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Chapter 4 Ignore Him
"Xiao Yu," Zhou Yuxuan said, walking over and handing her an A4 sheet of paper. The large sheet had a website address and login account written on it in a flamboyant style.
"This is the OA access that the administration has granted you. The law firm's rules and regulations, contract signing procedures, staff list, legal compilations for each department, and case search are all on it. Log in and study it whenever you have time."
"Okay, thank you, Attorney Zhou." Zhou Yuxuan waved her hand and turned to leave. "Oh, by the way, what was the charge of your case again?"
"Abuse."
"Private prosecution?"
Yu Xingge nodded: "The victim is in the hospital, and the police have not yet intervened."
"Then you'd better take a look at more case studies." He pulled two cigarettes from his pocket, took one out, and lit it on the website: "Have you heard of freelancers?"
of course.
WCtrip and Fabbay are considered the two giants of legal search. Since WCtrip launched its legal information database, it has provided users with a vast amount of legal documents, including laws and regulations, judgments, administrative penalties, and legal interpretations. It claims to be a one-stop information service platform focused on legal practice, helping to solve legal problems encountered in practice. However, its fees are extremely high, and Xingge had only heard of its reputation before.
Seeing that she wasn't completely clueless, Zhou Yuxuan was quite pleased: "The law firm paid the fees, so make good use of it." After saying that, he strolled away, waving his hand leisurely.
Yu Xingge pretended not to see Gu Lezhi's watchful gaze in the office, sat down, and took out her laptop from her bag.
OA? A new term. Yu Xingge first clicked on the definition: Law Firm OA system is short for Law Firm Office Automation System. As an office automation management system specifically designed and developed for law firms, it integrates core aspects of the firm's internal business processes, client resources, case management, and document processing through information technology, providing support for the firm's branding progress. Of course, automatically generating bills according to hourly rates, case amounts, and other rules; displaying data such as case type distribution, success rate, client sources, and lawyer efficiency through charts to provide a basis for the firm's strategic planning; and introducing practical legal search tools such as crowdsourcing platforms to facilitate lawyers' case handling are just the basic functions.
Yu Xingge logged into the website and her account, then explored the knowledge modules step by step. As she became engrossed in the case database, searching like a web crawler, one abuse case after another unfolded in her world.
According to Article 260 of the Criminal Law, the crime of abuse refers to the act of physically and mentally torturing and tormenting a family member living together through means such as beating, scolding, starving, forcing excessive labor, denying medical treatment, restricting freedom, and humiliating personality, where the circumstances are egregious. The Criminal Law stipulates that the perpetrator of the crime of abuse is a person with a family relationship to the victim, but the article does not clearly define the scope of "family members" included in the concept of abuse.
She browsed quickly, saving the information as she jotted down summaries in her notebook: Abuse was first written into the criminal code in 1979. At that time, the definition of family members was relatively clear and explicit. However, today, with premarital cohabitation so common and widespread, the interpretation of whether the definition of family members includes those in cohabiting relationships remains controversial.
If one wants to gain the judge's support for the appeal, how should one proceed? Is the key still the definition of family members?
She was thinking.
Another one.
Guiding Cases from the Provincial High People's Court
download.
No response. Yu Xingge clicked twice more. What's wrong? Is the internet slow?
She glanced at her watch: 12:11. Yu Xingge looked up and noticed the increasingly noisy surroundings. With lunchtime approaching, the large office area was constantly being filled with unfamiliar faces. Looking around, the nearly 100-square-meter space was filled with people working with their heads down. No wonder it took her so long to download a PDF document.
The heavy black laptop on the desk was chipped and chipped, looking particularly pitiful against the pristine white desk. Although she was very careful about storage space, this secondhand Dell, which she had bought four years ago on a second-hand marketplace, was already quite old, and she couldn't get a Wi-Fi connection in crowded, enclosed spaces.
Her phone vibrated, indicating a call from Gu Ping.
"Xiao Ge," Gu Ping said, "a nurse just came out and said that Chu Jing's gastric lavage surgery is finished. But because the toxins in her blood haven't been completely cleared, Chu Jing can't come out yet, and she'll probably need to have more surgery. I'm so worried. Do you think Chu Jing might not recover?"
"Does continuing the surgery mean dialysis or something else? Did the nurse give you any other instructions?" Yu Xingge asked.
"No, she came out, said one sentence, and then went back in."
Gu Ping's voice was filled with anxiety, "I told Xiao Ge, if Chu Jing doesn't come out, I'll die together with that bastard Liu Xi. If I'm gone one day, can you help me...?"
Yu Xingge interrupted her, "Teacher Gu, don't do things that hurt your loved ones and please your enemies." She stood up, holding her phone between her head and shoulder, and stuffed her notebook into her bag, "I'm going to take a look now."
A gasp came from behind, and Yu Xingge was the first to react.
A stack of A4 papers, taller than a person, was knocked askew, the top stack scattering like an overturned cardboard tower. Three sheets with red pen annotations were stuck in the gap of a fire hydrant in the corridor, while an A4 sheet with data slipped under the printer. The worst off was a contract stamped with an official seal, which landed right in the tea puddle, its edges quickly absorbing brown water stains, the black Song typeface blurring into a patch of color. The boy at the next workstation poked his head out: "Be careful! The cleaning lady just mopped the floor!" Before he could finish speaking, the girl carrying the remaining stack of papers had already stepped on a piece of paper stained with tea, her shoe slipping half a step, startling everyone in the office area into a momentary pause.
"Oh my god!" She clung to her workstation, still shaken. "I'm not going to have lunch. When am I going to finish organizing these two thousand-plus photocopied files?!" The baby-faced girl, wearing six-centimeter heels, was on the verge of tears.
Yu Xingge: "I'm sorry, let me help you tidy up." She squatted down.
"No need." The girl waved her hands swiftly, wiping away non-existent tears, and skillfully squatted down. "You need to pick them up in order, otherwise it'll be even more chaotic. You're the new Yu Xingge, right?" She extended her hand to her, her big eyes crinkling into a smile. "I'm Liu Lin, an intern lawyer in Director Shen's team. Welcome to the team."
hospital.
In the four-person ward, Gu Ping lay listlessly on the bed at the far end against the wall. The previous day, a six-year-old boy who had accidentally ingested laundry detergent had been transferred to the bed next door, accompanied by his mother, grandparents, and maternal grandparents—a large group of five people. Although the nurses repeatedly told them that only two could stay with the child, the group ignored them and continued to do as they pleased.
The child's vocal cords were damaged, and influenced by the environment, he kept whimpering and crying, wanting to watch cartoons. The elderly were worried that he would ruin his eyes by looking at his phone too much, so a group of people surrounded him, trying to amuse him with toys and fruit, making a lot of noise. Gu Ping was worried about her daughter's safety, feeling half annoyed and half envious, and she held back her anger several times.
Be kind to others.
She silently prayed that Heaven would grant Chu Jing peace and safety, given her kind heart. When she saw Yu Xingge enter, she sprang to her feet and went to greet her.
"Xiao Ge, how's it going? Have you thought of a good way to get that bastard Liu Xi in?" Coincidentally, before Xing Ge could even speak, there was a click, and Liu Xi pushed open the ward door and walked in. He was carrying a bulging lunchbox in his right hand, the bag slightly ajar, releasing a strong smell of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Tomato juice was dripping thinly into the white plastic bag.
"Auntie," he said with a big smile, "you haven't eaten yet, have you? I specially went to the cafeteria to buy you a meal. Eat it while it's hot, or it'll get cold."
"What are you doing here?" Gu Ping said with disgust. "Take it away right now, I can't afford it. You've already started calling me 'Auntie,' what, did your mother say that calling me 'Auntie' will absolve you of any responsibility?"
Liu Xi placed the lunchbox in her hand on the bedside table: "Look at what you're saying, Auntie, I was just worried about you."
His eyes darted around the crowd in the ward: "After all, Chu Jing is my girlfriend, and I'm heartbroken that this happened to her. I can't take care of her right now, so of course I have to take good care of you."
"No, no, I can't take that responsibility. I'd be grateful if you and your things stayed away from me."
Sensing some gossip, Grandma Fan in the next bed perked up her ears. The bedside table was next to the two beds on either side, and the tangy aroma of tomatoes wafted powerfully. Seeing that Grandma wasn't paying attention, the boy holding the toy car jumped up and reached for the plastic bag. But he lost his grip, and with a loud crash, the white plastic box and the plastic bag fell to the floor. Red soup splattered everywhere. Xingge, being the closest, inevitably suffered a second round of damage to her gray leather shoes and suit trousers—she'd just been hit by a stack of documents in the office. Thinking of the girl she'd just added on WeChat, she couldn't help but be distracted for a moment.
Gu Ping hurriedly pulled out tissues from her pocket and bent down to wipe the child. Yu Xingge grabbed her arm, saying, "Teacher Gu, let me do it." She took the tissues and bent down to wipe the child carefully. Gu Ping seized the opportunity to yell, "Can't you all control your own children? Five caregivers can't even manage one child?"
Grandma Fan was displeased: "How can you talk like that? My grandson didn't do it on purpose. Besides, didn't you say you weren't going to eat it? What's it to you?" She turned to Liu Xi: "Young man, how much do you want? We'll pay you back."
"Oh! It's worthless." Liu Xi said generously, "I'll go buy another one."
"Is this a matter of buying another one?" Gu Ping said, "Your grandson dirtied someone's clothes, why are you going to pay him? You should pay for the cleaning of the young girl's clothes."
"It didn't happen to you, why are you being so nosy?" She said pointedly, "Young man, I'm not trying to be mean, but I see you've gone to all this trouble to bring them food and they don't even appreciate it. I'm not trying to break up their marriage, but your girlfriend should really think about it. If you're going to get married, the parents' character is also very important."
Liu Xi was secretly pleased, but on the surface she had to pretend to be embarrassed: "Aunt Gu, this girl just accidentally got some rice splashed on her, please don't make a big deal out of it, she didn't do it on purpose. Calm down, I'll go buy you another one right away."
Liu Xi slipped away as fast as he could. Seeing him pretending to be a good guy, Gu Ping was so angry that her eyes were filled with stars, and she rushed over to drag him back.
"Teacher Gu," Yu Xingge called out to her, "Don't worry about him. Since he's not here, I can ask you if Liu Xi and Chu Jing had a large number of guests at their wedding banquet?"