Chapter 6 A Series of Unfortunate Events

Wu Peng knew that the most important thing now was to stabilize Teacher Lin's injury. While waiting for the ambulance, he quickly and quietly said to the old man, "Confessing to accidental injury can result in a lighter sentence. When the police arrive, you have to tell them it was an accident and emphasize that someone pushed you. If Teacher Lin's injury isn't serious, we can discuss a private settlement and compensate as much as possible."

Grandpa Wang hadn't recovered from what just happened. He looked at his hands. "What if it's serious? Will I go to jail?"

Wu Peng didn't speak, biting his back teeth, and looked at the crowd watching the excitement and pointing at them. He believed the old man was pushed, and he wondered if the person who pushed him had the same goal as the one who punctured his tires.

The old man only came to live here to fish every summer, and he had only recently moved in with the old man. They hadn't had any disputes with anyone. Now someone was pushing them into a vortex. He could only suspect that this matter was related to Jia Wenjun's case, and maybe the culprit who framed Jia Wenjun was hiding among these people.

The ambulance and the police arrived quickly. Teacher Lin was taken away by the ambulance, and Wu Peng and his grandfather were taken away by the police. Because there were many witnesses, and although the old man said someone pushed him, no one testified to it, and there were no cameras in the fitness area, the old man was temporarily detained for intentional injury.

Before the police arrived, Wu Peng learned from the old man that Bai Ma Shan had called him. During the statement, Wu Peng naturally mentioned this.

The police went to Bai Ma Shan to confirm the situation. Bai Ma Shan showed the information and pictures from the group, saying that he saw Wu Peng having a conflict with someone in the group. Because he couldn't leave at the time, he notified Grandpa Wang to go down and take a look, but he didn't expect Grandpa Wang to be so impulsive.

These words sounded reasonable, and there were witnesses and physical evidence. Bai Ma Shan never left the clinic at the time. Even if Wu Peng suspected him, he couldn't do anything about it.

Fortunately, Teacher Lin's life wasn't in danger, but he firmly disagreed with reconciliation. Wu Peng could only ask Lawyer Liu for help.

Because these things were taking up Wu Peng's energy, it was a week later when he went to the detention center to see Jia Wenjun again.

Seeing Wu Peng's haggard face, Jia Wenjun learned that so many things had happened outside.

She also felt that these things happened too coincidentally. All the key people in this were on that boat, except for Wu Peng.

She suddenly had a terrible association: the black hand was warning her, warning the people who were helping her, that the other party was very clear about her every move, not only making it impossible for her to turn over, but also making sure that those who helped her wouldn't have a good time either.

Wu Peng concealed the fatigue in his eyes. "I don't think this matter is so simple. Why did Teacher Lin look for me at that time, and Bai Ma Shan happened to notify my grandfather to come down at that time? The person who caused these things is likely related to the mastermind behind your case. Think carefully again, when you were on the boat, was there anything suspicious about Bai Ma Shan?"

Jia Wenjun's hands, clasped together, trembled slightly. She tried hard to recall the various scenes of getting along with Bai Ma Shan before, trying to find clues from them, but there was still nothing strange.

She was silent for a few seconds and said, "Compared to Bai Ma Shan, I think Lu Maowang and Hu Sixiang are more suspicious."

Wu Peng didn't speak, and after a long while, said, "I'll go and check if there's any connection between Hu Sixiang and Bai Ma Shan."

Bai Ma Shan was meticulous and good at disguise, so it wouldn't be easy to find his loopholes, but just because he didn't have loopholes didn't mean that the people around him didn't. Since Jia Wenjun felt that other people were more suspicious, then he would go and check if these people had any secret connections with Bai Ma Shan.

"What's Hu Sixiang's situation now?" Jia Wenjun asked.

Wu Peng thought for a while and said, "The police station has already submitted the materials to the prosecutor's office. When he goes to court, he certainly won't have a good time. Besides this case, his wife is also divorcing him."

Jia Wenjun didn't care about whether Hu Sixiang and his wife divorced or not. Neither of them were good people, but she felt sorry for the child.

"If Teacher Lin doesn't reconcile, will your grandfather face imprisonment?" Jia Wenjun asked.

Wu Peng's face was livid. "I won't let that happen."

She didn't want to see Wu Peng and Grandpa Wang being implicated because of her, but she couldn't even protect herself now, so how could she protect others?

Her heart sank little by little. She knew that the police station had already submitted her materials to the prosecutor's office, and the people from the prosecutor's office had already interrogated her. She insisted on not pleading guilty, but she still hadn't found any evidence.