Striving for Science C71

The slap was so hard, the sound reverberated throughout the entire room.

The police officer in charge of mediation quickly put away the smile on his face, stood up, and gestured with his hand to stop Cao Cheng: "Take it easy, take it easy."

He had also seen children from wealthy families. While some young people might be a bit arrogant, they still spoke and acted with courtesy. There were very few who were as unruly and unreasonable as this one. Glancing back at Shen Chang'an, who remained seated, the police officer sighed inwardly.

He had also participated in handling this case and understood the ins and outs very well. Although law enforcement officers shouldn't let personal emotions get involved, anyone who knew about this case would unconsciously lean towards Shen Chang'an.

He was drunk driving and ran a red light, almost hitting someone. Fortunately, Shen Chang'an happened to be passing by that night and even used his own luxury car to block the suspect's vehicle. What if Shen Chang'an's car hadn't been there that night?

The suspect's car would have definitely hit those workers, resulting in deaths and injuries, leaving several families to endure the pain of separation and loss.

They had handled cases of drunk driving resulting in deaths, and they were disgusted by such behavior to the core.

He couldn't believe the suspect's character was so despicable, using the deceased parents to provoke someone. If he wasn't wearing a police uniform, he would have wanted to punch him.

"Little uncle, you actually hit me for an outsider?" Cao Jin was stunned. After a while, he regained his senses, stared at his swollen face, and roared at Cao Cheng in anger, "Are you crazy?"

"If I could go crazy, I would have beaten you to death, you good-for-nothing brat." Cao Cheng had also been a hot-tempered person in his youth, but over the years, after getting married and having children, he had gradually calmed down.

Cao Jin was quite capable, bringing out all the bad traits of his younger self.

Shen Tu pretended to persuade him from the side: "Forget it, forget it. Children are disobedient, just give them a good beating, but don't beat them to death."

"Mr. Shen, I apologize. Our family didn't discipline our child well, causing you to suffer." Cao Cheng kicked Cao Jin, who was about to pounce, back onto the chair. "You sit there quietly, you little bastard. If you keep making noise, I'll have your parents come and deal with you. I'm too lazy to deal with your disgusting behavior."

"You... you... I'm going to tell my parents!" Cao Jin covered his bruised knee, completely dumbfounded that his uncle would actually side with an outsider.

"Go ahead, tell them!" Cao Cheng slammed his hand on the table. "If they hadn't spoiled you rotten, would you have turned out like this? Do you think I want to come to this place? Don't I have any face?"

"Then leave now, I don't care if you stay or not!" Cao Jin retorted, "You're just after the shares my parents hold, wanting to take over, aren't you?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the room suddenly fell silent. Shen Tu watched Cao Cheng's gloomy expression, thinking he would beat Cao Jin to the ground and the scene would become bloody and violent.

But soon he was disappointed. Not only did Cao Cheng not hit him, but his expression became increasingly calm: "Is this how the three of you view me?"

Cao Jin also knew he had made a mistake with those words, but he was always self-centered. In front of outsiders, especially in front of Shen Chang'an, he absolutely refused to admit his mistake: "D-don't you have such thoughts?"

"I understand." Cao Cheng took a deep look at Cao Jin and said to the lawyer hired by the Cao family, "Contact my brother and sister-in-law about the relevant matters. I'm leaving."

"Mr. Cao, you..." The lawyer was a bit dumbfounded. He was just here to take on a case, why did he have to witness a family feud among the wealthy?

"You don't need to call him, leave if you want to!" Cao Jin raised his chin. "Stay if you want."

"Cao Jin, if you don't restrain yourself, you'll eventually ruin yourself." Cao Cheng walked over to Shen Chang'an. "Mr. Shen, I'm very sorry."

Shen Chang'an stood up and shook his hand, his tone calm: "Mr. Cao, don't blame yourself. It has nothing to do with you."

Cao Cheng smiled wryly upon hearing this. He wanted to say something, but facing Shen Chang'an's overly calm expression, he couldn't utter a word.

In the end, he only muttered a "sorry" and then left heavily.

"Even though I'm an orphan, I'm still better than trash like you who's arrogant, drunk-drives and hurts people, and has such a low character." Shen Chang'an sat back in his chair, looking at Cao Jin with disdain in his eyes, and sneered, "Some people, even with parents, are better off without them, at least those without parents can have good character, while some people, besides wasting food and doing evil, can't do anything else."

"You f***ing…"

"Quiet down!" The police officer in charge of mediation said, "Mr. Cao, please control your emotions. If you continue to make verbally abusive or insulting actions, we will terminate this mediation and proceed directly to legal proceedings."

The lawyer, hearing this, quickly spoke up to apologize for Cao Jin. If the mediation ended prematurely, Cao Jin would be in trouble.

Although...

The lawyer silently glanced at Cao Jin. Although he felt that this mediation was likely to fall apart, he had been a lawyer for many years and had seen many ignorant and dissolute young masters, but at least these people knew to soften their stance after causing trouble. This one, however, had managed to anger his own uncle and was still yelling at the victim.

He's been spoiled rotten at home, he really thinks he's an emperor, that if he yells a few times, everyone else will kneel down and shout "Long live the emperor"?

"Your compensation terms are very generous, and it shows that you are generous in terms of money." Shen Tu glanced at the compensation terms proposed by the lawyer and pushed them back,

"But I said before we came, our Mr. Shen lacks everything, except money. Monetary compensation won't move Mr. Shen." Shen Tu smiled politely, "We are very disappointed in Mr. Cao's behavior, and we sincerely hope that after he goes to prison, he can reform himself and become a new person."

"Mr. Shen..." The lawyer was a little troubled. He could see that Shen Tu was not easy to talk to, so he turned his gaze to the amiable-looking Shen Chang'an.

"Mr. Lawyer, as classmates, I should accept Cao Jin's mediation request."

The lawyer hadn't even had time to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Shen Chang'an suddenly change his tune, "But... I just can't shake the feeling of guilt when I think about those workers who might lose their lives because of Cao Jin's wrongdoings. Those workers, they might be fathers of children, or children of elderly parents, what would their families do if something happened to them?"

The lawyer was a little embarrassed. How could he answer that question?

"We are also very sorry for this mistake. Please rest assured, Mr. Shen, we will compensate these workers who have been frightened for their mental distress."

Cao Jin sneered, "Don't worry, the money we pay them will be enough for them to live on for the rest of their lives."

The lawyer: "..."

You idiot, can you shut up?

Taking a deep breath, this is his employer, he can't curse, he can't curse.

"How do you know they won't suddenly become rich for the rest of their lives?" Shen Chang'an raised his eyelids to look at Cao Jin, "You're useless, you only contribute to stimulating GDP consumption by throwing money around."

"Shen Chang'an, I think you're not here to mediate with me, you're here to laugh at me, aren't you?" Cao Jin couldn't hold it in anymore, "What do you want?"

"You're right, I'm here to watch the show, and by the way, I wish you…"

"Chang'an." Shen Tu suddenly interrupted Shen Chang'an, "Don't wish this kind of evil person well."

"Then I wish you bad luck, poverty for the rest of your life, never be able to swagger and bully others again," Shen Chang'an remembered the girls who had been harassed by Cao Jin, and added, "and never be able to hurt others, suffer for the rest of your life."

"Ahem." The police officer felt that if they kept talking like this, the house would be overturned by the two of them. He opened his notebook and looked at Shen Chang'an, "Mr. Shen, are you sure you don't want to accept Mr. Cao's mediation request?"

Shen Chang'an nodded.

Seeing that the police officer was actually starting to take notes, Cao Jin said, "Shouldn't you be helping to promote mediation?"

"Mr. Cao, while I also hope you can reconcile, as a police officer, I should respect the rights of every citizen." The police officer said, "If you are not satisfied with the mediation result, you can try to get Mr. Shen's forgiveness before the prosecution files a public indictment."

Given their animosity, Shen Chang'an would likely not only refuse to forgive Cao Jin, but also bury him deeper in the pit after he fell in.

"That's all for today's mediation. If both sides have no objections, please sign your names at the back…"

Cao Jin slammed his fist on the table and stormed out, leaving the proxy lawyer awkwardly smiling at Shen Chang'an.

Shen Chang'an signed his name with a blank expression, nodded to the police, and turned to leave. As he walked outside, he saw Cao Jin being restrained by several police officers.

Apparently, a celebrity in the entertainment industry was caught by the police using drugs. After layers of questioning, Cao Jin was also implicated. The police from the narcotics unit were about to arrest him, and hearing he was here, they came straight to grab him.

No wonder he was getting dumber and dumber. He'd been messing with this harmful stuff. Many drugs cause irreparable damage to the human body. Once you get hooked on this stuff, you're basically finished.

Watching Cao Jin being taken away by the stern police, Shen Chang'an turned back and looked at the lawyer who came out behind him, his face full of shock: "I don't think mediation will be necessary, what do you think?"

Lawyer: "..."

Civil disputes can be mediated, but even the best lawyers in the country can't do anything about this kind of case.

Even the King of Hell can't save a ghost who's asking for it, so he won't bother with this.

But karma came back around too fast. Mr. Shen just wished Cao Jin bad luck, and less than three minutes later, he's gone.

This is too spooky.

Seeing Cao Jin's misfortune, Shen Chang'an was in a very good mood. On his way back, he even bought a few snacks that Dao Nian might like.

"Sir never liked to eat these things before. After being with you, his tastes have become increasingly diverse." Shen Tu glanced at the assortment of snacks in the back seat and couldn't help but tease, "It seems you're determined to fatten him up."

Shen Chang'an took off his jacket and fastened his seatbelt, "It's not just about food, I want to take him out to play, to see, to experience all sorts of interesting things."

"I want his life to become more interesting."

"Won't you find it troublesome to do all this?"

Shen Chang'an curled his lips into a smile, "He's worth it."

Seeing Shen Chang'an smile with his eyes crinkled, Shen Tu suddenly understood why his master was so special to him.

In the long years of solitude, suddenly one day, a flower bloomed in his heart. Who wouldn't like that?