Chapter 433: Evil Begets Evil (Part 2)

Many kind-hearted people were moved by the spectacle.

Even Zhao Qingfeng praised her acting skills.

Shen Lingyao, for a moment, even doubted whether she had been deceived by Wang Mingyue, before snapping back to reality and cursing Liu Laotai for her too convincing performance.

“What do we do, Brother Qingfeng?”

Shen Lingyao clutched Zhao Qingfeng’s arm tightly.

“What else can we do? We must respect other people’s fates.”

Zhao Qingfeng shrugged, lighting a cigarette.

No sooner had he spoken than Liu Laotai began her preparations to jump into the river.

She climbed onto a stone at the river’s edge,

but not too turbulently, as she intended to leave a chance for others to save her.

After all, it was a feigned death, aimed at garnering pity and sympathy. She understood the saying ‘a scourge for a thousand years’ all too well. As a scourge, not having caused enough trouble for the world, how could she willingly depart from this life?

Splash!

Liu Laotai, with decisive struggle, jumped into the river.

She couldn’t swim, but she could hold her breath, at least long enough for a minute, enough for someone to rescue her.

Sure enough, many people wanted to go down and save her, some even started undressing.

But Lawyer Zhou stood by the river, amidst the crowd, and at the moment Liu Laotai jumped, he suddenly said, “I can’t save her, in case she accuses me next, my life would be over…”

Those few words served as a reminder to those considering diving in to save her.

The recent events were still fresh, Wang Mingyue’s near-drowning and wrongful accusation were vivid in everyone’s minds.

The shirtless man retracted his foot, furrowing his brow, pondering his happy and beautiful family.

The young man who had just loosened his belt, thinking about the romantic evening with his girlfriend, also unconsciously stepped back, looking to others.

“This…”

“You going?”

“Me… I’m just passing by… why are you looking at me…”

“Don’t look at me either, I can’t swim, I’m leaving…”

In just under half a minute, the riverbank was suddenly deserted.

Lawyer Zhou also retreated into the crowd, watching everything indifferently, hearing Liu Laotai’s screams and struggles.

“Someone save me… uh… I can’t swim…”

“Our family is wronged… splutter… splutter…”

Some people really couldn’t bear it any longer and genuinely wanted to go down and save her, worried about the consequences of inaction, fearing police action.

Lawyer Zhou, standing among the crowd, simply stated, “Failure to save someone violates morals, not law…”

Indeed, Professor Luo had also spoken on this.

This time, those willing to save also gradually relinquished their intentions.

They were also pondering, it’s been half a minute since she fell in, what if she’s dead when pulled out?

Given the Liu family’s irrationality, wouldn’t they lose everything to extortion…

Five minutes later, Liu Laotai was no longer visible.

Shen Lingyao looked bewilderedly at Zhao Qingfeng, “Brother Qingfeng, is she dead?”

Zhao Qingfeng responded indirectly, “Perhaps, but as I said, we must respect others’ fates. She insisted on jumping into the river, after all.”

An hour later.

A post titled ‘Liu Laotai’s Attempt to Gain Sympathy Ends in Real Death’ began to circulate across the internet.

“She deserved it!”

“Damn, I don’t even kill mosquitoes, but even if I were there, I wouldn’t save her!”

“Justice served, evil meets its end!”

“Right, who made her extort others in the first place, almost killing a good person!”

The dust settled.

Liu Laotai’s death consoled all kind-hearted people who detest evildoers to the core.

But Zhao Qingfeng felt it was still not enough, somewhat regrettable that she died too late…

Such a scourge, a day earlier gone, the world would be a brighter place.

“Lingyao, you go back to school, I have someone to meet.”

After dealing with Liu Laotai’s affair, Zhao Qingfeng had Wang Xiaohu send her back, while he himself took a taxi directly to the nearby county town.

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