Chapter 64 It's the same whether we fight now or not
Intentionally damaging another person's property, causing losses of more than 5,000 yuan, meets the criteria for criminal prosecution.
Moreover, the damage caused by smashing the car is far more than five thousand yuan; even a conservative estimate would be five hundred thousand yuan.
There was surveillance footage, and they had already recognized the people in the footage. When the police arrived, Li Damang and Li Ermang acted as if nothing was wrong, chatting with villagers at their doorstep. Only when they saw the police did they realize that something was seriously wrong and tried to run away, but the police subdued them in a few steps.
Hearing the commotion, the people inside rushed out. Li Ermang, with a policeman holding his arm, still shouted to his father who was running out of the house, "Go find my older sister quickly and ask her to plead with the Lin family. Be quick!"
Old Man Lin knew his two sons had gone out mysteriously last night, and he knew they were probably up to something. His two sons were always bold and had never gotten into trouble before, so he turned a blind eye. He never expected that something would happen to them today.
He asked hurriedly, "What did you do?"
At this moment, Li Ermang's son, Li Yangxiao, ran out: "Dad?"
Li Ermang shouted loudly, "Go find your aunt and plead with the Lin family!"
Police officer: "Behave yourself."
Li Yangxiao looked at him: "You went to settle accounts with the Lin family?"
Old Man Lin looked at his son and grandson: "What accounts are we settling?"
They didn't get the answer until the police left.
Old Mrs. Li grabbed Old Man Lin's arm: "Old man, hurry up and go find Lin Shuping, go to the Lin family and talk to them. You must get our son out! All he did was smash their car, why are they arresting him?"
Old Man Lin suddenly looked at her: "Whose car did you smash?"
Old Mrs. Li dared not hide it any longer: "Yes, it's Lin Yongzhen's grandson-in-law's car. You know what Yang Xiao is thinking. He's furious and is making a scene at home, telling his uncle and father that he's going to settle accounts with them..."
Old Man Lin paced back and forth angrily: "You all spoil him, what are we going to do now?"
Old Mrs. Li: "That's also your son's adopted daughter's fault. If she had agreed to be with Yang Xiao, none of this would have happened."
Li Yangxiao, standing to the side, said angrily, "You all said that my uncle's adopted daughter is beautiful and good at studying, and that she shouldn't be given to someone else in the future, so you proposed to me as my wife. I've remembered that all these years. How could she get married?"
Old Man Lin: "If they hadn't found their biological parents, there might be a chance, but they have, and their biological parents are rich..."
Li Yangxiao: "I don't care about all that."
Old Mrs. Li said, "It's too late to say anything now. We should hurry up and go to Lin Shuping's family to plead for her. At worst, we'll just have to pay compensation."
Old Man Lin sighed angrily, "Go find your aunt first, then go find your great-grandfather."
Old Mrs. Li: "Yang Xiao, go get the car."
The extent of the damages involved in the case is currently unknown. The police towed the car away, and by the time the police arrived, everyone in the village knew about it, and many onlookers had come to watch.
After a busy morning, the Lin family is only now having breakfast.
When Aunt Lin arrived with Old Man Lin, Old Woman Li, and Li Yangxiao, Lin Yi'an and the others had just finished breakfast.
When Lin Yongzhen saw that they still dared to come to her door, she picked up a basin of vegetable washing water by the sink and splashed it on them.
Old Man Lin and his companions were caught off guard and were splashed with water. Old Mrs. Li cried out, "My clothes!"
Seeing her mother-in-law's actions, Liu Zhengying felt pleased.
Aunt Lin: "Mom, what are you doing?"
Lin Yongzhen looked at her menacingly: "What are you doing here?"
Aunt Lin: "Mother, even if bones are broken, the tendons are still connected. Er Mang is still our brother, no matter what, you..."
"You traitor!" Lin Yongzhen was furious. "If I had known you were such a clueless wretch, I should have strangled you when you were a child."
A stick was handed to Lin Yongzhen from the side. Lin Yi'an looked at it and shoved the stick into her hand, saying, "It's the same whether you hit her now or not."
Lin Yongzhen took the stick and started hitting her, saying, "I'll beat you to death, you ungrateful wretch."
Aunt Lin dodged and weaved, getting hit several times: "Mom, stop hitting me! Ouch, it hurts! Mom, stop hitting me..."
No one around her expected that Grandma Lin, at her advanced age, would still be so energetic and so quick in fighting.
Old Mrs. Li and Old Man Lin were both frightened and hid to the side, afraid to come over, lest they be accidentally hurt.
Lin Yongzhen hit him more than a dozen times in a row, and after holding her breath all morning, she finally felt a little better.
Aunt Lin collapsed to the ground, her hands and legs covered in bruises, tears and snot streaming down her face. She was terrified; her mother hadn't hit her like that in years.
Old Man Lin sighed beside him, "Yongzhen, you..."
Lin Yongzhen felt disgusted even looking at him: "I won't hit you. I'll handle this officially. You damaged our car, and we won't extort money from you. You can accept whatever people say. No one can plead for you."
Grandpa Lin: "Yongzhen, this matter... sigh, they're being unreasonable. Could you please, for my sake... settle this privately? After all, as Shuping said, Er Mang is still Shuhe's younger brother. Blood is thicker than water, we're all family..."
The onlookers hadn't left to begin with, and they were even less likely to leave now.
Lin Yi'an: "When they smashed the car, why didn't they think about breaking bones while keeping them connected?"
Grandpa Lin: "Yi'an, what's done is done. Can't we make them pay some money and settle this privately?"
Some villagers who were on good terms with Grandpa Lin also came forward to advise, "Yi'an, let's settle this privately. After all, he's your father's brother. It won't look good if this gets out of hand. Let them pay some compensation..."
Lin Yi'an interrupted him: "The money will definitely have to be paid, and the punishment that should be received will definitely have to be received."
After saying that, she looked at the villagers who were watching the commotion: "Everyone saw how badly the car was smashed. What kind of grudge could someone have that led them to secretly smash someone else's car? Even if I took the money they paid in compensation, I wouldn't feel comfortable using it."
"How about this, the village clinic is small and dilapidated, so let's donate this money to the village to repair the clinic."
Zhou Mingshi stood next to her: "I'll raise some more money to repair that section of the dilapidated road in the village and install streetlights along the roadside so that everyone can come out for a walk at night."
When Old Mrs. Li and Old Man Lin heard this, their faces turned ashen.
When they said that, the villagers became interested.
Zuo Mingyang, a village official, said upon hearing this, "This is a good thing. The car was smashed like that; this is a terrible thing and must be severely punished."
Grandpa Lin: "Mingyang, don't talk nonsense!"
Other villagers said, "They live in Lijia Village and still come to our village to smash cars. They should be punished."
Lin Yi'an said, "If you dare to smash our car now, what if you offend their family in the future? Will they smash your things too?"
A villager said, "That's right. Their family has always been very domineering. They even bullied my child before."
"They should be put in jail."
“They’re petty thieves; they even stole my chickens.”
Li Yangxiao shouted from the other side, "Lin Yi'an, it's all because of you! If you had agreed to be with me, I wouldn't have had my dad smash your car..."
Zhou Mingshi glanced at him coldly, his eyes full of disgust: "Where did this toad come from?"
Lin Yi-an: "Technology is so advanced that even animals can talk now."
Old Man Lin squinted at Lin Yi'an: "Little girl, don't be so venomous with your words."
Lin Shuhe brought a basin of water from somewhere and splashed it over his head.
Old Man Lin was splashed with water all over his head. He spat several times, wiped the water off his face, and looked at him with anger and disbelief: "You unfilial son, how dare you splash me?"
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