So, he eagerly opened his mouth and said, "Hehe, it doesn't need to be too much, just have them give me 70 yuan. I plan to take my wife to the county hospital to get her checked out properly."
If the checkup reveals nothing serious, that would be ideal. But if my wife gets seriously injured or even seriously hurt, Xia Wan will have to continue to cover all her medical expenses!
After saying that, Xia Jianjun revealed a smug smile, as if he could already see the 70 yuan safely falling into his pocket.
Xia Wan rolled her eyes in utter exasperation, thinking to herself, "How could this person be so stupid? It's beyond imagination!"
Doesn't he realize the dire situation he's in? How dare he ask for money? It's truly laughable.
Xia Wan simply stared straight at the captain, without saying a word. The best she could do for such an unreasonable person was to offer at least basic respect.
Anyway, she has plenty of time to waste, but to get a single penny from her is nothing short of a pipe dream, an absolutely impossible thing!
At this moment, the captain was already filled with impatience. However, since they were in front of so many people, he had to consider Xia Jianjun's feelings to some extent, so he did not directly drive the couple away.
So, the captain turned to Xia Wan and asked, "Xia Wan, how exactly do you plan to handle this matter? You don't need to feel any pressure or worry, just tell me your true thoughts."
Upon hearing this, Xia Wan shook her head without hesitation, her face showing a serious yet sincere expression, and said, "Uncle Captain, to be honest, I got up early this morning and went straight into the kitchen to cook. I haven't even opened the front door of our house yet."
As for what my uncle said, I really know nothing about it! And think about it, our family was just kicked out of our home; where would we get the spare money to pay for my uncle's medical expenses?
Hmph, you want her to be the sucker? Forget about the door, you'll have to seal the windows shut too!
Just as she finished speaking and Xia Jianjun was about to retort, a clear and familiar rumbling sound of a wheelchair rolling came from the yard. The sound grew closer, as if carrying some unknown premonition.
Xia Wan turned around quickly upon hearing the sound, and saw her father struggling to push his wheelchair forward alone. The winter wind was biting and made his cheeks red, but he still resolutely moved forward in the direction of the group.
"Dad! Why did you come out by yourself? It's so cold outside. What if you catch a cold?" Xia Wan called out anxiously, walking quickly forward and grabbing the handle of the wheelchair to help push it.
However, at this moment, she deliberately showed a hint of grievance on her face, her lips trembling slightly, as if she had a thousand words to say, but she was holding back and refusing to utter a single word.
Clearly, her act of appearing pitiful, wronged, yet silently enduring was not merely for her father's benefit.
More than anything, they hoped to evoke sympathy from the onlookers and their disgust for Xia Jianjun and his companion.
Unfortunately, before anyone in the crowd could offer a word of comfort or sympathy, an unexpected scene unfolded.
Xia Jianjun, like a firecracker that had been lit, instantly flew into a rage, pointing a finger directly at Xia Wan and launching into a tirade of insults:
"You little brat, stop pretending and acting all high and mighty! You have to give me this money today, no matter what, whether you like it or not! Otherwise, I'm going to the police station to report you right now!"
At this moment, Xia Jianjun completely disregarded his image, displaying the utterly shameless and scoundrel-like demeanor. In his eyes, nothing else mattered except for the money he so desperately wanted.
Xia Jianjun glared angrily at Xia Wan, loudly accusing her of kicking his wife Li Cao unconscious, and demanding that she pay for her medical treatment.
“I never kicked anyone, Uncle. You can’t just make baseless accusations based on your words! Do you expect me to pay you money just because you said something casually?”
"If that's really the case, then there are so many people in our brigade. Today you can frame me, but tomorrow you might frame other innocent people. If this continues, won't our brigade be in complete chaos?"
Xia Wan blinked her big, watery eyes, her face full of grievance and innocence.
She puffed out her chest and said righteously, "Since you're so insistent, Uncle, that I kicked Aunt, then please provide concrete evidence, or at least someone to testify for you. Otherwise, I won't accept your fabricated stories!"
The moment she said those words, the expressions of the onlookers changed instantly.
That's right. If we let a scoundrel like Xia Jianjun get away with it today and get a taste of success, he will definitely become even more unscrupulous in slandering others and extorting money from them in the future.
At that time, the whole brigade was in chaos!
More importantly, everyone present couldn't help but wonder if they would be the next ones to be extorted by him.
Just then, someone in the crowd couldn't contain himself any longer and stood up, shouting, "Hey Xia Jianjun, you've been babbling on and on, but you haven't said a single useful word. Tell me, how exactly are you going to prove that your wife was kicked unconscious by Xia Wan?"
Immediately afterward, someone else chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, what proof do you have? The village doctor just woke your wife up with a single injection! And he didn't even say how badly she was kicked!"
"Looking at Xia Jianjun's wife, it seems more like she's frozen than like she's been kicked."
Xia Jianjun felt guilty after being told this, and stammered, unable to say anything.
Li Cao, feigning righteousness, spoke up: "Otherwise, if this brat kicked us, who would want to lie on the ground so early in the morning and freeze to death!"
Her words stunned everyone else.
Yeah! If I hadn't been kicked unconscious, who would want to lie on the ground so early in the morning? I wouldn't freeze to death, but I'd definitely suffer!
Who would willingly suffer this pain for no reason?
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