After a few moments of thought, Yan Bugui charged towards Shazhu, leaning on his crutch. To frighten Shazhu and to extract more compensation, Yan Bugui immediately raised his crutch to strike. But Shazhu wasn't stupid. Seeing Yan Bugui's crutch coming down, Shazhu stepped forward, allowing Yan Bugui to lightly tap the crutch.
With a thud, Sha Zhu collapsed to the ground, unconscious. To be able to completely outmaneuver someone like Xu Damao, Sha Zhu was definitely not stupid; in fact, he possessed a lot of cleverness.
Seeing the unconscious Sha Zhu, Yu Li immediately burst into tears. The Yan family father and son were completely panicked; they never imagined that their infertility problem, which hadn't been solved, would now lead to this assault.
So many years have passed since the infertility incident, it's extremely difficult to hold anyone accountable. Their main goal was to extort money, but now they're stunned and unconscious, and they might even end up in jail.
Once he went to jail, the Yan family would be completely finished. Yan Bugui could only keep shaking Shazhu, hoping that Shazhu would wake up.
Sha Zhu didn't want to make a big deal out of it. Once it got out of hand, nobody knew how things would turn out. After all, he had indeed kicked Yan Jiecheng twice. If this matter went to the police station, he might get implicated. What would happen to his wife and children if he lost his job? Especially his wife, who was about to give birth to their second child. With Yan Bugui's constant shaking, Sha Zhu slowly started to react.
Upon realizing what was happening, Sha Zhu immediately started scratching his head and howling. Everyone in the courtyard had lived there for so long, and they were all quite shrewd. Seeing Sha Zhu's behavior, many people guessed his purpose.
"Silly Zhu, don't play dumb with me. I know exactly how much force I used just now. My strength is not enough to knock you out. At most, I could only give you a bump."
“You have to give me an explanation for interpreting our actions as causing infertility, or we’ll send you to the authorities.”
“Yan Bugui, what does your son’s infertility have to do with me? I did kick your son, but I’ve kicked plenty of people. If everyone came to me for infertility, I might as well just die.”
"Everyone in the courtyard probably still remembers the time when Yan Jiecheng fell from the tree when he was eight years old. He was knocked unconscious. As for how hard he fell, I don't need to say more."
“I always know my limits when I kick people, at most causing them pain for a few hours. But that time, Yan Jiecheng was bedridden for almost a week. Now you're telling me that I made Yan Jiecheng infertile? Isn't that a bit too much?”
“I think the culprit is you. If you had taken Yan Jiecheng to the hospital back then, he wouldn’t have developed this problem.”
Hearing Sha Zhu's words, Yan Jiecheng glared angrily at his father. If his father had taken him to see a doctor back then, he might not have had this problem.
Even in his rage, Yan Jiecheng could only turn his gaze to Sha Zhu. He could deal with his own family's problems later; right now, he had to extort a large sum of money from Sha Zhu. How could he justify staging such a grand spectacle if he didn't get a substantial amount?
"Silly Zhu, no matter how you look at it, this whole thing is related to you. If you hadn't kicked me in the groin, how could I have developed this problem?"
“You’re a man too, so you must know how much this hurt me. If you don’t give me an explanation today, I might not be so lenient next time. If you make me lose my child, you can forget about having any in the future.”
"In a fight, I'm no match for you. But even tigers have their moments of weakness. Unless you can tie your wife and children to your body, I have the chance to kill them at any time."
Yan Jiecheng's words really frightened Sha Zhu. Everyone has their own weakness, and Sha Zhu's weakness right now is his wife and children.
But Sha Zhu wasn't stupid. He knew he couldn't back down. If he did, Yan Jiecheng would definitely make exorbitant demands.
"If you have that kind of guts, then try it and see if I dare to kill you. You clearly fell down yourself, but you're trying to pin it on me."
"Even a clay figure has a temper, so don't provoke me. At worst, I'll take responsibility for my own actions, but if I really lose my temper, I'm afraid your Yan family will be wiped out."
Hearing Sha Zhu's words, Yan Jiecheng felt a pang of fear. Sha Zhu had always been a reckless fool; if pushed too far, he might actually do something like that. But at this moment, he absolutely couldn't back down; whoever backed down first would lose the initiative.
"Then let's give it a try. Anyway, I have no ties and just a worthless life. If I can drag your whole He family down with me, I have no regrets."
It's said that the weak fear the strong, the strong fear the stubborn, and the stubborn fear the reckless. But the reckless are usually people with no ties to their lives, and only those with no ties can do such inconceivable things.
With something on his mind, Sha Zhu had no choice but to back down in this situation.
"Tell me your conditions. As long as they're not too outrageous, I'll consider this a loss I've suffered in silence. From now on, the people of the Yan family, get the hell away from me."
Upon hearing Sha Zhu's words, Yan Jiecheng raised a finger without hesitation.
"Okay, consider this 100 yuan a lesson learned. You'd better not fall into my hands again."
"Shazhu, are you treating me like a beggar? I said 1,000 yuan. That's my bottom line. If it's less than 1,000 yuan, there's no point in talking about anything between us."
"Yi Zhonghai paid you so much money in child support, so asking for 1,000 shouldn't be too high, right? Is my problem less serious than the child support issue?"
Hearing Yan Jiecheng say this, He Yuzhu could only nod. Anyway, it was someone else's money, so He Yuzhu didn't feel too bad about spending it. However, He Yuzhu didn't intend to just let it go. Yan Jiecheng could extort him, and he could extort Yan Bugui in return.
After taking out 1,000 yuan from his home, he handed the money over to Yan Jiecheng.
“Count them carefully, and once we’ve counted them all, we’ll be even.”
Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Yan Jiecheng took the money and counted it again to make sure there was nothing wrong with it before putting it in his pocket.
"From now on, we're even."
"Okay, from now on we're even."
Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Yan Jiecheng was also very happy. He felt that earning 1,000 yuan from this incident wasn't a bad deal. His illness might still be treatable. With this 1,000 yuan, he should be able to get cured. Even if he couldn't be cured, he could adopt a child.
But before Yan Jiecheng could even enjoy his happiness for two minutes, He Yuzhu pulled two yuan out of his pocket.
"Whoever calls the police for me, these two yuan are theirs. Just say that Yan Bugui hit me on the head in front of everyone and knocked me unconscious."
Yan Bugui and his son, who were just about to turn around and leave, froze on the spot.
"Shazhu, isn't what you're doing really unfair? You just said the matter was settled, but now you're going to call the police."
"Who is really being unfair? You probably know the answer in your heart. You extorted a thousand dollars from me with baseless accusations, but your father just hit me with his cane in front of everyone. Our matter is settled, but the matter between me and your father is not."
"If he had hit me harder, I might have been killed. I'm not exactly a gentleman; I'm a petty person, and I'm also very vindictive."
“Since you people are making things difficult for me, I don’t want you to have an easy time either. When your dad goes to the police station, remember to visit him. You also need to bring him a blanket, because the weather will get cold in a few months.”
"If you want to make money, hurry up. Whoever gets to the police station first gets to keep the two yuan."
Upon hearing that they could earn two yuan for a trip to the police station, the people in the courtyard immediately rushed out. But how could the Yan family let anyone else call the police? They immediately blocked the gate.
"Silly Zhu, just tell us what you want. As long as it's not too outrageous, we'll agree to it. But you'd better not go too far, or we'll fight you to the death."
“My request is very simple. I only want 900 yuan, and I won’t agree to anything less than that. You can choose between 900 yuan or your father going to jail. If he goes to jail, his background will be tainted, and he will lose his job.”
Hearing Sha Zhu's words, Yan Jiecheng was also in a dilemma. On one hand, there was the money, and on the other hand, there was his father's future. But when he thought of his father's salary of nearly 50 yuan, Yan Jiecheng gritted his teeth and took out the money.
He counted out 100 yuan and returned the rest to Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu took the money, covered his head, and walked back into the yard.
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