Chapter 125: This Handsome Guy is Back Again! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"Why didn't you say anything when you came back!"

At the doorway, Zhou Yi's mother grumbled while opening the door.

"If you had told me in advance, I could have gone to buy some groceries. There's nothing much here right now; Xiao Yi, you go rest for a while."

Once home, Zhou Yi tossed his bag aside and slumped onto the sofa in a standard "Ge You slouch."

"Mom, don't go to any trouble. I'm not hungry right now; I was just a bit bored over in Jingzhou, so I came home to take a look."

"Bored, are you? Look at you—I told you to hurry up and find a partner, why won't you? If you had a partner, you wouldn't be bored."

Ah, this... Zhou Yi quickly shut his mouth. No matter what he says in front of his parents now, it always ends up back on the topic of finding a partner.

Heaven have mercy, back when he was in school, they were strictly guarded against dating; if they were caught, the couple would be broken up without a moment's hesitation.

Yet after graduation, the nagging started: nagging to find a partner, nagging to get married once a partner was found, nagging to have kids once married...

A partner isn't something that just grows out of the ground, you know—can you really just find one whenever you want? You have to find someone suitable!

But there's no helping the nagging; who told them to be his parents?

"How about this, Xiao Yi? Since you're back, there's a young woman at your second aunt's husband's hospital—a nurse. She has a stable government position and is about your age. Why don't you go meet her?"

Meet her... isn't that just a blind date? Zhou Yi immediately wanted to refuse.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yi's mother didn't give him a chance.

"Then it's decided. It's just to make a friend; it's not like I'm forcing you to date her. The girl has a stable government position; she's very popular."

Zhou Yi looked up at the ceiling helplessly. His mother's thinking was very clear: having a stable government position was a massive bonus!

If it weren't for the fact that he had already bought a house, his family would definitely still be nagging him to keep taking exams. In their eyes, no matter how much money you make doing other things, it's just working for someone else; you must have a stable government position to be considered "properly employed"!

Therefore, Zhou Yi hurriedly changed the subject: "Mom, why did you go to the Community Office? It doesn't seem like meetings or anything like that would involve you."

"Don't joke around," Zhou Yi's mother said with a smile. "Of course it doesn't involve us, but it's just that a while ago, it seems our Lincheng issued a policy to renovate old residential districts."

"It seems they're saying our district is going to install an Elevator."

"Oh? This district is going to install an Elevator too?" Zhou Yi asked curiously. "Is that what they wanted you to go to the Community Office for?"

"That's right. You know there are several households upstairs with elderly people who don't really go downstairs on weekdays."

"So their children are anxious and are saying they need to install an Elevator quickly so the elderly can come and go freely."

Zhou Yi nodded. This was a good thing, and it seemed the government provided subsidies.

"So where are they planning to install it?"

"I'm not too sure. It seems like they're going to install it at the entrance of our building unit."

The entrance? Zhou Yi walked over to take a look and immediately frowned.

"Mom, that location isn't very good. If they install an Elevator there, it will block the light to our living room. The lighting here isn't very good to begin with."

"Did they mention this at the meeting?"

Zhou Yi's mother hesitated and said, "I don't think they mentioned it, but they should notice it, right? After all, installing an Elevator is no small matter."

Zhou Yi didn't say anything. His parents always assumed the best in people, and Zhou Yi used to be the same.

But in the two years he had been out, he knew that when people were bad, they could be truly bad!

However, he didn't know the situation yet, so he couldn't say too much. Perhaps they had really considered these issues.

Saying nothing more, Zhou Yi settled down at home to "play dead."

He took the opportunity to look at those guys who were stealing his videos. I have to say, they really had some nerve!

After he posted that video, people kept stealing it, including the later video about the lady boss of the Jingzhou Cuisine restaurant.

In a sense, that video had already hit the trending list.

So you can imagine how much traffic was involved.

Zhou Yi had gained many new viewers, but compared to the benefits others were getting, it wasn't worth mentioning.

But it didn't matter. As Fang Dazhuang had said, keep a steady mindset and don't be anxious; at this moment, they were essentially working for him.

Theoretically, it really seemed to be the case; everyone in the world stealing his videos was working for him.

It was just that achieving that goal was a little bit difficult.

The next morning, Zhou Yi went out for a run. In old districts like theirs, there hadn't even been Property Management in the past.

Later, a Property Management company moved in, but it felt about the same in terms of service as the Property Management at Yuefu Residential Quarter.

Zhou Yi's family hadn't lived here from the start either; they bought the house and moved in later. Speaking of which, everyone was a neighbor, but neighbors still had varying degrees of closeness.

The others were old residents of the Small Residential District, so naturally, they were a bit closer.

It was just that Zhou Yi's mother was the type of person who was good to everyone and could handle all sorts of family matters, so Zhou Yi's family had gotten along quite well with the neighbors over the years.

He hadn't run far before he ran into the neighbor from the second floor, an elderly man. The man was also surnamed Wang—Wang Daye, a very good-tempered old man.

"Morning, Wang Daye. Already finished your workout?"

"Eh, Xiao Zhou, look at me, I didn't even recognize you. When did you get back?" Wang Daye also greeted him with a smile.

"Me? I got back yesterday."

The two chatted casually for a bit, then Zhou Yi suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, by the way, Wang Daye, do you know about the plan to install an Elevator in our building?"

He had a sudden flash of inspiration. Zhou Yi's mother was a pushover and was always unwilling to ask about these things, but this was no small matter.

Once the Elevator was installed, to say nothing of other things, it would affect the lighting in his home, not to mention the noise and such.

This was something Zhou Yi had looked up on Baidu yesterday.

"Of course I know. The family on the sixth floor even came to find me at my place a couple of days ago, asking me to agree to the Elevator construction."

"Did you agree?" Zhou Yi asked with a smile.

"We're all neighbors, so I didn't exactly agree. I just told them that I live on the second floor and don't need an Elevator, so whatever they do has nothing to do with me."

"But they said that building an Elevator costs money, and that there would be costs for future maintenance and such. I just feel that's not right—you tell me, I don't use it, so why should I have to pay for it..."

Zhou Yi also smiled and responded a few times, then felt it was strange; it seemed the neighbor on the sixth floor hadn't come to find his family.

However, according to Wang Daye, it will be a long time before this Elevator is repaired, as the people upstairs haven't even decided on it themselves.

"Sigh, they say they've been neighbors for so many years, but once money is mentioned, everything changes. The fourth floor thinks the sixth and fifth floors should pay more; they don't care whether they use the Elevator or not."

"Then you tell me, we on the second and first floors don't even use the Elevator in our daily lives, so we don't want to pay either."

"In short, this matter is going to take a while!"

Taking a while is fine; Zhou Yi doesn't think this matter is a bad thing, as it is indeed inconvenient for the elderly neighbors upstairs to go in and out.

But no matter how you look at it, the first floor shouldn't need to pay; it's something they have absolutely no use for.

After returning home and asking his mother, she said the people from the sixth floor hadn't come to look for her.

This makes Zhou Yi feel a bit strange, though he isn't in a position to say anything right now.

Staying at home for this week feels like it went by very quickly.

The Property Management side has already signed a Mediation agreement, with the condition that Property Management must disclose and make public the details of fees and expenditures within two months.

As for the other items that need to be disclosed and made public, they must all be completed within the remaining three months.

As for what happens if they still don't disclose it by then, well, then we'll just continue with the Lawsuit; after all, it's nothing more than going to court.

After squatting in the detention center for five days, Qiu Xiaoshuai's compensation has been paid in full; as for how he treats his own child later, that is his problem!

I believe that after this time, at the very least, when they go out to eat in the future, the couple will definitely not dare to let their child run around and play again.

It's just that what Zhou Yi didn't expect was that Xiao Guan actually posted a photo of the two of them directly in the comment section, even saying, "Ran into a wild dog author, female fan urging for updates offline"!

Of course, his own face had been processed and covered with a cat head, but even so, Xiao Guan's comment exploded instantly.

"Yuan Jie": Holy crap, I want to go to Jingzhou to find this dog author; he actually ran away? Where did he go!

"Namo Gatling Bodhisattva": The dog author actually has a female fan? I don't believe it, this must be fake, you must be the dog author's alt account!

"Purple Star Shining Moon": So where exactly is the dog author? I have some good things I want to give him...

It scared Zhou Mouren so much that he was terrified, fearing that Xiao Guan would expose him, but fortunately, that girl still has some sense of "jianghu" integrity.

However, Zhou Yi had originally planned to stay at home for a week and return only before the court hearing over there.

But, as many people know, especially college students, for the first three days before the holiday starts, you are a treasure when you return home.

In the morning, let the child sleep a little longer.

Meals can even be brought to you.

But it's different after that; sleeping in? Believe it or not, they'll rip your quilt off.

You, Zhou Yi, don't even have a partner, and you still dare to sleep in?

Consequently, after being urged to go on a blind date yet again, Zhou Mouren bought a high-speed rail ticket at top speed and fled back to Jingzhou.

However, this time he had already agreed with his parents to keep an eye on the Elevator matter, and if anything seemed wrong, they should call him.

…………

Three days later, Lao Difang coffee shop.

Fang Dazhuang, still wearing his gold-rimmed glasses, sat at the table, while Zhou Yi looked at the "extra-strength" coffee in front of him, looking blank.

Just now, as soon as Fang Dazhuang walked in, he asked if they were "soulmates"!

That must be true, but Zhou Yi doesn't think he has enough charm to make Fang Dazhuang take on all his cases.

Fang Dazhuang is not Zhou Cainiao; if he wants to, he can get so many cases his hands would go soft.

Yet, the other party has almost become his private Lawyer during this period, and is incredibly responsible.

As it turned out, Fang Dazhuang mixed a cup of coffee and said if we are soulmates, drink it!

This kind of language, similar to "Are we brothers? If we're brothers, drink," made Zhou Yi subconsciously want to retort.

But after seeing those gold-rimmed glasses and the slightly bald top of his head, Zhou Yi decided... to taste it.

One sip down, my dear grandson...

"The taste isn't bad, right? Alright, let's talk business. It is now confirmed that the earnings of these few accounts have already exceeded 20,000 yuan, and among them, the earnings of this account have already exceeded 100,000 yuan!"

Zhou Yi made a gesture to wait a moment, got the Sports Camera ready, and only then nodded.

Then he took the materials collected by Fang Dazhuang and looked through them; there are four accounts exceeding 20,000 yuan, and one account exceeding 100,000 yuan.

It is that one called "Ayi".

Back then, they even mocked him, saying that without people like them, where would the original author get so much traffic.

They even said the original author should be grateful to them.

It's just that Zhou Yi doesn't quite understand this standard.

Fang Dazhuang said very patiently: "Look, illegal gains exceeding 20,000 yuan are already enough for criminal prosecution. According to the Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court, if the amount of illegal gains is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, one can be sentenced to less than three years."

"There were actually more before, but after you sent that notice, two accounts deleted and canceled overnight; actually, if we pursued it, we could still hold them accountable."

"But as agreed before, if others stop the Tort, then we won't pursue it."

Zhou Yi nodded and said: "So actually, the owners of these four accounts can all be sentenced, less than three years, but what about this one?"

He was referring to the one called Ayi.

"This one, over 100,000, that's three to seven years, and we have only calculated the 100,000 amount for now; it's really hard to say exactly how much..."

When Fang Dazhuang said this, he blinked, and Zhou Yi understood instantly!

Hard to say, that means it might be even higher!

"As for the rest, there are a total of 106 Tort accounts, among which 85 have no obvious earnings; the demand is for the other party to stop the Tort and issue a public apology. Only the remaining 21 have earnings, but they haven't reached 20,000 yuan; the demand can be to stop the Tort plus a public apology, and return the illegal gains."

"In addition, there are platforms; this time a total of six platforms are involved. We sent a Lawyer's Letter requiring the platforms to actively review, but they ignored us."

"Then we can only file a Lawsuit."

Holy cow! Looking at the case files organized in Fang Dazhuang's hands, even Zhou Yi was a bit shocked.

Not to mention anything else, if he had to do this kind of work himself, it would be impossible to achieve.

It's too complicated, and the workload involved is just too huge!

No wonder Lawyer Fang's fee was so high this time; Zhou Yi had previously thought there would still be a significant remainder after the illegal gains were returned.

But looking at it now, that's unlikely.

Lawyer Fang had a smile on his face; he hadn't expected that this time it wouldn't be a Risk Agency, and that the other party would directly agree to the amount he proposed—simply delightful.

"Then there's no problem; let's go report the case first, and then file a Lawsuit!"

There are many choices for the Court to file the Lawsuit in, and Lawyer Fang naturally suggested choosing the Court where the party resides, which is the Guangming District People's Court.

Zhou Yi had thought such a case was very large and would need to go to the Intermediate Court, but he didn't expect to be mocked by Lawyer Fang for it.

According to him, it hadn't even reached ten million, so why go to the Intermediate Court?

The case may be trivial, but the facts of the case are not complex; it's just that gathering evidence is troublesome, and the amount of illegal gains is just so-so.

Then there was nothing more to say; Zhou Yi sorted and prepared the necessary evidence, brought his identification documents, and immediately took a taxi straight to the Police Station.

Just at this moment, inside the Police Station, Lao Zhou had just finished a Mediation for a dispute and was drinking water to soothe his throat.

It was his turn on duty again today.

Right then, the door of the Police Station was pushed open, and Lao Zhou saw at a glance a very familiar handsome guy walking in carrying a huge handbag.

Hmm, the second chapter of quenching thirst is here, making up for the owed update; it is now fifty-four.

(End of this chapter)