Chapter 457 Extortion
Hearing these words, Mrs. Huo became angry, closed her eyes, and ignored them.
She's getting on in years, and she shouldn't get angry over these jerks. Anyway, these people won't affect her life.
After making their sarcastic remarks, the two men didn't open the door. They had heard the staff say that this was the tiger enclosure, and if they went down there and encountered a tiger, it would be disastrous. They weren't stupid, so they naturally wouldn't do such a thing.
Mrs. Huo originally thought that as long as she ignored the two people, she wouldn't care if they tried to cause trouble.
But suddenly the young woman said, "Mom, I'm carsick, I feel like I'm going to throw up."
The old lady immediately said, "Then get off the bus."
Just then, the staff parked the car.
The young woman suddenly opened the car door and jumped out. It happened so suddenly that no one had time to react.
After she went down, the staff hurriedly called her back up, their tone urgent, but the young woman walked forward without turning her head.
In less than a minute, a big tiger jumped out.
The tigers in the wildlife park were very fierce, and she pounced on the young woman in an instant.
Shen Zhixia immediately covered the eyes of the two children. The scene was too bloody, and the children should not be allowed to see it.
"My daughter! My daughter!"
The old woman in the car screamed and rushed off without hesitation, then ran towards the young woman. Seeing that someone was provoking it, the tiger put down the young man and bit the old woman.
All I could hear were sounds of pain and screams, a truly horrific scene.
The man inside the car was shocked. He stood up and moved to the car door. Just as Shen Zhixia thought he was going to save the mother and daughter, he hesitated and quickly closed the door.
His tone was still urgent: "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and save them! Go now!"
The staff were also very anxious. They were just ordinary people, no match for a tiger. If they went up there, they would just become food for the tiger.
However, several staff members went to call more people, who came with hammers and pitchforks. It took them a lot of effort to drive the tiger away, and then they immediately contacted an ambulance to take the person away.
However, the old woman had already died on the spot, and the medical staff were unable to save her.
After this incident, Shen Zhixia and Huo's mother lost their mood to continue playing at the zoo, so they left.
Furthermore, the zoo underwent renovations due to the accident.
In fact, Shen Zhixia thought the wildlife park was very well built and the safety measures were in place. As long as she didn't open the gate and go down without permission, there wouldn't be any accidents. It would be too unfair if the zoo couldn't operate normally because of this incident.
Originally, Huo's mother was very dissatisfied with the mother and daughter. She felt that they were too arrogant and spoke very harshly. However, after such a tragedy, she fell silent.
She was a kind person after all. Even if she felt that the mother and daughter had personality problems, she wouldn't have retaliated against her with her death.
Mrs. Huo even said, "I was actually thinking, if I hadn't switched seats with them and had been sitting outside the car door, they definitely wouldn't have opened the door. Would they have been safe then?"
Shen Zhixia glanced at her and said speechlessly, "Mom, I know you are a kind person, but kindness should be used in the right place. If you keep sitting outside the car door, they will force you to open it. If you don't open it, they will push you out."
This wasn't Shen Zhixia's imagination; that mother and daughter were indeed capable of such a thing. After all, they had even laid a hand on Huo's mother back then.
Seeing this situation, Shen Zhixia asked Huo's mother to switch seats with them. After all, they were in the tiger enclosure at the time, and she didn't want Huo's mother to have any further disputes with them, so as not to affect Huo's mother.
Whatever foolish things that mother and daughter do, let them bear the consequences themselves; they absolutely cannot drag Huo's mother down with them.
Shen Zhixia said, "Their misfortune is their own doing, and it has nothing to do with you. If you had tried to stop them, you would have been drawn into their karma, and you would have been the one who got into trouble. If that had really happened, wouldn't you have been wronged? Your child would have lost his grandmother for no reason, and that family wouldn't have been grateful to you. Instead, they would have turned around and blamed you."
After thinking about it, Mrs. Huo suddenly understood, and she even enjoyed her meal again: "You're right. I misunderstood this matter. It is indeed their family's fault, and they can't blame anyone else."
Seeing that she had come to her senses, Shen Zhixia didn't say anything more.
Kind people are always like this; they like to find reasons within themselves, even if the matter has nothing to do with them.
When Huo Chenzhou heard about this, Shen Zhixia thought he would scold the mother and daughter harshly, so she said, "Alright, I think they're unlucky too, so you don't need to scold them. The old lady died on the spot, and the young woman was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, but I don't think she'll make it."
Modern medicine is not very advanced, and it's unknown to what extent the young woman's injuries could be treated. She saw the tiger suddenly pounce on her, and the scene was horrific.
However, Shen Zhixia still couldn't understand Huo Chenzhou. Huo Chenzhou's focus was always so peculiar. He said disdainfully, "That man just hid in the car like that, and he even closed the car door?"
Shen Zhixia nodded: "Yes."
She paused for a moment, then continued, "Actually, the man initially wanted to save the mother and daughter, but he came back later."
She didn't really think it was a big deal; being afraid of tigers and being afraid of death are both human nature, and there's no need to have such high expectations of someone.
In that situation, it's normal for the man to be afraid.
After all, not everyone is a saint.
Huo Chenzhou then became even more contemptuous: "What a coward! His wife and mother-in-law were in trouble, and he didn't even go to help them. He just hid in the car."
Shen Zhixia: "..."
Huo Chenzhou said, "If anything happens to you and the child, I won't hesitate for a second. I'll jump down to save you. Even if it's a whole pack of tigers, I'll still go down."
Shen Zhixia glanced at him. She knew that Huo Chenzhou was telling the truth. After all, Huo Chenzhou was not a glib-tongued person, and everything he said was true.
But she said, "If there really is a pack of tigers, what are you doing down here? Are you going to become their snack?"
Huo Chenzhou chuckled: "I'm big, so when the tiger sees me, it will definitely change its target, and you and the child will be able to escape."
Shen Zhixia said disdainfully, "You're not that old."
She hadn't thought much of it; she was just casually refuting Huo Chenzhou. Little did she know that Huo Chenzhou would say seriously, "Where am I not big?"
After saying that, he insisted on pulling Shen Zhixia aside to prove it.
Shen Zhixia: "You scoundrel."
I thought the matter was over, but to my surprise, the police found Shen Zhixia and Huo's mother just over ten days later.
Shen Zhixia was stunned: "What did you say? Someone is suing us?"
The police officers were quite polite to them: "Yes, we hope you will cooperate with our investigation."
Mrs. Huo quickly understood what was going on. She nodded and said, "Okay, we haven't done anything anyway. Let them investigate. What's there to be afraid of?"
When they arrived at the police station, they indeed saw the young woman from before. Her face was covered up, and she looked quite creepy.
When she went to the police station, she heard that the young woman's injuries had not healed, especially her face, which had been scratched by the tiger and was now disfigured. She said that no matter how much money she spent, it was probably too late to save her.
The young woman was crying, crying miserably. When she saw Shen Zhixia and Huo's mother, she immediately pointed at them and said, "They are the ones who killed my mother and ruined me like this. They are the culprits."
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