The girl lying on the ground was given emergency treatment by the police, and her life is temporarily out of danger, but she remains unconscious.

The woman was quiet for a moment, looking at the continuous stream of blood from the girl's forehead, and she glared at Xu Ke and Lin Mengyao with growing hatred, "My child is still so young; she's my only daughter. What am I going to do if something happens to her? Some people have hearts like snakes and scorpions, wasting a good appearance. My daughter is just a child; how could it hurt even if she got bumped by someone? Yet, they maliciously dodged her, causing my daughter to hit her head. Truly, a heart like a snake and scorpion."

The woman would pause between her words, taking a look at Lin Mengyao and Xu Ke each time. Her sarcastic tone was enough to make anyone want to rush over and give her a good beating, but it was all just talk, leaving you disgusted but unable to do anything to her.

"My sister is physically delicate. If she's bumped carelessly and something happens to the baby in her womb, I reckon some people wouldn't be able to bear the responsibility either." Yu Xia said this while cautiously reaching out to stroke Lin Mengyao's belly, leaving Lin Mengyao herself momentarily stunned by the elaborate act.

Yu Xia's serious demeanor made it seem as though Lin Mengyao might genuinely believe she was pregnant if she wasn't certain herself otherwise.

The woman eyed Lin Mengyao's waist and abdomen with a hostile look upon hearing Yu Xia's claim, but she ultimately said nothing, leaving her true thoughts unknown.

Logically, with both parties calming down, this matter would be warned off temporarily. Xu Ke initially didn't plan to pursue it further, especially since it involved a woman and an older one at that. Xu Ke didn't want to push things too far, but there are some actions people take that make it impossible to be lenient and forgiving.

"Since we're all here now, how about we discuss the compensation issue while you're not cooperating?" Xu Ke said openly, addressing Xia Mimi.

"Are you even human? My daughter is still lying there unconscious, and her condition is uncertain, yet you keep talking money to me. Are you that short of money? What else do you have in your mind besides money?" The woman fumed angrily.

"That's your daughter, not mine. Among the people present here, the only person responsible for your daughter from beginning to end is you; don't drag us into it. We have no interest in raising other people's children for free." Xu Ke coldly tugged the corner of his lips, the chill in his eyes turning into the sharpest blade falling directly on the woman, causing her face to turn a shade of green and white.

"Hmph, money, money, money, you only know money, wanting to dive into the money pit. Is it just about a piece of clothing? Is it necessary to be so insistent? How disgraceful for a man to have no grace. How much is the clothing? I'll pay you. Is this enough?" The woman said as she pulled out a smaller wallet from her bag and without looking, withdrew some red bills and attempted to throw them at Xu Ke like in a TV drama, but due to both the distance and the lack of thickness, the dry bills spun around mid-air and landed on the ground.

Admittedly, this scene appeared somewhat comical, and the police station plunged into an unprecedented eerie silence, followed by one after another snicker, which eventually became a continuous wave of laughter, successfully making the woman's face turn a beet red.

Xu Ke glanced at the money on the ground, carefully counted them, and found that there weren't even ten notes. Xu Ke stroked his chin with a slight sneer in his voice and said, "This amount of money can't even buy the buttons on this dress, so stop trying to act rich when you can't afford it."

No matter how old or young a person is, everyone tends to have a bit of a rebellious streak, characterized by doing precisely what they're told not to. Xu Ke claimed the woman couldn't act rich, so she insisted on flaunting to prove she could.

"Do I need to flaunt? It's just money. We have plenty of it at home." The woman hardened her resolve, this time bringing out all the cash from her wallet and threw it directly at Xu Ke.

Because this time there was indeed quite a bit more money, halfway through the cast towards Xu Ke, it scattered, raining a flutter of red bills.

"Well, is this enough money now? That old dress of yours should be able to be replaced several times over, right?" The woman restrained her heartache and feigned indifference, but her eyes had already betrayed her feelings of regret, which left Xu Ke speechless, wondering why such a small amount of money would be worth lamenting.

"To be honest, your money is not enough. The price of this dress is known by the police; you can ask them." Xu Ke passed this challenge on to the police.

The woman's gaze followed over.

The lead policeman touched his somewhat dry lips and spoke, "The dress that girl is wearing is valued at 1.2 million. I inquired, and the tear is too large and cannot be repaired, so according to the rules, you're required to pay the full price of the dress... the price."

The woman stared at the policeman without blinking but made no reaction. She was still immersed in the fact that the dress cost as much as 1.2 million, astonished that someone would be wandering around in a 1.2 million dress.

But soon enough, the woman snapped back to reality. While their family could muster 1.2 million, it amounted to all their savings over the years. If this were all used as compensation, then they might as well not live since they'd be rendered poor.

"1.2 million, why not resort to robbery; I won't be paying this amount." The woman said firmly.

"Then we'll see you in court. By then, whatever happens will be up to the judge's decision, whether it's jail time or compensation." Xu Ke said indifferently.

Upon hearing court talk, the woman's face changed, "Fine, go to court then, do it; I'm not afraid of you." She said with a cold snort, pretending to be calm.

"Since we can't get the justice we want privately, we'll retrieve it through legal means. Let's go; it's getting late. We'll head out early tomorrow. Oh, and I'll make sure you get the court summons soon enough." Xu Ke, holding onto someone with each hand, paused mid-step, turned back, and politely addressed the woman, but his smiling face sent chills down one's spine.

Lin Mengyao and Yu Xia also didn't wish to get tangled up further with this mother-daughter duo. They realized that reasoning with them was impossible as, in their worldview, they could never be wrong, and if something was wrong, it had to be someone else's fault. It's just too difficult to communicate with people so isolated in their own world.

But when the woman saw Xu Ke leaving, she suddenly panicked.

How could he just give up like that? Surely this was an opportunity to haggle back and forth. If he lowered the price a bit, she might agree to compensate.

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