Chapter 794

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Questioned like this by Wang Dashan, Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi both felt a bit guilty.

After a moment, Lin Xiudi stammered:

"That one million from before has been spent almost entirely — paid off Jiabao's mortgage, bought a car, and there wasn't much left. Then Jiabao spent another hundred thousand or so chasing that girl, so where would there be any money now?"

The reason Du Jiabao used force on that girl was because he had spent a lot of money on her, yet her attitude remained ambiguous — she just kept him hanging — and he really couldn't hold back anymore, so he went and forcibly did that to her.

As a result, the very next day she brought her older brother to demand an explanation, giving him two choices: either pay 500,000 in compensation, or be reported for rape.

Du Jiabao felt he had been set up in a honey trap by the girl's side. Being young and hot-blooded, and having been spoiled rotten by his parents, how could he tolerate such a threat?

So he immediately grabbed a knife and hacked off the man's arm — clean off, the whole limb.

Now the matter had become serious: not only rape, but also intentional injury, even attempted murder.

The victim has now made her position clear — she not only wants Du Jiabao ruined financially, she wants him sent to prison!

Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi are both rural people, with little worldly experience and little education. They never really felt their son had committed any major crime — until the other side said they would sue Du Jiabao, at which point they finally panicked.

Then they came to seek help from Du Xiaojuan.

"Get lost, you have no money, and I don't have any either!"

Du Xiaojuan was fuming.

Toward anyone else she could remain calm and rational.

Only when facing her own parents did she become this agitated, this resistant, even somewhat losing her reason.

Wang Dashan hurriedly stepped in to placate her:

"Xiao Juan, don't get worked up. Getting like this won't solve the problem."

Du Xiaojuan huffed:

"Then you tell me how the problem can be solved?"

Her heart was full of resistance; emotion overrode thought.

Wang Dashan continued patiently soothing her:

"Calm down first. Leave what comes next to me to handle."

Du Xiaojuan stared blankly:

"You?"

She didn't believe Wang Dashan had the ability to handle this matter well.

After all, Wang Dashan runs a small company and it exhausts him half to death.

Facing her parents — such thorny, such bizarre existences — how could he possibly cope?

Yet Wang Dashan was extremely confident:

"Just trust me this once, okay?"

Wang Dashan looked into Du Xiaojuan's eyes.

His gaze was steady and resolute.

Du Xiaojuan finally chose to believe him:

"Alright then, you handle it."

After receiving Du Xiaojuan's permission, Wang Dashan turned to look at Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi:

"Uncle, Auntie, since your son has gotten into this kind of trouble, we really can't just ignore it. But Xiao Juan hasn't lied to you — we're not civil servants, we can't help you pull strings through connections. And financially, we don't have much on hand either, because our business has lost quite a lot recently!"

Du Guoqing said:

"Anyway, no matter what, you have to help us get Jiabao out! He's my only son — absolutely nothing can happen to him!"

Wang Dashan said:

"How about this: I'll hire a lawyer on my end to handle Du Jiabao's case. Some lawyers are very capable — maybe they can get the victim's forgiveness for Du Jiabao!"

"Who's paying for the lawyer?" Lin Xiudi asked.

Wang Dashan said:

"Rest easy — I'll cover the legal fees."

Du Guoqing then asked:

"Are you sure hiring a lawyer will get Jiabao out safe and sound?"

Wang Dashan said:

"That I can't guarantee. I can only say I'll do my best."

Du Guoqing frowned, while Lin Xiudi's face was full of gloom.

Because this still wasn't the result they wanted — they wanted assurance that their precious son would come out unharmed.

Seeing their expressions, Wang Dashan added:

"What Xiao Juan and I can do is just this much. If you don't trust us, then you'll have to go find someone else to help."

Du Guoqing finally compromised:

"Fine, fine — then hurry up and find a lawyer!"

Lin Xiudi said:

"For these few days we'll just stay at your place until you find a lawyer!"

Du Xiaojuan strongly objected to this — she didn't want her parents moving into her villa.

However, just as she was about to speak in refutation, she was stopped by Wang Dashan.

"Alright, no problem, then you all stay here, but Xiao Juan and I are comparatively busy during the day, so you'll have to take care of yourselves."

Wang Dashan then went to arrange rooms for them.

After arranging for them to stay, he returned to the master bedroom.

Du Xiaojuan lay on the bed, feeling depressed and unhappy.

"Wang Dashan, what are you doing? I told you to drive them away, yet you let them move in!"

Wang Dashan explained patiently:

"Xiao Juan, don't be angry, I have my own plan."

"What plan do you have? Can't you just say it directly?"

"Just now they were nearby, so I couldn't speak freely; now it's just the two of us, I'll tell you."

"Then speak!"

Wang Dashan said:

"Didn't my Third Brother give us a suggestion before? Dealing with your parents treats the symptoms but not the root cause; dealing with your younger brother treats both the symptoms and the root cause. Now, isn't there a perfect opportunity to deal with your younger brother right in front of us?"

Du Xiaojuan said coldly:

"We should just leave it be. Du Jiabao committed such an offense; he'll definitely suffer severely even if he doesn't die. Why waste more time and energy?"

Wang Dashan immediately made a "tsk" sound: "You're usually so clever handling business matters, how come you're so lacking in consideration when handling your own family matters? If you leave it be, won't your parents blame you for a lifetime? What we need to do now is seize the initiative."

"Seize the initiative?" Du Xiaojuan was puzzled.

Wang Dashan explained:

"We hire a lawyer for them; that hired lawyer will definitely listen to us, not them. At that time, how many years Du Jiabao gets sentenced to — won't that be up to us?"

Du Xiaojuan only then froze, suddenly realizing:

"You mean, hiring a lawyer isn't to defend Du Jiabao? Nor is it to reduce Du Jiabao's punishment?"

Wang Dashan smiled:

"Who stipulated that a defense attorney must defend and seek reduced sentencing for their client? If we operate subtly enough, we can even achieve: on the surface defending him for reduced sentencing, but in reality making his sentence heavier."

Du Xiaojuan slowly nodded:

"Rather than the initiative being in their hands, better to have it in our own hands... Husband, you're absolutely right, how did I not think of this point?"

Wang Dashan said with a laugh:

"That's because you got emotional; if the other party had no blood relation to you, you'd definitely have thought of this even earlier than me."

Speaking to this point, Wang Dashan sighed:

"It's just that doing this is actually a bit unkind; after all, they are your relatives, I'm just afraid you'll feel guilty on your conscience."

Du Xiaojuan's gaze, however, was extremely determined:

"How could I possibly feel guilty on my conscience? I'd be delighted — it's not soon enough!"