Chapter 161: Why?

From the very beginning of his chats with Lawyer Fang, Zhou Yi knew that while he could raise objections one by one regarding the installation of the Elevator, there was ultimately no way to stop it.

Simply put, issues like sunlight, noise, and Privacy Rights, as well as the matter of property value compensation, could not be counted as problems.

If someone were to file a Lawsuit in Court, the Court would either measure on the spot and tell you there is no problem, or suggest filing a separate case.

As for property value compensation, sorry, the law does not support this.

And given Zhou Yi's current temper, he could not bring himself to block the door and act like a rascal.

Besides, if he acted like a rascal, would he still be Zhou Yi?

So this is the helplessness of a good person compared to a rascal; a rascal can be shameless and act like a rascal without restraint, but a good person cannot.

Never mind the accusations from the outside world, he couldn't even get past his own conscience.

But fortunately, the matter was resolved quite smoothly; at least from now on, absolutely no one would gossip about his parents here.

Sitting in front of the computer, Zhou Yi wrote down the title for this episode of his video.

"To avoid the moral kidnapping of the sixth floor, I donated an elevator!"

"Hello everyone, my dear viewers, I am A Yi. Today's video is quite special."

"The renovation of the old Small Residential District where my parents live requires the installation of an elevator. My original plan was for everyone to discuss it properly, since this is a matter where the first and second floors are at a disadvantage."

"In this matter, the upper floors should demonstrate the attitude of the upper floors. Unfortunately, I went back to my hometown specifically to solve the problem, only to find that they think this is a matter of course!"

"It's as if they on the upper floors want to install an elevator, so the first and second floors should cooperate; if they don't cooperate, it's as if they are deliberately obstructing their upstairs neighbors, unable to understand the difficulties of the upstairs neighbors going downstairs."

Accompanied by Zhou Yi's commentary, the words previously spoken by Qiu Mingjun and Guo Hongtu at his home and in the conference room began to be presented one by one.

"Everyone has seen it too. After I couldn't help but point out these impacts, others immediately said that my family just wanted money. This I could not tolerate!"

"My parents have been kind to others in this building; if anyone had any trouble, they would help enthusiastically as soon as they were asked. As a result, they ended up in this state!"

"Should a good person be held at gunpoint?"

"So, facing such people, I decided to also use moral kidnapping: I donated an elevator, on the condition that the upstairs neighbors swap houses with my family. Shifting the conflict, it's as if no one else knows how to do that."

Zhou Yi's video continued; he really had a lot of footage this time.

"As a result, I didn't expect them to actually hire a Lawyer..."

This was an unexpected joy. After he told Lawyer Fang, Lawyer Fang didn't hesitate and headed straight for Lincheng.

Next was the climax of the entire video: the Battle of the Lawyers!

Obviously, Lawyer Liu knelt the moment they met.

And the result was that Guo Hongtu's side called Zhou Yi earlier to say they agreed to swap houses.

After swapping houses, is it fair to the first and second floors to build an elevator? Of course, it is also unfair, so all Zhou Yi could do was provide compensation according to the standards of the neighboring Small Residential District.

Copying homework, just copy what's nearby; this is the only way to try and alleviate the conflict as much as possible.

After finishing the video, he watched it from start to finish once more to check it. No problems. The Lawyer vs. Lawyer dynamic pushed the entertainment value of the program to the extreme.

Really, if he hadn't experienced this himself, Zhou Yi would have even thought this was some small web drama.

As usual, everything that needed a Mosaic got a Mosaic. Those who were willing to appear on camera, like Lawyer Fang, were of course a different story.

Done, upload!

At this very moment, in the hotel, Zhou Xinran was taking care of Lawyer Fang.

She was also a bit puzzled. Looking at Teacher Fang before, he didn't seem to have drunk too much, but she didn't know his alcohol tolerance, so she didn't dare to guess.

If a drunk person sleeps obediently, then anything is fine; what's scary is if he doesn't sleep and starts acting out.

Lawyer Fang, of course, wasn't acting out; he was currently talking about his past with bleary eyes.

"Let me tell you, Zhou Yi, back when I just started university..."

"Teacher Fang, I am Zhou Xinran!"

"Oh, Xinran, let me tell you, my family was poor back then, so I didn't really dare to buy things like toilet paper or shampoo."

"But that roommate in my dorm never bought these things himself; as long as there was something useful, he would just take it from others."

"At first he took from everyone, but later, probably thinking I was easy to talk to, he only took mine..."

"At that time, I hesitated for a long time. I had just started university, and everyone said dorm roommates should be united, so I told him to buy some himself."

"But he just wouldn't buy any. I thought about not buying any either and just using others', but I couldn't bring myself to do it. Others can be shameless, but we always consider others a lot..."

Lawyer Fang seemed to be talking drunken nonsense, but it also didn't seem like it. His eyes weren't as clear as usual, but he also seemed to understand in his heart.

Zhou Xinran listened quietly. She also didn't expect that Teacher Fang, who was rumored to be able to send even the judge to jail if he performed exceptionally well, actually had this side to him!

From past rumors to the time she had spent following Teacher Fang as his assistant, Zhou Xinran had always thought that Teacher Fang was always that image of a man in a suit and tie, always talking about the law with people.

And he would send people to jail at the drop of a hat. Even though he was currently a civil lawyer, he was always keen on Criminal Case matters.

It seemed he never had a moment of weakness. That heart of his was like it was made of pig iron, and his pair of eyes seemed to have seen all the good and evil in the world.

As a result, she only now discovered that even a man like Teacher Fang had an unknown side...

"Finally, that day, he took my toilet paper to use again. I had just bought it and hadn't even unwrapped it, and he just took it away."

"He said, 'What's the big deal about using a bit of your paper? Why are you so stingy? Are you really going to fight with me over this little thing? You're sick!'"

"I couldn't hold it in anymore and had a huge fight with him. I asked him why he didn't buy his own, why he only used mine."

"As a result, Zhou Yi, guess what? They were all persuading me, including my roommates, and even the counselor after the fight got big; they all persuaded me not to fight, that it wasn't worth it."

Zhou Xinran's willow-leaf eyebrows stood up. She wanted to emphasize again that she was Zhou Xinran, and that the Zhou Yi you are talking about is currently at home playing dead!

But thinking about it, she decided to let it go...

No, she couldn't let it go. Zhou Xinran took her phone out of the bag beside her and started filming Lawyer Fang directly!

Haha, what is a dark history? This is a dark history.

This is what you taught me, Teacher Fang: verbal statements are not proof, leave a trail for everything!

Your apprentice learned well, right?

Lawyer Fang must have been truly drunk; he didn't realize someone was filming him and continued to talk to himself there:

"Everyone said he didn't mean it either, that he's a good person, just a bit fond of taking small advantages, and that roommates in a dormitory should be friendly and united with each other."

"They said there was no need to argue over such a trivial matter, that a real man should have a broad mind, that a prime minister's stomach can hold a boat..."

"They were right, very reasonable, but I just don't understand, clearly it was wrong for him to take my things, so why did they all come to lecture me?"

"I suppose they have long forgotten about this by now, but I still remember; I went to graduate school, I went to get my doctorate, I went to Modu to struggle, but I still remember this matter."

"It's not 'not worth it,' why would it not be worth it? Zhou Yi, ever since then I've thought in my heart, I want to change this situation. This trivial matter—must one really endure it just because it's trivial? Why!"

"It's a pity, after that I was busy making money and forgot my original intention. If it weren't for you, I would have forgotten that I once had a dream..."

Lawyer Fang was still rambling on, while Zhou Xinran had already fallen silent.

During the case of Xu Yufeng, Zhou Xinran had also had such thoughts: was the other party sick in the head, were they lacking common sense!

This didn't just apply to Zhou Yi, but also to this Teacher Fang, this Teacher Fang who was already a top-tier Lawyer back when she was still in school.

But now Zhou Xinran roughly understood, and roughly grasped it: it wasn't a lack of common sense, nor was it being sick in the head, but rather... they wanted to reason.

They wanted to say to those things that seemed to have become commonplace: Why!

Why must things be this way now just because they were this way in the past? Why is it right just because everyone does it this way?

Why is it that when no one else does it, I am considered sick in the head for doing it?

Society needs harmony, but the premise is that it is built on the basis of everyone communicating properly; one does not strike a smiling face.

But when you are clearly in the wrong, yet you still act as if you are completely justified, and everyone still urges me to be magnanimous and forgive you, then I must ask: Why!

I don't know when Lawyer Fang had fallen asleep, so Zhou Xinran covered him with the quilt from the side, then walked to the chair by the window and sat down quietly.

She felt that her current train of thought was a bit chaotic.

She wanted to become a great Lawyer, but... she seemed to remember there was a dream, that it was only by becoming a great Lawyer that she could realize that dream.

But later, later she seemed to have forgotten it. What was that dream again?

Fairness? Justice? Or something else, she forgot...

She only remembered that she wanted to become a great Lawyer, yet she had lost her original dream...

Sitting there, for the first time, Zhou Xinran did not play on her phone during her free time.

Swish! Lawyer Fang opened his eyes, looked around, oh, he was in a hotel room.

Zhou Xinran was sitting not far away, and at this moment she walked over.

"Teacher Fang, you're awake? Come, drink some honey water; you all drank too much today."

Lawyer Fang shook his head vigorously, took the honey water, gulped it down, and then said: "Sigh, I don't know either, every time I drink with Zhou Yi, I end up drinking too much."

He was not a person who craved alcohol, and usually, he didn't even drink much, unless there was a special occasion.

But when with Zhou Yi, he just wanted to drink a bit more and chat a bit more.

This feeling was very strange...

After finishing the honey water, Lawyer Fang hesitated and said: "Eh, by the way, Xinran, did I... did I say anything earlier?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xinran didn't even lift her eyelids; she just tucked her phone into her pocket and said: "No, Teacher Fang, you came back and went straight to sleep."

"Is that so?"

Lawyer Fang felt a bit strange; he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have said a lot of things, and his mouth was especially dry.

And... it seemed like Zhou Yi was still filming videos in front of him.

Strange, could it be that he had hallucinations?

Looking outside, this nap had lasted until evening; he couldn't sleep anymore.

"Let's go, Xinran, let's go get something to eat. We're returning to Jingzhou tomorrow!"

Lawyer Fang left quietly, just as he had come quietly, leaving behind only a legend in this old Small Residential District.

In the legend, that fake Lawyer Liu was so scared his legs went weak upon seeing him...

Since he had promised to change houses, then he would change; Zhou Yi had discussed this matter with his parents the day he returned.

His parents' initial thought was still that... the house they were used to living in was better.

And they had never expected things to be handled this way.

But after Zhou Yi explained it clearly, they accepted it; they understood their son.

Moreover, the floor plans of such old Small Residential Districts were all the same; after the Elevator was installed upstairs, there was actually no difference.

It was mainly that this first floor wasn't like other first floors, where people might have a small courtyard or something.

However, Zhou Yi didn't plan to move in directly; he planned to renovate the upstairs, as it was too old.

Plus, with the Elevator being installed, there would definitely be noise during this period, which was unavoidable.

So he thought about taking his parents to live in Jingzhou for a while, and they could also go out for a trip.

His parents naturally weren't willing, saying why renovate, wasting that money for nothing.

Then Zhou Yi brought out his trump card!

"Don't you want to see your son's new house?"

Once these words were out, there was no problem; his parents immediately packed their things, ready to go right away.

They didn't want the old furniture either; since they were renovating, they would buy new furniture and everything else.

He, Zhou Yi, was now "cheating" in life; although he didn't have much money compared to those protagonists in "god-tier rich" novels, he definitely had to let his parents live as well as possible.

For the house renovation in Lincheng, Zhou Yi had a relative who did this work, and Zhou's father and mother strongly recommended him, saying a relative definitely wouldn't cheat them.

Zhou Yi couldn't say much, so he just let the relative handle everything.

Fortunately, the relative didn't cheat them too much, and the price given was considered reasonable, which was acceptable.

One morning, Zhou Mouren drove with his parents, setting off happily; where there is family, that is home!

Guo Hongtu also moved house; he didn't do anything else, just let the elderly continue to live there.

But seeing that the elderly in his own home could go out freely and looked very happy, he suddenly felt that this time, he really hadn't lost out.

Guo Xiaowei, meanwhile, was in his room, clutching a jurisprudence textbook and studying diligently.

He knew the essence of law: from a subjective perspective, it is the embodiment of the state's will and the will of the ruling class.

From an objective perspective, the content of the law is determined by certain social material living conditions.

Therefore, fairness and justice...

Guo Xiaowei was thinking hard; these things were profound, and he had been studying law for less than two years.

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After several hours of travel, Zhou Yi finally arrived at the Small Residential District with his parents.

"Mom, Dad, look, this is our Small Residential District. That building there, our home is in there!"

His parents looked through the glass at the Small Residential District outside; it was clean and tidy, and although a bit old, it was extremely bustling.

"What a good place. A house in Jingzhou—we wouldn't have even dared to dream of this before."

Zhou Yi smiled upon hearing this and said, "This is nothing. Later, I'll take you to the Company to look around—my Company!"

Pretending to be Cool in front of others is nowhere near as good as doing it in front of one's parents, because only parents truly hope for their children to do better and better.

"Mom, Dad, you stay here for a moment; I'm going to make a call to the courier station."

Today's throat-soothing chapter is here early! Thanks to Bie Rang Wo Gushēn Yīrén, Xiao Shufu, Líng Mèng Xǐng, Yīsāndīng'èr, Yōuyǎ FDI Nánjué, Cāngqīng Zhī Lóng, and Zǒngshì Wúyǔ; thank you to these brothers for their tips.

(End of this chapter)