A scream pierced the late-night tranquility of the Fifth District, and the windows that kept lighting up revived the quiet Fifth District at night.
People walked out of their homes with their clothes on and walked to the street, watching a girl lying in a pool of blood and twitching slightly, while her companions sat slumped aside as if they were stupid, saying nothing.
"What's wrong?"
Someone in the crowd couldn't stand the torture of curiosity first and asked.
The girl looked in the direction of the voice. The stiff muscles on her face soon changed, revealing a vivid expression of sadness. She cried out, her body trembling, and she looked helplessly. people around.
Dad Toti, who came from a distance, pushed through the crowd and walked to the girl's side, putting his own clothes on the girl's body. Although it was summer, the strong sea breeze made the streets a bit cold at midnight. He checked the girl's clothes and found no injuries. He glanced at the girl who was lying in a pool of blood and no longer twitching, and frowned.
In the dim light, he saw a bloody tire mark.
Car accident!
Dad Toti's heart became heavy. There was no doubt that the two girls encountered a car accident while returning home. What was even more worrying was that the other girl had run away. In fact, even if the other party doesn't run, they can't do anything to the other party. After all, people who can drive a car are not ordinary people, and naturally they don't have ordinary backgrounds. He sighed. The best solution to this kind of problem is to find the other party and ask the other party to pay some amount of money to compensate him. As for wanting the other party to be punished more severely... that's difficult!
In fact, the Imperial Law has long had relevant provisions on penalties for causing car accidents while driving a vehicle, but sometimes what is said and what is done are different. According to imperial law, if a car accident occurs and someone dies, the car owner will have to pay a sum of money and be imprisoned for at least three years as a penalty. But the problem is that few car owners who are involved in car accidents actually go to jail, because most family members of the deceased choose to withdraw the lawsuit when faced with a wad of banknotes that they cannot refuse.
Toti patted the girl on the shoulder and stood up. He looked at the crowd of people around him and scanned their faces one by one. "Has anyone seen that bastard who was driving?"
No one spoke. Although people sympathized with the girl who lost her life, speaking at this time meant that she might have to testify in court in the future. If you go against a rich man properly, you either think your life is too good, or you think your life is too good.
People kept their mouths shut in silence until a child stood up. He was probably only seven or eight years old, his eyes were full of a kind of childlike justice, "I saw it, a blue convertible sports car... " Before he could finish his words, his parents who rushed out of the crowd covered their mouths and dragged them back into the crowd. Because an outsider may cause one's family to be broken, no one is that great.
No, there is one.
Totti smiled at the little guy looking at him through the gap behind the crowd. He straightened his back and said in a strong voice, "I saw a blue convertible hit the child. Then I ran away from here. What else did I see? Can anyone remind me, this old guy, that my memory is not as good as it was when I was young?" Totti did move some people with this method, and gradually some people also moved. A few details were added, including the half-bottle of wine they picked up on the side of the road.
District 5 is the largest living area in Ilian, but it has only two police stations. No matter what happens, people who live in the 5th arrondissement don't like dealing with the police. When something big happens, they may have to go to court, and the cost of hiring a lawyer exceeds the family budget and they cannot afford it. There is no need to go to the police for trivial matters, because the police cannot handle those trivial matters.
But today, Totti must call the police. It is no longer possible to rely on the elders in the neighborhood or the more prestigious people in the fifth district to handle the matter.
The policeman on duty had just slept for a while when he was awakened by a rapid knock on the door. He stood up straight and put his hand on the weapon holster on his waist in a daze while observing the surrounding environment. After about three to five seconds, he rubbed his eyes and walked to the front hall of the police station, opened the door, and asked impatiently: "Can't you just be quiet for a while in the middle of the night?"
The next second, a chill came out of his buttocks and rushed up his spine to the top of his head. His body shivered slightly and goosebumps appeared all over his body. He felt his hair stand on end and his body became a little stiff. In front of him, under the dim moonlight, there were at least a hundred people crowded outside the police station. They were very quiet, no one made the slightest sound, they just stood there, looking straight at him.
Just when he was about to close the door and ask for support, Totti, who was standing in the first place, took a step forward and said, "Mr. Police, we want to report a crime. Just now, a blue convertible sports car hit and killed a man in the community. Boy, he also left a bottle of wine and some debris from the car."
The policeman was shocked and snatched the half-full bottle of wine from Toti's hand. The look on his face changed slightly and he immediately invited Toti in. "I think I need to contact the regional police station!" , this is what he said to Mr. Totti.
The name of the wine label on the bottle is "Slut". It is a very strong wine. The price of a bottle is about forty-five to fifty yuan. Often only one glass of this kind of wine is enough to make a woman drunk. Most women get excited unconsciously, hence the name. Although the name is not pleasant, it is undeniable that this is definitely one of the top wines, coming from Juan's winery. This does not mean that the perpetrator must be Juan or someone related to Juan, but the bottle of wine shows that the perpetrator is very rich.
In the city of Ilian, all the troubles associated with wealthy people are big troubles.
The Ilian Regional Police Department quickly dispatched police officers to investigate the car accident and the sports car and driver that triggered the accident. This is not a difficult case to solve, because there are only a few rich people in the entire Ilian City who own blue convertible sports cars. , and soon they set their sights on the well-known real estate developers Fulers and his sons in Ilian. Last year, the old Fulers bought a blue convertible sports car as a birthday present for the younger Fulers, and now the car is parked in the repair shop. The front of the car is almost completely destroyed, and a large piece of the bumper is missing.
Little Fulers was sleeping soundly on the sofa in the mechanic's office. As soon as he entered the office, he could smell a strong smell of alcohol. One of the captains of the police station frowned and retreated. This was not the best time to arrest and interrogate young Fulers, so they notified old Fulers.
Old Fulers is only fifty years old this year, probably because he wasted too much when he was young. In this society where every household has three or five children, he only has one child like Little Fulers. When he knows that his After the child hit and killed a pedestrian, he didn't show much concern. "Is my son injured?" He paused for a moment, and the expression on his face relaxed a lot. "It's getting very late today. I asked Ask the family of the child who was still running around on the road at night, how much they want. If it is too much, let them go to court to sue me and my child. If it is less, you can pay in advance and I will arrange someone in two days. Send it over.”
After saying that, Old Fulers hung up the phone. As soon as he turned around, he saw his wife standing outside the door in her nightgown with a worried expression on her face. Old Fulers smiled and shook his head, "My son is safe and not injured. Don't worry, I will take care of it." OK."
The old woman breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the luxurious bedroom with Old Fulers, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
The police directly conveyed what Old Fulers said to Totti. Totti stood up angrily in an instant, but soon he sat back down decadently. As the police said, he could actually prosecute the Fullers and his son, but he and the family of the deceased had no money. If you want to win in court, you must hire a reliable lawyer. In Ilian, the starting price for a lawyer with a decent winning rate is five thousand yuan, which they cannot afford.
In fact, this is like many car accidents. Everyone dies. It is better to ask for more money to improve the living environment of the living people, which can be regarded as their last contribution.
When Toti brought the news back, the deceased's mother fainted and fell to the ground, and her husband also lost all reactions as if he was demented.
They compromised.
There was no way not to compromise. They couldn't defeat the Fulers and his son, and any resistance other than accepting their fate was meaningless.
But what they didn't expect was that sometimes there was no point in accepting fate.
Previously, a neighbor's husband died on the job. The factory owner paid 6,000 yuan in compensation and received 4,500 yuan. They also made a request based on this standard: 5,000 yuan, not one point more, and not one point less. After all, it is a human life, which is already very despicable when measured in terms of money, so they hope that even if their daughter dies, the price will not be too "cheap".
What makes people even more angry is that the Fullers and his son did not intend to pay 5,000 yuan. They were only willing to pay 2,000 yuan.
In the words of Little Fullers, that is, "Your daughter caused my favorite car to become like this. It costs three thousand yuan to repair it. You still want five thousand yuan?"
"There are only two thousand yuan, take it if you want it, and it's up to you if you don't want it!"
"The Fullers and Sons are not someone like you who can blackmail you, do you understand?"
(End of chapter)