One Hundred Thousand

Upon hearing that Chen Yihao had smashed the other party's head and even stitched it up with seven stitches, Chen Yinuo's legs went weak again.

Choking with sobs, she said, "It's my fault as his older sister, I didn't discipline him properly. I'll take him to apologize to you, and beg you to let him go, please, have mercy on him.""Apologize and beg for forgiveness? You think a few words of apology will solve it after smashing my brother's head? How about I smash your head with a brick, then apologize to you?" The young man with dyed hair sneered coldly.Little did he know, Chen Yinuo escalated the situation. "Is that how you'll let my brother off?""Uh…"The dyed-hair young man was momentarily speechless.After a pause, he said, "We are law-abiding citizens, we don't do such things!""Alright, enough with the nonsense. This so-called 'reconciliation' is all about money. Just say how much you want!"Ye Chen couldn't hold it in anymore and spoke up.He had seen this kind of drama far too many times.But since Chen Yihao was the one who had hurt someone first, even though he knew the other party was just trying to extort them, they still had to go along with it."Ye Chen, this has nothing to do with you. Stay out of it!" Chen Yinuo was immediately anxious when she heard Ye Chen speak up.Was she dumb? Didn't she know the other party was just trying to extort money?But now, in their current desperate situation, where could she find that kind of money?Her parents might have two to three hundred thousand saved up, but that was meant for Yihao's wedding, and unless absolutely necessary, she wouldn't let them know about this!That was why she was begging them so desperately.But then Ye Chen suddenly said something unexpected, of course, it made her anxious."Who are you, kid? Who gave you the right to speak?"The dyed-hair young man seemed confused about the relationship between the two."I'm Chen Yihao's brother-in-law. Do you think I have the right to speak?" Ye Chen said.He then turned to Chen Yinuo and asked, "Yinuo, do you really think begging them will make them let Yihao off?"Upon hearing Ye Chen's question, Chen Yinuo froze, her mind went blank.Could it work?Impossible!She was just hoping, fantasizing about it!She knew very well that so-called 'reconciliation' was just a way to get money to settle the matter.But after moving out with Ye Youyou, she couldn't even scrape together two hundred yuan!One or two thousand, maybe she could borrow from friends, but ten thousand… where could she borrow that from? Who would lend her that much?"Ten thousand, right? Fine, I'll give it to you!"Before Chen Yinuo could beg them to relent, Ye Chen decisively responded.He then placed a brown envelope on the table.A stack of bills, ten thousand, was placed neatly. He picked up ten stacks and stacked them together."Here's the ten thousand. I hope you can drop the case now and let Yihao off."Ye Chen looked at them.At this point, seeing the money, the middle-aged couple's eyes went green with greed.The dyed-hair young man had a strange, complicated expression on his face.He regretted setting the price too low!"I… I suddenly thought of something. Ten thousand is not enough. My brother needs nutrition expenses and…"Before he could finish, Ye Chen interrupted him."This place has surveillance and recordings. If you keep talking, it will become blackmail. It won't be about whether or not you drop the case against Yihao, but about whether we pursue you!" Ye Chen said firmly. "Ten thousand is enough. Are you going to keep adding nutrition expenses, emotional distress fees, and lost wages?"Ye Chen's words immediately flustered the middle-aged couple.The goose was already in their hands, they couldn't let it fly away!"Ten thousand is fine, just ten thousand!"The middle-aged man, dark-skinned from being sunburned, hurriedly said, grabbing the money eagerly."And you, what about that kid?" Ye Chen turned to the dyed-hair young man.The young man was clearly intimidated by Ye Chen. His earlier arrogance had disappeared."If Dad says it's fine, then it's fine!"On the side, Chen Yinuo's brain had already gone blank.She hadn't even recovered by the time they left.That bastard, where did he get all this money?Wait a minute, when they went to Yunshan Online, he had nothing in his hands. That brown envelope only appeared after they left!Could it be that Zhang Jingyuan, the CEO, gave him this money?But that was impossible. How could Zhang Jingyuan give him money? And this much?Could it be that he borrowed it from Zhang Jingyuan? No, that's impossible! A good-for-nothing like Ye Chen wouldn't be able to borrow a hundred bucks, let alone dozens of thousands from Zhang Jingyuan!Then suddenly, Chen Yinuo thought of movie and TV drama plots.What if Ye Chen had helped Zhang Jingyuan with something shady, and this was his payment?Or maybe that bastard Ye Chen had swindled the money from Zhang Jingyuan?As if he knew what Chen Yinuo was thinking, Ye Chen smiled and said, "Stop overthinking. The money's clean. I didn't scam it from Zhang Jingyuan. This morning, I found a bargain at the antique market and just so happened to run into Zhang Jingyuan. He paid me thirty thousand for it. He forgot his phone and bank cards, so he asked me to go pick up the money from his company. I didn't expect to run into you here. I swear, I wasn't following you!""Found a bargain? You? You can find a thirty-thousand-dollar bargain in an antique market?"Finally snapping out of it, Chen Yinuo sneered, clearly not believing him."Sometimes bad luck turns into good fortune, doesn't it?" Ye Chen said."Still thinking about quick riches?"Chen Yinuo sneered. "I hope you're telling the truth. I hope you're not scheming with someone like Zhang Jingyuan. Otherwise, you won't even know how you die."With that, she immediately changed the subject, "Since you got this money from Zhang Jingyuan, you should use it to pay off your loan sharks, or you'll be chopped up!""But this isn't about Yihao right now. The most urgent thing is to get Yihao out of trouble. As for the loan sharks, don't worry. I'll handle it!" Ye Chen said.At that moment, a police officer entered."Chen Yihao has been released. You two can go pick him up!""Oh, thank you, Officer! Thank you!"Not caring to listen to Ye Chen any longer, Chen Yinuo hurriedly ran off.