In Xinzhi Bookstore, Lu Ming slowly sipped his tea while looking through the materials on the Lao Chai case. In a few days, the lawsuit would begin.
Yaya sat obediently aside, playing with building blocks quietly. She was only three years old, but she already had the demeanor of a little lady.
Lu Ming arrived in Longgang early this morning. In the morning, he sent a car to pick up Yaya from Sansha Town. He Mojun's mother came with them. Now the old lady is being accompanied by someone to visit the county fair.
Huang Guirong and Cui Xiaodong were busy studying the prosecution's indictment at another desk, comparing it with the self-statements of Lao Chai and others.
In the criminal case in Jiangning Province, there was no exchange of evidence before the trial, and we could only look at the indictment to find out what crime was being charged.
Moreover, the copy of the indictment was just delivered today after a long wait.
"Xiao Huang, you will be the lead defense attorney in Lao Cai's case, and Xiaodong will be the deputy defense attorney." Lu Ming suddenly said.
Huang Guirong and Cui Xiaodong were both stunned.
Lu Ming smiled: "Why, are you feeling stressed?"
"Boss, in this case, as long as Lao Chai is not sentenced to death, does that mean I have technically won the case?" Huang Guirong asked.
Lu Ming shook his head: "If I fight, I will be sentenced to life imprisonment. I will lose everything."
Huang Guirong gritted his teeth and said, "What if the sentence is within 30 years? He is old now. More than 30 years is no different from life imprisonment."
Lu Ming waved his hand: "Let me put it this way. If the judge is He Mojun, she has systematically studied imperial law, so I can beat the old jackal and get him off the hook directly because there are loopholes in the prosecutor's procedures."
He shook his head again: "But if we fight like this, it won't be a good thing for me, He Mojun, or the old jackal."
He sighed, "But I promised to be the lawyer for Old Chai and the others, and the prosecutors are really giving me a hard time!"
Huang Guirong and Cui Xiaodong looked at each other.
The boss is worried because he can easily win the lawsuit, which, in the boss's words, is too Versailles.
"Anyway, let's wait and see." Lu Ming waved his hand, "You guys go about your business."
Huang Guirong's eyes suddenly lit up and he immediately went to look at the indictment again.
Lu Ming looked at her back and smiled, thinking that this girl is teachable.
The wind chime at the door rang.
The two people who came in were Liu Hanming and Rodman. As the only Western lawyer in the law firm, Rodman was also able to move around wherever he was needed.
When Yaya saw Rodman and recognized his colorful hair, she giggled, thinking he was a clown.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Your case will go to court the day after tomorrow? How are your preparations going?"
Liu Hanming smiled and said, "I'm here to enjoy your meal, but I also want to ask you a few questions."
Lu Ming nodded: "Okay, take my little niece with you and go eat delicious food together." In fact, the Qing'es cook delicious and hygienic food, but eating at home, even in the flower hall in the front yard, is not something that any guest can do casually. Even if they are partners with Liu Hanming, this is no exception, unless they invite themselves.
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After lunch, I said goodbye to Liu Hanming and others, and came back with Yaya, only to see a circle of people gathered in front of the bookstore.
There were a few beggars in ragged clothes, singing lotus songs to beg for alms, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers.
Lu Ming had already warned Madam Liuli not to interfere in any affairs of the bookstore, otherwise, Qing'e would come out and beat the beggar so hard that he would run away screaming.
"Master, I'll go take a look." Sun Bo said beside him.
Lu Ming waved his hand, "Don't worry about it, the singing is pretty good, it shows that our bookstore is popular."
Sun Bo nodded. The young master was not afraid of this in his business. It was not a serious business. It was just like giving away books.
He walked around the crowd and entered the bookstore. He Mojun's mother had already returned from the market and was standing at the door of the bookstore watching the fun.
"Grandma!" Yaya happily threw herself into her arms.
"Third Young Master, did you invite someone to perform opera?" He Mojun's mother picked up Yaya and asked Lu Ming again.
Although Lu Ming asked her to call him "Qianxing" or "Aming" several times, He Mojun's mother regarded this in-law family as a wealthy and powerful family from the bottom of her heart. She felt that her family had always been trying to climb up the social ladder and felt even more guilty towards them. Now the Third Young Master was helping their family again, and she really could not repay this kindness, let alone call the Third Young Master by his name.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Yes, did you sing well?"
Suddenly, the crowd of onlookers parted, and a few beggars came up together, knocking the ground at the door with bamboo sticks in a rhythmic manner, singing: "Boss, please be kind, boss, your business will be prosperous day by day, give me a bun, a bowl of soup, and your business will be prosperous every day! Business will be prosperous!"
Lu Ming smiled at the blackhead beside him: "Look!"
Heitou reluctantly took out a few dimes from his wallet and threw them out.
The crowd onlookers exclaimed in amazement, saying that the bookstore owner was very generous.
Several beggars picked up the dimes and lined up again, knocking on the bricks at the door of the bookstore with bamboo poles, "Hello, boss! Hello, boss! Our store is bringing in more money! We are bringing in more money!"
"Hello, boss! Hello, boss! Our store is making fortunes and treasures! We are making fortunes and treasures!"
Just sing this sentence over and over again.
Lu Ming smiled and went back to the tea table.
"Go away!" Sun Bo clasped his fists to the beggars and said, "My boss is kind and benevolent. Come back next month and make some money for our store. I will give you two pounds of pork then."
The beggars, however, kept singing, "Hello, boss! Hello, boss! Our store is bringing in more money and treasure! We are bringing in more money and treasure!"
Sun Bo frowned and was about to step out.
"What's going on? What's going on?!" Two patrolmen in white leggings and black uniforms came around the corner, pointing with wooden batons.
Several men named Huazi immediately picked up the tattered hats on the ground and ran away very nimbly.
The leading patrolman was a fat guy. He smiled at Sun Bo and said, "You are the boss, right? My brother and I often patrol this street. If you need anything, please call us. My last name is Li, so you can just call me Fatty Li!"
Sun Bo naturally didn't know how to explain anything to the two patrolmen, so he smiled and said, "Thank you very much."
Fatty Li waited for a while, and when he saw that the other party had no intention of paying for the tea, he felt unhappy. It seemed that even beggars needed rewards. It turned out that my two brothers were worse than beggars.
But he still smiled: "Okay, go ahead and do your thing!"
He gestured and left with another patrolman. He walked a few steps away and cursed in a low voice, "Tomorrow we'll be out of business! Ugh!"
At the tea table in the bookstore, Lu Ming looked at the backs of the two patrolmen who left in dismay and said with a smile, "Beggars are greedy and want to swallow an elephant. The detectives are worse than beggars. Longgang is difficult to deal with."
"Who is scolding us Longgang people?!"
The sinister words came from a fat white man who was spinning two iron balls in his hands. Behind him were several men in black dressed in shorts. They were just arriving at the door of the bookstore and heard Lu Ming's words.
Lu Ming was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that the store was opened after he arrived. To outsiders, today was the grand opening of the new store.
So, all kinds of monsters came.