Chapter 6: Low Damage, High Insult

The policeman crouched in front of the little boy and asked him in a gentle, soothing voice, "Little friend, tell Uncle Policeman, did the doggy bite you?"

The fat woman glared at him intensely, trying to signal him.

"Ma'am, please do not interfere with the child!" another policeman warned sternly, unable to stand watching her behavior.

Children are usually afraid of the police, and this little chubby boy was no exception. He answered the policeman's question with hiccuping sobs, "N-no."

"Then did you stab the little doggy with a knife?"

"I... I..."

"You brat, don't talk nonsense!" the fat woman warned.

The policeman blocked the fat woman's line of sight and slowly guided him to tell the truth.

After the little boy finished speaking, he cried even louder: "I won't ever do it again!"

The fat woman's face turned various shades of green and red. Gritting her teeth, she pointed at Jiang Shiyan and said, "T-that, it's also a fact that she pushed my son!"

"And it's also a fact that your son stabbed my dog!" Jiang Shiyan replied.

"Can the beast you keep even compare to my son?" the fat woman said, exasperated and hysterical.

"I keep a beast, but aren't you raising a little beast too? Since we're both raising beasts, why bother distinguishing between high and low, noble or lowly?" Jiang Shiyan retorted sharply.

"You!"

"That's enough!" The policeman interrupted them and looked sternly at the fat woman. "Ma'am, taken to the extreme, this matter could be considered that you interfered with their activities first. If the other party truly wants to pursue this, we can file a case."

Ignoring Jiang Yiheng's attempt to stop her, Jiang Shiyan craned her neck from behind him and said, "Officer, we will not settle. I will definitely find a lawyer to sue her for instigating trouble and for defamation and insulting my character! As for the matter of her son's fall and injury, I will pay whatever compensation is due; I accept the penalty."

"Say a little less." Jiang Yiheng pressed her head back down, then turned to the policeman and said, "Let's just follow the standard procedure for this matter. I trust that the people's police will handle it fairly."

The fat woman said somewhat stammery, "I-in the worst case, I won't pursue the matter of her pushing my son anymore, just pay a few hundred yuan and call it even..."

Jiang Shiyan was laughed out of anger by the woman's shamelessness. "You still want compensation? Fine, it just so happens I also need to calculate how much mental distress compensation you owe me!"

The police naturally tried to mediate, but Jiang Shiyan refused to settle no matter what. Jiang Yiheng offered a few perfunctory words of persuasion before giving up.

Once the lawyer arrived, the fat woman finally panicked. She completely changed her previous arrogant and domineering tone, begging Jiang Shiyan to let her off, even wailing about how difficult it was to raise a child alone and how the child's father didn't care for him.

"Your difficulties are caused by your husband; what does that have to do with me? I'll pay whatever medical fees are owed, but you won't be getting a single cent less of what you owe me," Jiang Shiyan sneered.

In the end, the fat woman gritted her teeth and paid five thousand yuan, which included Jiang Shiyan's mental distress compensation and Axu's surgical treatment fees. Jiang Shiyan pulled out two hundred yuan from the pile and slapped it down in front of the fat woman: "Here, your son's medical fees!"

It wasn't much in terms of damage, but the insult was massive.

After leaving the police station, Jiang Shiyan spoke faintly toward the fat woman, who had immediately begun verbally abusing and hitting the little boy the moment they stepped out the door: "Be more careful next time. Don't be the kind of person who has a mother but wasn't raised by one. This time you only paid five thousand; next time, it might be fifty thousand..."

The fat woman gave Jiang Shiyan a vicious glare, then hurried away, dragging the wailing little boy with her.

Jiang Shiyan smoothed her hair and gave a light huff.

Then, turning her head, she met Jiang Yiheng's somewhat strange gaze.

Jiang Shiyan instinctively took two steps back, her heart skipping a beat. She struggled to maintain her outward composure: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Jiang Yiheng stepped forward and pinched Jiang Shiyan's face: "Jiang Shiyan, are you really Jiang Shiyan? You didn't even know how to scold people before, but now your combat power is so high I don't even recognize you?"

In pain, Jiang Shiyan quickly brushed his hand away, rubbing her cheek with heartache: "Of course I'm Jiang Shiyan! If you don't believe me, we can do a blood test to prove our kinship. Besides, I've already died once; if I'm not assertive, what if I get bullied again in the future? I'm twenty-four; I can't just hide behind you guys like a useless person forever, can I?"

Jiang Yiheng laughed and tapped her head: "You've watched too many TV dramas, talking about blood tests? There's nothing wrong with being a little useless person. You're my sister; it wouldn't be impossible for me to take care of you for a lifetime."

"That won't do. My future sister-in-law will get jealous," Jiang Shiyan said with a grin, stepping forward to link her arm with Jiang Yiheng's. "Brother, I want to eat that matcha cheesecake from the south side of town."

"Not today. There's still a lot to do after we get back. Tomorrow, then." Jiang Yiheng had consulted a classmate studying psychology; just as Jiang Shiyan said, it was normal for a person's personality to undergo a drastic change after experiencing a near-death experience.

To Jiang Yiheng, he felt more heartache for her.

【Ding—Random task completed! Congratulations to the Host! The random reward is as follows: Fifty bags of cat food and fifty bags of dog food.】

After the mechanical voice fell, Shoushou's Taobao customer service voice rang out immediately: 【Congratulations dear for completing the random task! Please fill in your mailing address, dear. The random prize will be mailed to the designated location within three to five working days.】

Jiang Shiyan chose the address of the stray animal protection base.

Jiang Yiheng looked at the "dazed" Jiang Shiyan beside him and raised his hand to pet her head affectionately.

Returning to the adoption event site, many potential adopters were still waiting there. Seeing Jiang Shiyan return safe and sound, they instantly erupted into thunderous applause.

A loud shout even emerged from the crowd: "Way to go, beautiful!"

Jiang Shiyan's beautiful face instantly flushed bright red. She thanked them repeatedly and then hurried to help clean up.

Although the adoption event had an unpleasant interlude, except for Axu, all the other little animals had found new homes, so it could be considered a successful conclusion.

As for Axu, he was immediately treated after being sent to the hospital. Fortunately, the injury wasn't too severe. After discussing it with Jiang Yiheng, Jiang Shiyan decided to adopt Axu herself.

After experiencing this incident, Jiang Yiheng's view of Jiang Shiyan changed completely; he believed she truly loved small animals.

However, because of the fight with the fat woman today, Jiang Shiyan's face was still somewhat bruised. She didn't dare go home for fear of being interrogated by her mother, so she shamelessly followed Jiang Yiheng to his house to stay.

On her first day of work, Jiang Shiyan bought milk tea for all her colleagues at the pet hospital, using Jiang Yiheng's "Intimate Pay."

Holding his coffee, Jiang Yiheng opened the Intimate Pay interface and let out a cold chuckle: "Jiang Shiyan, you're quite good at using someone else's flowers to offer sacrifices, aren't you?"

Jiang Shiyan said with a grin, "I don't have money! You don't even pay me a salary, so I can only use Intimate Pay! Dr. Jiang, I won't disturb you anymore. Go about your business!"

With that, she quickly ran out.

Just as Jiang Shiyan was mopping up the urine stains left by the puppies in the lobby, she suddenly caught sight of a Springer Spaniel sitting outside the pet hospital entrance. Its fur was dirty and messy, and one of its paws was held up, bloody and mangled.

Upon meeting Jiang Shiyan's gaze, the Springer Spaniel immediately became restless, limping back and forth at the entrance.

Jiang Shiyan hurriedly put down the mop and opened the door.

"Woof! Woof! Woof!"

[Hello, I am a police dog that was stolen by a villain. Can you help me?]

(End of Chapter)