Chapter 2076

Zhu Yanyi stood there, looking like a strict teacher giving a lesson. "Think small, it’s just a joke. Money doesn’t matter. Think big, you block traffic and commit fraud. One wrong move, and you eat free meals in jail. Do you really not care?"

As the economy grew, some lazy people found tricks to cheat money. "Pengci" (staged accidents) was one of them. Zhu Yanyi knew this was just starting. Road scams were rare; most were personal. Someone would hold a bag of glass, bump into you, and spill it. They’d cry that you broke their expensive medicine for a deadly disease. But when you looked, it was just glass shards. People often paid up to avoid trouble, as these scammers worked in groups.

Zhu Yanyi felt this showed a dark side of human spirit. She wanted to heal this darkness. She staged a reverse scam to make these professional scammers feel the victim’s pain.

"You… I didn’t do anything to you!" the scammer said, looking wronged.

Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow. "I didn’t do anything to you either. Yet you still lie there, trying to scam us for money."

The man looked at her, feeling fear for the first time. His face changed. "I have old parents and young kids. Don’t threaten me. I have heart disease and high blood pressure."

"I have an eighty-year-old mother and newborn children. I’m so pitiful. My whole body hurts. Hearing you speak gives me a headache and foot pain. I think I’ll have a stroke soon. If you don’t pay, I’ll be paralyzed. You’ll have to support my whole family."

Zhu Yanyi finished and said, "You should sound more tragic. Speak like I do. That works better. Your words have no effect. Also…"

She pointed at her. "Most people in my car are doctors. We’re just traveling. If your heart or blood pressure acts up, no problem. We’ll treat you with gold needles. If you have a stroke or broken spine, we’ll operate. Go ahead, get paralyzed. We’ll fix you. My surgery skills are good. We lack anesthesia, but that’s fine. There’s a small shop nearby. I’ll buy ten bottles of Erguotou liquor for you."

Zhu Yanyi spoke seriously, making the man’s face turn even worse. She hadn’t expected her to be so terrifying, as if she wanted her life with casual words.

"You… don’t mess around," the man said, his face turning iron-blue. "That’s wrong."

"(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk. You’re not even human, not even dog-like. Why would I mess with you? Am I that blind? Let me tell you, my husband is handsome and rich. You, even a thousand or ten thousand of you, can’t compare to him. How blind would I have to be to mess with you?"

Zhu Yanyi’s words were sharp and poisonous. The man rolled her eyes, looking like she might fall.

"Be careful," Zhu Yanyi added. "Don’t fall. I won’t pay if you fall. I didn’t push you. Wait…"

She seemed to remember something, looking enlightened. "If you fall, who will I ask for mental damage compensation? So you absolutely must not fall or faint."

She smiled and took out a silver needle from her pocket. "Don’t worry. Even if you faint, I’ll acupuncture you. My skills aren’t great, but I know the acupoints well. Especially the injury points and death points. I remember them clearly. I’ll acupuncture you to take your life. No, wrong. Slip of the tongue. I’ll save your life."

Zhu Yanyi’s attitude was too good. But because it was so good, the bystanders were too scared to speak. They only thought about how to get this young lady to leave.

"Grandma, look, the road is clean. Can you please leave?" the man asked with a crying face.

"You haven’t paid my mental damage compensation," Zhu Yanyi said directly.

"What do you want?" the man asked the sky, wondering if he had picked a bad time to go out today.

"Of course, compensation. Don’t worry, I don’t want much. Just five, six, seven, or eight hundred million." Zhu Yanyi said calmly.

"Five, six, seven, or eight hundred million? You might as well take our lives," the man said.

"I do want your life, but you won’t give it. How about I take it now?" Zhu Yanyi looked very reasonable. "If you have no money, give your life."

The man realized Zhu Yanyi didn’t accept threats. No matter what she did, she didn’t care. She said she had no money but a life. She said, "Okay, give your life." She thought she was a rogue, but now she found someone more rogue than her. What could she do?

"What exactly do you want?" he asked again.

"I said it. Are you deaf? Compensation for mental damage." Zhu Yanyi looked like she wouldn’t leave until she got it.

"But I have no money," the man said seriously.

"Then give your life," Zhu Yanyi said calmly. "I’ll call the police. They’ll take you away. Don’t worry, they won’t judge you too harshly. Maybe three or five years. It won’t take your life. You can still eat free meals."

The man suddenly thought eating free meals might be better than today. "Then call the police."

"Okay. But let me tell you the consequences. I don’t know if you have relatives. Once you go in, it’s hard to come out. Your family and descendants will lose their reputation. Don’t blame me for being cruel."

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "But one thing. I’ll make you famous. I’ll have TV stations and newspaper reporters interview you. After all, pengci is a new kind of scam."