Chapter 26 Unfair Game
Shi Mingguang, his client, witnesses, and their families were well protected and were no longer harassed by the Luo family before the trial. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the news of the trial overnight.
Fortunately, the leverage he had worked against Luo Pingfeng, and he did not attack Shi Mingguang and the others again.
However, today's trial may not develop as Shi Mingguang expected.
The Luo family has assembled the most powerful team of lawyers. They are despicable and good at taking advantage of loopholes. Lian Ye, who has stayed in the Luo family for so many years, knows this very well.
The justice that Shi Mingguang firmly believed in would be used as a weapon by the Luo family today to severely attack him.
"Is the trial over?" Lian Ye rolled down the car window and stared at the crowd coming out of the court.
Luo Pingcheng, with a smug and arrogant look on his face, came today as a shield for the Luo Group, and also as a sharp blade to stab Shi Mingguang and those workers.
Luo Pingfeng didn't even show his face, even though it was clearly him who committed the crime.
This world is so unfair, even within the Luo family, there is no fairness between Luo Pingfeng and Luo Pingcheng, let alone the Luo family and ordinary workers.
Shi Mingguang was the last to come out, with his head down and steps heavy, as if the steps he was walking down were full of thorns.
"Lawyer Shi looks very hungry, he barely walks. It's lunchtime, and I know a good little restaurant. Would you be willing to have lunch with me?"
He packed his clothes overnight and appeared before Shi Mingguang as the handsome and elegant "Chi Tiansheng".
Shi Mingguang subconsciously wanted to refuse. How could he be in the mood to enjoy delicious food right now? But looking at the man in front of him, this place was not the only way to get to the Chi Group.
Did Chi Tiansheng wait for me here specifically because he predicted that I would lose to the Luo family and was waiting here to watch the show? Or did he want to take me out to dinner to comfort me?
The more Shi Mingguang interacted with Chi Tiansheng, the more he couldn't figure this man out.
In the past, Shi Mingguang thought that Chi Tiansheng was no different from those people in the Luo family, just rich people who treated other people's lives as a game.
However, Chi Tiansheng helped him protect the workers and their families, provided them with secret accommodation, hired some bodyguards to protect them, and delivered three meals a day on time, allowing Shi Mingguang to collect evidence and prepare for the trial without any worries.
Unfortunately, we still lost. It was a crushing defeat.
Shi Mingguang finally got into Chi Tiansheng's car. He couldn't refuse Chi Tiansheng's invitation. After all, he owed him a big favor.
His parents taught him since he was a child that when it comes to favors, one should try not to owe them if possible. Unlike borrowing money, money has a quantifiable value and the interest can be calculated, but debts of favor cannot be calculated.
If you really owe someone a favor by accident, you must repay it in time, especially when the "creditor" has made clear requests, you should repay the favor as soon as possible.
Moreover, Chi Tiansheng did not lie. This small shop looked very simple, but the food was very delicious. Most importantly, it had the taste of home-cooked food, just like the side dishes made by his mother.
"It's strange that someone of Mr. Chi's status would find a small shop in an alley like this."
As soon as he said that, Shi Mingguang realized that he seemed to be mocking Chi Tiansheng, and hurriedly took a sip of tea to cover it up: "Well, what I mean is, this restaurant is really good, the food is delicious, and the side dishes make me want to drink some beer."
Lian Ye smiled, raised his hand to ask for a case of beer, opened it and handed it to Shi Mingguang: "Lawyer Shi, you should drink a little wine occasionally to relax yourself. You can't always be so tense."
Shi Mingguang took the beer and suddenly raised his head to drink it in big gulps. After finishing a bottle, he was already a little drunk. He poured another full glass and handed it over, putting it in Lian Ye's hand.
"This is a toast to you on behalf of the workers and their families. If you hadn't intervened in time, they would have all been burned to death. Then they would have just downplayed it and disguised it as an accidental fire, because money talks. Oh, Mr. Chi is a wealthy man, so he would also think money talks."
Shi Mingguang clinked the wine bottle directly with the water glass in Lian Ye's hand, then drank the whole bottle of wine with his head tilted back. He became even more drunk and lay on the table muttering to himself.
"They confuse right and wrong, and can't tell right from wrong. How can these people do this? Is being rich a big deal? Oh, yes, being rich is really a big deal. All these days I've worked so hard for nothing. What was I working so hard for? To them, it's just a money game! It's not fair, so unfair."
Shi Mingguang was full of grievances and was filled with righteous indignation. He defended the rights of the workers and fought for justice. What he wanted was for the Luo family to publicly admit their fault. However, the workers and their families gave in for compensation and all signed an out-of-court settlement.
Luo Pingcheng, the representative of the Luo family, was very arrogant and proud, and the workers and their families were also very satisfied with the compensation.
The chief lawyer representing the Luo family patted Shi Mingguang on the shoulder and said with a half-smile, "Isn't this great? A happy ending, a win-win situation, Lawyer Shi!"
The senior brother just sighed and quietly sent a message to Shi Mingguang, "It's good to have a sense of justice, but sometimes money can move people more than a sense of justice."
Shi Mingguang was completely drunk. This was the first time he got so drunk in front of outsiders. He was completely defenseless and couldn't explain why. He was too drunk to think. He only remembered the face he saw before he couldn't open his eyes. It looked very much like the man he met in the alley that night.
I'm really drunk. That man must be dead.
Although we only met once, I can't explain why, but I just feel very sad.
Although it was just wishful thinking that the man was not the murderous evil spirit as rumored, but just a puppet controlled by the Luo family, and a poor man who was played by money.
Lian Ye reached out and gently stroked Shi Mingguang's back, coaxing him in a soft and low voice: "It's okay, it's all in the past. It's just a loss. You will win it back in the future. The path that Lawyer Shi insists on is the right one. There will be more people willing to walk with you, such as me."
He stroked Shi Mingguang's back all night long, saying words that sounded like promises and agreements.
At this moment, he wanted to selfishly forget about Chi Tiansheng and occupy Chi Tiansheng's body, identity and money.
Yes, if money is everything, he now has the night too.
He can help Shi Mingguang with enough money to rival that of the Luo family, realize the justice that Shi Mingguang pursues in his heart, and end the unfair game manipulated by the Luo family.
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