What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Although it does not belong to one of the four criminal offenses classified under "no prosecution without complaint," it does fall within the second category of private prosecution cases, that is, minor criminal cases with evidence provided by the victim. However, Old Tang kept silent, and naturally, she didn't feel it was her place to say anything. At that moment, Old Tang spoke up, "I guess you've already reported this to the police, but no one took it seriously, right?" On hearing this, Li Wei nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, Lawyer Tang, I really did report it to the police before, but those... those officers just ignored me." It felt so unfair thinking about it, as this was clearly bigamy, and Li Wei had also checked the criminal law herself and felt it matched perfectly with the statutes. Old Tang chuckled and said, "If you report it like that, of course, no one will take it seriously. The crime of bigamy is very special. Normally, you'd have to file a private prosecution." Ah? This time it was Li Wei's turn to be dumbfounded. None of this had been mentioned by the person she consulted with online before. "Of course, I'm not saying that reporting it won't work, but this kind of case, public security rarely deals with it." Indeed, they rarely dealt with it. Honest officials have difficulty settling domestic issues. Not to mention bigamy, even deliberate harm within the family was mostly classified as domestic violence, and it was rare to file a case directly under the relevant criminal charges. If you went to file a complaint, they could easily dismiss you with a single sentence, advising you to file a private prosecution at the court. Meanwhile, Li Wei immediately thought of the fact that Lawyer Tang was most famous online for his private prosecutions, supposedly having filed more cases on his own than in the past several years combined... "Lawyer Tang, can... can you help? I mean, will you take on my private prosecution case?" Li Wei asked with a hopeful expression. Upon hearing this, Old Tang responded, "I'm not saying I can't take the case. The problem here is your lack of sufficient evidence. To prove bigamy, just pregnancy alone is not enough." Honestly speaking, it was definitely not enough. There was a case in the past where four children were not biologically related, and still, bigamy could not be proven, let alone this case. "But... but I don't have any other evidence, Lawyer Tang. I was thinking of asking my neighbors to testify, but they are unwilling to help. What do you suggest I do?" Old Tang glanced at Yan Xueling and said, "Xiao Yan, what do you think should be done about this?" Ah? Xiao Yan, who had been happily watching the drama unfold, suddenly became confused: "I, I think... we could collect evidence ourselves?" Before she had even finished speaking, she saw Old Tang giving her a look reserved for underperforming students. Xiao Yan's heart sank. "After several years at Tengda, how come you haven't improved? I've taught you more than once that our investigative powers as lawyers are very limited, understand? Investigating evidence ourselves can easily land us in trouble if we're not careful." As for the potential charges, they would be a criminal defense lawyer's nightmare: "destruction of evidence by the defender, falsification of evidence, and witness tampering." Merely inducing a witness to change their testimony could lead to criminal charges. "So, anything that can be left to public security... ahem, that can be handled by public security, we should not get involved in. Haven't you learned that yet?" Li Wei looked puzzled. I thought I was here for a consultation, but why does this feel like a live teaching session? After scolding Xiao Yan, Old Tang then turned to Li Wei and said, "Miss Li, for your case, you still need to approach the public security authorities. As investigative bodies, they have the power to probe criminal cases." "But when I reported the case, they didn't do anything about it," she said. Old Tang replied enigmatically, "I didn't say you should go there to report the case." If you're not reporting a case, yet you still want the public security to handle it, what else can be done? Now, even Xiao Yan by the side was particularly curious. "Of course, you go to public security and turn yourself in!" Old Tang continued. What? Li Wei and Xiao Yan were both stunned. Turn oneself in? Old Tang said it matter-of-factly: "That's right, turn yourself in. Look, you are also a suspect of bigamy in this case, because you knew the other party was already married, didn't you?" "Since you're a suspect too, you can certainly turn yourself in." "When you report a case, public security can ignore it, but turning yourself in is different." This was an unconventional application of the law. Think about it; when you go to file a complaint, public security can dismiss it by saying it's none of their concern or claim it's a civil dispute and outright refuse to take on the case without even issuing a non-prosecution decision. But if you turn yourself in, they have to deal with it! Otherwise, forget about media scrutiny, just take your materials directly to the inspection department and say you went to confess, but public security didn't care. Imagine what that implies. Alright, as long as they start looking into it, the problem is solved. As soon as public security takes action, they can resolve it in minutes. After listening to Tang Fangjing speak at length, Li Wei was almost dazed, and it took her a long time to say, "But, but Lawyer Tang, won't I be arrested too?" Old Tang waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking. If you turn yourself in, indeed there will be an interrogation, but as a pregnant woman, the interrogation will certainly not be harsh." "Moreover, pretrial release can be arranged rather quickly." It was a certainty—a bigamy charge, with a pregnant woman, pretrial release could happen the same day. "You also have the mitigating circumstance of self-reporting, which is considered meritorious. Bigamy itself is a minor criminal offense, and with your meritorious conduct added to the fact you're pregnant, I can guarantee the prosecutor's office will likely opt for a relative non-prosecution." "So it's as though nothing happened to you, but that man will definitely go to prison. Isn't that a solution?" Li Wei was stunned. She was truly experiencing what a top-notch attorney was like; just by changing one word, the outcome was completely different. Xiao Yan looked at Old Tang with stars in her eyes, admiring his tactic. All she could say was "awesome." "Alright, Cheng Hui, let's settle the consultation fee at thirty thousand. I'm not asking for too much." Old Tang picked up his tea and took a sip. This was paid legal consultation, and charging for it was perfectly reasonable. It was somewhat disappointing, not as exciting as he had hoped. The warm-up effect could only be described as mediocre at best; he was hoping that the upcoming case at the Women's Federation would be more stimulating. Li Wei finally snapped back to reality and nodded eagerly, "Thank you, thank you, Lawyer Tang."