Chapter 562 Intentional Injury
“Yes, what if no one can testify? The Zhao family will be back in a few days, and your Yue’s death would have been in vain…”
"My Yue is not dead!" Liu Mingcui shouted in response.
The old woman who had spoken was startled and realized she had said something she shouldn't have. Somewhat embarrassed, she said, "That's not what I meant. I meant that Zhao Ronghui is no good and it's good to lock him up."
Li Banxia patted Liu Mingcui.
The woman, who was the same age as Liu Mingcui, frowned and said, "My mother-in-law didn't mean it when she spoke in a fit of anger. Mingcui, if you give this job to my daughter, I promise to tell the police everything I saw and heard. Others may not be willing to offend the Zhao family. After all, they can come out of jail. Who can guarantee that they won't retaliate when they get out?"
Her words made the previously resolute old lady hesitate.
"Oh dear, how can that be? We're going to live here for the rest of our lives..."
The woman turned her head and glanced at the old lady, then shook her head at her.
Liu Mingcui nodded, "Since I've agreed, I won't go back on my word. If you're willing, come with me to the police station now. Once the Zhao family is in jail, I'll give this job to your Xiaoyan."
The woman breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Okay, I'll change my clothes and then I'll go with you."
The woman turned and went back to her bedroom. The old lady smiled at Liu Mingcui and Li Banxia, closed the door, and followed her daughter-in-law to her bedroom. "What if the Zhao family comes out and reports us? Maybe we should just forget about testifying?"
"We didn't ask you to go, what are you afraid of?"
The woman took off her tattered coat used for cooking and changed into her own clothes. "You all look down on Xiaoyan because she's a girl and will be getting married in a couple of years. You're unwilling to pay for a job for her. If you still stop me from helping her get one, we'll get a divorce when your son comes back..."
"Hey, what are you saying..."
The woman brushed off her clothes before finally looking at the old lady properly.
“This house was allocated to me by my work unit. When you and your daughter move out, you can rent a place wherever you want without worrying about being retaliated against by the Zhao family.”
The old woman stared wide-eyed at the woman in disbelief. "You've been corrupted by Liu Mingcui. She's been making a scene for half a year, demanding a divorce, and you've had second thoughts too... you..."
"Alright, old lady, you're quite close to that old lady Zhao upstairs, aren't you? Do you think I can't see through your scheming? You have money to buy a job for your eldest grandson, but not for your own granddaughter? Do you think I'm a fool?"
The woman gave a soft snort, walked out, grabbed her bag from the coat rack by the door, opened the door, looked at Liu Mingcui, and said, "I'm all packed, let's go."
Liu Mingcui nodded, glanced at the old lady who had chased after her, and the woman also turned around and looked back. "She's not going. She's afraid Old Lady Zhao will tear her mouth apart."
The old lady's face stiffened as she watched the door close.
The three of them went downstairs together, and when they got downstairs, they saw a group of old men and women surrounding Su Laosan.
“…Young man, you can’t lie to us old folks.”
"Is this the owner of Li's Grocery Store? He's so young."
"You really deliver groceries for three months? Any kind of groceries will do?"
Old Su shook his head with a smile, "I'm not lying, I really will deliver. You don't have to order, just two jin per household. I'm not sure what kind of vegetables you'll get, I'll just give you whatever vegetables the store has in excess..."
Seeing them come down, an old lady greeted Liu Mingcui with a smile.
“Mingcui, we saw it all. We’ll come and testify for you in a bit…”
"Yes, we didn't go there for the free food; we just couldn't stand seeing the Zhao family bullying people like this!"
"Thank God, Yue is getting married next month, that damned Zhao Ronghui..."
"Old Mrs. Zhao is such a good actress; she deceived Mingcui so badly..."
Many people expressed their righteous indignation and felt sorry for Liu Mingcui and her daughter.
Liu Mingcui looked at these people, but couldn't smile.
She had previously begged them so humbly that she was practically reduced to dust, but not a single one of them was willing to lend a hand.
Now, everyone is rushing to help her.
She couldn't describe the feeling in her heart, and nodded blankly to everyone, "Thank you all for your hard work."
A group of people waved their hands with smiles, "We're all from the same unit, no need to be so polite."
Li Banxia glanced at Su Laosan and then raised her eyes to gesture to him.
Su Laosan nodded and led the old men and women outside. When they reached the roadside, they waved to taxis and asked the taxi drivers to use their own loudspeakers to notify nearby cars to come and pick up passengers.
Half an hour later, more than a dozen taxis drove into the police station.
With the woman downstairs as a witness and the other twenty or thirty people who witnessed the scene, the crimes of the Zhao family were completely confirmed.
Two days later, Zhao Yue opened her eyes in the intensive care unit.
The case of Zhao Laotai instigating her grandson Zhao Ronghui to commit murder has been sentenced. The Zhao family knew that the balcony was dangerous, but Zhao Laotai still instigated Zhao Ronghui to kick Zhao Yue, causing Zhao Yue to fall off the balcony and injure her brain. The injury was classified as serious.
The instigator, Zhao, was convicted of intentional injury and sentenced to nine years and eleven months in prison.
Zhao Ronghui, the person who was instigated, was convicted of intentional injury and sentenced to nine years and eleven months in prison, with deprivation of political rights for nine years and eleven months.
Zhao Jiancheng, Zhao Dacheng, and Zhang Cuilan, as accomplices, were convicted of intentional injury and sentenced to six years and eight months in prison, with deprivation of their political rights for six years and eight months.
When the verdict was announced, the Zhao family was stunned.
Old Mrs. Zhao knelt down at the police officer's feet with a thud, crying out, "Officer, I was wrong! I really just said it offhand! I didn't know that scoundrel Zhao Ronghui was such a scoundrel..."
Zhao Jiancheng couldn't accept it either. He just didn't want a divorce and used some tricks. How did it escalate to the point of going to jail?
"...Officers, you must have made a mistake. Zhao Yue isn't dead, is she? We'll pay her medical expenses and we'll settle this! We're family, this is a family matter, let's resolve this ourselves, okay?"
Zhao Dacheng and Zhang Cuilan felt even more wronged.
“We only talked, we didn’t do anything, why should we go to jail? This isn’t fair! You must have taken bribes from Liu Mingcui, right? I’m going to sue you! I’m going to report you…”
Zhao Ronghui glanced at the indifferent police officers, then looked at the family wailing and lamenting. His eyes darted around, and he clutched his chest, convulsing as he lay down on the ground.
"Help, help me! I have a heart condition, I can't take any shocks, please help me..."
Several police officers exchanged glances, and one of them stepped forward and kicked Zhao Ronghui twice. "Alright, stop pretending. We've already spoken to your attending physician. He said he cured you a few years ago, and you're as healthy as an ox now."
Zhao Ronghui paused, then turned to look at Old Lady Zhao.
Old Mrs. Zhao was crying when she heard this and paused for a moment before looking at her eldest son and his wife.
The couple, feeling guilty, avoided looking at Old Lady Zhao.
Zhao Jiancheng also sensed something was wrong and asked the couple, "Brother and sister-in-law, Ronghui had rehabilitative surgery last year. How could he have been fully recovered a few years ago? Are you hiding something from me and Mom?"
"How can you call it hiding something that concerns a family?!"
Old Zhao said irritably, "With your wife's high salary, if I didn't tell you we needed to save money for the child's surgery, would she give us the money? Ronghui is getting old and it's almost time for him to get married..."
"Boss, you even lied to me!" Old Mrs. Zhao shouted angrily.
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