This online harassment might have been manageable if it had targeted someone else. But unfortunately... it happened to Qin Mu. Knowing Qin Mu as he did, Qin Mu would never indulge these people. As long as the conditions for filing a case were met... he would sue them all. It could only be said that Cheng Chuxiao and her two friends were merely the first batch to receive summonses. Afterward... there would undoubtedly be an endless stream of summonses delivered to the defendants!

"He... will he really sue all of them?"

After hearing this, Cheng Chuxiao could no longer sit still. Although she had suspected as much, she couldn’t be certain. After all... they had created numerous groups, each with two thousand members. Countless netizens had joined them. The internet was so vast. Qin Mu couldn’t possibly find them all and report them one by one, could he? Not all of them were from Jin City. They were scattered to the four corners of the earth... This just didn’t sound realistic, no matter how she thought about it.

"Miss Cheng, you... probably don’t know Qin Mu very well," Zhang Wei, however, shook his head and said gravely, "Others might not do such a thing, but Qin Mu definitely will." As he spoke, he gave Cheng Chuxiao a deep look and added, "For him, seeing people like you out and about is more agonizing than if he himself were incarcerated."

At first, he too hadn’t believed there was someone in the world so unyielding. Not until he met Qin Mu. This was a man who couldn’t tolerate a single grain of sand in his eyes. If he had encountered someone not leashing their dog, he might have criticized them once or twice, but he would never have made such a big deal out of it. After all, doing so was time-consuming, laborious, and one could easily end up being berated. In fact, most people would act just like him. As long as it wasn’t too outrageous, they would habitually tolerate it to some degree. That’s also why you often see examples in the news of arrogant dog owners not using leashes. The main reason... is still because there are too few people who take such matters seriously. If everyone who encountered such a situation immediately called the police to report the owner for not leashing their dog, and also for potentially not having a dog license, such incidents would undoubtedly decrease significantly. Not leashing a dog is an illegal act. Any illegal act can be reported to the police, requesting their intervention.

"Alright, Miss Cheng, I’ve said all I can. If you want our firm to represent your case, I’m always ready to welcome you."

In the end, Zhang Wei stood up to see his guest out, escorting the now-silent Cheng Chuxiao out of his office. Cheng Chuxiao seemed to be frightened by his words. She kept her head down and said nothing. But he didn’t have that much time to waste there. A large wave of defendants would soon be arriving in Jin City, and he couldn’t afford to pick up a sesame seed only to lose the watermelon. Cheng Chuxiao’s case involved financial compensation, and handling it might earn him tens of thousands. But... there was a massive number of defendants waiting for him. Securing the right to represent these defendants was the main priority.

After closing the office door, he took a deep breath, picked up his phone, and made a call to Wang Dachui.

"Hello? Dachui, delegate the Zizhou matters to someone else and get back to Jin City immediately. There’s a big case."

Having said that, he hurriedly hung up the phone. Then... he began to summon everyone in the law firm to the conference room for a meeting.

「Ten minutes later.」

More than twenty lawyers from Legal Pioneer Law Firm had arrived in the conference room. They looked at each other, perplexed. They were all busy with their ongoing cases and were puzzled by the sudden summons.

"Boss, what’s going on? The hearing for the minor’s commutation case I’m handling is tomorrow, and I’m rushing to prepare the documents."

"It can’t be that something’s happened to our firm, can it?"

"Could there be an issue in Zizhou?"

"I was just conducting a mock trial with a few colleagues, and we were starting to make some headway..."

...

Confused and puzzled, everyone started speculating. Zhang Wei rarely called such large collective meetings. The last time they had such a meeting... was when they were discussing the strategy for entering the Zizhou Market.

"COUGH, COUGH. I’ve called you all here today because there’s something major to discuss."

Zhang Wei scanned the room, waved his hand, and had his assistant distribute more than twenty non-disclosure agreements to everyone. He said gravely, "Before we discuss this matter, everyone please sign this non-disclosure agreement first."

Seeing this, the crowd was even more baffled. Nevertheless, they picked up the documents, skimmed through them, and signed their names. As members of the law firm, they had all signed non-disclosure agreements upon joining, so they were familiar with them. But this non-disclosure agreement... seemed to be specifically drafted for this particular matter.

After everyone had signed, Zhang Wei finally spoke, his voice grave, "Here’s the situation: in the next seven days, Jin City will see a large influx of defendants. Our upcoming task is to do everything in our power to secure the representation rights for these defendants!"

As soon as these words fell, all the lawyers present gasped. They involuntarily recalled the massive case involving three thousand defendants from several months ago.

Clearly, for Zhang Wei to treat this with such solemnity... it undoubtedly had to be another major case! 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Boss, is it... did Qin Mu make his move again? Will there be more defendants this time than last?"

"Three thousand defendants?! Our firm must secure more of them this time!"

"After such a long ’winter,’ is Jin City finally going to welcome ’spring’?!"

"Recently, there have been so few cases in Jin City; I only managed to take on two cases last month!"

...

The crowd gathered together, whispering to each other. They were incredibly excited. They had all experienced those ’glorious’ times and knew very well what the arrival of a large number of defendants signified.