"How can this be allowed? If you take it, who will pay for my husband's treatment? We simply don't have that much money. Are you just going to watch my husband die?"
Bai Muyang's wife became agitated; this was something she simply couldn't accept.
"This whole thing is unreasonable, but I see that your family doesn't really have the means, and since your husband is also an artist in our company, I can't bear to see him like this, so I decided to help him out."
But you didn't appreciate my good intentions at all; on the contrary, you wanted me to lose even more money to feed your greed.
Song Yuwei said calmly, showing no emotional fluctuations compared to Bai Muyang's wife's breakdown and mechanical reaction.
After all, she now held the initiative. In fact, she knew before going to the hospital that if these people were really not easy to deal with, she would have to come up with a clever solution.
At the hospital, she discovered that this group of people were likely harboring ulterior motives, rather than genuinely wanting to give the victims justice.
So she knew that if she gave them the money so easily, they would definitely think she was an easy girl to bully.
It only takes a little trickery and threats to get her to hand over so much money, and then it's possible to extort even more money from her.
Once they lower their guard and begin to underestimate her, that's when she can turn the tables.
Moreover, she could tell that although Bai Muyang's family was not particularly wealthy, Bai Muyang still had a little bit of fame in the entertainment industry, and he must have earned far more money than the average person through that.
They're saying their family situation is so bad that they can't afford the medical expenses, which is obviously nonsense, and that's what she thought of back then.
However, I never exposed their intentions, because if I had, there wouldn't have been such a wonderful scene to follow.
If it were simply a matter of genuinely not having the money, she would consider it a good deed and would definitely be willing to cover all the expenses herself. After all, this amount of money wouldn't be a huge burden for her, especially since she had previously considered doing charity work.
However, she would never allow others to bully her or extort money from her just because she is kind and wants to help them.
"According to the law, you do need to return this money to my client because you have violated the terms of the agreement, which is now automatically void. You are now taking my client's hard-earned money for no reason, which constitutes extortion and fraud. We can call the police to handle this."
The lawyer's words were a heavy blow to them, causing Bai Muyang's wife to panic. In her panic, the first thing she did was not to ask anything else, but to ask the smiling tiger beside her, "What should we do?"
Everyone turned to look at Smiling Tiger, who looked completely bewildered. "Sister-in-law, you can't ask me about this. I'm just a roughneck; what do I know about the law? And all that stuff about calling the police? You'll have to decide that yourself!"
The smiling tiger shirked responsibility and was unwilling to offer any opinions.
The others also felt this was a bit excessive. The leader spoke up again: "Actually, we didn't mean to extort you. We just felt that the money might not be enough for my brother's future expenses. We also consulted the attending physician, who said that the money might only be enough to maintain the initial treatment for a period of time."
But if his injuries haven't fully healed by the later stages, there will be a significant amount of rehabilitation treatment costs, probably more than 100,000 yuan more! That's why we're here to ask you for it..."
Song Yuwei scoffed, "So that's how it is."
It seems her intuition was right. "So that means what you said about Bai Muyang being sent for emergency treatment was all a lie to deceive me, to get me to spend more money. Is that right?"
They immediately lowered their heads and fell silent, all feeling very guilty.
Actually, all of this was Bai Muyang's wife's idea. She said that the family didn't have much money left and was in a very tight situation. If they had to pay more than 100,000 yuan for follow-up rehabilitation treatment, their family simply couldn't afford it.
If we don't seize this opportunity to continue asking Song Yuwei for money, we might not have another chance, since this has only just happened.
So Song Yuwei must be quite scared herself, but if time goes on and she has a chance to calm down, she definitely won't want to get involved anymore.
“This is outright extortion,” the lawyer said quietly from the side, his voice making them even more uneasy.
"Then, what should we do? Our goal isn't to extort money, but to get more money to ensure my brother's continued treatment! We have no other purpose!"
"Exactly! Is there some misunderstanding? Can we just pretend this never happened? The agreement is still in effect, and we can use that money first. If we need more treatment costs later, if you, boss, are unwilling to pay, we can start a fundraising campaign on a crowdfunding platform ourselves!"
“We have elderly parents to support and young children to raise; we certainly don’t want to do illegal or criminal things for money!”
Those people all started to show weakness, crying about how innocent they were.
But Song Yuwei had already made up her mind. No matter how much they tried to play the victim, it wouldn't help now. She gave the lawyer a look.
The lawyer continued, "According to our country's laws, we have the right to pursue your legal responsibility. We are now reporting you for extortion, and we will transfer all these materials and evidence to the court. We can file a lawsuit, but during the litigation process, you may very well be in detention."
Song Yuwei nodded and echoed, "So you still need to be mentally prepared. After all, the time spent inside isn't long, but it's really not short either."
Bai Muyang's wife finally couldn't hold back anymore. She became extremely emotional and burst into tears. She punched the smiling tiger.
"Look at you! What good thing have I done following you? Now look what's happened, I haven't even gotten the money, and now I'm going to jail!"
Everyone was stunned at that moment, and the others who were with them asked in confusion what was going on.
Just then, Shen Jin walked in with a tablet computer.
"Mr. Song, I've found it!"
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