Zhou Yanci's expression changed slightly, then returned to calm in an instant. He raised his hand and pinched her cheek.

“Fool, of course I can help you, but you know I’ve already hired many lawyers to help your brother get a reduced sentence. Hiring more lawyers might not necessarily lead to a good outcome. You need to be prepared.”

Shang Wu lowered her eyes, concealing the emotions in them: "It's okay, just do your best."

Zhou Yanci breathed a slight sigh of relief, and the wariness in her heart instantly disappeared.

He said that the reason Shang Wu suddenly went to prison was because of a dream, something she did on a whim.

Zhou Yanci didn't pay attention. When Xiao Dong arrived, he signed a profit-sharing agreement with Shang Wu.

Having secured the benefits, Shang Wu put away her angry demeanor and chatted and laughed with Zhou Yanci.

Until a notification popped up on the computer screen, indicating a new email had arrived.

Shang Wu clicked on it casually.

It was sent by someone named L·R.

Have you made up your mind?

Shang Wu curled her lips.

Before she could even call Lu Rang, he came to find her first.

Shang Wu held the business card and added Lu Rang as a friend using his phone number.

She pressed the voice button, her tone solemn yet gentle: "I will transfer the money to you tomorrow, Attorney Lu. I am formally retaining you to investigate my brother's case. I look forward to your positive results. It would be a pleasure to work with you."

Lu Rang replied with an OK emoji after a few minutes.

"Would it kill this person to say one more word?"

Shang Wu muttered a complaint under her breath, picked up her coffee cup and went outside, only to bump into Ji Yu entering the president's private elevator.

Zhou Yanci is looking for Ji Yu?

It would be a huge waste not to go up and eavesdrop at this moment.

Shang Wu casually handed the coffee cup to A Ying: "Take this to my office."

As she went upstairs, the closer she got to the CEO's office, the clearer her voice became.

"Why did you give her your share of the profits? And 20% at that! I'm a pillar of the jewelry department too, why didn't you give me 10%?"

Zhou Yan said in a low voice, "Don't make a scene. I just wanted to appease her and get her to work harder for the jewelry department. Besides, do you think it's easy to fool her after she caught me spending the night with Shen Mian?"

Ji Yu took a deep breath and paced back and forth in front of her desk, feeling unwilling to accept the situation.

She turned around and pressed down on the corner of the table: "After you kick Shang Wu out of the company, can I have these two-thirds of the profits?"

Zhou Yanci's eyes darkened. He leaned back in his leather chair and said casually, "You have quite the appetite. If I give you 20%, can you guarantee to maintain the revenue generated by Shangwu?"

"Sure! I told you, I can design those works of Shang Wu's too, I'm just too lazy to use my brain." Ji Yu curled her lip in disdain.

Zhou Yanci put the pen on the table: "Let's not talk about that now. Shang Wu went to visit me in prison today and suddenly asked me to hire a lawyer to investigate Shang Yunshen's case to try to get a reduced sentence. You need to find a way to reconcile with Shang Wu as soon as possible, keep a close eye on her, and try to get as much information as possible from her. None of us can afford to offend her again recently, understand?"

His tone carried a clear hint of apprehension.

Ji Yu said impatiently, "Reduce her sentence? Her brother has been in prison for three years already, why isn't he giving up! Why don't we just kill Shang Yunshen? This is such a hassle!"

Shang Wu's eyes were icy cold, and she clenched her fists tightly to steady herself.

"Alright, let the lawyers who helped Shang Yunshen get his sentence reduced over the years go a few more times, just to make a show of it..."

Zhou Yanci's voice grew softer and softer, but she did not do as Ji Yu wanted.

Shang Wu let out a silent breath.

Ji Yu's vicious words, treating her brother's life like trash, still seemed to echo in her ears.

I still remember that year in my senior year of high school, under the sycamore tree.

Her brother helped her climb over the wall and then covered for her as she stole a bottle of red wine worth hundreds of thousands of yuan from their father, just so she could use it to celebrate Ji Yu's eighteenth birthday.

I also remember when Ji Yu came to our house to play, her brother would always thoughtfully make room for the two little girls to play to their hearts' content, while he would take his books to the back garden to feed the mosquitoes, and he would also give them pocket money to play with.

I also remember when Ji Yu was having menstrual cramps, it was raining heavily. Her brother came to pick them up and carried Ji Yu on his back, walking five miles through puddles, until he caught a bad cold.

Her friend, her brother, always treated her like a younger sister.

He never mistreated Ji Yu in the slightest.

Not content with setting up a scheme to harm merchants, Ji Yu and Zhou Yanci also wanted to bury their brother completely in prison.

Shang Wu felt ice-cold all over and trembled.

She returned to her workstation, found Ji Yu's unused cloud storage account, logged in, and downloaded and saved the photos.

The next second, Shang Wu's eyes hardened, and she pressed the send button without hesitation.

She wouldn't allow anyone to hurt her brother again.

"Ji Yu, get ready for the gift I have for you."