience in a regretful tone.
“Mr. Lin, the biggest shareholder of the 311 Group, originally had his heart set on majoring in landscape architecture. However, when he had just founded 311 with his two best friends from the same dormitory and wanted to share his joy with his family, a shocking thing happened. Mr. Lin’s biological mother, together with his stepfather, wanted to kidnap Mr. Lin’s younger sister ancl planned to dispose of her after getting the money, from the very beginning.”
“According to the investigation, the ultimate aim of this horrific and chilling act was to gain money. However, the night before they got the plan set up and decided to commence the kidnapping, Mr. Lin had just made the decision to transfer a portion of his shares to his mother...”
The prison guard, perhaps thinking there was nothing more to see, changed the channel, completely oblivious to the fact that just behind him, a woman with a bloodiecl head was staring blankly in the direction of the TV.
The prisoners also noticecl the news and made a couple of casual comments out of boredom after the guards changed the channel.
“That woman who wanted to kidnap her own daughter is too stupid. It’s her own son, and he was planning to transfer his shares to her. He must have been exceptionally filial. Wasn't she just making a fool of herself by doing that?”
“Maybe she lost her mind because of that man? Didn’t you hear it when they said she was in cahoots with the stepfather? But if you ask me, she’s just too stupid to push away wealth that came to the door.”
“If my son was that filial, I wouldn’t have ended up here. 31Ts shares, even one percent would be enough for a person to live a life of luxury, right?”
Their words pierced Mother Lin’s heart like swords.
These reminded her of everything. They were so painful, that she felt like she couldn’t breathe.
She lost something because of her stupidity.
So, it was just one day away?
As long as she didn’t have any intentions of kidnapping Lin Yu, those shares would be hers. That’s 311 shares, 311 shares!
If she hadn’t intended to kill, she knew how soft-hearted the son she gave birth to was. He would surely forgive her if she cried and begged.
But now, she couldn’t. Lin Shiheng would never forgive her after finding out that she had intended to kill Lin Yu.
Her star coins, her shares... everything was gone.
Mother Lin slumped limply to the floor. It was as if she saw a dark-haired child with clear eyes running anxiously over to her, running around her like a protective puppy with concern.
“Mom, what’s wrong with you? Is something wrong?”
“Don’t be sad, Mom. Dad is gone, but I'm still here. I’m 11 years olcl now, ancl I can take care of you.”
Even though she knew it was a hallucination, Mother Lin couldn’t help but tremble and reach out to the boy.
But before she could touch him, he turned into numerous specks of light and vanished.
“Students, we’re now going to visit Star Prison.”
The teacher with the loudspeaker stoocl on the platform of the ship and explained in a gentle voice, "As you all know, those who have broken the laws of Blue Star and have committed unpardonable crimes will be imprisoned in Star Prison. Compared to ordinary prisons, Star Prison is for those who have committed serious crimes. From the moment they are imprisoned, they are no longer Blue Star citizens and will be imprisoned until they die when they are allowed to be cremated, and their ashes will be given to their families for burial.”
It was only in the last 2 years that visits to Star Prison were allowed by the Federation, in conjunction with the Military Department. The schools would apply for permission, and only then would the students be sent by a government spaceship to this deserted planet to see what daily life was like for the inmates who were locked up in Star Prison.
The Blue Star didn’t have a death penalty, but those in power weren’t the kind of fools to bestow their goodwill on the guilty.
Their kindness and benevolence were reserved for innocent civilians.
The students were allowed to visit. It was also just a good way to show these children, who hadn’t completely formed their views, what they would get for committing crimes.
They wouldn’t get off the ship. They would stand above, distant yet up close, watching what the prison inhabitants were doing underneath while a teacher with a loudspeaker explained the situation.