As Christmas approached, my five-months-pregnant wife Madeline Stuart accidentally fell into the water. At the time, my neighbor, Police Officer Rita Wilson, jumped in without hesitation to save Madeline, but she ended up in a vegetative state. When I arrived at the scene, it was already crowded with people. Madeline was soaking wet, wrapped tightly in a blanket, with water droplets falling from strands of her hair. “Baby, are you okay?” As soon as I approached, Madeline instantly threw herself into my arms, as if I were her last hope. “Honey, you’re finally here!” I frowned and pushed her away. “What happened? My clothes are expensive—don’t get them dirty.” Hearing my words, Madeline’s eyes filled with shock, but it was quickly replaced by anxiety. She gripped my arms tightly with both hands, crying as she said, “Officer Wilson became a vegetable trying to save me. Transfer me some money right now—I need to thank her for saving my life.” I glanced at Madeline impatiently. “What does her situation have to do with me? Why should I give her money?” Madeline was stunned, clearly not expecting me to be so cold. “Honey, Officer Wilson ended up like this trying to save me and our unborn child! You know her family’s situation. Her husband’s business failed and he owes a huge debt, her mother is over seventy and constantly needs medication. Now that she’s in a vegetative state, how will her family survive?” “That’s not my problem! Don’t call me about trivial matters like this in the future. I’m busy at the law firm and don’t have time for your nonsense!” I turned around coldly and got in my car, planning to return to the law firm. Seeing that I was about to leave, Madeline suddenly ran in front of me, wrapping her arms tightly around my legs, sobbing uncontrollably. Her actions completely drew the attention of the onlookers. “Are you unmoved by your wife and child’s savior? She’s a hero! We can’t let her and her family suffer.” I remained unmoved and shook off Madeline’s hands. She continued wailing, “Zachary, you’re so heartless! If you give her some money, your law firm would get a good reputation too.” I immediately stopped in my tracks. Madeline’s words actually made sense. Unfortunately, I was out of money. I pulled out my phone and waved it in front of Madeline. “I don’t have money right now. I put all my savings into the stock market. I’m definitely going to make a fortune with this bull market!” Madeline stared at me in disbelief, her eyes full of doubt. “Zachary, you said stock trading was unreliable and that you’d never do it! You don’t want to give me money, so you’re deliberately lying to me, aren’t you?” Under her questioning gaze, I opened my phone’s trading interface and pushed it in front of her. “Look clearly—I bought stocks yesterday!” Madeline snatched my phone and looked through it repeatedly. Her hands kept trembling, and her eyes filled with tears. “If you won’t give me money now, what am I supposed to do? Can you bear to watch our savior die?” I turned around and got straight into the car, sitting inside and looking at Madeline coldly. “She’s a police officer. Saving people is her job, okay?” After saying that, I was about to close the car door. Madeline took two steps forward, blocking the car door, her eyes filled with anger and despair. She pounded on the car door with her hands while shouting, “Zachary, now Officer Wilson is in a vegetative state from saving me, and her family has lost their only source of income. Are you going to make me just watch a hero’s family fall apart, or even die from lack of money? Are all lawyers as heartless as you?” Some onlookers pointed at me, while others couldn’t help but secretly wipe away tears. In contrast, I sat in the car, looking down at Madeline with indifference. Just then, my phone rang. In contrast, I sat in the car, looking down at Madeline with indifference. Just then, my phone rang.
I glanced at my phone and saw my boss messaging me on WhatsApp, asking to meet for coffee to discuss an important case. “My boss wants to meet for coffee to discuss another case. You’d better not cause a scene here!” With that, I forcefully pried her hands away from the car door and slammed it shut. As Madeline tried to grab the door handle again, I immediately locked the car and shouted to my assistant Hector Dudley: “Drive!” Hector sat in the driver’s seat, looking helplessly at Madeline outside the window, who was trembling with rage and pounding on the glass. “Mr. Lewis…” I snapped impatiently: “Hurry up! Don’t you want your performance bonus?” As the car slowly started moving, Madeline suddenly stood up and spread her arms wide, blocking the path of our barely moving vehicle. Hector slammed on the brakes in panic, and the sudden inertia threw me forward. I rolled down the window, ready to scold her. At that moment, Madeline pounded on the hood, screaming at the top of her lungs: “Zachary! Rita became a vegetable trying to save me! Without her, you would have lost your wife and child long ago! “She protected your family, and you can’t just watch her go without money for treatment. Even if you don’t have money now, your parents do. Can’t you borrow some from them?” The onlookers were moved by her words and spontaneously blocked the car’s path. Suddenly, a passerby pointed at me angrily. “You’re dressed so well, so why are you treating your wife’s lifesaver this way?” Another passerby chimed in: “I’ve heard that many lawyers nowadays have no moral boundaries, but I never imagined one could be this vicious.” I rolled the window back up and roared at Hector: “Can’t you make a U-turn?” Hector restarted the car, preparing to turn around and leave. Seeing this, Madeline immediately grabbed the megaphone from a nearby security guard and blocked my car again. “Honey, I know you hate trouble most of all, and you’re worried that Rita’s family will hold us responsible. If that’s the case, you should divide our marital assets clearly—half and half. I’ll take responsibility for everything regarding Rita and guarantee I won’t drag you down. “Honey, please! Forgive me for doing this.” After saying this, she stood in front of my car, looking at me intently. I angrily pushed open the car door, got out, and slapped her hard across the face. “My boss wants to discuss business with me, but you keep blocking my way. Someone else has already gone ahead! You stupid woman have ruined my chance for promotion and a raise!” Seeing this, a police officer stepped forward and shouted angrily at me: “How dare you hit her? Do you believe I’ll charge you with domestic violence?” I glanced at the officer with disdain, filled with contempt: He planned to charge a lawyer? Was he even qualified? Madeline held back the officer, the bright red handprint standing out starkly on her pale face. She said to the officer: “It’s okay.” Then she continued pleading with me through her tears: “Honey, is a promotion and raise more important to you than a human life? If we divorce, you won’t have to be responsible. I’ll take the child and help my lifesaver! For the sake of our former marriage, why can’t you agree?” Seeing my indifference, she clenched her fists and screamed hysterically: “Zachary, do you really need me to leave with nothing before you’re satisfied?”
Her words exploded like a bombshell among the crowd. “This man is truly heartless! If it weren’t for this heroic woman stepping in to save them, his wife and child would be dead today. Now he’s afraid of being bothered, so he’s making his own wife leave with nothing.” “And he’s supposed to be a lawyer! Who would dare hire such an irresponsible lawyer for their case?” “Exactly! He even dares to lay hands on a woman. This poor woman is so unlucky to have married such a bastard.” Before I could speak, Madeline slowly walked up to me. She looked at me with pleading eyes. “Honey, Rita is a hero and my savior. Why can’t you give her some money? Besides, I only want my share of the assets!” Madeline’s voice grew louder and more emotional. I sneered and said to Hector, “Hector, go to the hospital and contact Rita’s husband. Tell him that if he wants to divorce his vegetative wife, I have a way to transfer all his debts to Rita, and I’ll represent him for free.” Hector was stunned. Everyone present was shocked by my words. Madeline stared at me in disbelief, her eyes filled with anger and disappointment. Everyone around glared at me with gritted teeth, as if I were an unforgivable criminal. Madeline suddenly stood up and grabbed my suit collar. “Zachary, even if Rita has become a vegetable, she’s still the hero who saved me and our child. How can you do this?” “I’m just maximizing Rita’s final value. Who would demand payment from a hero? This case is bound to be sensational, and I’ll definitely make my mark in the legal world!” “Zachary, you disgust me! You’re not usually like this. Haven’t you always listened to me?” Hearing this, I looked deeply at Madeline. I thought to myself: “She’s right. I used to obey her every word, and everyone in the community knew I treated my wife well. But now, I just want fame…” “I’m a lawyer, and this case will bring me both fame and fortune. Am I stupid? Why wouldn’t I take this case?” I looked at Hector, who was still in a daze. “What are you standing there for? Go!” Hector snapped back to reality, nodded quickly, and got in the car. Seeing my cold ruthlessness, Madeline trembled with rage. The usually gentle woman suddenly stood up and blocked Hector’s path. Then she glared at me and shouted angrily, “Zachary! She’s our neighbor, your friend, your wife’s savior. She needs a lot of money now that she’s a vegetable. What about her family? Are you really determined not to give me a single penny?” I stared directly at her, crossed my arms, and smiled mockingly, “Her husband will naturally handle her affairs and support her mother. Does the law require the husband of the rescued person to bear these responsibilities?” “Even from a humanitarian standpoint, shouldn’t you give them some money?” Madeline pleaded with me, constantly trying to make me feel guilty. Then she gave me a final warning: “I’m asking you one last time, will you give me the money?” However, I said without hesitation, “What’s that got to do with me!” My words completely infuriated everyone present. “You bastard! I’m definitely posting this online today and letting netizens judge for themselves. How can someone like you be a lawyer?” The man speaking raised his phone, and others followed suit one after another. “I’ve never seen someone so heartless! Everyone post this online – let’s condemn him together!” “We can pressure his company and get his boss to fire him!” “Yes! Fire him! Fire him!” “Your threats don’t scare me…” I wasn’t the least bit worried about these people’s threats. At that moment, an elderly man with a cane hobbled over to me and spat at my feet. “You bastard! You’re so heartless!” “Sir, if you insult me, I can call the police to have you taken away.” “I’m going to curse you, you cold-blooded man! Today I’ll deliver justice!” With that, the old man brandished his cane, planning to beat me up. I leaned forward and said mockingly, “Go ahead and try hitting me. Are you wealthy? Do you have enough money to compensate me?” “I hate selfish young people like you. Today I’m going to teach you a lesson, you bastard – I’m not afraid of going to jail.” Just as the old man raised his cane high, Madeline stopped him. “Please everyone, calm down. I’ll talk to my husband!” She took a deep breath and looked at me. “Honey, is this really okay? I can leave with nothing, but you should help Rita and her family. Otherwise these people will expose you, and you’ll definitely lose your job.” Hearing Madeline mention my job, I panicked a little. Madeline turned to address the crowd around us. “Everyone, our goal is just to get this female hero the treatment she needs and help her family live a good life. Please, delete the videos, thank you all.” The police officers also bowed to the onlookers alongside Madeline. Their synchronized actions deeply moved everyone present. People looked at Madeline with sympathetic eyes, and Hector was so touched he started wiping away tears. A middle-aged woman holding her phone shouted at me, “You bastard, look carefully! I’ve already deleted the video!” Then people began deleting those videos right in front of me. “Everyone has deleted their videos, so you can transfer the money to me now, right?” Madeline looked at me expectantly. “They did delete the videos, but you haven’t signed the divorce agreement stating you’ll voluntarily leave with nothing.” “What if you change your mind after I transfer the money to you?” I became increasingly aggressive. The old man with the cane finally couldn’t hold back and struck me on the head. Blood immediately flowed out, I felt dizzy and collapsed to the ground. Madeline screamed, “Zachary!” But the onlookers applauded and commented. “Well done!” “Let’s upload this black-hearted lawyer’s video online, expose him, and ruin his reputation!” “Right! We can’t let this bastard who insulted a female hero get away with it!” The crowd took photos and recorded videos, posting them online. In no time, everyone knew my name. Lying on the ground, I managed a difficult smile, thinking to myself, “Good! They’d better keep spreading this.” Then I closed my eyes and completely lost consciousness. When I woke up again, I found myself lying in a hospital bed with a nurse administering an IV drip. The nurse saw me open my eyes, and her contempt was unmistakable as she muttered under her breath, “Just my luck, having to deal with this bastard.” After finishing the IV, the nurse quickly left, as if I were some kind of dangerous creature. I turned to look at Hector beside me, who was shaking his head with a bitter smile. “Zachary, the internet is flooded with your scandals right now. You’ve made headlines.” I picked up my phone and saw my negative news ranking first on Twitter, with related YouTube videos already hitting tens of millions of likes. Seeing all this, I actually felt relieved—everything was going according to plan. Just then, my boss Chris Evans stormed in, shouting angrily, “Zachary!” I looked up toward the hospital room door. Chris angrily pushed the door open, but seeing me with my head wrapped in bandages and my pale complexion, he sighed helplessly. “Look at yourself! How could you go and slander a female hero? Now hundreds of influencers and reporters are looking for you. Come with me right now so we can lay low for a few days!” I smiled gratefully. Before I could speak, a crowd of people rushed in. Leading them were Madeline and Rita’s husband Andrew Johnson, supporting Rita’s mother between them, followed by a group of influencers and reporters. Rita’s mother, Catherine Wilson, walked straight to my bedside the moment she saw me. “Mr. Lewis, it’s all my fault for being useless. I got seriously ill, and Rita spent so much money on me. Now she’s in a vegetative state, and I don’t even have money to pay for her hospital room. I’ve failed my daughter!” I instinctively wanted to help her up, but I bit my teeth and pulled my hand back, clenching my fists and stepping back. “Please, just consider it a loan, okay? Please help us get through this crisis! Even if I have to sell my blood, I’ll pay you back!” With every word she spoke, she bowed to me with her hands clasped together. I crossed my arms and watched her coldly, my tone utterly indifferent. “You don’t need to beg me. As long as Madeline signs a divorce agreement leaving with nothing, I’ll transfer the money to her immediately!” Madeline looked me up and down, her eyes full of confusion. After thinking for a moment, she glanced at Andrew in the crowd, then turned back to stare at me. “Zachary, a few million dollars is pocket change to you. Just take pity on Rita’s family!” Andrew stepped out from behind Madeline, looking utterly exhausted. He walked up to me and said awkwardly, “Zachary, please! Once Rita’s condition stabilizes, I’ll go out and work to pay you back immediately, okay?” I looked down at him condescendingly, let out a cold laugh, and ignored both him and Catherine as they stood there, focusing on my phone instead. “My God! How can he be so cold-blooded? They’re all begging him, and he’s just sitting there playing with his phone.” “Everyone curse this bastard to die soon!” An influencer started criticizing me first, and the onlookers joined in, saying they couldn’t let the female hero and her family down. I remained unmoved as I looked at the headline: “Cold-blooded Lawyer Zachary.” I casually opened the YouTube livestream, where the viewer count had already exceeded eight million, with the chat filled with accusations against me. Watching the continuously soaring viewer numbers, I let out a cold laugh. The reporters exchanged glances with each other. Madeline suddenly burst into tears: “Zachary, let me confirm one last time. You want me to leave with nothing before you’ll give them money, right? You don’t even want your own child anymore?” I glanced at her and angrily urged, “Why won’t you sign? Hurry up!” “Fine, I’ll sign. Since you’ve decided I’m your burden, I’ll sign right now. As you wish!” Everyone pointed fingers at me. Madeline handed over the signed divorce agreement with trembling hands. “Are you satisfied now?” I took the agreement. Thinking about how she would soon leave with nothing, I smiled with satisfaction. Looking at my phone showing the livestream had broken twenty million viewers, I smiled even more happily. “Madeline, since you’ve given me such a satisfying gift, it’s time to reveal the truth to the public!”
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