Chapter 4 Ruan Wanning

Ye Qianxi opened her phone and saw that a group message named "Picking up candies all over the ground today" had already reached 99+.

[Receptionist Xiao Li: Breaking news, breaking news! Our General Manager Lin drove Lawyer Fu here this morning!]

[Administrative Officer Yan: Fu Lu is dressed like a college student today. Are the young couple trying out some new romantic interests?]

[Marketing Department Xiaoqin: Could this be the young hunk the female boss has recently been keeping? This is so captivating, I love it.]

[Administrator Mou Yan: Oh my god! They’re holding hands! !]

[Administrator Yan: So sweet! But I think Fu Lu is really nervous. Boss Lin just told us not to laugh.]

[Receptionist Xiao Li: I saw that too, haha.]

…

Secretary Ye: Everyone, please don't wander into the CEO's office later. If there's anything urgent, report it directly to me.

[Receptionist Xiao Li: Holy crap! Is that the reason I was thinking about?]

[Finance Wang Xin: My face turned pale, hehehe.]

Cheng Cheng from the R&D department: I want to eavesdrop. Shashasha.

[Secretary Ye: Manager Cheng, think twice.]

Lin Zhihua in the office was completely unaware of her secretary Ye's behavior of "believing and spreading rumors". She raised her chin at Fu Shengyan who was out of the situation and showed her pass.

The three letters "CEO" in the title column were particularly eye-catching. "Did you see clearly? Call me CEO, please?" Lin Zhihua waved her pass and gave a sly smile. "If you call me CEO, I might consider making you CEO's personal assistant."

Fu Shengyan: “…”

Fu Shengyan was so angry that he kicked his feet and turned around with the chair, facing Lin Zhihua with the back of his dark head.

Lin Zhihua laughed. The 18-year-old lawyer Fu was really thin-skinned. She pinched Fu Shengyan's earlobe and said, "Why are you shy again? You're still occupying the position of the president. How can you be a little assistant like this?"

Fu Shengyan suddenly reached out and hugged the person onto his lap, completely encircling her. He rested his chin on the top of Lin Zhihua's head and said in a muffled voice, "Zhizhi, you are deliberately making fun of me."

"No way?" Lin Zhihua denied it. She patted Fu Shengyan's hand and said, "Let me go first. We still have work to do."

Fu Shengyan reluctantly let go of the person in his arms, feeling a little uncomfortable. "What will I be doing in seven years? I can't really be a full-time househusband..."

Lin Zhihua walked to the window and pointed to the building opposite. "Here, Lawyer Fu, your office is over there."

Fu Shengyan looked in the direction Lin Zhihua pointed, and sure enough, he saw the sign of "Zhihua Law Firm" on the glass curtain wall.

Being a lawyer is also good.

Fu Shengyan touched his chin and imagined himself debating with a group of scholars.

Lin Zhihua was packing up the documents from the meeting when she suddenly remembered the work arrangements Fu Shengyan had mentioned to her last week. "Take a look at the work memo on your phone. Are there any important tasks you need to complete? Your assistant, Xiao Liu, resigned last week. I've asked Yu Yao to stay with you for the time being."

Fu Shengyan opened the memo on his phone, glanced at this week's schedule, and asked her, "Ruan Wanning's case will go to court the day after tomorrow. Is this considered an important matter?"

"What do you think?" Lin Zhihua rolled her eyes. She checked the time and said quickly, "I'll ask Yu Yao to bring your computer over. Take a look at Ruan Wanning's contract and case materials first. I'll discuss the rest after I get back from the meeting."

She sent a message to Yu Yao and took the documents to the top-floor conference room.

Lin Zhihua pushed open the door, and the originally noisy meeting room suddenly became quiet. She stood firmly in front of the main seat, gently pulled out the chair and sat down.

"Secretary Ye, let's begin."

Two hours later, when Lin Zhihua returned to the office after the meeting, she saw Fu Shengyan lying on the sofa playing with his mobile phone bored, while Yu Yao next to him was staring at the computer with sweat on his forehead.

The sound of the door opening attracted Yu Yao's attention. Yu Yao glanced at his boss guiltily and winked at Fu Shengyan frantically.

Fu Shengyan, who was about to engage in a passionate confrontation with his teammates, did not receive Yu Yao's signal until Lin Zhihua called his name.

"Ayan, have you finished reading all of Ruan Wanning's information?"

Seeing Lin Zhihua return, Fu Shengyan quickly sat up straight, cleared his throat, and said, "I've finished looking at it. Ruan Wanning and her family are truly despicable. I'm going to call a few bodyguards to talk some sense into them."

Yu Yao looked at Fu Shengyan with shock, and tremblingly reminded him, "Mr. Fu, intimidating others is illegal!"

Lin Zhihua's forehead twitched. She must be crazy to let Fu Shengyan handle the case.

She took a deep breath and said, "Yu Yao, please contact Ruan Wanning and have her sign an additional employment contract. You will speak during the court debate."

Yu Yao is one of the few people who knows the inside story of Fu Shengyan's amnesia, and he is also very capable at work. Fu Shengyan had already sorted out all the evidence materials before he lost his memory, and he only needed to go up and read them word for word. Lin Zhihua was very confident in letting him go to the court.

Yu Yao was dumbfounded. He stammered, "Um, Mr. Lin, why don't you change someone?"

Lin Zhihua didn't expect him to refuse. She frowned and looked at the resume on the computer. "Doesn't your academic qualifications say you have a Master of Laws from C University? You also got an A certificate three years ago."

Yu Yao was on the verge of tears, fearing his boss would suspect he'd inflated his resume. "Boss Lin, I'm a typical theorist. I'm fine with you letting me take exams and answer questions. I'm timid and stutter when I get nervous. I've never been selected for a debate competition at school. I'm a secretary because I can't be a lawyer!"

Lin Zhihua held her forehead, watching his chubby body trembling, and waved her hand helplessly: "Then you will be responsible for driving for the time being, and help him with socializing."

Yu Yao breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly.

Lin Zhihua didn't want too many people to know about Fu Shengyan's amnesia. If someone with ulterior motives knew about it and started to slander him, it would be a huge blow to Fu Shengyan's career if not handled properly.

She rummaged through the drawer for a long time and pulled out a certificate. "Yu Yao, send me a copy of all the case materials."

At that time, I was thinking of taking the exam with Fu Shengyan. After all, it’s always good to have many skills. I didn’t expect that they would be useful one day.

"Okay, Mr. Lin."

Burying herself in the wide chair, Lin Zhihua rubbed her eyebrows and looked at Fu Shengyan who was lying on the sofa playing games with a headache.

His mind was completely on his phone, and he turned on the microphone to greet his teammates enthusiastically.

"Archer, do you know how to press the basic attack button? Even a pea I plant is stronger than you!"

"The jungler is still farming steps in the jungle, and the top lane is already parading!"

She couldn't help but grind her teeth. After hearing the game end sound, she walked to the bookshelf, pulled out a book and threw it into Fu Shengyan's arms. "If you can't memorize it, don't eat tonight."

Fu Shengyan looked down and saw the dazzling cover of "Lawyers' Professional Ethics and Professionalism". He turned to the last page and looked at the page number: page 168.

Fu Shengyan: ...

The college entrance examination model essays are not that thick, right?

"I'm afraid you'll be distracted, so I'll confiscate your phone first." Lin Zhihua took his phone away coldly.

Fu Shengyan's protest was in vain. Just as he was painfully reading a book, a cell phone rang suddenly. Lin Zhihua glanced at the contact and answered the call for him.

"Lawyer Fu, are you free at noon today? Ruan Xingyun just called me..." Ruan Wanning's voice on the other end was very anxious.

*

In the private room of Yunqiaoxuan, soft warm light shines on the exquisite tableware and delicious food on the dining table, but no one in the room has any intention of eating at this moment.

Lu Yunsheng frowned slightly, his eyes filled with worry and concern. He sighed softly and broke the silence first: "Ningning, if Ruan Xingyun hadn't called me, would you have kept it a secret from me?"

Ruan Wanning lowered her eyes, her fingers unconsciously moving across the tablecloth. "I'm sorry, Brother Lu. I've caused you trouble."

"Is that what I mean?" Lu Yunsheng was almost amused by her. "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing? You had to handle it all by yourself? How could I not help you solve it?"

She bit her lip, her eyes slightly red: "Brother Lu, I don't mean to distrust you. You have helped me a lot over the years. I'm afraid that telling you will make you worry, and there are some things I think I can handle myself."

Lu Yunsheng looked at the girl he had discovered and nurtured step by step. His eyes softened and his voice was gentle yet serious: "Your affairs have never been a problem for me."

Ruan Wanning's heart trembled slightly, and when she heard these words, her tears could no longer stop flowing.

When Ruan Wanning was born, her family was relatively well-off, and she had a relatively warm and happy childhood. Until she was five, her father became addicted to gambling, and the two would often quarrel over trivial matters. Eventually, her mother caught him cheating.

But her mother felt that it was all her fault and took out all her dissatisfaction on her.

"If you were a boy, your dad wouldn't have cheated on you!"

"The doctor clearly told me it was a boy, so how come it turned out to be a girl? None of you Ruan people are good people. You all despise me for not being able to give birth to a boy, right?"

It was only after she cried that Ruan Wanning realized that her mother had miscarried two children.

Soon the mother became pregnant again. After going to several hospitals for examinations, she decided to give birth to the baby.

Fortunately, he is a younger brother.

Her father started to come home and a smile appeared on her mother's face. Ruan Wanning had not yet breathed a sigh of relief, as all kinds of housework and the responsibility of taking care of her younger brother fell on her.

Since when, her mother always keeps saying the words "money-losing goods".

"What's the point of a girl reading so much? She'll be raised by someone else's family when she grows up. Unlike us, Juncai, we are the pillars of the family and will definitely bring honor to our ancestors in the future."

During the day she had to go to school and do odd jobs, and at night she had to do housework and help her younger brother with his homework.

Although Ruan Wanning was at the top of her class, after finishing junior high school, Ruan Xingyun and his wife still insisted on letting their daughter go out to work and earn money.

She was young and formal factories did not want child labor, so she had to work many part-time jobs from dawn to dusk. In the end, all the money she earned was taken away by Ruan Xingyun and his wife.

On the day she came of age, Ruan Wanning stole her household registration booklet, took the 86 yuan salary she received that day, and left the city.

Ruan Wanning inherited almost all the advantages of her parents' facial features. As she grew older, she became more and more distinctive, which also brought her a lot of trouble.

One day when she passed by a bar after get off work, she met a man who was drunk and crazy, and was rescued by Lu Yunsheng who happened to be there for fun.

Lu Yunsheng looked at the girl, who was dressed simply but still beautiful, and asked her with a smile, "Kid, do you want to be a star?"

Her life was never the same again.

It seemed as if all the hardships of the previous eighteen years were for this moment. She successfully signed a contract with an agency. With the help of the gold medal agent Lu Yunsheng, her acting career can be described as smooth sailing. In less than five years, Ruan Wanning has become a top star in the entertainment industry.

Just when Ruan Wanning thought her life would be smooth sailing, fate gave her a wake-up call.

Half a month ago, her father Ruan Xingyun got her private number from somewhere.

"Ningning, I'm your father. I didn't expect my daughter to be so successful and now a household name." The strange and sticky voice coming from the other end of the phone made her feel like she was falling into an ice cellar.

Her hand hung up the phone before her brain did, and she slumped down on the sofa. When she came to her senses, Ruan Wanning realized that the back of her clothes was soaked with cold sweat.

The phone vibrated a few times, and several voice messages came from the number just called. Ruan Wanning clicked on them with trembling fingers.

"Ningning, your mother and I have been very worried about you in the past few years since you left home, but we couldn't find you."

"You can't forget your roots. Your mother and I worked so hard to raise you. Now that you've become successful, of course you have to repay your parents."

"We won't make it difficult for you. Your brother is in college now and needs money in many places. As an older sister, it's only right for you to help him."

Ruan Wanning didn't dare to click on the messages that kept popping up. She transferred 50,000 yuan and blocked the number.

Unexpectedly, the next day, another strange number called, and this time the person on the other end was her mother, Li Suhui.

As soon as she picked up the phone, a familiar voice of scolding came out from the phone: "You money-loser, you're giving away 50,000 yuan to a beggar? And you dare to block us? You are unworthy of the ten months of pregnancy that I carried for you..."

Ruan Wanning listened in silence, her heart sinking.

"What's wrong?" The friend on the other side saw that her expression was not right and asked worriedly.

Ruan Wanning shook her head and hung up the phone. She had known this family's greedy nature for many years, so she asked her friend on the other end if she had any reliable lawyer to recommend.

Yan Jie recommended her high school classmate to her and repeatedly assured her, "Lawyer Fu is amazing. I don't know how many people want his contact information. Fortunately, we have a good relationship. I wouldn't give it to anyone else."

That night, Ruan Wanning dialed that number.