Chapter 354: Mediation (3)
Chapter 354: Chapter 354: Mediation (3)
Hearing this, Mrs. Song instinctively asked, "What condition?"
Su Qing sneered. "It’s simple. An eye for an eye. Let my cousin pour a cup of boiling water on Song Yufang. However Song Yufang splashed my cousin, my cousin will do the same to her. If that happens, we’ll forget about the three thousand yuan. How about it?"
"Su Qing, you’re too vicious!" The moment Su Qing finished speaking, Song Yufang shrieked. She hid fearfully behind Mrs. Song, terrified that Su Qing would actually get Li Huan to pour boiling water on her.
Li Huan couldn’t help but curse at Song Yufang, "You’re the vicious one! Stop playing the victim. It wasn’t vicious when you poured boiling water on someone, but it’s vicious when someone wants to give you a taste of your own medicine? How can you be so shameless?"
Mrs. Song shielded Song Yufang and said to Director He, "Director, aren’t you going to do something about a student like this? She’s threatening to intentionally harm someone! Why should she get to hurt my Yu Fang just because we won’t give her three thousand yuan? If my Yu Fang’s face is scarred, what will she do? How will she ever get married?"
Teacher Sun, standing to the side, had been holding back for a long time and barely managed to stop himself from rolling his eyes. ’I’m a guidance counselor, a guidance counselor,’ he chanted inwardly. ’I can’t do anything inappropriate.’ But the Song family’s behavior was truly disgusting him. So, it was fine if someone else’s daughter got her face scarred, but not her own? What kind of logic was that?
And as for Song Yufang, his dislike for her grew even stronger.
"Calling for Director He is useless," Su Qing said before Director He could speak. "Right now, you are the ones who need to compensate us for medical expenses. This is a matter between our Li family and your Song family. As for Director He, he’s only responsible for handling the school’s side of things. All he can do is mediate. Besides, I’ve already stated my condition for mediation, and you’re the ones who don’t agree!"
"You want to hurt my daughter. Of course I won’t agree," Mrs. Song said angrily.
"My cousin’s injury is still in plain sight," Su Qing said coldly. "You don’t have to agree. You can either pay us the medical fees and compensation for emotional distress, totaling 3,100 yuan, or we can settle this at the police station."
Without giving Mrs. Song another chance to speak, she immediately picked up the phone in Director He’s office and prepared to dial.
"What... what are you doing?" Mrs. Song panicked and rushed forward to press her hand down on the phone.
"Are you blind?" Su Qing was completely blunt with Mrs. Song. "Can’t you see I’m about to call the police?"
"Classmate Su, isn’t calling the police a bit too serious?" Director He hadn’t expected Su Qing to actually do it and quickly spoke up.
Su Qing looked at Director He, her voice cool. "Director He, if you can’t handle this impartially, then don’t stand in my way."
Teacher Sun nodded. "I think what Classmate Su is doing is fine. Since a private settlement isn’t working, then let’s have the police sort it out."
"Teacher Sun, stop adding to the chaos," Director He grumbled, shooting Teacher Sun a look. The police coming to the school right after the semester started? Wouldn’t that be a huge embarrassment?
Director He absolutely did not want the police involved. Otherwise, the university leadership would definitely question his professional competence.
With that in mind, Director He quickly turned to Li Fenghuo. "General Li, what do you think..."
Before Director He could finish, Li Fenghuo cut him off. "Director He, I am not a general right now. I am simply the father of an injured student. Our Li family will not use our status to bully others, but we will absolutely not be pushed around. I think my Su Qing is doing the right thing."
Director He was left speechless.
Seeing that Su Qing was serious about calling the police, Song Yufang panicked. This time, she was truly terrified. If this really went to the police station, she would definitely get a criminal record. Wouldn’t her future be ruined?
"No, Su Qing, you can’t call the police!" Song Yufang frantically tried to grab the phone from Su Qing’s hand. "You’re trying to drive me to my death!"
Su Qing slapped away the hand Song Yufang extended. If she weren’t in front of everyone, she really would have given this selfish, vicious woman a proper beating. ’Damn it,’ she thought, ’even I, someone who came back from the apocalypse, am not this malicious.’
With a backhand, Su Qing knocked away Mrs. Song’s hand, which was still pressing down on the phone, and directly dialed the number for the municipal police department.
Mrs. Song grew frantic. Her daughter absolutely could not go to the police station. She quickly shouted, "We’ll pay! We’ll pay!"
"You should have said so earlier." Su Qing heard her and slammed the phone down. "Fine. Since you’ve agreed to compensate us, then hurry up."
Mrs. Song gritted her teeth. "We don’t have that much money. The most we can give you today is fifty. We’ll give you the rest slowly over time."
"Are you kidding me?" Su Qing sneered. "You’re just thinking of stalling, aren’t you? Hoping that if you drag it out long enough, it’ll just become a bad debt? I’m telling you, no way. I’ll give you five days. Within five days, you will pay us the full compensation. Otherwise, we’ll see you at the police station. Oh, and don’t forget the 50 yuan for Classmate Ye Qingqing’s emotional distress."
Ye Qingqing’s injuries were relatively minor, so aside from the hospital treatment costs, she only asked for 50 yuan as compensation for emotional distress.
"You... you’re trying to bankrupt us! Where are we going to get that much money?" Mrs. Song said angrily.
"No money?" Su Qing smiled and pointed at Song Yufang behind Mrs. Song. "Just a few days ago, your daughter was showing off quite a bit in the dorm. A woolen overcoat, leather shoes, a cashmere sweater... Just her clothes alone must add up to nearly a thousand yuan, and you’re telling me you have no money?"
Hearing Su Qing’s words, Song Yufang’s face immediately filled with guilt. She had previously laid out all her clothes on her bed while tidying up, specifically to show off. She wanted everyone in the dorm to know her family was rich and to feel a sense of superiority.
But how could she have known that Li Huan’s father was a general? Thinking back on her behavior, she suddenly felt like her past attempts to show off had made her look like a clown.
Mrs. Song was choked speechless by Su Qing’s words. Three thousand yuan... their family could indeed afford it. They had been making a fortune from their business recently. And with their daughter getting into Beijing University, they had naturally spared no expense in buying her nice things. She never expected that all those things would now become evidence against them.
At this point, Director He no longer insisted that the Li family lower the compensation amount. He said to Father Song, "Since your Song family has agreed to pay, then let’s get this matter resolved quickly."
Director He felt a headache coming on. He realized his actions today had likely offended the Li family and couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret. He shouldn’t have felt sympathy for the Song family just because they seemed to be in a weaker position.
They say that pitiful people often have a hateful side to them. He usually understood this principle quite well, so why had he been so muddle-headed today?
This Song family’s behavior...
Director He sighed deeply in his heart.
The Song family had tried to play tricks to get out of paying compensation, but in the end, they didn’t get their way. They could only reluctantly write an IOU to the Li family, guaranteeing that the 3,150 yuan would be paid in full within five days.
At this point, they didn’t dare try any more tricks. Su Qing had made it clear: if the payment wasn’t received in five days, they would settle it at the police station.