Chapter: 5013

The woman shook her head: "You don't know, in this part of America, mud crabs are considered an invasive species. Selling them here is basically illegal."

Ma Eran was shocked and asked: "Is selling it illegal you're still doing it?"

The woman sighed: "In the past, everyone would secretly sell them to fellow Chinese people, and you know that we Chinese love eating mud crabs, especially when we're abroad, so we found some channels to import a batch of them. On one hand, we could make some money, on the other hand, we could help our compatriots recapture the feeling of being at home... It was all done privately and only traded within the Chinese community, which was very safe..."

Ma Eran asked quickly: "If it's always been so safe, why did something happen then?"

The woman took a deep breath: "I recently imported a batch of mud crabs because they were high-quality and not too expensive. They sold out really fast, and some fellow Chinese person heard about it and drove a long way to buy them. But by the time he got here, I had already sold them all out. He was furious and called the police, who then caught me."

Ma Eran's eyes widened in shock: "Can something like that happen?"

"Yes," the woman chuckled self-deprecatingly and said: "So it's just like what I told you earlier - when you're in America, you have to be vigilant all the time and not trust anyone."

As she spoke, she leaned in and spoke seriously: "When you helped those people out, I was thinking of warning you but couldn't get a chance. Those people weren't like they said they were. They were actually being taken advantage of by someone else. It's just that they wanted to take away the American woman's position as the head honcho, but because their numbers were insufficient and their methods weren't as ruthless as the other side, they were always suppressed and couldn't achieve their goals."

"After that, they saw that they couldn't beat their opponents and ran to ask for your help. You directly let someone take care of that American woman, and they were finally able to become the leader."

Ma Eran listened here, his whole body trembling with rage, biting his teeth and saying: "Mom's, these people are really good at acting! They knelt in front of me crying, saying that American woman had been bullying them all along, even treating them like dirt. I thought they were really being bullied, felt sorry for them, and helped them out......"

The woman on the other side smiled faintly and said: "Those who can get this far are basically few and none, mostly deserving of punishment! You're just getting a lesson now, so make sure to keep your eyes open when looking at people in the future."

Ma Eran was both angry and regretful inside, but he knew that it's too late to regret now. So he asked the woman: "Why did you tell me all this?"

The woman spoke indifferently: "I thought you were still a decent person, a bit crazy but had some conscience, otherwise you wouldn't have helped those people out of the blue. That's why I wanted to remind you."

Ma Eran was instantly filled with shame and couldn't help but choke up: "If I had known they were so dishonest, even if they died in front of me, I wouldn't extend a hand!"

As he spoke, Ma Eran lamented: "If only I knew it would be like this, I wouldn't have been so high-profile back then...... Now the entire Bedford Mountain Correctional Facility probably has many people who want to kill me. I'm really afraid I won't make it through today......."

Ma Eran spent a long and anxious twenty minutes in darkness, his heart racing with fear.

As time ticked away, Ma Eran sprinted straight to the public phone near the exercise yard. Many inmates watched her frantic dash with a mixture of disdain and envy, although some had already begun to plot against her. However, since it was only the beginning of the wind-down period, there were many guards keeping watch from all sides, too afraid to take action just yet.

According to the standard operating procedures at Bedford Mountain Correctional Facility, during the hour-long wind-down period, the first 15 minutes and last 15 minutes require heightened surveillance. This is because experience has shown that the most common time for escapes occurs when inmates are transitioning between different areas of the facility.

From the cells to the dining hall, from the dining hall to the exercise yard, and from the labor area back to the cells - these transition periods are often the highest-risk moments for escape attempts. As a result, when they escort the inmates to the exercise yard and prepare to take them back to their cells, guards spend 15 minutes counting and observing the inmates to see if anything unusual is happening.

In prison, conflict is almost impossible to avoid.

Therefore, allowing inmates time each day to resolve their conflicts is an extremely important control measure.

If they don't give these inmates opportunities to resolve their conflicts over a long period of time, it's easy for them to accumulate grudges and breed hatred, which can lead to big trouble.

If they allow the inmates to have some physical outlet every day, it's unlikely to cause major problems.

In recent days, Ma Eran has been exploiting this half-hour window of opportunity to build her reputation and become a legend at Bedford Mountain Correctional Facility.

Right now, Ma Eran's greatest wish is to quickly call Li Chen before this half-hour window of opportunity closes, so that he can find a way to save her no matter what. JrNovels.com