Before Han Fei could answer, Han Chengshan jumped out from behind him, raised his hand and held up five fingers: "At least this number—"
The woman from the port city readily agreed, "Sure, fifty thousand!"
Han Chengshan clicked his tongue in amazement; he only wanted five thousand.
Getting beaten up and earning 50,000 yuan, this is a good deal!
Just as Han Chengshan was happily preparing to accept the check, a figure blocked his outstretched hand.
"Grandpa, don't block the way!"
"Shut up!" Han Fei gave him a cold, sharp look.
"Uh..." Han Chengshan was stunned by the old man's gaze. This was the first time he had seen the old man put on a stern face in the three months since they had recognized each other.
The woman from Hong Kong frowned, her long, arched eyebrows furrowing, and asked in a shrill voice, "Are you going to back out?"
"We didn't promise you anything."
"Your grandson will agree to a hush money payment of 50,000 yuan tomorrow!"
"You may have misunderstood; he meant fifty million."
Han Chengshan gasped. How dare the old man say that?
"Huh? Fifty million? Did I hear that right?" The woman from Hong Kong looked completely incredulous.
Her parents own a jewelry store in Hong Kong. Her family is wealthy. She is usually generous and spends money recklessly without any concept of money. But that doesn't mean she would be stupid enough to spend 50 million as if it were 5,000!
"What? You're reluctant?" Han Fei said with a mocking smile. "Didn't you think you could buy anything with money? Now you're reluctant to use money to buy your son's future?"
Han Fei's face turned cold, and his voice was deep: "You think you can settle things with 50,000 yuan after hitting my grandson? My grandson isn't that cheap."
Han Chengshan didn't dare to utter a sound; the old man looked terrifying!
The old man didn't fly into a rage, nor did he hit anyone, nor did he yell or curse. He simply turned cold and his eyes were cold, but the aura around him was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
Han Chengshan really wanted to tell his grandfather that he was very cheap, and that he would have been satisfied with just five thousand yuan at first, really!
But now he kept his head down, not daring to utter a sound. The old man's oppressive aura was too strong, and even Han Chengshan, who always claimed to be fearless, felt a sense of fear at this moment.
Not only was Han Chengshan intimidated, but the adults and children present were also intimidated.
The lawyer parent couldn't help but wonder: What's this old man's background? All they knew was that he used to be a garbage collector and now sells candied hawthorns, but no one had ever mentioned what he did when he was young! Could he be a serious criminal who had been to prison?
The lawyer was a top-tier lawyer who handled both criminal and civil cases. He had seen countless criminals and enjoyed defending serious offenders, often earning substantial sums. However, despite having dealt with so many serious offenders, he was not as imposing or aggressive as this old man.
Seeing that he had intimidated them, Han Fei toned down his aura and turned to the principal: "What I want is not money, so we will proceed as usual with how to resolve this matter."
The implication is that what they want is the future of these five people!
Just as the principal was about to reply, his phone rang.
"Hmm... okay."
"I see."
"Okay... Goodbye, boss."
After hanging up the phone, the principal looked grim. He took a deep breath and said to Han Fei, "Sir, the primary school's surveillance cameras are broken. Without the footage from that time, we can't determine whether Du Xiaoliang and Han Chengshan fought. The place where Han Chengshan claimed to have been beaten by five people is a blind spot for the cameras, and there's no evidence that he was beaten by five people. I'm sorry."
Han Fei's face darkened: "Principal, the primary school's surveillance footage is on your phone, and you just showed it to us."
The principal shook his head: "I don't have any videos on my phone, and I haven't shown them to you."
"Aren't you just blatantly lying?" Han Chengshan roared angrily, "Grandpa and I clearly saw it, and you just showed it to us!"
The principal looked at the five stunned parents and asked, "Did you see that?"
The lawyer parent was the first to react, immediately shaking her head: "No, it's not true."
The woman from Hong Kong shook her head and said with a smile, "We didn't see anything. You and your grandson must be hallucinating."
The other three parents also shook their heads, indicating that they had not seen it.
The principal looked meaningfully at the two homeroom teachers.
The junior high school homeroom teacher immediately shook his head: "I didn't see anything."
The elementary school homeroom teacher, who was not under the principal's jurisdiction, initially tried to assert her sense of justice, but after receiving a text message from the principal, she immediately shook her head: "I didn't see anything either."
The principal shrugged at Han Fei: "There are no witnesses or evidence in this matter. Han Chengshan was beaten up outside of school. We can't just make baseless accusations against five students from our school. I can't make the decision. Please leave."
"How can you lie through your teeth? You didn't say that before!" Han Chengshan never expected that the kind and righteous principal would suddenly change his tune.
"Let's go, Mountain Boy."
"Grandpa, how can we just admit defeat like this!"
"There's no point in saying more now, let's go."
"They're twisting the truth! We have evidence! It's on the principal's phone! I need to get his phone!" With that, Han Chengshan rushed over and tried to snatch the phone.
"What are you doing!" the principal shouted sternly. "There are surveillance cameras here. What you're doing is a crime!"
"You have surveillance cameras here. Everything just now was recorded. You clearly showed us the video!" Han Chengshan was furious, roaring helplessly like a small, powerless animal.
“Elementary school student, don’t you understand? The surveillance cameras here will only capture you snatching the phone. Everything else is like the video of Du Xiaoliang fighting with you—it doesn’t exist.” One parent sighed and advised, “Leave.”
Although he couldn't stand seeing them being bullied like this, it concerned his son's future. If he received a serious disciplinary action, his son would definitely not be able to get into police academy.
For his son's future, he had no choice but to go against his conscience.
Han Chengshan seemed to have suffered a huge blow. His incredulous gaze swept over everyone present. The parents and homeroom teacher with a sense of shame lowered their heads, not daring to meet the boy's eyes.
Living in the complex and often corrupt society, they often find themselves in situations beyond their control.
The homeroom teacher sighed inwardly. She still had a mortgage and car loan to pay. If she stood up for justice now and went against the principal's wishes, she would be fired tomorrow. Her momentary sense of justice might lead to future poverty and destitution.
"Let's go." Han Fei took Han Chengshan's hand and softened his tone: "Let's go home."
Han Chengshan raised his bloodshot eyes, filled with rage, his voice hoarse: "How could things have turned out like this! We clearly had evidence, I was clearly beaten! Why has it become like this? Why are we the ones slinking away? Why are we the ones who slandered them? I don't understand, I can't understand!"
"Grandpa, just because we have no power or influence, will white turn into black?"
This was the first time Han Chengshan had called him grandfather.
Han Fei gripped his hand tightly and said in a firm tone, "White is white, and black is black. Even if I have no power or influence, I will help you regain justice."
Han Chengshan shook off his hand and shook his head: "There was no video recording, no beating, everything is up to them. What can you do? You're just a candied hawthorn vendor, how can you fight them? I don't believe it!" After saying that, he rushed out of the principal's office.
Before catching up, Han Fei turned back and gave the principal a deep look: "I used to admire you, but now, you make me despise you."
He swept his gaze across the crowd: "You want to avoid big issues and make small issues disappear, you don't want that, you want a disciplinary action. Now you don't even want a disciplinary action, so what do you want? Let's wait and see."
After Han Fei chased after her, the principal's office fell silent. Suddenly, the woman from Hong Kong burst out laughing: "Wait and see? What can he do? What can he do? He's just a candied hawthorn vendor, nothing special!"
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