Chapter 163: Big Brother, Why Don't You Pay! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Since the delivery person had spoken, Zhou Yi didn't say anything else; he would just wait.

His phone now had the automatic recording function turned on; in any case, the memory was large, and if it really got too full, he would just clear it out.

And now... it was decided: call out Rookie Zhou, go sweep the shops again, and go teach those young bosses another lesson.

"Lawyer Zhou? Yes, it's me, Zhou Yi. Are you free now? About that video we talked about last time."

"Ah, what? You want me to come to Lao Difang now?"

"Lawyer Zhou, did Fang Dazhuang ask you to call me?"

This was Zhou Yi's first reaction.

After all, there really wasn't any relationship between him and Rookie Zhou; the only bond between the two was Fang Dazhuang.

"Fang Dazhuang is the same; if he wants me to go to Lao Difang, he can just call me directly. Why bother having you pass the message?" Zhou Yi said casually.

On the other end, Zhou Xinran's expression couldn't hold up anymore; if she could, she would want to hang up the phone right now.

What did he mean by "why bother having you pass the message"? It sounded as if she was only fit to be a messenger for them!

However, she still said: "That's not it. It's like this, Mr. Zhou: Teacher Fang didn't say he wanted to see you; it's me who wants to see you."

What?

Zhou Mouren felt as if cold sweat was breaking out on his forehead. Was he joking? He didn't remember having any connection with Rookie Zhou.

Thinking carefully, last time at home, no vulgar misunderstandings had occurred, and those inexplicable plotlines from novels hadn't appeared either.

Why would she suddenly want to call someone to Lao Difang, and a one-on-one meeting at that? Does Fang Dazhuang know you're like this?

Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment, then said: "Lawyer Zhou, could you please clarify things first? What is this about?"

"If possible, let's just talk over the phone. There's no need to go to Lao Difang; the coffee there is actually quite expensive..."

Zhou Xinran couldn't help but laugh: "Mr. Zhou, a wealthy person like you is worried about a few cups of coffee? It's fine, it's my treat."

"I mainly want to chat with Mr. Zhou about something; it's not something that can be explained clearly over the phone in a short while."

Since she had already said that, although Zhou Yi really wanted to say, "Then take your time, I have plenty of phone credit."

But after thinking about it, he decided against it.

Down to the basement, drive the car, head straight for Lao Difang.

Arriving at the place, he looked at the familiar environment. In the past, he had always come with Fang Dazhuang, and he had never come with an outsider before.

Moreover, Zhou Xinran was still Fang Dazhuang's assistant... This gave Zhou Mouren a strange sense of excitement.

No, he still had to tell Fang Dazhuang.

Connecting the call, he heard Fang Dazhuang's familiar laughter.

"Zhou Yi, something up again? Your speed at causing trouble is quite fast. You haven't even been back for a day, and you're already going to file a lawsuit?"

"Let me tell you, we may be close, but there's no need to take such good care of my business, haha..."

Zhou Yi also couldn't help but laugh: "Fang Dazhuang, no, how could I, Zhou Yi, encounter such things every other day? It's not a lawsuit."

"Not a lawsuit? Then what is it? Would you, Zhou Yi, ever look for me for anything other than a lawsuit?" Fang Dazhuang said, still very calm.

"It's like this: this afternoon I originally thought about calling Lawyer Zhou to film a video, but she asked me to meet at Lao Difang, saying she had something to say."

"Fang Dazhuang, do you know why?"

What the heck? Upon hearing this sentence, Fang Dazhuang was instantly stunned.

"What did you say? Xinran asked you to meet at Lao Difang to chat? This, I don't know anything about this!"

Good heavens, I mean, good heavens!

Going to Lao Difang and not calling me.

But fortunately, Zhou Yi still knew to call and tell me. Stay steady.

"Yeah, she just said I had to come. I figured I wasn't close with Lawyer Zhou, so even if I came to Lao Difang to chat, it would be you calling me."

"So you didn't know at all!"

After a pause, Zhou Yi asked: "So are you coming or not? If you are, hurry up. I estimate Lawyer Zhou should be arriving soon."

"Wait, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to just show up... Let me ask first."

Fang Dazhuang quickly dialed Zhou Xinran's phone.

"Xinran, where are you? I have something to do. Oh, you went out to see a client? Which client? Where are you meeting? Is that client surnamed Zhou?"

"Such a big thing as meeting a client, and you didn't even tell me? Do you know you're my assistant? If you sneak out like this, what am I supposed to do if I have something to do!"

"Let me tell you, this behavior of yours is something that would be criticized in our firm, you know? You like this..."

Zhou Xinran: "..."

"Teacher Fang, why don't you join us?"

"Alright!"

Half an hour later, Lao Difang Cafe.

Fang Dazhuang stirred his loaded coffee again before saying: "So what exactly is the matter? Xinran, hurry up and say it."

"That's right, what could there be that needs to be hidden from Fang Dazhuang?" Zhou Yi also said from the side.

Zhou Xinran glanced at Fang Dazhuang and said with some hesitation: "Teacher Fang, do you really want me to say it? If I say it, you promise not to blame me!"

Fang Dazhuang said: "Go ahead and say it. In your eyes, am I such a petty person? Just say it."

Zhou Xinran then said: "Actually, it's like this: two days ago we were in Lincheng, and after Teacher Fang finished drinking and went back, he said some things, and I felt deeply touched."

"I came back and thought about it for two days, and I had some ideas I wanted to discuss with you, Mr. Zhou..."

Wait! Fang Dazhuang suddenly looked at Zhou Xinran: "What did you say? I said things after I finished drinking and went back last time?"

"Didn't you say I just went to sleep after I went back? What's going on!"

"Also, what did I say?"

Fang Dazhuang discovered a blind spot; he vaguely remembered saying a lot of things last time and thought he had been dreaming.

So it's actually true?

Zhou Xinran hesitated for a moment, then pulled out her phone and said, "Um... Lawyer Fang, see for yourself. I didn't record the whole thing, but you can basically tell..."

To think she actually secretly recorded a video!

Just as Fang Dazhuang was about to say something, Zhou Xinran hurriedly said, "Lawyer Fang, you told me I could say whatever I wanted, so don't blame me."

Fine, Fang Dazhuang could only shut his mouth, take the phone, and start watching the video.

Zhou Yi had already leaned in; he was also curious about what exactly Fang Dazhuang had said last time.

But after watching for less than two minutes, Zhou Yi couldn't hold it in anymore.

Hahaha...

I never expected you to be this kind of Fang Dazhuang!

"Zhou Yi, I'm giving you a Warning; you've been laughing at me this whole time, you haven't stopped once!"

"Fang Dazhuang, I swear I'm not laughing at you on purpose. I have a very high threshold for humor, unless I just can't help it..."

I originally thought Fang Dazhuang was synonymous with the law, but I never expected him to have a past like this...

The most awkward moment is when your inner thoughts—the kind of silly or inexplicable inner thoughts—are known by others.

A complete scene of Social Death.

As for having one's diary discovered...

Who writes their inner thoughts in a diary? Are things written down even still considered inner thoughts?

Finally, under Fang Dazhuang's murderous gaze, Zhou Mouren stopped laughing, though he kept looking at Zhou Xinran with an increasingly strange expression.

She's got some nerve, actually daring to film Fang Dazhuang's dark history; she really isn't afraid of him sending her inside!

Fang Dazhuang returned the phone with a dark face and then said, "Ahem, so what exactly do you want to say?"

Even he hadn't expected that he would have said those things last time.

This matter had truly been hidden in his heart for a long time, and it even had a great influence on his subsequent life choices.

Why, in the prime of his life, did he leave a well-known Red Circle law firm in Modu, return to his hometown of Jingzhou, and engage in the exact opposite field of civil law?

Because most matters that require asking "on what grounds" are civil cases, and Fang Dazhuang wanted to reclaim his dream.

It's just a pity he discovered that his dream wasn't so easy to reclaim.

Those cases recorded in his notebook had never been something anyone could handle, until he met Zhou Yi.

This guy really was fated to be with him; in just a few months, he had already practiced two cases!

Although it was still a long way from filling his notebook with cases, at the very least, it showed people a path.

That was Fang Dazhuang's thinking; he knew that he couldn't change this atmosphere on his own.

So he wanted to take those classic cases recorded in his notebook, practice them one by one, and then write them into a specialized book.

He hoped there would be more lawyers like this among the legal profession; though the matters are small, the impact is not.

Zhou Xinran finally said, "Lawyer Fang, actually, I was thinking about doing some free legal consultation programs."

"You both know the situation on the internet now; those lawyers aren't doing consultations at all, they just purely want people to hire them for lawsuits to make money."

Both of them knew what Zhou Xinran said was true; free is the most expensive, and that point never changes.

"Many people encounter problems and don't know what to do; in fact, many things only need to be handled by filing a Lawsuit to scare the other party."

"But many people don't know how to file a Lawsuit, don't know how to write an Indictment, and don't know how to secure evidence, and I can help with that."

"It's just that I'm a newcomer and need Mr. Zhou's help to promote it..."

Zhou Xinran's idea was very simple; unlike those fraudulent consultations, she genuinely wanted to help people.

"My family doesn't need me to earn money, so Mr. Zhou, look..."

Zhou Yi looked at Fang Dazhuang; it was clear that Fang Dazhuang's words had a significant impact on this girl, and she might just have become a little fan.

However, Zhou Yi was a bit skeptical about Zhou Xinran's idea.

She thought those people on the internet were all scammers and that her own free consultations would definitely be fine.

But little did she know, human nature is extremely complex; there are too many instances of "a measure of rice breeds gratitude, a bushel breeds enmity."

You help them, but if you don't succeed, they end up blaming you or even hating you; such things are everywhere.

But Zhou Yi wouldn't offer a reminder; it was obvious that the current Zhou Xinran was in an idealized state.

"Fine, I can help you promote it. In any case, be careful yourself."

Zhou Yi said, and Fang Dazhuang nodded as well; he didn't say anything either.

Experience in society is something that is useless to be told about; one must experience it personally to have a profound realization.

That was that; after finishing their coffee, the three of them went their separate ways home.

It was just that Zhou Yi noticed Fang Dazhuang actually didn't make Zhou Cainiao delete the video!

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Leisurely time always passes quickly; in the blink of an eye, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

Zhou Yi lay on the sofa at home, looking at the phone number for the Cainiao Station, and after hesitating for a long time, he called it.

He found it a bit strange; even if the item was large, they couldn't have had no movement for two or three days.

This time it was answered quickly, and Zhou Yi said, "Hello, is this Cainiao Station? I am Zhou Yi, a resident of Yuefu Residential Quarter."

"I want to ask what the status of my delivery is; didn't you say you were going to deliver it?"

The person at Cainiao Station replied, "What delivery of yours?"

Zhou Yi gave them the pickup code.

"Oh, that large item? Mr. Zhou, our Cainiao Station generally only provides collection and storage services; we don't do door-to-door delivery."

"However, for special requests, we can deliver to your door, but it requires a fee. Do you find that acceptable?"

What the hell? A fee?

"Wait, boss, this situation isn't right, is it? I've already paid, and the shipping fee I paid includes door-to-door delivery. Why is there an extra charge for delivering it upstairs now?"

Zhou Yi said, feeling very confused.

"Mr. Zhou, I don't know about that. I'm just telling you that our rules here are like this: if a customer needs door-to-door delivery, they have to pay a fee."

"What kind of rules are yours? I already said before that I didn't need it left at your place, just deliver it straight to my door. The courier said you were responsible for the delivery, so how did it turn into this now..."

After going back and forth like this a few times, it was clear that the station on the other end had lost its patience.

Therefore, the person at the station said directly this time: "Whoever told you that, go find them then. Anyway, this is the rule here."

After speaking, the phone hung up, leaving only Zhou Yi staring at his phone, feeling a fire starting to rise within him.

A vague thought surfaced in his mind: had he been scammed again?

Should he say the system's power was terrifyingly immense?

But if it could really be cleared up, that would be fine too; he would just go straight to the courier.

He found the courier's phone number again and dialed; after three rings, the call went through.

"Hello, Biantong Express."

"Oh, I'm Zhou Yi from Yuefu Residential Quarter, the one who contacted you before. I just want to say, I just called the Cainiao Station, and they said they don't provide door-to-door delivery service."

"They even said if it must be delivered to the door, I have to pay extra."

"What is going on with you guys? I've already paid fair and square, so what's the meaning of this? I have to pay again, or are you expecting me to go pick it up myself?"

After saying a few sentences in a row, the courier on the other end finally said: "No, you're in Yuefu Residential Quarter, right? How should I put this, for your residential quarter and the two nearby, I put everything at the station."

"Please understand this too; I have way too many orders every day, I can't deliver them all, and I don't even earn a single yuan from one order..."

"If I really delivered to every door, I wouldn't be able to deliver many orders in a day..."

"Big brother, please understand me too; I'm really in a tough spot..."

"Brother, I can understand you; it's not easy running around every day."

"But I specifically reminded you before not to leave it at the station; it's a large item. I've understood you, but who is going to understand me? I have no way to go get it back."

"Tell me what to do now. Cainiao Station won't deliver it, or I have to pay money."

Zhou Yi said, feeling a bit speechless.

What else could he say? People have become shrewd now; at the drop of a hat, they tell you how pitiful and tired they are, asking you to understand them.

Yes, he could understand, but they had to understand him too. He wasn't trying to make things difficult for them on purpose; this was a large item!

"Then big brother, how about... how about you pay for it? It's actually not much money. You live in this residential quarter, so you're a wealthy person. Cainiao Station's fees aren't expensive, and they guarantee they can deliver it to your home."

"What did you say? You want me to pay?"

Zhou Yi was a bit stunned.

"You're the courier, you're responsible for delivering my package, and now you're asking me to pay again?"

Making up for a missed update; this is chapter thirty-nine. Unlike other matters, this incident was personally experienced by Old Nine, without the slightest exaggeration, including the fact that stations charge for door-to-door delivery. In fact, I still don't understand the relationship between the courier and the Cainiao Station, because I complained about the courier at the time, and then the Cainiao Station called me to apologize, which felt very strange...

However, I remember now that the station has a rule saying they provide free door-to-door delivery for those in need, though I don't know if it's true.

(End of this chapter)