Sheng Ning’an raised his hand to interrupt, "My car is brand new, it got scratched on its first day on the road by you guys. The repair cost will be tens of thousands; your apology really isn’t that valuable."
The girl’s face couldn’t help but stiffen.
One, she felt ashamed; two, she hadn’t expected the repair costs to be that expensive.
As soon as they heard that the repair costs would be tens of thousands, the middle-aged couple panicked: "No, isn’t it just a little bit of paint scraped off? Why would it cost tens of thousands? You, you mustn’t swindle us. At worst, we won’t ask you for compensation."
"Right, right, right, you are also to blame. At worst, we’ll just fix our own damage."
Sheng Ning’an certainly wasn’t going to indulge them, shaking his phone in his hand: "Sorry, I’ve already called the police. Whether you should compensate and how much isn’t for you to decide."
After all, she had been backing up traffic rules for so long, she knew a bit about how to handle an accident and the division of responsibility.
Even if she were to be held responsible as well, at most it would only be thirty percent.
Moreover, her own car insurance was comprehensive, enough to cover the compensation, but that might not be the case for the others.
This was also a lesson for them, although it was a pity about her new car.
The faces of the middle-aged couple were unsightly; they glared at Sheng Ning’an resentfully and wanted to say something but were stopped by the girl beside them. Perhaps seeing more and more onlookers, the girl’s face showed impatience: "Mom and Dad, stop talking. It’s your fault for insisting on fighting over a parking spot." Now, not only do they have to compensate, but they’ve also embarrassed her.
The middle-aged woman, looking like she was ready to start a street quarrel, showed a careful expression towards her own daughter, as if she was afraid of upsetting her but couldn’t help whispering a complaint: "It’s all because this school makes it too hard to park. With such a big school, there are so few parking spots. I don’t know what the school leaders were thinking."
"It’s clearly your own fault for not parking properly. What does that have to do with school leaders? Fine, if you don’t feel embarrassed, I do. You just wait here, I’m going in first." The girl took a suitcase from the car and was about to leave.
"If you leave, what about your dad and me?" The middle-aged woman glanced in Sheng Ning’an’s direction. She had a bad feeling that the stubborn girl might be telling the truth; what would they do if they really had to pay tens of thousands?
"Do what has to be done. If it doesn’t work out, pay the money." As more and more parents and students arrived to register and inquisitive and gossipy eyes turned towards Shi Yue, she felt both embarrassed and angry.
"But we need to save the money at home for you and your brother’s education..."
Before her mother could finish speaking, Shi Yue interrupted, "Alright, our family isn’t so poor that we can’t afford tuition fees. Can you stop always bringing up lack of money? Besides, isn’t the car insured?"
Don’t think she didn’t know, her parents had been saving their salaries for years, not to pay for her and her brother’s education, but to save it for buying a house and a wife for her brother.
Not long ago, the two of them had sneaked off to the city to look at houses, considering buying one in a good school district for her brother.
As for her brother, he would likely not even make it to a vocational high school, yet he was treated like a treasure.
She really didn’t understand; her brother was their son, wasn’t she their daughter?
Why did they have to embarrass her on the first day of school?
As the mother and daughter were arguing, the traffic police arrived.
The responsibility was clear; it was a collision caused by Sheng Ning’an reversing when the other party insistently fought for the parking spot. The other party was fully at fault.