"She's quite insensible! Since she's so spirited, then first go and compensate those victims!" Jin Lan sneered, then got up and left.
Mother Jiang anxiously watched Jin Lan, speaking a few good words, but Jin Lan paid no heed. Jiang Yan pulled her mother back, "Don't beg him, we'll figure it out ourselves!"
Mother Jiang looked at her daughter's stubbornness with utter helplessness. This child was truly too naive. As long as Mr. Jin was willing, resolving her family's troubles was just a matter of a word.
Jin Lan left, and only the mother and daughter remained in the room. Mother Jiang knew she couldn't reason with her daughter. She sat on the sofa, holding her forehead, racking her brain for a solution.
A knock sounded at the room door. Jiang Yan went to open it; it was a server, bringing food and two bowls of ginger soup.
Mother Jiang's eyes lit up when she saw the ginger soup. She asked, "Did Mr. Jin also order this?"
"Yes, Mr. Jin specifically ordered it." Hearing this, Mother Jiang began to observe her daughter. She somehow felt that Mr. Jin seemed unusually interested in her daughter.
Jiang Yan was solely focused on how to overcome this difficulty and didn't notice her mother's expression.
After the mother and daughter finished their meal, they didn't have time to think further. They had to rush back to the city to gather money, find a lawyer, and figure out how to bail out Father Jiang.
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Jiang Yan called Ye Wan to thank her for finding someone to help. Ye Wan inquired about her situation. Jiang Yan said the current situation could be described by one word: money.
Ye Wan thought of the shares and cash Lin Zehan had given her and wanted to give them to Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan quickly refused, "Wait until I've sorted out the family situation. I don't even know how many assets the family has right now. I need to see how much of a shortfall there is."
After experiencing such an event, Jiang Yan seemed to have grown up overnight, taking on the family's burdens proactively. Seeing this, Ye Wan didn't say much more, only offering to help if she lacked money.
Jiang Yan and her mother spoke with the lawyer for the entire night. The lawyer said it was almost impossible to bail the person out; this was a major responsibility accident, and the legal representative was the primary responsible person.
What was best for them next was to negotiate with the insurance company to compensate the victims' families, then seek their written consent for leniency. Mr. Jiang could then receive a lighter sentence.
When one person falls, everyone pushes. Former business partners, upon hearing about the Jiang family's factory incident, immediately came to demand money. The clients also demanded compensation from them. In no time, debt collectors crowded the Jiang family's doorstep.
Mother Jiang sold several shops in the city and planned to sell the villa as well. She put all her savings on the table, but it was still a drop in the bucket compared to the Jiang family's debts, let alone the money needed to negotiate for forgiveness from the victims' families.
Within two days, Mother Jiang fell ill. When Jiang Yan tried to send her mother to the hospital, she was blocked by the debt collectors who wouldn't let them leave. Seeing her mother unconscious, Jiang Yan completely broke down. She rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a knife, and pointed it at the debt collectors, "If you keep pressuring us like this, we'll end up in a mutual destruction! You won't get any money either!"
"How can you be so unreasonable, young lady? Not only won't you repay the money, but you're also trying to kill people with a knife!" someone complained, showing no sympathy.
"Did I say I wouldn't repay? I said it would be a little later! Let us pass, let us pass, I need to take my mother to the hospital!" Jiang Yan brandished the knife at them, but no one was willing to listen to her, all fearing that this mother and daughter would run away!
When the Gu family's bodyguards arrived, Jiang Yan was genuinely about to strike. Upon seeing the Gu family's bodyguards, the debt collectors retreated, afraid to step forward. Ye Wan ran in, hugged Jiang Yan, and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I'll accompany you to the hospital, Auntie. Don't be afraid."