Just when he thought the middle-aged woman would apologize and then restrain her child, her remarks shocked him once again.

"This is a public area in the neighborhood! What's wrong with my grandson playing a little soccer here?"

The middle-aged woman stood with her hands on her hips, glaring angrily at everyone. She was not at all at a disadvantage.

Instead, she raised her voice and began scolding them, "You're all in your twenties and thirties! What's the big deal fussing over a child? How much strength does he even have? Even if he bumped into you while playing soccer in the neighborhood, would you lose a piece of skin or flesh over it? He's just a six-year-old kid! Can't you be a little more tolerant? Weren't you all children once? Who wasn't naughty as a kid? Making such a fuss over something so trivial—aren't you ashamed of yourselves?"

Her tirade nearly made the surrounding onlookers lose their composure.

But her words did leave them unable to offer any rebuttal.

A six-year-old kid playing soccer and bumping into them really wouldn't cause any serious injury. If they insisted on making an issue of it, they really would seem petty.

The group was scolded until their faces turned red, and they trembled with anger.

"Forget it, forget it. Don't bother arguing with this family any longer. This old lady is notorious for being overly protective of her grandson. I've seen this kind of thing several times in the neighborhood."

"Just walk around them in the future. If a child isn't disciplined, he's bound to get into serious trouble later on."

"If we can't afford to provoke them, we can always avoid them. Let's just keep our distance."

"It's so frustrating. When we try to reason with her, she always uses the child as an excuse..."

"..."

The onlookers shook their heads and ultimately chose to disperse.

It was indeed a minor issue; there was no need to escalate it. The only thing that upset them was being suddenly scolded by this old lady, and they couldn't even retort. They couldn't really get serious and hold a grudge against a child, could they?

Qin Mu, mixed in with the crowd enjoying the commotion, also shook his head helplessly. This sort of thing happened in almost every neighborhood. It was inevitable for some conflicts to arise among neighbors. These were truly trivial matters.

The reason children are mischievous is largely due to their parents and elders spoiling them.

In my generation, if a child dared to be so unruly, they'd be taken home, hung up, and beaten. After one such beating, they were guaranteed not to misbehave like that again.

But now, the phenomenon of overindulgence has become much more severe. They coddle their children, holding them in the palms of their hands as if they might melt, hearts aching at every little bump or scrape when they play outside. This is ultimately what leads to more and more spoiled brats.

Ultimately, the children themselves aren't to blame. Children at this age are indeed innocent and naive, still unaware of the ways of the world. The crucial thing is proper guidance from parents. If they have permissive parents, it's inevitable they'll develop such personalities.

Outsiders can't do much about such situations, other than offer a few words of advice. As for whether the parents listen, that's their own business.

「Mountain and Water Garden District.」

Qin Mu returned home.

He went into the kitchen and spent half an hour making dinner. The enticing aroma filled the air. The meal was perfect in color, scent, and taste.

After eating and drinking his fill, he took out his phone and casually browsed Little Station.

Still, no one was pestering him for updates. Instead, the number of people on the Study Law Alliance Forum kept growing. Each section had thousands of new posts daily. The people pestering for updates... had all gathered here.

"Been waiting for half a month now. Has the up taken a vacation recently? Why haven't there been any new videos?"

"I've waited so long the flowers have wilted. Is there a brave soul willing to sacrifice themselves and contribute some material?"

"Pestering for updates these days is too risky. Let's just wait patiently. The uploader might have just finished a lawsuit, who knows."

"Don't rush them! Pestering means a minimum three-year sentence, maximum suspended death sentence!"

"..."

Looking at these netizens' discussion posts, Qin Mu's mouth twitched slightly. This group of netizens had forcibly established a secret base for their "own safety," and they had kept it hidden from him all this time. Only here could he see the "real dynamics" of these netizens. His own video comment sections were filled with perfunctory remarks—people sharing their moods, commenting on the weather, or posting poetry and prose.

It's time to update this video.

After a brief moment of thought, he went to his study, planning to make an update video about Song Yun's case.

With the boost from 2,000 Luck Points, his videos were guaranteed to go viral. It was a good opportunity to use this exposure to explain in detail the crime of illegally hunting and killing precious and endangered wild animals, making more people aware of this offense.

Even now, not many people are aware of this crime. Many people even break the criminal law unwittingly. The only reason they get away with it is that no one reports them. But once reported, the consequences are extremely serious!

Facing the camera, Qin Mu began, "I'm sorry this video has been delayed for so long. It's mainly because something happened to me, your uploader, during this time."

He briefly recounted Song Yun's parrot case. He emphasized the regulations for protecting endangered wildlife and highlighted which commonly encountered animals fall under these protections. Besides the South China Tiger, giant pandas, and golden monkeys, animals like the crested ibis, leopard cat, and musk deer are also endangered wildlife.

And wild animals in the mountains are mostly designated as national second-class protected animals. For example, wild pheasants and wild boars are also off-limits for hunting. Hunting them can lead to a sentence of up to three years in prison.

The crime of illegally hunting and killing precious and endangered wild animals applies to both national first-class and second-class protected animals. Killing them constitutes a crime.

Furthermore, for other protected species like frogs and toads—those classified as ecologically, scientifically, or socially valuable—killing more than twenty individuals is required to constitute a criminal offense.

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