Who Made Him a Lawyer?

Chapter 517: Chapter 371: Leveraging Influence! Using Others as Pawns!

By the time the three of them arrived in Qingshi City, it was already two in the morning.

Xu Liang didn’t rush back to the firm. Instead, he led them to a nearby hotel and booked two rooms to rest for the night.

Until....

September 18th.

Nine o’clock in the morning.

After grabbing a quick breakfast, the three of them hurried straight to the firm.

"Creak~"

The front door of Conscience Law Firm was slowly pushed open.

Inside, people were busy everywhere—some talking to clients, some on the phone. In short, the whole firm was buzzing with life.

A figure stepped into the firm.

The receptionist by the door spoke up instinctively, "May I ask what you’d like to consult about...."

But when she looked up and clearly saw Xu Liang, she froze for a second, then her face lit up with surprise.

"Director!? The director’s back!"

Director....

As the two words fell, the firm went still for a beat, then everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look.

There at the entrance stood Xu Liang, Yang Ruoxi, and Su Yu.

Everyone’s faces broke into smiles at once. A few lawyers who didn’t have clients at the moment rushed over and surrounded Xu Liang.

From the moment Xu Liang took the case to the time he left, roughly speaking, it had already been close to a month.

To say they hadn’t missed him would be a lie. After all, they’d chosen to follow him in the first place because they’d seen his résumé.

Now seeing him again... it really felt a bit like kindergarten kids seeing their parents at pick-up time!

It wasn’t until Wang Feiyu and Xia Yao came over that the crowd finally dispersed.

"Break it up! Have any of you actually finished the work in your hands or are you just messing around here!?"

"Have you hit your performance targets!? Have you been explaining things patiently to the clients who come in for consultations!?"

As soon as he heard Xu Liang was back, Wang Feiyu hurried down from the second floor. He came down with a stern face, firing off a string of reprimands. Everyone’s hearts sank, and they could only shuffle back to their desks with a resentful look.

Once the crowd scattered, a smile instantly appeared on Wang Feiyu’s face as he looked at Xu Liang.

"You’re back, senior!"

"Nothing major at the firm right now. You’ve been busy for a whole month—do you want to take a break first?"

"No need."

Xu Liang waved his hand. His stamina was pretty good. It was just...

He turned his head to glance at Yang Ruoxi and Su Yu. The two of them didn’t have his freakish physical condition, and after a sleepless night, they were far from being in top form. He spoke at once:

"You two go rest first."

Hearing that, Yang Ruoxi paused, but she didn’t try to act tough. Head lowered, she obediently went back to her room with Su Yu to rest.

Watching their backs.

Xia Yao hesitated, then said quietly:

"Senior, do you think Secretary Yang and Assistant Su... might have a problem with their mindset...."

"They won’t."

Xu Liang shook his head. What lawyer doesn’t lose cases? You lose enough times and you get used to it.

On the contrary....

"Have the papers come out?"

Xu Liang raised his brows and looked at the two in front of him, asking with some interest.

Today was the 18th, and the first trial had adjourned yesterday afternoon, on the 17th.

Xu Liang hadn’t sent any news back to the firm. Given that, there was only one channel by which they could know the result—and that was the newspapers!

"Let me see." Xu Liang said immediately.

"Um...."

Xia Yao and Wang Feiyu hesitated, until Xu Liang emphasized his attitude again. Only then did they sigh and hand him the paper.

It was this morning’s freshly printed edition. As Xu Liang reached out to take it, he could almost still feel the residual warmth of the printing presses.

He lowered his head and swept his eyes across it.

[A Verdict That Delights the People! Hanhai City Shooting Case: Defendant Sentenced to Death!]

[Irresponsible Legal Hack Ducks Court Over "Fragile Psyche," Can’t Handle Pressure and Chooses Not to Appear, Resulting in Client Being Sentenced to Death....]

[A Closer Look at Just How Unreasonable the Defense’s Theory Was in the First Trial!]

[During the hearing, the defense claimed the lawyer couldn’t appear because he had diarrhea and was at the hospital, but after adjournment, a reporter snapped a photo of him at the courthouse. According to descriptions, he looked rosy-cheeked, showing no signs of illness....]

[Can the Defendant in This Case Sue His Irresponsible Lawyer!?]

[....]

A string of headlines unfolded before Xu Liang’s eyes.

No doubt, all of these reports were extremely eye-catching—the kind of headlines that made you want to read on as soon as you saw them.

Except...

Every piece was an attack on Xu Liang!

Standing off to the side, Xia Yao and Wang Feiyu watched Xu Liang carefully, afraid the newspaper might mess with his state of mind.

After a long moment, Xu Liang finally set the paper down.

"Tsk, the paper’s pretty good reading with breakfast today."

He remarked with a bit of relish, as if he hadn’t quite had his fill yet.

Hearing that, anger suddenly flashed across Wang Feiyu’s face. He said indignantly, "Senior, they...."

To be honest, as a lawyer himself, Wang Feiyu knew how tough it was to be a defense attorney.

Let alone that the one being attacked was Xu Liang!

Right now he was itching to give each of those reporters who wrote the pieces a couple of punches so they’d learn their lesson!

As for Xu Liang... he just waved his hand.

"It’s fine."

The one at the center of public opinion had no emotional fluctuations at all, as if the person being scolded wasn’t him.

He even... felt they were scolding him quite nicely!

The harsher the scolding, the less attention people would pay to the fact that he’d quietly slipped off to Yang City during the trial!

And naturally, the less they’d know what kind of information he’d managed to obtain!

So right now....

"Where’s the guy who came to the firm yesterday? Have him go with me to the High Court!"

A sharp light flashed in Xu Liang’s eyes as he spoke.

The guy who came to the firm yesterday....

"Which one?" Wang Feiyu asked instinctively.

Two people had come to the firm yesterday, so he wasn’t sure which one Xu Liang meant.

"Liu Meng—the one who called the police in the shooting case!" Xu Liang said bluntly.

Liu Meng...

Wang Feiyu shot Xia Yao a look. She understood and immediately went to bring him over.

He, on the other hand, looked at Xu Liang and frowned. "Senior, you’re... still going to take the second instance!?"

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