Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 240 - 238 Justice Will Not Be Late! Give You a Hand

Chapter 240: Chapter 238 Justice Will Not Be Late! Give You a Hand

Detention Center.

Inside the visiting room on the first floor.

As the door to the temporary detention area swung open, several neatly dressed young people finally stepped out.

"Son!"

"My boy!"

"Dear child!"

Three sets of parents cried out and rushed forward, embracing their sons tightly.

Their children, at this moment, also turned into teary figures.

After all, they were young, and even just 48 hours in a detention center had exerted tremendous pressure on them.

At this moment, they were finally free, so crying was the right thing to do.

In this instant, with benevolent fathers and filial sons, virtuous mothers and chaste daughters, everything looked so beautiful.

"You little scoundrel, get over here!"

However, a stern shout interrupted some people’s emotions.

A child with somewhat scholarly looks was scolded by Mr. Zhu.

"Why are you yelling? Don’t scare our son!" Mrs. Zhu, who was next to her husband, immediately shouted back at him.

"You, you, you, it’s all because of you spoiling him that such a mess happened!"

"What about me? Our son is innocent. He was incited by others, and now hasn’t the issue been resolved? They have also forgiven our son, haven’t they?"

"Humph, that’s because I had to spend money to get him out. If nothing had happened, would we have needed to spend so much money to ’redeem’ him?"

Mr. Zhu, as he spoke, once again yelled at his son, "What are you looking at? Get over here now!"

The young man, timid and hesitant, could only step by step approach his parents, with his head bowed, ready to be scolded.

It was clear that the son was somewhat afraid of his father.

"Mom, you finally came to get me!"

The last person to walk out of the detention room was a young man who, instead of crying, had a rather relaxed expression on his face.

His red hair was particularly striking at this moment.

Accompanied by Yu Liang, Madam Zhou approached the young man.

Slap!

A crisp sound was exceptionally piercing.

All eyes turned towards them, and everyone was momentarily stunned.

Goodness!

This pair of mother and son really had issues—where else would you see a mother slap her son in public?

The red-haired youth stood frozen, the sting on his cheek serving as a palpable reminder that he had just been slapped.

"You dare hit me, you damn woman, you dare to strike me, I..."

The red-haired youth couldn’t hold back and was about to swing his hand in retaliation.

"Stop it, do you want to end up inside again?"

Fortunately, Chief Liu intervened.

He had also come over and stood nearby.

And there were staff from the detention center around, all watching this unfold.

The moment the red-haired young man lifted his hand, they all tensed up, ready to act any moment.

The raised hand of the red-haired youth, in the end, didn’t swing down.

Though he had a fiery temper and impulsive nature, he wasn’t stupid.

With so many eyes on him and the presence of the major case squad, retaliating would only bring trouble upon himself.

Although leaving was easy, he certainly didn’t want to go back in.

"Useless!" Madam Zhou snorted coldly and, without turning her head, was ready to leave.

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

Although his client was wealthy, her family life was far from happy.

Seeing that the red-haired youth finally refrained from acting and was preparing to leave, Chief Liu let out a sigh of relief.

"Lawyer Zhang, why did you follow us here? The settlement has been reached; can’t you just go back and report the good news to your client?"

"Me? I naturally came to watch the drama unfold."

"Drama?"

Chief Liu gave Zhang Wei a peculiar look.

Is this the drama you wanted to see?

But no, how could you possibly have known that Madam Zhou was going to hit someone? And the release of a few kids from detention doesn’t seem like a drama at all, does it?

Zhang Wei’s words left Chief Liu bewildered.

Even he felt there was absolutely no need for Zhang Wei to come to the detention center, but the other party insisted on coming over. Why was that?

"Here comes the real show!"

Zhang Wei, however, just smiled slightly and pointed towards the entrance of the detention center.

At the entrance, a crowd of seven or eight people surged in.

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

Chief Liu, following the direction of Zhang Wei’s finger, looked over and his face changed drastically.

Wu Yong from Major Crimes Unit 7 had arrived, bringing all the members of Unit 7 with him.

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

The group marched up to Red Hair and the others.

"Mr. Zhou, you five are suspected of involvement in multiple vehicle thefts, public property damage, and armed theft. Please cooperate with our investigation."

Having said this, Xiao Baihe immediately pulled out an arrest warrant and showed it to the five young men.

"Take them away!"

Then, the five members from Major Crimes Unit 7—Wu Yong, Old Xing, Tamu, Ah Ni, and Xia Qianyue—each handcuffed one of the young men and took them away again.

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

Clearly, without his help, it would not have been so easy to catch these people.

"This..."

Chief Liu watched the scene in utter disbelief.

"Lawyer Zhang, the great scene you mentioned... could it be..."

"Chief Liu has guessed correctly, this is the reason I came to the detention center."

Watching the five young men being taken away again, Zhang Wei showed a satisfied smile for the first time in a while.

This was his goal, as well as the perfect solution to the issue.

All five attackers of Zhang Xinyan had received the "deserved" punishment, and he had also obtained a "rather satisfactory" compensation from their parents.

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

"No, my son, what exactly is happening? My child is innocent!"

"It must be her, her son. It must be her child who instigated my son!"

The parents from the three families were the first to break down, having never expected that right after their children were returned to them, they would be taken away again.

"Lawyer Zhang, what’s happening? We just reached a settlement, didn’t we?"

The Zhu couple were a bit cleverer, but they only thought to turn to Zhang Wei.

"Yes, we reached a settlement. Chief Liu witnessed it, and I didn’t deny it, did I?"

Zhang Wei spread his hands and then patted Mr. Zhu on the shoulder, "Didn’t you listen carefully just now? When the major crimes unit took your son, they didn’t mention intentional assault!"

"This..."

"Don’t look at me; our matter is over, but you still have to pay the compensation, otherwise, I will sue your company until it’s bankrupt!"

After "threatening" Mr. Zhu a bit, Zhang Wei walked over to Madam Zhou and Yu Liang.

"Hello, Madam Zhou!"

"You knew this would happen all along, that my son would definitely go to prison?"

"Haha, actually, your son has only himself to blame. I just took advantage of the situation. Who asked you to be so generous?"

As he spoke, Zhang Wei took out his phone again and laughed, "Speaking of which, it’s quite ironic that my client, though uneducated, has never done anything wrong. On the contrary, he has done a good deed!"

A video began playing on the phone.

"Hello everyone, I am the streamer Xiao Yan the Hero. Today, we’re off to perform some heroics again!"

"Today we’re at an open-air parking lot near Central Ring, and as for why we’re here, it’s because this hero has discovered that there have been multiple car thefts recently in Dongfang Capital."

"So, to find the car thieves, I’ve decided to stake out in these parking lots to see if there are truly any evildoers lurking around!"

"If you like the stream, please click the follow button in the top right corner. Thank you all."

...

"Alright, I’ve been lying in wait in the parking lot for two hours with no one showing up."

"That’s not right; I’ve had at least 250cc of blood sucked out by mosquitoes by now, and my butt is itching to death."

"Even though this is tough, it’s all worth it for the sake of being heroic. Dear viewers, please don’t go anywhere and stick around till the end to see if I can catch those bad guys today!"

...

"Dear viewers, look, seems like a few people are coming over there. They’re sneaking around, could they be planning to steal a car?"

"Look at that, what are they doing? They’re breaking into the car! Finally, I’ve waited, waited for nearly three hours, my legs are numb, and I finally caught them!"

"Dear viewers, now watch as your hero showcases his skills and teaches these evildoers a lesson, to show them that justice still exists in this world!"

...

"What the hell are you looking at, huh?"

"Go fuck yourself, still staring, huh?"

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

...

"Hey, you bunch of people, once my leg recovers, I’ll definitely teach you all a lesson with my kung fu."

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

"You people launching a sneak attack, have no sense of martial ethics, ouch!"

...

"Martial ethics, your mb, still dare to record this, stomp his phone to smithereens!"

"Bang!"

With the last explosion, the video ended, the phone evidently smashed to pieces.

Madam Zhou, you saw that, didn’t you? That is my client, Zhang Xinyan!"

"Hmph, such a drama queen!"

Madam Zhou huffed coldly and turned to leave.

"Madam Zhou, although my client is foolish, every day he plays the clown for a few followers, thinking that one day he might become famous!"

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

"But he has always persisted in playing the hero, for the justice in his heart, he could wait alone in an open-air parking lot late at night for over three hours, just to catch a criminal like your son!"

"I know, you’re wealthy, and your wealth has been ’hard-earned,’ so you act high and mighty, looking down on them. But it is these people whom you look down upon that made your son pay a price that requires a lifetime of freedom to repay!"

"At this moment, I am willing to call my client, Zhang Xinyan, a true hero!"

Zhang Wei’s words rang out with a thud, echoing throughout the detention center.

Unfortunately, Madam Zhou didn’t care about all that, leaving without looking back as though she hadn’t heard Zhang Wei’s words at all.

Her pace was brisk, leaving the detention center in no time, as if completely oblivious to Zhang Wei’s speech.

However, Zhang Wei’s speech wasn’t intended for her ears alone.

"Alright, then, I’ve said my piece and the show’s over, time to head back!"

...

Municipal Hospital, the intensive care unit.

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

"1.5 million in compensation, and all the people who attacked my brother, they’re going to jail!"

"The principal offender surnamed Zhou among them has more than ten criminal charges against him, by my conservative estimate, he’s looking at a life sentence, he probably won’t ever get out!"

"Really, thank you so much, Zhang Wei!"

Zhang Xinwu was so excited, she couldn’t hold back when she heard the news.

She sprang up and gave Zhang Wei a tight hug.

"Sister Xiao Wu, I just did what I had to do, don’t get so worked up."

Zhang Wei said as much, but a look of enjoyment spread across his face.

It felt a bit stuffy in his chest though...

It was like there were two giant QQ gummies hidden there...

"Sorry, I got too excited..."

Zhang Xinwu finally realized something and quickly pushed Zhang Wei away, her face shyly downturned, blushing like a ripe peach.

Luckily, Lu Ma wasn’t there; she had been tending to Zhang Xinyan and had gone back to the martial arts gym to rest at noon.

"Ummm, ahem!"

Nevertheless, there was another spectator in the hospital room besides Lu Ma.

Zhang Xinyan was feeling bitter inside. This injury hadn’t just ruined him physically, but he might lose his sister too.

He looked at Zhang Wei with annoyance, but couldn’t protest.

After all, he still needed to get that compensation of 1.5 million through him.

But thinking about having 1.5 million, so many things could be done, and one of his dreams could finally be realized.

The dreariness in his heart was soon replaced by the joy of the impending money.

"Oh right, Sister Xiao Wu, may I have a word with your brother?"

"Of course, he’s alright now. Although his limbs haven’t fully healed and he can’t talk yet, you can say whatever you want!"

Zhang Xinwu said and thoughtlessly created a bit of space between Zhang Wei and her brother.

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

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

"Mmm mmm ahem!"

Hearing that Zhang Wei was about to lecture him, Zhang Xinyan immediately couldn’t hold back, making noises of protest with his mouth.

"I know you do livestreaming, you want to become a hero, but have you ever thought that nobody actually watches your streams!"

"Ahem, ahem ahem! (You’re lying, clearly there are people)"

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

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

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

The platform didn’t have any information filled in, and the background and images were all default, with the option to start live streaming selected.

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

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

"Look, your live room has 15 viewers, and my live room also has 15. No difference, right?"

Zhang Wei said and closed the live room, smiling at the person in front of him.

At that moment, Zhang Xinyan cried.

Tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, and he couldn’t stop them.

Zhang Wei’s words, along with the revealed truth, were too heartbreaking.

He had been working his fingers to the bone, performing for viewers every windy and rainy day, and now you’re telling me all those viewers are fake?

These original dozen or so viewers were actually all bots.

My live streaming, the hundreds of days and nights I spent, turned out to be all for nothing.

It was too saddening!

"Take it easy, this is still one of the better scenarios. Some live streaming platforms don’t even use viewer counts, but so-called ’heat’ and ’views’ instead, so even with no viewers, you’d still get a default hundred or so heat. You would be even more hurt by that!"

"Or you could just let go of these ten-something ’viewers.’ Think of it as a restart in life. You need a stable job now!"

Zhang Wei said, patting Zhang Xinyan on the shoulder.

"Right, Sister Xiao Wu mentioned to me that you seem to have gotten your driver’s license, right?"

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

"Actually, I can give you a hand. In a while, I’ll be needing a driver, and if you think it’s suitable, I can hire you as my personal chauffeur. I’ll give you at least this amount every month."

Zhang Wei gave a slight smile, spreading five fingers.

"Uh-uh-uh? (Really?)"

Zhang Xinyan swayed his body, disbelieving.

"Of course. I’m about to become Jincheng’s ace lawyer, so getting a personal chauffeur for myself is not a big deal, right?"

"Besides, an excellent criminal defense lawyer without a highly skilled bodyguard doesn’t really make sense, does it?"

Zhang Wei said, a confident smile emerging on his face.

Although he wasn’t an ace yet, he was confident that this time, he would definitely make it.

"Zhang Wei, are you serious?"

Zhang Xinyan was unable to agree, but someone was very happy, and that naturally was Zhang Xinwu.

Hearing that Zhang Wei not only helped her get compensation but would also bring the person who attacked her brother to justice, and was now looking for a job for her younger brother, she was simply too touched.

"Xiao Yan, thank Zhang Wei quickly!"

She hurriedly propped up Zhang Xinyan and bowed to Zhang Wei to express thanks.

"Ah-ah um-um! (It hurts, it hurts!)"

Zhang Xinyan, feeling the intense pain in his body, could only let out a series of howls, but he couldn’t make his sister hear him.

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

Anyway, Zhang Xinyan passed out in pain while Zhang Xinwu just glanced at him without any hint of worry.

"Miss, the medicine has arrived!"

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

Evidently, she had gotten a good sleep before bringing over the specially brewed medicine.

"Lu Ma, let me do it!"

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

"Lu Ma, come help, get this kid up, and wake him up!"

Zhang Xinwu continued with Lu Ma’s help to torment Zhang Xinyan.

"Mm-mm, uh-uh, wu-wu... (Save me, help, I don’t want to take the medicine)"

After regaining consciousness, Zhang Xinyan let out a series of wails, and Zhang Wei immediately understood what he meant.

Unfortunately, even though he understood, he had no intention of stopping them.

After all, bitter medicine is good for health; it’s all for your benefit.

I’m waiting for you to be ready to serve immediately after I become an ace lawyer.

"This weekend, I’m going to meet Elder Master Lin, hoping this time I can become an ace lawyer!"

Zhang Wei checked the time, bid farewell to Zhang Xinwu and Lu Ma, then quickly left.

He still had preparations to make for the weekend.