Chapter 538: At least ten years in prison



Yun Mo and Ling Jiang spent half a day renovating the cart.

The bottom of the cart is surrounded by wooden boards, making it a large storage cabinet for materials and cash boxes. Sunshades are made on all four sides of the top of the cart, which can block sunlight and prevent rain.

Yun Mo used her painting skills to paint the cart colorfully with oil paints, and wrote words such as "Pearl Milk Tea" and "Handmade Ice Jelly" in bold and eye-catching words.

He also used the remaining pieces of wood to make a small rectangular sign with the four big characters "Chunhua Sugar Soup" written on it.

Finally, hang star lights all around the roof of the cart. At night, turn on the star lights, and they look particularly beautiful when they twinkle.

Looking at her own sugar water cart, Ling Chunhua was so happy that she wanted to jump up.

“What a beautiful stroller!”

Ling Jiang wiped the sweat off his head and was equally happy. "My sister-in-law is really smart. When it's night time, we can push this car on the street and there will be no shortage of customers."

Yun Mo walked around the cart and suddenly thought of something.

"Brother, are you an electrician? We need to install a light inside the roof, otherwise we won't be able to see clearly at night."

Ling Jiang replied: "Uncle Deng will come. I will ask him to come over in the evening."

"Brother, you should go now. It's just in time to invite Uncle Deng to have dinner here tonight. I'll go buy some groceries first."

"Okay."

Not long after Ling Jiang left the house, the person sent by Shao Lin to get the identification materials arrived.

Yun Mo did not trust the other party rashly. Instead, she called Shao Lin first and confirmed the authenticity of the other party's identity before handing over the hair and saliva samples to the other party.

Yuan Jia spent a lot of effort before finally finding out which detention center her son Shao Yian was being held in.

According to regulations, unconvicted criminal suspects are detained in detention centers and their family members are not allowed to see them and can only hire a lawyer.

Of course, there are special cases.

For example, Yun Mo's visit to the detention center to see Yun Yao was a special case, as she wanted to persuade Yun Yao to plead guilty.

Obviously, Yuan Jia did not meet the special circumstances, so she had to find a lawyer for her son, and she had to find a good lawyer.

But a good lawyer’s fee is not cheap. In order to find a scapegoat for her son, Yuan Jia had already spent all her money.

She had no choice but to sell her jewelry to barely raise enough money to hire a lawyer.

The lawyer took the money and worked efficiently. He understood the entire case clearly in just half a day.

"Ms. Yuan, you should be prepared. Your son caused a traffic accident that resulted in death, fled the scene, and then found someone to take the blame. He will be sentenced for multiple crimes. I guess he will be sentenced to ten years in prison."

Yuan Jia's legs went limp, and if the lawyer hadn't quickly helped her up, she would have fallen to the ground.

"Lawyer Yang, you are a famous lawyer in the industry. Please help my Yi An. He is still so young. If he stays in prison for ten years, his life will be completely ruined."

"Ms. Yuan, please calm down. I will do my best to handle your case. But your son's case has all the evidence and witnesses, and he has confessed. It is basically set in stone, and there is no room for maneuver.

Furthermore, your son has a long criminal record, and the judge will take these factors into consideration when sentencing him."

Attorney Yang sighed and said, "Ms. Yuan, I advise you to give up. Even if I come forward to defend you, it won't have much effect."

"Impossible. I only have this one son. How can I give up on him? Lawyer Yang, please, think of a way. It doesn't matter how much money it costs. I can sell the house. I have money..."

"I'm sorry, I can't help you. You should ask someone else for help."

Lawyer Yang was conscientious and returned half of the fees he had previously collected to Yuan Jia.

Yuan Jia was naturally unwilling to see her son go to jail, but she went to all the famous law firms in Beijing, and as soon as they heard what Shao Yian had done, they all shook their heads and refused.

When Yuan Wei arrived in the capital, it was already the afternoon of the third day.

"Sister, why don't you answer the phone?!"

In the past two days, she went out during the day to take care of her son's affairs, and returned home in tears at night. She refused to eat, drink or sleep. Even a body of iron could not bear it.

When Yuan Jia woke up, it was already midnight.

Yuan Wei was standing by her bed, dozing off with his head nodding.

"Xiao Wei."

Hearing Yuan Jia's shout, Yuan Wei suddenly woke up.

"Sister, you're awake!"

Yuan Jia opened her dry lips and said hoarsely, "Pour me a glass of water."

"Oh, okay!"

After drinking the water, Yuan Jia felt better. He looked at his brother and asked, "Why did you come to Beijing?"

Yuan Wei wiped his face and said, "Sister, you scared me to death. Fortunately, the doctor said that you just have low blood sugar. Just hang a bottle of glucose and get some more sleep and you'll be fine."

When Yuan Jia thought about her son, she was overwhelmed with sadness and tears streamed down her face.

"Xiao Wei, the lawyer said Yi An will be sentenced to at least ten years in prison."

Yuan Wei's eyes widened in shock. "Is it that serious? It was just a traffic accident. He didn't do it on purpose! Are those lawyers trying to deceive you?"

"I have consulted more than one lawyer, and they all said the same thing. I would rather they deceive me, but when they heard about Yian's case, they refused to take it no matter how much money they were offered."

"Sister, could it be that because my brother-in-law spread some rumors, those people are unwilling to take Yian's case?"

Yuan Jia was stunned and murmured, "Shao Lin said that he would not do anything to Yi An."

Yuan Wei didn't care. "Even if my brother-in-law didn't say it openly, those people would still see which way the wind was blowing. Knowing that Yi An is not my brother-in-law's son, of course they are unwilling to take the case. I don't believe it. These lawyers would rather not make money! They definitely don't want to offend the Shao family."

"Big sister, why don't you go and ask your brother-in-law for help..."

"It's no use. If I go, he'll only get angrier. Then we'll have to deal with you and me as well."

"What should we do? Are we just going to sit here and wait for death? Now everyone knows that my cooperation with Shaw Brothers has ended. Suppliers and manufacturers are blocking my company every day to urge me to pay them. Damn it, I have nothing to pay them."

As he spoke, Yuan Wei carefully looked at Yuan Jia's face and said, "Sister, how about you return the 20,000 yuan I lent you before? I have no other choice. I can't even afford a plane ticket now, so I came here by train this time."

Hearing his brother asking him for a debt, Yuan Jia's already haggard face became even uglier.

"Don't ask me, I don't have any money."

When he heard that there was no money, Yuan Wei immediately became anxious.

"Sister, how could you be broke? My brother-in-law gives you and Yi'an a large living allowance every year, and my company also gives you tens of thousands of dividends every year. How could you be broke?

Big sister, I'm not urging you to pay back the money, I just really have no other choice, I can't live any longer! Big sister, if you can't come up with 20,000, you can give me 8,000 first."

Faced with Yuan Wei's pleading, Yuan Jia could only close her eyes helplessly.

Because she didn't know how to explain that all the money she had was squandered by her son.

With the money given by Shao Lin, plus some of her own investments and the dividends from the Yuan family, her annual income was no less than 70,000 or 80,000 yuan. However, two-thirds of this money was spent by her son on squandering and causing trouble.

Third update~   Thank you all for your monthly votes in the past two days. I am very grateful.

Tomorrow is National Day. I wish you all a happy holiday and I also wish our grandmother prosperity and peace.

Lao Qi is going back to the countryside to celebrate the festival tomorrow, so the update may be a little late.

(End of this chapter)


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