his mermaid

***

I have worked hard in this industry for several years, and this is the first time I encountered the case of the defendant committing suicide.

"Don't worry... the corresponding lawyer's fee will not be less than a penny."

In the rest area of ​​the hall waiting for the trial, Cheng Cheng and Li Ao stood together.

"The police force in the Omi District is also terrible."

Li Ao said while looking at the information outside the corridor.Omi District is the jurisdiction where the accident occurred, including the Songlin road section.

"What's wrong?"

"I mean, if Chu Rui's driver's license for a large motor vehicle is found to be forged earlier, the police can control him. At first, he was only detained for two or three days before he was released. Later, because of the evidence Unfortunately, the police have not dealt with the matter.”

After they found out that Chu Rui's driver's license was indeed forged, the police did not immediately control him, but gave him a result of "suspected of driving without a license" and let him go home every day, as long as he kept in touch with the police and the client It wasn't counted as escape, and when the court made a judgment, the traffic bureau's judgment was only half of his responsibility.

In fact, Chu Rui is under a lot of pressure, especially for people who are over 50 years old, and their bodies are beginning to decline, and their mental state is not as good as that of young people.After this case, he is likely to be sentenced, and compensation is a certainty.But no one on Li Ao's side really called to force him.

"Looking at it this way, it's not impossible to commit suicide in order to avoid responsibility. It's just that I think it's too stupid, there is still a chance."

Li Ao asked restlessly: "By the way, has Chu Quan got through?"

"No, he said he would not contact us. We can only apply for enforcement after the court determines the compensation."

"When will they come?" Li Ao asked, "they" refers to Yaochen and Yueguo.

Cheng Cheng looked at his watch. The boss had been walking around with Mr. Gao for more than an hour.

"I'll come later." Cheng Cheng instructed, "By the way, don't tell Mr. Gao that Chu Rui sent people to follow him and play a prank on him."

"Is this confirmed?"

Cheng Cheng nodded, "Don't say it, the boss doesn't want Mr. Gao to know too much, and he doesn't want him to worry about things here."

"Then why did you bring him here today?"

"Probably because Mr. Gao cared about the court trial and wanted to come out for a while, so we came together. It's better for us to talk less about those things."

"Well, good." Li Ao nodded, "But I always feel very strange, do people who want to commit suicide have the mood to spend a lot of money to hire people to play pranks? What is Chu Rui's personality like?"

"To be honest, I don't understand what this kind of person is thinking. It would be great if he could see his son. His son should understand his father's character to some extent." Cheng Cheng said with a sigh.

"We went to the funeral last time to see it. Chu Quan said that his father was suffering from depression and had a withdrawn personality."

"Aloof? Nothing else? For example, will you be stubborn?"

"I don't know, it feels like that son doesn't know his father very well."

"Yes, parents and children are sometimes the people who don't know each other the least."

"According to this, it is useless to understand the character. Some people have a gloomy surface, and their inner thoughts cannot be understood by ordinary people..."

There was still an hour before the trial, and Cheng Cheng had other things to do. While talking, he also raced against the clock to send messages to remotely notify the company's people of various matters.

At this time, a person she had been waiting for for a long time appeared in the hall.People who have made countless calls before and refused to answer.

Li Ao knew that it was Chu Quan. He came wearing a hat and mask, and his clothes were black and white punk, which was very similar to Chu Quan's style.

He went over to answer in surprise: "Mr. Chu."

"Ah, so avant-garde-"

Cheng Cheng underestimated and couldn't find a suitable adjective for a while.It seems inappropriate to call him Mr. Chu, because Chu Quan looks a few years younger than her, but Cheng Cheng is 23 this year, and Chu Quan is older than her.

After Chu Quan approached, she saw that there were at least five or six pierced ears in his left and right ears.Women's observation skills are always more detailed than men's, and she also found that Chu Quan had nailed his nose.He didn't wear any of these today, presumably because he was going in and out of the court, to make himself more refreshed and clean, so as not to create a bad impression on others.

"Hello, Xiao Chu." Cheng Cheng greeted politely.

"I want to see the verdict, what kind of case put my dad in a desperate situation."

Chu Quan said quietly, without even looking at the two of them.He has always resisted appearing in court, but today he came for the first time.His eyes were tired, and he may have accepted the fact that he had experienced great sadness.

"Do you want to continue to sue me to lose money?" Chu Quan asked himself and answered, "It's whatever you want."

Anyway, he had no money, and the family didn't hire a lawyer.

"It depends on what the client wants." Li Ao said.

"So? What about the injured and their families? Are you not coming?" Chu Quan asked again.

"They'll be here in a while, going to the restaurant."

This is the first time that Yueguo has left the hospital to go to other places after the operation, and it is also the first time that he has appeared in public as a disabled person, so he will naturally not get used to it.When he came to the court, he looked anxious, and Yaochen took him to eat nearby.It's about eating, maybe drinking some afternoon tea.

"What restaurants are there near here?" The vicinity is an administrative area, and no catering businesses are allowed to open, let alone small shops.There are only a few fancy cafes and the taxes are very high.Chu Quan sighed indifferently, "I really enjoy it."

"Mr. Chu, may I ask, was your father very withdrawn?" Cheng Cheng asked, even though Li Ao had relayed it, she still wanted to confirm it herself.

"He doesn't have many friends."

"Your father's job is to drive a taxi, do you know why he drives a van?"

"He also often drives a van to help people deliver goods, as well as trucks. My dad can drive any kind of car."

"The van?"

"Ah."

Cheng Cheng hesitated for a moment, thinking that the fact that Chu Rui used the van to follow Yaochen was already well-documented.It's better not to tell Chu Quan this, so as not to affect his mood, he will leave the scene angrily.

"Does your father also drive a van to make deliveries?"

"Anyway, my dad is doing it to make extra money. The license for a large motor vehicle was obtained this year, but I don't think it's possible for my dad to cheat. He has been driving for more than 20 years, and this industry is very hard and unnecessary."

"Because there are many people with driver's licenses who use certain connections to obtain driver's licenses for large vehicles. In fact, they don't have the relevant qualities at all. We checked and your father's license is not qualified. We also brought evidence this time."

"Whatever you say, even if my dad's license is not qualified, my dad is doing it to make money."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because my dad is very honest. He has no friends, and he only thinks about me."

Chu Quan's reaction today was exceptionally flat. Even though he could hear that he was very angry, he didn't bother to raise his voice, and because he was wearing a mask, his voice was always clouded.

"Everyone is gone, you are planning to put the responsibility on me."

"Because he passed away, the punishment involved is only the compensation part."

"I have no money to pay."

"Let's talk about it when Mr. Gao comes."

"Who is Mr. Gao?"

"It's the injured person in the car accident."

The original surname is Gao.After Chu Quan oh, he stopped talking.

After probing for a while, Li Ao and Cheng Cheng exchanged glances.They all agreed that Chu Rui was not someone who would play pranks before committing suicide, but no one knew the deep side of human nature.

Before the trial, a black wheelchair slid into the hall.Chu Quan kept his head down to play with his mobile phone. When he heard the sound of a wheelchair, he turned his head to look, and then stood up.

"Is that the wounded?"

The person in the wheelchair was with Yaochen, who was undoubtedly the victim of the car accident.

"Yes." Cheng Cheng replied.

Yaochen also saw him from a distance and recognized Chu Quan, so he lowered his head and spoke to Yue Guo.

"It's the son of the driver who caused the accident."

"What's his name? Gao...what's his name?" Chu Quan took off his mask with a very excited tone.

Since Chu Quan hardly answered the phone, he only heard Mr. Gao mentioned by Cheng Cheng just now, so he hardly realized the name of the injured person.

"Gao Yueguo. The moon of the moon, the country of the National Day." Cheng Cheng was puzzled by his flustered attitude, "What's wrong with you?"

***

"Gao Yueguo..."

Chu Quan stood there in a daze.

"Ah, Xiao Chu." Yue Guo supported the wheelchair, feeling in a dilemma.

Probably never would have guessed that the injured person in the car accident was Yue Guo. Since they left Shijie's band, they have not been in touch for several years.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect that my father..." Chu Quan felt a burst of sweat on his back. "I didn't expect the injured person... to be..."

Impossible, impossible, Yue Guo will never be the type to force his father to death.

Cheng Cheng immediately looked at the boss, and found that his eyes remained unmoved as if frozen, only the corners of his lips moved.

She smoothed things over and said, "So you know each other. What's going on here?"

"We used to be friends who worked in the same piano shop." Yue Guo held the handrail tightly, "It's been a long time since we have contacted each other. What are you doing now?"

Shijie's band started early, Shijie is the guitarist, Chu Quan is in charge of the keyboard, because it is similar to the piano, they communicate a lot.

Later, for unknown reasons, Chu Quan left the band and never contacted him again.

"I'm singing in a bar."

Chu Quan's eyes just trembled, "I'll go and sit for a while."

He looked at Jiang Yaochen who was standing on the side again. What is his relationship with Yueguo?It turned out to be a family member?Forget it, it doesn't matter.

Yue Guo's injury was the reason why he was frightened.

He was hurt so badly, he should break up with Lian Shijie.Chu Quan panted deeply on the seat.

Dad was forced to death, Yue Kingdom would not do such a thing.

If Chu Quan were to analyze it, Yue Guo was injured like that, even if he committed suicide in despair, he would not call to force anyone.

It must be Jiang Yaochen's problem, but no, no, the lawyer said before that they had not contacted Dad.

Did dad really commit suicide because he couldn't bear the pressure?

After seeing Yue Guo, I found that my previous thinking was completely disrupted.

After Yue Guo and Jiang Yaochen said something, they came over to greet Chu Quan in a wheelchair by themselves.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Chu. I didn't expect that the driver who caused the accident was your father, and he..."

Yue Guo didn't continue, just bowed his head and stopped talking.

"Does the wound hurt?" Chu Quan wanted to care about this issue.

"Well, but I'm used to it."

Yue Guo has become cheerful. When he was first injured, he would never share his inner feelings with others.He didn't realize that it was because he had been too stable recently, and his mood became relaxed.

"How is this possible... a habit."

"Don't say that. In fact... In fact, there is no difference from normal people, as long as the heart is sound."

"Does it hurt?"

Although there was a small blanket covering Yueguo's legs, but it obviously cut off the upper part of the knees, it must have been a heart-wrenching pain, and anyone who saw it would feel the pain and feel horrible.

He was asking nonsense, Chu Quan hoped that he would shut up quickly.

"Well, it won't hurt after you recover." Yue Guo said in a low voice, "It looks terrible like this."

"No, it's not scary, how could it be scary, Yue Guo." Chu Quan said with a tired face: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I didn't find out about my father, and I didn't find out that the injured person was you. I don't know anything. , I am too addicted to my own world."

I feel tired even sitting now.

Yue Guo didn't know Chu Quan's family well, nor did he know who his father was. This time, he didn't even ask the driver's name.

But what is certain is that Chu Quan's family is not rich financially, and he has never been to any high-end places. Maybe their family really has no money to compensate, so Chu Quan's father committed suicide.

Yue Guo couldn't help comforting him: "No, it's all an accident... Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, don't be burdened."

Although this is too disappointing, and I feel sorry for Xiaohui and her father, and Yaochen, but Yueguo feels that Chuquan's family is also very pitiful. He should continue to appeal for compensation, but now he is wavering.

"The world is so small." Chu Quan supported his head and lowered his head, "It turns out to be this identity when we meet again. Yueguo, I will do my best to compensate you for the money, no matter how much it is, I will think about it after the trial this matter."

"what……"

Yaochen came to the back of the wheelchair: "Let's go to the other side to rest."

"Well, good." Yue Guo looked away from Chu Quan.

"Yueguo, you..."

What is your relationship?

Before he finished asking, he saw Yaochen showing a smile that was only at the corner of his mouth.

If this person can read minds, then his ostentatious smile has probably answered the question Chu Quan wanted to ask.

"Boss and Mr. Gao are a couple."

When Yaochen pushed the wheelchair away, a female voice deliberately pretending to be sweet and emphatic knocked him back to reality.

"Do you care?"

Cheng Cheng noticed that Chu Quan had been looking at Yue Guo without moving his eyes, so she came over to wake him up.

"I don't care."

Only then did Chu Quan turn his head back.

Perhaps, that person is a suitable partner for Yue Guo, at least more suitable than Shijie.Yueguo was amputated, but he still persisted, just like in a TV series.Even if he is himself, he may not be able to continue to take care of his disabled lover.Just now when he came over to push Yueguo away, his breath seemed to be declaring his sovereignty.Is it sensitive to notice something.

Yes.

Maybe he will never express his feelings to Yue Guo.

At the beginning, I left the band because of jealousy.Shijie confessed his love first, and then started a relationship with Yueguo.Then he quit, quit the competition, quit the band.I thought I didn't care about it long ago. After all, after so many years, I have been with many men and women in circles.

The moment he saw Yue Guo, the deep sympathy and worry came from the heart and could not be concealed.

Fortunately, Yue Guo didn't notice, and now he has a new boyfriend.

The trial is over.

After the verdict, the amount of compensation was more than 113 million, including compensation for the collision and death of one person, funeral expenses, Yueguo’s follow-up treatment expenses, lost work expenses, nursing expenses, nutrition expenses, food expenses, disability compensation, living expenses, and mental damage relief.

This is calculated based on the per capita salary in City S. In some respects, Yaochen paid several times the price. These compensations are naturally nothing in his eyes. They are all for the sake of Yueguo. He asked the lawyer Claiming more than 500 million yuan in compensation, and showing that Chu Rui's license to drive a large motor vehicle is unqualified, but Yueguo's family doesn't even have insurance, and now the driver who caused the accident died again. Finally, the judge weighed the amount before deciding the amount.

"Mr. Chu, are you okay?"

Cheng Cheng waved his hand in front of him.He just gave her a blank look and got up to leave.

When he was waiting to appear in court, Chu Quan came forward and said, "Yueguo, I want to sell my house."

"No, where will you live when the time comes..." Yue Guo shook his head, "Don't sell it."

"Well, it's not for sale."

Chu Quan suddenly laughed awkwardly, Yueguo was showing consideration for him, he had an illusion of relief.

Obviously, no amount of money can compensate Yueguo for everything he lost.

"Our family is in the old city area, where the cost of demolition is very high. I decided to get a loan, and my father still has tens of thousands of inheritance in his passbook."

"Oh." Yue Guo just sighed uncomfortably.

Chu Quan is also a former friend, and now he is asking him to pay back the money, and there is an invisible pressure in his heart.

"We should go back." Yaochen pushed his wheelchair.

Yue Guo turned around and said to Chu Quan: "Xiao Chu, then I'll go first."

The wheelchair stopped after moving two steps.

"I didn't expect you to cooperate with us so much." It was Yaochen who stopped, and he glanced at Chu Quan and said coldly, "If the compensation is in arrears, I will apply to the court for enforcement."

Chu Quan was paying compensation for his father, why did Jiang Yaochen speak so strongly?

Chu Quan wanted to refute him, but his words stuck in his throat.

Yue Guo waved his hand: "Yaochen, just now he said that he would try his best to repay me the money. It's not his fault. It's his father who committed an accident. Their family is not very rich, so they definitely don't have that much money... "

They are probably all single-parent families. Yueguo has empathy for Chu Quan. Now that his father is gone, it would be too hard for him to bear the burden for his father. With the financial level of 26-year-old Chu Quan, he can't make it in ten or eight years.

When he was explaining, Chu Quan interrupted him: "No, I will pay it back."

Because Chu Quan felt the hostility emanating from Jiang Yaochen's body, the hand on the wheelchair actually grasped the blue-purple meridians.He was dissatisfied with Yueguo to defend himself, he was suppressing himself, but Yueguo didn't see it.

"How is your financial situation now?" Yue Guo still looked at him and asked.

Yue Guo is really a dull person, Chu Quan noticed Jiang Yaochen's eyes shot at him full of hostility, and immediately replied: "Stop talking, Yue Guo, it was my father who made a mistake and I'm sorry for your family."

"By the way, do you want to leave a contact information..."

Yue Guo, don't talk anymore.

Chu Quan didn't dare to respond, feeling the stiffness in the atmosphere.

"Cheng Cheng, you should send Yueguo back to the hospital first, I still have something to do."

suddenly.

Yaochen let go of the handle.

"Yes, boss." Taking the handle of the wheelchair, Cheng Cheng continued to move forward without hesitation.

"Yaochen...Yaochen..."

Yueguo tried hard to turn around, but Yaochen didn't pay attention, and the wheelchair got into the elevator after a while.

"You know Yueguo." Yaochen murmured in a low voice with unclear meaning, and there was a sizzle in his mouth, he didn't bother to communicate too much with this friend of Yueguo.

"That's right. When I was working at Tianxing Piano Store, I was friends with Yueguo. What are you doing?"

"It's nothing."

Yaochen left like a shadow.Chu Quan glanced at Jiang Yaochen's hand again, and the tense feeling just now was gone.

***

The phone has two missed calls.Will he call again?

The corner of Yaochen's mouth raised unconsciously. Seeing the message from Yueguo, he wanted to ask him if he had Chu Quan's contact information. He suddenly regained his indifferent expression and put down his phone.

He didn't expect that the son of the driver who caused the accident would be a friend of Yueguo, how could this be?He should have already sent a message to inform all the friends and colleagues in Yueguo not to disturb Yueguo's recovery.

This was his negligence in the investigation and his mistake, so Yaochen felt extremely unwilling.

He should be the only one in the Yue Kingdom, and no matter what kind of help he gets, he cannot have anything to do with the Yue Kingdom.

Only in this way can Yue Guo only have him in his heart and rely on him only.

Chu Quan, who appeared halfway, captured Yue Guo's attention so quickly, making him want to snub Yue Guo in the cold.

"Yaochen? Why are you back today?" Shu Lan moved the wheelchair from the room to the living room by herself. The room was so wide that she had to slide for a long time before walking in front of Yaochen.

He hummed, ignored his mother, and walked up the marble brick stairs.

"Yaochen?"

Shu Lan immediately turned the direction of the wheelchair and almost didn't call him to stop.

"Yaochen? Have dinner?"

Yaochen stopped and said, "I don't want to eat, I don't want to eat."

"Don't you eat fruit?"

Shu Lan said behind him, "I'll send someone to buy ingredients right away."

"Sorry, mom, I'm in a bad mood today." Yaochen lowered his voice so as not to appear too irritable. In front of his mother, he still wanted to be a serious and obedient son.

What's going on here?Shulan's wheelchair stood at the door of the marble staircase, motionless.

"Mom, are your hand masks ready?" Yuhan came out and called to Shulan.

"Where's your mobile phone?" Shu Lan asked Yuhan to bring the phone. "Your brother looks very upset. What's the matter?"

"I don't know, let me ask? Wait, who should I ask?" Yuhan lowered her head, she decided to push her mother to the sofa first.

"No, I will ask myself."

Shu Lan's expression was not very happy either. Ever since she found out that Yaochen was in a relationship, she had nothing to do and was wondering how Yaochen was doing, whether his bad mood was because of his relationship.

Soon, she asked Yuhan to call her.

"Xiao Cheng, has Yaochen gone to the company?"

"Chairman!"

Cheng Cheng suppressed his voice not to cry out.

"Boss, he... didn't go to the company today, he..."

"Where did he go?"

"Today, I went out with my boss to deal with some matters, and Mr. Gao was also with me."

The chairman already knew about Mr. Gao, and Cheng Cheng would also tip her off about Yaochen.

"Yaochen is in a bad mood, did something happen?"

Cheng Cheng spoke very tactfully, not daring to mention the lawsuit.It is said that Mr. Gao saw a former friend who owed Mr. Gao money, and Yaochen didn’t like this friend very much. Mr. Gao still spoke for this friend, so the boss left with an ugly face.

Mother listened to Cheng Cheng's words, her face was stern, and she firmly asked Yuhan to call Yueguo's number.

Yuhan wanted to say that this is not good, so she dialed Yueguo's phone number. They exchanged phone numbers during their last visit.

"Yuhan, tell him that I am Yaochen's mother."

"Oh." Yuhan introduced anxiously, saying that her mother knew about Yaochen's relationship with Yueguo, and she wanted to talk to Yueguo, and then handed the phone to her mother.

"Hello auntie."

Yue Guo didn't know what was going on in the hospital, and it took him a long time to reply.

"The matter of your relationship with Yaochen. I already know, and I will not object, as long as you can make Yaochen feel happy."

The other party was silent for a long time before replying, "Thank you, auntie..."

"Do you know that Yaochen is angry because of you today?"

"What, I..."

Maybe he wanted to say he didn't know.But when he heard the strange woman's accusing tone, he probably realized that he couldn't answer like that, so he stopped talking immediately.

"Auntie, is Yaochen still angry now?"

She didn't answer the question.

"Yaochen won't get angry casually." Shu Lan stared at a sculpture decoration at home, and vented the anger in her eyes on it, making Yuhan feel very uncomfortable after noticing it. "Did you meet your ex-boyfriend?"

"Not without."

"Then why do you owe money?"

"I haven't seen him..."

Yue Guo turned down the volume of the phone.

How could aunt know that Shijie owed him money?Even Yaochen didn't know, no one except himself and Xiaohui knew.

Could it be that they are talking about today's lawsuit?

Maybe my aunt didn't know about the car accident and the lawsuit, maybe Yaochen told her that it was a friend who owed money.

I did see Chu Quan today, and after the lawsuit said that I would lose money, but he and Chu Quan are just ordinary friends.Yaochen's mother must have misunderstood something.

"You are dating Yaochen, he cares about you so much and helps you, shouldn't you put him first? How can you do something to make him unhappy? He didn't even have dinner today? How could you do this to him?"

"I. Auntie, I..."

"If my son is unhappy, ordinary friends can't see each other." Shu Lan handed the phone to Yu Han, and her constricted pupils returned to a calm look.

Yuhan took the phone away, and then hurried outside the balcony.

"Sorry, my mother scared you. She was just too worried about Brother Yaochen, too much..."

"fine……"

"Is Yaochen still angry?"

"No, he's just like that, not angry."

Yueguo wanted to explain to his aunt, but he didn't expect that she didn't give him a chance to talk.

Those are just ordinary friends, he doesn't have any friends now.

☆、Chapter 14