Chapter 2419: Countdown Begins

The next day.

When Ito Yuhiko and Tanaka Koichi were running in Central Park wearing masks, Su Ruoli, along with her parents, bid farewell to Ye Chen with thousands of thanks, then headed to the airport and took a flight back to Jin Ling.

Ye Chen stayed in New York for two more days. After spending two days with Ito Nanako and other members of the Ito family, Ito Nanako also reluctantly bid farewell to Ye Chen, and the family set off to return to Japan.

After Ito Nanako left, Ye Chen gave an order to the Wanlong Palace, asking them to capture Zong Qiuhua, who had personally handed the contraband to Ma Lan, and bring her back to New York.

Zong Qiuhua's real name is Yan Suying. In recent years, she has been following Mei Yuzhen as a downline with her lover. This person's main task is to impersonate a female entrepreneur under the fake identity of Zong Qiuhua and hand over the contraband that needs to be carried out of the country by human mules to the mules selected by Mei Yuzhen.

Although this woman has not personally killed anyone, she has been an accomplice to Mei Yuzhen and has indeed harmed many innocent victims.

If it were according to reason, she should also be made to pay for her crimes with her life.

However, considering that she is now the key to Ma Lan's release from prison, the people of the Wanlong Palace spared her dog's life.

As for her lover, who was equally evil, he had long been killed by the soldiers of the Wanlong Palace and thrown into the desert near Las Vegas.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front also obtained the identity information of Zong Qiuhua's family in China, so they used this as a bargaining chip, demanding that Zong Qiuhua voluntarily confess all her crimes to the American police. Otherwise, not only would they kill her, but they would also make her family pay the price.

Knowing that she could not escape, Zong Qiuhua dared not disobey the demands of the Wanlong Palace.

She knew that if she confessed to the American police, although she would never be able to walk out of prison again in this life, at least she could save her dog's life.

Therefore, she had no second choice right now.

When Zong Qiuhua was brought back to New York and surrendered to the New York police, at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in the suburbs of New York City, it was just time for the inmates to have lunch.

According to the regulations of the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, before lunch begins, the warden will take roll call for each cell. After the roll call, the cell doors open, and everyone proceeds to the dining hall in an orderly manner. After eating in the dining hall, everyone goes to the playground for fresh air. After finishing the fresh air and returning to the cell, the number of people is counted again. After confirming that it is correct, the cell door is closed, waiting for the afternoon meal.

At this very moment, Ma Lan did not know that her good days had begun to count down.

Right now, the number of people in her cell had just been counted. However, even though everyone else had started to line up, Ma Lan was still lying lazily on the bed, crossing her legs and reading a Chinese publication leisurely.

The female prison guard who counted the number of people turned a blind eye to Ma Lan's behavior. After confirming that no one in this cell had escaped, the female prison guard said loudly: "You can go to the dining hall to eat now!"

After speaking, she came to Ma Lan and said diligently: "Sister Lan, the kitchen made meat sauce pasta and shrimp cutlets today. I asked the chef to prepare a portion of tomato and egg sauce for you. If you need it, just look for Claire directly in the dining hall."

The reason why this female prison guard was so wary of Ma Lan was mainly because Ma Lan was the object that the warden specifically instructed all prison guards to take care of, and the previous prison guard, Jessica, had become a prisoner because she offended Ma Lan.

Therefore, every prison guard at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility knew that Ma Lan's background was very powerful, so they were exceptionally respectful when they saw her.

The reason why the warden took care of Ma Lan was mainly because Ma Lan was the person Fei Kexin specifically named him to take care of.

Fei Kexin's influence in New York was extraordinary, far from what a small warden could compare to. Therefore, for the warden, Ma Lan was simply an excellent opportunity for him to climb into the upper class, so he didn't want to miss it no matter what.

Precisely because of this, the prison guards of the entire Bedford Hills Correctional Facility were even more wary of Ma Lan.

And Ma Lan not only had authority in front of the prison guards, but because the combat power of those three female soldiers of the Wanlong Palace was truly explosive, the original troublemakers of the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility had almost all been beaten several times, and now they had all calmed down, and no one dared to show off in the prison at all.

With these three people supporting her, Ma Lan had long since become the veritable number one figure in the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, and she even gave herself a nickname, called "Ghost-Fear-Bedford-Hills."

At this time, Ma Lan looked at the female prison guard, slowly put down the magazine she was holding, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Little Lu, it's not that I'm talking about you, but the magazines sent in the past few days are too boring. The stories inside are rotten and vulgar, and they don't have any nutrition. Can't you get me a few copies of 'Zhiyin' to read?"

"'Zhiyin'?" The female prison guard was a native-born Chinese-American, so she didn't know what 'Zhiyin' was at all, so she asked nervously: "Sister Lan, what is the 'Zhiyin' you are talking about?"

Ma Lan said proudly: "'Zhiyin' is a Chinese magazine with great depth and strong literary quality. It is the literary publication I have liked the most for so many years. If it weren't for you Americans having prejudices against our Chinese writers, the authors in 'Zhiyin' would have won the Nobel Prize in Literature long ago! Imperialism really doesn't want us to die!"

The female prison guard said awkwardly: "Sister Lan, the Nobel Prize is not judged by us Americans, it's mainly done by the Swedes..."

Ma Lan frowned and asked: "Is that so? Why didn't I know?"

The female prison guard hurriedly introduced: "Because Nobel was Swedish... he donated the money to set up the Nobel Prize."

Ma Lan realized that she had made a mistake and immediately snorted: "So what? Whether it's Swedish or Swiss, isn't it all controlled by you Americans behind the scenes?"

The female prison guard hurriedly said: "Sister Lan, this Nobel... really has nothing to do with the United States..."

Ma Lan said impatiently: "Oh, I won't talk nonsense with you. Hurry up and find a way to get me a batch of 'Zhiyin' to read."

The female prison guard had to say respectfully: "Okay Sister Lan, I'll go find a way for you right now!"

Ma Lan gave a hum, waved her hand and said: "Okay, you can go out."

The female prison guard hurriedly nodded and said: "Okay Sister Lan, then I'll go out first."

After the female prison guard left, a group of diligent female prisoners surrounded her, all talking at once:

"Sister Lan, how have you been resting?"

"Sister Lan, let us accompany you to eat!"

Ma Lan gave a hum, sat up slowly from the bed, and stretched lazily.

Afterwards, she saw Chloe, who was timid, in the crowd.

That Chloe was the prison bully of this cell before, and had been trying every possible way to oppress Ma Lan. It was a pity that right now in this cell, she had completely become Ma Lan's vent object.

Seeing Chloe, Ma Lan waved at her impatiently and said: "Come here, Chloe, I have something to do with you."

Chloe was so nervous that she trembled all over, and hurriedly asked respectfully: "Ms. Ma, what... what is the matter?"

Ma Lan asked coldly: "Can't I call you if there's nothing?"

Chloe kept shaking her head and said: "You can call, of course you can call, Chloe is at your disposal 24 hours a day..."

Ma Lan snorted disdainfully and said sternly: "You and Jessica don't go to eat at noon today. Stay here and wash all the dirty clothes of everyone clean and dry them. If there is one piece left unwashed or not washed clean, I will slap you fifty times!!"

Chloe said in horror: "I... we just washed everyone's changed bed sheets, quilt covers, and pillowcases yesterday, and washed until twelve o'clock in the night. Can you let us take a break..."

Ma Lan threw the publication in her hand directly onto Chloe's face, instantly smashing half of her face red, and then said coldly: "If you dare to bargain with me again, I will let you two wash everyone's underwear and bras in the future!"

Ma Lan asked coldly: " ===== CHAPTER 2420 =====