Chapter 64 [64] It’s me, Shen Yu.

Yu Fangfang changed the tape in her Walkman: "Why are you talking about her?"

Tang Yuanyuan: "Didn't you take two Walkmans? Did you buy the other one for her?"

Yu Fangfang: "Yes, it's convenient to listen to music on a Walkman, and she likes listening to music too."

Tang Yuanyuan: "How is her study? Does she like to play too?"

Yu Fangfang shook her head. "She's different from me. She's a very well-behaved child. Although she's not at the top of her class like you, she can still finish her homework well. She does whatever the adults say, just like a little white rabbit."

"Next time, please bring me some new tapes. It's best if they have Little Tigers tapes, and some of the stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan. This crappy place called Jade City is too small to even get Little Tigers tapes."

Tang Yuanyuan: "Let me pick one."

Of course, Tang Yuanyuan didn't mention Chu Bing casually. Chu Bing was still in the second grade of junior high school and had no connection with Tang An.

Just now, if she saw correctly, the snow boots on Tang An's feet were the latest style.

Where does he get the money to buy snow boots?

Yu Fangfang disliked her so much that it was impossible for her to buy anything. His snow boots were the best style, costing fifty yuan a pair, and were the style sold in department stores.

We need to pay attention to Tang An's movements. It would be appropriate to ask Li Mu for help in this matter.

"...If he bought it himself, the wholesale market is cheaper, and the shoes in your store are more affordable. Why did he buy them from the department store? It doesn't seem like he would have done it himself."

"I heard that he's been selling fireworks outside this winter vacation. Several classmates have seen him. I guess he can make dozens of dollars."

"Tang An is in this situation now. A few dozen bucks is incredibly valuable to him. He wouldn't spend on frivolous things, only on the most important things. He definitely didn't buy these shoes himself. I'm not very familiar with boys. Can you help me keep an eye on them?"

"Leave it to me."

Tang Yuanyuan also observed Tang An's life and found that his life was no different from before. He still ate steamed buns and drank soup more often, occasionally bought himself a plate of meat, and still had to fetch water at night to earn a living.

But now fewer people come to him to fetch water, and his business is not very good. In the past, people did it to humiliate him, but now, Yu Fangfang has completely broken up with him, and the boy seems to realize that there is no need to give him money.

What's more, boys are better at spending money than girls. If they have money, they would rather play slot machines. After a few days, no one wanted to buy water from him anymore.

Before lunch and evening self-study, Tang An set up a stall in front of the school gate to sell apples.

Just like his popularity, business is poor and he can only make a limited amount of money in a day.

After school on Friday, Tang Yuanyuan ran to the printing factory and ordered some celebrity posters. On Sunday, she packed them into a sack and walked into the dormitory.

"Are there any members of the Little Tigers?"

Li Jing was excited.

Tang Yuanyuan spent New Year's Eve on the train. Later, he had no time to watch the rebroadcast of the Spring Festival Gala and had no idea that the Little Tigers were recording the Spring Festival Gala.

"...Let me muster up all my courage to wish you a Happy New Year..."

As soon as Li Jing said it, she found that everyone could sing this song.

"I like the Little Tigers."

"I like it too."

“It would be nice if I could buy their tapes.”

Looking at everyone's obsessed expressions, Tang Yuanyuan seemed to be lost in thought. It seemed that Yu Fangfang had also asked her to bring the Little Tigers tape. "Do you all like it?"

"yes!"

More than a dozen people in the dormitory said in unison.

Tang Yuanyuan vaguely realized the power of Spring Festival Gala stars, and her lipstick was made famous by Yang Yuying.

At the printing factory, it seems that they can print it out with just a piece of negative film.

Fantzhu has a wide network of contacts, I wonder if he has any resources in this area.

After Tang Yuanyuan had dinner, she rode her bike to the store and tried to call Assistant Fan.

In Shanghai, Assistant Fan was recording a business contract according to Shen Yu's instructions. Suddenly, the mobile phone he placed on the table rang.

The mobile phone could not store the number, so Shen Yu had to stop and answer the call.

"Hello, Assistant Fan, I'm Tang Yuanyuan."

Assistant Fan was surprised. He glanced at Shen Yu and saw him nod, indicating that he should answer the phone. "Hello, Miss Tang."

"I'm wondering if you know anyone who makes film stock for celebrity posters? I'd like to get some Little Tigers stock."

Poster film?

Such a small business?

Assistant Fan was about to say no when Shen Yu placed a piece of paper in front of him with a question mark on it.

Assistant Fan: "What do you want this for?"

Tang Yuanyuan's voice was clear and bone-deep across the phone line: "This group is quite popular. Everyone likes the songs they sang on the Spring Festival Gala. I want to print some of their postcards so that my classmates can earn some living expenses and live a little easier."

"Promise her."

Assistant Fan heard Shen Yu's voice and repeated it: "Okay, I'll get it and send it to you."

Tang Yuanyuan knew that the printing factory bought its film in higher-level cities. "How much is it? Give me your account number and I'll transfer it to you."

Assistant Fan looked at Shen Yu again and saw him shake his head, and immediately understood.

"I have a friend who works in a printing factory. It's free. Just let me know. Just give me your address and I'll send you a registered letter."

Tang Yuanyuan is not stupid. Even if he doesn't want money, he still needs favors. If someone gives you the film and you don't give them some benefits, won't you make them lose their friends?

"You tell me your account number first. You tell me first, then I'll tell you."

Assistant Fan looked at Shen Yu again, and seeing him nod, he had no choice but to report his personal account number, and then Tang Yuanyuan reported his registered mail address.

Assistant Fan: "I don't have any friends in the printing industry? Do you know anyone in this field?"

Shen Yu waved his hand, signaling Special Assistant Fan to stand up. He then sat down at the computer to type in a document, saying, "Go find our CEO Chen. We've contracted all our advertising to him. He can handle this."

Assistant Fan: "This contract?"

Shen Yu: "You go ahead, I'll do it myself."

Assistant Fan: "I guess Miss Tang will transfer the money. So what about this money?"

Shen Yu gave him an idiot look, and Assistant Fan immediately understood that he was really stupid to ask such an idiotic question.

"Mr. Shen, why are you so concerned about Miss Tang's affairs? Are you impressed by her talent? Should we establish a good relationship first?"

Shen Yu's slender fingers tapped on the keyboard, the light from the computer screen reflected on his clear glasses: "Good people, good deeds."

Four or five days later, Tang Yuanyuan received a registered letter from Shanghai.

There are about 20 films, half of which are of the Little Tigers, and the other films are of big stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan, including stills of stars from popular dramas such as "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Sand Sculpture Heroes".

Once these films fall into the hands of the printing factory, we have no control over their printing volume. Moreover, this thing is just like the master tape of a magnetic tape, and it is certain that a large amount of goods can be printed continuously.

But she didn't know the exact value of these films, so she took them to a printing factory to sell, and the other party offered two thousand yuan at the outset.

Tang Yuanyuan: "Six thousand."

Anyway, just raise the price as much as possible. If you ask for too low, they won't show any happiness, but if you ask for too high, they won't be able to suppress their anger.

"A piece of film costs 200 yuan at most. Little girl, do you understand the market? 300 yuan for one piece, that's an exorbitant price."

Tang Yuanyuan was not in a hurry. She had the film in her hands and they wanted to do this business more than she did.

"Then I'll go to the city printing factory and see, they should want some too."

The owner of the printing factory quickly blocked Tang Yuanyuan's way and said, "Girl, this isn't the way to do business. Five thousand is the most you can get."

Tang Yuanyuan felt that he had made the right bet and six thousand yuan was no problem.

"I want six thousand. Also, I'll buy the posters you've printed for ten cents each. I want two thousand, and I need them within two days."

If she sells it for three cents, she can keep one cent for herself and her classmate can keep one cent.

The master endured the pain and said, "OK!"

Tang Yuanyuan received 6,000 yuan, transferred 4,000 yuan to Assistant Fan's account, and kept only 2,000 yuan for herself.

After picking up the goods, just hand them over to Qian Tingting. Qian Tingting can get 50 cents for each ticket, and each retailer can also get 50 cents.

This time, Li Jing and Huang were both tempted. After all, the more pocket money the better. Then, the whole dormitory joined in selling posters.

The big boss Tang Yuanyuan doesn't have to worry about anything and just concentrates on doing his homework.

Tang An turned his head and saw someone on his left selling posters for Tang Yuanyuan, and someone on his right. He was so angry that he closed the apple stall and went back to the dormitory. As a result, the smartest Yue Na was selling Feng Chengcheng's posters under the basket in the boys' dormitory. The male classmates surrounded her in three layers on the left and three layers on the right.

In the dormitory, several boys were discussing how to find Tang Yuanyuan: "The girls in our class have all sold Tang Yuanyuan's posters. We can get 50 cents per poster, so we can easily make 10 yuan a day."

"Qian Tingting, you know, she has no home. She works for Tang Yuanyuan, not only does she earn enough money for her tuition, but now she eats better than me."

"Why can't any of us boys help us make money? I heard that Tang Yuanyuan has helped them make money several times, and the total amount is close to one hundred. The girls in Tang Yuanyuan's dormitory are all wealthy women."

"We're siblings. Tell me, Tang Yuanyuan is so well-connected, but why is Tang An so dumb? He can't even sell apples properly, and he thinks he can make only eighty yuan a day."

Tang An's face turned even darker. Tang Yuanyuan must have done it on purpose.

She just wanted her classmates to make money on purpose to disgust herself.

He couldn't stay in the dormitory anymore. The whole school was so big, but he couldn't find a place to stay. He was so angry that he went outside to blow the cold wind.

In March, Lawyer Wang brought good news. Her mother's case would go to trial at the end of the month. He said that the main culprit in this case was very likely to be sentenced to death.

Tang Yuanyuan was still uneasy and couldn't sleep all night. She was trapped in fear and prayed that Wu Chuang would be sentenced to death.

Within two days, there were dark circles under her eyes, and she looked like a wilted tree, and she looked listless all day long.

Yu Fangfang: "Tang Yuanyuan, how did you get yourself into this state? Are you going to be a bad student too?"

Tang Yuanyuan munched on a piece of chicken thigh bread and said, "My mom's case is about to go to court, and I can't sleep."

Yu Fangfang gave her an earphone: "Listen to music and relax. You've already found the best lawyer, right? It's okay."

Tang Yuanyuan couldn't relax. She couldn't concentrate on music or classes, and she even had no appetite. She just hoped that the days would pass faster and faster.

But why do the days feel so long? There are only two weeks left, so why do 15 days feel so long?

She was so distracted that she didn't even notice the cup was full when she was pouring water. The hot water had already overflowed. It was only when Qian Tingting reminded her that she realized the water was full. She hurriedly put down the kettle and reached for the glass with her bare hands. The hot water scalded her fingertips, but fortunately the area was small and she was fine after rinsing it under the faucet for a few minutes.

Qian Tingting had already helped her clean up the table: "Don't worry about me. The murderer is so evil, he will definitely be sentenced to death."

Li Jing and everyone in the dormitory came up to show their concern, but at this time Tang Yuanyuan was unwilling to talk and had no energy to do so, so she went to the playground to get some cool breeze.

Li Mu: "Don't worry, the lawyer said he'll be sentenced to death. It's definitely okay. I'll do a somersault for you to see."

Li Mu's translation was quite funny, but Tang Yuanyuan was not in the mood to watch it. She couldn't calm herself down.

She always had nightmares at night. The days passed one by one. The closer the trial was, the more nervous and afraid she became. Her spirits became worse and she fell into a vicious cycle. On weekends, she would fall asleep on the sofa while reading a book at home, and wake up from a nightmare again.

She always dreamed of Wu Chuang being released in court and her mother lying helplessly in a pool of blood.

It was getting dark outside at this time, and she felt like her soul was leaving her body and being separated from this world.

This feeling is very uncomfortable, like being on the verge of death.

She quickly got up from the sofa, turned on the light, and saw the phone on the coffee table. She suddenly thought of Assistant Fan.

Lying on the sofa with the phone in his arms.

In Shanghai, Assistant Fan had just finished playing golf with Shen Yu on the golf course and was changing his clothes when his cell phone rang.

"Miss Tang."

"Assistant Fan, I'm sorry, I want to trouble you with one more thing."

"Miss Tang, you're welcome. Just say it directly."

"I want to consult your lawyer about a car accident case."

"Car accident?" Assistant Fan couldn't help but repeat: "Miss Tang, who was in a car accident?"

Tang Yuanyuan held the phone line, her voice choked with sobs. After more than half a year, she still couldn't speak it out without any obstacles.

Why her mother?

Isn’t it said that good people will be rewarded?

Her mother spent the first half of her life for her parents' home and the second half for her children.

I haven't had a good day yet.

"Ms. Tang, Tang"

Assistant Fan felt someone poking his shoulder and turned his head. Shen Yu took the phone from him.

"You go outside and take care of Mr. Sun. I'll be there later."

Assistant Fan went out and closed the door.

Shen Yu put the phone to his ear. On the other end of the line, Tang Yuanyuan's sobbing had not stopped yet.

All the mental pressure of the past few days was pressed down at this moment, and with the three words "my mother" stuck in my throat but unable to be uttered, they poured out like a torrent.

It's her mother.

She has no mother anymore.

I couldn’t speak, I held the phone and tears fell down my face.

At first it was just sobbing, then it turned into a breakdown and crying loudly.

For a long time, the phone was filled with crying sounds.

Finally, he managed to stop: "Am I still here?"

"It's me, Shen Yu."

Tang Yuanyuan sniffed: "Mr. Shen?"

"What difficulties have you encountered? Tell me, I'm listening."

"My mother's case is about to go to trial. I want the murderer to die. I'm scared. I don't know if the lawyer can do it. Are your lawyers more capable?"

"When does the court session begin?"

"Next Monday, the day after tomorrow."

"It's too late to change lawyers now. What does your lawyer say? Is he unprofessional? Or is he not optimistic about the case?"

"I've asked so many people, including the best lawyer in our area, and they all said the murderer could be sentenced to death. I'm afraid they won't, and my mother's death would have been in vain. I keep dreaming of her, lying alone in blood."

"Calm down and tell me about the case."

Tang Yuanyuan sniffed and nodded. The sour pain in her heart eased a little. At first, her speech was a little incoherent, accompanied by sobs, but later her logic became clear.

Shen Yu said: "Your case is not difficult. The murderer has a high chance of being sentenced to death."

Tang Yuanyuan had calmed down. She had been impulsive just now. Everyone had said so. In fact, she shouldn't bother others for trivial matters. "Everyone said so. I'm sorry, Mr. Shen, I'm bothering you."

"Don't hang up yet," Shen Yu said. "You're worried. You're a practical person. If you leave the most important things to others, and just sit back and watch, believing in a high probability, you won't feel at peace. Go find a lawyer and get a copy of their defense case. Read it yourself, and you'll feel more confident and less panicked."

"It's easy to find a reason. You're a family member of the victim and you need to testify in court as a victim. The lawyer will give you information. The more information you read, the easier it will be for you to cooperate, and you'll feel more confident."

"The law firm I work with has a lawyer specializing in car accident cases. Cheng Ye, you should go through all the case files. He can give you more professional advice if your lawyer's guidance is insufficient."

"I'll arrange it this way, okay?"

Tang Yuanyuan's panicked heart finally settled down: "Thank you, Mr. Shen."

Shen Yu: "I told you that if you have any difficulties, you can come to me, no matter how big or small it is."

Tang Yuanyuan: "Thank you."

Shen Yu: "Is my business card still there?"

Tang Yuanyuan took out the notebook with the business card still inside: "Here."

Shen Yu: "Tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, call me and the lawyer will be waiting for you on time."

Tang Yuanyuan: "Thank you, goodbye."

Shen Yu: "Goodbye."

Tang Yuanyuan hung up the phone first and called the law firm directly. Fortunately, the front desk would close in half an hour. Tang Yuanyuan asked her to wait for a while and rushed out immediately, arriving at the law firm at the last minute.

Lawyer Wang was also working overtime at the law firm today. Tang Yuanyuan followed Shen Yu's words and saw her red and swollen eyes. She sighed, showed her the case file, and analyzed it with her from beginning to end.

Compared to the casual statement that there is a high probability that the murderer will be sentenced to death, this kind of professional analysis based on legal provisions makes people feel much more at ease.

Tang Yuanyuan: "I, I have a friend in Shanghai who knows lawyer Cheng Chengye. He can take a look at this case. Would you mind?"

Lawyer Wang: "Lawyer Cheng Ye? He's a leading figure in the industry! Does your friend really know him?"

Tang Yuanyuan nodded. The surprise on Lawyer Wang's face did not seem fake. In this industry, reputation seemed to be very important, especially for big lawyers.

Lawyer Wang: "Of course I have no problem with that. This is a great thing." It is an honor to be able to communicate with him!

Tang Yuanyuan: "Then I'll come back tomorrow and we'll check with him. If it takes up more of your time, I can add more attorney fees."

Lawyer Wang: "It's such a good deal, why should I pay extra legal fees? We'll settle it tomorrow, come over."

Tang Yuanyuan took the case file back and read it over again from the beginning.

If you have confidence in your heart, you won't panic. This was the first time in half a month that Tang Yuanyuan slept soundly.

The next morning, she went to the law firm after eating a full meal.

"Mr. Shen?"

"It's me. I'm in Attorney Cheng's office. I've probably already taken a look at the case. Now, you two can chat."

"Thank you, Mr. Shen."

Tang Yuanyuan gave the phone to Lawyer Wang. Actually, Lawyer Wang was more than capable of handling this case, but some big lawyers had more experience in guiding judges. Lawyer Wang also learned something new, which was a level he would never be able to reach, and he was very happy.

"Don't worry, little girl. In this case, without a letter of apology, the other party is doomed."

Tang Yuanyuan felt relieved: "Thank you, Lawyer Cheng."

"That's it, bye."

Tang Yuanyuan wanted to say thank you to Mr. Shen, but Lawyer Cheng had already hung up the phone.

I'd better wait until the case is decided and then call Mr. Shen to thank him.

Although thank you doesn't sound like a worthless word, there's nothing else I can do.

Tang Yuanyuan took a day off on Friday and went to the court after breakfast early in the morning.

Li Mu was originally having breakfast at the bun shop. When he saw her riding a bicycle past the door of the shop, he didn't even bother to eat. He hurried out of the shop and rode his bicycle to catch up with her.

"Tang Yuanyuan, you didn't stay up all night, did you? You're going so early, and the court session doesn't start until another hour."

"I slept. I slept well."

"Have you had breakfast?"

"I ate it and drank a bottle of milk."

Li Mu ate the vegetarian buns he brought for her. He was not good at comforting people, so he just waited with her in silence.

Qian Tingting ran over from school, sweating all over.

Yu Fangfang also came over in her family car. "I just didn't want to go to class, so I came here to skip it."

After a while, Tang An and Tang Aiguo, the two brothers of the Tang family, also came.

Tang Yuanyuan had nothing to say to them and treated them as air.

Later, Mrs. Wu and her daughter-in-law also arrived. Wu Chuang's wife's belly was already very big and it looked like she was about to give birth soon.

Tang Yuanyuan followed the lawyer to the backstage, and Li Mu went to the hearing area.

Lawyer Wang won an overwhelming victory. The case was clear and the jury had no doubts. They sentenced Wu Chuang to death on the spot, and also sentenced the worker who obeyed the orders to death.

Wu Chuang's wife's legs went limp and she fell to the ground.

Wu Chuang went crazy. Just as arrogant and violent as he was last year, he was now terrified and pitiful. "Mom, save me, save me! Save me no matter how much it costs. I don't want to die!"

"Appeal to me!"

Mrs. Wu had no choice but to kneel down in front of Tang Yuanyuan. This time, there was no calculation, only a mother's hope for her son's survival: "Please, this is my only son. Please give him a chance to live. I will give you all the money in our family and work like a slave for you."

Tang Yuanyuan: "You still have a chance to beg for your son's life. My mother was buried last year. I didn't even have the chance to see her one last time."

"Your son deserves to die now."

"You raised a heartless son. He deserves to die alone. No one will see him off. This is all karma."

Mrs. Wu collapsed on the ground and cried loudly.

Uncle Tang, perhaps still determined to curry favor with Tang Yuanyuan, continued to speak sweetly, "Yuanyuan, your mother's case is finally over, and the murderer has received the punishment he deserves. This is your mother blessing you from heaven."

"We won the case, that's a good thing. Let's go to my house. I'll cook something to celebrate."

Tang Yuanyuan's eyes were murderous: "I don't think there's anything to celebrate. This is my mother's life. What do you have to celebrate? What do you want to celebrate?"

Uncle Tang backed away step by step under her glare: "Uncle, you're wrong. There's nothing to celebrate."

Tang Yuanyuan didn't want to see the Tang family at all: "All of you Tang family members get out, you are not worthy of mentioning my mother."

Second Uncle Tang wanted to slap himself in the face. He had originally thought that coming to the trial would help ease the relationship with Tang Yuanyuan. Unexpectedly, he said the wrong thing and ended up in trouble, unable to save face.

Why did you say this?

Now, my niece is so successful, but I have nothing to do with her. It’s so infuriating.

He was a shameless person. "Second uncle said the wrong thing. Don't be angry with him. I'll go back soon and won't bother you."

Third Uncle Tang also said, "Yuanyuan, take care of yourself. Third Uncle is going back."

They look like good elders, but who would have thought that just half a year ago, these two elders described Tang Yuanyuan as a little girl.

On the contrary, Tang Aiguo, the biological father, was very afraid of Tang Yuanyuan. He didn't say a word and was supported by Tang An and walked away.

Tang Yuanyuan went to the cemetery, burned paper for her mother, and talked for a while before returning home. It was dark when she got home.

Tang Yuanyuan called Shen Yu, but it was Assistant Fan's voice.

"Did I call the wrong number?"

"Ms. Tang, that's right. Mr. Shen has urgent matters to attend to and has gone abroad. His mobile phone won't work overseas, so I'm keeping it in case you miss any business calls."

Indeed, for example, if I called her twice and she didn’t get through, she would probably think that the other party didn’t want to answer my call.

Tang Yuanyuan said, "It's okay, I just wanted to thank you."

"You're welcome. You helped us last time, too."

Tang Yuanyuan hung up the phone. Assistant Fan closed the receiver of his mobile phone and said to the lawyer across the table, "Lawyer Cheng, I'm sorry to bother you with this matter. I know your time is precious. Mr. Shen originally wanted to have dinner with you in person, but something urgent happened, so I had to come with you."

"Everyone knows that Mr. Fan can represent Mr. Shen. Everyone outside calls you Mr. Fan, so you're welcome. Besides, the case was already a winnable one, and the lawyer isn't a shrew; he's an experienced veteran. There's no need for me to intervene. I just said a few words, and it didn't make much of a difference. Mr. Shen should also understand why he's interfering in such a trivial matter. What's the background of the other party?"

"He's a very talented junior. Mr. Shen appreciates his talent and wants to help him."