If the driver hadn’t been drinking and driving, he wouldn’t have hit them, especially since they were arguing on the sidewalk, which wouldn’t have affected the vehicular lane even if there was some physical altercation, so it’s only fair that the drunken driver bears full responsibility for the accident.
Therefore, in the end, the court ordered the driver to pay Zhang Liang 200,000 yuan in civil compensation. Since Zhang Liang’s elderly parents were still at home, the money was given to the Zhang Family members who came to claim the body. As for the Gong Family members he was arguing with, they had to bear secondary liability, which involved being detained at the Police Station for half a month. They could leave at any time if they paid a fine. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on novel-fire.ɴet
The eldest brother of the Gong Family felt wronged. He had been injured himself, so why didn’t he receive a single yuan of the compensation, and on top of that, he had to pay a fine?
The reason given was even more ridiculous: the crime of obstructing public safety. Who did he obstruct? Besides not getting the money, he was also fined one thousand yuan?
Whom could he even talk to about this?
Perhaps it was because Zhang Liang had died that the Gong Family realized just how cold and ruthless Gong Mingxia could be. They had initially thought they could use their mother, but now the Old Lady was nowhere to be found. In the end, they could only curse and leave.
The scumbag was gone, and justice had been served, but Gong Mingxia’s mood did not improve.
Although the news coverage made her a somewhat famous local figure and her restaurant business boomed more than before, the severe breach of personal information brought her a lot of trouble. For instance, many parents came to her, talking about how Xiao Xiao’s classmates’ parents did this or that, wanting to get on good terms with her. Some even mentioned they had several properties, suggesting Xiao Xiao could try to get along with their children in the future, which scared her to death.
She had seen anxious people, but never this anxious. How old was their Xiao Xiao to be making reservations for her future this early? Weren’t they just charmed by the fact that she owned property in Beijing and wanted to take advantage of her?
Gong Mingxia couldn’t be bothered to clarify the truth behind this information, letting them talk. After all, if she said it was false, they would think she was lying. If she admitted it was true, they would start to doubt her. Since either response could lead to unnecessary trouble, why bother explaining at all?
Fortunately, the heat of the situation rose quickly and subsided just as fast. By the end of 2009, they gradually returned to their normal lives.
At the beginning of 2009, the Beijing property was ready to be handed over, but she was too busy at the time, so it was Meng Xiuying who helped rent it out. Renting it out was simple; all she needed to do was find an agency. To sign the lease, she just had to show her face, let them see all the documents, and the property was rented out.
All eighteen properties were rented out within a year. Despite the size of each apartment being small, their prime location was ideal for the working professionals in the area, especially since the rent was affordable, at 1,800 yuan a month. These desirable elevator apartments quickly attracted a stream of potential tenants as soon as they were listed. Who wouldn’t want to live in a new apartment? The office workers, in particular, valued this, which is why the apartments rented out so quickly, even without furniture.
She earned a yearly rental income of 32,400 yuan from her fifteen apartments, plus a 1,000 yuan deposit from each, totaling 47,400 yuan.
Only rent was collected for the apartments; tenants were responsible for utilities such as water, electricity, gas, heating, and property management fees.
In addition, the other three apartments brought in 72,000 yuan, not including the income from the smaller apartment because Gong Mingxia gave all earnings from the small apartment to Meng Xiuying as a hardship allowance. She also occasionally bought clothes and treats for Duoduo, treating her almost like a goddaughter. After all, if not for Meng Xiuying’s help in Beijing, her life wouldn’t have been so worry-free.