Chapter 30 Love Moon·030 "It's not her...
"who is she?"
The man's body moved, and when the clothes rubbed against her, she suddenly closed her eyes and her tone became unnaturally tense.
She reminded: "You helped her carry her suitcase when you started your freshman year."
"No."
He Chuyue's eyelids twitched, but she still didn't open them. "You didn't mention it?"
"There is no such thing, and there is no such person."
"You're lying!"
Not caring to pretend that she didn't care, He Chuyue opened her eyes and was about to explode when she bumped into a pair of deep eyes. Her throat choked and her momentum weakened.
"Think about it carefully. Yes."
Feeling the man's scrutinizing gaze, He Chuyue slowly lifted the quilt and buried her face in it. As soon as her chin touched the corner of the quilt, she felt a breeze passing by the pen, and her face became cool. Her face was completely exposed.
Xiao Zhiyan had withdrawn his hand and was lying face up, as if he had not moved at all.
"who is she?"
"No one, just an old friend, who mentioned this today."
Originally, He Chuyue was exaggerating to test whether Xiao Zhiyan really didn't know or was pretending not to remember. Now it seems that he really has no impression. He Chuyue also feels puzzled and doesn't understand why she cares so much about this matter.
I found a comfortable position and lay down, ready to sleep.
"Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. If the editor-in-chief uses this excuse to bother you again, you don't have to consider Mr. Tang's face. Just be yourself."
"Um."
He doesn't care.
He Chuyue curled her lips.
Feeling that she had said this in vain, she turned over, but when her right ear was close to the pillow, she heard someone behind her say:
"It's not her face, it's yours."
The voice, added with the night, became more gentle and was infinitely amplified in the quiet house.
He Chuyue was speechless for a moment, her lips parted but no sound came out.
Xiao Zhiyan asked, "Will this interview involve that position?"
He Chuyue was surprised that he knew the conflict of interest and did not deny it.
After a few seconds of silence, he asked, "Do you care about the partner election?"
She said quickly, "Of course."
"Is it to get involved in bigger cases?"
"Yes and no." There was a gleam in He Chuyue's eyes.
She has been an excellent student since she was young, so she never slacks off at work, and her goal is to climb to the top.
In HC Law Firm, He Chuyue has become a lawyer of the highest level. The cases she handles are only secondary to her tone of voice. What she wants more is profit and the confidence to be firmly rooted in HC without being affected by other factors.
She is a good lawyer, but she cares more about whether she can move up and how far she can go.
She needed to earn more money, for Dai Wenchun and Qin Tai, and for herself.
Not afraid that Xiao Zhiyan would know her desire for fame and fortune, He Chuyue spoke very quickly, as if she was avoiding something.
"Becoming a partner will give me a greater say in HC. I don't have to worry about whether a case will have a big or small impact or how much help it will bring me. No one forces me to do something. I don't have to flatter people who don't work normally. I can be myself."
Xiao Zhiyan was silent for a few seconds, then he said bluntly: "You must violate the professional ethics of lawyers to get what you want. Will you choose justice or fame and fortune?"
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The sky was covered with gray haze, and the thick turbid clouds in the east of the sky remained motionless, allowing people in the upper floors of the building to stare at them as they looked at each other.
Because it was a cloudy day, the lights in the office were as bright as day. However, He Chuyue's smiling face was gloomy, and her low mood was like the dark clouds in the sky that could not be blown away by the wind.
When Xiao Zhiyan asked her the question last night, she chose the latter without hesitation. She was so determined when she said it, and so regretful after she finished speaking.
She knew how important the truth was, so she gave 200% of her energy to every case she handled, and the results were always good. So on this basis, she wanted more. What's wrong with just wanting to keep her job? What's wrong with looking at your ambitions with a clear conscience?
He Chuyue leaned back in her chair. She was so exhausted and felt so much pain in her forehead that she lowered her head and pressed her fingers between her eyebrows.
After she finished speaking last night, Xiao Zhiyan said nothing. And because of this, she became the one who couldn't sleep all night.
Her heart felt stuffy, and her fingertips rubbed against the uneven stone surface. The stone in her palm rolled and hit her ring. She subconsciously let go, and a crisp sound rang out in the silent room.
He Chuyue suddenly came back to her senses and went to pick it up. She met the eyes of Mei Qingxue who was passing by the door, and the latter pushed the door open and came in.
"What are you doing? I heard that Mr. Tang invited the entire law firm to have coffee early this morning and stayed in your office alone for a long time before leaving. What did you say?"
He Chuyue stood up: "Guess."
Seeing her pick up the stone, Mei Qingxue was too lazy to care, but was a little speechless, "Look at your table, there are stones and gourds. Outsiders would think that the owner of Senior Lawyer He's office is a man."
He Chuyue placed the stone next to the small gourd and flipped through the documents in her hand. "Why are you here?"
A serious male voice was heard outside the door again, and as a lawyer left, they looked away.
"The police have started investigating Wang Yingmiao's case and are interrogating colleagues at the law firm one by one. Have you been there?"
He Chuyue said calmly: "I've been there."
"What do you think of this case?"
She stopped turning the pages and looked silently at the person sitting down. The look in her eyes was clear and direct, as if she was asking her back, "You already know everything, why are you asking me?"
Mei Qingxue didn't get angry but smiled instead, her bright red lips raised with a charming look at the corners. She propped up her chin and looked at the woman standing against the light opposite her, with admiration in her eyes.
He Chuyue has a very beautiful face. When she smiles, her eyes, which are full of stars, bend into crescents. She always has an inexhaustible sunshine of confidence and she never seems to get tired.
But even such a person who greets everyone with a smile can easily be forced into revealing her true colors after a few words from Mei Qingxue. She likes to see her not smiling and unhappy.
Maybe she laughed out loud after she succeeded, but Mei Qingxue said something else: "I heard that you have known your husband for a year, and he gave up his high-paying job in America and only taught at the university for you."
"He is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Kyoto University and a hired technician in the laboratory. I wonder if this is the same as what you mean by 'teaching at a university'?"
Her eyes, which usually showed smiles, were now filled with ice and snow. There was a layer of mist covering them, but it could not hide the coldness in her words.
Mei Qingxue found it boring. "I didn't say anything bad about him. Why is he so protective of his son? But since he can make Xiao Wei so angry that his face turns blue, he must be a great person. You have to be nice to him. I heard that the divorce rate is quite high now."
Hearing the last sentence, He Chuyue's face turned even colder. Meeting Mei Qingxue's eyes, she asked another question: "When did Xiao Wei's face turn pale?"
Mei Qingxue didn't hear the expected rebuttal. She was not interested. "I heard it when He Wen and the others were chatting. I also ran into Xiao Wei when he was on a business trip. His face didn't look very good."
"He's on a business trip?" He Chuyue remembered that she hadn't seen him since yesterday, and couldn't help but frowned. "Lawyer Wang got into trouble just after I took over his case, and now the whole law firm is under investigation. Is he on a business trip?"
As soon as he finished speaking, He Chuyue's phone rang. She glanced at the caller, answered the call and put the phone on the desk.
"Mr. Tang."
Tang Huimin's voice was not relaxed: "Is there anyone next to you?"
After exchanging a glance with Mei Qingxue, she said, "Lawyer Mei is here too."
"Okay, listen to me, if you get a call from Wang Yingmiao, don't answer it. She has already left HC. She has nothing to do with us, either in the past, present or future. She took the initiative to resign last week. It was a normal resignation. You should say the same thing if the police ask you."
Mei Qingxue took the opportunity to say, "Boss Tang, the police are already at the law firm."
The other party paused before saying, "I know about this. You should cooperate well. I'm calling you to remind you not to contact people you don't want to work with. If Wang Yingmiao looks for a lawyer as the plaintiff, you are not allowed to answer the call. Even HC's lawyers are not allowed to answer the call. Do you understand?"
After the call ended, both of them saw what the other person meant. This time, it was He Chuyue who spoke first: "Counselor Mei, please help convey this. I still have work to do."
Mei Qingxue was still smiling, but when she realized that He Chuyue was really ordering them to leave, her expression changed: "Are you serious? Do you listen to Mr. Tang?"
His eyes fell on her heaving chest. He Chuyue lowered her eyes and looked through the information in her hand: "What else?"
Mei Qingxue stopped joking and looked at her in disbelief: "You knew whose interests Wang Lu had touched that he brought up the old case again. She is our senior sister, and you just watched her get framed?"
Some words touched He Chuyue. She suddenly tightened her curled hands, but her expression remained unchanged. "Boss Tang just said that HC's lawyers are not allowed to take any calls, and Lawyer Wang may not need our help."
Mei Qingxue didn't say anything for a long time. She looked at He Chuyue for a long time without moving. Until the light in her eyes completely disappeared, she nodded: "It's for the partners, right? You helped Mr. Tang conceal the trouble from that person in exchange for your position upstairs, right?"
Silence tells it all. Mei Qingxue said nothing, opened the door and left.
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The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and the quiet campus became lively. Despite the bad weather, laughter still echoed throughout the corridor, adding some unique bright colors to the gray.
Xiao Zhiyan took the notebook from the last student, quickly scanned the column of formulas, tapped a symbol with his slender index finger, and looked at him.
The student only thought for a few seconds before he suddenly realized the answer. He was surprised when he took the notebook: "Thank you, Professor Xiao. I have tried many times, but I didn't expect the problem to be here!"
"Advanced macromolecular structure is a subject for junior year. Once you are exposed to experimental operations, you will not be able to find such simple mistakes."
"Thank you, Professor!" The boy looked at the ring on Xiao Zhiyan's ring finger and quickly looked away, "Then I'll go first. Bye, Professor."
"Well, bye."
The boy excitedly went to say something to his companions who were waiting for him at the door, and looked towards the podium. He only left quickly after seeing Xiao Zhiyan packing up and leaving.
Xiao Zhiyan had not taken a few steps when Duan Zeming came running over and called him, and he was dragged towards the lecture building.
"The school has hired a teacher to give a sex education speech, but there aren't enough students present, so they called on you to go."
Xiao Zhiyan was puzzled: "What should I do?"
Duan Zeming said "tsk", and pulled the man to quicken his pace: "You will know when you go there!"
Xiao Zhiyan, who was sitting in his seat, watched helplessly as the auditorium with nearly a thousand people filled up in ten minutes. He was speechless for a moment, but Duan Zeming was complacent, "What did I say? Is it full?"
He explained: "Students volunteered to watch this event, but not many people came. The teacher in the publicity department was very anxious. Now they are thanking me... Oh, and you. You can come to the dinner party tonight. He will treat you."
Xiao Zhiyan made eye contact with the director of the publicity department who came over. The other person gave him a thumbs up and went backstage, pursing his lips.
Thinking that He Chuyue seemed to be in a bad mood this morning, he made a decision immediately and prepared to stand up: "Since everyone is here, I will leave first."
"No, just listen to it. It's about sex education and how couples get along. You and He Chuyue were in a long-distance relationship and were rarely together, so it won't hurt to listen to it more."
Seeing Xiao Zhiyan sitting down, Duan Zeming smiled and took out his phone to send a WeChat message to the director of the Propaganda Department: [I’ve left this person for you. Don’t forget to pay me 50 yuan for my hard work and treat me to dinner tonight! ]
"......"
The lecture lasted more than an hour and it was time for the final question-and-answer session. Xiao Zhiyan looked at the time and wanted to leave, but a student's question stopped him.
"Hello, teacher. You said that a relationship can only last long if the three values are consistent. What I want to ask is, my boyfriend and I have a stable relationship, but I find that we have some different ideas. Do we still have a future?"
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