Zhongtian Law Firm.

[Lili, now that you've made it, you can't forget your roots! That's your biological brother after all, he's getting married and you've got to help buy a house in the county, right? We two old folks...]

"Clap!" She hung up the phone, throwing it heavily onto the table, Han Li's face was grim.

Buy a house, buy a house. All you know is to buy a house for your precious son's wedding, have you ever thought about your own daughter who is still renting, not even sure if she can keep her job in a few years?

Already agitated by the recent promotion of the "Chief of the Disciplinary Court," she suddenly received a call from home.

Her younger brother's marriage required a betrothal gift and a marital home, and naturally, this matter fell on her, the "most successful" one in the family...

However, this demanding family had made Han Li feel more and more hatred and disgust.

She even felt a trace of confusion, what has she truly gained after all she's given?

No one genuinely cares about her, everyone either wants to use her or stands against her...

"Hoo~" Finally suppressing various negative emotions in her heart, Han Li rather irritably opened a drawer and took out a CD inside.

She inserted the CD with the handwritten signature "Zhao Ge" into the player, put on her headphones, leaned back in the chair, closed her eyes, seemingly wanting to use music to seek a moment of peace.

[Silent commotion

Invisible shackles

Even the obscure fog gives way to shelter

Powerless squirming

Helpless choice

Want to charge but can't break out of this cage...]

Listening to the music in her headphones, gradually, Han Li's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

If there was anything in this city that she truly became infatuated with, it would probably be Zhao Ge's singing...

That singing seemed to have some magical power; the very first time she heard it, she was deeply moved and then gradually became enamored by it, even becoming the vice president of Zhao Ge's fan club.

All just to get closer to that voice, and occasionally receive a signed album from him personally.

This CD was handed to her personally by Zhao Ge with a smile at a fan meeting a few days ago, leaving her flattered and surprised.

Yet, she did not know that within the enchanting singing, lay hidden an inner demon...

[Hoping, bursting, escaping with only impulse

Not wanting to hide

Clearly able to shimmer

Those who are favored reflect your injustice

Withheld hostility

Put down defenses

The remaining temperament also wants to erase

Cover my eyes

Unable to see opportunities

All the light is completely obscured by you...]

Difficult to describe the marvelous feeling, as if the song was singing about her, scenes from the past involuntarily surfaced...

From a remote and poor village, to leaving the mountains, when that man who had supported her showed his ugly face, her life seemed to fall into an abyss.

She cried, she screamed, but no one helped her, all watched indifferently with cold eyes.

Until the man got bored and discarded her like an old rag.

She never despaired, even managed to get into a prestigious law school through her efforts, just wishing to one day expose that man's evil deeds with her own hands...

However, the world was far crueller than she imagined, the more she grew up, the more she realized how naive and laughable her thoughts were.

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make a difference in him, and might even endanger herself and her family...

All she could do was watch him climb step by step, with a sickening fake smile, captivate countless accolades as a philanthropic entrepreneur in front of the camera.

The demon was like a mountain, blocking all her sunlight.

At that moment, she truly despaired, sinking a little bit more into choosing to become complicit with this filthy world...

She hated the world's injustice, hated all the hypocritical humans who preach virtue and morality, even hated Lin Haitang who looked at her with pity!

If she could, she wished to send it all to hell!

Immersed in the music, even she did not notice the corner of her lips slowly forming a mad curve...

"Ring ring~"

A burst of phone ringing awakened Han Li.

She opened her eyes, only until the madness hint in her eyes faded did she dazedly pick up the phone, the tone cold.

"Hello, who's there?"

A moment later...

"Thud!" The phone dropped to the ground.

Silent tears followed, bursting into shimmering fragments on the ground...

...

Han Li... a seemingly inconspicuous, yet villainous character who had ruthlessly eliminated the previous and current owners of her autobiography.

Even in the initial high-profile divorce case, Han Li was an inside agent bought by the Xu Group, causing them considerable trouble.

It was just that she committed a major strategy taboo—underestimating the enemy!

The first time, Lin Haitang pleaded for her, but she merely regarded her as a passing stranger, not taking it to heart.

The second time, she punished her slightly, causing her to lose her job, and then... she herself got stabbed...

The third time, the premature emergence of the "Chief of the Disciplinary Court" threatened her job, and then... Lin Haitang got stabbed...

It's somewhat frustrating to say, but she was like a figure of low presence yet possessed great threat, a "random killing demon lord."

Like a ticking time bomb, you never know when it will explode.

So even though the other party was still human, their tragic experiences had once made her hesitate for a moment.

However, the successive backstabs across multiple worlds made him determined to eradicate this threat once and for all, without giving the other party an opportunity.

Even if it means breaking the commandment against killing, he must eliminate this stumbling block on the cycle of reincarnation.

But just then, "And Then There Were None" gave him another approach...

Unlike the orphans from the orphanage who had been brainwashed by the Night Demon Clan from a young age, whether it was Zhao Hu or Han Li, their way of becoming a quasi-clan was "joining halfway."

Interestingly enough, the Night Demon Clan seemed to select this type of quasi-clan based on a standard that involved special human groups who were life distressed, had fractured relations, suffered psychological imbalance, or faced spiritual insanity.

Hmm... Suppose he hadn't changed his fate, the "self with failed investments" would indeed match these "five failures," becoming a "key target" for the Night Demon Clan...

Meng Lang initially thought that people like them lacked a strong sense of identity with humanity, which made them prime targets for the Night Demon Clan's persuasion.

But it was only until now that he understood it was due to the so-called "compatibility" within their proud "spiritual synchronization."

As Zhao Ge once said, the stronger the resistance consciousness of the controlled, the harder it is for the other party to achieve mental 'synchronization.'

Even if forced 'synchronization' is attempted, the consumption would be several times more than usual.

Highlighting that forcibly twisted melons are not sweet!

Now he has a deeper understanding of "spiritual synchronization," coupled with the "Brainwave Amplifier" in hand.

Thus, Han Li, this quasi-clan, is most suitable to become a technical verification subject before Xiao Yu...

If even Han Li, at the "handful" level, can't be dealt with, then there's no need to mention Xiao Yu, who is at a more advanced level.

And what he first needs to do is similar to what the enemy did.

That is, PUA... no, wait, it's about guiding the other party's mental state gently and systematically.

He did not stand on the moral high ground to criticize Han Li for her various "anti-human crimes," because unless one endures the same hardships, one should not advise others to be kind.

In reality, mere words often yield the opposite effect.

Therefore, he decided to start from the root cause of the other party's pain, using actual actions to show her.

Her dark world... can still have light!

...

In the following few days, Han Li felt as if she were in a dream.

Bao Yumin was arrested, not only did it lift a mountain off her heart, but she was also inexplicably invited to become the litigation lawyer for the case.

Personally sending the enemy to the defendant's seat, with the sentence determined by herself...

She never dreamed she could have such a day.

Key is, even the director of Zhongtian Law Firm personally hinted to her that due to the case's vile influence, it has even alarmed higher-ups.

So, the Beijing Supreme Court has already instructed that any interfering factors must be eliminated.

They only asked for three things in the end.

Fairness! Fairness! And damn it… fairness!

Then, the "Chief of the Disciplinary Court," led by Lin Haitang, was also dispatched as technical support, designated to Han Li to become her legal aid team.

As an "internet celebrity" AI, the debut of the Chief of the Disciplinary Court in court comes with a halo of attention. Anyone attempting anything shady amidst all this is practically committing suicide under the eyes of various media and the national populace.

According to the director, it was still Lin Haitang who initially applied actively, with the purpose to explore AI's integration with traditional lawyers in the litigation process...

Han Li surprisingly felt as if the heavens and the earth were working in her favor, that when luck comes, it cannot be stopped.

"Why choose me?" Han Li asked privately.

"Because someone said you are the most suitable choice." Lin Haitang replied with a smile.

"Legally speaking, those who assert must provide proof. Since you oppose AI's promotion and application, why not experience it yourself, and judge for yourself whether it is good or bad.

Perhaps, we can explore a new legal technology application method that carries both humanistic care and strict logic, who knows?"

Looking at Lin Haitang's sincere face, Han Li remained silent for a long time.

In this moment, it seemed as if something was slowly breaking apart, while something else was slowly growing...

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something.

But the words "thank you" never came out, and the words "I'm sorry" were also stuck in her throat...

...

Watching Han Li silently turn and leave, the back view of Lin Haitang smiled indifferently, unable to resist recalling a recent conversation.

"Not long ago, you were telling me to be cautious of Han Li, and now you want me to help her instead?"

"As Laozi in Taoism said, 'repay grievance with virtue.'"

"But Confucius of the Confucian school also said, 'repay grievance with virtue, what then do you repay virtue with?'"

"Ah! By rights, it should be 'repay grievance with straightforwardness,' but as the Buddhist school says, 'an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind...'"

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