Chapter 146: Are You Asking for Money Again? (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Zhou Yi's previous Legal Aid actions had indeed offended quite a few people.

Everyone is just trying to make a living; reposting your videos and earning a bit of traffic revenue is all perfectly fine.

Those big-shot Up Masters don't say anything, so why do you have to be the one? You just went and flipped the table.

That is why, after Sun Pengxing's Money Laundering video came out later, such a huge stir was created in such a short time.

It cannot be ruled out that some people were fanning the flames behind the scenes.

It's just that no one expected this stir to come so fast and go so fast.

And so, it could only be passed down that A Yi is fast.

But even now, there are still people stirring up trouble in Zhou Yi's video comment section.

They're saying, you Up Master are a big shot, but you only dare to seek Legal Aid against ordinary people; why don't you go confront the platforms!

Previously, only three platforms issued apology statements, and they were not very popular platforms; the big platforms didn't say a single word.

Comments like these are truly everywhere in the comment section.

What? You tell them that Court trials also take time? Sorry, they don't understand that.

Anyway, if you didn't make them apologize, it's your fault!

Just like how you spend money on Legal Aid at the drop of a hat, but don't donate the money out.

Although Zhou Yi posted a portion of his donation records, but... those were from back when Zhou Yi hadn't started using his cheat yet.

Then the snide remarks came again: you spent a million on a game, and you only donated that much?

It's like being a fool, isn't it? But there are many such comments.

If you don't donate, they urge you to donate; if you do donate, they say you donated too little.

Anyway, as long as you aren't living like an ascetic, then you are in the wrong.

Oh, you're asking how much we donated?

Sorry, we didn't see your message clearly.

As it turns out, today, like a bolt from the blue, three video platforms issued public apologies!

It was because their auditing was not strict and their work was not done well, which led to the phenomenon of video theft.

And so, visibly, those comments that were previously saying Zhou Yi didn't dare to confront the platforms have now all disappeared.

Even if they haven't disappeared, if you try to reply to their comments, they won't respond to you at all.

They might even block you directly.

Anyway, Zhou Yi feels that this one-sided blocking feature is really annoying; it just makes the people who come after feel like, "I was left speechless by what you said."

As for the online discourse, Zhou Yi didn't want to pay attention to it for now, because the progress of his two events had both reached one hundred percent!

Two events reaching one hundred percent at the same time—do you know what this means? It means double the rewards!

Having returned home all the way, Zhou Mouren had already started rubbing his hands together.

It's just that the System's rewards aren't card draws, so there's no need for any superstition.

If all else fails, a cash reward of one hundred thousand is also quite nice.

Opening the System Panel, Zhou Yi took a glance, and then he was stunned.

To be honest, this task reward completely exceeded his expectations!

He even feels now that the System is doing this on purpose!

Task reward for the video theft event: Charity Special Fund of one million yuan.

And the task reward for the S Shop: Car Purchase Special Fund of one million yuan.

The same System style as always, as crude as always.

The key is that these two special funds made Zhou Yi smell a familiar style.

He can now confirm that, apart from the matter of his account being recovered earlier, for the subsequent matters, it seems the System already had the results when it issued the rewards.

So, is this encouraging him to go stir up trouble again?

You can't really say that; if you want to stir up trouble, it's also based on the other party's cooperation.

If they are amicable and agree to whatever you say, and don't play those tricks on you, even if you wanted to stir up trouble, you wouldn't be able to, right?

The key is that I just thought about how my fate with the S Shop wasn't over, and then you, this System grandson, came directly to stir up trouble?

Wouldn't it be better if you gave me a big villa!

Never mind him; anyway, these two special funds have already entered the Virtual Account.

The System's Warning is as always.

These funds can only be used for their specific purposes and must absolutely not be used for anything else; otherwise, bear the consequences yourself.

Right, they still don't say what the consequences are, don't say you'll die if you violate the task; anyway, you can use them, but bear the consequences yourself.

This gave Zhou Mouren a feeling that the System seems like a "green tea" bitch, and he is being slowly PUA'd...

Zhou Yi hasn't decided how to use the special funds yet.

And now that he has just finished dealing with these matters, he also feels tired, so for the time being, Zhou Mouren doesn't plan to go looking for trouble.

The S Shop notified him that the car had been repaired; he went again this time, checked it thoroughly, and there were no problems.

A long-lost car, finally able to be driven back.

No wonder people on the road, when encountering those who force their way in, although they are all angry, basically choose to yield.

Just look at himself; even with his cheat, he felt it was inconvenient when getting the car repaired.

The parking space that had been empty for a long time finally welcomed its owner back; after the car was parked in the space, the space emitted a sound of satisfaction.

Zhou Yi did think of one thing, though.

The parking space next to it is rented to Xiao Xu, so if he goes to buy another car, what should he do? Should he rent a parking space?

After all, a sale does not invalidate a lease.

Zhou Mouren, the District Bully of Yuefu Residential Quarter, was mired in a happy sort of trouble.

Life is just that fickle; Jingzhou City had already entered the hottest time of the year, the dog days of summer.

Although it isn't a "furnace city," it had already become too hot to stay inside.

In the past, because he didn't have much money, he had always just endured it, but Zhou Mouren decided he couldn't take it anymore!

He wanted to go take a bath, go swimming, and properly enjoy life.

Saying he'd go, he went; Zhou Mouren went straight downstairs, ready to drive out.

He wasn't worried about swimsuits or goggles at all; once he got to the swimming pool, would he have to worry about not being able to buy those things?

However, before swimming, he planned to grab a bite to eat first; it was said there was a pork trotter rice shop in the South District that was pretty good, tastier than the one at the entrance.

Zhou Yi intended to go try it; that shop was an internet-famous spot now, and it was said the proprietress was quite pretty, known as the "Pork Trotter Xi Shi."

Great, these days there's a "Xi Shi" for everything.

Although, based on Zhou Mouren's experience, he didn't even need to look to know this was definitely just another hype job, he still planned to go take a look.

He just purely wanted to eat pork trotter rice.

As it turned out, just as he was preparing to drive, he saw Miss Xiao Xu also arrive by the car, looking like she was going out too.

Although they hadn't been in touch for a while, upholding a good-neighborly relationship, Zhou Yi still greeted her.

"Hey, Xiao Xu, going out? Have you eaten yet?"

That greeting was so stiff that Miss Xiao Xu was already speechless.

"Going out, haven't eaten, what's up?"

"Ah, haven't eaten? I'm going out too..."

Miss Xiao Xu was silent for a moment, then said, "Brother Zhou, after asking that, shouldn't you say something like 'I'm going to eat, want to come along?'"

That made sense... Zhou Mouren said casually, "I'm going to eat pork trotter rice, want to come along?"

"Sure."

Zhou Yi: "o((⊙﹏⊙))o"

About forty-some minutes later, the two had already arrived on the other side of Jingzhou City.

After all, it is a provincial capital city, and it has an extremely capable city leader, so Jingzhou City is big, especially big.

The place where Zhou Yi lived was considered relatively central, while this internet-famous pork trotter rice shop was located in the South District; the journey over was truly far.

And that was only because there was no traffic at this hour; otherwise, you wouldn't even think about getting here in an hour.

Arriving at the location, parking the car, and following the map, they quickly found this internet-famous shop.

As expected, although it wasn't mealtime, there were quite a few people here.

It was just that, perhaps because of the heat, it was far worse than the scene of people coming and going seen in the videos.

They didn't wait in line for long, and it was soon the two's turn.

"Proprietress, two bowls of pork trotter rice!"

"Coming right up, have a seat first, it'll be ready soon!"

Calling her the proprietress, she was actually a young woman; it was hard to tell her age, but she should be about the same as Miss Xiao Xu beside him.

As for her looks, they were passable, but they were completely not on the same level as the beauty enhanced by filters on the internet.

Why do many Anchors or Up Masters nowadays end up in a situation where they "die upon meeting" in real life? It's truly because technology has advanced, brothers!

"Brother Zhou, is the pork trotter rice good-looking?"

Out of the blue, a voice came from the side.

Zhou Mouren subconsciously replied, "It's good-looking, oh wait, no, it's delicious, wait, what are you saying."

Turning his head, he saw Miss Xiao Xu's sly expression.

Zhou Mouren decided to shut his mouth.

The pork trotter rice was brought over; he took a bite—so-so. Sure enough, internet-famous shops and the like are all scams.

Finishing the meal casually, if nothing went wrong, Zhou Mouren planned to part ways with her; he was used to being alone, and having someone follow him around—especially a woman—made him feel uneasy while looking at the proprietress... oh no, while eating the pork trotter rice.

As it turned out, just as he walked out and prepared to drive, he saw a mobile phone in front of him; it looked like the latest model from Huawei, quite large.

"Hey, Brother Zhou, someone dropped their phone here, and this phone is quite expensive."

Zhou Yi nodded; he naturally knew that.

As a man who had been unconsciously "legally educated" by Lawyer Fang countless times, Zhou Yi knew better than anyone that if you pick up lost property, you must return it to the owner!

Moreover, before returning it to the owner, you need to keep it in proper custody.

Note, this is not just empty talk.

Miss Xiao Xu beside him also picked up the phone and asked curiously, "Brother Zhou, what should we do? We don't know where the person who lost the phone is."

"It's fine, it doesn't matter if we leave a bit later, let's just wait here for a while. If the other party realizes the phone is lost, they will definitely call it."

"This phone has power."

Answering a call doesn't require unlocking the phone; a swipe is enough.

"But, it's so hot today, are we just going to wait here like fools? What if the other party never calls?"

"How about we just leave it here, is that okay?"

Zhou Yi shook his head and said, "That won't do. If you pick up someone else's things, you have to keep them in proper custody. If the item has problems because of our improper custody, we'll have to pay for it!"

Hearing this, Miss Xiao Xu didn't quite grasp it.

"No, Brother Zhou, we picked it up and put it back where it was, that's not okay? If it breaks, we still have to pay?"

Zhou Yi shrugged and said, "That is indeed how it is."

Why is it said that keeping someone else's found property in proper custody is important? The reason is simple: if you cause the item to be damaged or lost due to intent or gross negligence, you will have to pay for it.

Zhou Yi remembered that when Lawyer Fang spoke about this, he once mentioned a case, saying it was a very classic case.

Why is it a classic? Because Fang Dazhuang was the Plaintiff's attorney.

The Plaintiff lost a ring, a fifty-thousand-yuan ring, and it ended up being picked up by someone else.

That fellow also had poor eyesight; after looking at it, he thought it was fake, so he turned around and threw it away...

Now the owner of the ring was unhappy and made that fellow pay for it.

He certainly wouldn't pay; why should he pay? You didn't look after your own things and lost them, just because he threw it away, you want him to pay?

If he won't pay, what then? File a Lawsuit.

The Court ruled directly, making that fellow pay fifty thousand; simple and direct.

Because of Fang Dazhuang, Zhou Yi has a deep memory of it; he told himself at the time, never be itchy-handed on the road in the future.

When facing certain things, don't pick them up; just pretend you didn't see them.

Either pick them up and keep them safe, otherwise, this is simply unbearable.

Just as Zhou Mouren was happily explaining while embodying Fang Dazhuang, his phone suddenly rang.

He took a look; it should be the person who lost the phone.

Zhou Yi thought for a moment, took out his own phone, opened the Camera, and had Xiao Xu take charge of filming before answering the call and turning on the speakerphone.

You can't blame him; after staying with Fang Dazhuang for a long time, he always has the thought that "everyone in the world wants to harm me."

He is in the habit of keeping evidence for everything.

"Hello, may I ask you..."

It's just a pity that before Zhou Mouren could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the furious voice on the phone.

"So you're the one holding my phone, right? I'm telling you, you'd better return it to me quickly, otherwise, I'll call the police to arrest you!"

"Who are you? Where are you? Speak up, hurry up and return it to me, you hear!"

The voice was a man's voice, sounding quite rough, but that tone immediately made Zhou Yi and the Xiao Xu beside him unhappy.

Damn it! What is wrong with people nowadays? I picked up your phone, waited under the hot sun for so long thinking about returning it to you, and you start cursing the moment you open your mouth?

But thinking that the other party probably didn't know if it was stolen or what, Zhou Yi waited for the other party to finish speaking and then explained:

"Hey, brother, don't shout first. I did pick up your phone, right here at the xx Road parking lot."

"Are you coming to get it? If you're coming, I'll wait here."

"Oh, you picked it up," the man said. "I don't have time to go get it; you bring it to me."

"I am at..."

"Brother, I have things to do right now and need to leave quickly; why don't you come and get it instead," Zhou Yi said hurriedly.

Hearing that it was picked up, the tone improved a bit, but this bossy attitude—demanding he deliver it the moment he opened his mouth—and then he just started reporting his address.

"I have things to do right now too. So what now? Can't you just bring it to me after you're done?"

Is this person sick? He insists that he has to be the one to deliver it.

But thinking about how many people he has sent inside recently, Zhou Yi said: "I have to go to Guangming District to get some things done; it's a bit troublesome to come back here after that."

"How about this, brother, I can bring it to you, but you cover the gas money, fifty yuan is fine, for the round trip."

Since he's idle anyway, he'll just treat it as going for a drive tonight.

Gas is so expensive now; although Zhou Yi has some money, he still has to save.

"What? You still want money?"

Second update, and there will definitely be a third update today. Thanks to Mangguo de Lei, Shuyou 2022, shinei, Bairi Obscenity, Feixiang de Feixiao, Muxin, Shuyou 2017, and Shuyou 1801. Thank you to these brothers for the tips, thank you.

(End of chapter)