Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 606 - 599: Provocation, the One to Beat is You, Shen Zhengyi!

Chapter 606: Chapter 599: Provocation, the One to Beat is You, Shen Zhengyi!

Monday, afternoon.

Jincheng Law Firm, Criminal Department office.

As everyone knows, Monday’s office is always the busiest.

After all, most of the cases accumulated from the previous week are reviewed on Mondays.

There are also morning meetings, weekly meetings, and even weekly action plan meetings, and so on.

Since Tie Ruyun left for Longdu, these tasks have fallen to Li Yueqin.

For the entire morning, she acted as head of the department, leading a morning meeting followed by a project progress report meeting.

She hadn’t even had time for lunch when she was called out to attend a brief meeting of department leaders.

"Xiao Su, assign the tasks!"

"Yes, Acting Head!"

"Xiao Meng, could you stop slacking off? There’s a case coming in!"

"Aow~~"

"What ’aow’? When you reply to a question, be serious for me. No acting cute!"

"Got it, Acting Head!"

"Everyone, let’s get moving. It’s the last week of the month; try to summarize your cases at hand as much as possible. Anything that can be handled must be dealt with, because next month will bring new challenges!"

"Understood! x20"

Under Li Yueqin’s leadership, every member of the Criminal Department was busy in an orderly manner, filled with enthusiasm.

After delegating the tasks, the entire department was bustling.

But there was just one person who seemed out of place in this hive of activity.

That person was... Li Yueqin herself.

"Ah, why is that case turning out this way..."

She sighed and then returned to her seat.

Next to her was someone pretending to be busy but who was actually stealing glances at Lin Yumeng next door.

"Acting Head, is that case really unsolvable?"

"Xiao Meng, how many times have I said it? During the morning meeting, everyone was watching. We can skip the formalities in private; just call me by my name."

"Oh, okay, Acting Head." Lin Yumeng nodded, looking a bit confused, to show she understood.

Li Yueqin: emmm...

Afterward, the conversation turned back to the case at hand.

"There are two main difficulties with this case. First, the laws involved, international law’s diplomatic immunities, impede the possibility of prosecution!"

"The second one is our firm’s attitude. The higher-ups have given us a severe warning once; I don’t want to make your dad angry."

Li Yueqin spoke with trepidation.

Although in someone’s eyes, Lin Yumeng’s father, Lin Xiangtian, was merely Fatty Lin.

But in the eyes of Li Yueqin and others, Lin Xiangtian was a towering figure in Dongfang Capital Lawyer Circle.

In front of such a bigwig, they were just small fry.

So all the small fry could do was avoid provoking the bigwig as much as possible.

As Li Yueqin spoke, she couldn’t help but let out another sigh, "Actually, to be precise, there should be three difficulties. The biggest one is Zhang Wei; he..."

"Hehe, I’m back~~~"

Just then, the office door opened, and a greeting rang out.

All the colleagues in the Criminal Department were stunned.

This person... why did he come back all of a sudden?

"What’s wrong, you’re not happy to see me?"

Zhang Wei seemed to sense something and furrowed his brows to ask.

"No, no, we’re overjoyed to see Lawyer Zhang!"

Xiao Su quickly chimed in, then sent frantic looks around.

"Lawyer Zhang, hello!"

"Zhang the ace, hello!"

"Big Zhang, hello!"

Everyone forced a smile, nodding and greeting Zhang Wei.

"You guys, seem a bit fake!"

Zhang Wei ignored the group and floated to the back, to Li Yueqin’s workstation.

"Director Li, has anything big happened in the office while Old Tie and I were gone?"

"No... nothing, nothing big..."

"Is that so?"

Zhang Wei sensed something, his gaze swept over Li Yueqin and landed on his adorable little apprentice.

Lin Yumeng seemed to notice her master’s gaze and hastily lowered her head, muttering under her breath.

"You can’t see me, you can’t see me, you can’t see me..."

"Xiao Meng, come to my office, I need to see you!"

"Gah..."

Lin Yumeng’s face turned extremely horrified, as if she had choked on her own saliva.

"Um, you..."

"Xiao Li, don’t give me that!"

Li Yueqin was about to grab Lin Yumeng, but Zhang Wei suddenly appeared behind her with a warning look on his face.

Li Yueqin had no choice but to keep silent, and could only watch with wide eyes as Lin Yumeng, full of fear, was led by Zhang Wei into the office with her head turned back every three steps.

Seeing this, only two words flashed through Li Yueqin’s mind.

Doomed!

A few minutes later.

"Whimpering, Master, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to keep it from you, wah..."

The office door opened, and Lin Yumeng ran out, her little face tear-stained as if she had been wronged.

But at this moment, no one had the time to care about her, as they were all looking towards the office.

Soon after, Zhang Wei walked out "with a calm face," his eyes showing neither joy nor sorrow, only an unusual indifference.

"Do you all know about this case?"

Zhang Wei scanned his surroundings, and everyone subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze.

"It seems you do, so you should also know about my relationship with Sister Xiao Wu, right?"

Everyone buried their heads even deeper.

"Forget it, I know you were all dragged into this, and I’m too lazy to delve into it. But what I want to ask you is, why did you have the illusion that you could keep it from me?"

At these words, the hearts of all the colleagues in the criminal department were filled with tremendous shame.

Indeed, when did we begin to think we could deceive Zhang Wei?

Is that possible?

No, it’s not!

He could easily take control of us with just one look, one expression.

How could it be possible to deceive him?

"Now, go back to whatever you were doing. I will definitely handle this matter myself!"

In the end, Zhang Wei’s voice was almost suppressed as he uttered these words, one by one.

But just as he was about to leave, a figure appeared once again at the door of the criminal department.

"Zhang Wei, Boss Shen wants to have a word with you!"

"Director Li, you should know, as the ace lawyer, I have the greatest freedom in the firm, even Zheng Yi has to make an appointment to see me, right?"

The person speaking was none other than Li Qingshou.

Ever since Wang Jianren had been devastated by Zhang Wei, Li Qingshou remained as the only dog left by Shen Zhengyi’s side.

And due to the incident with Wang Jianren, Li Qingshou’s attitude towards Zhang Wei had naturally become a mixture of fear and alarm, acting much more low-key on a daily basis and no longer daring to trouble the criminal department.

But today, Li Qingshou seemed to have come with bad intentions—at least that’s what could be inferred from his confident gaze, seemingly holding an ace up his sleeve.

"Zhang Wei, recognize your own status. Although you’re the ace lawyer, Boss Shen is a senior partner. You..."

"Fine, since he’s courting death, I’ll meet him!"

Zhang Wei sneered. He didn’t refuse the invitation to meet with Zheng Yi.

However, before leaving, Zhang Wei had one more little thing to take care of.

He walked over to a corner desk in the criminal department and directly yanked a male colleague out of his seat.

"You’re fired. Get out of the criminal department!"

His action left all the colleagues in the criminal department puzzled.

"Lawyer Zhang, I..."

"Did you think I didn’t see that? The moment I stepped into the criminal department, you subconsciously took out your phone, probably to send a message upstairs, right?"

Facing the male colleague’s attempted struggle, Zhang Wei said coldly, "How could the people upstairs know so quickly that I’m back? I’ve been here less than 10 minutes. Someone must have tipped them off!"

"What are you talking about, Zhang Wei? It was the receptionist who told me you were back!" Li Qingshou hastily explained.

"I deliberately took the service elevator and then the fire stairs to surprise my colleagues in the department. How could the two girls at the reception see me?"

"Ah, that..."

Alright, Li Qingshou had never imagined that Zhang Wei could be so extreme.

To surprise his departmental colleagues, he didn’t use the main entrance and even climbed the stairs.

This left Li Qingshou without any recourse.

Seeing his scheme exposed, the boy knew that any defense was futile, and he burst into tears, "Lawyer Zhang, can you give me another chance? I, too, am..."

"Disgraceful!"

Zhang Wei didn’t give the boy time to defend himself and, after shoving him aside, turned and left.

Upon seeing this, Li Qingshou finally felt a flicker of fear in his heart.

In just a brief moment, Zhang Wei had discovered the mole he had planted in the criminal division, which was truly terrifying.

Ding-dong!

Jincheng Building, 26th floor.

This time, Shen Zhengyi met with Zhang Wei in the litigation department’s office, not in the 30th-floor office upstairs.

After seeing Zhang Wei, Shen Zhengyi naturally didn’t change his usual condescending attitude.

"Zhang Wei, let’s just leave the matter at that, the big boss’s message has been very clear. We’re not prosecutors, we’re just ordinary lawyers. If the prosecution decides not to press charges, then we shouldn’t meddle in this case anymore. Do you understand?"

"I know what happened to that girl and I also know that you might be neighbors with the victim, but you have to clarify this—we’re just ordinary people, not law enforcers, we can’t change this so-called outcome!"

"Zhang Wei, I’m telling you now, as a senior partner of the firm, that the boss’s stance is to just be on guard, so please pick it up and put it down, let this go. Do you understand?"

Shen Zhengyi’s words sounded like an order.

Zhang Wei, however, didn’t react and even kept his head down throughout the entire office entry, becoming as inanimate as a log.

"Are you finished?"

After a long while, Zhang Wei finally raised his head, his expression eerily composed.

"Zhang Wei, what I just told you is President Lin’s intention. This is not a request, it’s an order!"

"Shen Zhengyi, you probably don’t know that actually, Fatty Lin can’t do anything to me, right?"

"You little rascal, how dare you refer to President Lin like that!"

Shen Zhengyi was about to burst with anger. How dare you call the boss Fatty Lin? Are you trying to rebel?

Throughout the whole law firm, who would dare to address Lin Xiangtian like that? You, Zhang Wei, must have the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard.

But Zhang Wei just sneered dismissively, "It seems I now understand why Fatty Lin didn’t dare come himself and sent you to face death instead; he’s afraid to meet me, it seems!"

"Zhang Wei, what are you talking about? Aren’t you afraid of being expelled from the law firm?"

Shen Zhengyi’s face showed a sudden shock, but soon he spoke with a hardened tone, "President Lin said, if you insist on getting involved in that case, then don’t even think about mingling in Jincheng anymore, you won’t have a place here!"

"The firm wants to fire me?"

"Humph, what’s this? Are you scared now?"

Seeing Zhang Wei’s retort, Shen Zhengyi thought the man was scared and immediately became smug.

"Coincidentally, I also feel that I can’t stay in Jincheng any longer. A company that cowers in the face of situations, that can’t uphold justice in the face of iniquity—I might as well leave!"

Zhang Wei snorted coldly, his face full of arrogance and disdain.

This Jincheng Law Firm, if it treats me like this, then there’s no point in me staying any longer.

Today, he, Zhang Wei, would part ways with Jincheng Law Firm!

"You want to leave Jincheng Law Firm, Zhang Wei, you..."

As Shen Zhengyi heard Zhang Wei’s audacious words, he felt a hint of joy inside.

Because right from the start, he couldn’t stand the sight of this kid, and the key was he couldn’t do anything about it.

Now that the other party wanted to leave Jincheng, wasn’t it just what he wanted.

No, it should be said that it’s fantastic, Zhang Wei, your decision to leave is excellent. It’s indeed a good choice.

"Zhang Wei, you’d better think this through. If you leave Jincheng, then you’ll..."

"Huh, Jincheng Law Firm is nothing special!"

Zhang Wei snorted and was about to turn and leave.

But his footsteps suddenly paused, and then he looked strangely at Shen Zhengyi.

"Boss Shen, actually, there’s been something I’ve been wanting to do from the start!"

"What is it?" Shen Zhengyi clearly felt Zhang Wei’s fingers twitch.

"Since the beginning, you’ve had no love for me and Old Tie, right? So before I go, if I don’t give you a beating, how can I quell the hatred in my heart?"

"Zhang Wei, what are you going to do? This is the litigation department, with so many people watching outside. If you start a fight, be careful of legal consequences!"

Although Shen Zhengyi was somewhat frightened, he also knew that Zhang Wei actually wouldn’t dare to make a move.

After all, this was the litigation department’s office, with hundreds of lawyers around, all these eyes watching. As soon as Zhang Wei made a move, he would surely end up in jail for criminal offenses.

"Hahaha, Boss Shen, aren’t you being comedic? You think I, Zhang Wei, came without any preparation, and as for criminal cases, I’m more familiar with them than you are!"

As he spoke, Zhang Wei pulled a tissue from his pocket, casually unfolded it, and inside was a fruit knife.

"Zhang Wei, what are you planning to do!"

Seeing the fruit knife, Shen Zhengyi panicked.

You little bastard, you’re not looking to beat someone up, you’re looking to commit murder!

Damn it!

Why did I eagerly take on this mission from President Lin and confront this kid?

"Zhang Wei, you need to stay calm. You’re still young, don’t ever go down the path of crime!"

"Cut it out, keep going!"

Zhang Wei, however, acted out of character, tossing the fruit knife wrapped in tissue paper from his hand, hurling it towards Shen Zhengyi.

As the weapon flew towards him, Shen Zhengyi instinctively raised his hand to block, and his right hand unconsciously grasped the handle of the incoming fruit knife.

"This..."

Shen Zhengyi was now completely dumbfounded.

If you’re going to attack, why throw the weapon to me?

Click!

But in the next moment, Shen Zhengyi heard the sound of a camera shutter; it was a smartphone taking a picture.

Zhang Wei took out his phone and snapped a photo of Shen Zhengyi.

"Boss Shen, now I’m really going to use my hands!"

After putting his phone away, Zhang Wei clenched his five fingers into a fist and advanced step by step towards the still bewildered Shen Zhengyi.

"Fuck, you... you dare!"

Seeing Zhang Wei approach, Shen Zhengyi looked at the fruit knife in his hand, and thinking back on Zhang Wei’s recent action of taking a photo, finally realized what the other party was planning.

Self-defense!

Now, the one holding a weapon was himself, and Zhang Wei had no weapon in his hands!

The office had no security cameras because Shen Zhengyi hardly ever used this office, so there had never been a need to install any here.

Zhang Wei knew this.

So, this was a sealed space with just Shen Zhengyi and Zhang Wei inside.

Within the sealed space, if an altercation occurred between a person armed with a weapon and a person without one, the judgment of who was the aggressor and who was the vulnerable party would be based on the weapons in their hands.

And it was clear that Zhang Wei was the vulnerable party; Shen Zhengyi held the weapon, so he was the strong one!

"You little bastard, you actually schemed against me, you really dare..."

Watching Zhang Wei approaching step by step, Shen Zhengyi inwardly cursed at how ruthless the young man was.

"What’s with all this daring! I’m beating you, Shen Zhengyi!"

But Zhang Wei didn’t give the other man a chance and just went straight for him with his fists.

Creak bang!

Amidst the chaotic noise, all the lawyers in the litigation department curiously watched Shen Zhengyi’s office.

What’s going on in there, is someone fighting?

Don’t joke, this is Jincheng Law Firm, how could someone dare to fight inside?

It must have been a misunderstanding.

But the sound was getting louder and louder, even alarming Li Qingshou and the other lawyers outside.

"Quick, go inside!"

Li Qingshou had a bad feeling and led a group of people to rush inside.

However, the door to the office swung open first, and then they saw Zhang Wei, his face cut open, his clothes slightly torn, stepping out one step at a time.

The wound on his face, slightly bloody, made him look somewhat ferocious.

Zhang Wei looked at everyone in the litigation department, outsiders and newcomers alike, his eyes full of calmness.

"Zhang Wei!" From not far away, Bai Meiqi came out and called out to Zhang Wei.

"Lawyer Bai, from now on, we can only be opponents!"

Zhang Wei just chuckled and, walking straight through the crowd, left the litigation department under everyone’s gaze.

"Boss Shen!"

Li Qingshou quickly rushed into the office, only to find Shen Zhengyi barely recognizable from the beating and even passed out.

The entire office, because of their "brawl," had already been virtually destroyed, hardly resembling an office at all.

"Call the police, report this, don’t let that kid get away!"

Seeing this, Li Qingshou quickly shouted, a cold smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

Nice one, Zhang Wei, daring to hit Boss Shen before you leave, you really don’t know how to write the word ’death.’

This time we definitely won’t make things easy for you. You’ll have to take the blame for this assault on Boss Shen!

Li Qingshou was already imagining the scene where Zhang Wei, because of this assault charge, would be clanging into jail.

That picture, it would certainly be delightful!

But it’s a pity, if Shen Zhengyi were awake, he would definitely stop Li Qingshou.

Because this case wasn’t as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Unfortunately, he had already passed out, and the fruit knife that was once in his hand was now nowhere to be found in the office.

All one can say is, if Zhang Wei was able to attack Shen Zhengyi, he must have prepared a recourse.

It’s just not known whether anyone would actually fall for it foolishly.