I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 105. The Final Result of the Staged Accident

Two days later, the Licheng District People's Court accepted the case of an elderly person staging an accident to extort money, with swift and decisive enforcement.

"All rise. This court finds that, regarding the case of Ma Rong's alleged extortion attempt, the evidence is true. In conclusion, this court renders the following judgment:"

First, Ma Rong and her son Du Haitao were to be detained for 15 days. However, considering Ma Rong's advanced age, she was exempted from administrative detention.

Second, the defendant Ma Rong shall compensate each of the three victims 12,000 yuan, totaling 36,000 yuan for mental distress.
Third, the three witnesses who distorted the facts and misled the public were detained for three days and fined 500 yuan each.

Court adjourned!

In the plaintiff's seat, the three children, hand in hand, danced excitedly after hearing the judge's verdict. As soon as the judge adjourned the court, Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi shouted impatiently, "Yay!!!"

"Brother Qingfan, we won!"

"Win!"

"Finally, the children have been exonerated." Several adults in the audience chatted and laughed.

"I never thought there would be such a bad person. Luckily, Fanfan is smart enough to have filmed it."

"And you know what? I was so worried at the police station, but that brat wouldn't tell me he had videos on his phone. It made me so angry!" Xu Aiguo complained with a laugh.

The adults burst into laughter, "Hahaha, these kids these days, we understand them less and less! What's that saying again?"

"Generation gap?"

"Yes, yes, yes, there's a generation gap!"

Xia Xiaoxiao, who had come to listen in, was initially quite happy, finally able to clear the little rascal's name. However, after seeing Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi kissing Xu Qingfan's cheeks on the left and right sides respectively in the next scene, the little girl's smile vanished instantly, and her mood soured.

[You stinky Xu Qingfan, I'm not worried about you!]
"Hehe, let's go, I'll treat you to a big meal!" Xu Qingfan said with a smile as he led the two little ones to meet up with the adults.

"You were going to treat us, making us worry for nothing!" Wen Wanqing chuckled and patted Xu Qingfan's head.

"Mom, I'm sorry!" Lin Wanning happily rushed into her mother's arms.

"What's the use of apologizing to me? Go apologize to your Uncle Xu. He was worried sick about you two the other day."

"Hahaha~"

A group of people left the courthouse in a lively manner, a stark contrast to the old man, who was being pushed away in a wheelchair, looking dejected.

"What should we eat?"

"Xiao Fan is treating! Xiao Fan said!"

"Let's go have seafood and beef hot pot, it's been so long!" Xu Qingfan suggested.

"Great! Xiao Fan is so generous! Hahaha."

A large group of people walked out of the Licheng District Court amidst laughter and conversation, and then they saw the scene before them.

Outside the courthouse, a large group of reporters with cameras and microphones surrounded the elderly woman who had just come out: "Madam, I'm a reporter from XX News Channel. Why are you falsely accusing the child who kindly helped you up?"

"Grandma, do you have anything to say about the judge's punishment?"

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Facing the camera, Xu Shoulan broke down in tears: "It's such a huge injustice! Those three little kids pushed me down! I'm an old woman in my seventies, why would I lie to you!"

"But the video clearly shows that you fell down on your own. Why are you still insisting that the children pushed you down?"

"I'm an old woman, I don't understand any of that. The TV is all lies. They've all ganged up on me to frame me. You reporters have to prove my innocence! If I utter even a single lie, may my whole family die!" Xu Shoulan raised three fingers to swear to the heavens, completely unaware that the faces of her family members pushing her from behind had turned green.

Many reporters couldn't help but chuckle to themselves. When they saw the plaintiff's children come out of the court, the reporters who had gathered around Xu Shoulan scattered in all directions.

"Hello children, this is from Gangcheng TV. Are you satisfied with the court's verdict?" More than a dozen microphones were shoved in front of Xu Qingfan's face, and even Xia Xiaoxiao, who had come to watch the drama unfold, received the same treatment. The adults tacitly stepped back, leaving the stage to the three little heroes of this incident.

Xia Xiaoxiao pouted and said "It wasn't me" before stepping aside.

"I am very satisfied with the court's verdict, and I firmly believe that justice will prevail!" Xu Qingfan said solemnly to the camera.

"Ningning too!"

"We will not be absent!"

Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi nodded in agreement.

"If you encounter a similar situation again, would you still help them?" a reporter asked.

Xu Qingfan really wanted to say, "Let whoever wants to help, help them," but since they were going to be on TV, he couldn't tarnish Dali City's image by saying something like "a rotten, cowardly Big Wild Goose Pagoda."

“If I encounter a similar situation again, I will still choose to help. I believe Ningning and Yiyi will too. I believe that those bad old people are only a minority. I also believe that our society will become better and better, and the law will not discourage us who act bravely for a just cause!” Xu Qingfan said these words against his will, and the two little ones stood beside him nodding vigorously.

"it is good!"

"Good boy!!"

A group of reporters, still in their innocent youth, applauded Xu Qingfan from the bottom of their hearts.

After the interview, the three rejoined the group.

"Xiao Fan is so good with words." Zhang Chunxue smiled and ruffled Xu Qingfan's hair.

"It's all thanks to Auntie, Auntie, eat more later!" Xu Qingfan shamelessly hugged Zhang Chunxue's leg.

"Silly children, whether Auntie is there or not, the verdict will be the same. You have been wronged, and that's it!"

"No way! Is justice delayed justice still justice? Without Auntie's help, things might have dragged on for months. If that old woman came to my mom's shop every day and made a scene, wouldn't that be incredibly annoying!"

"Xiao Fan is right, so we should thank Aunt Zhang," Lin Jing said with a smile.

"It's a pity about those three college students. It'll be hard for them to find jobs with criminal records." Yao Jinping said with regret, recalling the verdict.

"They were hot-blooded and acted rashly. It's good that they learned a lesson. They're acting like angry young people from that era!" Xu Aiguo said dismissively.

"Let's stop talking about those irrelevant people, it's almost noon, let's go eat."

"Ningning is hungry, let's eat beef!"

"Pfft~"

"Brother Qingfan, what's wrong?"

"without"

Two days later, an article titled "A 70-year-old woman fell, and three children who tried to help her were extorted?" once again swept across major portal websites.

The author, employing the Spring and Autumn Annals style commonly used in later generations, vividly portrays the old man's wickedness and the passerby's foolishness.

The article also included the court's verdict and the original audio and video recordings. The three college students, who had just been released from the detention center, thought they could finally see the light of day again, but instead, they were met with an even more terrifying nightmare.

Under pressure from public opinion, the school expelled three college students who had made false accusations and slanders.

The kind-hearted young man named Fan Bing not only lost his student status, but his girlfriend, with whom he had made vows of eternal love, also ran away. The two college students who had paid the medical expenses in advance were also unable to get their money back.

This matter came to an end, and Xu Qingfan's online pseudonym, "The Most Affectionate Person in the Port City," became famous overnight.

Thank you godgun for the 100 Qidian coins.

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