Chapter 442 The Cao family must pay the price for this!

Meng Zhengcheng thought for a moment before answering.

"That depends on the final verdict."

"If it's manslaughter, the sentence is three to seven years in prison. If it's intentional homicide, the sentence is either life imprisonment or death. Their situation is complicated, so they are unlikely to be convicted of intentional homicide. It's more likely that it was manslaughter."

Qiao Changdong nodded upon hearing this and didn't ask any further questions. Whatever the outcome for the Chen mother and daughter, it was their own fault.

As for Chen Yulian's child, whether you call him cold-hearted or heartless, he felt nothing.

At most, there's a slight sense of regret.

I hope that in her next life she won't be reborn into a family like the Chen family.

Mao Yi, Qiao Youliang, and Wang Dafa—except for Wang Dafa, the other two were taken away by the police station the next day.

Qiao Youliang and Mao Yi were both given warnings, and because of their fabricated stories, they were required to pay 10,000 yuan in compensation for the damage to Qiao Changdong's reputation.

This amount was calculated based on Qiao Changdong's existing assets.

Qiao Changdong now owns a hotel. He bought it for a discount of tens of thousands of yuan, so its actual market value is now 300,000 yuan.

He currently has over 300,000 yuan in savings, part of which came from selling raw stones, and a large portion came from the red envelopes Qiao Qiao received during her trip to Kyoto and Shanghai.

Qiao Qiao's assets were all registered under Qiao Changdong's name.

In addition, there are the raw stones stored in Mo Haijun's name that he hasn't had time to sell yet.

His total assets amount to millions.

When Qiao Changdong's lawyer quoted this number, Qiao Youliang and Mao Yi were both stunned.

For them, this is undoubtedly an astronomical figure!

As for Wang Dafa, his matter is far from trivial; it's not just about losing money.

The report he wrote was inconsistent with and contradicted the facts, which not only damaged Qiao Changdong's reputation but also caused extremely negative social impact, for which he should bear legal responsibility.

The tabloid he worked for published a report that damaged Qiao Changdong's reputation without permission or verification. It will not only have to bear legal responsibility, but will also have to pay a large sum of money in compensation based on Qiao Changdong's net worth.

In an effort to restore Qiao Changdong's reputation, both XX TV station and XX newspaper published a special issue.

However, the worst impact of this incident on the Qiao family was probably that Qiao Qiao's photos were exposed, and that Meng Zihuan had his head smashed because of it.

Cao's parents were also taken to the police station on the night of the incident.

What appears to be a mere squabble between two children is far more complex than it seems, as Meng Zihuan nearly lost his life because of it.

In particular, Meng Zihuan remained in a coma for several days afterward and never woke up.

Of course, this was also done by Qiao Qiao, not for any other reason than to elevate the seriousness of the matter.

After all, if she and Xiao Huanhuan hadn't jointly transferred spiritual energy to Meng Zihuan, Meng Zihuan would probably be dead by now, which would mean he had really killed someone!

Therefore, the Cao family must pay the price for this!

What angered Qiao Xiaoyun and the rest of the Qiao family was that Cao Xiaowen injured Meng Zihuan and ran away immediately. Afterwards, no one from the Cao family came to check on the situation or offer any condolences.

What angered the Qiao family even more was that Cao Xiaowen, the one who caused the injury, never showed his face in front of them throughout the entire incident.

While Meng Zihuan was undergoing surgery in the operating room, his life hanging in the balance, and he hadn't even had a chance to look for them, only the police officers from the local police station took his parents away to find out what was going on. At that time, the two elderly members of the Cao family, who were at home, took Cao Xiaowen away.

Then, around midnight, when everyone was asleep and no one was paying attention, Cao's father also left.

No one knew where they took Cao Xiaowen. Later, the police station sent people to Cao's hometown, but they couldn't find her. Everyone guessed that she was probably sent to a relative's place.

Of the family of five, only Cao's mother remained in the tenement building!

It wasn't that Cao's mother didn't want to leave; it was just that she had a job in town and couldn't get time off, so she had to stay in the tenement building to deal with the Qiao family.

This incident infuriated the Qiao family.

When Qiao Xiaoyun and Qiao Changdong went upstairs to find Cao's mother, she still acted as if she had nothing to lose.

Not only did they refuse to pay compensation or apologize, they also claimed it was just a minor squabble between children. Little did they know your child was so easily provoked.

These words infuriated Qiao Xiaoyun.

She almost hit someone.

Later, the police station sent someone to mediate.

Good heavens, Cao's mother's face has become even more despicable.

Standing at the front door of their own apartment building, with a hoarse voice, they shouted that Meng Zhengcheng had abused his position and colluded with the entire police station to slander their child.

Then they said that Qiao Xiaoyun was good at winning people's hearts, and that she had specifically bribed the children in the tenement building who had witnessed the scene, in an attempt to frame their children.

She's going to sue the city government, the provincial government, and so on.

This infuriated several neighbors who were watching the commotion, because the children she mentioned who were supposedly bribed included several of those families.

Having lived in this tenement building for so many years, we all know each other's personalities to some extent.

The Cao family had always been unpopular in this tenement building because they were all extremely unreasonable and prone to making trouble.

But no one expected that Cao's mother could lie to such an extent.

Qiao Xiaoyun has a fiery temper, but she had previously refrained from making a scene because she was mindful of Meng Zhengcheng's reputation.

Seeing Cao's mother like this, he was so angry that he almost went crazy.

Over the years, apart from the last time she brought up Meng Zhengcheng in front of the Chen family, Qiao Xiaoyun has never interfered with his career, just for fear of tarnishing Meng Zhengcheng's reputation.

Having been married to Meng Zhengcheng for so long, she knows better than anyone how upright his character is and how passionate he is about his profession.

She thought that if Meng Zhengcheng were to rank the things he loved most in this world in order of importance, his profession would probably be number one, fishing would be number two, and she, their son, and both sets of parents would be number three!

Now, looking at Cao's mother, who was leaning against the door frame with her arms crossed, looking arrogant and saying that she was going to the city and the province to complain about Meng Zhengcheng.

The string of reason and restraint that Qiao Xiaoyun had held was completely snapped.

A madness flashed in her eyes.

She first gave Cao's mother a smile and said, "Okay, since that's the case, let's have a good talk, just the two of us, without anyone else, let's have a good talk."

Qiao Xiaoyun emphasized the last three words, so much so that Cao's mother felt a chill run down her spine.