Chapter 17: Send Them to Jail

After returning home, Wen Keke sat on the sofa silently.

This incident dealt her a heavy blow.

Beside her, Zhu Li kept frowning and speaking.

"I told you before not to get involved—look, now you've got big trouble, huh?"

"Nowadays society! There are many bad people and few good ones, so don't meddle."

"I told you earlier to install a dashcam in the car; now it's too late—even if you're wronged, you can't argue. I only hope that intersection's traffic light has a camera."

"If there's no camera, the family will find some so-called witness, and you won't escape this hit-and-run."

As Zhu Li spoke, Wen Keke's tears streamed down.

She doesn't have hundreds of thousands to compensate them.

If she really had that much money, why would she work herself to death every day?

These past few years she hasn't earned much, yet she still has to come up with a large sum from home…

Thinking of these, Wen Keke couldn't hold back her sobs.

Sitting nearby, Lin Feng couldn't listen any longer, glared at Zhu Li, and said, "Shut your crow's mouth!"

Zhu Li immediately covered her own mouth.

"Keke, after this incident, if you encounter something like this again, what will you do?"

Lin Feng asked with a smile.

Wen Keke lifted her head, first nodded, then shook it, saying, "I don't know either."

Zhu Li glared at Lin Feng, "You're the one with the crow's mouth! Such unlucky things—once in a lifetime is enough, yet you've hit it twice!? Keke, don't cry; sis has saved some money these years, if needed I'll lend you some for emergencies."

Lin Feng looked at Zhu Li, "I didn't expect you to be a little rich lady! How much have you saved these years?"

Zhu Li made a scissor gesture, "Over two hundred thousand."

Lin Feng looked astonished, "Impressive! Over two hundred thousand in a third- or fourth-tier city can buy a whole apartment."

Zhu Li chuckled, "Thanks for the praise! Why don't you say that in Yanjing you can't even afford a toilet?"

"Alright, stop crying!"

Lin Feng waved his hand, "Let me handle this for you! After all, you're my tenant!"

Wen Keke blinked, fluttering her beautiful eyelashes as she looked at Lin Feng.

Zhu Li's mouth curled up.

She knew Lin Feng wouldn't just stand by and do nothing!

Hundreds of thousands are just a drop in the bucket for someone as wealthy as Lin Feng.

Spending a few hundred thousand to win Wen Keke's heart is quite a bargain.

However, after Wen Keke realized what was happening, she waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no! This is my mess; I'll handle it myself."

"Do you have money?" Lin Feng asked.

Wen Keke lowered her head, "If there's really no way and I have to pay compensation, I'll negotiate with them to see if we can do installments."

Heh~

Lin Feng felt Wen Keke was really too cute.

Like a silly goose.

A girl who is this beautiful and this silly is rarer than a giant panda.

"Like this!"

Lin Feng thought it over and proposed, "If it's determined to be your responsibility, I'll pay to settle it. Then you keep renting my place until you clear the debt before moving out—how does that sound?"

"Well… then I'll write you an IOU at that time!"

Wen Keke said without even thinking.

Lin Feng waved his hand, "Forget it! Those who owe me, Lin Someone, money wouldn't dare to renege even without an IOU. Besides, I trust your character."

Listening to their conversation, Zhu Li felt an intense sourness.

Since it's a traffic accident, the traffic police have already been investigating.

By Tuesday, Lin Feng had received the news.

The surveillance at the intersection where the accident occurred was broken.

At the same time, a witness named Li Shuangquan appeared.

He said he personally saw Wen Keke driving and knocking Zhou Taokou down.

Lin Feng called a lawyer at a law firm for a consultation.

The result was that if there's no evidence while the other side has a witness, the chance of losing the lawsuit is high.

The advice was to settle privately.

If they went to court, the matter would cause a big stir in society.

For Wen Keke, that would not be a good thing.

Wednesday noon.

After prior communication, both sides decided to meet in the reception room of the traffic police brigade.

After receiving the news, Lin Feng took Zhao Xiaoyang, drove to the company to pick up Wen Keke and Zhu Li.

Using the lunch break, they settled the matter without delaying Wen Keke's work.

Having not seen each other for just three days, Lin Feng noticed Wen Keke had become much more worn out.

Zhu Li had called yesterday, saying Wen Keke didn't dare to drive to work these past two days.

Her driving skills are worse than Wen Keke's, yet she has to drive herself, each time getting nervous to death.

Her work was certainly affected somewhat, but fortunately she didn't make any major mistakes.

The Cold Noodle Queen Liang Shishi wasn't polite, she blamed Wen Keke several times.

Every time, they made Wen Keke's eyes well up with tears.

For Wen Keke, this matter wasn't about money.

But rather the feeling of being wronged, which is truly unpleasant.

"Cheer up! It's just a small thing! Don't have any psychological shadow. If you can't let it go, I'll make them kneel before you and beg for mercy."

Lin Feng opened the rear car door, patted Wen Keke's shoulder, and said.

Wen Keke finally laughed, "Forget it! After this, I don't want to see them again."

"No problem!"

"Handsome guy, you're really thoughtful!"

After getting in the car, Zhu Li looked at Lin Feng sitting in the passenger seat and said with a smile.

The driver was Zhao Xiaoyang.

Lin Feng gave a brief introduction.

"Zhao Mengnan, how did you train to get such muscles?! "

Zhu Li sized up Zhao Xiaoyang's arms, curious, and asked.

Zhao Xiaoyang was driving, and for a moment he didn't say anything.

Zhu Li felt bored, so she stopped speaking.

But after a few minutes, Zhao Xiaoyang suddenly spoke up: "I'm a trainer at the gym."

What a long reflex arc!

Zhu Li rolled her eyes helplessly.

Zhao Xiaoyang drove the car fast and steady.

In less than a quarter hour, we arrived.

Seeing Lin Feng's group arrive, Yang Honglin and Wang Meili were overjoyed.

When they came, they had also consulted a lawyer, saying they could at least get compensation in the tens of thousands.

After sitting down, Wang Meili crossed her arms and said proudly: "My mother has a stall at the vegetable market, earning ten thousand a month. The elderly lady's health recovers slowly, so she needs to be cared for at least a year."

In that year, we would lose twelve thousand in income!

Plus medical expenses, roughly estimated to be about the same.

Moreover, we two need to spend time nursing; our wages aren't low either, at least a hundred thousand for nursing fees.

Plus nutrition fees, mental distress fees, and later rehabilitation fees……

Wang Meili listed them all on her fingers.

Finally she quoted a price: "At least one million!"

Lin Feng frowned and said: "One million!? You know this is extortion, right?"

Wang Meili's breath caught.

But she quickly reacted, pointing at Wen Keke with a cold smile: "Obviously it was her who drove and hit my mother; this is a settlement. If you can't pay, we'll just send my mother to her house for her to take care of!"

Yang Honglin added: "My mother's health is poor; if you anger her into illness, a mishap isn't something money can fix."

Lin Feng put on a troubled look and fell silent.

When Yang Honglin and Wang Meili were about to lose patience, Lin Feng finally frowned and said: "In other words, if we don't pay one million, you'll cause trouble for Wen Keke?"

Yang Honglin laughed: "Of course! We're poor and have nothing to lose, we're not afraid to drag this out with you rich people."

"If you don't meet our demands, we'll call reporters to expose this!"

Lin Feng put on a worried expression: "If you do this, it will greatly affect our lives; if we lose our jobs and have no income, what then?"

"That's your problem." Wang Meili said coldly.

"Fine, we'll pay one million!" Lin Feng said through gritted teeth.

Yang Honglin and Wang Meili laughed triumphantly.

The traffic police mediator seated nearby, responsible for taking notes, furrowed his brow.

Based on her professional intuition, she always felt that Lin Feng's words sounded off.

But after thinking it over, she couldn't immediately pinpoint what was wrong.

"Give me your account, sign the mediation agreement, and I'll transfer the money to your account. I hope after this incident, you won't keep using your mother's matter to cause trouble for Miss Wen."

As soon as Lin Feng finished speaking, Yang Honglin and Wang Meili's eyes showed regret.

If I had known they were so easy to deal with, why not ask for two million, three million!?

Getting it all at once, swallowing a big fat chunk in one go would be great!

Now it's fine, once we've said one million, we can't take it back.

There are still traffic police officers sitting nearby!

But soon, they snapped out of their regret.

One million is not a small amount either!

With this money, we could rent a better place, buy a car, send our son to a private school……

Next, Wen Keke and Yang Honglin signed the mediation agreement.

Then Lin Feng picked up his phone and called the bank.

Soon, Yang Honglin received a text message that the money had arrived.

Seeing a string of zeros, the couple got so excited they almost couldn't help hugging each other and shouting.

"One million! With my current salary, I couldn't pay it off in ten years."

After getting back in the car, Wen Keke said with a gloomy face.

This is even better! Working for me for a lifetime, haha!

Lin Feng laughed triumphantly.

Zhu Li shook her head and said to Wen Keke, "Miss, you've resigned yourself to fate now, haven't you! You little white rabbit, you'll never escape the claws of this evil wolf in this lifetime."

She actually envied Wen Keke a lot.

Lin Feng is willing to spend a million on Wen Keke!

If it were me, I'd surely offer myself.

Lin Feng quickly added, "Don't worry! I won't sell you. From now on, just work hard and don't think about all that nonsense. A person's life is valuable only if they live happily."

Wen Keke nodded, wiped her eyes, and then laughed.

That family of three really got a bargain!

Zhu Li said resentfully.

"That million isn't so easy to get." Zhao Xiaoyang, who had been silent all along, suddenly said.

"What do you mean by that?" Zhu Li exclaimed, astonished.

Lin Feng opened his phone, opened a video, and handed it to Zhu Li.

Zhu Li took the phone and tapped to play the video.

The video footage was somewhat shaky, showing the car window and front, as well as the continuously receding road; it was clearly from a dashcam.

After the car had traveled a distance, an intersection appeared a hundred meters ahead.

An old man carrying a black plastic bag walked onto the crosswalk.

The car reduced its speed somewhat.

At that moment, the old man suddenly collapsed to the ground, and a white sedan stopped more than ten meters away from him.

The car in the video also stopped then.

Then, from the white sedan, Wen Keke opened the door and got out……

"This is…… this is……"

Seeing this video, Wen Keke was so excited she couldn't speak.

Oh dear!

Zhu Li suddenly shouted, slapped her thigh wrapped in black silk, and said, "I remember now! Opposite was a black car; I even glanced at that car back then!"

Lin Feng laughed and said, "Actually, I already got this video that weekend."

Wen Keke looked puzzled, "Then why didn't you bring out this video?"

This is proof of her innocence!

Lin Feng sneered, "I hate most those who frame good people, beasts whose consciences have been eaten by dogs! If I had produced it then, how could I have sent that family of three to jail? Extorting a million would at least let them eat prison food for years."