Chapter 559: Just for a piece of tofu? Are you sick!

Fang Dazhuang flipped through his notebook and said, "Intern lawyers, yes, there is a group of them. What are you planning to do? Is there some kind of problem?"

Zhou Yi explained the general situation, then said, "So I need to find out their identities; otherwise, it will be hard to file a lawsuit."

"Alright, I understand. By the way, how is that old lady doing?"

Zhou Yi shook his head and said, "I'm not too sure either. There shouldn't be any major issues, though there might be some mental health concerns."

"Fine, then have someone come over to sign the contract once it's done. I'll send people from my side."

After chatting for a couple more sentences, he hung up the phone. Fang Dazhuang looked at that page in his notebook and began to ponder.

Written there in striking characters was a line: "Particularly serious circumstances in the crime of gathering and looting."

And below this line was a sentence: "Causing the victim to suffer mental breakdown or commit suicide..."

After thinking it over carefully, Fang Dazhuang began to write in his notebook: In this crime, we should not only consider the value of the case or the consequences; mental health issues also deserve attention.

As he wrote, Fang Dazhuang couldn't continue. The Principle of Legality is an extremely fundamental legal principle. If viewed from this principle, many acts of gathering and looting indeed do not reach the level of a crime.

They don't even reach the level of a public security administrative penalty.

Shaking his head, Fang Dazhuang wondered when he would encounter a classic case to work on this charge.

In his view, legal education is legal education; saying it ten thousand times with your mouth is not as good as letting them try "treading the sewing machine"—that kind of legal education effect is absolutely top-tier.

The subsequent matters didn't require Zhou Yi and Zhou Xinran to run around everywhere; the Police Station would step in to coordinate with the Community Office and the neighborhood committee to help, but the specific work still had to be done by themselves.

So, in such a situation, "workhorses" like intern lawyers came in handy. They might not be rich in experience, but they were definitely professional.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. To find these dozen or so people, the law firm sent out a bunch of intern lawyers, not to mention that the Company's Legal Department also began to take action.

This is the price one must pay for legal aid. It can be said that for things like being serious, apart from the thrill of that final push, the process is truly extremely tortuous.

Near Hewan Xiaoqu, inside the Community Office, the community director Jiang Minjie was in a state of bewilderment.

She had received a coordination call from the nearby Police Station in the morning, saying that someone was coming with an Investigation Warrant from the Court to investigate something. She had found it strange at the time; it seemed like nothing major had happened, so how did it end up going to Court?

As it turned out, it was actually over such a trivial matter!

"Young man, I know this Cheng Dama; she's right here in Hewan Xiaoqu. But there's really no need for this, right? Even a thousand catties of tofu isn't worth much money; it's not worth making such a big fuss."

As a grassroots worker, when Jiang Minjie encountered such conflicts, she would still prioritize mediation.

This is understandable. After all, to be honest, unless it's a "hacker" like Zhou Mouren, in normal life, if you want to be serious and seek legal aid for some small matters, you will basically suffer a blood loss.

Therefore, grassroots work is always based on mediation.

The person standing in front of her was an intern lawyer. Hearing this, he smiled: "Director Jiang, we have no choice but to file a lawsuit, because there were too many people taking things that day. If we don't go through the Court, we won't be able to find them."

Jiang Minjie nodded and smiled: "That's fine. Let's mediate as much as we can. Let me see who else there is besides Cheng Dama. There are indeed quite a few people. Look here, I know these few, but I'm not very clear about the others."

"However, I can help you call them over so we can have a good chat and solve this problem."

The young intern lawyer said: "That works, Director Jiang. However, I need to inform the client, and besides, I am not the main person in charge of this case."

Things like Jiang Minjie's situation were happening in many places. When there are more people, investigating things is really convenient.

Just like the investigation before Zhou Yi complained about the courier company.

Facts proved that these people were not as hard to find as imagined. By the third day, Zhou Yi received a call saying that everyone had been found, but the community side was wondering if they could mediate and withdraw the lawsuit.

After all, it involved more than a dozen people, which was no longer a small matter.

Zhou Yi's reply was that mediation was of course no problem; he was just "hacking," not crazy.

It had already been over ten days today, and A-Fu Company still hadn't made any moves. The lawyer sent over had already applied for Compulsory Execution according to procedure.

However, he really wasn't in a hurry. Some people on the internet were more anxious than him, saying why A-Fu Company still hadn't paid the money; they wanted to watch A Yi donate the funds.

Shaking his head, Zhou Yi called to notify Wan Hai and headed straight for the community.

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Cheng Dama was strolling outside the Small Residential District with her grandson, chatting about gossip with the people nearby as she walked.

Just then, her phone rang. She picked it up to look and found she didn't recognize the number.

"Hello, who is this?"

A voice rang out on the phone: "Hello, is this Ms. Cheng Huiwen? I am the community secretary, Jiang Minjie. Yes, there is a matter I need to notify you about."

The community secretary?

Cheng Dama said with an impatient face: "What is it that you have to call specifically? What a nuisance."

"Ms. Cheng, please don't hang up yet. Let me ask first: before this, did you take someone else's tofu?"

Of course, Cheng Dama remembered this matter. She had taken back quite a bit of tofu that day, and the whole family had eaten it for several days.

"No, what does it have to do with the community whether I took tofu or not? What's wrong, have you become police now?"

Jiang Minjie's brows furrowed, but she still said: "No, Ms. Cheng, it's like this: the tofu you took before had an owner. You should also know that the old lady was just arguing with the urban management officers, and as a result, your group of people took all her tofu. Now, the person has come looking for it..."

"I don't know what you're talking about, what taking tofu or not. I don't know anything about it. That's it, I'm hanging up!"

Having said that, Cheng Dama hung up the phone directly.

How inexplicable. They're all sick. Isn't it just taking a piece of tofu? They even came looking for it specifically. It's not like I was the only one who took it. If you have the ability, go find all those other people.

Really sick. Forget it.

But the phone rang again. She looked and saw it was still that community secretary. Cheng Dama hung up and blocked the number directly.

She had lived here for so many years and had always been like this. She had taken plenty of small advantages and had never really seen anyone come to cause trouble.

How much money was that piece of tofu worth anyway?

Jiang Minjie's expression was very ugly because an intern lawyer was still standing in front of her.

She also hadn't expected this person's attitude to be so poor, as if she had offended her.

After thinking about it, she decided to call the others. Liu Laotou—couldn't get through. She called countless times and still couldn't get through.

Finally, Jiang Minjie was also a bit angry, but she still said: "Then let's do this, young man. I already know their addresses. When will your boss arrive? Let's go to their homes to talk a bit later, see if that works."

The intern lawyer nodded and said: "That's fine, Boss Zhou will be here soon."

After waiting for about ten minutes, Zhou Yi appeared at the entrance with Zhou Xinran.

The intern lawyer quickly introduced: "Secretary Jiang, this is President Zhou, and this is Lawyer Zhou from our law firm."

Jiang Minjie was very curious about Zhou Yi; she already knew from the intern lawyer that this entire matter was initiated by this President Zhou!

However, she could not fathom the other party's purpose in doing this. If it were purely for the company's employees, that would be one thing, but those people were not company employees, merely the family members of company employees.

Therefore, she welcomed them with a smile: "President Zhou is quite young, and Lawyer Zhou as well, please sit."

Zhou Yi and the other sat down, chatted with Jiang Minjie for a few moments, and then explained the situation. Zhou Yi naturally agreed, and Zhou Xinran had nothing more to say.

This case itself was not difficult; the difficulty lay in finding the people. As long as the people could be found, everything else would be easy to handle.

After sitting for a while, estimating that those people had returned home, Jiang Minjie took Zhou Yi and the other out of the Community Office, choosing Cheng Dama as their first stop.

Cheng Dama lived in Building 13, Room 1201 of Hewan Xiaoqu. After finding it, Jiang Minjie stepped forward to knock on the door.

Inside the home, Cheng Dama was coaxing her grandson while talking to her son and daughter-in-law about today's events.

"You tell me, I just took a piece of tofu that day, and today that community secretary called to say the other party is looking for me. I've really never met such petty people; they even made a special trip for just this little thing."

Cheng Dama's son was quite young, and upon hearing this, he said: "Mom, don't do things like this in the future. It's just a few pieces of tofu; it's not like our family can't afford to buy them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Dama said: "It's not about whether we can afford it or not. How many years have you been earning money? You need to know how to save. You young people are just too spendthrift. Besides, I wasn't the only one taking them; everyone was taking them!"

"Now they're specifically looking for me. Look, isn't this just bullying people? Let me tell you, if I didn't have a bit of a temper, you just watch, see if they don't climb all over us."

The son didn't speak. He felt this was a matter of principles. His mother just had this kind of temper; she had been like this her whole life, and there was no way to talk to her.

Just as they were chatting, the door was knocked upon.

Cheng Dama's son walked up to open the door, looked at the three people at the entrance, and asked with some curiosity: "Who are you looking for?"

Jiang Minjie smiled: "Hello, I am Jiang Minjie, the secretary of our community. May I ask if Ms. Cheng Huiwen is in?"

Hearing this, Cheng Dama's son's expression changed instantly. He knew that his mother had just mentioned that someone from the community had called her, but she had hung up on them.

While he was hesitating, Cheng Dama got up and walked over, saying: "What are you dawdling for? Who is this? Who are they looking for?"

Seeing Cheng Dama, Jiang Minjie immediately said: "Ms. Cheng, it's me. I called this afternoon, and now I just want to say..."

However, in front of Cheng Dama, Jiang Minjie couldn't even finish her sentence.

"No, I find it strange. Does the community secretary have nothing better to do? You just have to come to my door, don't you? Are you sick? Didn't I just take a piece of tofu? Is it worth all this?"

Jiang Minjie replied: "So you did take it, right? You said you didn't take it this afternoon. After all, that was someone else's tofu; you can't just take it."

"Are you guys troublesome or what? Chasing me over a piece of tofu endlessly. Fine, I'll say it now: I didn't take it. So what? You, just you, why are you staring at me? Do you want to hit me?"

That last remark was directed at Zhou Yi, because he was staring at her.

Zhou Yi was staring at her because he felt this Cheng Dama was quite similar to Xu Yufeng, whom he had encountered before—equally unreasonable and equally shrewish.

This feeling even made him feel a bit nostalgic; the trip hadn't been in vain.

Therefore, he said directly: "Of course we have evidence."

Zhou Xinran had already pulled out the tablet computer carried in the bag beside her, found the video Monitoring, and clicked play.

"Here, the evidence you wanted. Look here, it was filmed very clearly."

Looking at the things on the tablet, Cheng Dama and her son were both stunned. They really hadn't expected these people to actually have evidence!

"Who knows how you made this? Anyway, I didn't take it!"

Seeing that the noise was too loud and had caused many neighbors to come out to watch, Cheng Dama's son hurriedly said: "Alright, alright, it's just a piece of tofu, we'll pay for however much you want!"

Zhou Xinran shook her head and said: "The money must be paid, but it's not just a matter of paying money. It is also necessary to apologize to the person involved in person and obtain her forgiveness."

If a little compensation could solve it, then Wan Hai wouldn't have had to drag it out until now.

Originally, Cheng Dama couldn't hold back when her son said he would pay, but she was persuaded by her son.

Now, hearing the other party say she had to apologize in person, she started roaring directly.

"Apologize? Pfft! There's no bullying like you guys bullying people. There are so many people, so what? You just have to pick on me, right? I won't apologize, and I won't pay. What can you do to me?"

"Besides, I didn't take any tofu. You guys get out of here, or I'm calling the police!"

Other neighbors asked curiously: "What's going on?"

Cheng Dama said angrily: "Who knows? They say I did something, and paying money isn't enough; they insist I apologize. On what grounds? There were so many people, and I didn't do anything."

Zhou Xinran turned her head to look at Jiang Minjie and said: "Secretary Jiang, you've seen it too. Her attitude is not one of communicating with us at all, so we will follow our plan and use legal channels to solve the problem."

Jiang Minjie nodded with a bitter smile, and just as she was about to say something, Cheng Dama on the opposite side exploded because of this legal procedure.

"Legal procedure, is it? Isn't it just that you want to sue me? Go ahead! You've made such a big deal out of a piece of tofu; I've really never seen people like you!"

"It's only a few dozen yuan. I can take it out in a minute, but I just won't give it to you. Go ahead and sue. Who are you trying to scare? 'Retained lawyer,' as if no one has ever been to Court."

Cheng Dama's son stood there feeling very awkward, but at a time like this, he was definitely going to defend his mother.

Moreover, he also felt that it was just a piece of tofu, and making such a big scene that so many neighbors heard it was a bit shameful.

Then just go ahead and sue, as if they couldn't afford to pay.

After saying this, Cheng Dama turned and walked into her home, slamming the door shut with a bang.

Outside, Jiang Minjie sighed and said: "Well, Mr. Zhou, I'll give you the address, you go there yourselves. This matter... sigh."

Zhou Yi nodded, and then Jiang Minjie turned and left.

With only the two of them left, Zhou Yi turned to look at Zhou Xinran and suddenly laughed.

This laugh made Zhou Cainiao's hair stand on end: "What are you laughing at... I'm telling you, don't get any wild ideas!"

As soon as Zhou Yi heard this, he knew the woman had misunderstood, and he laughed: "I'm not having any wild ideas. Xinran, don't you think this woman is very similar to Xu Yufeng?"

"Thinking back to the beginning, a certain lawyer practicing independently for the first time also said she was a great lawyer..."

"Zhou Yi, I'm going to kill you!"

The second update is here, goodnight everyone.

(End of this chapter)