Happy Little Farmer
Chapter 229: It Turns Out to Be a Mental Illness

Chapter 229: Chapter 229: It Turns Out to Be a Mental Illness

Yang Fan and his wife Cao Wang were separated and each gave a written statement.

Afterward, both parties were arranged to meet in the conference room to discuss how to handle the situation.

This time, Cao Wang’s face wasn’t contorted with rage as if he wanted to kill or cause serious harm; instead, his face bore a warm smile.

Yang Fan sat opposite him, eyeing this man who resembled a bear with suspicion.

Had he figured it out?

"We’ve clarified the sequence of events, Yang Fan, what is your stance?" the mediating officer asked.

Yang Fan turned to look at the officer and angrily asked, "Officer Uncle, are you implying we mediate? Are you kidding me? He attempted murder, chased all the way to your home, and just like that, it’s settled with mediation?"

"Based on both parties’ attitudes, as for what charges are pressed, that’s for the court to decide," the officer said sternly.

"What’s there to discuss? Compensation and an apology are a given, I can’t just let this go unpunished, right?" Yang Fan said, "But, I will not forgive him. If you’ve ever been pinned to the ground with a knife at your throat, you’d certainly not be magnanimous either."

The officer nodded and looked at Cao Wang, "What do you have to say?"

Shedding his previous aggressive and ferocious demeanor, Cao Wang offered a smile and said, "Brother, I really got too emotional just now. How about we settle this privately? Compensation and an apology are indeed necessary. How much do you think is fair? You name the figure."

"I think the best thing for you is to spend a few years inside to grind away that aggression—you think I’d dare take your money?" Yang Fan said coldly, "What if I just write a letter of forgiveness and then you sneak into my home and stab me in the neck?"

"No, no, I’m not usually like this, I was really provoked today," Cao Wang said, hands clasped and with utter humility.

His arrogance had vanished, and even his face showed a plea for mercy.

Though the charge of attempted murder might not stick, he was already on the hook for intentional injury. As long as Yang Fan held firm, Cao Wang’s imprisonment was all but certain.

"Brother, what do you think about... thirty thousand yuan?" Cao Wang said.

"I don’t think much of it," Yang Fan replied tersely, "Haven’t you thought about what you’ve done? If that knife had struck my neck, there’s a ninety-nine percent chance I’d be dead, right? So, you’re trying to sell my life for thirty thousand yuan?"

"But nothing happened in the end, I’m the one who got hurt," Cao Wang said with a smile.

"What a load of crap!" Yang Fan exploded in anger, "Are you saying I was chasing you to stab you?"

"No, no, of course not," Cao Wang quickly said, "I mean, let’s discuss this further. How about a compensation of fifty thousand? What do you say?"

Yang Fan ignored him and spoke directly to the officer seated in the middle, "I have nothing to discuss with him. I won’t be writing any letter of forgiveness; just handle it however you see fit, and let’s not waste more time."

Before the officer could speak, the stunningly beautiful proprietor Pan Xiaoxia, who had been silent up to this point, suddenly said, "Young man, how about this, one hundred thousand for compensation? Even if it goes to court, it would be intentional injury, and considering his plea, he probably won’t serve a long sentence; there’s no need to go for the jugular."

Cao Wang looked at Pan Xiaoxia with gratitude and eagerly said, "Brother, you see our attitude is pretty good, let’s negotiate this. What do you think?"

The officer cleared his throat and said gravely, "Cao Wang, this isn’t just intentional injury. Both your statements clearly state that you acted with the intent to kill Yang Fan. So, you are guilty of attempted murder; the specific sentence is up to the court."

Cao Wang froze.

His eyes vacant, he murmured, "How many years will I get sentenced? I didn’t kill anyone, how could I have killed someone!"

At that moment, a police officer walked in and placed a stack of documents in front of that officer.

The officer in the center, with sparse facial hair, glanced over and said to Yang Fan, "Yang Fan, come out with me for a moment."

Yang Fan followed him out.

In the hallway outside the conference room, the officer spoke gravely, "Let’s talk about this first. Even if you don’t forgive him, Cao Wang will be sent to a psychiatric hospital for full confinement and treatment by us in cooperation with other departments, until his psychological assessment is normal. We’ve just accessed his records, he has serious mental illness, and given the current situation, he has begun to pose a danger to society and must be forcibly intervened."

"He’s mentally ill? He seems pretty normal to me!" Yang Fan asked, surprised.

The officer handed the documents to Yang Fan, "I don’t really understand all these complicated terms either, but he is indeed seriously ill. So, my suggestion is, there’s no need to write a letter of forgiveness, but there’s also no need to sue and drag us into it. Take a compensation amount you can accept and leave the rest to us to deal with."

Yang Fan skimmed through and saw the officer was right; he really couldn’t understand that string of terms.

However, the doctor’s advice on there was that he needed regular follow-ups, and family members to accompany him around the clock, among other things.

Anyway, it meant that the illness was indeed serious.

"So I... I just take the compensation and that’s settled?" Yang Fan asked, somewhat lost.

"If you insist on it, that’s your right, but the outcome will probably still be the same," the officer said.

"Alright, then I’ll listen to you," Yang Fan said.

He had been determined to have that Bear locked up for a year or two, only to find out the guy was mentally ill.

When the two returned to the conference room, Cao Wang was being closely watched by three police officers, and he himself was squatting in a corner, picking at the police station’s wall paint and muttering about having killed someone.

Seeing this, Yang Fan thought it was time to drop it and not pursue things further.

"Young man, why don’t you name your terms?" Pan Xiaoxia said eagerly upon seeing Yang Fan come in.

"Let’s go with what you initially offered," Yang Fan said, exasperated.

"Good, good, thank you. I never expected things would turn out like this. He was pretty normal before," Pan Xiaoxia immediately said gratefully, "It’s just recently, he suddenly started not to trust me, accusing me of having an affair or something, I’m sorry."

The officer didn’t tell Pan Xiaoxia what he had just discussed with Yang Fan, remaining an invisible presence by the side.

It wasn’t until after Yang Fan and Pan Xiaoxia had signed the settlement documents that he disclosed the decision regarding Cao Wang.

Commitment to a psychiatric hospital, full confinement treatment, taken over by the police and other departments, with family having only visitation rights, and so on...

As for such a result, Pan Xiaoxia not only had no objections but seemed to let out a huge sigh of relief.

But her reaction was also a normal human response.

Living with such a husband every day, the pressure on her must have been immense.