The next morning, before it was even 8 am, Chen Yiyuan went to look for Officer Liu.
Chen Jing had an expectant look on his face. He wanted to follow them to watch the show, but his mother gave him a stern warning and scolded him to go to school.
On the day of May, Mingyang City was already starting to get hot.
There was less than a month left until the college entrance exam. In fact, he had already been taught everything he needed to learn for the third year of high school. During the usual classes, they would only review and revise.
After finishing his morning classes, when the bell rang, Chen Jing stretched and prepared to go home for dinner.
In the past three years of high school, the number of times he had eaten in the school cafeteria could be counted on one hand.
He could only blame his family for running a restaurant. His parents were good at cooking, so they had been raising him since he was young. The food in the cafeteria really did not suit his appetite.
He had just arrived home and saw that there were quite a lot of customers today.
"Mom, is Dad still not back yet?" Chen Jing ran to the kitchen as soon as he entered the door.
"No, he said he's at the law firm. He should be back soon. Here, you eat first."
Xu Yanlan had already prepared lunch for him as usual.
Chen Jing carried it and walked out. He was prepared to find an empty seat to sit down and eat slowly.
But it was also at this time that a familiar person walked out of the restaurant. Behind him, there were two or three people blocking the entrance.
"What are you guys doing here again?" Chen Jing did not have time to eat. He put down the chopsticks that he had just picked up.
There were about seven or eight people surrounding the entrance.
The leader was naturally Zhang Junnian's eldest son, Zhang Hongfu.
Yesterday, he had requested an appointment with the nurse for an operation. And today, he had not seen the Chen Family send money over for the entire morning. Chen Jing guessed that they were probably here to urge money.
"What are we here for again?" Zhang Hongfu sneered. He took a few steps inside and glanced at Chen Jing's rice bowl. "You're really rich. Such a big piece of pork and such a big bowl. Are you flaunting your wealth in public?!"
"Is this bothering you?" Chen Jing said.
"It's not bothering me. It's just that my dad is suffering while you guys are enjoying your life. My dad is going to have surgery today. He was supposed to do it in the morning, but you didn't send the money, so he could only delay it until the afternoon. Now that I'm here, if you guys don't give me the money today, heh, you can consider the consequences on your own."
Zhang Hongfu boldly sat next to Chen Jing.
He picked up his chopsticks and started eating Chen Jing's dishes.
"Brothers, don't stand on ceremony. Find a place to sit." Zhang Hongfu ate as he called out to the seven or eight hooligans behind him.
Those hooligans swarmed in and deliberately crashed into the two rows of empty beer bottles piled up by the wall.
Instantly, they cracked and shattered all over the ground.
"Yo, watch out. Don't break other people's things," Zhang Hongfu reminded them with a smile on his face.
The seven or eight people knocked over the beer bottles and overturned the tables and benches one after another.
"What are you doing?" Chen Jing stood up immediately.
Those hooligans tilted their heads and said with a cigarette in their mouth, "How can we sit on such a dirty table and benches? Is this how you greet your customers?"
There were originally a few customers in the shop. At this moment, they hurriedly greeted Xu Yanlan and left from the side.
Zhang Hongfu had a smile on the corner of his mouth as he continued to eat without caring about anything else.
It was obvious that he had brought people here to show off.
When Chen Jing left yesterday, he had reminded his family to prepare the money.
But this morning, he did not receive 300,000 yuan for the surgery.
So, he was very angry.
Since he was angry, the Chen Family naturally had to let him vent.
"What are you doing?"
Xu Yanlan, who was in the kitchen, also saw this situation and shouted angrily.
"Do you believe that I will call the police right now and arrest all of you?" She held her phone and made a gesture to call the police.
Zhang Hongfu said fearlessly, "Whatever. The dispute between our families has long been decided. My father's hospitalization expenses will be paid by you. If you go back on your word, even if you call the police, the victim will still be my family and not yours."
"Didn't we give you 100,000 yuan yesterday? Don't push your luck," Xu Yanlan said.
"Yesterday's 100,000 yuan was for compensation. Today, I'm here to ask you for the surgery fee. It's different. I don't want much either. I only want 300,000 yuan. Yesterday, your son threw out 500,000 yuan from his bag. He gave me 100,000 yuan. There's still 400,000 yuan left, right? If you give me another 300,000 yuan now, I'll leave immediately," Zhang Hongfu said.
"300,000 yuan? Why don't you go rob a bank? What kind of surgery requires so much money?" Xu Yanlan said.
She still did not know what had happened at the hospital yesterday.
Zhang Hongfu glanced at Chen Jing and said, "Didn't you tell your parents?"
Chen Jing frowned and did not say anything.
Zhang Hongfu slapped the table and said, "Alright. Since you won't say it, I'll say it again. My father had an aneurysm. The doctor said that he was fine initially, but it was because of the car accident that made it worse. That's why we have to carry out the surgery now. The cost of this surgery is 300,000 yuan. The doctor quoted this price. I didn't ask for any more. If you don't believe me, you can follow me to the hospital to ask the doctor."
"You..." Xu Yanlan was so angry that smoke was coming out of her seven orifices. She pointed at Zhang Hongfu and wanted to scold him, but she could not find the words to do so.
Chen Jing sneered in his heart. Seeing that his mother was angry, he comforted her first.
"Mom, don't be angry. Leave the matters here to me."
Xu Yanlan looked at the dirty floor. She originally could not swallow her anger, but when she thought of what happened last night, the anger in her heart slowly subsided.
She nodded and agreed.
Zhang Hongfu continued, "Actually, politeness is mutual. If you guys can make it convenient for me, I can make it convenient for you guys. If you guys could make it convenient earlier, there would be no need to make things unhappy."
Chen Jing said, "I can give you the money, but I have to call my dad. The money is in his hands. I have to call him back."
"Alright, then I'll wait." Zhang Hongfu stepped on the stool and sat firmly on it.
As long as he insisted that his family was the victim, he wouldn't be afraid even if the police came.
Chen Jing picked up his phone and really called Chen Yiyuan.
"Dad, that Zhang Hongfu brought people to our house to ask for money again. This time, he wants 300,000 yuan. He even trashed our house. Please hurry back and give the money to them so that they can calm down."
As Chen Jing said this, he looked at Zhang Hongfu's reaction.
These words were deliberately said for Zhang Hongfu to hear.
When Zhang Hongfu heard the words 'he trashed our house', he first frowned. Then, he heard the words 'give the money to them so that they will calm down'. He smiled again.
As he ate, he said, "Don't worry. After you give me the money, I will make them clean the floor for you. I guarantee that it will be clean and spotless."