What's wrong with this lawyer?!

I haven't seen Old Wang hanging around downstairs in the past few days, so I thought he was in the hospital. I didn't expect it was this!

When I entered the Yuefu Residential Complex and arrived under Building 14, quite a crowd had already gathered: firefighters, police, community and district staff, all in abundance.

Old Tang shielded his eyes with a hand and looked up. Old Wang was standing just outside the window at that moment, one careless move, and he'd plunge straight down.

Given this height, it was basically hopeless, unless Old Wang was gaming the system like he was.

Just then, a voice rose from beside him, "Lawyer Tang is here? Let's go quickly, get to his house, you can talk to him there."

Old Tang turned to see it was a neighbor from the residential complex. Without a word, he hurried upstairs.

Soon after taking the elevator to the relevant floor, there was Secretary Tian, waiting at the door.

"Lawyer Tang is here, hurry, it's all up to you now. Old Wang doesn't trust anyone. He thinks his house is surely done for," Secretary Tian said as he led Old Tang inside.

There were several people in the room, police officers attempting persuasion, but Old Wang outside wouldn't hear any of it.

"Make way, let me through!" Old Tang said to the people in front.

The one in front was Old Meng, the beat cop newly assigned to the complex last year. Hearing the voice, he said impatiently, "Who is it, pushing through like that, haven't they said not to just... Lawyer Tang?"

Old Tang nodded, "Uncle Meng, what's the situation now?"

Relief washed over Old Meng when he saw Tang Fangjing, "It's very bad. Old Wang just won't listen to reason; he's not budging at all."

"Go have a look quickly. People around here generally listen to you."

Old Tang edged closer, barely catching Old Wang's words.

"Don't lie to me. I've already consulted many lawyers. I'm sure to lose this case, everything's there in black and white on the contract, it's no use..."

"But they can't take my house!" Old Wang shouted from outside. The incident occurred so rapidly, who would have expected that a friend of so many years could do such a thing?

The other party said they needed a loan and were looking for a guarantor. It was merely a formality, so he wouldn't actually get into any trouble. He was just helping out because of their years of friendship,

And what happened? When the time came to collect the debts, that old friend vanished, and the creditor came straight for him.

First came the relentless phone calls, then visits, and eventually, with no viable solution in sight, they sued him.

He had used his own house as collateral, and now, they were coming to take it!

Properties in the Yuefu Residential Complex had risen in value thanks to Old Tang's maneuvers. After all, a complex that didn't charge yearly management fees but gave out dividends was truly rare these days.

A single misstep and he was about to lose his house; Old Wang felt incredibly stifled. He was wrestling with himself, which led him to contemplate suicide.
Experience tales at empire

To use his own life to save his house.

However, mid-discussion, suddenly, a voice came from inside:

"Who told you that you were definitely going to lose the case? You haven't even faced trial, yet you're certain of defeat?"

The voice sounded so familiar. Old Wang peeked inside and was momentarily stunned; the one who had just spoken was actually Tang Fangjing, Lawyer Tang!

If anyone most revered Old Tang now, it was the residents of Yuefu Residential Complex.

They had personally experienced Old Tang's tactics, how he turned around a yearly loss-making residential complex by exposing embezzlement of forty million through forensic accounting, and even got the original property management company's boss locked up.

As Old Wang saw Tang Fangjing, a wry smile appeared on his face, "Lawyer Tang, I just... I've really got no way out; I've visited many lawyers in Jingzhou..."

But before he could finish, Old Tang cut him off, "What did they tell you? That your case was hopeless? Utter nonsense! Have you sought me out? Have I ever spoken to you about it? Am I not a lawyer in Jingzhou?"

"Furthermore, you dare say the case is hopeless without even consulting me?"

"What did you all say during the residential committee set-up? That it wasn't doable? But didn't I get it done? I haven't made a statement; is the case unsolvable?"

"I'm telling you now, with me involved, you can't lose your case!"

While Old Tang was interrogating him loudly, some people had wanted to stop him already, as his words might provoke Old Wang outside even further, pushing him over the edge to jump.

But now, the opposite was being declared?

Of course, the case couldn't be lost because his panel had just shown a new task.

"Mission Objective": Use legal means to educate the unscrupulous friend.

"Mission Reward": 50% completion, life expectancy rewarded with three days...

It wasn't any different from the previous rewards, but the lifespan reward was just the bare minimum, while Old Tang was after the bonus for going beyond the limit.

Of course, he also wanted to amass more lifespan credits. He was very curious to see what would happen when the balance exceeded ten years.

The system wouldn't issue an unwinnable mission, so this case was surely winnable, no problem.

As for guaranteeing a win to the party involved, was that against the rules? Of course, it was.

But what was the current situation? Someone was on the verge of jumping. Making such a promise at this time was called emergency risk avoidance!

What is emergency risk avoidance? If I were starving, I could even eat a giant panda, though coming across one when you're starving is probably a giveaway...

They might look cuddly, but remember, they belong to the bear family; those big paws are no joke.