14 Days in Beijing Short Story Edition

My name is Lucky Chance. I’m a young man looking for an exciting life of travel, and I’m here in Beijing to start a teaching job. On April 4th, 2019, my luck runs out. The Beijing Police show up to my apartment unannounced and I’m arrested on drug charges. I get no information about the law, my rights, nothing. After 14 hours of sitting handcuffed in a holding cell, my destination is Beijing Jail No. 6.

I am in a cell with 14 Chinese men and 9 wooden beds for 24 hours a day. I have no idea how many days I will be here, or whether I will ever receive any information. Am I the only foreigner in this jail? How does this jail even work? Does anyone even know I am here? Surely, as the time passes, my girlfriend, my friends, and my coworkers will notice I am missing eventually. Will they be able to find out where I am?

How long will that take, or is this to be my future now? Will I ever leave this cell?

Embark on this 14 Day Journey with me.