When Shireen was a child, she once saw someone put captured bees into a glass bottle.

Although other memories from that time have become blurry, the scene of the bee struggling in the bottle remains fresh in her memory.

The bee didn't know where it was trapped, so it kept hitting the glass in vain. Shireen remembers staring for a long time as if possessed, just wondering when the bee would stop.

But it never stopped.

She felt sad for the bee, but was also moved by its tenacity. So when the owner of the glass bottle wasn't paying attention, Shirin secretly unscrewed the bottle cap and let the bee go.

Now she was in a situation similar to that of the bee. Shireen really wished that someone could unscrew the cap of the bottle for her, or at least shake the bottle for her.

"You have to know, Shireen." Emma helped her fill the tea cup, "People often say that few things go smoothly at the beginning."

"I understand that everything is difficult at the beginning." Shireen stared at the smoke from the tea cup rising to the ceiling of the cafe, "But my time is very limited, and Clarks can't wait that long. I promised him that I would help him find a lawyer.

.”

Emma sighed and said nothing.

In the past three hours, they have visited three law firms. Two were for pre-emptive business needs, and the other was simply to find a lawyer willing to defend Clarks.

But no matter whether the lawyer they asked had any business dealings with Avon Insurance Company, Shireen got exactly the same answer. The difference was nothing more than attitude and level of straightforwardness.

Some lawyers euphemistically stated that their current work arrangements were saturated and they could not spare any time to accept new cases; some lawyers told her that they would never take such a losing case, and some even kindly advised her to give up; the remaining ones

After hearing what she said, she burst out laughing, as if it was funny that someone was about to be wrongly imprisoned.

"The judicial system in Fire Seal City is not fair and reasonable, I admit that." A lawyer who laughed told her, "But they were wrongly imprisoned? How many people do you think were 'unjustly imprisoned' in Gudao Prison?"

?How many people are really innocent?"

"But he wasn't going to defend himself," Shireen said. "He even gave up trying. If he didn't have a lawyer to help him, he would be dead."

"Ever since he got involved in this matter, he has been finished. In fact, I am also paying attention to the progress of this case. Let's put it this way, Miss Marron, judging from the investigation and evidence released now, your case

The situation of a friend is very bad. The witness and physical evidence are sufficient, although there are a few doubts, and the details have not been fully ascertained. But considering that he is currently the only suspect in the bombing... do you understand what this means?"

"I don't understand." Shirin said angrily. In fact, she understood.

"Even if there was another reasonable explanation for this, no one would care. People have been hurt, and they want someone to be punished for it. Anyone who tries to stop this, no matter how good a lawyer he is, will

Become the target of public criticism. I guess I am not the first lawyer you visit, right?"

Shireen nodded stiffly.

"Since we are sitting here talking, the results of the first few visits are self-evident. Let me give you some kind advice. This one, like the ones above, is free. Give him up, forget it.

Let’s do this. You can’t find a lawyer willing to accept this case, at least not in Fire Seal City.”

So, after they left the fourth law firm, Shireen was so angry that her chest felt tight. Emma suggested that they come to a nearby coffee shop and try the "Rust Black Tea" that is very famous in the Platinum District.

Shireen was not in the mood to drink tea at all. But she had to admit that when she saw Rusty Black Tea for the first time, she was quickly attracted to it.

The waitress wearing a red uniform with a smile on her face first brought a transparent glass teapot filled with hot water, then put an iron teaspoon into the water in front of them, and then rust-like red powder fell from the teaspoon.

Peel off and quickly dissolve into water.

In a few seconds, the pot of hot water turned into fragrant black tea. It tasted no different from fine highland black tea, without any rusty smell at all.

Emma guessed that this was some kind of alchemical trick, and that something must have been tampered with in the teaspoon or teapot. Shireen agreed with her.

But after studying for a long time, they couldn't find any mystery hidden in the teapot. But since the waitress took away the teaspoon, they thought the problem should lie there.

A moment of leisure time did make her feel better. Shirin drank two cups of tea and ate a piece of freshly baked strawberry cake. The musician in the cafe was playing a solo version of "Autumn Rainy Night" on the harp.

》. Outside the glass window, a bank employee looked hurriedly through the red brick streets of the Platinum District, rushing to somewhere to do important things assigned by his boss.

"The law firm path is not feasible." Shireen looked at the third cup of tea in front of her and said, "Those big lawyers wearing gold and silver all think that Clarks will definitely lose, so no matter how much money I pay, it will not help.

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"That seems to be the case. So you plan to seek help from an informal lawyer?"

"Actually, before I sought the help of a young lawyer, I had another idea. As the Duke of the Night who rules the underground world of Fire Seal City, Boss Juvens must have a personal lawyer, right? He needs someone to handle everything for him.

Legal matters."

Emma shrugged, "Maybe."

"Do you think Will Ewings would be willing to introduce that lawyer to me?"

"If Ye Xing comes forward, there should be hope. But the person who inherits the position of Duke of Night is Miss Alessa, and her current condition... it is not convenient to see guests. So I doubt that you will not get their help this time."

Shirin nodded numbly. In fact, she had vaguely guessed that this would be the result before asking the question, so she didn't have high hopes.

After the death of the Juventus boss in the explosion, cracks appeared in the key link to maintain the balance of the underground world of Huoyin City. There are rumors that the gang war that has disappeared for thirty years may return again. By then, the slums and nearby

The civilian urban area will probably turn into a hell more terrifying than the night the light ball exploded.

Will and Alessa are certainly fighting tooth and nail to stop that war. In other words, they're unlikely to send their own lawyers (if they even have one) out to help others right now.

What's more, the person who killed their father might be Clarks.

So this is just another dead end.

"Then we can only try our luck with a low-level lawyer," Shirin stared at the teacup intently, as if she could find the answer there, "I hope I can find a candidate who is both ambitious and capable.

"

"And that person must also be short of money," Emma added, "because only desperate lawyers would be willing to take on such a case."

"It sounds like such a person doesn't exist."

"That's not necessarily true. But I have to say that the hope is very slim. Clarks really got into big trouble this time..."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation." The waitress standing nearby said unexpectedly, "But do you want to find a lawyer?"

Shirin looked at her in surprise, then nodded.
Chapter completed!