Chapter 2320

At this very moment, Mei Yuzhen had just woken up in the car.

Man Jinshan and Man Yingjie had taken turns driving all night, covering only one thousand kilometers. Now, they were still over two thousand kilometers away from the U. S. -Mexico border.

According to Mei Yuzhen's plan, she wanted the two of them to drive all the way to El Paso, Texas, and then enter Mexico by land from there.

Having been shaken in the car all night, Mei Yuzhen was somewhat dazed because she hadn't slept well.

She suddenly recalled when she first arrived in the United States.

During the first two years after arriving in the U. S., although she used a fake identity, she was indeed diligent and conscientious.

Although the money she earned at that time was far from abundant in the U. S., because nannies had their room and board covered by their employers, almost all the money she earned was sent home intact. Not only did she quickly pay off the debts she had borrowed for smuggling, but she also greatly improved her family's poor living conditions.

But as Mei Yuzhen stayed in the U. S. longer, she was increasingly influenced by this materialistic society.

Gradually, she began to feel dissatisfied with her treatment as an illegal immigrant.

At that time in Chinatown, there were two different situations for Chinese nannies.

One was nannies who possessed legal U. S. status or a legal green card, and the other was illegal nannies like Mei Yuzhen who were living in the U. S. illegally.

Compared to the latter, the former generally commanded a price half as high or even more.

Sometimes, when nannies met and chatted about their situations, Mei Yuzhen would complain and feel aggrieved about her meager salary.

She always felt that her work content was exactly the same as others, and she wasn't lazy or cutting corners, so why was her salary only sixty percent or even less than others?

Therefore, she gradually developed resentment toward her employer's family, always feeling that the other party was deliberately bullying and exploiting her, a poor woman who had abandoned her husband and children and left her hometown.

However, Mei Yuzhen ignored a very simple reality: the reason her employer risked hiring her, an illegal immigrant, was precisely because the price of illegal immigrants was relatively low.

Considering their own limited conditions, the employers had no choice but to make such a selection.

If the prices for both types of people were the same, no employer would consider the latter.

The vast majority of illegal immigrants could also understand this logic, but Mei Yuzhen didn't think so.

She couldn't realize the natural gap between herself and a legal nanny; she just kept accumulating resentment in her heart, which even gradually escalated into hatred.

Just in the third year after Mei Yuzhen arrived in the U. S., a fire broke out in her employer's home. Three of the family of four died: a young couple in their thirties and their five-year-old eldest daughter. As for their youngest son, who was not yet one year old at the time, he went missing in that fire.

That fire was the work of Mei Yuzhen.

And after setting the fire, Mei Yuzhen took the infant in swaddling clothes and moved to another city in the U. S.

She entrusted a middleman to sell the child for thirty thousand U. S. dollars to a Chinese couple in their forties who had been unable to have children.

At the time, this transaction far exceeded the local market price, and the buyers were once discouraged by the high price.

But Mei Yuzhen was very smart.

She could see the couple's desperate hope for a child and also noticed that the one-year-old infant somewhat resembled the man. So, based on the child's facial features, she described to the couple what the child would look like when grown, saying that the child would definitely look like the man when he grew up.

Besides that, the quick-witted Mei Yuzhen also hit the pain point that moved them the most: because they looked alike, as long as they took the child to live somewhere else, no one would suspect the child was bought once he grew up. Even if they took him back to their hometown in China after three or five years, no one would suspect it if they said it was their own child.

Moreover, she also told the couple that, unlike adopting a child, the child she brought was not yet one year old, so when he grew up, he would definitely have no memory of his biological parents.

In Mei Yuzhen's words, as long as they bought this child, the matter of carrying on the family line would be settled in one go.

Thus, the couple, persuaded, took out thirty thousand U. S. dollars to buy the child, and Mei Yuzhen received twenty-five thousand U. S. dollars.

At that time, this money was more than what she earned in two years as a nanny.

It was also from that point on that Mei Yuzhen embarked on the evil path of "making quick money."

In her early years, she used various aliases to specifically target Chinese families with infants. Later, with the popularity of the internet, many Chinese families dared not hire illegal immigrants as nannies, so Mei Yuzhen switched to other trades until she connected with her current superior.

Over these years, Mei Yuzhen earned more and more money. Her two sons lived in large villas and drove luxury cars, and her eight grandchildren were all healthy and sensible. The entire family was flourishing and prosperous.

Because she had been away from home for too long, and with so many grandchildren, Mei Yuzhen increasingly longed to return home early to reunite with them.

In her own words, even a bad person should retire and enjoy their twilight years.

And she was now increasingly longing for the day of retirement.

But Mei Yuzhen also knew very well that her two sons were not cut out for studying; they had no real skills other than spending money and playing with women. And her husband was just a farmer by origin; she hadn't had a marital life with him for twenty years, and they had no common topics.

In short, the whole family—one husband, two sons, two daughters-in-law, and eight grandchildren—had no ability to earn money and all relied on her income in the U. S. to enjoy a lavish life.

Once she retired, the whole family would enter a stage of living off their savings.

So for Mei Yuzhen, how to accumulate more money before retirement became her most urgent matter.

Originally, she thought that after Ma Lan's matter succeeded, plus this big order in Mexico, she could harvest at least two hundred thousand U. S. dollars, taking her one step closer to retiring successfully.

But she didn't expect Ma Lan to have an accident.

Therefore, to avoid the limelight for a while and ensure the business in Mexico wouldn't be affected, she decided to go to Mexico herself.

After the business in Mexico was settled, she would change her identity again and return. By then, there would no longer be a person named Chen Liping in the Chinese circle; instead, it would be another one of her identities.

Recalling these things, Mei Yuzhen couldn't help but sigh softly, while secretly making up her mind in her heart: "After returning from Mexico this time, I will change my identity one more time and try my best to make a big haul. After that, I will leave the U. S. and never come back!"

As she spoke, she took out her phone, flipped through photos of her grandchildren, and her conviction to make money became firm once again.

At this moment, her eldest son suddenly called her. As soon as the call connected, he asked fawningly on the other end: "Mom, are you up?"

Mei Yuzhen said indifferently: "Even if I wasn't, I've been woken up by your call. If you have something to say, just say it."

The eldest son gave a silly laugh and hurriedly said: "Mom, do you remember Brother Sun from next door in our hometown?"

"Hmm." Mei Yuzhen asked him: "What's wrong with him?"

The eldest son smiled hesitantly: "That... nothing is wrong with him... it's just... it's just..."

Mei Yuzhen said coldly: "If you have something to say, say it; if you have a fart, let it out. If you haven't figured out how to let it out, I'm hanging up."

The eldest son hurriedly said: "Don't, don't, don't, don't hang up, Mom. Let me tell you the truth: I got Brother Sun's daughter pregnant. It's been over three months. I told her I'd give her one hundred thousand to get an abortion, but she's unwilling. Now she wants to give birth to the child and is asking me for one million in prenatal care fees. I wanted to ask you for help; I intended to give her two hundred thousand and have her get an abortion."

Mei Yuzhen scolded angrily: "Is it our family's seed?"

"Yes..." the eldest son hurriedly explained: "Brother Sun called during the New Year and asked me to arrange an internship for his daughter in the big city. I thought we were old neighbors, and I watched his daughter grow up; I knew her background, so I got her into my friend's company as an administrator..."

Speaking of this, the eldest son added: "She was alone here in an unfamiliar place, and I thought her father was my old big brother, so I should take care of her. One thing led to another, and it happened..."

As he spoke, he didn't forget to add: "It really is our family's seed..."

Mei Yuzhen said indifferently: "If it's our family's seed, there's no reason to abort it! I've been working so hard in the U. S. to earn money precisely so our family can flourish and be prosperous! Let her give birth; I'll give her that one million!"

The eldest son was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly added: "Mom, you can't let my brother and the others know about this. If it reaches my wife, this family will be turned upside down..."

Mei Yuzhen said indifferently: "I know, don't worry."

As she spoke, Mei Yuzhen added: "Have you thought about how to tell her father? You are more than ten years older than his daughter. If he finds out, he'll definitely make a scene, right?"

The eldest son explained: "Actually, Brother Sun already knows. The one million in prenatal care fees was Brother Sun's idea. He didn't make things difficult for me either. Anyway, this was all consensual; it's not like I forced her. Even if he's unhappy, he can't do anything to me."

Mei Yuzhen sneered: "He's unhappy? His daughter is pregnant with your seed; I think he'd laugh in his dreams! Maybe this whole thing was planned by him; I've seen through his family long ago."

The eldest son said helplessly: "Whether it was planned by him, I don't know..."

Mei Yuzhen gave a hum and said: "I'll give you 50,000 U. S. dollars later. You give her the money and tell her to rest easy and have the child. After the child is born, do a paternity test. As long as it's your seed, I will definitely make up the rest of the money for her."

As she spoke, Mei Yuzhen couldn't help but sigh and said: "You and your brother have eight children, and I never had the chance to raise them from a young age. When this child is born, I should retire and go back. By then, I'll help you raise it."

The eldest son hurriedly said: "Mom, you can't bring this child home after it's born. My wife will make a scene if she finds out."

"She dares!" Mei Yuzhen said coldly: "She eats my food, wears my clothes, uses my things, spends my money, rides in my cars, and lives in my house. If she still doesn't have any self-awareness, let her get out early."

The eldest son said awkwardly: "Mom, even if she doesn't dare to make a scene in front of you, she will definitely make a scene with me in private. It'll be enough to annoy me!"

Mei Yuzhen gave a disdainful cold snort: "As long as she dares to make a scene with you, divorce her immediately. After divorcing her, find a young virgin; maybe she can give you two more children. Isn't that better than spending your whole life with that old hag?"