After watching the video, Lin Wanyi felt even more uncertain.
The witnesses and material evidence were all there; it was undeniably Lin Jiajun who had used the knife.
Even though he was pushed to the brink, he had still drawn a weapon.
There was no escaping it.
She was in a sheer panic, but Liu Renzhi told her,
"Don't worry, we'll figure something out."
He turned and spoke with his legal team for about ten minutes before coming back to tell Lin Wanyi,
"We'll pay the bail to get Jiajun out first. Leave everything to me."
It was getting dark. Li Suhua called:
"Wanyi, where did you go? You're not back, and neither is Jiajun.
"I'm still waiting for you two to eat."
Lin Wanyi took a deep breath before answering,
"I ran into Jiajun outside. We're going to grab a bowl of noodles and then head back. Mom, don't wait up for us."
Li Suhua muttered, "I already cooked dinner at home. You two are such spendthrifts."
Not daring to say anything more, Lin Wanyi quickly hung up the phone.
After waiting for over an hour, the lawyer came out with a haggard-looking Lin Jiajun. He told Lin Wanyi,
"We posted the eighty thousand bail. Given the current situation, the best approach is to get Qin Chao's forgiveness."
Lin Jiajun was young, after all, and he remained defiant.
"If I have to go to jail, then so be it. I'm not going to beg that scumbag.
"He's an absolute piece of trash, Sis. You weren't there, so you don't know how awful the things he said were.
"And to think he's a college student. He's just as vile as the people from Wangjia Village.
"I won't beg him. Let him sue me. I'd rather go to jail than beg him!"
Lin Wanyi smacked him on the head.
"Sue what? Jail what?
"Have you thought about Mom? Have you thought about Huizi? What will they do if you go to prison?
"How old are you, Lin Jiajun? I'm asking you, how old are you this year? Why are you still acting like a reckless teenager?
"Can you rein in your temper a bit? Can you think before you act?"
Lin Jiajun felt deeply wronged.
"I just couldn't stand seeing him bully Liu Siyue like that. Bullying Liu Siyue is like bullying my own sister.
"Just like when Wang Hao bullied you, I couldn't swallow my anger. Besides, Liu Siyue had fainted by then, and he still wouldn't let us leave.
"Tell me, how could I not be anxious?
"Also, if you hadn't asked me to go to the school to find her, maybe a bit later she would have been driven to suicide by Qin Chao.
"Sis, I don't regret it. Even if I go to jail, I won't regret it!"
Lin Wanyi wanted to hit him again, but she couldn't lift her hand.
Lin Jiajun wasn't wrong. The one at fault was Qin Chao; he was the real piece of trash.
Liu Renzhi loosened his clenched fists and told Lin Jiajun,
"Jiajun, thank you for this time. My whole family thanks you.
"Rest assured, I won't let you get a criminal record, and I absolutely won't let you go to jail.
"You guys head back first so your mom doesn't worry.
"I will handle the rest."
Lin Wanyi nodded and pulled Lin Jiajun away.
Lin Jiajun took one step, then turned back to ask Liu Renzhi,
"Is Liu Siyue awake yet? Is she alright? Why did she faint?"
Only after Liu Renzhi answered him in full detail did Lin Jiajun finally put his mind at ease.
As long as she was fine.
As long as she was fine, everything was fine.
Only when they walked out of the main gate did Lin Wanyi's heart finally settle.
She couldn't help but smack Lin Jiajun again.
"You, oh, you!"
Lin Jiajun feigned a relaxed smile.
"Sis, put your mind completely at ease. I only made a move because I knew Brother Liu is powerful. I'm not stupid; he'll definitely help me sort this out."
Lin Wanyi shot him an exasperated glare.
She knew exactly what kind of person he was.
Even if Liu Siyue were the most ordinary person in the world, he still would have helped.
Right after they left, Liu Renzhi took his lawyer to find Qin Chao.
He was lying in a hospital bed, receiving an IV drip.
Seeing Liu Renzhi, his eyes darted around.
"You must be my future brother-in-law. Siyue mentioned you to me, saying she had a very impressive older brother.
"I thought she was joking before. I never expected her to actually be the heiress of the Liu Group.
"And I certainly didn't expect the chairman of the Liu Group to be my brother-in-law.
"Hahaha, brother-in-law, you have to help me get revenge. You must send the guy who stabbed me to prison."
Liu Renzhi stared blankly at Qin Chao.
"So you're the boyfriend Yueyue kept saying she was going to bring home?"
"Yes, yes, yes, that's me, that's me.
"Brother-in-law, how did Yueyue introduce me to you guys?
"Let me tell you, I'm very outstanding. My grades have always been excellent, ranking at the top of my major.
"But the most important thing is that Yueyue loves me. She's given me so many gifts.
"Though I used to think they were all fakes, I never held it against her. Look at this watch, I've been wearing it all along."
Liu Renzhi glanced at it. The watch, worth hundreds of thousands, looked no different than a cheap knockoff on his wrist.
He grabbed Qin Chao's wrist and took it off.
"You don't have the right to wear something like this."
"Wait, brother-in-law, what do you mean? Your sister gave this to me. What right do you have to take it away?"
Liu Renzhi pocketed the watch, pulled back the blanket covering Qin Chao, and glanced at the gauze wrapped around his wound.
Qin Chao immediately said, "Brother-in-law, that paramour almost stabbed me to death!
"Look at this wound, look at how much I've suffered.
"Brother-in-law, help me sue him. Sue him to death. Make him stay in prison for the rest of his life.
"He ruined Siyue and made a cuckold out of me. He fucking deserves to die, he deserves...
"Ahhh!!!!"
He shrieked in agony because Liu Renzhi had mercilessly pressed his hand directly onto his freshly bandaged wound.
Fresh blood seeped through the pristine white gauze, gradually staining the bedsheets red.
Qin Chao bared his teeth in pain. "Ah! Ah!!! What are you doing?
"What are you doing? That's my wound, my wound! Are you trying to kill me with pain?"
Liu Renzhi didn't even blink as he continued to press down.
He stared at Qin Chao's pale face.
"Stop screaming. I asked the doctor; the wound isn't deep at all. It won't kill you.
"But you insulted my sister and bullied my brother. Right now, I want to make this wound even deeper.
"Qin Chao, did you think my sister was someone you could just bully?
"What right did you have to humiliate her in public like that? What right?"
Qin Chao broke out in a cold sweat from the pain. He was terrified—even more terrified than when he had just been stabbed.
This man, Liu Renzhi, was terrifying. He was far more terrifying than Lin Jiajun.
He immediately begged for mercy. "Brother, spare me. Spare me! I didn't know Siyue was your sister.
"I really didn't bully or insult her. I was just a little angry at the moment.
"I was only angry because I found out she wasn't a virgin.
"Brother, you're a man too. You can understand me, right?
"You definitely understand me, you... Ahhhhhh!!!"
His screams echoed through the hospital room again. Qin Chao tried to reach up and press the call button above his head, but the lawyers grabbed his hands.
Liu Renzhi methodically wiped the blood from his hands.
"Let's settle. What are your terms?"
"S-Settle?"
Still sweating and bleeding, Qin Chao failed to process the request for a moment.
"Settle with who? Siyue and me?
"Brother-in-law, I've thought about it. I'm a very generous person. Even though Siyue wronged me, even though she cheated on me...
"But I love her! I truly love her. So I've decided to forgive her. I've decided not to pursue this matter anymore.
"But brother, I have a few conditions you must agree to!"
