The Exorcist

Chapter 4 Urban Victims

Wan Li chatted at Xiao Xia's house until very late before leaving.

Although we were happy while chatting, the result was that we almost overslept in the morning. If someone hadn't died in the building next door, and the Taoist priest invited by the family to do the rituals, blowing and knocking, she would definitely be late.

This is her first day at a new workplace, how can she give people a bad impression of not following time!

She ran downstairs in a hurry and almost knocked down the aunt on the fifth floor. She lowered her head to apologize, but was grabbed.

"Grandma Zhang from Building 7 is deceased!" said the aunt.

Xiaoxia knew that this aunt was famous for her love of chatting, so she couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She was afraid that she would be dragged into talking endlessly, so she quickly asked a few casual questions to express her concern and wanted to finish chatting and leave early.

As a result, the aunt held her back and talked about the cause and effect for five minutes, and then curled her lips, "What's the point of having such a big funeral now? It's not just to show the living people and show that they are filial children! Grandma Zhang When he was alive, if he was just thrown into a nursing home, they would never come to visit him once in his life!"

Not far behind the residential building where Xiaoxia rents is a private nursing home. Because the vegetable market is at the back, Xiaoxia occasionally passes by, and everything she sees and hears says that the environment there is not good.

Sometimes, many kind-hearted uncles and aunts will go to the nursing home to bring some food and drinks. When they come back, they will say that the service there is poor and there are not enough nursing staff. Some frail old people will lie in beds with poor air circulation for many years.

Xiaoxia saw Grandma Zhang sitting in a wheelchair several times, looking and looking behind the railing of the iron gate, waiting for someone to come see her. Xiaoxia thought that the old man's children would go, after all, it was only ten minutes away! But when I heard it today, it turned out that they were even stingy with giving alms for these ten minutes!

The aunt babbled a lot of curses, but Xiaoxia couldn't listen anymore. She just felt that her heart was shrunk into a ball as if it had been pickled by a lot of spicy food!

Decades of upbringing cannot even be exchanged for those ten minutes!

She arrived at her new workplace in a bad mood and found that it turned out to be the top floor of a high-rise apartment. The environment was quite nice, far from the shabby scenery she had imagined. It seemed that the private sponsoring group was quite generous.

However, this building is newly built and the current occupancy rate is still very low.

Guan Zheng expressed his sincere welcome to her arrival and introduced three other staff members to her. Two of them were graduates who had just passed the judicial examination, one male and one female, and one was an elderly gentleman.

Except for Guan Zheng, the two graduates may find a more promising firm after their one-year internship, and the senior figure may also retire at any time. Xiaoxia never thought that she was a latecomer in Changkong Law Firm, a marginal figure that no one would take seriously, but she would become a backbone here, which gave her the idea to work hard!

"This room faces the sun, let's use it as an office for a beautiful woman!" Guan Zheng led Xiao Xia to a very nice room and even made a joke.

After less than ten minutes of contact, Xiaoxia took a closer look at her new boss. Although she was confused, she always saw people accurately. She felt that Guan Zheng was a very serious, rigorous, slightly stubborn, and energetic person, which could be seen from the overall look of the office. However, he was a downright good person, and there was no need to be defensive.

Moreover, she did not expect that she would have a separate office.

"This - it's not necessary, right? I can just share a room with others."

"It's okay. There are four rooms here. One for me, one for Uncle Chai, one for you, and one for the two little interns. It's just right." Guan Zheng said with a smile, and Xiao Xia felt the lines on his face when he smiled He is much softer, looks cute and less rigid, "Besides, you came from the sky, and that is one of the top temples. I can't tolerate you when you come to our small temple. Teacher Pan has repeatedly warned you."

"Don't say that, I will be ashamed." Xiaoxia said sincerely, "I admire you for having such high knowledge and such great ideals."

"This is not a great ideal, but a very ordinary ideal." Guan Zheng seemed happy to discuss with Xiao Xia, "Our country's legal aid is seriously insufficient in strength, scope and scope, and there are still many gaps. We who study law should be This system helps.”

Xiaoxia nodded in agreement, admiring Guan Zheng's firm and persistent belief even more. Then, the two talked about the firm's affairs for a while, and Guan Zheng left, while Xiaoxia stayed in the office to read various information and files available in the firm.

It took a whole morning for Xiaoxia to understand that this private chain of legal aid organizations was called the "Yingshou" Office, which mainly provided free legal services to people who were unable to seek legal help. In view of the fact that in such big cities, illegal and disorderly behavior is somewhat restrained and not as unscrupulous as in remote areas, the main issue currently faced is how to protect the legitimate rights and interests of women, children and the elderly in the family.

This reminded her again of what happened to Grandma Zhang in the building next door. The unhappiness she had just forgotten because of work came to her mind again.

She has always believed that private or private nursing homes must be strictly controlled and monitored. These institutions cannot be for profit. Otherwise, how can the elderly enjoy their old age in peace? This is not to say that those who open nursing homes are bad. They really have the purpose of making money, and other related problems will inevitably occur.

Nursing homes should be resting homes for the elderly, not living tombs where they wait to die!

"Xiaoxia!" Guan Zheng knocked on the open door, "Can I call you that?"

"certainly."

"You come with me after lunch. I have a case here. An old man named Wang Changfa and his wife came to the court and wanted to sue their son Wang Hua. Because we made a note in the court, the court He introduced him to us.”

"What's going on?" Xiaoxia frowned, why are there so many unfilial sons recently? She'd never noticed it before.

"The facts of the case are extremely simple. It is that Wang Hua did not fulfill his support obligations. Not only did he not pay a cent of support, he did not even show his face. The evidence is very sufficient and can be dealt with according to law. However, the court believes that mediation should be carried out first. Let’s try it first and try not to waste litigation resources.”

"That's good. After all, the purpose of this kind of lawsuit is not to see who wins and who loses. If we can coordinate and communicate, it would be best to return family ties." Xiaoxia nodded, but noticed that Guan Zheng was a little unhappy.

Because Wang Hua adopted a passive resistance attitude, it was impossible to ask him to meet, so after lunch, the two had to follow the clues and suddenly came to Wang Hua's work unit. It turned out that he turned out to be the company's purchasing manager and was fully capable of supporting the elderly.

He seemed to be accustomed to the visits from the two lawyers and responded very skillfully. He himself may have thought that he was tepid and reasonable, but in Xiao Xia's opinion, he was simply unreasonable and extremely shameless!

He put forward a lot of objective factors and said a lot of things that showed that his life was difficult. He also said that the old man still had the ability to take care of himself and work, and could fully support himself. He just wanted to evade his obligations. In particular, as he spoke, he glanced at Xiaoxia with a pair of lustful eyes, which made Xiaoxia want to dig out his eyes and heart on the spot.

"He is hopeless. He should be sent to prison and rehabilitated for a few years!" Xiaoxia said angrily after walking out of the company where Wang Hua worked.

"So I didn't refute what you said just now. I let the facts educate you." Guan Zheng said.

"Which sentence?"

"You said: After all, the purpose of this kind of lawsuit is not to see who wins and who loses. If we can coordinate and communicate, it would be best to return family ties." Guan Zheng repeated, "But I think the law must punish those who break the law. Only in this way can the fairness of the law be reflected. Don't act based on emotion, which will condone adultery. Only by tightening the criminal law can it serve as a warning. The law must use its violence and coercion to maintain social stability."

Xiaoxia glanced at Guan Zheng and felt that although he was an upright and good man with a passionate heart, he was a little too particular about right and wrong and a little paranoid.

Along the way, she didn't find anything to say to refute Guan Zheng. When I got home, I saw Grandma Zhang’s son and daughter howling in a false voice with “sadness” accompanied by the scriptures sung by the Taoist priests.

She despised these two people extremely, thinking to herself, these things that are worse than animals are really worth killing but not keeping!

The first day of her new job made her extremely unhappy, but she was so tired that she fell asleep on time at ten o'clock in the evening.

While she was in a sweet dream, Wang Hua was staggering back home.

He had business to attend tonight. He drank too much and couldn't drive, so he had to take a taxi back. However, rental cars were not allowed in the community, so he had to walk part of the way on his own.

This is a very high-end community with a large area and high housing prices. There is a large green belt in the middle area. To get to his home, you have to pass through this beautiful small garden.

Originally there was a winding gravel path in the garden, but walking on the path would lengthen the way home, so when Wang Hua saw no one around, he walked on the lawn and flowers without merit. Halfway through, I suddenly heard a cat meow.

Where did the kitten come from?

He stopped and looked around.

He usually loves cats. His cat eats the highest-grade cat food, sleeps in the highest-grade cat basket, and uses the highest-grade shampoo. Those who laugh at him often say that he treats cats a hundred times better than his parents!

Say whatever you like, he just loves cats anyway!

"Mimi, where are you? Come out quickly." He leaned down and searched among the flowers.

"Meow--" the invisible kitten meowed again.

Wang Hua followed the sound and saw a bush shaking. He felt that the kitten was here and immediately got into it.

Sure enough, the kitten was sitting upright at the other end of the bush, looking like it had been waiting for him for a long time. But when he took a closer look, he felt that this kitten was a little different.

It is completely black, with a pair of big and green eyes, and a face that seems to be smiling but not smiling. This expression makes people feel very weird, as if the person sitting opposite is not a kitten, but a person wearing cat skin!

"Weird cat!" He didn't like this kind of cat anymore, and his back felt cold for no reason. He wanted to stand up and leave, but when he got up, he found that there were a lot of vines around him for some reason, and it seemed that - no, they were really tied to a tree.

"Ahem—" The kitten coughed suddenly, and then slowly walked over, its cat face smiling proudly.

Wang Hua woke up instantly. I wanted to scream, but found that I couldn't make any sound. He struggled hard, but couldn't move. He watched helplessly as the kitten got closer and closer to him!

It approached him and climbed up his body. Its four little paws pressed against him painfully. That shouldn't be the weight that a kitten should have. It didn't stop until it was face to face with him, eye to eye.

What does it do? Why do I feel like I’m about to die? Wang Hua’s hair stood on end!

However, the kitten did not move, and only stared at Wang Hua. It was not until he saw through the cat's eyes that he was covered with leaves like a plant, and he was so frightened that he almost died, that the kitten suddenly stretched out its claws and scratched his face.

After feeling a deep sense of separation, one of his eyes fell down and was swallowed by the kitten. Then, an unknown plant leaf slipped through his eye hole.

Severe pain——

His head felt like it was going to explode, but at the same time his senses were crystal clear.

Something is growing in his head -