Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 2539: Chapter 2441: Two Hundred Thousand

Yingzi, anxious at heart, couldn’t care less about anything else and directly stuffed the children into the car, turning to Huo Sining:

"Miss Huo, I’ll have to trouble you to take care of Niuniu and Pipi for now. Don’t worry; we’ll be out soon."

Huo Sining waved with a smile, "Go ahead."

Yingzi bit her lip, turned around, and hurriedly followed Wu Jun and Liao Hong into the police station.

While Huo Sining was having a great time entertaining the kids, Wu Jun and the others hurried into the police station, which wasn’t the one near Xiakan Village but another station about half an hour from the village.

Upon entering, they immediately saw a group of people shouting inside. One of them arrogantly pointed at a man sitting hunched over in a chair in the center, yelling:

"I’m telling you today, you’re finished! If I don’t get you locked up for a few years, my last name’s not Jiang!"

The man remained silent, with his head down, saying nothing. Seeing this, the man threatening to send him to jail became even more arrogant and stood up, attempting to kick the man in the chair, but was quickly stopped by an alert police officer beside him.

"Young Master Jiang, talk things over calmly. Don’t use force. This is still our station. Please, don’t get angry. We’ll handle this properly. Have a seat and cool down. Xiao Li, make some tea for Young Master Jiang!"

Wu Jun, upon hearing these words from the officer, even though he didn’t yet understand the situation, immediately darkened his face.

Liao Hong, seeing the man sitting in the center, couldn’t help but rush over, shouting:

"Brother-in-law, what’s going on? How did things end up at the police station?"

Sure enough, as Wu Jun suspected, the man sitting in the center was Liao Ying’s husband, Liu Zhibin.

Perhaps not expecting Liao Hong to come, the man looked up in surprise and then saw not only Liao Hong but also his father-in-law behind.

Liu Zhibin’s face flushed with redness from embarrassment, and he lowered his head again.

But with just this lift of his head, the four people who came in saw Liu Zhibin’s face had clearly been hit, with swollen cheeks on both sides, bruised eyes and lips, and a large, swollen bruise on his forehead.

His body also bore several footprints, indicating he hadn’t been spared from a beating.

Seeing this, Liao Ying couldn’t stop her tears from falling, while Liao Hong was filled with anger, clenching his fists tightly and looking angrily at the man who had verbally abused his brother-in-law earlier.

At this time, the man previously referred to as "Young Master Jiang" by the officer had already been seated on a nearby sofa. With his legs crossed and a cigarette in his mouth, he looked quite pleased as a female officer brought him a cup of hot tea.

In contrast, Liu Zhibin’s situation was like heaven and earth. His hands were handcuffed, and he sat on a cold round stool, looking particularly pitiful.

Probably seeing that Liao Ying and the others rushed in, a police officer pulled out a record and directly addressed Liao Ying’s group:

"Which one of you is a family member of Liu Zhibin? Come fill out this form and sign it."

Liao Ying and Liao Hong exchanged a glance, just about to step forward, when Liao Agong spoke up first:

"Officer, what’s going on here? Can you tell us what crime my son-in-law committed? How did he end up being brought to the police station like this?"

The officer glanced at Liao Agong and Liao Ying, seemingly deciding that they were honest farmers, showing a bit of contempt and disdain in his eyes as he sneered:

"What happened? Your son-in-law caused trouble at someone else’s construction site and hurt someone. The police were called, so naturally, he was brought here! Your family needs to sign and gather money quickly. Compensate for the damages and perhaps you can get a lighter sentence. Otherwise, he might end up in jail for a long time!"

Upon hearing about jail time, Liao Ying felt faint, her body swaying, and if not for Liao Hong’s quick support, she might have collapsed on the spot.

Liao Hong was equally shocked, instinctively looking towards his brother-in-law:

"Brother-in-law, what exactly happened? Why would you go to someone else’s construction site and fight? Who did you injure?"

Liu Zhibin clenched his fists, his eyes full of resentment, but seeing his wife on the verge of tears, unable to endure any longer, he couldn’t say a word.

The officer, growing impatient, banged on the table to urge:

"Why are you all hesitating? The person involved is sitting here. Hurry up and sign to gather money. Otherwise, the other party won’t wait for you!"

Liao Ying’s lips trembled, and neither Liao Hong nor Liao Agong, having never dealt with such a situation, could offer any advice. Disappointment flashed in Liao Ying’s eyes as she walked over to take the pen from the officer and pick up the document.

Upon seeing it, she couldn’t help but exclaim:

"Two hundred thousand?! This... this can’t be true! Why so much money?"

Liao Ying was instantly thrown into confusion, and Liao Hong, alarmed, quickly snatched the document from her to take a look.

Looking at it, Liao Hong was furious.

It was a record of the incident involving Liu Zhibin beat someone. Allegedly, after having a construction contract snatched from him, his brother-in-law went to the site and beat the contractor, who was now in the hospital with a broken leg.

The family demanded two hundred thousand in compensation and if there was no payment, they would sue Liu Zhibin for intentional injury, which meant he wouldn’t just pay, he’d go to jail.

But two hundred thousand was outrageous, basically extortion. A broken leg shouldn’t cost that much!

Yet, it was apparent that Liu Zhibin was at fault, and if the other party refused to relent, there would be no end to this.

Liao Hong, only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, usually a law-abiding citizen, was now thrown into chaos, never having faced such a matter.

Seeing this, Liao Ying felt a wave of despair, but she knew that they had no choice but to accept it. She couldn’t let her husband go to jail; if that happened, Liu Zhibin would be ruined along with their family, and Niuniu and Pipi’s lives would be over.

With this thought in mind, Liao Ying steeled herself and moved to sign.

Yet before she could place the pen on paper, Wu Jun pulled her wrist aside.

In shock, Liao Ying looked up to see Wu Jun’s eyes darkened with severity.