Hearing this, Old Yu in the crowd subconsciously recalled that horrifying scene.
Just think, you go to a lawyer for help, and the guy gloriously pulls out a badge in front of you—tell me who wouldn't be scared.
Now someone had the nerve to ask him if he was sick, and Old Yu could already envision what was about to unfold.
As expected, upon hearing this, Old Tang reached into his chest pocket, and the oh-so-familiar badge was produced.
"General Manager Wang, you've got sharp eyes to see that I'm ill, take a look, to avoid misunderstandings, I must carry it with me when I go out," said Old Tang with a smile on his face.
Mental... mental illness?
General Manager Wang and the man in the suit instinctively took a couple of steps back; the badge wasn't really that scary.
But who could blame them when there are so many reports these days about homicides, where the killer is diagnosed as mentally ill, and so on...
Moreover, during the defense process, lawyers have their clients undergo a mental assessment to try to reduce the sentence.
The consequence is that everyone fears mental illness now, and General Manager Wang is no exception.
Only Old Yu found it odd that Lawyer Tang always seemed to pull out the wrong badge before, aiming for a lawyer's license but ending up flashing this one.
In front of the police, he pulled out the correct badge without fail, and now, in front of General Manager Wang, it was spot on again.
Watching Old Tang across with a creeping smile, the man in the suit stepped forward and said, "Don't mess around. We live under the rule of law now; even if a mentally ill person kills, it's a crime, got it?"
"And another thing, that abandoned construction project has nothing to do with us. If you have any complaints, I suggest you resolve the issue through legal channels. Since you're a lawyer, you should understand this logic."
"She's been sued by the bank, but it's not like anyone forced her to take out a loan, right?"
The man in the suit couldn't fathom what this so-called lawyer was thinking.
An abandoned building's lawsuit, eh? You take the money, fight the case, and after it's done, it's not your problem how they handle it or if they can deliver the houses—is that something you need to worry about or even can handle? MVLeMpYr-the-story-platform
He's truly a nutcase... oh right, damn it, he has a license, for God's sake!
Old Tang's face lost its smile as he looked at his colleague: "Yes, you're right, this is a society governed by the rule of law, but some people, despite studying law, learned nothing significant, and possibly even lost their humanity."
"I'm talking about you—how can someone as devoid of humanity as you talk about law in front of me?"
The man in the suit bristled immediately, "Hey, what's with the name-calling?"
"What's wrong? You all were hurling insults just a moment ago, and I didn't say a thing. You're allowed to curse, and I'm not? Let me tell you, I'm in the middle of an episode right now; I might start hitting people at any moment!"
"What now, want to give it a try?"
Old Tang knew this type all too well; they talk big, but when a real conflict arises, they chicken out.
The man in the suit said no more. He was used to intimidating homeowners with the backing of his boss, but now, intimidated by the man across from him, he dared not make another move.
Because he really thought the person in front of him had gone mad. What the hell was the bar association thinking, letting a madman pass the internship assessment?
"Hey, what are you guys doing?"
Voices came from nearby; the police had arrived again.
"What are you doing back here? We've told you that blocking this door won't solve anything; you're seriously disrupting the company's business..."
Before the policeman could finish, Old Tang stepped forward with a grin: "Comrade, we're just leaving. We came today to communicate with these two gentlemen, and now we're leaving."
Then he turned to the other homeowners and said, "If you trust me, come with me. Let's sit down and discuss how we can resolve this." Chapters first released on novel✶fire.net
The whole talk just now was to let off steam, just as the police said, standing here really did nothing for the abandoned building issue.
The other homeowners looked at each other. Some didn't know him, but Old Yu had already started introducing him.
"You all know about that case in Jingzhou where a lawyer was stabbed, right? He's the lawyer who was stabbed by a boss while trying to get wages for migrant workers. You can truly trust him!"
The woman who had argued with General Manager Wang also spoke up: "I trust Lawyer Tang, let's all go with him!"
Simply based on the fact that he had never met her before yet had stood up to help her and confronted General Manager Wang and his group was enough reason to trust him.
The lawyer she had hired before actually chatted with the bank's lawyer while they waited for the court session!
Though lawyers might know each other, from her point of view, the bank was pushing her to the brink of losing everything. If you, as my hired lawyer, are so chummy with them, it'd certainly upset me.
But Lawyer Tang wasn't like that; he gave off a truly dependable vibe.
The police had been ready to intervene, but seeing the homeowners so cooperative, they realized they didn't need to get involved. Persuading people to leave was always their primary goal.
General Manager Wang, dropping his cigarette, went upstairs with the man in the suit and began to make phone calls.
"Hello, President Li, yes, they're gone now. There wasn't much of a fuss today, just some arguing. But there's one thing: a lawyer came today, said to be hired by the homeowners."
On the other side of the phone, in a tea room in Jingzhou City, the slightly overweight Li Shuwei said, "A lawyer? In these times, if I had the money, would I not finish constructing it? It's just that there's no money!"
Jin Ma Real Estate's accounts had been dry for a long time, whether it was the company's other accounts or escrow accounts, there was no money.
That's why the construction is abandoned, right? Li Shuwei didn't want that either but within a legal society, a limited liability company works just like that—otherwise, who would dare to run a business?