Illegal Motorcycle Purchase, Fell Into a Vegetative State, and I’m Fully Responsible?

I was beaten so badly I collapsed on the ground. The workers in the shop rushed out and surrounded me, protecting me in the middle.

In the crowd, an old woman glared at me and kept cursing. “You heartless bastard! My son is only twentythree, and now he’s in a vegetative state.

You have to take responsibility!” “If it weren’t for you, how would he have ended up like this?” On the huge sign they were holding, red letters read: “Shady businessman killed my son.

Pay with your life. Give me back my son’s healthy body!” Next to it was a portrait, and it was clearly some stranger’s face.

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t remember ever having a customer like that. Seeing this, I held my head and said, “Ma’am, every customer in our shop is on record.

I never served your son. Are you sure you didn’t get the wrong place?” The moment she heard that, she immediately slapped a purchase record in my face. “He bought it here.

You have to pay!” The sharp edge of the paper cut my cheek. I looked closely, and it said Zhang Liang! But the banner said Liang Donghai! “This isn’t him!” I was stunned.

The old woman rushed over, grabbed my hair tightly, and slapped me again and again. “It was you.

If I don’t get ten million, I’ll make you pay with your life!” I subconsciously raised my hand to block her, and the workers beside me rushed in to shield me too.

Under the old woman’s furious assault, I had no choice but to swing back. She stumbled back two steps, then slapped her thighs and screamed. “Help! They’re beating me!

You beasts are bullying an old woman like me. There’s no justice!” The second her words fell, the people she brought with her swarmed in and started hitting us.

The workers didn’t dare fight back, and before long they were losing ground. I wiped the blood off my head and, while I had a second, checked the order on my phone.

There was definitely no Liang Donghai in there, so I barked, “All of you, get the hell off me!” For a moment, they all froze.

I stared at them. “Liang Donghai never bought anything from me!” “Your whole family is trying to scam me!” “Causing trouble and assaulting people like this?

You’re all going to jail!” They all froze, glancing at one another, and it was obvious they were getting scared. But the old woman jumped up. “You rotten bastard!

My son said it himself. He bought it from you!” “This is his payment screenshot! Fortythree thousand eight hundred!” She shoved her phone in front of my face.

When I saw the order number, it looked familiar. That was one I sold a week ago, and the last three digits of the number were exactly 820!

I was a little confused, and the old woman kept gripping my collar. “You monster, you run such a big shop and still bully an orphaned mother and son!

You have no conscience!” I was furious, but this customer and the person in that photo clearly didn’t match at all! “Pay me back for my son!

Pay me back for my son!” I took a deep breath. “Even if I did sell it to him, if you can prove it was a quality problem with the bike, I’ll accept the inspection result.” “If it wasn’t, then you’re extorting me!” My words made her explode with rage.

She roared, “All that nonsense about motorcycle thrills and excitement, you’re the ones who advertise it!

Otherwise my son wouldn’t have come to buy it!” At that moment, I suddenly thought of someone. He had said the same thing before. “Motorcycles are thrilling!

I’m a hardcore fan, man. Just sell me one!” Looking at the old woman in front of me, I suddenly realized something. “Call the police! If there’s a problem, let the police handle it.

Ten million isn’t something you just say and make it real. Everything goes through legal procedure.” My words made her jump three feet high.

She immediately started cursing, “Go to hell! You’re just trying to dodge responsibility!” “If you don’t pay today, your shop can forget about staying open!”

Everyone around us rushed in.

The old woman waved her hand and led the charge, and when she saw the bikes inside the shop, she roared, “My son is in a vegetative state, and the hospital charges twenty or thirty thousand a day.

Take everything out of his shop!” The second her words fell, everyone rushed forward, and I quickly told the workers to stop them.

These were all custom orders from customers, and each one was worth well over $10,000. If even one got damaged, none of these people could afford it.

But the old woman didn’t care at all. “Take them away to pay the debt! My son’s medical bills are counting on this!” I was so furious I nearly exploded.

The workers could protect one bike, but not the others. Seeing that, I grabbed the wrench beside me and smashed it against the display rack! Bang! A deafening crash!

Everyone stopped.

I stood there, my face covered in blood, my expression dark and dangerous. “If any of you touch my bikes, I’ll fight you to the death and drag you down with me!” “Don’t believe me?

Try it!” I shouted coldly, the blood on my face making me look vicious enough to scare people half to death. A flash of fear crossed the old woman’s face.

I stepped forward, and she kept backing away. “You… what are you going to do?

I’m telling you, if you come any closer, I won’t be polite!” I gave a cold laugh, and she turned pale with fright. “Old lady, whether your son actually bought his bike from me is still up in the air.

Even if he did, why should I, a guy who sells bikes, care whether he lives or dies?” “How your son ended up in a vegetative state, I’ll leave that to the police, but today—” I looked around. “Whoever dares touch my bikes, even if you sell yourselves, you still couldn’t pay for them!

Don’t believe me? Try it!” My ferocious look forced them all to step back two paces, exchanging uneasy glances. At that point, everyone turned to the old woman.

She was all bark and no bite. “Don’t listen to him. He’s guilty. Just haul the bikes away!” I couldn’t help but laugh coldly. “Go ahead and drag them away. Let them try.

I’ve got cameras everywhere. Once you step inside, that’s breaking and entering and robbery, and the amount involved is huge.

Add intentional injury on top of that, and you’re looking at more than ten years in prison!” Immediately, none of them dared move forward.

The old woman was anxious out of her mind and was about to keep arguing when the police arrived, and I finally let out a breath. “What happened?

Who called the police?” “Officer!” The old woman dropped to her knees at once. “You have to stand up for me!

My son got into an accident after buying a motorcycle from them!” “He even threatened us, saying that if we came here to demand an explanation, it would count as trespassing and robbery!” The officer hurried over to help her up. “Ma’am, please get up first.

We’ll investigate everything clearly.” Then he turned to look at me, and I said nothing else and just handed over the surveillance footage. “They’re making trouble for no reason and extorting me.

I want a medical exam for my injuries!” When they saw the footage of the old woman opening my head with a single blow, the officer looked at her in disbelief. “Officer, I’m dizzy.” After saying that, I couldn’t hold on anymore and passed out on the spot!

When I woke up again, I was in the hospital, with a bandage wrapped around my head and my vision spinning.

As soon as I woke up, the police happened to come in to take my statement, and I also requested an injury evaluation. “The other side insists that you be held responsible for Liang Donghai’s injuries.” “As far as we know, he came to buy the 820 model from you half a month ago.” “During a latenight street race, he took a turn too fast, lost control, flipped over, and passed out on the spot.

He was taken to the hospital and ended up in a vegetative state.” I looked at him in confusion. “What does that have to do with me?

Every bike that leaves my shop has a quality inspection report, and it passes fully.

If it was the rider’s own fault, how can they pin that on me?” I had an employee send over the original order slip. “Look, the order number they produced was under the name Zhang Liang, and the ID was Zhang Liang’s too.

I don’t even know this Liang Donghai!”

The police checked the shop’s order slip and the tax records too, and they were just as shocked!

I took the chance and said, “I’m not settling for what they did to me.” The officer understood immediately. “Then we’ll detain her under public security regulations.” “As for compensation, you can pursue it through legal channels.” I finally felt a little better.

After staying in the hospital for a week and making sure I was fine, I went back.

As soon as I got to the shop, I saw the workers repainting the walls. “What happened?” “Boss, you’re finally back.

Someone splashed paint all over the place last night.” Seeing this, I was furious. What’s more, even the bikes had red paint splashed on them. How was I supposed to sell them now?

I called the police again, but without surveillance footage, the culprit had already destroyed the cameras beforehand.

The police came and checked nearby cameras, but they found nothing. Our shop was in the suburbs, and the camera coverage wasn’t complete.

The police said they’d handle it as soon as possible. But I knew that without evidence, “as soon as possible” was just a polite way of comforting me.

I was still thinking about how to explain this to my customers when I got a phone call. “Mr. Ryan, your shop really has no bottom line, does it?

From now on, our club won’t be buying bikes from you anymore.” Hearing that, I looked baffled. “What do you mean? How am I the one with no bottom line?” “Still pretending?

That old lady is so old, how could you bring yourself to bully her?” Before I could ask more, he hung up.

At the same time, my shop’s phone kept ringing nonstop, and every call was someone cursing out my whole family.

There were even plenty of customers who canceled their orders one after another. I had already taken deposits, and refusing refunds only drew more insults.

But I knew this was only the beginning. The culprit was Liang Donghai!

Sure enough, a friend forwarded me a video, and in it was that old woman, crying her heart out to the camera. “My son, Liang Donghai, was tricked by Ryan into buying a motorcycle.

He knew my son was a beginner, but just to make money he made my son spend over forty thousand dollars on a death trap!” “My son, the one I only had when I was forty, is now in a vegetative state.

Ryan even threatened me, saying I was extorting him, got me locked up for seven days, and still wants to sue me!” “What am I supposed to do? I’m just an old woman with nothing!

Please, everyone, help me. Please help me!” Then she dropped straight to her knees in front of the camera. Seeing this, I almost laughed from anger.

This old woman really should have gone into acting.

My shop had just been making a name for itself thanks to the International Superbike Championship, and now one sentence from this old woman had almost knocked me off my pedestal.

But public opinion cuts both ways, and I hoped they could handle the backlash. “Boss, what do we do? Orders are getting canceled nonstop.

These bikes are probably all going straight into storage!” Looking at the red paint on the bikes and the destroyed cameras, I couldn’t help but laugh coldly. “Go set up a livestream for me.

I’m giving bikes away in a raffle!” “A $45,800 bike? Why not give it away for free.

I want to see how they try to mess with me!” My assistant immediately got to work and helped me set up the equipment.

And after I opened my account, I posted my first video. “Hello everyone, I’m Ryan. Tonight I’m exposing the truth about how motorcycle riders ended up in vegetative states.

See you in the livestream at 7 p.m. sharp!” If they wanted money, then come and get it! That evening at 7, I went live on time.

Behind me was a row of bikes priced at $45,800 each. “Hello everyone, I’m Ryan.

Tonight I’m exposing the truth behind how motorcycle riders end up in vegetative states.” “Here’s my question: anyone who can solve my confusion, I’ll give away a free motorcycle!” Instantly, tens of thousands of people poured into the livestream. “Is this for real?

Trying to win people over? What a shameless crook!” “What confusion?

Call me dad and I’ll help you!” “You already got someone turned into a vegetative state, and you still have the face to give away bikes?” I twisted the throttle toward the camera, and the roaring engine only made them even more agitated.

Then I smiled and pulled out an order slip. “Liang Donghai, you said you bought one of my bikes.

But the order number you provided—why does the customer verification not match you?” “Did you steal someone else’s screenshot?” “Or are you just not qualified to buy my bike in the first place?”

I looked into the camera. “Everyone, help me solve this mystery.

This 820 is the one you’re after!” “I’m preparing five bikes this time, and I’m giving them all away!” Immediately, everyone got excited and started flooding the livestream with comments. “Ryan, are you serious?

You’re really giving away a motorcycle worth tens of thousands?” “I’m a bike fanatic. Let me break it down.

I remember you said before that beginners with less than a year of riding experience can’t buy the 820.

That guy was probably afraid you wouldn’t sell it to him, so he had someone else buy it for him, right?” When I saw that comment, my eyes lit up. Yes—how did I not think of that?

There had to be a connection between Liang Donghai and Zhang Liang, otherwise why would he take the risk of helping him?

At first I thought it was a lost ID being misused, but now that I thought about it, wasn’t this a clue?

Seeing that comment, I laughed and directly tagged the police. “Officer, please help check this out and see whether it’s true.” I showed my own order number, along with the video of Liang Donghai’s mother throwing a fit in my shop and splitting my head open.

When everyone saw that, they immediately lost their composure. “Damn, I thought she was just a poor mother, but it turns out she’s a complete shrew.

Ryan’s really unlucky to have his head split open like that!” “If it were me, I probably wouldn’t forgive her either.

If you really give it away, then I’ll believe you.” I made the decision on the spot. “Congratulations to this viewer. You’ve won one Ryan 820 motorcycle.

You have three days to come to my shop with your ID and claim it.

Before you come, send me your IP address and contact customer service.” The moment I called out the person’s name and really gave away the motorcycle, everyone went wild.

The livestream was in total chaos, and I shut it off directly. I knew this was only the beginning. After I ended the stream, I had no idea how many people were going to be jealous.

Once this wave of attention died down, a new topic would rise soon enough. I wanted to see what else that old woman had to say.

Sure enough, the next day the old woman called me. “Ryan, you heartless bastard!

My son is in a vegetative state because of you, and yet you have money to give bikes to other people.

Why won’t you give one to me?” I laughed when I heard that. “I don’t have any money!” “But you have bikes! You gave your bikes to someone else!” She was practically screaming.

I said casually, “Yeah.

I just don’t know which old bastard splashed red paint all over my bike and made it impossible to sell, so of course I’d give it away.” “My bike, I’ll give it to whoever I want.

What does that have to do with you?” After saying that, I hung up and blocked her again. The old woman was frantic, and at the same time, the police contacted me as well.

When I got their call, I already had a rough idea. The internet’s speculation from last night had clearly put pressure on them, and they had found Zhang Liang first thing.

When Zhang Liang saw the police at his door, he panicked and spilled everything. “Ryan, we’ve already checked. The Zhang Liang who bought your bike is indeed Liang Donghai’s cousin.

Liang Donghai had been riding for less than a year, and since you wouldn’t sell to him, he borrowed Zhang Liang’s identity to make the purchase.

He was also the one who made the payment.” Hearing that, I immediately understood.

Sure enough, the internet really was full of amateur detectives, and they had guessed everything right. “If that’s the case, then he made the purchase maliciously, and it has nothing to do with me.

As for extorting ten million dollars, that part is already ironclad. There’s no reason I should pay for his mistake!”