Chapter 166 No One Dares to Take It
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Jean weaved through the busy crowds, surrounded by towering skyscrapers and endless streams of cars.
The massive buildings stretched along the street, their dark gray glass exteriors reflecting dazzling light, grand and imposing-
This area was home to several of Blairford’s top law firms.
To be honest, Jean hadn’t decided exactly who she was looking for.
She just wanted to find a lawyer who looked decent enough to trust.
But she hadn’t expected-
To run into Mindy here.
“I already told you clearly. Please leave!”
Through the full glass doors of a law firm’s lobby, Jean spotted Mindy being coldly dismissed by a female employee.
Mindy’s hair was messy and frizzy, her eyes hollow with exhaustion and grief.
She clenched her fingers tightly, her eyes slightly red. “Please… I’m begging you… I really have no one else to turn to… Please save my son…”
Her voice trembled, thick with tears, her entire body on the verge of collapse.
Jean instinctively stopped and watched quietly.
“Your son’s a public enemy right now. Nobody wants to touch that mess. Anyone who does will have their reputation and business dragged through the mud. Don’t you get that?” The female employee looked down at Mindy, her tone filled with disdain and impatience.
“My son’s not that kind of person…” Even now, Mindy still stubbornly clung to her faith in him. “Aren’t lawyers supposed to help if we pay you?”
The employee looked her up and down with thinly veiled contempt. “Don’t think I don’t know you’re planning to pay with a loan.”
“Now get out! Or I’m calling security!”
In the end, Mindy was kicked out.
She staggered out of the law firm, her gaze vacant, completely missing Jean standing not far away.
Jean pressed her lips together and, after a moment of thought, walked straight into the law firm Min‘ had just been thrown out of.
The lobby was nearly empty now. Just as the female employee finished kicking Mindy out, a sharply dressed lawyer came down the stairs.
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Chapter 166 No One Dares to Take It
The employee nodded.
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“You know,” the lawyer said suddenly, his voice layered with subtle meaning, “the price she offered wasn’t
bad.”
“But… every lawyer in Blairford has already been warned. No one dares to take it…”
Jean’s eyes flickered.
So that’s how it is…
The fact that no one would represent Asher wasn’t just because of public pressure.
What was public pressure anyway?
Even criminals ten times worse than Asher could still find lawyers to defend them.
In fact, cases like Asher’s–where the odds of winning were low–could actually be golden opportunities. If a lawyer managed to secure a lighter sentence, their fame would skyrocket. It would be free advertising.
If someone could flip a case like Asher’s, they could become famous overnight.
Normally, there would always be lawyers willing to gamble.
But here, they had all rejected it at once.
Meaning the real reason wasn’t public opinion or money.
Someone had deliberately warned them off behind the scenes.
“Who are you? What are you doing here?”
The lawyer and the female employee finally noticed the young girl standing quietly in the corner.
Their faces stiffened, unsure how much she might have overheard.
“I had to pee,” Jean said coolly, blinking her innocent eyes.
“Sir, ma’am, is there a restroom here?”
Hearing that, the lawyer and the female employee both breathed a sigh of relief.
Just a clueless, naive little kid–probably didn’t understand a word they said.
The female employee opened her mouth, about to tell Jean that the firm’s restrooms weren’t open to the public.
Just then-
There was a sudden noise at the entrance.
The glass doors swung open.
