What's wrong with this lawyer?!

You're calling them swindlers, yet you shouldn't say it to their face…

Indeed, as the elders stood silent, a middle-aged man dressed in a white coat spoke up, "No, what do you mean by this? Are you suspecting us?"

Xue Lingling knew what she said was inappropriate and hurriedly explained, "That's not it, I didn't mean that, I was just chatting with everyone.

The middle-aged man, with a stern look on his face, said, "You're still denying it, but I heard everything you said over here. You think we're up to something just because we offer free services, right?"

"We've been coming to the village to offer free health check-ups and give away products for more than just a day or two. Ask anybody else in the village – have we taken a single cent from anyone over these days?"

A nearby elder chimed in, "Assistant Xue, they really haven't taken anything. They're not like other fraudsters; we're not stupid. There's no way we'd just give away our money."

The middle-aged man continued to address Xue Lingling, "As a young person, you can't think well of others, can you? You assume we're all deceivers. I'll leave my words here today: If you find something wrong, you can call the police; don't just casually throw around such ugly accusations!"

"I'm telling you, what you've just said already amounts to defamation of our company, you know!"

Seeing the situation turning sour, an old man quickly said, "Well… this is our village committee assistant. She's a university student, just newly admitted…"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man replied, "Oh, a university student serving as a village official, I see. Even if you're a village official, you have to be reasonable. You come here slandering us as fraudsters for no reason; what do you expect us to do?"

"Does this mean there are no good people left in the world? Are all those engaged in public welfare fraudsters?"

With each weighty accusation, Xue Lingling didn't know what to do. Being a newcomer and young, she had no idea how to handle such situations.

She had heard about free medical check-ups in the area, including distribution of rice, flour, eggs, etc., and her first thought was that it was another scam.

But having gone through the process and asking around, there was no fraud involving money, and the products given were indeed legitimate, not counterfeit or unknown brands.

This truly baffled her. Now pressed for answers, she felt a bit out of her depth.
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The middle-aged man dropped a few more words before turning away. Xue Lingling, wearing a glum expression, was about to leave when she saw a young man standing outside the crowd.

Wait, that young man looked familiar...

After thinking carefully, Xue Lingling suddenly pulled out her phone and found a short video she had recorded earlier. She compared it closely and recognized it as Teacher Tang from Tengda.

As a student from the Law Department of Handong Transportation University, Xue Lingling had attended a lecture by Teacher Tang and had even debated with him during the lecture.

The result, needless to say, was that she was thoroughly outmatched by Teacher Tang, nearly causing her faith to shatter.

After graduating this year and passing the exam to become a university student village official, she never expected to run into Teacher Tang here!

Rushing over, she greeted him, "Hello, are you… Teacher Tang Fangjing?"

Old Tang, who had been spectating, looked at the young woman curiously and said, "You know me?"

"It really is you, Teacher Tang! I'm a student from the Law Department of Handong Transportation University. My name is Xue Lingling. I've attended your lecture before. What brings you here?" Xue Lingling asked curiously.

Understanding she was a former student, Old Tang replied with a smile, "Ah, I'm here doing legal outreach in the village. I just happened to come over and have a look since there was a crowd."

"You were a bit too impulsive with your words just now, you know."

Just for the sake of the title "Teacher Tang," Old Tang felt obligated to offer her some advice.

"Ah, Teacher Tang, village work is too difficult. You don't know what it's like here; these villagers throw themselves at any benefits without considering the consequences, having been fooled countless times."

Although Tang Fangjing wasn't much older than she was, inexplicably, she felt that Teacher Tang was somehow an elder...

In his presence, she couldn't help but want to complain and vent.

"Rural work is indeed challenging, that's to be expected. You need more patience. Plus, you should be more observant and not jump to conclusions so hastily," Old Tang once again advised.

"But Teacher Tang, what do you think their real intent is? The products are all normal, they haven't taken a penny, and they seem to be genuinely here for public welfare," Xue Lingling hesitated before asking.

With a smile, Old Tang replied, "You've already said it yourself, there aren't that many pure motivations in this world. Of course, they have an agenda for making such an effort to come to the village."

In fact, Old Tang already understood their methodology from the previous conversation between the parties.

In a past life, he had dealt with a similar case where people went to the countryside to conduct these activities, offering various health seminars and free gifts, although the gifts were just standard items.

So how did they profit from this? Simple, by telling villagers they needed to register their names to receive the gifts.

The villagers quickly agreed; the gifts were real, and they were not asked for any money. As long as it didn't cost them, they believed they couldn't be cheated.

Next, the group collected their facial information and started applying for loans on various platforms.

Correct, facial information. Many people don't pay attention to it, but nowadays, the financial sector's application of facial recognition technology is becoming increasingly widespread!