What's wrong with this lawyer?!

"Furthermore, as his legal representative, you can direct any queries to me."

Yu Niandong glanced at Tang Fangjing, his face grew noticeably unpleasant as he spoke, "You must be Tang Fangjing, right? What was the court's decision at the time? Didn't you read the judgment? Your client is highly suspected of illegal activity, warranting a reinvestigation and subsequent penalties from us!"

"And now you come here asking for state compensation from the department? Do you even understand the law?"

Old Tang showed a professional smile upon hearing this and said, "I believe I might understand a bit of it. The court's judgment should be looked at in two parts."

"First, it overturned your administrative detention penalty; second, it ordered a reinvestigation, correct? Now, if we just consider the first point, was there a detention? There was. Has the decision to detain been revoked? It has been revoked. So, given that you have already detained someone for ten days, and now that the detention has been overturned, shouldn't you compensate him?"

As for the reinvestigation and subsequent penalties, that's a separate matter.

You might fine him a few hundred yuan or impose some other penalty, but all of that has nothing to do with the previous ten days of detention. Thus, compensation must be given for those ten days.

Upon hearing this, Yu Niandong said, "Don't tell me these useless things..."

However, before Yu Niandong could finish speaking, Old Tang interrupted, "Officer, I didn't want to discuss these 'useless things' either, but you asked me, so I answered."

"Now, I've filed a claim for state compensation according to legal procedures. If you believe compensation shouldn't be given, please provide me with the corresponding written materials, as per the procedures, instead of talking about it here."

"I also don't wish to waste words, alright!"

After all, if everyone just followed the procedures, that would suffice. You directly say there won't be any compensation, which leads me to go to the court next, and now you're asking me if I understand the law—I obviously have to answer."

Yu Niandong's face darkened, but he couldn't think of a rebuttal because Old Tang was simply following regular procedures.

He felt that the two people across from him were blind to the obvious; the court had made its position clear, and now they were here applying for state compensation...

And it was Tang Fangjing of all people—intimidation wasn't going to work. So, Yu could only say with a darkened face, "Fine, you can go back now. I'll let you know when there's news."

Old Tang's demeanor was impeccable, still smiling he said, "Alright, no problem."

Having said that, he left with Zhou Zhixing.

Yu Niandong had a bitter smile on his face as he quickly submitted the materials. Discover hidden tales at empire

As expected, the leaders were unhappy again. When everything was previously settled, this had just stirred up trouble.

The court had already indicated a high probability of illegal activity, and since we didn't intervene, that was already very generous. Yet now you've come along stirring things up, which is clearly provocation!

Soon, the sub-bureau swung into action.

Old Tang decided to stay in Lincheng again, his fearless attitude within the police institution filling Zhou Zhixing with envy.

To this, Old Tang replied, "Envy me? Earned through risking my life. When you one day are in the advanced stages of cancer with not much longer to live, you can be just as carefree."

In other words, when you're on the brink of death, nothing else matters.

After that, Zhou Zhixing shut his mouth, as he, comparatively speaking, preferred to live.

Meanwhile, the property management company received a call from the police authorities asking for cooperation in the investigation.

After much inquiring, Liang Pei finally learned that Zhou Zhixing had actually applied for state compensation!

Has he gone mad, or does he think with Tang Fangjing around, there's nothing to fear?

A week passed, and the Jingzhou Lawyers Association was urging a return. Old Tang was also contemplating whether to go back first since there was no telling how long the response would take here.

As he was having tea, Zhou Zhixing called.

"Lawyer Tang, I just received a call from the sub-bureau asking me to come in tomorrow. They didn't specify what for, what do you think I should do?"

Laughing upon hearing this, Old Tang said, "What else to do but go with you? This should be the result of the previous application."

"Ah? Lawyer Tang, does that mean they're willing to pay compensation?"

"It's not that simple. If they were truly willing to compensate, their attitude wouldn't be as before. But don't worry, with things as they are now, it won't become more serious."

Lawyer Tang's words put Zhou Zhixing at ease. He hadn't told anyone about restarting the fight for his rights; he was simply holding back a breath to prove his innocence.

The next morning, the two set out for the Changshan District sub-bureau.

Despite Tang Fangjing's earlier hints that things would not go smoothly, Zhou Zhixing never imagined it would turn out like this!

"Pursuant to Article 26, Clause 4 of the Public Security Administration Punishments Law, we have decided to administratively detain you for ten days!"

The new administrative detention notice was almost indistinguishable from the previous one!

In other words, after his previous detention was overturned following an administrative lawsuit, the Changshan District sub-bureau simply issued another "ten-day administrative detention" penalty!

Shocked and angry, Zhou Zhixing immediately looked to Tang Fangjing.

"Don't worry; if you look at this notice, it says that since you've already been detained for ten days, there has been a deduction, meaning you won't need to undergo the detention again," Old Tang explained.

This was something even Old Tang hadn't anticipated.

In a previous life, he had encountered a similar situation where the administrative lawsuit was won, but the authorities simply issued a similar administrative punishment afterward. It seemed like a victory, but somehow it also didn't...

But this life was the first time he encountered this, and he wondered what was behind this decision.