Chapter 1122: One million?
At this moment, Lin Qingxue was already infuriated by this old man. She had never experienced such a thing from childhood to adulthood, only having seen it on the news.
She never thought such a thing would happen to her. After all, the world is so big, surely not everything would happen to her, right?
But today's incident made her realize that the world is vast, and anything is possible!
The old man in front of her clearly rushed out and lay on the ground himself, causing her to mistake the accelerator for the brake in shock. Fortunately, Hao Jian was beside her; otherwise, she would have run over this old man.
If she had run him over, this old man wouldn't have the energy to argue about being hit. At this moment, Lin Qingxue desperately wished she could get in the car and run him over.
Reason, however, told her that this issue couldn't be solved this way. She needed to resolve it in a more sensible manner.
"Are you refusing to pay?!"
This old man, seeing Lin Qingxue's exasperated appearance, sneered internally, but his face still showed an expression of pain as he loudly shouted...
"Villagers, come and judge! This woman hit me and plans to flee!"
"Fellow villagers! Please help this old man!"
After all, this is the countryside, and when nothing happens, people usually stay at home. With the old man's shouts, one after another came out out of curiosity, and in no time, this one-way street was crowded.
Seeing so many people come over, the old man felt even more smug. The more people there were, the greater the chance she would get some money. After all, the car this woman drove was a fancy one, she wouldn't mind parting with a small sum, right?
"Hey, isn't that Old Lady Zhang from the village entrance? How did she get involved with these two young people?"
"You know this girl is quite pretty, right? But hitting someone like that, isn't it too reckless?!"
"Tch, if you ask me, these days, no one driving a luxury car is a good person. This girl might be pretty, but she looks like she's kept by someone!"
"Hehe, Heizi, your mouth is the rudest. You're just saying grapes are sour because you can't have them, right?"
These villagers lived nearby. The village was also small, so interactions were frequent, and almost everyone knew each other. Many people knew this old person too.
However, those who knew the old man had strange expressions. They knew the background of the old woman referred to as Old Lady Zhang.
But in this situation, they couldn't step in. Both parties were outsiders, and they couldn't stand behind these two young people, could they?
As more people gathered, observing the situation, they began to discuss it. Lin Qingxue had never seen such a scene before, and her face turned pale with fear.
Hearing the people's discussions, her face grew increasingly flustered, her blood slowly drained. After all, she was still a girl under twenty, inexperienced, with no idea how to handle such a thing, and she seemed at a loss as to what to do.
"Little girl, since you hit someone, logically, you should pay!"
"Don't think that just because you're pretty, you can sweep this matter under the rug. In our village, if you hit someone, you must pay!"
"I think you should quickly pay Old Lady Zhang's medical expenses! Otherwise, you won't even make it out of the village's entrance!"
"If you don't plan to pay Old Lady Zhang, we'll have to call the Police Station!"
Seeing Lin Qingxue's clueless expression, the onlookers felt a bit sorry for her. But in their minds, pleading naturally meant she should pay the medical expenses.
Could you really think of leaving without paying some medical fees for hitting someone? That would be too easy for you, wouldn't it? After all, it was you who hit the person!
"I... I..."
Facing the crowd's accusations, Lin Qingxue's face turned pale, her hands swung left and right without knowing where to put them. But just then, a slender hand suddenly grasped her hand.
The originally cold hand was suddenly grabbed by a warm large hand, startling Lin Qingxue. When she turned her head, she saw Hao Jian's smiling face, causing her face to heat up.
"Alright, leave this matter to me."
Hao Jian gently smiled at Lin Qingxue, then stepped forward to stand in front of her, shrugging as he looked at the old man still lying under the car.
"Tell me, how much money do you want."
Looking lightly at the old man, Hao Jian smiled, his tone flat but helpless.
The old man, who was originally prepared, was stunned by Hao Jian's words. Could he have used the wrong method? Did this young man just give in like that?
The old lady originally thought Hao Jian would be even more difficult to deal with than Lin Qingxue, but she didn't expect the first thing out of Hao Jian's mouth would be to ask how much she wanted in compensation.
This direct approach is refreshing!
It's just that now being asked how much she wanted, she was momentarily at a loss. Initially, she thought asking for tens of thousands would be enough, but since these two were driving a luxury car, maybe they wouldn't mind parting with over a hundred thousand?
But what if they couldn't afford over a hundred thousand? After all, they were just a couple of young people, and she'd heard that city folks these days live off their parents. What if they couldn't come up with the money?
The old lady was torn inside, but not for long. After just a few breaths, she clenched her teeth and thought, to hell with it, it doesn't matter if they can afford it or not, they have to pay her!
"Two hundred thousand! That's for emotional damages and medical expenses! Two hundred thousand, not a penny less!"
After she said those words, the old lady suddenly felt much lighter, as if her body had shed a weight. If she got that two hundred thousand, she could buy more land when the village redistributed it, then sell it to those city folks...
The old lady fantasized about what she'd do with the money, while her neighbors were stunned by Old Lady Zhang's outrageous demand.
From their perspective, the old lady didn't seem injured at all, and now she was asking for two hundred thousand, wasn't this outright robbery?!
But seeing the unwittingly delighted expression on the old lady's face, they helplessly looked away. They'd already figured out that this was just Old Lady Zhang's trap for these two young people.
However, they had no plans to say anything. The fact that Old Lady Zhang could pull this off in front of everyone in the village was because she had her sons backing her up.
Word was that her two sons were involved in some shady business. Offending Old Lady Zhang meant offending her sons, and offending those in the underworld.
They were just ordinary folks, when would they dare to go up against people like that? So even when they saw through it later, they wouldn't dare to say much.
"Two hundred thousand?"
Hearing that the old lady actually wanted two hundred thousand, Hao Jian showed a peculiar expression, then smiled and said, "You really only want two hundred thousand?"
"That's right, just two hundred thousand!"
Seeing the smile on Hao Jian's face, the old lady couldn't help but mutter if she was asking for too little, otherwise why would this young man have that expression?
But now she couldn't change her demand. At worst, she could just catch them again for another compensation later, at which time she'd have to call her two sons over, or it would indeed be tricky.
If her two sons came out to intimidate them a bit, these two would probably obediently hand over the money long ago, so why waste so much time?
"Is two hundred thousand too little?"
Seeing the old lady nod, Hao Jian frowned slightly, then said, "How about I transfer you a million? You must be tired from lying under the car, consider the extra as a token of respect."
Is there really such a good thing? Is this man an idiot?!
Hearing Hao Jian's words, the old lady's face immediately lit up with joy, not expecting to meet such a jackpot on her first try today, who thought two hundred thousand was too little and wanted to give her a million?!
Standing behind Hao Jian, Lin Qingxue also showed a peculiar expression upon hearing Hao Jian's words. Although she hadn't known Hao Jian for long, she knew he wasn't someone who spoke or acted recklessly.
Lin Qingxue wanted to ask Hao Jian why he wanted to give more money, but she sensibly held back. Since Hao Jian said he'd handle it, she'd let him handle it. Based on Hao Jian's character, this must all be within his control, otherwise, he wouldn't be acting so erratically.
"Great! I'll give you my bank account number now!"
Since Hao Jian wanted to give her a million, the old lady was naturally going to take it without hesitation. She even worried that Hao Jian might change his mind, quickly pulling out her bank card and handing it to Hao Jian.
This smooth set of motions didn't resemble someone injured by a car at all, leaving the onlooking neighbors wide-eyed and incredulous.
Hao Jian didn't take the old lady's bank card but instead took out his phone, pretended to dial a number, and soon, as if he'd connected, turned off the phone display and put it to his ear.
"Hello? Huzi, it's me. In a while, I'll give you an account number. Transfer a million to it. Today I feel like running someone over."
Hao Jian's phone conversation was animated, even performing as if he were genuinely on a call.
Listening to Hao Jian's phone call, the old lady's face went pale. Did this young man just say he wanted to run someone over?!
No one else was around to run over now, just her beneath the car, which meant this young man intended to run her over today!
While the old lady was thinking about these things, Hao Jian had already ended the call...