The man in the pink shirt was utterly reckless. He actually reached out to grab Si Jiangchen's arm. As a man with a strong sense of cleanliness, Si Jiangchen naturally disliked being touched by others. Before the pink - shirted man's fingers could even touch his clothes, Si Jiangchen sidestepped and delivered a flying kick to the man's abdomen, sending him flying backwards.
Several police officers had been annoyed by the man's overbearing attitude earlier. They all pretended to be busy with their own work and none of them came to check on him.
The pink - shirted man curled up on the ground like a shrimp, unable to catch his breath for a long time.
Si Jiangchen calmly straightened his clothes, then raised his voice to the on - looking crowd. "Could everyone please help us look for it? It's a grayish - white hedgehog about the size of a full - grown cat. It should be injured. It's the long - time companion of an old person in our family. We're willing to offer a one - thousand - yuan reward for finding it."
Si Jiangchen's words surprised me.
It was Grandma Bai's hedgehog! How could he only offer one thousand yuan?
I was just about to speak up when Si Jiangchen gently tugged at my wrist. He tilted his head slightly and glanced at me. I instantly understood why this man, who always had a faint smile on his face, was able to control a large - scale group like Fir Group!!
Although there was a curve on his lips, his eyes exuded an irresistible might, like thunder waiting to strike. If anyone dared to disobey, they would probably be instantly crushed...
I moved my lips but couldn't say a word.
At this moment, some of the on - looking crowd were tempted by Si Jiangchen's words, while others were still skeptical.
"Hey, what if you don't pay us after we find it?" someone asked. Immediately, others echoed.
"That's right. It's just a hedgehog. Would you really be willing to spend one thousand yuan on it?"
Si Jiangchen paused for a moment and pointed to the shop in front of which the glass had been smashed. "We'll be sitting here waiting. The hedgehog is seriously injured, so please look for it as soon as possible."
Hearing that we were really willing to offer one thousand yuan, the crowd immediately scattered and started searching along the street.
"Why?" I looked at Si Jiangchen.
He just gave a soft snort. "Xiao He, have you ever heard the saying 'greed knows no bounds'?"
"?! "
I didn't understand why he suddenly brought up such an old saying.
"One thousand yuan is already the limit for an ordinary pet. If we offered one hundred thousand or one million yuan, people would start to wonder if there was something special about the hedgehog. Then there would surely be more trouble. We're trying to save Grandma Bai. If something unexpected happens, she might be in even greater danger!"
After hearing Si Jiangchen's words, I finally understood his intention. I couldn't help but hold his hand gratefully.
At this moment, the pink - shirted man got up from the ground unsteadily. He reached out and grabbed a police officer, shouting, "Are you guys blind? Can't you see that I've been beaten?"
"What?" The police officer looked up. "I was measuring the brake marks just now. I didn't see anything."
"You!" The pink - shirted man was trembling with anger, but there was nothing he could do. He could only shout, "Don't you even know who I am? How dare you cover up for the person who beat me..."
"White Zhiyuan, I'd like to ask you why you deliberately hit someone?" Before the pink - shirted man could finish his words, Si Jiangchen beside me suddenly raised his eyebrows.
"Uh..." The pink - shirted man was suddenly stunned. His small, beady eyes like a rat's carefully sized up Si Jiangchen several times. Then, a thin layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead, and his voice dropped several octaves. "You... You're General Manager Si?!"
"Speak." Si Jiangchen didn't want to waste time with him.
The pink - shirted White Zhiyuan's face turned from red to white. His pale face covered in cold sweat showed none of his previous arrogance.
"I... I didn't do it on purpose. That old man just suddenly rushed in front of my car. I stepped on the brake as hard as I could!" He tried to defend himself.
"Do you think others are all fools?" Si Jiangchen actually laughed. The curve of his lips was cold. "There aren't any brake marks on your car tires at all. You just wanted to floor the accelerator and crush that person against the wall on the side of the street."
"No, I... I really didn't do it on purpose." White Zhiyuan was so scared that he waved his hands repeatedly and involuntarily took a step back.
"I advise you to tell me who instructed you." Si Jiangchen still looked at him calmly. "Any lawyer from Fir Group's legal department should be able to handle your case."
"No... Don't!" White Zhiyuan's face fell even more. Although he had been abroad for several years, he knew how powerful Fir Group was. This was thanks to his cousin Bai Wei, who would brag about Fir Group and Si Jiangchen every year at family gatherings. Her proud look was as if she was already the boss's wife of Fir Group.
He mumbled as he looked at Si Jiangchen. The latter didn't say a word, just looking back at him indifferently.
"My... My cousin..." White Zhiyuan felt a chill down his back under Si Jiangchen's gaze and involuntarily confessed the truth.
It turned out that after spending a few years abroad, White Zhiyuan didn't obtain any useful diplomas. His family was no longer willing to support his extravagant lifestyle abroad, so they asked him to return to China.
The Bai family used to have a large - scale business, but they once almost went bankrupt. So Bai Wei's father no longer trusted relatives from their own family to take on positions. As a result, White Zhiyuan's job - hunting was indefinitely postponed.
Bai Wei happened to be at home recuperating, and she asked White Zhiyuan to be her driver.
White Zhiyuan thought that as a returnee, it was beneath him to be his cousin's driver, so he wasn't very willing. But Bai Wei said she could arrange for him to work at Fir Group. White Zhiyuan knew that Bai Wei was a manager of a major department, and it should be no problem for her to insert someone into such a large company to do nothing!
So, he started working as Bai Wei's driver, driving her to some clubs and even temples every day.
Several times, White Zhiyuan asked Bai Wei when she would return to work at Fir Group. Bai Wei always said that General Manager Si was considerate and knew she had worked too hard in the past few years, so he asked her to take a good rest...
It wasn't until this morning that Bai Wei suddenly asked White Zhiyuan to drive her to a remote alley, to a shabby incense and candle shop.
She pretended to go in to buy something and made a complete mess of the shop. Then she slipped out, got in the car, and pointed at Du Wenzhong, who was running out of the shop in a panic with the hedgehog in his arms, and told White Zhiyuan to run the old man down.
White Zhiyuan wasn't stupid. How could he do such a thing?!
Unexpectedly, Bai Wei directly gave him a black card and said there was more than one million yuan in it. As long as he hit the person, the money would be his, and he could also be arranged as the project manager of Fir Entertainment...
White Zhiyuan specifically got out of the car and checked the card at an ATM. There were actually 1.75 million yuan in it. He thought that the old man was just the owner of a shabby shop, definitely a poor and powerless person. Hitting him with the car, whether he died or not, would just mean paying some compensation!
So, White Zhiyuan drove the sports car that Bai Wei had just bought in his name and rammed straight into Du Wenzhong!