Xu Wan had brought an umbrella and immediately opened it.

The clients of senior lawyers at law firms are usually prominent figures, and they usually have their assistants fetch their belongings.

Xu Wan thought someone would come to pick up the things soon, so she didn't look for shelter from the rain and just waited with her umbrella.

Summer rains are heavy and torrential.

The raindrops had just started falling, but within minutes they suddenly turned into a downpour, pattering against the umbrella and making the fabric tremble.

Xu Wan looked up and glanced around. There wasn't a single person there, let alone anyone who seemed to be there to take something!

Xu Wan held the umbrella between her neck and fingers, then took out her phone to call He Wenqian.

He Wenqian immediately said, "I'll urge them again for you."

Ten minutes later, Xu Wan called again to ask.

He Wenqian added, "You're new to the workforce, so you don't know. Bosses are all very busy, and we can only accommodate their schedules. I just urged them, so it's not appropriate to urge them again now. Please wait a bit."

Before Xu Wan could speak, He Wenqian hung up the phone.

Xu Wan vaguely suspected that He Wenqian was playing a trick on her, but if that were the case, it would be too precise.

Her staying to work overtime was a coincidence; what if she had already left?

After thinking it over, Xu Wan concluded that this was probably He Wenqian's style of doing things—not caring about the lives of interns.

As the rain intensified, water quickly accumulated on the ground.

Xu Wan had just found a slightly higher platform to stand on when her phone rang.

She thought it was He Wenqian calling, but when she took out her phone, she found it was Jiang Tingzhou calling.

"I saw that your law firm was locked. Are you not at the law firm?"

Once the call connected, Jiang Tingzhou got straight to the point.

Xu Wan had planned to work overtime today and hadn't asked Jiang Tingzhou to pick her up. She was thinking of going home after delivering the documents, but she didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

"I'm delivering a document for Attorney He. The client hasn't arrived yet, so I'll wait a bit. Once I hand it over to the client, I'll head back," Xu Wan said, worried that Jiang Tingzhou might be concerned. "They said they'll be there soon, so I'll be back in no time."

"Where are you? It's raining now and it's hard to get a taxi, so I'll come pick you up," Jiang Tingzhou said.

Xu Wan also knew that it was difficult to hail a taxi in the northern part of the city on rainy days.

Especially in CBDs like this, white-collar workers have plenty of money, and there are many people taking taxis.

Xu Wan had just lied; she didn't know when the client would arrive. She couldn't very well wait for Jiang Tingzhou to come and drag him along to wait with her.

Jiang Tingzhou said, "If you don't tell me, then I'll just have to find someone randomly."

Xu Wan couldn't resist the man's insistence, so she had to tell him her current address, "Don't worry, the client might be stuck in traffic and doesn't know when they'll arrive."

Jiang Tingzhou said with concern, "Okay, be careful to avoid the rain and don't catch a cold."

A few minutes after the phone call ended, the wind picked up and the rain intensified.

The transparent umbrella in Xu Wan's hand swayed like a leaf in the wind, as if it would collapse at any moment.

By this time, her suit was completely soaked, and even her shirt underneath was a little wet.

Xu Wan waited for ten minutes but no one came to collect the documents, so she called He Wenqian again.

This time, He Wenqian simply didn't answer the phone, but called back ten minutes later.

"Let's wait a little longer. They said they have a meeting, and the assistant who came to pick up the item is taking meeting minutes. He'll come down to get it soon after the meeting ends."

He Wenqian hung up the phone without giving Xu Wan a chance to refute him.

"Garbage! Garbage!"

Just as Xu Wan was stomping her foot in anger, a Passat stopped in front of her.

Jiang Tingzhou opened the passenger door and said to her, "Get in."

"I……"

"Get in the car and wait."

Jiang Tingzhou thought Xu Wan was afraid he would take her away.

To everyone's surprise, the woman tugged at her skirt, which was clinging to her legs, and whispered, "My clothes are all wet. If I sit on your car, it'll get dirty. After I deliver the things, I'll find a plastic bag to put on my seat..."

Jiang Tingzhou paused for a moment, then opened the door and got out of the car, standing next to Xu Wan: "Okay, I'll wait with you."

The man had no umbrella, and the heavy rain instantly soaked his suit.