But countless eyes were upon them.
Yet no one dared to intervene.
No one stepped forward to right the wrong.
Though these people seemed indignant, standing on the moral high ground,
In reality, it was all sound and fury, signifying nothing.
They could only whisper amongst themselves, muttering in low voices.
And it was everyone.
The saying "mind your own business and stay out of trouble" was perfectly exemplified by them.
Ye Yun looked at the trembling delivery man on the ground, likely burdened by the responsibility of his entire family.
He sighed softly, then suddenly lifted his foot and kicked out!
"Ah!!"
Among the onlookers, some screamed, some were terrified. The timid even covered their eyes, unable to watch. More raised their phones to record, unwilling to miss this dramatic scene.
Amidst their expectant or pained gazes, Ye Yun's foot came down. But it didn't land on the old man; instead, it struck his electric scooter.
The front fender of the electric scooter was caved in, like a Lamborghini door.
The dent was deep, making the already battered scooter look even more broken.
"There. We're even now."
Ye Yun said, then reached out and helped the old man up.
Beneath the city's dazzling neon lights, the urban cacophony continued.
Horns blaring, vendors hawking their wares, advertisements on the giant screen at the street corner...
Only around the accident scene was there a deathly silence.
Those who harbored deep resentment towards the wealthy fell completely silent.
Those who had hoped to capture a sensational video and gain fleeting fame on Douyin widened their eyes, forgetting to even stop recording.
The idle onlookers were also deeply moved.
Even though they had considered a thousand possible scenarios in their minds,
Whether Ye Yun would be mad, fight, throw money, or explode in anger,
They never imagined the outcome would be like this.
Absurd, yet heartwarming.
The Meituan delivery man was numbly helped up by Ye Yun, his mind a blank.
Li Mengyao, holding Keke, had gotten out of the car at some point and was staring at Ye Yun, as if seeing him for the first time.
She had witnessed Ye Yun's spirited ambition, his outstanding brilliance that set him apart.
She had endured Ye Yun's loss of motivation, his descent into dissolute habits, becoming just another face in the crowd.
But she had never seen her husband show such compassion towards the weak, protecting the dignity of the poor.
And Li Mengyao's thoughts were echoed by most of the crowd.
In this situation, the class conflict born from wealth disparity vanished.
Unscrupulous rich?
Who would dare to utter such a phrase now?
"Let's go."
Ye Yun didn't want to linger. He beckoned to Li Mengyao, turned, opened the car door, and was about to leave.
Suddenly, warm applause erupted from the crowd.
"Well done!"
"They deserve to be rich!"
"This handsome guy is so wealthy, yet so gentle. Did the woman beside him save the Milky Way in her past life?"
Praises rained down from all sides, everyone commending Ye Yun's actions.
Ye Yun froze.
He turned to face the crowd, smiled with the rustic innocence of a boy next door, nodded, and bid them farewell.
Then, he led his wife and daughter into the car.
The engine roared. The orange Lamborghini, under the gaze of countless people, slowly disappeared into the city under the night sky.
Bringing a touch of unusual warmth to this quiet city.
Only after Ye Yun's family had completely vanished did the surroundings erupt in discussion, like boiling water.
"What a good man!"
"He's going to bear such a huge loss himself!"
"Sir, be careful with your electric scooter in the future. If it weren't for this kind-hearted person, you would have had to pay at least hundreds of thousands!"
"What magnanimity, this is true magnanimity!"
A wave of praise washed over them.
Most people were like this; as long as their own interests were not involved, they would stand on the moral high ground.
If that car had been theirs, would they have forgiven so readily?
We don't know, nor should we guess, nor should we gamble.
All we need to know is that at this moment, they felt Ye Yun had done a satisfying deed.
Even a few young people quickly posted the videos they had just taken onto Douyin.
They had a premonition.
A Lamborghini, a Meituan delivery driver running a red light, the owner kicking out in anger, and a simple "we're even" to end it.
Such a dramatic reversal, this positive energy video was bound to go viral.
And Ye Yun, the center of all this public attention, felt it was nothing.
He could afford to pay hundreds of thousands.
But if this incident attracted widespread attention, exposing him completely to public scrutiny,
And if someone were to dox him and discover that his wealth had changed drastically in less than a month,
He might not be able to withstand the butterfly effect that would follow.
The way he handled it now was to simplify as much as possible.
After reassuring Li Mengyao that it was fine and it would be sent to the 4S shop for repairs tomorrow,
Ye Yun, as usual, bathed their daughter, told her stories, and put her to sleep.
Finding joy in it.
...
There is an old saying in China: "Nine out of ten things in life do not go as planned."
Ye Yun wanted to minimize the impact of this incident.
However, those few who took videos didn't expect that once posted, the incident would immediately cause a huge stir.
In a very short time, it became a hot topic on Douyin's local feed.
Late at night, at the Wu family's residence.
Wu Qian was lying on the sofa, idly scrolling through short videos.
Beside her, her parents were discussing the details of how to extort five million yuan from Wu Lan.
"When the time comes, we'll ask her for an auspicious 188,800 yuan as a 'lip-salve' gift, and we'll take two!"
"The 'getting out of the car' fee can't be less, at least 88,800 yuan!"
"And when Li Menghao comes to serve tea, he'll have to pay us tea money too!"
"Also, the fully purchased house. Xiaoqian, you can't let her family buy the house before marriage. Wait until after marriage to buy it fully, then the house will be half yours."
Mr. and Mrs. Wu were like money-grubbing insects, constantly thinking of ways to extract money.
In fact, the reason they were doing this was due to a lack of security!
After all, their daughter was pregnant, but this child wasn't the crown prince, but a commoner!
If the truth came out and they fell out with the Li family,
Only the money they had already obtained would be their safeguard.
Heaven and earth are nothing compared to the security that bright, red banknotes provided.
"Ah, isn't this Menghao's useless brother-in-law?"
At this moment, Wu Qian, who was scrolling through Douyin, exclaimed.
"Holy cow! It really is that gambler, and the woman next to him is Li Mengyao!"
Wu Qian's confident declaration attracted the attention of Mr. and Mrs. Wu.
"What's wrong, Qianqian?"
"Why are you so jumpy? What does Li Menghao's useless brother-in-law have to do with us? We're discussing how to get that five million yuan, stop scrolling on Douyin!"
Mr. and Mrs. Wu quickly said.
Even Mrs. Wu was annoyed with Wu Qian, scolding her for being "unproductive" at a time like this!
"No! No!" Wu Qian covered her mouth in astonishment, her eyes wide with shock. "He, he, he seems very rich!"
What?
Instantly, Mr. and Mrs. Wu were stunned.
What was their daughter saying?
Li Menghao's brother-in-law was rich?
They remembered Ye Yun from the banquet that evening, who had been scolded by Wu Lan without daring to utter a word, and had only slunk away ignominiously.
And thinking about the information they had gathered about the Li family in the past, this eldest son-in-law, Ye Yun, was a gambler, a womanizer, a scum among scums.
Could he really be a tycoon?
Even a storyteller wouldn't make up something so outrageous!
In their eyes, the Li family was currently just a family that had stumbled into wealth.
The only value they could extract was the five million yuan that Li Zengguo claimed to have just won.
"Luxury car rammed, owner kicks out in anger!"
Wu Qian murmured the video title.