Too Bad I Take Things Seriously

"What... what did you say?"

Qin Mu, who was drinking tea, almost spat it out, turning his head to look at a girl next to him who seemed just over twenty.

His face was full of black lines.

Good heavens.

Calling him Grandpa Qin was bad enough, even giving a gigantic bonus to it.

Yet she also tried to encourage him to be strong and not succumb to the disease.

What the hell with the cancer!

Only until this moment.

He finally understood why these girls had such strange looks in their eyes.

The problem was right here, wasn’t it?

No need to ask.

This was definitely Zhang Qingyuan, Li Weiguo, and others stirring things up, even spreading rumors everywhere that he had cancer.

Making everyone know about it.

At this moment.

The restaurant owner seemed to recognize him and even proactively came to their table.

A few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

He seemed to be taking a huge risk.

Cautiously said, "Um... Mr. Qin, today’s meal is on me. Our restaurant absolutely doesn’t have any sky-high priced menu slaughtering customers, the kitchen hygiene, and ingredient procurement all meet the health bureau’s inspection standards..."

This middle-aged owner stood beside Qin Mu.

To prove his innocence, he even took out business licenses, food qualification certificates, and health certificates.

In reality.

He recognized Qin Mu right after Qin Mu entered the shop.

Almost scared his heart out.

But precisely...

He didn’t dare to drive away Qin Mu, this plague god, and could only cautiously observe from behind.

To be safe.

He didn’t dare wait for Qin Mu to make a fuss and stood out first to prove his innocence.

It gave off a strong feeling of a quibble that convinces no one.

But...

Qin Mu’s "reputation" in Jin City was really too big, he was already scared out of his wits.

Just hoping to send Qin Mu away as soon as possible.

"I’m not here for a free meal, charge what you should."

Qin Mu glanced at this owner and said with a stern face.

Eating makes your mouth soft, taking makes your hands short.

He didn’t like owing others.

Moreover...

This meal today was at Old Zhang’s invitation, he didn’t have to spend a penny at all.

"Don’t be like that, the owner means well..."

Zhang Qingyuan at another table saw the situation and quickly came over.

Puffing up his beard and glaring.

Even though he was hosting, Qin Mu was just too ungracious.

The owner already said it was free.

He actually directly refused.

Yet...

Before he could finish, he was met with a fierce glare from Qin Mu.

Knowing he was in the wrong, he could only shrink his neck and return to his place.

To coax their granddaughters into coming to help...

They indeed concocted various versions of the story, all attributed to Qin Mu.

In short.

To be as miserable as possible.

...

Two hours later.

Qin Mu finally ended this mealtime, which felt like sitting on pins and needles.

Saying goodbye to Old Zhang and more than twenty other granddaughters.

Before leaving.

Old Zhang and the others’ granddaughters...

All looked at him with great sympathy, took out their phones, and added him on WeChat.

Even said...

If he had any concerns, he was welcome to chat with them anytime.

No matter how he explained...

Old Zhang and the others’ granddaughters never believed it, thinking he was in denial, and urged him to let his guard down, accept reality, and face it with optimism.

"Looks like... I need to explain to Old Zhang and the others tomorrow."

Qin Mu chuckled wryly, shaking his head.

If he doesn’t clarify soon...

Old Zhang and the others, out of concern for him, might do something unimaginable.

However.

After returning home, washing up.

Just as he was about to play some games, he suddenly received a message from Qing Lan.

"Up, I heard you have a terminal illness?"

Qin Mu was taken aback, his face instantly darkened.

He typed and asked, "Where did you hear that?"

The good mood that he had just settled...

Was almost disrupted again by this sentence.

This matter...

How did it spread to Qing Lan?

"It’s going viral online now, I heard from some streaming friends, saying you have a terminal illness, not long for this world..."

Qing Lan quickly replied, "This isn’t true, right?"

These things...

She saw in the streamers’ group chat when she was bored today.

The streamers spoke so vividly and in detail.

She was also unsure.

So she actively sought Qin Mu to ask about the situation.

If he truly had a terminal illness, it would be a huge loss to the legal world!

Heaven is jealous of talents!

"No such thing."

Qin Mu replied with a darkened face.

Then pulled out his phone.

Logged into the Study Law Alliance Forum, and witnessed a scene that made him almost stop breathing.

Only to see...

Hundreds of posts surged in the entire forum.

Everyone’s asking about the truth of his terminal illness.

"Have you heard? The news from Jin City says that up has a terminal illness, and he doesn’t have long to live!"

"What do you mean not long to live? That’s definitely a rumor. The news I heard was that the hospital just issued a critical condition notice, and he’s being rescued in surgery!"

"Really? Why are people on my side saying up is already lying in the morgue, about to be sent to the funeral home?"

"Hiss!! Could it be true? The news from Jin City has gone crazy, a lot of people are saying up just had his last supper outside today and ordered more than twenty girls at once!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of up, way too flashy."

"..."

Seeing the content of these posts.

Qin Mu swallowed and quietly picked up the moderator privileges.

He locked all these posts discussing his "terminal illness," "cause of death," and "death circumstances."

If he let them continue discussing...

he’d be on the Bridge of Helplessness, reincarnated.

He was in the middle of deleting posts.

Ma Ming suddenly sent him a private message: "up, you’re not really terminally ill, are you?"

It was identical to Qing Lan’s message.

He could only explain it to Ma Ming with a grim face.

Then...

he asked Ma Ming to use the site admin privileges to post a pin-top message on the entire forum.

To clarify the rumors.

Actually.

After this incident, he understood something even more.

Rumors fly everywhere.

But clarifying them is a long and exhausting process.

The thing about his terminal illness...

one turns into ten, ten into a hundred.

In an instant, everyone knew.

Besides.

In the online world, spreading false news of someone’s death doesn’t actually constitute a crime.

Because...

spreading false news about someone’s death mainly violates personal rights.

But it doesn’t cause any substantial economic loss or serious consequences.

It’s considered a civil infringement.

Therefore.

As a victim, at most, he can ask the rumor mongers for an apology.

There’s not even a punishment of detention.

Moreover.

As it stands, those spreading rumors are his fans.

The number is just too large.

At least in the millions.

His financial resources are limited, he simply can’t file lawsuits against all of them.

Even if he sues and wins, at most he’d only get an apology.

He can be serious, but he’s not that stubborn.

This isn’t called being serious.

This is called being crazy.

"It’s probably... the fault of tonight’s dinner."

After clarifying the rumors.

Qin Mu put down his phone and sighed deeply.

The news about him not having long to live...

either Old Zhang and the others’ granddaughters spread it.

Or it was the restaurant owner who spread it.

No matter what.

Old Zhang and the others can’t escape involvement in this.

...

The next day.

Jin City Nursing Home.

Qin Mu arrived at the home.

He hadn’t had time to find trouble with Zhang Qingyuan and the others, when he was blocked by everyone at the office door.

"Xiao Qin, how are you? You should be feeling better after yesterday?"

Zhang Qingyuan, Li Weiguo, Song Tiancheng, and the others looked at him with concern, their faces full of worry.

Feeling everyone’s concern.

Qin Mu gave a wry smile and couldn’t bring himself to trouble them anymore.

They...

had good intentions to start with.

Just did the wrong thing for good reasons.

"Actually, I’m fine, stop guessing randomly, the reason I’ve been holed up in the office..."

Afterward.

He told the elders about his upcoming participation in the National Lawyers Industry Exchange Conference.

In this exchange conference.

The nation’s experts are hidden dragons and crouching tigers; he must quickly familiarize himself with every aspect of the law.

Find ways to become stronger.

To have a chance to take the first place this time.

"So... that’s it?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard it.

Then burst out in cheers of excitement and enthusiasm.

"Does this exchange conference have a mock trial session? Does that mean there’s another case to watch?"

"Can we attend? Where is it being held? Can we watch the livestream?"

"What is the mock trial case like? Are they all made up? Are they as exciting as real ones?"

"Xiao Qin, I’ll sponsor your travel expenses this time!"

"..."

Hearing there’s a new case again.

Everyone couldn’t sit still anymore and dragged Qin Mu to ask him all kinds of questions.

Inquiring about this lawyer conference’s process.

Like old children.

Qin Mu could only explain again: "The mock trial site consists of top lawyers from all over the country, no spectators are allowed, but there should be a livestream."

He had thoroughly understood the past mock trials.

When the time comes.

Senior and experienced lawyers will act as judges to preside over the trials.

The parties will draw lots to decide the plaintiff’s and defendant’s sides.

They’ll conduct a defense on the case.

The entire process is livestreamed to ensure openness and transparency.