Chapter 24 Turning the Elbow Outwards
Qiao Xing jumped to his feet. "What happened? Are you hurt?"
"Why……"
When Qiao Xing and Qin Ce arrived at the scene, Wang Ye and his uncle were there, but Lily and his aunt were nowhere to be found.
Qiao Xing quickly walked up to him and looked them both over. "Are you alright?"
Wang Ye waved his hand, "No, my mom and Lily have some minor scrapes and have already gone to the hospital. I'm fine, it's just..."
As he spoke, he glanced guiltily at Qin Ce behind him.
Qin Ce reacted calmly. He walked up to the car and glanced at it. The car had collided with a silver Bentley.
His car was mostly fine, but the other party's Bentley was badly damaged; the headlights were broken and the bumper was knocked off.
Watching his retreating figure, Wang Ye nervously pulled Qiao Xing aside and asked, "How much money will we have to pay this time?"
Qiao Xing shook her head nervously, "What kind of car is that? Is it very expensive?"
"Nonsense, starting at three million, do you think that's expensive or not? Qin Ce isn't going to kill me, is he?"
He had the audacity to tell people not to worry before he left, but now he's caused such a huge mess that he'd rather just smash his head against a block of tofu and die.
"Don't talk nonsense. If he killed you, wouldn't he go to jail? It's not worth it."
The current concern is about compensation. Qiao Xing asked, "Has the liability been determined?"
"Not yet, but I doubt it." Wang Ye shrank his neck, because he had just drunk some alcohol, and putting everything else aside, that alone made it impossible for him to escape.
Qiao Xing couldn't help but glare at him when she heard he'd been drinking. "What kind of driver are you, drinking and driving?!"
"Keep your voice down!" Wang Ye shrank his neck like a quail, repeatedly gesturing for her to be quiet. "I never expected this car to come out like that."
Soon, traffic police arrived at the scene. After checking the area, they came over with a breathalyzer and asked, "Who was driving this car?"
Wang Ye suddenly grabbed Qiao Xing's arm, and in his panic, he pointed directly at Qin Ce, "He, he drove it!"
Qin Ce turned around and glanced at Wang Ye, who gave him a pleading look.
"I didn't drive it." Qin Ce didn't tolerate his behavior and refused to take the blame for Wang Ye.
Wang Ye was stunned. Was this guy stupid?
If he's driving under the influence, his car will be towed away!
The traffic police officer came directly to Wang Ye and said, "Who was driving? If you deliberately conceal the truth and shirk responsibility, the consequences will be more serious. You'd better tell the truth."
Hearing the other party's warning, Wang Ye chickened out and resignedly said, "Yes, I drove it."
"Blow it."
Wang Ye, looking like he was about to die a heroic death, leaned over and blew on it.
A few seconds later, the traffic policeman laughed in exasperation, "You little rascal, you actually drove under the influence and dared to lie. Whose car is it?"
Wang Ye raised his chin, indicating that the car belonged to Qin Ce.
"Is this car yours?"
Qin Ce nodded slightly, "It's mine."
"Can you lend your car just like that? Now look what's happened, there's been an accident. We're going to tow your car away and impound it for six months. You'll also have to compensate the other party for the damage to their vehicle. Young man, remember this: don't lend your car just like that."
"I understand. I'm sorry for troubling you all."
The traffic police waved his hand, "You should talk to the other driver first. We need to take the perpetrator back for investigation now."
Qin Ce nodded. "Okay."
Wang Ye was taken away just like that. His uncle looked at Qiao Xing with a mournful face and said, "What a mess this is! What are we going to do? Your cousin won't go to jail, will he?"
"He might be detained; after all, he was driving under the influence." Qiao Xing sighed worriedly and glanced back at Qin Ce.
Qin Ce had already started chatting with the other driver.
The other party was a middle-aged, overweight man. He had been on the phone the whole time, and now that he had finally finished, he stormed up to Qin Ce, pointed at his car, and said:
"Look what you've done to my car! Do you know I had to attend a very important meeting? Now I can't go, and I've lost millions. Are you going to compensate me?"
Qin Ce listened to him without changing his expression, then turned to Qiao Xing and said, "You and your uncle go back first, leave this to me."
Qiao Xing hesitated for a moment, "Can you do it yourself?"
"no problem."
Perhaps because he appeared too calm, Qiao Xing wasn't so worried anymore. She nodded and helped Wang Yue up, "Uncle, let's go back first."
The uncle felt quite guilty. He sighed and left with Qiao Xing.
After the two left, the fat man became even angrier. He slammed his hand on his car and said, "I'm talking to you! How do you plan to resolve this?"
"How do you want to resolve this? Officially or privately?"
"How could I possibly have that much time to go on official business with you?"
Qin Ce said seriously, "You can send someone to handle this."
"Who the hell am I supposed to send to handle this?" The fat man was furious. He began to wonder if the person in front of him was an idiot. His car had been towed away, and he was still so calm.
No sooner had he finished speaking than someone pushed through the crowd, saying, "Calm down, calm down, I'll handle this."
The person who arrived was none other than Han Yan.
Qin Ce called Han Yan immediately after receiving the news, and Han Yan arrived just now.
He stepped forward and said to the fat man, "Brother, this is my boss. I'm here to handle the accident for him. Just tell me what's wrong."
The fat man glanced at Qin Ce suspiciously.
Qin Ce said, "It's yours now. Give me your car keys."
Han Yan was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Why don't you have Xiao Li drive here to pick you up? What am I supposed to do later if you drive away?"
Qin Ce held out his hand. "The key."
Han Yan: "...You really are."
Having no other choice, Han Yan could only give him his car keys. When the fat man saw that it was a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, his arrogance vanished instantly.
Even his own employees drive Cullinans, while the boss drives a beat-up Mercedes? That's really a bit surreal.
Qiao Xing and her uncle went to the hospital to visit her aunt. Fortunately, neither of them was seriously injured. They just applied some medicine and got bandaged up and went home.
Lily's aunt kept saying nice things to her the whole way, basically telling her not to tell her parents. Lily was very understanding and said she wouldn't tell her parents.
My uncle remained silent the whole way home, but when we were almost there, he finally said, "That car must have cost a lot to pay for, right?"
Then he said to Qiao Xing, "Xingxing, when the time comes, have Xiao Ce bring back all those receipts and stuff. We'll compensate him for what he owes, but since the car has been towed away, there's really nothing we can do."
Before Qiao Xing could speak, her aunt objected. She laughed and said, "Oh, we're all family, why talk about such things? Xiao Ce can afford a car worth over 600,000 yuan, he won't be short of money, right, Xingxing?"
Qiao Xing kept her head down and didn't say anything.
Seeing this, Auntie brought up the house again, saying, "Xingxing, look, you've lived in our house for so many years and we haven't said anything, right? We haven't charged you rent either. If we rented this house out, it would be worth over ten thousand yuan. You said you wanted to live here, and we gave you the house without saying a word, right?"
Uncle Wang Yue tugged at Aunt's sleeve, "Why are you talking about this?"
His aunt rolled her eyes at him. "Well, I'm just telling the truth, aren't I? What I mean is, we're family, so let's not be so formal. Isn't Xiao Ye getting married soon? How much money do you have to compensate?"
At the end, he muttered under his breath, "He's siding with outsiders."
The sound wasn't loud, but Qiao Xing heard it.
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