Chapter 1: The Office's Unspoken Rules...

  "I know, you're going to tell me how to solve this matter." Yang Zongbao of course knew what Bao Guo was going to say.

  "Huh? Got it?" Bao Guo was very surprised, but immediately understood: "If Bao Ge knows about it, it's not surprising at all. This time, don't worry, there's a lawyer to defend you, although he's not as experienced as the Huang family's, but he's reliable and has a strong backbone. He's your dad's usual lawyer." Bao Guo glanced at Yang Zongbao's reaction when mentioning his father, and seeing that he didn't seem unhappy, continued: "It's just going through the motions, you cooperate with him. I'm not afraid of Huang Tianpeng making secret moves either. I'll have someone follow you around."

  "You said, is the Huang family rich?" Yang Zongbao asked after a moment of silence.

  "Of course, a financial case is 10% commission, you say it's not lucrative?"

  "I've got this, can I make some money from them?" Yang Zongbao said as he threw his phone onto the table.

  It turned out that Yang Zongbao had started recording with his mobile phone before entering the door last night, and happened to record Huang Tianpeng's words about you being willing.

  Bao Guo listened and said with a hint of grievance: "Brother Bao has found an excuse for himself, but this thing can still make some money, let's settle it out of court."

  "You go and handle it." Yang Zongbao said as he took out the SIM card and handed the phone over to Bao Guo.

  In just a few days, the court quickly notified us again, saying that the other party wanted an out-of-court settlement.

  Yang Zongbao formally bought a suit. After all, the court is a very solemn occasion, and Yang Zongbao's inexplicable illness came again, forcing himself to look more spirited.

  Yang Zongbao originally wanted to come alone, but Zhou Yi made an excuse that he wanted to get a closer look at the visual feast, so he followed Yang Zongbao to attend the out-of-court mediation.

  The mediation was conducted in the conference room on the second floor of the Intermediate People's Court.

  Yang Zongbao and Zhou Yi arrived early, and also met the legendary imperial lawyer - Lü Qinghou, 32 years old, almost undefeated. However, the other party seemed unwilling to even pretend, seeing Yang Zongbao and others without any intention of self-introduction, just a very cold nod, as if because Yang Zongbao and others occupied his precious time was worthless.

  "Has Yang Tianming paid you for this matter?" Yang Zongbao asked, sitting up straight.

  "What did you say?" Lü Qinghou didn't dare to believe his own ears. How long had it been since someone dared to speak to him in such a tone, everywhere he went was filled with flattering voices.

  "I said, since you've been paid, there's no need to give us attitude here. We're the customers and you're the service provider, don't give me a cold face, it'll ruin my mood."

  "Money isn't what you pay."

  "Uh, I didn't pay the money, but you came to serve me, don't get it wrong." Yang Zongbao calmly took a sip of the cheap tea provided by the court.

  "Sorry, Lawyer Lü, I'm late." A loud and clear male voice broke the tense atmosphere in the conference room, just as Lü Qinghou was about to lose his temper.

  Yang Zongbao sat up straight, although the conference room chair had a backrest, but Yang Zongbao still didn't let his waist relax.

  Huang Boran walked into the conference room with his disappointing son and saw such a scene. The person sitting upright opposite him was the object of this farce. Indeed, good posture, but after taking a closer look, it's just a cheap new suit, too flashy but not substantial.

  Huang Boran shook hands with his old opponent, Lü Qinghou, as soon as he entered the door. "Sorry about that, traffic jam on the way. Is this the person involved? You're doing legal aid again?"

  "Hello." Yang Zongbao stood up and wanted to shake hands with Huang Boran, but the other quickly withdrew his hand, leaving Yang Zongbao empty-handed.

  "Hmph, you're no match for me." Huang Tianpeng had a band-aid on his nose and spoke with a nasal tone. Although he had covered up the bruises on his face with concealer, they were still visible as purplish-green marks.

  "I heard you want to make amends, we agree, as long as you apologize publicly." Huang Boran came on strong from the start.

  But Huang Tianpeng reacted strongly: "How can a public apology be enough? They should also be charged with intentional injury and sexual abuse."

  "In the interest of fairness, we asked the victim and their family to come together." Huang Boran stood up and opened the door, letting Mei Wenxin and her parents in. Looking at Mei Wenxin's expression, she seemed reluctant and only came because she had to.

  "You beast." Mei's father was extremely agitated as soon as he saw Yang Zongbao.

  Yang Zongbao is innocent, what's going on here? This family's acting skills are so proficient that they can go act in a play.

  Mei Wenxin's eyes didn't dare to look at Yang Zongbao, and she kept her head down. Huang Tianpeng saw Mei Wenxin come in and sat beside her with a concerned expression.

  Yang Zongbao noticed that Mei Wenxi's shoulder trembled slightly when Huang Tianpeng touched it. Mei's parents were delighted to see the two young men and women being affectionate with each other.

  What's going on here? Yang Zongbao felt like he was redundant. The other side had formed a united front.

  "Don't call me names, watch your mouth." Yang Zongbao wouldn't allow the other person to scold him for no reason.

  "How dare you scold me! You're so ill-mannered, I don't know how your parents educated you. What a beastly thing to do!" Mei's father cursed and swore.

  Lawyer Huang couldn't take it anymore because Mr. Mei's words were clearly self-deprecating, having raised a son who was a beast: "Alright, if you provide some compensation, we can settle this out of court."

  Lü lawyer did not speak, presumably because Yang Zongbao's words had offended him earlier, so now he was ready to watch Yang Zongbao make a fool of himself.

  "Hey, everyone's here?" Bao Guo suddenly appeared at the door. Without waiting for anyone to speak up, he plopped himself down beside Yang Zongbao, squeezing Zhou Yi over to make room.

  "Who are you? This isn't a vegetable market, anyone can come in." Huang Boran frowned unhappily. Lü Qinghou apparently had thoughts about Bao Guo's appearance, but still didn't speak up.

  "No, no, just released a single and wanted to sell it in the market, and also let Bao Ge listen to it." Bao Guo took out a stack of CDs from his pocket and threw them on the table.

  "Get out, otherwise I'll call the police!" Huang Boran said angrily.

  "Wait, listen, it's beneficial for everyone."

  As Bao Guo pressed the shutter of the recorder, the scene that night reappeared, but without Mei Wenxi's voice, Yang Zongbao and their three people's dialogue could be heard very clearly.

  "This can be fabricated, I have to say that your means of fabricating evidence are very powerful, but this is not enough to serve as direct evidence." Huang Boran's expression became increasingly serious the moment he heard the recording, but his mouth still stubbornly refused to acknowledge the evidence.

  "What do you think?" Yang Zongbao asked Mei Wenxin, but the other party just buried her head even lower, without any intention of defending herself.

  Yang Zongbao was thoroughly disappointed. Originally, he didn't want to say anything too harsh out of respect for their acquaintanceship, but now it seemed like the other party intentionally wanted him to lose face. Under duress, he could only pull out a test report from his pocket: "This is the blood and bodily fluid samples I collected from the scene that day. I specially found an institution to analyze the DNA, of course, and also obtained the original materials. If you insist on making a fuss, then I'll accompany you to the end. I think many people will be very interested in this report. Whether it's true or not, just get those two dogs to check it out." Yang Zongbao's vicious tongue lashed out at Mei Wenxin and Huang Tianpeng, scolding them mercilessly.

  "What do you mean?" Mei's father didn't know if he really didn't understand or was just pretending to be stupid, but at this time he could still ask with great indignation.

  "What does it mean? It means that the one who crippled your daughter is not me, but someone beside your daughter. And I saved your daughter. Now you're saying that you're treating the enemy as a parent and forgetting the kindness."

  "That's enough! I won't be threatened by you. If you want to sue, go ahead and sue. We'll accompany you to the end." Huang Boran stopped Mei Fu from getting up again and stared straight at Yang Zongbao.

  "It's simple, just post it online." Yang Zongbao instructed Bao Guo to immediately create a post and upload the recording onto the internet.

  "You..." Huang Boran had never met anyone with such speed. He was just following the usual procedure to shirk responsibility, but the other party had already sent out the recording. As for whether the recording was true or false, he himself didn't know. Thinking of this, he glared angrily at Huang Tianpeng, who was still standing beside him with a nonchalant expression. This guy still didn't understand the severity of the situation.

  "How about it? Have you changed your mind? If not, I'll send out this report." Yang Zongbao nonchalantly waved the report in his hand.

  "Lu Lawyer, what's going on with you? As a junior, isn't it improper to treat your senior like this?" Huang Boran pointed the spearhead at Lu Qinghou, who had been silent all along.

  "It's useless to look for him, by the way, he is not a legal aid and did not come to fight this lawsuit for free. I am very dissatisfied with his service." Yang Zongbao's implication was that it might be necessary to replace Lü Qinghou: "Lawyer Huang is a household name in this city, but no matter how big the reputation is, it's impossible to cover the sky with one hand."

  "Your terms." Huang Boran forced out these few words with difficulty from his mouth.

  "It's simple, first don't bother me again; second give 1 million as my spiritual compensation fee, if you agree, let Bao Guo stay and negotiate with you, if not, then see you in court."

  "Alright." Huang Boran made a difficult decision.

  Yang Zongbao left the rest to Bao Guo and walked away, while Mei Wenxin had already turned pale when the recording appeared, and now she was even more colorful.

  "Master, you're so handsome." Zhou Yi followed Yang Zongbao and said with admiration.

  "You think I'm willing? No, I was forced to."

  In the suburbs of Zuo's city, in a courtyard, a man wearing a Changshan suit was playing golf. The courtyard was very large, and due to the owner's preference, as soon as you entered the door, it was a large green lawn of golf courses with mountains and water, which was considered a luxurious residence even in the suburbs.

  "How's it going?" The man asked Lv Qinghou who was standing on one side while swinging his racket.

  "Rude, unsteady, and self-righteous." Lü Qinghou counted off on his fingers.

  "That kid is really impulsive." The man swung out with one arm.

  Lü Qinghou secretly felt delighted, but before long his face fell.

  "Even if he's not, he's still my son. You've been getting close to Shen Rou lately, why don't you go help her out?" The man said, waving his hand for Lü Qinghou to leave.

  Lü Qinghou walked out of the courtyard gate and muttered to himself, "This is terrible." Before taking this case, he had already known about the relationship between Yang Zongbao and that man. However, since he had never dealt with them before and had no contact with this family, he was indeed too careless.

  "Kicked the wrong horse's leg, I suppose."

  Lü Qinghou had just stepped out of the door when he saw Bao Guo leaning against the gate, as if waiting for him on purpose.

  "Shut up! Do you think you've got the right shot?" Lü Qinghou said angrily. This guy hadn't read many books, and an illiterate could get close to him?