Chapter 1167 Accident (12)

• “Money can’t fix this!” Zheng Chengwen said, gutted and furious. “If I could trade Chengkai, even my own life, for your freedom, I would. But can I? No way. It just won’t work. No amount of cash will help.”
• He didn’t tell Zheng Mingjie that Chengkai couldn’t even scrape together much for greasing palms anymore. With all the payouts and loans to repay, Chengkai was already on the brink of collapse. Sell Chengkai to bust Zheng Mingjie out? Not a chance. And even if they could swap Chengkai for Zheng Mingjie, they’d be left with nothing. He already understood his son couldn’t quietly and steadily claw back Regal Peaks the way Madison Sawyer did, couldn’t take back Chengkai bit by bit. He also knew Zheng Mingjie’s mind was twisted. In that kind of situation, what extreme thing would Zheng Mingjie pull? If he traded half a lifetime of sweat and blood for Zheng Mingjie, what if Zheng Mingjie went and got himself killed again?
• “At best—at absolute best—we fight on appeal. Push to change life without parole to a fixed term. That alone is a mountain of work,” Zheng Chengwen finally said what he still could do.