Forsythia Brown didn't know when she fell asleep, but due to her biological clock, she woke up promptly at five in the morning.
She changed her clothes and washed her face, then hurriedly went downstairs and rushed into the yard filled with clutter.
In the yard, there was a simple shed filled with cleaning tools such as brooms, dustpans, and small carts.
She efficiently found the work clothes specifically for cleaning workers among those items, quickly put them on, and then took a broom, pushed a cart, and left the yard.
She now had a re-education job provided by the government for ex-convicts, which was to be responsible for the street sanitation of the Urban Villages.
On the surface, she was an ex-convict who received re-education.
In secret, she was an informant for the National Supreme Criminal Investigation Team.
Streets were swept twice a day, once at 5 a.m. and once at 3 p.m., two hours each time.
At 7 a.m., the streets were cleaned on time, Forsythia Brown returned to the safe house, exercised in the Martial Arts Room as usual, took a bath after an hour of sweating, changed into clean casual clothes, had a simple breakfast, and quickly entered the basement.
Five years in prison changed her life.
People only said that prison was purgatory on earth, but she, Forsythia, found a new life in this purgatory.
The first prison she squatted in was Jiangnan Women's Prison.
There was a prison bully who always targeted her.
But Forsythia just wasn't someone to be pushed around. It wasn't until a battle where she fought against eight people, badly injuring the bully and the seven accomplices who only revered the bully, that she was deemed a violent and dangerous person and transferred to the National Women's First Prison.
In the National Women's First Prison, she met Beauty Child.
Later, she found out that she was able to escape the punishment for fighting in Jiangnan Women's Prison and was deliberately transferred to the National Women's First Prison, thanks to Beauty Child's deliberate arrangements.
It turned out that Beauty Child had had her eye on Forsythia for a long time.
Beauty Child noticed her because of her exceptional talent and her brilliant mind as the youngest finance director in River State. Of course, there was also her ability to fight.
In the National Women's First Prison, Beauty Child found her, gave her a flash drive, and asked her to analyze several sets of data in it.
After just one glance, she, who had a remarkable talent for numbers, understood how many parts of the data were falsified.
Beauty Child was very excited, saying, "Work for us, and we'll reduce your sentence according to your contributions and agree to any reasonable requests within your scope."
At that time, her belly was not yet showing, no one in prison knew she was pregnant, and she was thinking about how to let Gem Atkinson not know about their child's existence...
Beauty Child's suggestion undoubtedly offered her a bright path.
So, she gladly agreed with Beauty Child and became a member of the National Supreme Criminal Investigation Team.
Since then, she had spent five years in prison, with the special treatment of being "Released on Medical Parole" to enjoy her freedom outside. The longest time she spent outside reached over a year. During that year, she gave birth to Audrey and personally breastfed her until she was six months old, then sent Audrey to the orphanage, intending to adopt Audrey as the adoptive person after her release. In this way, Gem Atkinson could not find out about Audrey's existence.
With Beauty Child's manipulation, everything went perfectly and smoothly.
According to national policies, ex-convicts who want to adopt orphans must be observed for at least half a year from the date of release and pass inspections by relevant institutions before they can complete the adoption procedure.
"Audrey, trust Mom, wait, soon, Mom will be able to see you, and we will be reunited."
Turning on the computer, she clicked open the video that Beauty Child had sent her last night, her eyes glued to the young girl doing morning exercises in perfect order.
"Little girl, you've grown taller and prettier. When you grow up, you'll definitely attract a bunch of boys."
The young girl looked 70-80% like her, with the only difference being her eyes. The young girl had Gem Atkinson's standard phoenix eyes, which made her look spirited and valiant.
After watching the video over and over again, Forsythia Brown contentedly closed the video and opened a chat group called "Gentleman Internment Camp."
Those who could join the "Gentleman Internment Camp" group were world-class figures like assassins, terrorists, hackers, and the like. Certainly not any decent people.
Forsythia Brown's ranking among hackers was now fifth in the world, so she could join the group with ease.
At this time, there weren't many people in the group, but it was quite lively.
Gentleman: The World Hacker Competition ended perfectly yesterday. The first, second, and third place were all taken by people from Zion Country. I went to check those guys out, and their skills aren't as good as Carefree. So, I don't plan to recruit them.
Dragon with love: I joined in on the fun yesterday, and then I gave them a little hacking problem. Considering their skills, it would probably take them three to five days to solve it.
I'm Really the President: I want to know the truth about the hacktivist group.
Dragon Has a Heart: Here's a pink heart for you!
I'm Really the President: Damn, that's old-school. Not creative at all.
Dragon Has a Heart: The day before yesterday, I installed pink hearts on Bruce's computer control center mainframe too.
I'm Really the President: I sent a frightened emoji with trembling eyes, as if they were about to explode like landmines.
Gentleman: You guys are up against the Mafia now?
East River: Let them fight. When the First Terrorist Organization and the Mafia fight, my husband will take advantage of the situation.
Inspector: Is everyone trying to be invited to the FBI headquarters for a coffee date since I'm still in the group?
Everyone: Rolling their eyes emoji, ignoring emoji.
Dragon Has a Heart: Bruce's people intercepted a batch of our military supplies worth 1 billion dollars. Our boss was furious and ordered me to infiltrate Bruce's headquarters to transfer some funds. I took 20 billion dollars (smirking emoji). Now, my boss is rewarding me with a month off! I'm planning a trip to Italy.
Bruce: I'm online too.
Bruce: Sent a bloody knife emoji.
Bruce: Return the 1 billion dollars to me.
Bruce: Or else, I'll chop off your hands when you set foot on my territory.
Dragon Has a Heart: You steal military supplies, and I steal money. You're brutal, and I'm immoral!
Dragon Has a Heart: Sent a self-made pink heart emoji, showing off incessantly, spitting saliva.
Watching Dragon swagger, Forsythia Brown's face went dark. As if stealing 20 billion dollars wasn't enough, he had the nerve to go on vacation to the Mafia headquarters and provoke their leader, Bruce. Unbelievable!
Seeing everyone sending the "thumbs up" emoji, Forsythia Brown couldn't resist and revealed herself in the chat group: Phoenix Ivy!
Everyone: Welcome, Phoenix.
Gentleman: It's been a while since you last visited, Phoenix.
Phoenix Ivy: Out of money, can't even afford to go online.
Dragon Has a Heart: I'll give you 100 million dollars. Give me your account number.
Phoenix Ivy: *Hug emoji*
Phoenix Ivy: *Sad face emoji*
Phoenix Ivy: No-can-do.
Dragon Has a Heart: Why not?
Phoenix Ivy: I'm currently undergoing re-education, and all my accounts are being monitored. If I get too much money, I'll end up in jail again.>
Everyone: Damn!
I'm Really the President: Why don't I issue a special pardon for you? (ingratiating expression)
Phoenix Ivy: Buzz off. It won't work since we're not citizens of the same country. Your help won't quench my immediate thirst.
I'm Really the President: You can apply for my citizenship.
East River: Are you really the President?
I'm Really the President: As real as pearls.
Everyone: Of which country?
I'm Really the President: United Nations.
Everyone: Get lost!