Its a very intriguing story

I love the story plot, though some details break the immersion. The setting feels like it takes place in late 1950s and early 1960s China, however the scene where prisoner have chance to retrieve one personal thing to keep has a smartphone but the overall vibes of China seems to be inline with 1990s economic development but the story does acknowledge the existence of north and south korea which means the story takes place after the korean war, possibly around 1990s but by then the biplanes are pretty much are relegated to museums, since China flies the current PRC flag, it means it should have been close with erstwhile USSR and current Russia and it should atleast had access to and flown era appropriate jets like MiG 21, MiG 29, MiG 15, Su 27 of sort in this fictional war, plus theres the question of whether USA letting China to rise as communist superpower and China would not have destroyed NK and NK would have absorbed SK and created a another communist state called Joseon

It seems the setting is placed at 1990s but the aesthetics of China were given late 1930s (cant get over the fact that they delibarately chose Nanjing (which is pretty significant and sordid setting as this is where the infamous Nanking massacre happened) and the prison and head guard gives off Commander and his fortress vibes and those prisoners are his concubines vibes, pretty sure people would love this concept lol)

Anyway, the story itself goes beyond Yaoi/BL and has some depth to hook readers. I dont particularly care about the situationships they end up, I'm more interested whether the main character is able to exact his revenge and how would the chief warden would react or learn about it and whether he assists him or not. Because he is a tyrant to the prisoners in that prison, who are obviously violent, deranged people but for people outside, he remains as semblance of retribution for the victims who suffered by the hands of prisoners. But we all know that MC is not a bad guy but what he did is a bad thing. However people can emphatize for what he did. Perhaps he killed them because he knows that they would escape and him being a refugee wont get any justice

I wonder whether the backstory of MC would be revealed to chief warden. Would he see the MC as "violent murderer" who needs to be kept under his thumb or would he becomes his aide in retribution. I'm not really sure how to guage the morality of the chief warden, sure he is a tyrant but the people he manages are violent criminals, plus the prison itself (on the surface) doesnt feel too bad? Plus, guards and policemen all have their own "honor codes" where all policemen/guards defends one guy's action/mistake. Even if chief guard acknowledges the story, would he trust him? After all MC is a criminal, whats the possibility of him telling things are true? Even if he trust him, would he help MC to get revenge? Would he help MC to pursue action legally? Would he help MC clear his name and free him from prison?

And I'm also curious about Shen guy, he bears the number 001, what crime he did to land in this prison? Why he's aligining himself with that chief warden and letting him have his way? Was his story similar to MC? He seems to be willing to help him get revenge, but what if theres a chance that MC can clear his name and pursue the matter legally, would Shen help him or would he throw the wrench to keep him tied down in that lavish purgatory?