The devil affectionately calls me a bad guy

Xiyu sat back in her original position, crossed her fingers and placed them in front of her chin. The light shone down from both sides, and Xiyu's face was completely shrouded in shadow, but her eyes were shining.

Can't see through!

I have no idea what this woman is thinking!

"Well, Lawyer Xiyu, I don't have any money, and I may not be able to pay in the end..."

"It's okay! I don't want money!" Xiyu's mouth curled up slightly, "Because I want something better."

Li Lin shuddered, subconsciously covered his chest and shrank back.

Could it be that they want him to sell himself? This...

Say it earlier.

For a moment, Li Lin relaxed a lot.

"You gave me the opportunity to be a good lawyer!!!"

Chapter 197 You look... you do have a bad reputation.

Be a...good lawyer?

Not only Li Lin, but even Lu Qin floated out, looking at Xi Yu in front of them in disbelief, who was extremely excited with the terrifying king cobra in the background.

Give me a chance to be a good lawyer?

Is this some new 22nd century code word?

Li Lin's brain started to work rapidly, but no matter how many times he took it apart and reassembled it, he couldn't spell out a sentence that sounded like "reward". Could it be English? !

For a moment, Li Lin's brain froze.

Is this how high-level people talk? I'm scared.

No! Don't be a coward!

Li Lin shook his head vigorously, imitating Xiyu and crossing his fingers in front of his chin, his eyes unfocused.

"Lawyer Xiyu, I don't quite understand what you mean. Can you please stop using industry jargon?"

Xiyu was stunned, and blinked in confusion: "I didn't say any industry jargon."

Li Lin was also stunned, and his already dazed eyes became even more dazed.

So, what do you mean by you gave me a chance to be a good lawyer!!!

"Ahem - in fact, although I have only been a lawyer for more than a year..." Seeing Li Lin's dazed look, Xi Yu reacted and coughed awkwardly, "but my reputation is not very good."

"Really? I think Lawyer Xiyu, you look..."

Li Lin's gaze gradually moved back to the terrifying oil painting, and his voice became smaller and smaller, until he finally closed his mouth.

Any normal person who enters this office and sees this creepy oil painting will not think that Xiyu is a good person.

Thinking of Xiyu's oppressive look when he first came in, Li Lin rubbed his arms uncomfortably.

"I think Lawyer Xiyu should keep that painting and the look. This way your reputation might be better."

He asked himself, he is no longer a normal person, but when he saw Xiyu, he still had these thoughts, which are not normal people's thoughts. Those normal people would most likely have thoughts like "What is this?", "This woman is obviously not a good person?", "Let's go" when they see Xiyu.

You are talking back and forth, there is no way you can have a good reputation.

However, Xiyu should be considered a gentle beauty.

If she removes the paintings and makes her eyes look happier, she should be more popular. Of course, if she wears a low-cut top, exposes her belly and wears a miniskirt, she will be the most popular female lawyer in the law firm, loved by everyone and loved by all.

"No! If I didn't have this painting, my reputation would definitely be even worse! How many people do you think I scared away with this painting?"

Xiyu raised her hand and slammed the table heavily, extremely excited.

Li Lin leaned back slightly.

He didn't know how many people were scared away by the painting, but he was almost scared away by Xiyu.

There is only one reason.

He always had a feeling that this girl was not mentally normal and had a bad reputation, and now he found the reason.

"I'm sorry, I was too excited. This matter is a bit complicated. How should I put it?" Xi Yu sighed deeply, supporting her chin with her left hand, with a somewhat bitter expression, "It all started with the first commission I was forced to take on."

Ah, is this...about to start the memory route?

Li Lin blinked. He was the type who wouldn't listen to the other person recalling the past, because whether you recall it or not, the thing has already happened and has been resolved now. Recalling it would only be a waste of time.

Although he had already understood the matter without Lu Qin from the perspectives of Li Xing, Lu Qin and Jiang Ling, he always had a feeling that it was not enough, for example, Lu Zhou's boss.

"That year, I had great aspirations and was determined to become a lawyer who upholds justice!"

"Then why don't you become a prosecutor or a judge?" Li Lin complained subconsciously, "Being a policeman is also fine."

The passionate Xi Yu lowered her head on the spot. If she was like a lone wolf king when she was talking about her dream a second ago, she was now a drowned dog.

Who wants to be a lawyer when you can be a judge or a prosecutor?

"This is not, the score...is not enough..."

Xiyu tapped her chest lightly with her fingers and muttered with an unwilling look on her face.

"Many things can't be solved by passion alone. If you can't pass the exam, then you can't pass it. But..."

Xiyu paused and suddenly raised her body.

"But the desire to uphold justice will not change!"

Li Lin's eyes moved upwards and stopped at the oil painting of a king cobra behind Xi Yu.

Even if you say so, you don't seem like a good person at all.

"cough--"

Although Li Lin didn't say anything, his eyes were full of question marks. Xiyu coughed heavily, looking a little embarrassed.

"This, this is to drive away those clients."

……

"Then I'll go?"

"No, no, I'm not asking you to leave!"

Although Li Lin had no intention of leaving, Xiyu was still horrified and jumped up in panic, pressing her whole body on the desk, her chest flattened, and holding Li Lin's right arm tightly with both hands.

"Don't go! I beg you! Give me a chance!"

The corner of Li Lin's mouth twitched.

Sometimes, this kind of scene does occur between lawyers and clients, with one party begging the other party, but generally speaking...

Shouldn't he, as the client, ask Xiyu, as the lawyer, for help?

Don't give up on defense, don't charge high attorney fees, etc.

It was the first time he saw a lawyer begging a client to give him a chance and not to leave. Ah, it should be the first time he saw a lawyer begging a client who had no money not to leave.

"Uh, yeah, I see. I didn't plan to leave. I just said it casually."

Because Xiyu's performance was so tragic, even Li Lin couldn't help laughing and could only nod repeatedly.

"Really?"

"real."

"That's good," Xi Yu breathed a sigh of relief and slid back down from the desk, "But everything changed starting from my first defense after graduation."

"Wow~" Although he already knew the answer, Li Lin still blinked curiously out of courtesy.

"The client is an investor of the firm, so we can't refuse the investor's request, but no one is willing to take the commission because no matter whether we win or lose, our reputation will be ruined."

It was like returning to the horrible past.

Xiyu raised her hands and covered her face with trembling hands, her shoulders shaking slightly.

"In the end, they lied to me and told me that I was going to defend the girl. But when I got to the court, I found out that I was actually defending the guy. Wow!"

Li Lin's eyes twitched wildly.

I have to say that this firm is quite ruthless. Instead of doing ideological work to get Xiyu to agree to defend the case, they just made it a fait accompli and let Xiyu go first.

Chapter 198: Hell is empty, the devil is on earth

It is no exaggeration to say that lawyers are the people in the world who know the law best but are also the least likely to abide by it.

They know what the law is, but their job is not to defend the law, but to use the law to attack the other party, or to find incompleteness in the law so that they can exploit loopholes and avoid some responsibilities that their clients should normally bear.

It's not that there is anything wrong with it. After all, lawyers have to make a living. Lawyers can choose their own clients and uphold justice, but they also have to accept the possibility that they may not be able to make a living. After all... those who need justice are often poor people, and poor people often don't have much money.

It is difficult for a new lawyer like Xiyu who has just started his career to uphold justice. He may not have enough money to eat before the lawsuit is over. He may be easily tricked by the other party's senior lawyers due to his lack of experience. His reputation is not loud enough, which may lead to a series of obstacles such as lack of trust between him and the client.

Moreover, a newbie lawyer has to win his first battle. After all, the most effective way to make the client believe that he can win is to tell the other party how many times he has won. So generally speaking, newbie lawyers will want to take on cases that are easy to win and can make them look awesome.

And it is difficult to associate a case like that with the word justice.

But there are also cases that are easy to win, can make you look awesome, and are just.

In Xiyu's eyes, Jiang Ling and Lu Qin's case was one of those legendary cases that was easy to win, made one look awesome, and was just.

When Xiyu received this case, she felt that she had hit the jackpot, because this case was a sure win, wasn't it?

On one side is a super bad student with a long history of bad deeds, and on the other side is a well-known good student in the school.

Because of the bad student Jiang Ling, the good student Lu Qin went astray, which eventually led to a tragedy.

Although she didn't know the details of the matter, the facts were already out in the open. Public opinion was so overwhelming that even an idiot could win without doing anything.

So she thanked her boss profusely, thanking him for his appreciation and thanking God for giving her a chance to eliminate evil and promote good. At the same time, she began to sympathize with the lawyer who stood on the opposite side of her. It was not until she happily entered the court that she noticed...

It turns out that she is the one who needs sympathy.

Until now, Xiyu would occasionally dream about that suffocatingly embarrassing courtroom at night.

Normally, she would never help Jiang Ling, but since she was already in court, she would not just walk away. After all, she still had to eat. She couldn't win anyway. Besides, the lawyer standing opposite her was said to be a very powerful lawyer, who was famous for being impartial and not accepting bribes. He was her idol-type lawyer. However, a terrible thing happened...

She won.

Won inexplicably.

Xiyu could swear that she was just reading the information from beginning to end and did not ask any questions. And then she won. There was no suspense at all, but she won inexplicably.

It was not until the judge's bang of the gavel woke her up that the opposing lawyer's annoyed expression made her understand the current situation.

She won her debut battle perfectly.

The reporter's microphone that was about to hit her in the face made her feel dazed, and the flash lights that were about to blind her eyes made her dizzy.

"Woo woo woo - I didn't want to win, I really didn't want to win. Do you know how those reporters described me? Hell is empty, the devil's evil lawyer on earth!"

Xiyu covered her face and wailed, it was almost tears to hear her cry, and it was sad to see her. Li Lin really wanted to sympathize with Xiyu, but he knew the truth.

It’s not that Lu Zhou doesn’t want to win the lawsuit. Lu Zhou really wants to win. The boss behind Lu Zhou really wants to win the lawsuit. Only by winning the lawsuit can he put the blame on Jiang Ling. But unfortunately, the court is based on evidence. No matter how much public opinion there is or how good the lawyer is, a very critical issue remains.

There is absolutely no evidence to prove that Jiang Ling killed Lu Qin and hid the body. All the evidence is not evidence derived from the subjective prejudice that Jiang Ling is a poor student and he is the most likely and the only one who could have done this.

The court will not sentence a person just because you think you want to, and the other person is a minor under the age of eighteen.

So it has nothing to do with whether Xiyu works hard or not. This is a case that will end up in nothing.

Perhaps it is because they know this that this law firm sent a new lawyer like Xiyu to bear the bad reputation.

but……

Li Lin couldn't help but glance at the rest of the office decoration.

Well, it can be said that it perfectly interprets the image of a villainous lawyer who is an empty hell and the devil on earth. Even if it is not, it is also.

"But my nightmare only started that day. Since then...commissions have come one after another."

There was a hint of crying in Xiyu's voice.

"Well, isn't this good?" Li Lin blinked and asked subconsciously.

After all, for a novice lawyer, the most difficult thing is to make the client believe in him/her and have a job. Since the clients keep coming in, it shouldn’t be a very good thing...

Li Lin realized a very scary possibility for Xiyu, but judging from Xiyu's current performance, it was probably not a possibility but a fact.