Chapter 1 After Work

After getting off work, Wu Peng had just ridden his motorcycle into the residential compound when he received a call from Teacher Lin, saying she wanted to meet with him.

When Wu Peng saw Teacher Lin again in the compound's fitness area, he almost didn't recognize her.

Only a few days had passed since her son had been arrested, but the Teacher Lin, who had been quite energetic and possessed the air of someone who had dedicated her life to teaching, now had sunken eyes, a withered appearance, and seemed completely deflated, looking more than ten years older.

As soon as she saw Wu Peng, Teacher Lin said anxiously, "Xiao Wu, can you help me find a reliable lawyer to defend my son?"

Her son, Chen Hao, was facing imprisonment for helping drug dealers transfer drugs. Although Teacher Lin was extremely disappointed, she still wanted to do everything possible to reduce her son's sentence to the lightest possible.

She had consulted many lawyers during this period, but they all told her that sentencing was necessary. However, her son had been forced. She had worked so hard to cultivate such an excellent son, and now her son's future was ruined. He had already learned his lesson, and if he had to go to jail, wouldn't his life be over?

Her son was her greatest pride in this life, and if her son was ruined, it would be equivalent to her entire life being a failure. Therefore, no matter what, even if it meant spending all her family's wealth, she had to find a powerful lawyer to help her son escape punishment.

She remembered hearing Grandpa Wang say that his grandson Wu Peng's lawyer, Lawyer Liu, was very capable, so she wanted Wu Peng to introduce them.

After understanding her intention, Wu Peng could only tell her the truth: "Teacher Lin, according to the 'Criminal Law,' smuggling, selling, transporting, or manufacturing drugs, regardless of the quantity, must be investigated for criminal responsibility and subject to criminal punishment. Therefore, no matter who your son hires as a lawyer, sentencing is certain."

Teacher Lin couldn't accept this statement: "No, that's not true! They say on TV that as long as you hire a powerful enough lawyer, you can turn black into white. Besides, my son was coerced. If he didn't help those drug dealers, they wouldn't have let him go. He's also a victim. Why should he go to jail? You're just an intern lawyer. You don't understand the ins and outs of this. Call your superior, and I'll talk to him."

Looking at Teacher Lin, who suddenly became emotional and even a little manic, Wu Peng didn't dare to help her find Lawyer Liu and could only continue to comfort her.

However, Teacher Lin, who was fixated on her own idea, couldn't listen to him. She grabbed him and insisted that he call now, or she would go upstairs to find his grandfather. In short, she had one sentence: he had to help, whether he wanted to or not.

Of course, Wu Peng couldn't let her bother Grandpa Wang. Seeing that she wouldn't listen to his persuasion, he simply said, "If you insist on looking for him, then go to a lawyer yourself tomorrow. I have something to do. I'm leaving."

He had said what he needed to say. If she insisted on finding Lawyer Liu, of course he couldn't stop her, but he couldn't possibly push such a troublesome matter onto Lawyer Liu.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Teacher Lin grabbed him: "No, call Lawyer Liu out. I can't even get into the law firm."

Wu Peng suddenly remembered hearing a colleague mention that recently a woman had been running to the law firm, saying she wanted to find the most powerful lawyer to help her son with a lawsuit, making extremely outrageous demands, and causing trouble if they weren't met. In the end, the law firm had no choice but to restrict her entry. Moreover, the most outrageous thing was that this woman had not only come to their law firm but had basically caused trouble at all the law firms in the city, and now almost no one was willing to receive her.

Wu Peng wasn't at the law firm when Teacher Lin came to cause trouble, so he didn't know that she was the one who had been banned from being received. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to see her.

Wu Peng was in a quandary, wanting to push her away but afraid of hurting her.

The people passing by were casting strange glances at them, and some busybodies had already started taking pictures and sending them to the compound's group chat.

Grandpa Wang was cooking in the kitchen when he received a call from Bai Ma Shan, saying that he had seen in the group chat that Wu Peng had been beaten and that he should quickly go to the fitness area to take a look.

Hearing that his grandson had been bullied, Grandpa Wang dropped the spatula, grabbed a kitchen knife, and rushed downstairs.

At this time, Teacher Lin had already started cursing Wu Peng, saying that he was hard-hearted and wouldn't help someone in distress, saying that lawyers were all bad people, and cursing him to experience the pain of having family members in trouble but being unable to find help.

Wu Peng wasn't without a temper. Hearing her say more and more outrageous things, he darkened his face: "Teacher Lin, I respect you as an elder, that's why I'm telling you the truth. If you keep talking like this, I'm going to call the police."

Teacher Lin was angered by his mention of calling the police and became completely red-eyed, scratching several bloody marks on Wu Peng's arm with her fingernails.

Grandpa Wang, who had arrived, saw his grandson injured and was immediately furious, pointing at Teacher Lin with the hand holding the knife: "What are you doing, you crazy woman? You dare bully my grandson? I'm not done with you!"

Seeing Grandpa Wang holding a knife, Wu Peng's eyelids twitched. He wanted to go over and take the knife from Grandpa Wang, but Teacher Lin held him tightly and suddenly bit his arm.

Grandpa Wang was anxious and wanted to pull Teacher Lin away. Before he could retract the hand holding the knife, someone pushed him hard from behind, and then he watched as the knife in his hand stabbed straight into Teacher Lin's abdomen.

There was a burst of screams. Grandpa Wang's face turned pale, his hand still gripping the handle, but the blade had already sunk into Teacher Lin's flesh.

Teacher Lin's eyes widened, and she turned her head to look at Grandpa Wang in disbelief: "You, you..."

Grandpa Wang's face twitched violently. He hadn't meant to stab her. He had been about to switch hands to pull her away, but before he could, someone had pushed him.

He turned his head to look behind him. There were many people surrounding him, inside and out. He didn't know who had pushed him.

Wu Peng didn't expect things to suddenly develop like this. Realizing what had happened, he quickly helped the fallen Teacher Lin, immediately dialed the emergency number, and then called the police.

Grandpa Wang looked at Teacher Lin lying on the ground, bleeding non-stop, and trembled all over, at a loss.

He grabbed Wu Peng's hand and said anxiously, "Someone, someone pushed me just now. I didn't want to hurt her. I just wanted to pull her away."

Wu Peng's face was ashen. Looking at the crowd of onlookers not far away, and thinking about what happened to his car before, how did his grandfather know that he was entangled with Teacher Lin? And how could he have come down with a kitchen knife so coincidentally? He believed that his grandfather wouldn't be stupid enough to stab someone directly with a knife. Most likely, he just wanted to scare her, but he had actually been pushed. It was obvious that his grandfather and he had been caught in someone else's trap.

At this moment, Wu Peng was full of self-blame. If he hadn't come to see Teacher Lin, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. But now, regret was useless. Someone wanted to lure him into a trap. Even if he hadn't seen Teacher Lin today, something else would have happened.