Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 239 - 238 Justice Will Not Be Late! Give You a Hand

Chapter 239: Chapter 238 Justice Will Not Be Late! Give You a Hand

Detention Center.

Inside the meeting room on the first floor.

As the doors of the temporary detention area swung open, several neatly dressed young men finally walked out.

"Son!"

"My boy!"

"Dear child!"

Three sets of parents cried out as they rushed forward to embrace their sons, holding them tight.

At that moment, their children also became tearful messes.

Young as they were, even just 48 hours in a detention center had put immense pressure on them.

At this moment, they were finally free, so crying was appropriate.

At this moment, fathers were kind, sons were dutiful, mothers were virtuous, and daughters were gentle – everything seemed so beautiful.

"You little shit, get over here!"

But a harsh shout interrupted some people’s sentiments.

A scholarly-looking boy was being scolded by Mr. Zhu.

"What are you yelling for, don’t scare our son!" Seeing this, Mrs. Zhu immediately yelled back at her husband.

"You, you , it’s all because of you. If you hadn’t spoiled him, would this have happened?"

"What do you mean me, our son is innocent, he was incited by others. Hasn’t the matter been resolved now? Haven’t they forgiven our boy?"

"Hmph, that’s because I spent money, if it hadn’t happened, would we have needed to spend so much money ’redeeming’ him back?"

As Mr. Zhu spoke, he shouted again at his son, "What are you looking at, come here now!"

The young man, subdued and cringing, could only step by step approach his parents, with his head lowered, bracing for the scolding.

It was obvious that this son was somewhat afraid of his father.

"Mom, you’ve finally come to pick me up!"

The last young man to exit the detention room had not shed tears; on the contrary, his face was rather relaxed.

His red hair seemed especially defiant at that moment.

With Yu Liang accompanying her, Madam Zhou approached him.

Slap!

A crisp sound, particularly grating.

All eyes turned to look, and everyone was stunned for a moment.

Wow! This mother and son truly had issues. Where else does one see a mother slapping her son across the face in public?

The red-haired youth was also frozen in place, the stinging pain on his cheek serving as a stark reminder that he had just been slapped.

"You dare to hit me, you bitch, you dare to hit me, I..."

The red-haired youth couldn’t restrain himself any longer and raised his hand, ready to strike back.

"Stop, do you want to go back in?"

Thankfully, Chief Liu intervened.

He had also come along and was standing nearby.

And there were on-duty officers from the detention center all around, watching the scene.

As the red-haired youth raised his hand, they all tensed their nerves, ready to step in at any moment.

The raised hand of the red-haired youth hung there, unable to complete the motion.

Though hot-tempered and impulsive, he was not foolish.

With so many eyes upon him, including those from the serious crime unit, any act of violence on his part would be self-destructive.

While it was easy enough to get out, he certainly didn’t want to go back in.

"Worthless!" Madam Zhou snorted coldly and turned to leave without looking back.

Yu Liang, standing aside, couldn’t help but shake his head upon seeing this.

His client may be wealthy, but her family life was far from happy.

Watching as the red-haired youth finally held back and prepared to leave, Chief Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lawyer Zhang, why did you come over? The agreement has been reached, why not go back and report the good news to the client?"

"Me? I naturally came to watch a good show," replied Lawyer Zhang.

"A good show?"

Chief Liu gave Zhang Wei a strange look.

Is this the show you wanted to see?

But no, how could Lawyer Zhang have known Madam Zhou was going to hit someone? Besides, several children being released from detention can hardly be considered a good show, right?

The words from Zhang Wei left Chief Liu utterly baffled.

Even so, he felt there was no need for Zhang Wei to come to the detention center, yet the latter insisted on coming over. Why was that?

"Here we go, the real show is about to start!"

But Zhang Wei merely smiled slightly and pointed toward the entrance of the detention center.

Sure enough, seven or eight people were pouring in through the entrance.

"Wu Yong, and the Procuratorate Headquarters, what’s going on!"

Chief Liu followed Zhang Wei’s pointing finger and his complexion drastically changed.

Wu Yong from Major Crimes Unit 7 had arrived, and he brought along all the personnel from his unit.

Not only that, but two prosecutors from the Procuratorate Headquarters, Xiao Baihe and Tan Yingying, were standing beside Unit 7.

The group marched in imposingly and stopped in front of Hongmao and others.

"Mr. Zhou, the five of you are suspected of being involved in multiple car theft cases, destruction of public property cases, and armed robbery cases. Please cooperate with our investigation," Wu Yong said.

After Wu Yong finished speaking, Xiao Baihe immediately took out the arrest warrant and displayed it in front of the five people.

"Take them away!"

Subsequently, the five members of Major Crimes Unit 7—Wu Yong, Old Xing, Tamu, Ah Ni, and Xia Qianyue—hands cuffed five young people and took them away again.

Xiao Baihe and Tan Yingying also left, but before they did, they all nodded at Zhang Wei.

Clearly, without his help, it wouldn’t have been possible for them to capture the suspects so quickly.

"This..."

Chief Liu watched the scene unfold, completely dumbfounded.

"Lawyer Zhang, the ’good show’ you mentioned, could it be..."

"Chief Liu guessed right, this is indeed the reason I came to the detention center," Zhang Wei said.

Watching the five young men being taken away again, Zhang Wei’s face showed a satisfied smile after a long absence.

This was his goal and the most perfect resolution to the matter.

The five attackers of Zhang Xinyan all received the "deserved" punishment, and he also received a "fairly good" sum of compensation from their parents.

"What’s going on, why is my son being taken away again?"

"No, my son, what on earth happened, my child is innocent!"

"It must be her, her son, it must be her child who incited my son!"

The parents from the three families were the first to collapse; they never anticipated that just as they had hoped their children would come back, they were taken away again.

"Lawyer Zhang, what’s happening? Didn’t we just reconcile?"

Mr. and Mrs. Zhu, a bit smarter, immediately thought to ask Zhang Wei.

"Yes, we reached a reconciliation. Chief Liu witnessed it, and I didn’t deny it either!"

Zhang Wei spread his hands, then patted Mr. Zhu’s shoulder, "Did you not listen closely just now? When the major crimes unit arrested your son, they didn’t mention the charge of intentional injury!"

"This..."

"Don’t look at me, our matter is already settled. But you still have to pay the compensation, otherwise, I’ll sue until your company goes bankrupt!"

After a slight "threat", Zhang Wei walked over to Madam Zhou and Yu Liang.

"Mrs. Zhou, hello!"

"You knew this was going to happen, that my son would definitely go to jail?"

"Haha, actually, this is all your son reaping what he sowed. I just gave him a little push, given how generous you people were," Zhang Wei said.

As he spoke, he took out his phone again and laughed, "Speaking of which, it’s quite a coincidence. Though my client is unlearned, he hasn’t done a single bad thing. On the contrary, he did a good deed!"

A video started playing on the phone.

"Hello everyone, I’m the livestreamer Xiao Yan, and today we’re out being righteous vigilantes again!"

"Today, we’re at an open-air parking lot near Central Ring. The reason we’re here is that this young hero has noticed that there have been multiple car thefts recently in Dongfang Capital."

"So, to catch the car thieves, I decided to ambush in these parking lots to see if there are any scoundrels up to no good!"

"If you like the livestreamer, please do me a favor and hit the follow button in the top right corner, thank you all."

...

"Alright, this young hero has been ambushed in the parking lot for two hours, but sadly I’ve waited in vain."

"No, that’s not right, this young hero has had at least 250cc of blood sucked by mosquitoes, and now my butt is itching like crazy."

"Despite the hardship, it is worth it to be a righteous vigilante. Please, dear viewers, don’t leave, stick around to the end to see if I can catch those villains today!"

...

"Ladies and gentlemen viewers, look, there seem to be a few people coming over there, they’re sneaking around, are they planning to steal a car?"

"Look at that, what are they doing, they’re picking the car locks! I’ve finally waited, finally waited, I’ve been here for nearly 3 hours, losing all sensation in my legs, and finally, they’ve come!"

"Let this young hero demonstrate some skills, to teach these wrongdoers a lesson on behalf of justice in this world!"

...

"What are you looking at, punk, what do you think you’re looking at!"

"I’ll fuck your spicy mother, still staring at me, huh!"

"Beat him for me, beat him to death!"

...

"Hey, you guys, once my leg recovers, I’m definitely going to show you the kung fu skills of this young hero."

"Damn it, not the face, I’m a livestream host, I make my living off my face."

"You bunch of backstabbers, with no sense of martial ethics, ouch!"

...

"Martial ethics my ass, you even dare to take a video, stomp his phone to pieces!"

"Bang!"

With that last explosive sound, the video ended, as the phone was obviously smashed.

"Madam Zhou, you saw that, right? That’s my client, Zhang Xinyan!"

"Hmph, just showing off for attention!"

Madam Zhou snorted coldly and turned to leave.

"Madam Zhou, even though my client is foolish, he pulls all kinds of stunts every day for a few fans, thinking that one of them could make him famous!"

"He doesn’t even know that those few fans are just bots automatically assigned by the website, his videos actually don’t have a single real viewer!"

"But he has always been persisting in acting the hero and standing up for justice. For the justice in his heart, he’s willing to wait alone in the open-air parking lot for over three hours late at night, just to catch criminals like your son!"

"I know you’re wealthy, and your wealth comes from ’no easy means,’ so you’re arrogant and look down on them. But it’s those you look down on who made your son pay a price that he’ll have to compensate with his lifetime of freedom!"

"In this moment, I am willing to acknowledge my client Zhang Xinyan as a true hero!"

Zhang Wei’s words resonated with a powerful force that echoed throughout the detention center.

Regrettably, Madam Zhou didn’t care about that at all and left without looking back.

Her steps were quick, hastening away from the detention center as if she hadn’t heard a word Zhang Wei said.

But Zhang Wei didn’t just speak those words for her.

"Alright, I’ve said what I had to say, and the show’s over, it’s time to head back!"

...

Jincheng City Hospital, the ICU ward.

"Zhang Wei, what did you say? Say it again?"

"1.5 million in compensation, and the attackers who hurt my brother, they all have to go to prison!"

"Especially the main culprit with the Zhou surname, he faces over 10 criminal charges. By my conservative estimate, he has to spend his entire life behind bars, I guess there’s no way he’s getting out!"

"Really? Thank you so much, Zhang Wei!"

Zhang Xinwu was too excited, unable to hold back upon hearing the news.

She sprung up from her seat and then gave Zhang Wei a tight hug.

"Sister Xiao Wu, I just did what I had to do, don’t be so emotional."

Although Zhang Wei said this, he had instinctively opened his arms just now, and now he felt a bit constricted in the chest.

There were two little rabbits hiding here; although not as grand as Jessica’s, they were already of no small scale.

Soft and bouncy...

"Sorry, I got too excited..."

Zhang Xinwu finally realized what was happening and quickly pushed Zhang Wei away, her face flushed with embarrassment, as red as a ripe peach.

Luckily, Lu Ma wasn’t there. She had been taking care of Zhang Xinyan for the past few days and had gone back to the martial arts school to rest at noontime.

"Mmm-hmm!"

However, aside from Lu Ma, there was another spectator in the ward.

Zhang Xinyan felt bitter inside; this injury not only laid him up but also seemed to cost him his sister.

He glared at Zhang Wei with a face full of annoyance, regrettably unable to react.

Because that compensation of 1.5 million still needed to be received through the other party.

But thinking of the 1.5 million, he was able to envision many things he could do, and his dream could finally be realized.

The frustration in his heart was soon replaced by the joy of about to receive the money.

"By the way, Sister Xiao Wu, may I speak with your brother?"

"Of course, he’s not in serious trouble now. Although the bones in his limbs haven’t healed yet and he can’t speak, you can say whatever you want!"

Zhang Xinwu said this carelessly, making room for Zhang Wei and her younger brother.

Looking at the person lying on the hospital bed, Zhang Wei sighed.

"Zhang Xinyan, I know you’re not a bad person, but why won’t you just settle down and be serious?"

"Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm!"

Hearing Zhang Wei about to lecture him, Zhang Xinyan couldn’t help but protest with his mouth.

"I know you’re streaming; you want to become a hero, but have you ever thought, nobody’s watching your streams at all!"

"Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm-hmm! (You’re lying, there are people watching)"

Zhang Xinyan protested again, and Zhang Wei even discerned his meaning.

"Those few viewers aren’t real people, they’re bots added by the live streaming platform’s backend; I can prove it to you if you don’t believe me!"

Zhang Wei spoke and, in front of the other party, took out his phone and registered an account on the live streaming platform where Zhang Xinyan was.

He didn’t fill in any information on the platform, leaving both the background and profile picture as default, and chose to start a live stream.

The next moment, the streaming room appeared, and his viewer count was 0.

But seconds later, the number jumped to 5, then 10, and then 15...

"See, your streaming room has 15 viewers, and my streaming room also has 15 viewers, no difference, right?"

Zhang Wei said as he shut down the stream, smiling at the person in front of him.

At this moment, Zhang Xinyan cried.

Tears welled up in the corners of his eyes and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t stop them.

The words of Zhang Wei, as well as the revealed truth, were too heart-wrenching.

He had fought tooth and nail, performing for his audience every day, rain or shine, only to be told these viewers were all fake.

These original handful of viewers, they were all bots.

My live streams, the result of hundreds of days and nights, turned out to be all for naught.

It was too heartbreaking!

"Look on the bright side, this is still considered good. Some live streaming platforms don’t even use viewer numbers but so-called ’popularity’ and ’view count.’ Even without any viewers, there is a default popularity in the hundreds, and that will hurt even more when you find out!"

"Worst comes to worst, just give up these ten or so ’viewers.’ Consider it a fresh start in life, and you need a stable job now!"

Zhang Wei said, patting Zhang Xinyan on the shoulder.

"By the way, Sister Xiao Wu mentioned that you got your driver’s license, right?"

"Uh huh? (Yes, but what does that have to do with anything?)"

"It’s perfect, I can give you a lift. In a while, I’ll need a driver, and if you’re interested, I can hire you as my personal driver, guaranteeing you at least this amount every month."

Zhang Wei gave a slight smile, stretching out five fingers.

"Uh huh huh? (For real?)"

Zhang Xinyan swayed, his face full of disbelief.

"Of course, I’m about to become the top lawyer in Jincheng. Getting a personal driver isn’t hard, right?"

"Besides, it doesn’t seem quite right for an excellent criminal defense lawyer not to have a skilled bodyguard, does it?"

Zhang Wei said, a hint of confidence crossing his face.

Although he hadn’t become the top lawyer yet, he was confident he would make it this time.

"Zhang Wei, are you serious!"

Zhang Xinyan couldn’t agree immediately, but someone was very happy, naturally, it was Zhang Xinwu.

Hearing that Zhang Wei had not only helped her obtain compensation but had also brought the assailant of her brother to justice, and was now even helping her brother find a job, she was incredibly moved.

"Xiao Yan, hurry up and thank Zhang Wei!"

She quickly helped Zhang Xinyan up and bowed in thanks to Zhang Wei.

"Ah ah um um! (Pain, pain, pain)"

As he felt the intense pain in his body, Zhang Xinyan could only let out groans of pain, unable to make his sister understand.

And Zhang Xinwu, still immersed in excitement and joy, was completely unaware that her brother was about to lose consciousness again.

In any case, Zhang Xinyan passed out with a painful expression, while Zhang Xinwu merely glanced at him without any concern.

"Miss, the medicine is here!"

At the door of the sickroom, Lu Ma’s voice suddenly rang out.

Clearly, after getting some sleep, she had also brought the specially prepared medicine.

"Lu Ma, I’ll do it!"

Zhang Xinwu quickly stepped forward to take the medicine from Lu Ma’s hands and walked towards Zhang Xinyan step by step.

"Lu Ma, help me out here; prop up this kid and wake him up!"

Together with Lu Ma, Zhang Xinwu continued her rough treatment of Zhang Xinyan.

"Umm umm err err wuwu... (Save me, help, I don’t want to take the medicine)"

After waking up, Zhang Xinyan let out groan after groan, and Zhang Wei immediately understood what he meant.

Unfortunately, though he understood, he didn’t intend to stop them at all.

After all, bitter medicine cures sickness, it’s all for your own good.

I’m even counting on you to be ready for duty the moment I become a top lawyer.

"This weekend, I’ll be going to meet Elder Master Lin. I hope this time I can become the top lawyer!"

Zhang Wei looked at the time, said his goodbyes to Zhang Xinwu and Lu Ma, and then quickly left.

He still had to prepare for the weekend.