These people... The atmosphere was becoming increasingly strange, and they weren’t at all concerned about the trouble escalating. This vengeful behavior was also becoming more and more like him. Actually, he had considered all these charges, but they didn’t hold up.

Take extortion, for example. The crime of extortion refers to the act of illegally seizing a victim’s public or private property by using threats, intimidation, or coercion, with the aim of unlawful possession.

But Cheng Chuxiao’s situation... Strictly speaking, it was a rights assertion dispute. She was demanding compensation for the death of her dog. It was a legitimate claim to assert her rights, and she hadn’t used threats, intimidation, or coercion. Moreover, the amount she demanded was only 50,000 yuan, not an exorbitant sum.

As for the crime of insult... The other party’s behavior might have been deemed insulting, but the circumstances weren’t severe. Name-calling and similar verbal altercations couldn’t be elevated to a criminal level. Suing the other party for this... At most, it would result in a demand for them to apologize and wouldn’t lead to imprisonment for such an offense.

Furthermore, none of the charges proposed by these elders were applicable to Cheng Chuxiao. The most direct method... would be for Cheng Chuxiao to compensate Zhang Qingyuan and apologize.

「The next day.」

At the nursing home, Qin Mu went to work as usual. He also handled Zhang Qingyuan’s lawsuit. After preparing the statement of claim and all necessary materials, he made a trip to the courthouse and submitted them.

As for the attorney to represent this civil lawsuit, he was only an intern lawyer then, unable to handle cases alone. Therefore, he made a special call to Wang Dachui, asking him to lend his name to the case. Procedural law required that trainee lawyers were not allowed to represent cases independently; they had to proceed under the supervision of a licensed lawyer.

After completing these tasks, he returned to the nursing home, only to find a large crowd waiting for him at his office door.

"Xiao Qin, you’re finally back! Please, help me figure out what to do with this case."

"Xiao Qin, I went for a stroll outside the nursing home this morning and found a wallet. I returned it to the owner, but he insists that 100 yuan is missing."

"This morning, I received a scam call. They said they’d caught my son and demanded money for his release. I realized they were scammers right away and agreed to transfer the money in the afternoon. What should I do now?"

"Xiao Qin, you know that supermarket across from the nursing home? I went there today and found they’re selling shoddy products, and some are even expired..."

One elder after another gathered outside the office, faces alight with eager anticipation, all waiting for Qin Mu to provide an answer.

Recently, they had all encountered these inexplicable incidents. At first, they were somewhat surprised. But gradually, they all became interested, learning from Qin Mu and intending to genuinely assert their rights. However, they didn’t understand the law as Qin Mu did, so they could only turn to him for help.

"You... you’ve all encountered legal cases?" Qin Mu looked at the crowd, his expression somewhat strained.

At that moment, a dense crowd stood outside his office. There were at least over twenty elders, each with a ’case’ to report. Which means... I have to deal with more than twenty cases today!

Thinking about this, he couldn’t help but feel his scalp tingle.

Wasn’t being a legal consultant supposed to be an easy job? But suddenly, the usually deserted legal consultant’s office was overcrowded.

After all, when Wang Dachui had served as the nursing home’s legal consultant, he had slacked off day after day, month after month, with hardly any work to do. But within a few days of Qin Mu taking over, cases had surged like a tide. First, it was Li Weiguo, Song Tiancheng, Zhang Qingyuan, and the others. And now, another group had arrived. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Could it be... because of the luck points? Qin Mu frowned, pondering.

These incidents had all occurred in the past two days; before that, everything had been normal. And it was just two days ago that he had finished dealing with the case of Qing Lan’s best friend stealing melons and had received a system reward. The system had awarded him 1,000 luck points. Cumulatively, he had now reached 3,000 luck points.

Are 3,000 luck points really that terrifying? He swallowed hard.

The more he thought about it, the more potent these luck points seemed. It was no longer limited to him encountering such incidents; the elderly people around him... had also started to encounter these illegal and criminal matters. Old Song had run into someone selling fake medicine. Mr. Li had encountered someone verbally abusive. Old Zhang had bumped into a problematic dog owner. And now, the people in front of him... each had their own "unique encounters."

"AHEM. Everyone, please line up. One at a time," he instructed, sighing. He had no choice but to organize them and start addressing their problems one by one.

If he weren’t concurrently serving as their legal consultant, he could have refused them. But now, even that option was gone.

Inside his office, Qin Mu looked at the elderly man who had received the scam call. "You received a scam call, right? And you strung them along by agreeing to transfer money this afternoon? Well done." He urged him repeatedly, "But remember, *never* transfer any money. Go to the police first."

He was worried the old man might impulsively transfer money to the scammers, just as Old Song had. With this kind of telecom fraud, once the money is transferred, it’s extremely difficult to retrieve. Statistics showed that such transferred funds go through at least a hundred money-laundering processes, potentially crossing dozens of countries. Once it’s out, it’s nearly impossible to track where your money has gone. Even if the syndicate is caught, recovering all the funds might still be impossible.

To another, he said, "You found a wallet, but the owner claims 100 yuan is missing? Just ignore him. Tell him to provide evidence that you stole the 100 yuan. If he can’t, then it proves you didn’t take the money."