Chapter 23
Lu Ning
“Find someone to do an accident appraisal right now. State the compensation amount and I will pay it accordingly.” Guo Miao calmly looked at the tall middle-aged man in front of her.
The middle-aged man looked at her clothes which were not a particularly expensive brand name. She was probably a young lady from a small official family.
“Who are you? Can you afford to be a busybody here? Do you know who I am?”
Guo Miao was about to refute when a familiar Audi stopped next to the man’s car.
“Deputy Director Sun, what are you doing here? What’s the matter?”
The car window rolled down, revealing Zhong Heng’s elegant and gentle face.
“Guo Miao, why are you here too? What a coincidence,” Zhong Heng said.
Guo Miao nodded to Zhong Heng. “Hello, Uncle. I’m here to attend a classmate’s party.”
“Is there anything I can help you with?” Zhong Heng asked.
Zhong Heng knew this man. This man had high standards. He usually did not do things the straight way and liked to take advantage of the smallest situations. He was bent on getting in through the back door to improve his status. He had also brought good cigarettes and wine to the Zhong family to bribe him many times, but he had refused him every time.
Zhong Heng had seen this man make things difficult for a waiter at a dinner party at the City Hall. Now that he saw the delivery person lowering her head in front of him, he could roughly guess what had happened.
“It’s fine, Uncle. It’s just a small matter,” Guo Miao said with a smile, her tone neither humble nor arrogant. “I can solve it myself.”
Zhong Heng nodded and turned to the man, “Deputy Director Sun, is there anything I can help you with?”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. I’m sorry for the trouble. My wife just made some dishes at home. Mayor Zhong, do you want to have a drink?” Deputy Director Sun instantly put on a flattering smile.
“No need, Deputy Director Sun, you should go and fix the car first.” After Zhong Heng finished speaking, he nodded to Guo Miao, closed the window, and left.
Deputy Director Sun was petrified, but he didn’t dare to make things difficult for the delivery person.
Chen Si’s parents were also shocked when they saw this scene. How did Guo Miao get to know this famous Mayor Zhong? Even they had not met the mayor many times. They only knew that the mayor was very friendly and a very good man. In the past two days, he had carried out an internal rectification and punished many corrupt people.
“Miao Miao, how do you know the mayor?” Chen Si exclaimed.
“It’s just a coincidence.” Guo Miao smiled and took the milk tea from the girl’s hands and handed it to Chen Si. “You guys go in first. I have a few words with this delivery person.”
Chen Si nodded and went in with her friends.
Guo Miao walked to the delivery person and handed her a piece of tissue.
“Don’t cry.” She took out her phone. “Tell me your phone number.”
The girl blurted out her phone number and Guo Miao hung up after dialing it. The girl looked at the missed call on her phone in a daze.
“This is my phone number. If you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me. My name is Guo Miao.”
The girl nodded doubtfully but saved Guo Miao’s number in the end. She watched Guo Miao go back to the villa before she got on her electric bike and left.
She still had a lot of takeaways to deliver. She couldn’t delay any longer, or she would be beaten up by her stepmother and brother again.
The girl was also from Haicheng. Her name was Lu Ning, and she was in her third year of high school at the high school affiliated with Haicheng University. Her family was very poor, and she was only accepted because she got excellent results in the college entrance examination. The school had helped her to waive a certain amount of fees, but her family refused to pay for her tuition fees and bullied her every day.
Lu Ning’s parents had gotten divorced when she was young, and her father had married a woman with a son.
Her stepmother and stepsister would hit and scold Lu Ning from time to time. Her stepsister was a hopeless person. She made a living by working part-time as a delivery person. On the weekends, she didn’t want to work, so she made Lu Ning deliver the food for her.
Guo Miao had met Lu Ning in prison in her previous life.
At that time, Lu Ning had just finished her college entrance examination. She had received a letter of admission from the Jingdu University of Foreign Studies.
Her stepmother didn’t want her to study and wanted her to get married early so that she could get a betrothal gift for her son to marry a wife.
Lu Ning’s father, who had always been a coward, finally had enough this time. He protected the money and Lu Ning’s admission letter with all his might, not letting his wife snatch it away.
Lu Ning’s stepmother and son were so angry that they killed Lu Ning’s father with a knife and discussed selling Lu Ning for money.
When Lu Ning returned home, she saw her father lying on the ground and her detestable stepmother. She could no longer remain calm. Her survival instinct made her pick up the knife and stab the mother and son.