Chapter 530: Encountering a New Trick

Xu Yang and Zhao Yuxin walked into the crowd and saw an elderly man lying on the ground, his body convulsing non-stop, foaming at the mouth.

The bystanders were buzzing with conversation.

"This old man, could he be faking it?"

"Very possible. I wouldn’t dare help him, anyway."

"We ordinary folks can watch the excitement, but if we step up to do the right thing, one misstep and we’re done for life."

"Exactly, ruining ourselves is one thing; the problem is dragging our children into it."

"Whoever wants to help can go ahead, but I’m definitely not doing it."

"If you don’t want to help, at least you can call an ambulance, right?"

"If you dare call an ambulance, they’ll dare to accuse you. Just by asking, ’If you didn’t hit him, why are you calling an ambulance?’ you could end up penniless. Of course, if you’re rich, ignore everything I said."

"Damn it, I’m just a worker; I’d better stay out of this."

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"Honey, this old man might really be sick, and we’re not doctors, so we can’t really help. Why don’t we just help call an ambulance?"

Even though Zhao Yuxin had heard the people around her, she still felt a bit of compassion.

Moreover, even if the other party was really a scammer, Xu Yang should be able to handle it with his capabilities now.

Xu Yang felt he couldn’t do much to help on scene, but calling an ambulance was no issue, so he nodded, signaling Zhao Yuxin to make the call.

Just then, a honest-looking young man stepped out from the crowd.

"You all see an elderly person like this and don’t step forward to help. You’re afraid of being scammed, I’m not."

The honest young man said this and strode over, attempting to lift the elderly man up.

"Young man, be careful it’s a scam!"

"Yeah, buddy, don’t be impulsive!"

"Bro, does your family own a mine or something?"

"If you dare touch that old man, you’ll regret it!"

The crowd was advising the honest young man.

But the honest young man ignored everyone, struggled to lift the old man, and said to the crowd, "Everyone, I think this old man is really sick and needs to be taken to the hospital immediately. Who will help me lift him into my car? My car is over there on the road. Don’t worry; even if we wake the old man up and he tries to scam us, it has nothing to do with you. I will take all the responsibility.

You just need to lend a hand."

The onlookers exchanged glances.

It seemed the old man really was not a scammer.

If he were, he would have woken up and started accusing people when the honest young man went over to help.

Just helping to lift him into the car should be no problem.

"I’ll help."

A young man looking like a student came forward and supported the old man on the other side.

But just then, the old man who had seemed unconscious suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed the student’s hand, and shouted, "Good for you, kid! You knocked me down; now compensate me for my medical expenses immediately!"

The student said, "Sir, I didn’t knock you down. I just wanted to help you get into the car and go to the hospital."

Turning, he looked towards the honest young man.

The honest young man had just said that he would take responsibility if there were any scam.

Now, the honest young man’s expression changed as he sneered, "Kid, it was you who knocked down my grandpa. Don’t try to deny it. If you don’t compensate for the medical expenses today, you’re not going anywhere!"

Damn it!

Everyone was stunned.

"I knew it, it’s a scam!"

"I see now, everyone has been scared by scammers. No one helps when an elderly person falls, but now there’s a new trick."

"That’s right. When no one helps the old man, this guy comes to his aid, lowering everybody’s guard, then gets people to help, and that’s when they’re trapped."

"These scammers are too wicked, coming up with such schemes."

"Thank goodness I didn’t manage to step out and help just now, or I would have been the one scammed."

"The trick is too deep, impossible to guard against."

"Damn it, everyone’s already scared off by swindlers staging accidents, seeing someone fall, most people dare not help anymore. But there are still a few good-hearted folks who can’t stand by doing nothing, willing to lend a hand. Now the swindlers come up with such tricks, I’m afraid even those last few Samaritans will be gone."

"If someone really falls in the future, there will truly be no one left to help!"

"It’s just a sign of the times getting worse, the whole moral climate spoiled by these fraudsters!"

"Anyway, if I see someone fall, I’d rather die than come forward to help!"

"If everyone thinks like this, what will happen when we’re old and fall without anyone to help us?"

"If that happens, you can only blame your own bad luck, it’s just fate!"

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Zhao Yuxin’s eyes widened in shock, at a loss for words.

Actually, she had wanted to help just now, but she thought of news she had read before, saying that those who don’t know medical first aid might do more harm than good.

After all, the old man’s condition seemed more serious than just a simple fall, as if he was suffering from a serious illness.

That’s why she chose to call an ambulance instead.

But who could have imagined that it was still a scam?

After the initial shock came anger.

These fraudsters are too wicked, ruining the social ethos!

In the past, many people would have come forward to help in such situations.

But now, everyone fears being scammed.

Xu Yang also shook his head.

He didn’t expect it to be another staged accident.

Truly, the integrity of people is not what it used to be.

He had encountered an old man swindling him once before.

However, he had given the old man’s two sons a harsh lesson, which was a lesson for the old man too.@@novelbin@@

Without his sons backing him up, it wouldn’t be so easy for the old man to stage accidents in the future.

"How can you do this!" The student youth obviously understood what was happening by now.

He had come out to help willingly and was now being scammed.

"Kid, cut the crap, pay up now. Without 200,000, you’re not going anywhere!" the seemingly honest young man said with a sinister smile.

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His name was Jiang Tianci, specializing in setting up scams with his grandfather.

Pity that now when people see an old person fall, they’re reluctant to lend a hand; so he came up with this tactic.

His appearance made him look like a trustworthy person.

His tactic was very effective, he had tried it several times and succeeded.

People were willing to help support the fallen partly for this reason.

Who would have thought that such a seemingly honest person could be a swindler?

"I’m just a student, I don’t have money for you," the student youth said.

"No money? Then call your parents to get some," Jiang Tianci sneered.

"Impossible, even my parents don’t have 200,000, you can forget about scamming money out of me. There are so many people watching, even if you sue me, I’m not afraid, I don’t believe you can do anything to me," the student said.

"Heh, you’re thinking too much. I’m not gonna sue you. You’re a student, right? I’ll just go make a scene at your school, mess with your peace studying. If you can bear that, wait until you graduate and start working, I’ll show up at your workplace and cause trouble, disrupting the work. Do you think they would keep you then?" Jiang Tianci said with a cold laugh.

It was fine if the other party was unwilling to pay, he would just stir up trouble.

No one can endure it forever; they will eventually have to pay up quietly.

Hearing this, the student’s face immediately turned pale.

He was afraid of exactly this happening. Forget graduating and finding a job, if he disrupted the school’s teaching, they would probably urge him to take a leave of absence or even expel him.

The onlookers’ expressions also changed slightly.

They too feared such situations; being ordinary people, they couldn’t bear such torment.

The workplace wouldn’t care if you were scammed; if you disrupted work, they would fire you.

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