Reborn in the 1990s, I want my husband to live to be a hundred.

Chapter 163 You Must Pay for My Son's Life

Deng Xiuzhen and Qin Yanlin had doubts about Zhu Shanshan's words, feeling that Zhu Shanshan was too trusting of others.

But then I thought about it again, and it's not often that someone would steal something so blatantly in broad daylight; it's more likely that they were cheating.

It's normal for a girl who works at the store to be unfamiliar with such things and not think too much about it.

The swindler is dead. The goods are scattered all over the ground; some were broken, and some were run over by passing vehicles. Except for those picked up by others, the rest were taken away by the traffic police.

Considering that the people were already dead, and that recovering the goods wouldn't yield many good ones, Qin Yanlin had no choice but to accept his bad luck and give up on pursuing the matter.

Qin Yanlin didn't want to pursue the matter of the goods and the swindlers, but he was the one who was pursued.

The parents of the swindler Wang Zhiming demanded compensation from the driver and also from Qin Yanlin.

They should pay a total of 500,000 yuan in compensation, with the driver paying 350,000 yuan and Qin Yanlin paying 150,000 yuan.

In those days, there was no clear division of liability in traffic accidents; the usual practice was that if a car hit a person, the car owner would pay compensation.

A large vehicle hits a small vehicle, and the large vehicle pays the damages.

Therefore, truck drivers can't escape responsibility; it all comes down to how much compensation they ultimately have to pay.

However, Qin Yanlin and Deng Xiuzhen disagreed with the demand for compensation.

Why?

But in that era when the weak and the dead were always right, why did no one listen to this saying?

Like the truck driver, Qin Yanlin was arrested and imprisoned.

Deng Xiuzhen had lived two lives, but both were just ordinary days. She had never experienced anything like this before.

In her panic, she thought of Zheng Ying again. Although Zheng Ying was younger than her, she knew that Zheng Ying was stronger, more capable, and more resourceful than her.

She quickly avoided people and secretly called Zheng Ying.

After listening to Deng Xiuzhen's story, Zheng Ying asked about some details of the day the incident occurred.

Then she told Deng Xiuzhen to close the shop and go home to wait, and she would send someone over immediately.

Only tell outsiders that you are going back to raise money, and don't say anything else.

As soon as Deng Xiuzhen arrived home, Zhao Shuliang came over. He asked Deng Xiuzhen to show him the goods list from that day, and then took her to a secluded place.

A middle-aged man and a young man arrived shortly afterward, both dressed in suits and with their shoes polished to a shine.

Zhao Shuliang introduced, "This is Zhang, the most famous lawyer in Kyoto, and this is his assistant, Liu Liang."

Deng Xiuzhen quickly stood up and nodded.

Attorneys Zhang and Liu politely returned the greeting, and then carefully inquired about the details, including the detailed information of the people in the store, the situation of the surrounding stores, her actual relationship with Qin Yanlin, and so on.

Zhao Shuliang escorted Deng Xiuzhen home, buying her plenty of food and groceries along the way. He asked her to give him the key to the east wing. He repeatedly reminded Deng Xiuzhen, "Don't leave the yard anytime soon!"

“But if I don’t go and check on Qin Yanlin, he might not be able to think straight, and others might too…” Deng Xiuzhen wasn’t worried about anything happening to Qin Yanlin, after all, with Zheng Ying’s help, she felt the problem could definitely be solved.

Zhao Shuliang interrupted Deng Xiuzhen, saying, "Don't worry about that, we'll talk to him. You won't be able to see him even if you go now."

Deng Xiuzhen was somewhat dismissive of Zhao Shuliang's caution. In her previous life, she had seen too many cases of disputes over car accidents, extortion by faking accidents, and even chasing thieves to death.

I also know that in those days, once someone died, it was impossible for anyone involved to escape unscathed; they would always have to pay some compensation.

That was an era in which the rule of law needed improvement, and also an era in which the wicked prospered.

Back then, all the cases were about money, and there hadn't been any incidents of harming family members.

Deng Xiuzhen listened to Zhao Shuliang's advice and stayed quietly at home without going out.

"Here! This is it!" On the third day, Deng Xiuzhen was lying on her bed watching TV, feeling utterly bored, and occasionally sighing: "It's so good to have cell phones and the internet." Suddenly, she heard a commotion outside.

Is this going to be interesting?

Deng Xiuzhen was secretly delighted.

I got up at lightning speed to go out and see what was going on.

Before she could even reach the door, it was pounded on loudly.

Deng Xiuzhen was stunned: Had they come looking for trouble? Or had they come to the wrong place?

She dared not open the door, nor dared to make a sound.

She quickly and quietly went into the bedroom.

She retreated to her bedroom and looked out the window, and was immediately terrified: someone was climbing the wall, preparing to jump overboard.

She shakily pulled out her phone, but before the call could connect, someone jumped down from the wall, smashing a window and leaping in. The phone was knocked to the ground, and with the sound of shattering glass, it went silent, its light dimming.

Then the door was kicked open, and a group of people rushed in.

A woman in her fifties or sixties lunged at Deng Xiuzhen and slapped her across the face.

Deng Xiuzhen instinctively turned her head away, avoiding being slapped in the face, but her chin was scratched by a fingernail, causing a burning pain.

"Give me back my son's life!" the woman screamed, preparing to attack again.

Suddenly, a woman in black appeared beside her, and she blocked the woman who was attacking, preventing her from getting close to Deng Xiuzhen.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Deng Xiuzhen asked in fear.

"What do you want? I want you to pay for my son's life!" another man in his fifties shouted, smashing a thermos.

The ear-piercing sound, coupled with the splashing of scalding water, caused those affected to scream.

After the woman in black squeezed in, Deng Xiuzhen remained unharmed despite the surrounding chaos, which calmed her down somewhat. However, she was still surrounded and unable to escape.

"The police are coming!"

I don't know who shouted.

The people inside the house panicked and hurriedly ran outside.

But the police arrived quickly and in large numbers, and no one escaped. Everyone at the scene, including Deng Xiuzhen, was put into police cars.

The arrogant group of people looked at the heavily armed police officers around them.

Someone started complaining quietly: "Wang Yaozu, didn't you say nothing would happen? Why are the police arresting people now?"

Wang Yaozu glared at Deng Xiuzhen and said, "What are you afraid of? They're just from the countryside, do you think they can fight us? If they don't pay up honestly, I'll send them back to their village!"

"Is she really from the village?" someone glanced at Deng Xiuzhen and asked Wang Yaozu.

"Can't you tell from her accent? It sounds like she's from the countryside!" Wang Yaozu said dismissively, curling his lip.

The woman in black stayed close to Deng Xiuzhen. Taking advantage of the car's swaying, she leaned close to Deng Xiuzhen's ear and whispered, "Zhao Shuliang said I live in the east apartment, and I'm your tenant."

Deng Xiuzhen subconsciously turned around, wanting to say something, but the woman in black lightly pinched her arm.

She understood immediately, and without speaking or moving, she closed her eyes to rest.

The woman in black said she was sent by Zhao Shuliang, and Zhao Shuliang must have been informed by Zheng Ying that something had happened at her home.

In other words, Zheng Ying had everything arranged: someone protected her, someone watched over Qin Yanlin, and someone helped her with the lawsuit.

After listening to Wang Yaozu's explanation, the group of people who had previously barged into Deng Xiuzhen's house relaxed, and their faces no longer showed worry or fear.

Wang Yaozu and Xu Xiaoyu looked smug and contemptuously at Deng Xiuzhen.