Chapter 455: Chapter 455: 263 Innocent Li Yang, the matter of buying a car on the spur of the moment_2

From the first to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the courts do not accept cases.

However, for cases where the facts are established, they generally go through mediation first instead of going to court right away. Holding a court session is cumbersome, time-consuming, and uses up legal resources.

In civil disputes, it’s usually the lawyers and clients from both sides sitting together. After a brief discussion to clarify the facts, then they start talking… blah blah blah.

“What? You don’t agree and you want to sue in the central government?”

“Sorry, but you can’t even hold a court session. The lawyer you hired will tell you straight up that you can’t win, and if you go to court and lose, you’ll have to pay even more.”

Take Li Yang’s case, for example, the facts are clear, the context is obvious.

The girl is already of age, and you, a relative, are still holding onto her family property. You want a share of her dowry too; you don’t even need much physical evidence, just find a few witnesses and go through the process.

Isn’t this just shameless? Even if you wanted to deny it, you couldn’t.

This is a case where the facts are clear and the evidence is solid. The basic process involves the attorney understanding the situation, collecting evidence, writing the complaint materials, and the public security organs accepting the case.

The public security organ conducts an inquiry, brings the people involved together for mediation, and if that fails, it goes to court litigation, where the court mediates, or if still dissatisfied, proceeds to pronounce a direct judgment.

The process is simple, but the difficulty in practice is dealing with the other party’s unreasonable harassment and refusal to let go.

In big cities, this kind of situation is relatively less common, but in small county towns, where the other party has been entrenched for many years, this is very likely to happen, especially if they know a few people from the underworld.

Ordinary folks would turn pale when taken to the police station for questioning, while the old ruffians are impervious to advice. They usually drink, boast, and love to curse out the police.

In the law firm’s office.

“Li Wanhong, I know this man.” The lawyer scratched his head and sneered, “He’s been quite cheeky these past few years, thought he’d made a fortune, turns out it’s been by squeezing his brother dry.”

Upon hearing this, Li Yang, who was sitting opposite, immediately became tense. She wasn’t very familiar with her other relatives, she had heard that one of them owned a massage parlor.

Xu Qingyan didn’t even blink an eye, knowing well the capabilities of people from the small county town. Real thugs and ruffians wouldn’t cross his path, clinging to the few hundred thousand inheritance of his brother without letting go.

At the end of the day, it’s not a great achievement.

But, Xu Qingyan didn’t want to waste too much time on this affair. After the New Year, he had to return to Xinghai. Li Yang also had to go back to her studies. The main goal currently was to liquidate the inheritance.

The small county town wasn’t worth his prolonged stay; he wanted to just spend money to have someone handle it.

“Is it very troublesome?” he asked.

“Not exactly troublesome, just a bit bothersome,” the lawyer said with a smile, “Just finish writing the complaint materials and submit them together, there’s no suspense about this case.”

“It’s just the enforcement that… you’re from Qinghe, you should know without me saying it.”

“It’s fine, let’s follow the process.” Xu Qingyan’s expression didn’t change, calm and collected, “We’ll deal with the rest when the time comes, I trust your law firm.”

Xu Qingyan didn’t say that he would find someone to handle it; there was no need to mention it in front of the lawyer. The lawyer introduced by an acquaintance, with the case passing through his hands, will naturally find a way.

Noon.

Xu Qingyan took Li Yang to a good restaurant in the downtown area for a meal; the matter couldn’t be rushed. It would probably take a few days to deal with, so they needed to be well-rested and ready.

“Hello, you can scan the code to order,” the waitress bent down and said, “We also have a menu here, you can order directly with me.”

The private room was spacious. There were two antique windows opening to the outside next to them. At the moment, the windows were tightly shut, keeping the cold wind out, and the central air-conditioning on the ceiling was housed in decoratively old-fashioned covers.

“Just order directly, I can’t be bothered to use my phone,” Xu Qingyan laughed slightly, took the menu, and looked it over, “Let’s have this… and another pot of tea, that’s it.”@@novelbin@@

The waitress took note and patiently said, “Okay, sir, our tissue and cutlery are complimentary and for unlimited use.”

“Great, thank you.”

Once the waitress left, Xu Qingyan turned to look at Li Yang, who had been zoning out ever since they started ordering, taking note of her distracted state.

“What’s the matter with you?”

“Ah?” Li Yang snapped out of it, her face losing its color, “Me… What’s with me?”

Outside, fierce winds raged, but inside the private room, it was as warm as spring, making him feel somewhat hot.

“Since just now, you’ve been out of it,” Xu Qingyan rested his hand on the table, scrolling through his phone, and while speaking, he sent a message to Gan Wenchang.

“I… I’m just worried, …Brother, should we just forget it?” Li Yang lowered her head and said, “I feel it’s quite okay now, I can earn it myself after I start working.”

“Why?” he asked.

“Because… because those relatives of my father aren’t good people,” Li Yang bit her lower lip, speaking hesitantly, “I’m afraid of causing trouble for you and Auntie, they…”

“I’m not afraid, nor is my mother,” he said, “You’re worrying too much. No outsider can come into Qinghe, and I won’t let such a thing happen.”

“Also, are you sure that by giving up, they won’t bother you?” Xu Qingyan glanced at her, “Is it your guess, or are you certain?”

“If I don’t answer their calls, they probably won’t,” she said softly, not very confidently.

“These people know your university, and later they’ll know about your work,” he continued looking at his phone, speaking matter-of-factly, “Knowing you’re easy to bully, they’ll have you pinned down for a lifetime.”

“Finally a college graduate in the family, and if you don’t comply, they’ll go to your workplace to spread rumors about you. Threatening you, demanding you to continue supporting them with money.”

Words after dreadful words floated out of Xu Qingyan’s mouth, whitening Li Yang’s face with fear.

“No… that couldn’t happen,” she said.

“Maybe it won’t, maybe it will; who knows human nature,” Xu Qingyan shifted his gaze from the phone and looked at her expressionlessly.

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