By the time Fade Chen arrived, a lot of onlookers were already around. Everyone pointed at the scene and was talking about it. Many people were taking pictures with their mobile phones, but there was one thing in common, they were at least more than ten meters away from the accident spot. Obviously, they were worried that they would be blamed for anything.
Fade Chen walked into the crowd and saw what was going on.
Xenia Xu's pink electric bike lay at the side of the road. Next to it, a burly 30-year-old man was shouting at Xenia Xu and kept asking her to pay as a compensation.
In front of the electric bike lay an old lady in her fifties or sixties. She held the front wheel of the electric bike in one hand and covered her waist with the other hand. She kept groaning, "Ouch, my waist. I have been hit by someone. Young people nowadays don't even know how to slow down when riding a bike. Even if they have injured someone, they wouldn't admit it. They want to run away!"
Xenia Xu's face was full of anxiety and anger. She said, "Auntie, I didn't hit you. Why do you wrong for me?"
As soon as she spoke, the burly man suddenly came up and roared at Xenia Xu, "If you didn't hit her, how did my mother fall down? Did she run under your bike herself?" "When I was passing here, my bike was not even at half the speed. It was auntie who suddenly rushed over. I didn't even touch her and she fell in front of my bike on her own." Xenia Xu explained.
The burly man shouted, "What do you mean by 'You did not even touch her'? If not, how would my mother fall to the ground?"
"Little girl, why don't you admit that you've hit someone with your bike? I'm so old already, I'll get hurt easily even with a small knock!" The old lady on the ground seized the opportunity to complain.
"Auntie, I didn't, I..." Xenia Xu was anxious.
But the man was faster. He rolled up his sleeves and forced Xenia Xu to stand in front of him. He said, "It's a fact that my mother was knocked down by you. You can't escape the blame. Just tell me what you plan to do about it."
"I, I didn't..." Xenia Xu's eyes were filled with tears.
"How dare you! Don't try to escape!" The burly man shouted, which scared Xenia Xu, she was like a timid sheep and curled up in fear.
"I tell you, my mother was hit, and you have to be responsible. The medical expenses are at least 50,000 dollars." This guy immediately asked for such a big sum and roared at Xenia Xu.
"I don't have money, I..." Xenia Xu said in horror.
"If you don't have money, call someone who has it. I don't care what method you use. You must send me the money within an hour. Otherwise, I will lock you up in prison." The man threatened.
Xenia Xu had never experienced such a thing before. She was so scared that tears fell from her eyes. She squatted on the ground and began to cry.
The man did not have any sympathy. He reached out his hand to pull Xenia up, and shouted at the same time, "Don't pretend to be pitiful. Call someone for the money now, or..."
"Let her go!" A roar interrupted the burly man.
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