Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

Zhang Dabiao's shout nearly made Director Wang fall to the ground, Sha Zhu was stunned, Yi Zhonghai panicked, and He Yushui cried.

"Control it! Control it! We must control it!"

If this matter isn't addressed, then Director Wang's term is over.

Putting aside the question of whether the compensation has been paid, logically speaking, it's perfectly reasonable to give the money to the adults in the family.

However, it is also true that the victim, He Yushui, did not receive a single penny. Not only that, he was so hungry that he suffered from stomach pain and had a stomach ailment. His family had no food, and he did not receive a single penny of the 2400 yuan...

If this matter isn't handled properly, what kind of neighborhood office director is she?

The compensation hasn't been paid out! The victims are still starving!

The most important thing is that the head of the He family, Sha Zhu, is such an idiot, he doesn't do anything!

"Then, Sha Zhu, Yi Zhonghai..."

She was a little unsure of what to do for the time being.

The money has already been paid out; are we going to make Yi Zhonghai pay it out again?

This isn't appropriate either.

"Da Biao, um... what do you think we should do about this?"

Director Wang asked Zhang Dabiao somewhat embarrassedly, but since he had planned this all this time before throwing out this trump card, he must have a way to deal with it, right?

Then, Zhang Dabiao turned around and comforted He Yushui. He was most afraid that the victim would come out and say that she didn't want anything anymore. Wouldn't that mess up his plans and make him a loser?

"Rain, I'm now acting on your behalf... I'll help you get back everything you deserve. Are you willing?"

He Yushui hesitated for only a second or two before Sha Zhu shouted, "Yushui, don't listen to him! Would your brother harm you? I'm your real brother!"

Yi Zhonghai also used both threats and inducements: "Yushui, your brother is now the head of the He family. Don't fight amongst yourselves, hurting your loved ones and pleasing your enemies. It'll make you a laughingstock. Why don't you just discuss things with your brother privately? It wasn't easy for him to raise you all this time. What's yours is his. Why are you making such a big deal out of your family?"

But their words had the opposite effect, angering He Yushui. She wiped away her tears and said, "Brother Da Biao, I'll listen to you. Do whatever you want. I'll do whatever you say."

Then Zhang Dabiao laughed.

"Then, Director Wang, I'm taking the liberty of doing this."

"Everything is for the purpose of ensuring residents can work in peace and stability."

Since Yu Shui had already said that, no matter how much Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai called out, it was no use, after all, Director Wang was still there.

"Yes, yes, yes, you tell us your opinion first." Director Wang nodded. Rather than letting Zhang Dabiao complain to the higher-ups, it was better to discuss and resolve the issue on his own, since it was more controllable.

Zhang Dabiao slowly took another drag of his cigarette. No one in the courtyard had any appetite anymore, except for Yan Bugui, who would occasionally sneak a bite or scoop some food into his bowl to pack up. He'd lost so much recently; he needed to make up for it.

"Yi Zhonghai..." Zhang Dabiao pointed, and Yi Zhonghai's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly said, "I've already lost money, I've lost money! 2400 yuan!"

"You can't expect me to lose money again, can you?"

"That's right, you have already compensated, but the compensation hasn't reached the victim, and you haven't apologized to the victim yet."

"I don't care how much you paid or to whom you paid it. You have to get it back, hand it over to the victim in person, and apologize publicly before this matter is considered closed."

"Director Wang, is what I said correct?"

Director Wang hesitated for a moment, because Yi Zhonghai had already provided compensation, but He Yushui hadn't received it, so this matter—

Just as Zhang Dabiao said, you really have to hand it over to He Yushui in person to settle things. Otherwise, there's a procedural problem—the wrong person is being asked to receive the compensation.

So she nodded.

"But...but I've already compensated Sha Zhu!"

"Then you should come back."

"Grandpa, you lost 2400, I can lend you 2000."

"Just give the 2000 directly to Rainwater, and I'll give her an extra 400. Wouldn't that solve the problem?"

Sha Zhu didn't think it was a big deal. "You only gave me 400, after all."

Yi Zhonghai's original intention was that he had "squeezed" the 2000 back from Sha Zhu, so he didn't have to pay it back. He and Sha Zhu were "like father and son," so why should he pay it back?

This money originally belonged to Yi Zhonghai!

But now that we're bringing this up in the open...

He couldn't deny it then.

He really didn't have much money left, so of course he couldn't bear to part with it.

Yi Zhonghai wanted to give He Yushui an IOU, but Zhang Dabiao waved his hand and refused: "Either we see the cash today, or we'll continue to report this to the police. This matter isn't over yet."

"The victim hasn't seen a single penny and is starving to death. If this continues, he might starve to death. If he dies, you won't have to pay back the money. You're trying to rip me off."

"You wish."

"I don't care about the triangular debts you and Sha Zhu have been borrowing from each other."

"Cash, please!"

"Otherwise, we'll call the police!"

Director Wang then asked, "Da Biao, although what you said... makes sense."

"But why didn't you say that at the police station that day?"

Zhang Dabiao replied matter-of-factly, "I'm not the victim. You didn't even ask me, and you're telling me to get lost because you think I'm meddling."

"..."

"To be honest, it's not just your neighborhood committee that did a bad job; the police station also bears responsibility. The victim hasn't even been properly informed..."

"Here you go, Yi Zhonghai, hurry up and give it to him!" Director Wang blurted out! She was furious. If you had seen through it earlier, you should have said so! And you even dragged the police station into this. Well, both units got the compensation recipients wrong at the same time, and there were procedural problems... Are we waiting for the working group from above to come down and investigate?

Are you leaving this pit here for me?

Why didn't you say so sooner?

Why didn't you say so earlier?

In reality, these days, when faced with compensation issues, everyone gives the money to the breadwinner of the victim's family. In other words, whoever is in charge receives the money, completely ignoring He Yushui.

Isn't it the same on Yan Jiecheng's side?

After losing money, he only added an extra steamed bun to his meals; Yan Bugui couldn't even bear to take him to see a doctor.

Yi Zhonghai looked miserable; he had finally managed to scrape it back!

The deaf old woman tapped him with her cane: "Zhonghai, you'll have to give it sooner or later, so just give it to him and get it over with as soon as possible."

Yi Zhonghai couldn't escape this retaliation, and it was only 2000 yuan, which was quite easy and not very harmful, so the old deaf man wanted to end it as soon as possible.

Having no other choice, Yi Zhonghai had to go back inside to get the money.

Sha Zhu was left there puzzled: "Didn't that old man say he was broke? That's why he asked me for money..."

Sha Zhu still didn't understand what was going on until Yi Zhonghai handed 2000 yuan to He Yushui and apologized.

If your family is rich, why did you ask me for money when the Dong brothers came to cause trouble?

"Rain, I'm sorry, it was the old man who favored boys over girls, he was wrong. I've already returned the money to you, and the remaining 400 yuan is with your brother. I've already given you what I was owed."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai stared intently at Zhang Dabiao, as if to say, "Is it over?"

Zhang Dabiao nodded. There will be more revenge later, just wait a moment.

So Yi Zhonghai, with a dark expression, shrank back.

Those two thousand, in the end, we couldn't keep them...

And Sha Zhu—

"Sister Qin, you borrowed 100 from me, and Jia Dongxu, you borrowed 200 from me."

"Could you...?"

No way! I borrowed it through my own ability, why should I pay it back?!