Chapter 569: Isn't it a coincidence?

Zhou Xinran currently feels that there is some mysterious force in this world; otherwise, it would truly be too much of a coincidence.

She had only just heard Zhou Yi say yesterday that the Company is now preparing to sue two people, and as it turns out, she heard those two names again herself today.

However, thinking about it carefully, it seems normal; the place where this man lives is not far from the law firm, so given that he is already prepared to fight a lawsuit, it is highly probable he would come here.

Because Lawyer Fang's law firm is the most famous one here, and its scale is also the largest; no matter who you ask, the answer is the same.

After understanding the general situation, Zhou Xinran said: "The couple on the other side has already divorced, and that person named Lu Yunling says he has no money now, right?"

"Yes, he showed me his bank account and said that when they divided the money during the divorce, because he had some domestic violence behavior, most of the money was divided to his wife after the lawsuit."

"The rest was also used to pay off debts, so he really has no money."

"Then he told me to go ask his wife for it. I called his wife, and his wife said she knew nothing about the loan and also said that since they are already divorced, I should go ask whoever borrowed it. Lawyer Zhou, you tell me... you tell me, isn't this just cheating people?"

Zhou Xinran's brows furrowed; she is no longer the novice she once was, and she is relatively clear about the complex disputes in marital and family relationships.

A very critical point in this is to prove that the borrowed money was used by the other party for the couple's joint living expenses.

Otherwise, in a normal lawsuit, with evidence such as chat records and transfer records, one could win, but enforcement is a problem.

When there is not a single cent under the other party's name, even the Court can do nothing; it is impossible for them to conjure money out of thin air for you.

There are quite a few "deadbeats" in society like this; if you investigate alone, you will find that they have no assets under their names—no houses, no cars, no money, nothing.

But, they live very well, have big houses to live in, have luxury cars picking them up, and Limited High Consumption or being a dishonest judgment debtor seems to have no impact on them at all.

You must know that when the Court's enforcement bureau cannot proceed, they will rule to suspend enforcement, and the rest requires you, the party involved, to provide clues about assets yourself...

But think about it, in the vast sea of people, in such a large society, if a person really wants to hide, how can an ordinary person like you find them? You don't even know where the other party is.

Not to mention that legal sharks are rampant these days, and there are too many ways to cut corners; if you want to find out, unless you "find a way" to let the Public Security Bureau intervene, or the other party's own "pig teammate" turns traitor.

Otherwise, think about it, how can an ordinary person fight back?

The term "legal shark" is really not a compliment; those professionals have too many methods...

You must know that many top Red Circle firms poach people directly from the Court, offering seven-figure salaries; this is a scene from a well-known legal TV drama this year.

Listening to Zhou Xinran say all this, Yu Jianneng was already stunned.

"Then, Lawyer Zhou, is there really nothing I can do?"

Zhou Xinran shook her head and said: "It is indeed difficult, Mr. Yu. I am not quite sure what you are thinking, but this money is indeed hard to collect, so I have a suggestion: we can proceed with Risk Agency..."

This is the method Zhou Xinran gave after consideration; she could see that the man in front of her was indeed not living well, but a lawyer must charge fees. She cannot just stop charging fees because she sees someone living a hard life; that won't do.

So she considered Risk Agency: sign a contract, pay after winning the lawsuit, and if it's not won, then forget it.

This is also a method Zhou Xinran often adopts in similar cases; she is much better than Wang Daoren.

After hearing this, Yu Jianneng immediately became excited; there is such a way?

"I have no problem with that, Lawyer Zhou! As long as it can be won, you say how much, and I will pay!"

Zhou Xinran smiled and said: "No, no, Risk Agency also has a fee cap. How about this, we calculate it at fifteen percent, do you think that's okay?"

Fifteen percent is fifteen thousand; this is already Zhou Xinran trying her best to accommodate the other party.

Yu Jianneng naturally had no objections; at this point, he had actually thought that the one hundred thousand could not be recovered.

Soon the contract was signed, Yu Jianneng said goodbye and left, and Zhou Xinran began to prepare for this case.

However, she must first tell Zhou Yi. She didn't say anything while Yu Jianneng was here, but she kept feeling that there was a problem here; the divorce of this couple seemed a bit too coincidental.

So... is it a fake divorce?

But there is no such thing as a fake divorce in law; as long as they are divorced, it is real.

Zhou Xinran had seen a case before where a man and a woman, in order to avoid purchase restrictions and taxes, had a fake divorce to buy a house. During the divorce, the man voluntarily gave all the money to the woman and then left with nothing.

Originally, he was waiting for the woman to buy the house back so they could remarry, but it turned out the woman had a new boyfriend...

One can only say, there is no such thing as a fake divorce; a divorce is a divorce!

Thinking about this, Zhou Xinran dialed Zhou Yi's phone number.

On the other side, inside the Company, Zhou Yi was discussing company matters with Quan Longtian. When his phone rang and he saw it was Zhou Xinran, he felt a bit strange.

Zhou Xinran generally does not call during working hours.

"Hello, Xinran, what's wrong? Is there something?" Zhou Yi asked quickly after answering the phone.

"Doesn't your Company's Legal Department have a case? That couple, named Lu Yunling or something—I took a case today, and someone has a debt dispute with that couple!"

"You also said yesterday that they divorced last month. They seem to have a very good relationship; the woman is constantly defending the man, but the man is beating her on the street. There is a problem here. Do you think they are having a fake divorce?"

A fake divorce?

Zhou Yi said: "I'm not sure about this either. The case was handled by Huo Pengfei. I'll go ask him later."

"Okay, tell me after you ask. By the way, that person named Lu Yunling has no assets under his name anymore; all the money was divided to the woman during the divorce."

The call ended. After Zhou Yi finished chatting with Quan Longtian, he immediately went downstairs to find Huo Pengfei.

As expected, Huo Pengfei was busy in the Legal Department.

"Old Huo, you succeeded in filing the case yesterday, right?" Zhou Yi asked as soon as he entered the office.

Inside the office, Huo Pengfei looked up and said: "Good morning, President Zhou. You mean that case of Xiao Wu's? It has been successfully filed; I went to initiate a Criminal Private Prosecution."

Zhou Yi recounted the situation he learned from Zhou Xinran, and Huo Pengfei was a bit dumbfounded.

"So, President Zhou, you mean that this couple also has the issue of a fake divorce to evade debts?"

"It should be like that; at the very least, according to the information learned, it is like that."

Huo Pengfei began to think. If he were still a lawyer, whether they had a fake divorce or a real divorce would have nothing to do with him; he would only be responsible for winning the lawsuit.

As for the matter of enforcement, that is the Court's business and has nothing to do with me.

If the Court doesn't enforce it, there's nothing I can do, right?

But it's different now; he is the legal counsel for Tenda. If a case is handled to the end and cannot be enforced, it doesn't count as finished; it's equivalent to slapping him in the face!

Tenda's assessment for legal staff is much stricter than the assessment in the law industry, because if you want to reach the stage of Litigation, you need to write an application yourself and then get it approved by Zhou Yi.

Thinking of this, Huo Pengfei smiled: "President Zhou, regarding the case on Ms. Zhou's side, I think we shouldn't be in a hurry, because we are involved in a Criminal Private Prosecution here; problems will arise when they have to respond to it."

"Besides, if the man really has no money, then we can completely increase the Litigation claims and have Niu Xiufei bear all the responsibility."

"So, wait a moment; this case is getting more and more interesting!"

Huo Pengfei thought it was interesting, and at the law firm on the other side, Fang Dazhuang also learned about this case.

"To think such a case was actually taken by Huo Pengfei, what a pity. However, Xinran, the evidence you have here is not that sufficient; the other party daring to do this shows they are definitely prepared."

Jingzhou is still relatively backward compared to Modu; when Fang Dazhuang was in Modu, that was where the real tricks were played—things like fake divorces to evade debts were just child's play.

All kinds of wild maneuvers; ordinary people, let alone going to court, would find it exhausting just to hear about them.

Fang Dazhuang had encountered quite a few of them back in the day.

"You still need to be careful; they must have specifically hired someone to help them with this."

Zhou Xinran nodded; this was what made it interesting, after all, Fang Dazhuang was there to back her up in the end.

Time slowly passed in such waiting, and soon it was the weekend.

Niu Xiufei got up early to tidy up the house, buy groceries, and cook, while Lu Yunling helped out on the side.

His Administrative Detention had already ended, and he was picked up yesterday.

Although the two had already divorced, it was impossible to talk about that at home.

People are always complex; outside, the couple might be unreasonable, but at home facing their son, they were equally unreasonable—it was that kind of doting love that defies logic.

Therefore, it is very difficult to simply define who is a good person and who is a bad person based on a single event.

Bang, bang, bang! The door was knocked, and Lu Yunling hurried to open it, only to see his son standing at the doorway with a face full of smiles: "Dad, Mom, I'm back."

"A classmate of mine also came back with me to have a meal."

Lu Yunling looked at the classmate beside his son and smiled: "Hurry in, your mom has almost finished cooking."

This was an extremely warm family.

Lu Yunling's son, Lu Yue, and his classmate walked in and changed their shoes, but before they could even sit down, the door was knocked again.

"Are there others?" Lu Yunling asked curiously.

"No, just this one classmate."

Filled with curiosity, Lu Yunling went to open the door, while inside the house, Lu Yue was talking with his classmate.

He is taking the college entrance exam this year, which is the most critical time, so although the school is in Jingzhou, he basically only comes back once every two or three weeks.

"Hey, let me tell you, the food my mom makes is really fragrant; you must eat a lot later."

The classmate nodded on the side; he was from the countryside and couldn't go back for an entire semester, so he felt quite envious seeing this scene.

Lu Yunling went to open the door and immediately froze.

Lu Yue asked from inside: "Dad, who is it?"

There was no reply, so he was suddenly quite curious and walked to the door with his classmate, only to see several figures in police uniforms standing outside the door.

"Hello, may I ask if you are Mr. Lu Yunling?"

Lu Yunling nodded and said: "Yes, it's me. Is there something you need from me?"

"Mr. Lu Yunling, we are from the Guangming District Court. We are here to serve you a Summons. This is a Private Prosecution Complaint; you have been named in a Criminal Private Prosecution."

They didn't arrest him directly because the Guangming District Court believed he would not be sentenced to Fixed-term Imprisonment.

But this Summons alone made Lu Yunling freeze, and Lu Yue behind him turned even paler.

Although he hadn't started university yet, he could still clearly understand the two words "Criminal Case."

"Dad, Dad, what is going on? How, how could it be a Criminal Case?" Lu Yue asked there.

Lu Yunling didn't speak; he didn't know how to say it. Should he say that he got drunk and beat his mom, and then when someone came to break up the fight, he beat them too?

In front of his son, every father wants to maintain the dignity of a parent.

But he was unconvinced and asked: "Criminal Private Prosecution, but comrade, I have already been through Administrative Detention, so why is there an issue now?"

The bailiff said: "Mr. Lu, we are not clear about this; we are only here to deliver the Summons according to the Court's instructions. By the way, is Ms. Niu Xiufei here now? There is also a Summons for her here."

Lu Yue was already completely stunned; his father receiving a Summons for a Criminal Private Prosecution was already enough to leave him speechless, so how could his mom be involved now too!

Niu Xiufei in the kitchen didn't hear them because of the loud range hood, and at this moment she walked out carrying a dish, saying: "What's wrong, Old Lu? What are you all doing at the door?"

Seeing this, the young bailiff hurriedly said: "Are you Ms. Niu Xiufei? There is a Summons here for you..."

Niu Xiufei was startled, hurriedly put down the dish, and came to the door, looking at the Summons and saying: "My Summons? You must have sent it to the wrong person, how could I possibly have a Summons?"

But looking at the name on the Indictment, it was indeed her own; how could this be?

She, Niu Xiufei, hadn't done anything at all!

The second update is here; I didn't finish paying it back today... Tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrows there are. By the way, this book is basically nearing its end. It's not that I don't have any more cases, but as you all have seen, as I write further, some cases will start to repeat—a common ailment of urban novels.

It wouldn't be a problem for me to pad another two hundred words, but I can't do that. So, after finishing the remaining planned cases and providing a conclusion, I can finish the book. It's expected... there is no expectation, because I'm not sure.

(End of chapter)