Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 82: The Wrongly Accused A-Zu
"Before leaving, grandma held my hand and wouldn't let me go, saying that she had never seen such a good young man in her life. She was talking about me, Kang Qizu." Grandma was telling everyone about a great thing he had done today.

Tianxiu came back very late last night, and the second sister-in-law thought he had done something bad. After asking, she found out that he had picked up a wallet on the way back and sent it to the police station, so he came back late. Then everyone talked about how A-Zu was the only one in the Kang family who had never done good deeds.

So today he was looking for good things to do on the road, and he actually encountered one: an old lady was hit by a motorcycle and was seriously injured. He carried the old lady to the hospital and helped to advance 2,000 yuan for the medical expenses. So he told everyone about it when he got home.

"Grandpa, you really did a good thing?" But my dad seemed a little unconvinced.

The second brother also didn't believe it. He said, "Old man, you are famous, Chui Shui Zu. How can such a good thing happen to him?"

"That's right. Master, you always talk without wiping your mouth. If you believe him, even a pig will climb a tree." The second sister-in-law also laughed at A-Zu.

"Second sister-in-law, you don't believe it, but I do. Isn't it strange?" The old maid chimed in, "Grandpa has been kind-hearted since he was young." The second brother and his sister-in-law didn't dare to laugh when they heard it.

Kang Qirui also nodded and said, "I believe Fourth Brother too. He described it in such detail that it is impossible to make it up." Big Brother Guang also expressed his belief in A-Zu.

"Believe it or not is up to you. Anyway, old Dou, nanny, brothers, sisters-in-law, and younger brothers and sisters-in-law, I, Kang Qizu, did not bring shame to our Kang family this time." After saying that, A Zu was about to go back to his room.

The second man stopped him and said, "I want to advise you that you should go and get back the huge sum of 2,000 yuan tomorrow."

"Don't worry, second brother. Grandma put her fingerprints on the IOU. Will she default on it?" Grandpa said as he took out the IOU from the grandma from his bag.

"So what if she pressed her fingerprints? What if she doesn't pay it back? That's two thousand yuan." The second sister-in-law said nervously.

A-Zu didn't care too much. From today's contact, he felt that the old lady would definitely pay back the money. He casually said, "Okay, okay, I'll go to the hospital tomorrow morning to get the money back, okay?" Then he went back to his room.

"Ugh"

The next night, A-Zu returned to the Kang family with a dejected look on his face. Seeing this, Er Lao asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

"This is really more unfair than Dou E's injustice." A Zu told everyone what happened today. It turned out that when he went to the hospital to ask the old lady for money today, the old lady insisted on doing this and that examination, so he had to lend her another 3,000 yuan. This was all his fortune. He originally thought that good people would be rewarded, but in the afternoon, the old lady's son came to his company and said that he had knocked down the old lady and asked him to pay 100,000 yuan, otherwise he would not let him go.

"Uncle, the whole family is here now, don't be afraid to tell me what you have to say. Did you save someone or hit someone?" Second sister-in-law asked in a low voice. After she finished speaking, she was afraid that everyone would misunderstand her, so she explained: "I don't mean anything else. I just want to clarify the facts first. Don't be afraid, uncle. Even if you really hit someone, we can lend you the 100,000 yuan if you don't have it."

"Oh, second sister-in-law, I really was saving someone." A-Zu wanted to cry but had no tears.

The second sister-in-law slapped her thigh and said firmly: "Okay, second sister-in-law believes you. Let's find a solution together."

"That guy is just taking advantage of your youth." Er Lao suggested, "Ah Zu, next time that guy comes looking for you, you should be tougher and see what he dares to do to you."

"No, do you know his name? His name is He Tiandan, and he is as brave as the sky. I tremble when I hear his name." Grandpa was very afraid of grandma's son.

The second brother has always been very concerned about his brothers. He said excitedly: "If he dares to touch you, we will help you and eat him up in one bite."

"Don't call me if you want to fight, go by yourself." A Yao disagreed with the second brother's approach. The second brother got angry and chased A Yao to scold him. A Yao retorted: "Can fighting solve problems? What was originally reasonable will become unreasonable."

The second brother also had his own insistence. He said, "A-Zu is being bullied now. If the five of us brothers don't help him, how can we survive in Shangxiajiu in the future?"

"Second brother, even if you win the fight, you still have to pay for the other person's medical expenses in the end." Kang Qirui advised the second brother, and then said to A Zu: "Fourth brother, let's call the police."

"It's useless. We have no evidence. At most we can say he is threatening us, but we won't arrest him." A-Zu looked helpless.

Kang Qirui persuaded, "Call the police and we can ask them to find out who knocked down the old lady. If they catch that person, you will be cleared of all charges. Even if they can't find her, the fact that you dared to call the police means it was definitely not you who knocked her down."

As they were talking, someone knocked on the door, and Xianglan went to open the door and let the person in. When the person came in, A Zu hid behind the second brother. The person said, "Kang Qi Zu, there's no need to hide. Is the money ready?" It turned out that this person was He Tiandan.

"This is Mr. He, right?" Ah Yao walked up to He Tiandan and said, "I know why you came here. Are you accusing my younger brother of hitting your mother?"

"From your looks, you must be Kang Qi Zu's boss, right?" He Tiandan asked. A Yao replied, "No, Kang Qi Zu has many bosses, I am his third boss."

"I don't care whether you are the third, fourth, seventh or eighth brother, the one who hurt my mother was your younger brother." He Tiandan said firmly.

"You insist that you are my younger brother. Please show me the hard evidence." A Yao said calmly, not to be outdone.

"I asked the witnesses, and they all said that the person who hit my mother was wearing a floral shirt and sunglasses." He Tiandan pointed at A Zu and asked, "Were you wearing a floral shirt and sunglasses at the time?"

“Yes, I was wearing a floral shirt and sunglasses at that time, but…” A-Zu is also a tongue-tied person at critical moments.

He Tiandan interrupted, "Alright, alright, as long as you admit that you were the one wearing the flowered shirt and sunglasses."

"You are wrong. Your mother was hit by a motorcycle. The person who hit your mother should be wearing a flowered shirt and sunglasses and riding a motorcycle." Kang Qirui argued: "My fourth brother doesn't have a motorcycle. So you found the wrong person."

"I don't care." He Tiandan was unreasonable. "If it wasn't him, he could have just sent my mother to the hospital and left. Why did he pay 5,000 yuan to my mother?"

Kang Qirui objected, "You don't have to say anything nonsense. My fourth brother is not paying back, he is borrowing. He is borrowing 5,000 yuan from your mother." Grandpa quickly took out the loan note and said, "That's right, it's written clearly in black and white, and your mother even put her fingerprints on it."

"You have guts, Kang Qizu. You knew my mother couldn't read, so how did she know what you wrote on the paper? You must have written the compensation as a promissory note and tricked my mother into putting her fingerprint on it." He Tiandan did not acknowledge the promissory note at all.

This time, A-Zu felt really upset and wanted to cry. Just when he didn't know what to do, two policemen walked in. Leading them was Chief Wang, who was very familiar to the Kang family. He said, "Uncle Kang, may I ask who called the police?" Originally, there was no need for him to show up in this kind of matter, but when he heard that the address of the alarm was the Kang family, he came in person.

"Director Wang, I called the police." Kang Qirui stood up, walked to Director Wang, and told him the whole story. He then said, "This is what happened. Now Mr. He insists on asking my fourth brother to pay compensation. I hope Director Wang can help clear my fourth brother's name."

Director Wang nodded and said to He Tiandan, "Mr. He, the situation is very clear now. Grandpa doesn't have a motorcycle, so he doesn't fit the description of the person who hit your mother."

He Tiandan didn't dare to be arrogant in front of the police, but he still insisted: "If it wasn't him, why would he pay compensation to my mother? He didn't have a motorcycle, couldn't he have borrowed a friend's motorcycle that day?"

Seeing him like this, Kang Qirui suggested, "Director Wang, how about this? Let's go find Granny He and find out what's going on with her?"

Director Wang nodded and said, "Okay, that's it, Mr. He, let's go."

After a brief discussion, the Kang family sent Kang Qirui and Er Lao as representatives to follow Azu Wang Director He Tiandan to the hospital where Grandma He was staying. As soon as they entered the ward, Azu couldn't wait to ask: "Grandma, you really have to prove your innocence to me this time."

Grandma He saw so many people and didn't know what happened. She didn't know what to say. At this time, Director Wang stepped forward and said, "Grandma, I am the director of the street police station. My last name is Wang. I came here to ask you, you and Kang Qizu are the young man next to you. Did he hit you and then compensate you 5,000 yuan, or did he kindly send you to the hospital and lend you 5,000 yuan?"

If we dig deeper, this is a leading question. But facing an old lady like Grandma He who is in her seventies and can't read a single word, this is the only way to ask.

"He lent it to me, and I signed the loan agreement with him and put my fingerprints on it. He didn't hit me." Granny He replied, she wasn't lying. Kang Qirui suggested that everyone come to her because he knew that she had no involvement in the whole thing and it was all He Tiandan's idea.

He Tiandan's face turned bitter when he heard this. He just extorted a little money, but he didn't expect the Kang family to dare to call the police. Ah Zu was overjoyed when he heard this, and he relaxed completely.

Kang Qirui said, "Director Wang, you see, the matter is very clear. Mr. He Tiandan knew that it had nothing to do with my fourth brother, but he insisted on asking my fourth brother to pay compensation. Isn't this blackmail?"

He Tiandan got anxious when he heard this. "What blackmail? Can't I just suspect him? Who told him to meddle in other people's business? Any normal person would suspect that he did it?"

"Humph, saving your mom is meddling in other people's business?" Kang Qirui rolled his eyes and sneered, "Someone hit your mom on a motorcycle, but you didn't want to call the police to investigate, and instead you wanted to catch the person who sent your mom to the hospital and ask him to pay you. Isn't this extortion?"

After scolding He Tiandan, Kang Qirui said to Director Wang: "Director Wang, we are now officially reporting this He Tiandan for extortion. Please arrest him."

Even if the extortion attempt fails, it is still a crime according to the law and the criminal liability shall still be borne according to the law. Director Wang stepped forward and said, "He Tiandan, please come back with us to assist in the investigation."

After the police officer from the police station took He Tiandan away, Chief Wang looked at the three Kang brothers and said, "You can go back and have a rest first. Just come to the station tomorrow morning to take your statements." The Kang family was the victims, so there was no need to record their statements overnight.

(End of this chapter)