Chapter 374 Framing and Entrapment

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``` "If your daughter was killed by our group, then please bother to provide some evidence. As long as you can produce evidence, I will pay any amount of money!" Hao Jian stated bluntly, willing to pay as long as there was proof that they had caused the girl's death—they would fork over the cash immediately. "Evidence? My daughter committed suicide the day after leaving your store—that's the evidence!" Zhu Hongyu pointed at Hao Jian and roared furiously, resembling a crazed madwoman. Yet, it was this very image that made people feel more sympathetic toward her. Everyone thought Zhu Hongyu was a mother who had lost her mind due to the heart-wrenching pain of losing her daughter, which is why they looked at Hao Jian with a certain moral condemnation in their eyes! Upon seeing this, Sun Lingyun couldn't help but reveal a faint, inscrutable smile, thinking to herself that Zhu Hongyu was putting on quite a dramatic act. Like this, they would be able to get the money. Sun Lingyun hurriedly sent a look to Zhu Hongyu, signaling her to keep it up. Zhu Hongyu immediately responded with a glance, indicating that she understood. As it turned out, all the grief and anger over her daughter's death were feigned, merely to extort a substantial sum in compensation from the Shu Ya Group. In their family, which clearly favored sons over daughters, the girl had hardly gotten any attention at home, often subjected to abuse and beatings. Otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen to end her life over such minor setbacks. To them, she was nothing but a dispensable loss; dead meant dead. Now, the family was thinking about how to exploit her death to fish as much money as possible from the large corporate group! "So just because she died after leaving my store, you blame me? Our Shu Ya Group has dozens of stores, with over ten thousand customers coming and going daily. Are we responsible for any accidents that befall the customers after they leave our stores? Is our jewelry business also expected to purchase personal accident insurance on behalf of the customers?" Hao Jian scoffed coldly. "By your logic, if I fall outside a restaurant after leaving it, I could sue them for having a slippery floor that caused my fall. If I catch a cold after leaving my house because of the wind, I could sue the property developer for building houses in such a cold place. If I have cancer and can't be cured in a hospital, I could sue the hospital for incompetence, right?" As the crowd heard Hao Jian's arguments, they couldn't help but feel there was some truth to them. Zhu Hongyu's explanation seemed somewhat far-fetched. Merely committing suicide shortly after leaving their store didn't seem enough to serve as evidence. "It was you who falsely accused my niece of stealing from your store, leading her to feel humiliated and choose suicide. Are you saying it has nothing to do with you?" Just then, a man resembling Sun Lingyun but bigger and more robust strode forward. He was nearly two meters tall and imposing, glaring fiercely at Hao Jian as if ready to fight if Hao Jian didn't agree to pay up. Clearly, his stepping forward was meant to apply pressure on Hao Jian, in the hope of intimidating him into relenting and paying up. But who did Hao Jian think he was dealing with? To him, this brute was no different from a slightly larger ant—easily crushed if need be! "Who are you?" Hao Jian asked with a frown, wondering where this fool had popped up from. "My name is Sun Lingzhi! I am the uncle of the little girl you drove to death!" Sun Lingzhi declared, with an air of raging indignation. "You say we insulted her? Do you have any evidence?" Chen Zhiyan also couldn't help stepping forward at this point, sharing a common enemy with Hao Jian. There were many of them, and naturally, they could not lose in terms of momentum. Hao Jian looked at Chen Zhiyan with a mix of amusement and exasperation, as this was a situation he could have handled on his own. There was no need for Manager Chen to step in. Since Manager Chen meant well, however, Hao Jian didn't want to say too much. "Whore, everyone look at this whore—she's the one who killed my daughter, accusing my daughter of stealing from their store, resulting in her suicide!" Zhu Hongyu berated while pointing at Chen Zhiyan. At these words, the crowd cast strange looks at Chen Zhiyan. "So young and yet so cruel!" "Exactly, she's just a little girl, but you drove her to jump from a building. Did your conscience get eaten by a dog?" "You." Chen Zhiyan was caught off guard by Zhu Hongyu's shamelessly blaming her in retaliation. Hearing the crowd's accusations, she turned beet-red with fury and was utterly aggrieved. "Leave it to me to handle this!" Hao Jian patted Chen Zhiyan on the shoulder, flashing a heartwarming smile. ``` "Hmm!" Chen Zhiyan first froze for a moment, then couldn't help but nod happily and meekly hid behind Hao Jian, letting this man shield her from the storm. "You say she shamed your daughter, leading to her suicide? Do you have any evidence?" Hao Jian asked Zhu Hongyu with a smile. "I... I saw it with my own eyes, what more evidence do you need?" Zhu Hongyu retorted somewhat defensively, she could tell that Hao Jian was much harder to deal with than Chen Zhiyan. The moment Zhu Hongyu saw Hao Jian, she realized this man was no simple character; calm and collected, smiling even in the face of their accusations and insults, his expression unchanging, always appearing indifferent. It was as if he didn't take them seriously at all. In the end, Zhu Hongyu was overawed by the composed aura that Hao Jian exuded. This guy's calm manner suggested that he probably had a strategy in place already, which is why Zhu Hongyu felt like a clown when confronting Hao Jian, feeling somewhat guilty and uneasy. Read exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire "So that means, you don't have any evidence?" Hao Jian asked with a cold smile, then lifted his head to address the surrounding crowd: "Ladies and gentlemen, this woman says our group killed her daughter, yet she cannot provide any evidence. We, on the other hand, are different—our store has surveillance cameras that clearly captured how her daughter stole jewelry from our store and how she was caught!" Upon hearing this, the crowd couldn't help but be surprised. So, the girl really did steal something? In that case, they couldn't blame the jewelry store. "Our Manager Chen, Chen Zhiyan, out of kindness because the girl was still young, chose not to call the police. Instead, she let this couple come to pick up their daughter. It was they who were so angry they publicly beat their own child, and that is what led the girl to become emotionally distressed and contemplate suicide. All of this is recorded by the surveillance cameras. If you want to see it, I can show you at any time!" If Hao Jian's previous words were just a fuse, then these words were undoubtedly an exploding bomb! The public began to point fingers at Zhu Hongyu and her husband. If Hao Jian dared to show them the surveillance, it meant he was telling the truth. Zhu Hongyu and her husband had killed their own daughter and yet blamed it on the jewelry store, which in their eyes was too shameless and despicable. Zhu Hongyu and Sun Lingyun were both stunned, having forgotten about the surveillance cameras. That's to say, the ugly should read more, and the foolish should read even more, otherwise their brains are simply not enough! Seeing Zhu Hongyu and her husband like this, Liang Wenyan couldn't help but roll his eyes, knowing that the couple's scheme had been exposed. They had forgotten such a basic thing, and were truly fools. Yet Liang Wenyan didn't care, as the fifty thousand he had received was already in his pocket. Whatever happened to Zhu Hongyu and her husband next was no longer his business. "Our Group's employees are kind-hearted and honest, yet they suffer such unfair treatment; is this fair to them? I think, next time we encounter this situation, regardless of whether it's a young girl or not, we should hand them over to the police, regardless of whether they'll be reported and criticized by the school, regardless of whether they'll be discriminated against by their classmates, regardless of whether they'll have psychological shadows from then on, even regardless of whether they'll commit suicide! After all, no good deed goes unpunished; we might as well just be bad people all the way! At least then the police station will be the ones to take the blame, not us!" Hao Jian said indignantly. These words struck home for Chen Zhiyan and some other employees. They had good intentions, but instead received a backlash. During the time Zhu Hongyu made a scene at their store, being watched with disdainful and judgmental eyes by the public, their frustration and anger were unspeakable. No one wants to be blamed for something they didn't do, and they were no different. But there was no helping it; they weren't as shameless as Zhu Hongyu and the others, nor as cunning, so they could only be bullied. This is why there are fewer and fewer good people in the world, more and more bad people, and more and more indifference. It's not that we don't want to help an old person who has fallen; it's that we dare not help. One wrong move and we could be extorted, paying out tens of thousands for no reason—how can anyone bear that? Take the current situation, for example. If Chen Zhiyan and the others had been tougher and handed the matter directly to the police, they wouldn't have had this trouble. It was simply because Chen Zhiyan was too kind, but her good intentions went unrewarded. Wouldn't anyone feel disheartened by that? You do a good deed, and in return, you get accused—would you dare to do good deeds in the future? What needs to change is this society, people's thoughts—the way people think. If we want a society that isn't indifferent, people first need to learn how to be grateful, instead of repaying kindness with enmity. Hearing what Hao Jian had to say, the onlooking crowd also felt deeply touched, each unable to hide their shame. S~eaʀᴄh the NôvelFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. After hearing Hao Jian's remarks, Zhu Hongyu, Sun Lingyun, and the others knew they had lost. And at this moment, Sun Lingzhi suddenly shifted his gaze craftily, making a mournful face, and excitedly pointed at Hao Jian, saying, "What's the use in speaking so nicely, the person is already dead. She was just a sixteen-year-old girl, and it's inevitable to make occasional mistakes. Why couldn't you just let her go after a reprimand when you caught her? Why did you have to involve the parents?"

Chapter 374 Framing and Entrapment

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