Pushing His Luck

Upon hearing the door open, the man opened his swollen eyes and asked, "Who are you?"

Tong Yi closed the door and walked in. "I'm Lu Zhanbei's… lawyer."

When the man heard this, he stood up from the sofa and said loudly, "It's useless no matter who comes. It's either Lu Zhanbei comes over to apologize or let me beat him up. Otherwise, I'll sue him to death!"

From his voice, it was clear he was furious. However, his face was so swollen it was almost beyond recognition, thus Tong Yi could not see his expression or gaze. She did not notice the faint green light in the man's eyes when he first saw her. "How much do you want to settle?"

"Are you f*cking deaf? If you want to settle the matter, either apologize or…"

"100,000." Tong Yi interrupted the man with an indifferent expression.

The ice bag in the man's hand dropped to the ground as he briskly walked up to Tong Yi. He grabbed her shawl and said angrily, "So what if you have some money? How dare you insult me with money? Do you believe that I will break your f*kin' teeth?!"

Tong Yi's gaze landed on the man's hand that was clutching her clothes. She frowned slightly and said calmly, "The penalty for beating up a lawyer is 15 days of incarceration if the injuries sustained are serious. If the lawyer suffers minor injuries or other losses, the lawyer can pursue it on the basis of criminal responsibility."

The man was stunned for a moment before he raised his voice and said, "Do you think I'm that scared of you?" He loosened his grip on Tong Yi's collar and said in a disdainful tone, "I've never hit a woman before. Consider yourself lucky today."

Tong Yi did not expose his bluff. However, she could tell that he was a person who would rather suffer losses than face embarrassment.

Tong Yi adjusted her shawl that had been ruffled by him and said, "You only want a simple apology after Lu Zhanbei beat you up? You're willing to trade a beating for an apology, who do you think is the one on the losing end here?"

The man was rendered speechless by Tong Yi's question. "In that case, I don't want him to apologize. I want to beat him up. An eye for an eye."

"Then you will lose out even more."

"What the f*ck are you talking about? He beat me up, and I'll give him one in return. Then we can call it even. Why would I be losing out even more?"

"Lu Zhanbei hit you impulsively in the spur of the moment. If you hit him back now, it would be deemed 'intentional'. You could be charged for knowingly committing a crime…"

"You're f*cking toying with me…"

"Don't worry, let me finish." Tong Yi continued, "Even if you beat him up, the wounds on your face will not heal. Not only do you need to use your energy to beat him up, but you also need to pay for your own medical fees. Tell me, are you the one losing out here?"

"…" That made sense.

"You got beaten up, that's an irreversible fact. If I were you, I'd take this opportunity to teach him a good lesson. You should teach him a lesson that he'd never forget, so that the next time he sees you, he'll take a huge detour just to avoid bumping into you. Wouldn't that be satisfying?"

The man with the swollen face nodded.

Tong Yi struck while the iron was hot. "How about a million as a settlement?"

The man blinked his swollen eyes. One hundred thousand yuan jumped to one million yuan just like that. That was too easy!

Since she'd hiked up the compensation so willingly, he would definitely take full advantage of the situation and squeeze every little penny out of that stupid guy. "No! 10 million, or I will sue him."

Ha!

He really knew how to push his luck.

Indeed, greed made people lose their rationality.

"Alright then, go ahead and sue. I'll fight you to the end!" Tong Yi turned and walked towards the door.

"…" The man was stunned. Why did this woman suddenly turn around and leave just like that?

It must be a scare tactic. He would not fall for it! There was no way he would lower the price.

The man looked at Tong Yi's back and mumbled, "10 million, not a single cent less…" Seeing that Tong Yi had already opened the door, he continued to insist, "I'm a man of my word. Are you… Are you really leaving?"