"Miss Ji, are you mistaken? My daughter was the one who was frightened. How could she know who was making that weird laugh?"
Lin Mei had a hint of displeasure on her face.
She spent two thousand dollars to find out the reason, not to drag her daughter into it.
"You still haven't told me whether the laughter coming from the public toilet was a prank or something unclean."
Ji Yu didn't answer directly, but turned to Lin Ye and said, "Six days ago, you and your good friends beat and scolded a girl in that public restroom, didn't you?"
"No, don't talk nonsense."
"You know best whether I'm talking nonsense or not. You should have heard recently that the other person was admitted to the hospital. Are you scared because you beat each other up that day?"
Lin Ye said with a guilty conscience: "It has nothing to do with us. She walked out fine at that time."
The child couldn't hold back, and immediately said everything, laughing.
Lin Ye also realized that he had let the cat out of the bag in a moment of panic.
She covered her mouth, lowered her head in fear, and did not dare to look at her mother beside her.
Lin Mei was shocked for a moment.
She looked at her daughter in disbelief: "Is what Miss Ji said true? Lin Ye, what did your mother teach you? How could you bully other students?"
"I, I just wanted to teach him a lesson, so I didn't hit him too hard."
"You didn't hit him hard enough?" Ji Yu laughed. "What do you mean by not hitting him hard enough? You mean you hit him directly on the back of the head with a heavy object?"
"She was fine, I swear, I saw her walk out fine."
"She walked out fine at the time, but after returning home, she fainted and has been unconscious ever since."
Lin Ye's face turned pale: "So, so she is dead."
When she thought of this, she collapsed and sat on the ground, saying over and over: "I didn't mean to kill her. I really just wanted to teach her a lesson. It's her fault for not being obedient. If she had just handed over the money, there would have been no more trouble."
The more Lin Mei listened, the more surprised she became.
"Xiaoye, what are you doing at school behind your mother's back?"
Lin Ye felt guilty and didn't dare to look at his mother.
Ji Yu replied for the other party: "I didn't do anything. I just blackmailed the younger students from time to time, and occasionally I would bring my sisters to block people in the bathroom and beat them up."
"Ah, I really can't tell she's a society girl from this look."
[Indeed, she looks so quiet and gentle, but I never thought she was actually a socialite.]
Lin Mei took a step back in disbelief.
In her impression, Lin Ye has always been quiet and a child who makes people worry less.
"How is this possible?"
Ji Yu looked at Lin Ye's pierced ears and his wrist which was covered by his sleeves, on which a silver bracelet could be vaguely seen.
"Ms. Lin, your salary isn't very high, is it?"
Lin Mei sighed and said, "Yes, I'm just an employee, and my monthly salary is only about 3,000 yuan."
"Have you noticed any changes in your daughter? At her age, children begin to appreciate beauty and spend more on cosmetics and jewelry. Her demands are growing, but the allowance you give her is still around fifty yuan a week, which is far from enough to meet her spending needs. Plus, she's made some inappropriate friends, so she's started extorting money from younger students."
[Let me be frank, fifty bucks a week is too little.]
"These fifty dollars can't even cover two days' worth of food. This is a bit ridiculous."
Lin Mei said shamefacedly, "It's true that her pocket money isn't much, but her food expenses are calculated separately and are charged to the school's meal card. It's about four or five hundred yuan a month, which is enough for her to eat well in the school cafeteria."
[But the child does have some other needs. If you give him more pocket money, he won't have so many problems.]
Lin Mei stammered for a moment, then finally closed her eyes heavily and murmured, "I'm useless."
[Wait a minute, where is the child's father?]
"He passed away." Ji Yu answered.
Some people in the livestream are blaming this mother. Please take note: she only makes a little over 3,000 yuan a month, and the child takes almost 1,000 yuan a month. The rest goes to rent, utilities, and daily expenses. Before you blame the child for not having enough money, can you please also understand the mother's difficulties?
[Yes, this girl is also ignorant. Being a single mother is not easy. I understand that her needs have increased as she gets older, but we should also pay attention to her family's conditions.]
"She's really concerned about this."
Ji Yu suddenly said, "There are many things she wants to buy, but every time she returns home and sees her mother, she swallows the words that are on the tip of her tongue."
[And then turned around and engaged in extortion? ]
[There is a little filial piety, but not much.]
"Lin Ye, do you know that your choice will actually be a greater burden to your mother?"
Lin Ye didn't dare to look at his mother.
She knew that what she did was wrong, but when the extorted money was exchanged for cosmetics and various jewelry, the vanity and satisfaction in her heart surged out.
She couldn't resist the temptation and went further and further into blackmail.
Lin Mei wiped the tears from her eyes silently and asked Ji Yu: "Miss Ji, I want to ask, is the child beaten by Xiaoye already dead?"
[He must be dead. If not, why would he go out of his way to scare your child in a public restroom?]
"Not dead."
Ji Yu crossed his arms and said, "Your daughter accidentally knocked out my soul. Now my soul has left my body. If it lasts more than seven days, there's really no hope for me."
"Luckily it hasn't been more than seven days, so it's not a big deal. I'll go over and take care of it tomorrow."
[Luckily, he didn't die. If he had, there would be no way he could have settled the matter privately.]
Lin Mei said anxiously, "Miss Ji, I'd like to ask, is it possible for us to settle this matter privately?"
"Whether it can be settled privately depends entirely on your daughter. If your daughter doesn't repent, the other party may choose to pursue the matter. However, in the end, no matter what, a large sum of money will be required for compensation."
"Lin Ye, the compensation your mother will have to pay will be enough to buy all your cosmetics and jewelry many times over. I hope this incident can teach you a profound lesson."
Lin Ye couldn't help crying, but no one felt sorry for her except her mother.
[Serves you right! Your mother is so unlucky to have given birth to a debt collector.]
[Off topic, kids these days really are asking for more and more money. When I was a kid, I only got 20 yuan a week.]
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