Chapter 1

In the Earth Federation, in the state of California, United States of America, during the summer month of July, at the intersection of the Chinese and African-American and Mexican-American neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, at the entrance of Mack Avenue, inside a large car wash, dozens of car wash workers were working hard under the scorching sun, drenched in sweat.

This car wash, named 'Prosperity,' was established by people from Taiwan who immigrated to California several decades ago.

Originally, it was just a small car wash, but after three generations of effort, the shop that could only accommodate ten cars can now wash twenty cars simultaneously and has a large parking lot that can hold three hundred cars.

While the car wash workers were working hard, vehicles would occasionally turn in from the entrance and park in the lot to wait in line.

Most of the car wash workers at Prosperity were Mexicans. These people worked hard and demanded much less pay than others, which is why most service businesses in California preferred to hire Mexicans.

To hire a white or black person, the basic wage would be at least $8.50 per hour, but Mexicans only required $6. Don't underestimate this $2.50 wage difference; it adds up to a significant amount. For example, at Prosperity, with 20 Mexican car wash workers, saving $2.50 per hour per person amounts to $50 per hour. This is just for one hour.

Unlike other industries, car washes operate from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., a total of twelve hours. So, the savings amount to at least $600 per day, $18,000 per month, which is not a small sum.

In this capitalist country, the United States, anyone in business would do the math, so most employers prefer to hire Mexicans. After all, it saves money, and only a fool would choose otherwise.

Moreover, most of these Mexicans are illegal immigrants without legal status in the U.S., so they are very obedient and willing to work hard for money. Therefore, no employer dislikes such workers.

Of course, the condition is that you must pay the agreed-upon wage. If you deceive these Mexicans, arbitrarily deducting or making things difficult for them, you will be the one to suffer in the end.

In California, the two major Mexican gangs, the Southside and the Family gangs, are not to be trifled with. Therefore, most employers pay the agreed-upon $5 per hour, as these Mexicans are truly hard workers, and the employers don't lose out.

Besides, the wages demanded by these Mexicans are indeed very low.

If you further deduct or make things difficult for them, it would be unreasonable. If these hardworking Mexicans are forced to seek help from the gangs, the cost will be significant.

So, as long as you have a clear mind, everyone knows what to do.

Among the busy Mexican car wash workers, there was a Chinese face, a young man with a clear appearance, about 1.8 meters tall.

Like the Mexican car wash workers, this Chinese teenager, who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen, was also a car wash worker.

However, this Chinese teenager was different from the other workers because he was wearing a baby carrier, and inside the carrier was a child who looked to be about six months old.

This made the Chinese teenager stand out among his Mexican coworkers, even appearing somewhat unconventional.

However, from another perspective, the reason this Chinese teenager brought a six-month-old child to work was clearly out of necessity, and there must have been some hidden circumstances, though outsiders were unaware of the details.

Of course, most of the workers here were illegal immigrants, and they had little interest in the Chinese teenager's story. After all, who among them didn't have a sad story to tell?

According to the employer's requirements, the car wash workers had a maximum of fifteen minutes to wash a car, ensuring it was clean and of high quality.

Therefore, the car wash workers were all working hard, moving quickly. The Chinese teenager, like his coworkers, was drenched in sweat under the scorching sun, occasionally turning back to check on the child in the carrier.

The poor child had to endure the scorching heat just like the Chinese teenager, but the sleeping infant's face showed no signs of discomfort, and the child seemed to be sleeping soundly.

Perhaps due to its advantageous location, customers came to the car wash one after another from the moment it opened, and the car wash workers had no time to rest, washing one car after another.

Xian Tai used a water gun to rinse the car in front of him, quickly rinsed it, picked up a brush to apply foam, and then used the water gun again to rinse off the foam. After rinsing off the foam, he quickly turned around to fetch a dry towel and began wiping the car dry.

All of this work had to be completed within fifteen minutes. If it exceeded this time, the employer wouldn't say anything, but the worker probably wouldn't be needed the next day.

To ensure his daughter didn't go hungry, Xian Tai wouldn't slack off. He tried his best to complete the work within fifteen minutes, satisfying the boss and customers to earn his wages.

After washing a car, a Mexican man quickly got into the car and drove it away, and the next car was brought in front of Xian Tai.

Once the car was parked, Xian Tai began washing the next one.

This work seemed simple but was actually monotonous and tiring, and it was very physically demanding. Most people couldn't keep up.

"Damn alien elementary school student, if it weren't for this guy, how could my daughter and I end up in this time and space? How could I end up as a car wash worker, earning only $5 an hour like those illegal Mexican workers? If I get the chance, I'll definitely file a complaint with the Galactic Alliance!"

The Chinese teenager, carrying the child, repeated the monotonous and tiring work, moving quickly but muttering to himself.

From his troubled expression, it was clear that his muttering was not pleasant.

Moreover, from his muttering, it seemed that he was not from this time and space at all!

Indeed, as the Chinese teenager, Xian Tai, muttered, he was not from this time and space. He came from another Earth in a different time and space, and he was a genuine Chinese person, already in his mid-thirties, with a one-and-a-half-year-old daughter. In his original time and space, his wife had just died of cancer, leaving him to take on the role of both father and mother.

But the question is, why did Xian Tai, who was both a father and a mother, end up in this world, in Los Angeles, California, United States, and become a car wash worker?

And who was the 'alien elementary school student' he kept muttering about?

In fact, Xian Tai should be considered a 'time traveler,' and he didn't come alone but brought his daughter with him through a time tunnel to this time and space, appearing in Los Angeles, California, United States, in the Earth Federation.

The reason was that an alien elementary school student, whose school vacation was about to end, wanted to take a shortcut (flying over Earth) to return to his home planet, 'Namek.' However, due to improper piloting, a small part of his spaceship detached and fell to Earth, unfortunately hitting Xian Tai and his daughter, causing a cosmic traffic accident.

Xian Tai and his daughter, who were about to go out to buy groceries, died on the spot, a truly unfortunate event.

To avoid responsibility, the alien elementary school student had to revive Xian Tai and his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter and use his special technology to open a time tunnel, bringing the father and daughter to this time and space in the Earth Federation.

The main purpose was to make the victims, Xian Tai and his daughter, disappear from their original time and space to avoid responsibility for the accident.

However, the alien elementary school student did have some conscience.

At least, he didn't flee the scene but gave Xian Tai and his daughter a second chance at life. Otherwise, Xian Tai and his daughter would have had no recourse, and their deaths would have been in vain.

Xian Tai had no way to file a complaint with the Galactic Alliance.

The alien elementary school student also used his remaining pocket money to activate special technology to give Xian Tai and his daughter legal status in this time and space, solving a significant problem.

However, the alien elementary school student