Chapter 52 Love Moon 052 Admiring You
When their eyes met, He Chuyue was the first to look away.
She covered her face with one hand and secretly looked at him through her fingers: "You are saying a lot of sweet words now."
Before Xiao Zhiyan could say anything, a cell phone rang. She took it, looked at the notes and then looked at the person opposite her.
Xiao Zhiyan narrowed his eyes slightly when he realized there was a ghost.
She put her phone on the table and turned on the speakerphone.
"Chu Yue, Happy New Year." Xiao Wei's voice spread between the two of them.
Xiao Zhiyan took the half cup of soy milk she had drunk and bit the straw. He Chuyue raised her eyebrows, "Happy New Year, Senior Brother."
"I don't want to talk about work during the New Year, but after thinking it over, I still think you are suitable for this case."
"What?"
"According to the grapevine, Chen Xu and Mr. Gu met privately, and Mr. Gu intends to let HC take over Mr. Chen's case."
He Chuyue straightened her expression and was about to ask her own question when she said, "I know you have a lot of questions now, but this is all I know for now. I thought that we had some overlap since we took over Chen Xu's previous case, so I told you about it. As for the follow-up, we'll have to wait until the official start of work."
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Xiao Zhiyan loosen the straw and put down the soy milk. He Chuyue was so distracted by him that she forgot to speak.
Xiao Wei said again: "How about this for now? See you in two days."
"Okay, see you in two days."
After hanging up the phone, she took the phone and sent a message to He Wen. She didn't get a reply. She heard the voice on the other end say in a grim tone: "What I said was not love talk, but the truth."
He Chuyue who is typing:?
Finally, I remembered the topic we talked about on the phone and laughed.
Before she could say anything, she heard him chewing on the old words slowly: "I wonder how it compares to someone's love letter?"
He Chuyue frowned: "Xiao Zhiyan, why are you bringing up old grudges?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the ringing of the bell rang again.
This time she was about to hang up and have a good talk with Xiao Zhiyan, but when she saw the note was Qin Yangyi, she became deflated again and picked up the phone.
"what?"
The other side was stunned, "Sister, are you in a bad mood when you wake up?"
Before He Chuyue could say anything, the light laughter of the person opposite her made her even more furious. She glared at him fiercely and said, "If you have something to say, please tell me now!"
"It's not a big deal, let's talk about it when I get back."
He Chuyue waited, and a few seconds later, someone came over the receiver: "Sister, my classmate's brother wants to preview my senior year textbooks. Do you know where my mom put them?"
"They should all be in the basement. I wonder if my aunt sold them to a junk collector."
"Then could you please, my beautiful, kind and energetic sister, condescend to go to the basement and help me find the high school English and Chinese textbooks for the second semester? And then when you pick me up at my uncle's house in the evening, please bring them to me and I will give them to him directly."
The long string of words made her temples jump, and she reluctantly agreed and hung up the phone.
The meal was almost over, so the two of them packed up and went down to the basement.
"I can go down and find it myself. It's better for you to be up there."
Xiao Zhiyan held her hand tightly: "How can I leave you alone?"
"Hmph, men." She curled her lips and explained, "That love letter was written when I was just beginning to fall in love and my mind was hot. And it was popular to write love letters at that time, you know?"
Xiao Zhiyan looked at her and said, "I don't know."
"Hmm?" She stopped and tilted her head to look at him, "How could you not know? You didn't write to others when you were in school, but you did receive them, right?"
Xiao Zhiyan thought about it carefully, and still shook his head: "No."
"Forget it, forget it. You are such a blockhead. I guess you would treat this as calculation paper if I wrote it to you."
Xiao Zhiyan, who was inexplicably disliked: ...
"Everyone wrote it at that time, and I was still young and in love, so I had the courage to write it. I didn't plan to give it away after I finished writing it, but I thought of keeping it as a souvenir, so I put it in my bookmark."
"To be fair, that book was one I wanted to donate to students in poor areas... Although the incident didn't become a big deal, almost the entire class knew about it, and then it spread to our class."
Xiao Zhiyan: "Did Xiao Wei also know about it at that time?"
"Probably not. I don't know if he knows."
She narrowed her eyes slightly, thinking back, "When I was a freshman in high school, he was a junior. We met a few times but it was just passing by. In college, he was a senior who helped the sophomores who had just joined the debate team to familiarize themselves with the tactics. We also met a few times, but we never had a serious exchange."
"When Zhou Yu and the others were at a party, they got drunk and loved gossiping. The gossip spread like wildfire and turned into the story of me having a crush on him in high school. I applied to Peking University for him, but in the end, I couldn't get him. It's too outrageous."
She tilted her head and shook someone who seemed to be thinking, "Do you have any questions, Xiao Cu Wang?"
The jealous king was not opposed to this new name and led her downstairs, "Then why don't you like him?"
"Ah, now that I think about it, I don't really like him. I admire him at most."
She looked up, feeling heavy with memories of the past, "You also know that I was very competitive when I was in school. After a while, I would pay more attention to those who were better than me, and... cough."
In Xiao Zhiyan's opinion, He Chuyue felt even more guilty.
He added for her: "Plus he is handsome, which makes you have the illusion of 'admiring' him. In fact, you admire Qiang."
Surprisingly, he could understand her, and she couldn't help but smile, "Mu Qiang is a very accurate word."
Arriving at the basement door, Xiao Zhiyan opened the door and He Chuyue followed him.
"You know all this and you're still jealous."
“Pah.”
When the light is turned on, dust will float in front of you.
He Chuyue looked away and heard a clear voice in the empty environment: "Chuyue, don't be so overbearing."
She was puzzled, "Why am I overbearing?"
Xiao Zhiyan stood there against the light, looking down on him, but the hand he held in her palm was warm.
"The fact that he appeared in your youth is enough to make me jealous to the point of losing my mind."
The fingertips slowly moved upwards, rubbing against the gourd on her wrist. He then said, "I often wonder if I had stayed at my grandmother's house during high school, would I have been able to attend the Beijing University Affiliated High School, and would I have been able to meet you earlier."
"Hatsutsuki, if we had known each other earlier...how great would it be?"
There was silence in my ears, only the sound of his heartbeat after he finished speaking.
Maybe it was because the temperature in the basement was low or something, He Chuyue sniffed and looked at his pupils that seemed to be sparkling. After a moment of silence, she smiled:
"Why, the top student in the competition wants to compete with me for the first place in the grade?"
He lowered his head and admitted with a smile: "Well, I want to compete with you, I want you to admire me."
The shadows cast by the light bulbs stuck together, the two shadows were so sticky that they could not be distinguished from each other in the blink of an eye.
The warmth of her palm spread, and He Chuyue suppressed the corners of her lips that were raised, dissatisfied: "Can't it be you who admires me more?"
"Well, I admire you."
As the distance shortened, her heartbeat involuntarily quickened. He slowly lowered his head until their lips touched. All their emotions were intertwined in ambiguity, forming a large net that left them with room to be alone.
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When He Chuyue went to pick up Qin Yangyi, she covered her lips and didn't dare to let go along the way. The person behind the wheel laughed out loud, and she glared at him, "Still laughing? Who are you blaming?"
Xiao Zhiyan smiled and nodded: "Blame me."
"Humph." Her eyes fell on his swollen and red lower lip, and she dodged, "You should also cover it up and wear a mask."
Xiao Zhiyan looked at the mirror, "Wouldn't it be more obvious if there was no silver here?"
"All right."
He Chuyue was persuaded by him. As soon as Qin Yang got in the car, the topic was interrupted. The person in the back seat pulled his clothes tighter: "Sister, why don't we pick them up and go back to eat. I don't want to go to my uncle's house."
"What's wrong?"
He Chuyue's uncle is Qin Tai's brother Qin Shu. He has a completely different attitude towards her than his aunt, and he is also the only filial son among the three who listens to Qin's mother's words. He Chuyue is not close to him.
If his son’s intellectual property rights protection case had not been resolved by He Chuyue the year before last, their relationship would still be at a stalemate. Now Qin's mother is spending the New Year at their home.
"My uncle is such a rude person, and my grandma... my dad and the others can go, why do they want us to go too? Let's go back."
She said calmly: "It's just a meal, it's nothing serious, and grandma misses you too."
"But... never mind."
Qin Yang seemed to be hesitant to speak, and finally leaned back in the chair, without telling him what Qin Shu had said last year about He Chuyue not coming back for the New Year.
Xiao Zhiyan, who was in the driver's seat, noticed it and silently looked away from the rearview mirror.
Qin Shu's home was not far from the city center, and he could get there quickly because of the highways along the way. After getting off the car, they walked towards the residential unit as if they were familiar with the route. They shook off the snow on their bodies at the door, and before they could even knock on it, Qin's mother's disdainful words were heard from inside the house.
"Nan'an has already said that anyone can win that case. It's very easy. Chu Yue just got away with it."
My aunt agreed: "Who said it wasn't true? We thought she was so amazing at the time."
Qin Yang's hand stopped in mid-air as he was about to knock on the door. He looked at He Chuyue, who had a blank expression on his face.
Qin Tai's voice followed closely behind: "Sister-in-law, you can't say that. If the lawsuit was so easy to win, you wouldn't have sent us a gift worth thousands of dollars. According to what you said, our family just benefited from your family for nothing?"
"That's right. The food I bought was suitable for the elderly. I gave it to my grandma in the end. She even said that she bought it for my dad to send. I've never seen a person who treats me as a double-edged swordsman before." Qin Yang said angrily, "I didn't even get to eat it!"
He Chuyue chuckled: "You are everywhere, knock on the door."
"oh."
"What good and bad? That's just a humble statement. Your family has raised a stranger until she's almost 30 years old. Have you asked her for anything? When mom came back from her last birthday, she said that the girl was becoming more and more uneducated and even threatened her with money. Is this what a junior should say? Isn't it natural for her to buy insurance for her grandmother?"
The faces of the three people outside the door all turned cold, especially Xiao Zhiyan. Qin Yang felt his low pressure when he was next to him just now, and the cold air he was emitting now made him shiver.
Looking over, I don’t know who he is asking: “Are you still knocking?”
What responded to him was the flash of He Chuyue.
There was a knock on the door. Qin Yang hid behind Xiao Zhiyan when he saw it. Looking at He Chuyue's smiling face, he felt even colder behind him.
It was Dai Wenchun who opened the door, but He Chuyue did not go in and stood at the door.
My aunt came over when she heard the sound, and saw that the person who was supposed to come had arrived. Before she could say anything about education, the person at the door took the lead.
"Since Auntie thinks that the result will be the same if she consults me or any other lawyer, does that mean she considers me a lawyer?"
Everyone was puzzled, especially the aunt, who was stunned by the question. She looked at Qin Tai helplessly and said, "Why would I sue you if I didn't treat Bi as a lawyer? What do you mean by this? You eavesdropped on the conversations of your elders, right? Look, look, I said you are uneducated, look at this!"
"Sister-in-law, could you please stop talking!"
"Why can't I say a few words since I'm the elder?"
Mother Qin also said: "Don't protect her anymore, we are not wrong."
"You can say it." He Chuyue said, still smiling, "Aunt, since you regard me as a lawyer, then you and I are the plaintiff and the lawyer's employer. Now that the case has been closed for two years, you haven't paid the lawyer's fees. It's the New Year, so it's time to settle the old account."
My aunt spread her hands and asked, "What lawyer fees?"
He Chuyue was wearing the same coat as Xiao Zhiyan today. Although her hair was loose, her straight figure blocked the light. Her aura, coupled with her clear and steady thoughts, made everyone listen.
"According to the complexity of the case, I should charge you a lawyer's fee of 10,000 yuan. In addition, I was already a senior lawyer at the time and charged 2,000 yuan per hour for the consultation process, so you need to pay me 28,000 yuan in lawyer's fees."
"you--"
"But I thought it was Chinese New Year after all, so I'd just give it a try, 25,000."
She looked at Qin Shu who came out of the house and tilted her head slightly, "Just pass it to my uncle-in-law."
"You kid, you want money without even going in the door? Besides, the lawyer's fees are so expensive, who are you trying to fool?"
Not only his aunt, but Qin Shu also understood what he heard. He pointed at He Chuyue's smiling face and was so angry that his face turned blue. Finally, he said to Qin Tai, "Did you raise her like this? It seems that what mom said is right. She always asks for money, just like her shameless father! She was so resolute at the beginning, and now she comes back to ask for contact information and money. How can you be so embarrassed?"
"Brother! You should talk less!" Qin Tai hurriedly explained to He Chuyue, "It's nothing, Ha Niuniu, don't--"
"Of course it's nothing." Qin Shu seemed to have found a breakthrough. He looked at He Chuyue who was standing at the door in a daze and said, "You don't know what your good father has done, right? He came to ask your aunt and uncle for money, and even came to our house to ask for money, saying that we didn't let you meet him, and asked us for compensation? Ha, what do you think your father thinks?"
"Brother! Can you please stop talking!"
Qin Tai was so anxious that sweat covered his forehead and his face was full of wrinkles. When he looked at He Chuyue, his eyes were full of pity and self-blame.
Dai Wenchun covered his mouth with his hands, his eyes red.
The room that had just been filled with quarrels suddenly became quiet, as if time had stood still. No one in the room or outside was speaking.
The windows in the corridor were not closed tightly, and the cool air that seeped in slowly eroded everyone's body temperature and solidified the accusations.
He Chuyue laughed out loud when she recalled the money transfer text message she received on New Year's Eve and the time she saw He Changda going to the family building.
It turned out that he had met her family more than once. She thought she could cut off the connection between them. However, as long as He Changda was willing, she and her family would always be tied to him, a tie that could not be severed.
"Niuniu...we didn't hide it from you on purpose." Qin Tai couldn't help but said, "He...he just wants some money."
"So you gave it to him?"
He Chuyue's voice became hoarse at some point, her eyes were red, but there was not a single tear in her eyes.
"Uncle-in-law, did you give it to him?"
Qin Tai frowned and didn't answer. She looked at Dai Wenchun who was crying beside her and asked, "Aunt, is the 50,000 yuan for him?"
"Niuniu...he...he said that he took the money and then-"
"Why?"
She stood under the lamp, her face full of questions and confusion, and she remained calm as she let her nails dig into her flesh, as if she didn't feel the pain.
"He killed my mother, why did you give him money? Don't you hate him? Why do you hate him..."
Finally unable to continue speaking, she looked at everyone in the illuminated room. Her chest felt blocked and her whole body was cold.
There was a barely noticeable tremor, not only in the body but also in the tone of voice.
The air from the tip of his nose was inhaled into his lungs, and the coldness that penetrated his bones made He Chuyue much more sober. She took two steps back, abruptly avoiding their sight, her lips tightly pursed, and finally stopped saying hurtful words. She said rationally, "You guys eat, I'll go back first."
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