The police officer nodded.
He shot the four middle-aged men and women a glare. "Besides, since the hospital examination found nothing wrong, you've got even less to worry about. You're unhurt and still demanding compensation? Staging an accident without even making contact? Inventing a whole new school of scams?"
"Should I be calling you the founding masters of accident scams?"
"And you demanded two hundred thousand right off the bat. Pah! By your logic, any touch, injured or not, means two hundred thousand. You should sue everyone on the street. You'll be the richest people in the world in no time."
"Pfft."
The officer's sarcasm finally made the girl laugh through her tears.
"All right, come with me. Let's get this properly sorted out."
"Of course, but we stand by what we said. This little bitch hit him!"
"Let's go! We'll clear this up at the station! I didn't hit him!"
The woman who had been struck earlier pointed at Li An. "He assaulted us! He has to come too. Those two are in this together!"
Fang Pei hurriedly said, "I don't know him. He was just standing up for someone in trouble. He saw how badly they were bullying me, so he stepped in to help."
The officer could see that, of course. He merely snorted, showing no intention whatsoever of asking Li An to come to the station.
In the end, both sides left with the officer.
"I reckon those shrews are the problem. They've got the classic faces of shameless thugs."
"Their attitude was awful. A bunch of adults bullying one young girl. How could anyone who'd do that be a decent person?"
"If I were in the right, I'd call the police and take it to court. Why would I call my family over to gang