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An Indian summer in the Pyrenees: a family hiking project A summer-like autumn What a gift from heaven this Indian summer! Despite the golden colors of autumn, we enjoy generous sunshine and abnormally high temperatures for the season. Of course, this should probably worry us because of climate change; even though we know there's not much we can do about it., but it's hard not to appreciate these bright days, Invitation to escape to the Pyrenees The hiking trails of our Pyrenees currently offer a palette of colors that few painters could match. A three-day weekend is offered to me, an ideal opportunity to discover these exceptional landscapes. When I mention my desire to go for a walk home, my parents, Marianne and Alain, immediately suggest that I take my younger sister, Liliane, with me. My mother adds that it would be good for her to get away from her screens a little. Organization of the itinerary I consulted my maps and defined a route on GR 10. Not wanting to carry all the

（1）In contemporary Mainland China, a curious social conflict has emerged around the legal services sector—one that reads like a modern allegory for labor markets, elite control, and the anxiety provoked by surplus or substitute labor. For decades, law firms—especially the top-tier “head” firms—have functioned as near-absolute alliances. They control the lion’s share of wealth, cases, and institutional power, and their lawyers operate within a cooperative network that preserves this status quo. But over the last ten to fifteen years, a new type of actor has appeared: legal consultancy companies, ranging from well-known commercial dispute platforms like Dingsong to small-scale, informal operations. From the perspective of lawyers entrenched in traditional structures, these consultancies represent a direct threat. Even though legal regulations explicitly prohibit such companies from taking on litigation or arbitration cases—reserved legally for licensed lawyers—the perception of