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After hearing Xiao Yuanbing's words, Ni Qingguo sat down on the ground, feeling utterly helpless.
"Sis, what should we do? Who did they offend?"
Ni Fang had no idea that, "In any case, it definitely wasn't my two children; they don't have such extraordinary abilities."
Xiao Yuanbing couldn't help but sneer, "You two are really daring to think this way, actually blaming the two kids for this. I dare say you still haven't realized the seriousness of this matter. What's worse, the situation is even more serious than before."
Ni Fang looked at Xiao Yuanbing, "Yuanbing, you have to..."
Xiao Yuanbing immediately distanced himself, "Don't shout, I'm really convinced. This is no longer a question of whether I help or not. I'm afraid that the higher-ups will investigate and drag me down with them. Right now, I just hope that the project will be completed as soon as possible so that I can leave this godforsaken place."
After saying that, Xiao Yuanbing left without looking back.
Ni Qingguo stood there dejectedly, unable to recover for a long time.
Ni Fang couldn't bear it. "Qingguo, you've seen it yourself. It's not that I don't want to help you, but I have no other choice. How about we... see if there's another way?"
Seeing that Ni Qingguo didn't move, Ni Fang stepped forward and tugged at Ni Qingguo's clothes. With a 'bang', Ni Qingguo fell to the ground.
"Qingguo, Qingguo... what's wrong with you? Wake up!"
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"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I beg you, please let Changzhi go. He didn't do it on purpose, he really didn't mean it." Gao Huifang turned her head. "Begging me won't help. Just like that day when he tried to kill my son, if it weren't for the children seeing it, I wouldn't even know if my son would still be alive."
"Everyone knows what kind of person your son, Xiao Wang, is. If I let him go today, he'll take revenge on me tomorrow..."
"No, no, sister-in-law, Changzhi really knows he was wrong this time. He will never dare to do it again. This was all an accident. We have already contacted the police, and they said that as long as you are willing to settle, they will not hold Changzhi responsible."
“Since this reconciliation is for ‘you’, why are you only asking Sister Gao?” Hearing the commotion at Gao Huifang’s door, Zhang Min, along with her family, Lin Xiaomeng, and her siblings, blocked behind Wang Changzhi’s wife, Zhou Ping.
When Zhou Ping saw the people behind her, she visibly panicked.
As for the reason—
Naturally, it's because Gao Huifang is more considerate of the children and easier to talk to.
Moreover, the Gao family's children were the most seriously injured. If they could only get Gao Huifang to relent, how could these two families dare to pursue the responsibility?
That's true in theory, but Gao Huifang had really thought it through. She really wanted to support her child, so she wasn't willing to back down for the time being.
“Xiao Zhou, it’s not that we, as your neighbors, don’t want to help you, but you’ve seen it for yourself. Not to mention anything far away, just in the last two weeks, how many despicable things has your Wang Changzhi done? There are quite a few young girls living in this dormitory area. Not to mention that we’re unwilling to give in, other families aren’t willing to give in either.”
Lin Xiaomeng spoke in a friendly manner, but she also clearly reminded the other party that she had not forgotten what Wang Changzhi had done when Lin Wei first arrived.
"But what Changzhi did doesn't warrant a criminal sentence at all; at most, he'll be fined..."
Zhang Min immediately became angry upon hearing this, "If a fine can settle things, why did you even come to us? Just pay the fine directly, isn't that enough?"
Zhou Ping was a little annoyed, "But this will leave a criminal record, and once there's a criminal record, the unit won't accept Changzhi anymore. Are we going to starve?"
“That’s something you two should worry about. What does it have to do with us? If you knew this would happen, why did you make the mistake in the first place?” Zhang Min said, rolling her eyes at Zhou Ping.
"So you mean you're absolutely unwilling to forgive Changzhi?"
Lin Xiaomeng got angry when she heard this. "What? You can't reason with me, so you're resorting to threats?"
Just as the two sides were about to start arguing, Lin Wei interjected, "If we forgive him, can you afford the price? What if he can't accept it after paying the price and comes back to retaliate against us?"
Seeing that things might be turning around, Zhou Ping's eyes lit up. "You go first, but will what you say be of any use?"
"Whether it works or not doesn't matter. As long as we can see something tangible, no one will pursue the matter further. Just like you said, there's nothing that money can't solve. So, for 1500 yuan, the three of us won't hold you responsible."
"1500? Why don't you just rob me...?" Zhou Ping's voice rose in shock.
Of course, the adults around her were also looking at her with some shock.
There was no other way. In the 1990s, workers' wages were generally between 200 and 300. 1,500 was equivalent to half a year's wages for a worker. No one would dare to make such a request casually.
But Lin Wei was not unaware of the situation. "Your Wang Changzhi didn't just injure one family's children; he injured five children in total. The two children from the Gao family were the most seriously injured. Xiaoling's clothes were torn. Don't you know how much a piece of clothing costs? You don't need to pay compensation? How old are those children? They were frightened, don't you need to pay compensation for their emotional distress?"
"Hongye's ear was beaten so badly. If it weren't for the fact that you couldn't avoid Wang Changzhi's matter, would you still be planning to continue pretending to be deaf and dumb? Don't you need to pay for his nutrition? And speaking of the remaining three children, whose child isn't precious? Several days have passed and you haven't asked about them at all. Who would feel happy about that?"
"Don't think I'm asking for an exorbitant amount. If we were to ask you for money from each and every household, we certainly wouldn't let you settle for just this little bit. Most importantly, after the settlement, your Wang Changzhi will have no criminal record and can go back to work."
“But you’re asking for so much, who can come up with that all at once?” Zhou Ping tried to bargain, but Lin Wei quickly interrupted, “That’s something you should be thinking about. What’s the point of telling us?”
"If you agree, we can go and close the case together tomorrow once we've raised the money. If not, there's no need to come looking for us again."
After saying this, the group went to Gao Huifang's house.
Zhou Ping, feeling frustrated, stormed off.
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The Gao family.
“Weiwei, money probably won’t solve this problem. If we take the money, he’ll only hate us more,” Zhang Min asked.
“Even if we don’t take the money, won’t that couple still hate us? This matter has become a dead end. No matter what the final outcome is, that couple will hate us. If Wang Changzhi loses his job, he will definitely be more unscrupulous in doing bad things in the future. Zhou Ping is also an employee of the yarn factory…”
Lin Wei's words were very clear: whether you take the money or not, you'll still have a grudge, so why not take it?
"So what do you mean?" Lin Xiaomeng asked.
“He was in the shadows before, and we were in the light, so it was hard to guard against him. But now the situation has reversed. We are in the shadows, and he is in the light. We are on guard, and if he makes any move, we will take advantage of it to bring him down. Because Zhou Ping said it's nothing. The children are injured, and there are many children, so they really can't be convicted of a serious crime. She came to us now simply because she was worried about her job.”
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