He discovered that these court staff members, aside from delivering court notices to him, were completely unaware of the details of the lawsuit.

Furthermore, these people are just ordinary employees of the court and cannot help him at all during the sentencing process.

It can be said that, in addition to wasting his time, he also spent nearly 10,000 yuan feeding these people who were of no use to him.

The worst part was that he originally had something to do on West Street, but because this group of people stayed to eat and drink, his trip was disrupted. No matter how unwilling he was, he had to put on a smiling face and go along with it.

"Mr. Liu, you are so hospitable!"

Just as Liu Jingzhong's face grew increasingly grim, a court employee who was already drunk stood up from his chair, staggered over to him with a wine glass in hand, and said, "Liu Jingzhong, Brother Liu, from now on, you are my own brother. Come, let me toast you!"

Regardless of whether Liu Jingzhong raised his glass or not, he shoved the glass against Liu Jingzhong's nostrils and swayed as he drank it down.

While drinking, the wine in the cup was poured out in large quantities, with some of it spilling onto Liu Jingzhong's clothes.

Liu Jingzhong clenched his fists, his mouth twitching violently.

Unable to bear it any longer, he could only give a wink to Zhou Qin and Liu Feiyang beside him.

The two understood each other perfectly, and Zhou Qin stepped forward, saying, "Dad, there's an urgent matter that needs your attention, what do you think...?"

"Is it urgent?"

Liu Jingzhong hurriedly stood up. "Gentlemen, I have urgent business to attend to and really can't drink with you anymore. But please don't mind, my son Liu Feiyang is still here. He'll drink with you to your heart's content."

Liu Feiyang stepped forward at the opportune moment, saying, "My dad has something to do, so I'll join everyone for a couple of drinks."

With Liu Feiyang stepping forward to make contact, Liu Jingzhong was finally able to leave.

He was all smiles as he left.

But after turning around, his face quickly turned cold.

"It's truly one problem after another!"

Away from the noisy living room, he gritted his teeth and said, "Gu Zhijian's sudden lawsuit against me must be because someone is pulling strings behind the scenes."

"Dad, didn't you settle things with Gu Zhijian privately? Why is he suing you now?" Zhou Qin, who was following behind, asked.

"Can't you guess who it is?" Liu Jingzhong retorted.

"You mean...Wang Qian?"

Zhou Qin asked with surprise and doubt, "But very few people know about what you did back then. Wang Qian wasn't familiar with you. How did he know, find Gu Zhijian, and persuade him to sue you?"

"That's something I can't understand either." Liu Jingzhong was equally puzzled.

"Dad, shall we still go to West Street?" Zhou Qin asked.

"What time is it? Why are you still going to West Street?"

Liu Jingzhong was immediately furious. "I'm going to court tomorrow to await trial. I need to find out what happened first and see if it was Gu Zhijian's idea or if Wang Qian was behind it."

"Okay, I'll go find Gu Zhijian and ask him now."

After saying that, Zhou Qin prepared to leave.

He had only taken two steps when Liu Jingzhong's voice came from behind him again, "Wait."

"Dad, is there anything else you need?" Zhou Qin turned around.

"Take extra money with you. No matter what, you have to keep him calm and collected!"

At this point, a sinister glint flashed in Liu Jingzhong's eyes. "If he doesn't even want the money, then be blunt with him. If he doesn't want to end up as a floating corpse in the river one day, he'd better drop the lawsuit against me."

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

...

A few hours later, Zhou Qin returned, but his face was full of anger.

"Has something gone wrong?"

Just by looking at Zhou Qin's expression, Liu Jingzhong knew that things were not going well.

"Dad, I went to find Gu Zhijian, but that bastard refuses to drop the lawsuit against you no matter what I say," Zhou Qin said indignantly.

"Isn't he dirt poor?"

Liu Jingzhong asked, puzzled, "Does he refuse the money you offered?"

"They just won't accept it!"

Zhou Qin was heartbroken, "I kept raising the price from five thousand yuan to one hundred thousand yuan, but he never showed any sign of compromising."

"They won't even drop the lawsuit against me for 100,000 yuan?"

Liu Jingzhong was also shocked.

When he was caught having an affair with Gu Zhijian's wife, Gu Zhijian broke her leg.

After some coercion and enticement, he finally settled the matter privately with Gu Zhijian.

At that time, besides helping Gu Zhijian heal his leg, he only compensated the other party with more than 10,000 yuan.

Now that he's willing to offer 100,000, Gu Zhijian is still unwilling.

Is Gu Zhijian determined to send him to jail?

But then he coldly asked, "Since he doesn't want money, does he not even want his life?"

"Dad, this is what's really infuriating!"

Zhou Qin slapped his thigh and said indignantly, "When I talked to him about money, although his attitude was firm, at least he could still talk properly."

"Later, when I raised the price to 100,000, he still didn't agree, and I got angry too."

"As you instructed, I started threatening him, saying that if he didn't drop the lawsuit against you, he might inexplicably become a floating corpse in the river one day."

"And guess what happened?"

“This lame bastard, instead of being afraid, he threatened us.”

"It's no use saying how much money you give this time. He wants you to pay for what you did years ago. He wants you to pay back double for the humiliation he has suffered over the years."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jingzhong flew into a rage.

"That cripple is simply asking for trouble!"

In a fit of rage, he suddenly stood up and slammed his hand on the coffee table in front of him, causing the cups to shatter and fall to the floor.

"Dad, please calm down!"

Zhou Qin was startled and rushed over, patiently advising, "Even if he sues, without a good lawyer, he may not be able to pose a threat to you."

"But what if?"

Liu Jingzhong glared fiercely at Zhou Qin. "The fact that he dared to file a lawsuit with the court proves that he has found evidence to sue me."

"So what should we do now?"

Zhou Qin looked anxious. "I have to go to court at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. If we don't resolve this in advance, it might really cause some trouble."

Liu Jingzhong slumped back onto the sofa, looking utterly exhausted.

Originally, everything he did was just to rescue his daughter, Liu Qingqing.

Now, things are even worse; the person hasn't been rescued yet, and he himself is being gradually drawn into the vortex.

"Since Gu Zhijian refuses to compromise, we have no choice but to address the root cause!"

After a moment, he seemed to have made a decisive decision and regained his spirits. "Originally, I didn't want to come forward in person, but now it seems that I have no choice but to face it personally."