What's wrong with this lawyer?!

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"Alright, we'll talk when you get back,"

Having said that, Secretary Fang hung up the phone again.

Dean Tong's face turned particularly grim. He hadn't been paying attention earlier, but now that he thought about it, it did seem to be the case; Director Han had also stayed behind...

And the matter of funding was even simpler; the Lawyers Association funded the lawyers who did legal publicity to handle pro bono cases, which was a praiseworthy act worthy of vigorous promotion by the Jingzhou Lawyers Association and the judicial departments.

He returned inside, dispirited, to find the professors chatting merrily.

Professor Kang, with a flushed face, laughed and said, "Dean Tong, you finished your call; come, sit down, we're all waiting to toast you."

Dean Tong didn't speak. He picked up his wine glass in silence. He had already drunk quite a bit earlier, and his mood had been terrible during the call with Secretary Fang. Now, looking at Professor Kang, he was abruptly reminded of Kang's initial comments.

The anger ignited in him instantly.

"Drink, drink, drink, what's there to celebrate? Kang Zhiwei, do you have any idea who just called? It was Secretary Fang. He called me specifically to say that in Jingnan County, Tang Fangjing has helped reopen a criminal case. That old man's son has been released, declared innocent!"

"Do you understand what this means, huh? And here you are still drinking. Continue drinking if you want!"

"Our publicity team came down here with six expert professors and two lawyers. And what happened? Both lawyers stayed behind to work on cases. Do you know what Secretary Fang just told me? Go on, keep drinking."

After speaking, Dean Tong stood up and said to the other local individuals, "I've had too much to drink today, so please excuse me, I'm going back to rest now."

It wasn't appropriate to speak like this in front of others, but the words were already out in the heat of the moment, and there was nothing to be done about it.

The others were bewildered by Dean Tong's recent outburst, and when he made his excuses, they quickly agreed, nodding their heads and wanting to smooth things over. But everyone was curious... what on earth had happened?

On the other hand, the expert professors were all stunned.

Professor Kang was even more bewildered; Tang Fangjing actually succeeded? How could that be possible?

This case was so sensitive, and the person had already been imprisoned.

Upon recollecting what he had said before, Professor Kang's face turned ashen. Tang Fangjing evidently had the habit of posting videos online...

What to do now? Secretary Fang had even called personally.

The professors lost all interest in eating and drinking. Instead, several thoughts raced through their minds; some, like Professor Kang, still blamed Tang Fangjing for breaking the rules...

Originally, their rural legal awareness tour wasn't meant for taking cases, but then there's you, who just had to take a case.

But now it was too late for these thoughts...

Different from Secretary Fang, inside the Jingzhou Lawyers Association, Old Cheng was grinning from ear to ear upon hearing the verdict; he was literally about to burst into laughter with joy.

The new year was approaching, and the Lawyers Association didn't have much news to promote; they were quite worried about that.

But Old Tang had delivered them a major story. With this, the performance for the next half-year was secured.

Previously, when the team had requested funds to handle cases, Old Cheng had been under a lot of pressure.

Although those expert professors were also listed as lawyers at Tengda Law Firm, their main occupation was as professors, which meant the Lawyers Association had minimal control over them.

So Old Cheng ended up approving some additional funds for them; otherwise, if they had played by Old Tang's rules, even finding lodging for the professors would have been a problem.

In the end, Old Tang did not let him down, and Old Cheng couldn't help but start humming a happy tune: "Oh the common people, are truly joyous today..."

At Tengda Law Firm, Old Wang slapped his thigh hard. Even though several days had passed since the incident, thinking about it still made his heart ache.

Why did he give in over that little amount of money? If only he had been slightly more steadfast, letting Old Tang use the firm's resources would have been much better...

In such an atmosphere, a few days swiftly passed by. The expert professors lost their will to continue the visit, wrapped it up in haste, and glumly returned to their schools.

The media hadn't broken the news yet, but it was highly likely they would. When they did, who knew how these professors would be ridiculed—it was time to bury their heads in the sand.

On the other side, in Jingnan County, the land acquisition office, Shen Yongxue, was beginning to face an investigation, but for now, it hadn't come to the point of being taken away.

After all, everyone knew that the acquisition office was an internal agency that generally operated under directives...

Just today, Shen Yongxue had just arrived at the office when someone informed him that the unit had received another subpoena.

"What, who's suing us again? Do they think I'm an easy target?" Shen Yongxue shouted there and then.

He had never seen a court subpoena all his life, and now he had seen several in just one month.

The staff member in front of him said in a low voice, "It's... it's still Liu Xuehong suing us."

"Liu Xuehong?" Shen Yongxue frowned, "What's he suing us for, he's already won the case, hasn't he? If he wants compensation from the state, he should be looking to the court."

"No, he claims our office unlawfully instructed the urban management department to carry out the demolition, violating Liu Xuehong's residential rights, and that in the conflict, Liu also got injured and demands compensation..."

"Oh right, the urban management department is listed as a co-defendant."

This case is different from the previous administrative litigation. The prior administrative suit was because there was an issue with the land requisition department's decision—that is, the forcible demolition order was legally problematic, necessitating a judicial confirmation that the decision was unlawful.

However, now the premise was based on the scope of civil law, where the land requisition department had outsourced the demolition to the urban management department, perhaps with other departments involved as well.

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