Chapter 209 – Here Comes Another Ye
Translator: aominemika
TLC: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki Ilikia
Even Shi Lei was moved by her domineering att.i.tude. Although she had quite a high status, she was still just a girl. Technically speaking, no matter how pampered a girl was at home, she wouldn’t usually be the type to take charge in the family.
Although Shi Lei had told his cla.s.smates that he was a fuerdai, he was well aware that other than having more pocket money than people like Wu Haoyuan, he was incomparable to a real fuerdai. Even Hu Xiaohua was out of his reach, not to mention Song Miaomiao.
Song Miaomiao saw that Shi Lei didn’t have anything to say. “I want to ask you this,” she fumed, “Why didn’t you come to me when your family was in such big trouble? You should know that I am capable of settling this small matter really quickly, right?”
Shi Lei was speechless and thought: Of course I know you can settle this quickly. I just didn’t want to get involved with you! Seriously, I have never met a woman like you who so frequently wants to sleep with a man. Maybe others would beg for such an opportunity with you, but I really don’t want to!
Of course, Shi Lei couldn’t just say that out loud in front of so many people, but he would dare to say it privately.
He could only pull Song Miaomiao by the arm and lead her to Hu Xiaohua and his friends. “This is Zhenping Real Estate’s Hu Xiaohua and these are his friends. You said yourself that this was a small matter, so why would I look for you? I’m pretty close with Xiaohua and thought that he could surely settle this for me.”
Hu Xiaohua quickly bowed a little and smiled. “Shui Ye, nice to meet you. You can call me Xiaohua. This is Jiang Yuanchao. Jiangyang Properties belongs to his family. This is…” Hu Xiaohua introduced all of his friends to Song Miaomiao. He had to do the introductions despite knowing that she would not remember everyone and was probably not patient enough to do so.
Song Miaomiao looked at Hu Xiaohua closely and asked, “Is Hu Jianjun your father?”
“Yes.” Hu Xiaohua quickly nodded.
“I think I met him once two years ago.” She sounded fine, but her expression changed immediately. “Since you are friends with Shi Lei, why did you let others bully him? What are you people doing? Can’t you even handle this small of a thing?”
Hu Xiaohua felt extremely awkward, but he did not know how to explain everything to her, mainly because he had been unable to play the part from the beginning. He had been about to deal with the issue by making use of his status when Song Miaomiao suddenly barged in and easily chased the executive from the subbureau away. How was he supposed to help Shi Lei with her having already done everything?
“Song Miaomiao, are you out of your mind? Xiaohua came to help me and he was just about to when you arrived. And what about you? You came in firing at everyone like some cannon. Do you think you gave them a chance to show what they can do? Just leave already! You have no business here. It was a small matter, but now it’s getting bigger and bigger because of you.”
“Hey, you can’t do this to me. I came all the way here to help you and you’re chasing me away?” Song Miaomiao felt wronged. When had she ever rushed to help someone?
The main point was that he didn’t even appreciate it.
“I can’t talk to you anymore. Anyway, can you just stay out of this from now on?” Shi Lei couldn’t do anything but ask nicely.
Song Miaomiao shrugged and said, “It’s too late. Qin Huaiyuan will be here in a while. It can’t be stopped now.”
Shi Lei rubbed his temples and said, “Well, I really don’t have anything else to say. I just wanted to let Xiaohua pressure them and get Lawyer Zhang to handle the case. We could then shut them up legally. And you…you are simply threatening them! How am I any different from Qin Huaiyuan then?”
Song Miaomiao smiled and didn’t take his words to heart. Instead, Zhang Meimei calmly said, “Don’t worry, Teacher Shi. Although threatening others is not a good thing, it is only applicable to others. Threatening actually makes it easier when dealing with people like Qin Huaiyuan. The legal procedures will proceed without delay and having Miss Song and your friends here will make Qin Huaiyuan back out and not file for an appeal. Once he arrives, we can definitely reach a settlement. For us lawyers, the most ideal situation is not going to the court. A lawsuit is the last thing we want. It would be desirable if we can have an out-of-court settlement, or even resolve this at the basic judiciary level.”
How could Shi Lei possibly know all of this? His eyes widened. “Really?”
Zhang Meimei nodded and continued. “From a lawyer’s perspective, it definitely is. It is most desirable to settle a case in its early stages. A case like yours can barely be considered as criminal. It is more of a civil one, which is why we hope to resolve this as soon as possible.”
“If I agree to the settlement,” Shi Lei began, frowning, “does that mean that Qin Huaiyuan and those people who hurt my father will only have to pay some compensation to close the case?”
“It depends how we reach an agreement,” Zhang Meimei answered. “It is harder to obtain evidence for a case like this. As long Qin Huaiyuan is willing to pay on the other people’s behalf, then I believe they will not involve him. Otherwise, they would have to pay part of the compensation and would most likely be jailed as well. That is why I mentioned that using a violent method to resolve this, like what Miss Song said, may actually be a good idea. Her intervention will make Qin Huaiyuan stop pushing for a better outcome, and the police will take this matter seriously. How Qin Huaiyuan will be dealt with highly depends on what the police decide.”
Shi Lei finally nodded and said, “I understand. Thank you, Lawyer Zhang.”
Song Miaomiao had a smug expression on her face. “I told you it would be better if I settle this, right?” she asked arrogantly.
Shi Lei glared at her. “Make the police investigate this thoroughly and send Qin Huaiyuan to the jail if you have the capability to do so!”
“Hah! You really think I can’t do it?”
Zhang Meimei gave a rare smile and said, “Teacher Shi, you’re still really good at provoking people, aren’t you?”
Song Miaomiao instantly understood what was going on. She rolled her eyes at Shi Lei, but didn’t mention anything about taking back what she had said. “Lawyer Zhang, can you not expose me?” Shi Lei asked awkwardly.
Hu Xiaohua and his friends couldn’t help but laugh. “It looks like we won’t be able to help. With Shui Ye here, I think someone from the bureau will be coming soon.”
Just as he said that, someone knocked lightly on the door. Shi Lei was wondering who it could possibly be, since they definitely couldn’t be this fast. It had only been a few minutes! How ridiculous was the reputation of the Song family?
The door opened, and both Shi Lei and Song Miaomiao saw a very familiar face.
“Wow, Shui Ye came as well?” The person had been beaming at first, but quickly became horrified, as if he had seen something absolutely terrifying.
“Wei Qing? Why did you come?” Shi Lei was bewildered.
After Wei Qing stepped in, they noticed that someone was behind him. This person was wearing a police uniform, with two stripes and three stars on his shoulders. He was most likely the deputy of the bureau.
“This is Chief w.a.n.g from the bureau. Chief w.a.n.g, allow me to introduce everyone. This is Song Miaomiao from Xi Xi’s Song family. We address her as Shui Ye. She’s an extraordinary woman!” Wei Qing stole glances at Song Miaomiao while doing the introduction, afraid that she would be unhappy about it.
Chief w.a.n.g was astonished when he heard it. It was only a small case, and having someone from an influential family like Wei Qing’s backing up Shi Lei was surprising enough for him. Now another big-shot had come?
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