The lawyer didn't know Ye Zhiwei, but he was very perceptive. He noticed that Ye Zhiwei was accompanied by several people dressed in high-quality clothes, and she looked like a rich young lady. He immediately lowered his attitude and asked with a smile, "May I ask who you are?"

Ye Zhiwei said, "You can think of me as Anna's friend. My name is Ye Zhiwei."

Ye Zhiwei got involved in this matter mainly because she felt that it was probably related to Ye Qingcheng in some way. From the driver who caused the accident to Qin Manshu, who seemed normal but whose sixth sense told her something was wrong, she started to doubt whether her sixth sense was right. Everything seemed wrong, yet everything seemed to make sense.

Especially Qin Manshu, she always manages to provide a reasonable explanation as soon as Ye Zhiwei notices something is wrong. The key point is that she is very cooperative throughout. Moreover, if Qin Manshu is really acting strangely, her cousin should have noticed it, and it should be her cousin's problem. Why does Ye Zhiwei always have a strange feeling when she sees Qin Manshu?

Ye Zhiwei frowned, looking at the farce with a headache.

Aunt Wu seemed somewhat surprised to see Ye Zhiwei. She didn't like her family's situation being known, but when she saw Ye Zhiwei arrive, the opposing lawyer immediately adopted a negotiable attitude. Aunt Wu then realized that there really was someone with power and influence involved.

She then became slightly more friendly towards Anna, seemingly approving of Anna's timely arrival of help. She even reached into her pocket and felt around, finding a key. She had just given Anna a friendly look, appearing open to negotiation, before using the pretext of checking the money to actually lock it in the room to obtain it and then firmly refusing to return it.

The driver's wife was glad she hadn't brought her son. Seeing Aunt Wu throwing a tantrum, she regretted coming to ask for a letter of forgiveness. Now the letter was gone, and so much money had been taken away.

When she saw Ye Zhiwei, all she hoped for was that this person was reasonable and kind, and that it would be even better if she could be as kind and just as the Qin family.

Her rationality returned slightly, and she stopped arguing with Anna's mother. The lawyer, thinking he had found someone who could talk, explained the general situation. He assumed Ye Zhiwei was a rich, naive young lady and that he could persuade her with a few words. Unexpectedly, Ye Zhiwei retorted, "What you're saying does exist, and it's theoretically true, but since you've handled cases for so many years, you should know that directly charging him with 'causing death in a traffic accident' is clearly inaccurate, right? Yes, my friend's father did have an illness, but his illness has no causal relationship with his death, right? In the first collision, when it was highly likely that the other party would only be seriously injured, he still wanted to kill them. This really makes me wonder what his purpose was."

The lawyer was speechless for a moment. He hadn't expected Ye Zhiwei to be knowledgeable about the law and to suddenly launch a counterattack, catching the unprepared lawyer off guard.

Ye Zhiwei continued with a smile, "May I ask your surname?"

"My surname is Chen."

"Oh, so that's Attorney Chen. Attorney Chen should know about the principle of legality in criminal law, right? Although your statement is theoretically correct, in practice, judges have other approaches to handling cases. There are two viewpoints in the judiciary: the act is worthless and the result is worthless. Your client may not only have caused death in a traffic accident. Another of his actions could also constitute intentional homicide. It's just that there is no evidence to prove that Anna's father died a second time, so it may be considered an attempt. But the sentences for traffic accidents and attempted intentional homicide are not light."

“Ms. Ye, you need to consider something else. The victim you mentioned already suffered from a serious illness. Objectively speaking, my client's responsibility is definitely lessened considerably. What you said makes sense, but it still depends on the judge's ruling. Sigh, I think no one wants to see such a death. Why don't we calmly discuss this together? The victim has already caused such a tragedy. Look, my client's family also has poor children and a wife who need care. Can't we contribute some money to help the victim's family and try to achieve a better outcome through a settlement?” This lawyer, Chen, began to appeal to emotions. “Our client's family member hasn't been able to work for a long time because they've been caring for their child with a congenital disease. That poor child needs to stay in the hospital long-term due to brittle bone disease—”

“I know all that.” Ye Zhiwei looked at Attorney Chen and asked calmly, “Actually, I’m more curious about why your client wanted to carry out a second impact. We all know that if the victim is on the verge of death and becomes a vegetable, the medical expenses will be much greater than if the victim dies directly.”

Now that Aunt Wu was in the right, she immediately became arrogant and raised her voice, "You are heartless! You are heartless! You ruined our family for such a small amount of medical expenses! You devils, you black-hearted villains, you accomplices of murderers, why should you get my forgiveness? That money should be mine!"

Ye Zhiwei had a headache. The main reason she was able to help this family was because Anna was indeed kind. As for Anna's mother, Ye Zhiwei felt uncomfortable every time she appeared.

Aunt Wu was extremely arrogant.

After a long silence, Ye Zhiwei said to Aunt Wu, "Auntie, since the other party was only willing to pay that money in order to obtain a letter of forgiveness, then you really have no reason to accept it—"

Aunt Wu was now displeased. Ye Zhiwei had just been speaking up for them, so why was she now siding with that group? She glared at Anna, completely forgetting that she had just used Ye Zhiwei's influence to bully others. Aunt Wu said unhappily, "Miss Ye, what do you mean by this? This is a family matter. I can accept this money if I want..."

Ye Zhiwei said expressionlessly, "Even if you accept this money now, you will still have to pay it back after the other party sues you. They do need to compensate you for some necessary losses, but it is obviously not this money."

Seeing Ye Zhiwei's words, Anna immediately advised, "Mom, Miss Ye is right. We can raise the part of the compensation we need in the lawsuit. Since this money is not for this compensation, it should definitely be returned to them."

Aunt Wu ignored Anna's words and spat in Anna's face, saying sternly, "You scoundrel, you're completely siding with outsiders now! Are you going to listen to me or a stranger?"

The argument was getting out of hand. The youngest son, who had been hiding in his room doing his homework, opened the door and slipped out. Aunt Wu, who had just been cold and ruthless in front of Anna and seemed to want to strangle her daughter, immediately softened her tone when she saw her son: "Why did our little darling come out? Come back inside, Mom is doing something important."