Chapter 175 - 111: Persecuting the Police? You Won’t Even Spare the Police

If you don’t catch them in the act, you can’t get evidence.

But catching them in the act makes the evidence legally invalid.

To get legally valid evidence, you need the police to do it, but the police aren’t responsible for catching cheaters...

These three rules essentially boxed a person in completely.

However...

"Don’t worry, we can definitely catch them in the act."

A smile appeared on Xu De’s face, his tone filled with determination.

"Mr. Wang."

"If you don’t mind my asking, to what extent has your relationship broken down? And has the court set a hearing date yet?"

Wang Yu paused and sighed, "We’re about to separate. It’ll probably happen in the next day or two..."

"As for the court... the hearing is on January 15th."

’The 15th... today is the 8th. That leaves seven days to work with...’

Xu De made a quick mental calculation, then added:

"Would you mind sacrificing a bit of your personal reputation for the sake of the case?"

Wang Yu was a little confused.

’Sacrifice my personal reputation?’

’But it doesn’t matter anymore.’

"I don’t mind," Wang Yu said with a nod.

’Reputation? I’ve been cuckolded, my wife is cheating, and I’m about to lose half my money. What reputation do I have left?!’

"Good. You can go home for now."

Xu De nodded, feeling he now had a reasonably clear understanding of the case.

He stood up and shook Wang Yu’s hand, sealing their friendly cooperation.

"If any issues come up, you can contact me anytime... Here’s my cell number. You should take it down."

He wrote his new phone number on a slip of paper and handed it over.

Wang Yu held the slip of paper, looking like he wanted to say something but was hesitating.

’So... how is he going to handle my case?!’

Xu De had high emotional intelligence and could see his concern. He immediately said:

"Rest assured, the best strategy right now is to do nothing. We just need to..."

"Wait for them to make the first mistake!"

"Based on my calculations, your wife and her lover... they will definitely slip up."

Since he’d put it that way, Wang Yu suppressed his doubts. After a moment of silence, he chose to trust him.

At this point, he had no other way out. He could either go to court alone and let his wife take his assets and child, or he could trust the very professional-looking lawyer in front of him.

"Alright, then I’ll be going."

Wang Yu felt a sense of relief and let out a sigh. He said his goodbyes and turned to leave.

Just as he was about to walk out the main door...

Xu De suddenly spoke up:

"Would you mind telling me your wife’s name?"

"Yang Chunping," Wang Yu said casually.

With that, he opened the door and hurried away.

Back in the law office, the three lawyers were left to ponder, their curiosity piqued.

"Yang Chunping, huh... That’s... a fine name."

Xu De stroked his chin, thinking for a moment before praising the name to himself.

Beside him, Wang Chao and Lin Yue looked skeptical. They couldn’t help but ask:

"The police? How could the police possibly help us gather evidence!?"

"Xu, did you get something wrong?"

Wang Chao said impatiently.

Evidence gathered by the police is useful, sure, but the problem is they won’t gather it for you. If you can’t get it, how can you win the case?

"Heh, if you ask the police to catch a cheater, they definitely won’t go."

Xu De sneered.

’Catching cheaters isn’t part of a police officer’s duties. If you want them to act, it has to be a ’criminal’ matter!’

’Even in normal civil cases, they’re only responsible for mediation.’

’But then again...’

"Who ever said... that the reason you give when calling the police has to be the truth?"

Xu De replied meaningfully:

"You know, only what the police discover after their investigation is considered the truth. As for the initial police report... there are no restrictions on that."

’No restrictions on the reason for the report?’

’But the reason for the report is the reason they respond. Even if you fabricate a reason to get them to show up, they won’t investigate thoroughly once they find out it’s baseless, right?’

’Unless...’

In a flash, Lin Yue realized something. A look of disbelief filled her eyes as she stared at him as if he were a monster.

"You’re not planning to go after the police, are you?"

’Go after the police?’

Hearing this, Wang Chao’s eye couldn’t help but twitch.

In the Li Family Village case, he went after the opposing prosecutor.

In the No. 18 Middle School case, he indiscriminately went after everyone—the judge, the prosecutor, the plaintiff, and the defendant—offending every single one of them without exception!

’I thought that was his limit. After all, those are the only people involved in a case.’

’But...’

’What’s wrong with you? You won’t even spare the police, who work like dogs day in and day out on their investigations?!’

"Now that’s where you’re wrong."

Xu De looked quite displeased. He glanced at the exquisite, speechless face before him and said casually:

"Besides, Lord Lin, if your arts were profound enough..."

"...and you could summon a couple of Yellow Turban Warriors to investigate the case for me, would I even need the police?"

Lin Yue: ?

"You are so dead!"

"Are you going to summon a lightning bolt to strike me down?"

"!!!"

"Alright, alright, it’s time to go out for lunch."

Seeing Lin Yue was about to explode, Xu De immediately cut in, silencing her with his next words:

"Lord Lin, take the afternoon off. Then take me to recruit some senior lawyers. Wang Chao will be in charge of the firm’s matters for now."

’The whole afternoon off!?’

Lin Yue’s eyebrow twitched. The anger he’d provoked dissipated, and she crossed her arms, huffing playfully.

"Hmph, hmph. Well, thanks for that."

She still had to recruit lawyers, but that was much better than handling casework.

Wang Chao, on the other hand, gave Xu De a miserable look. He felt like Xu De was treating him like a workhorse.

In reality, that wasn’t quite right.

A workhorse wasn’t nearly as useful as Wang Chao!

"Wang Chao, think about it. Lawyer Lin’s Legal Ability is stronger than yours."

"I’m helping you use this case to improve your personal skills! If you level up your abilities now, in the future, you’ll be what people call a ’Gold Medal Lawyer’!"