In the break room of the Law Offices of R.R. Dunn, the lawyers, who always appeared so elite in public, gathered in small groups, chatting and gossiping quietly.
Jiang Yu is a new employee who joined the law firm this year. She received her formal employment notice from the executive partner last month.
At this moment, she excitedly tugged at Chang Jinhui's sleeve: "Senior Brother Chang, is what you said true? The new girl, Xie Fei, is from China, and she's a lady?"
Chang Jinhui looked down and tugged at his sleeve, shrugging helplessly: "Junior Sister Jiang, could you please leave my clothes alone? These are my only two battle robes that I can wear to court. If you tear them, you probably can't afford to pay for them with your current salary."
"At that time, I might weigh you and sell you."
He squinted at Jiang Yu with feigned malice.
"Senior brother!"
Jiang Yu stamped her foot, quickly put her fingers down on the other person's sleeve, and gently patted it a few times: "Senior Brother Chang's clothes are really delicate."
Seeing this, the other lawyers nearby joked, "Junior Sister Jiang, you can tug at Senior Brother Chang's sleeve all you want. If you tear it, you can just do some housework for him for a month. I'm sure Senior Brother Chang will be more than happy to do that."
"What do you mean by weighing and selling? We wouldn't dare compete with your Senior Brother Chang."
Jiang Yu watched as everyone teased her, her cheeks gradually turning red. These were all her seniors, and as a newbie who had just joined the company, she lacked the natural advantage to retort, so she could only turn around and flee in panic.
Chang Jinhui watched his junior sister leave in a hurry and couldn't help but shake his head. These seasoned veterans in the workplace are all talk and no action. Look, they finally got a delicate junior sister to join their law firm, and she was scared away by these old hands.
He rolled his eyes at them, annoyed, and said, "You're all destined to be single forever!"
"Hahaha, our Chang Lu is so embarrassed and angry..." Several people joked.
"Okay, stop joking around and get to the point."
Hong Tao raised his hand to stop them, signaling everyone to speak properly.
"Chang Lu, was the woman that Duoya brought in just now the new partner who will succeed Parker?"
They knew nothing about Sheffield's background; they only heard Parker mention it at Monday's meeting. He said she was a young and beautiful woman from China with outstanding abilities, a towering figure even at headquarters that many could not surpass.
He broke several firsts at the Law Offices of R.R. Dunn.
To reach the position of general partner at the Manston headquarters of the law firm of Robert Downs, with only Z citizenship, and at such a young age, is absolutely phenomenal.
Hong Tao shook his head and sighed. He was a graduate of Taipei Wudaokou Law School and had been with the company for three years. He was filled with curiosity and confusion about the new female boss who had suddenly appeared.
He leaned close to Chang Jinhui and whispered in his ear, "She's so beautiful, I don't believe you didn't go and find out some information!"
Chang Jinhui rolled his eyes: "Instead of wasting time, you might as well ask Duoya. That lawyer Xie Fei just walked past my office, a fleeting glimpse. How could I possibly see anything clearly?"
Although I couldn't see her face clearly, I got a general idea of what she looked like.
“But one thing is for sure, Attorney Sheffield is definitely a beauty!” He gestured with his hand, showing off her perfect bone structure.
"Wow, we're so lucky!"
The gossip instincts in everyone's hearts were instantly ignited.
"By the way, does this lawyer Sheffield really have no other connections in Manston?"
Chen Dong still didn't believe it. He glanced outside the door, leaned closer to the group, and whispered.
"I always felt it wasn't that reliable. According to people who went to the headquarters for training at Rowdon Law Firm in Manston, Sheffield's doctoral advisor is Joyce, one of the three senior partners at Rowdon Law Firm. Rumor has it that the two of them are very close."
He winked at the crowd with an ambiguous expression.
Not to mention the headquarters, even their Huating Law Firm is not a place that just anyone can get into. The basic standard is that you must be from a top 50 university in the world and have a master's degree.
It wasn't that he was being self-deprecating, but the Western world has always been white supremacist, and it's getting increasingly outrageous, secretly suppressing Chinese people in all walks of life. He simply couldn't believe that the person who managed to make a name for himself at the Manston headquarters of the Law Offices of Ralph Dunn had become a partner based on ability.
"What nonsense are you spouting all day long?"
Chang Jinhui's eyes rolled so wide they were almost invisible: "Don't try to understand our Ms. Sheffield with your corrupt mind."
Seeing Chen Dong approach, he gave him a subtle glare and moved closer to Hong Tao.
Hong Tao glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and his smile gradually faded.
"Chen Dong, Attorney Xie Fei just arrived, so let's not speculate too much."
Wen Zong frowned and stared at Chen Dong: "Didn't Parker introduce several of Ms. Sheffield's most representative cases at Monday's meeting? Parker himself said that even he didn't dare to take on the lawsuit against F. Westmoo, and even if he was forced to take it on, the probability of winning would be very small. Didn't you hear any of this?"
"That's right, we've analyzed the Ximu case, and the odds of winning are very low."
Chang Jinhui took over the conversation and said indifferently, his smile completely gone. Although their law firm values seniority, they also value individual ability.
If Sheffield is truly as Parker described, with an absolute gap in strength, they will only be convinced of their superiority.
"Oh! Hehe."
Looking at everyone's expressions, Chen Dong realized that he had been too blunt, smiled awkwardly, and finally shut up.
"However, when I look at Attorney Sheffield's profile, I feel a sense of familiarity."
Chang Jinhui frowned and thought for a while, but still couldn't remember where this strange sense of familiarity came from.
"cut!"
Hong Tao glanced at him sideways: "As long as it's a beautiful woman, you, Chang Lu, will always feel familiar with her. That's your routine."
Everyone burst into laughter, and Chen Dong joined in the commotion to hide his displeasure.
Before Duoya even got close, she heard laughter and chatter from the tea room. She carried her teacup into the tea room.
"Could you guys please keep your voices down? Old Parker and Sheffield are both in the office."
"Shut up now!"
Hong Tao quickly smiled ingratiatingly at her: "Duoya, you received Ms. Xie Fei yesterday. What was your impression of our manager?"
"I don't know, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you."
Doya pushed aside the men blocking the coffee machine with the tray in her hand.
"Make way, everyone! If you waste any more time, old Parker will come over and give you a piece of his mind."
Pushing through the crowd, she put down the tray, took out coffee beans, and began grinding coffee.
"but."
She suddenly remembered and turned to look at Chang Jinhui: "Lawyer Chang, I heard from Parker that Sheffield went to university in China, and her alma mater seems to be your Aurora University."
"real?"
The group spoke in unison, exchanged glances, and then turned their gazes toward Chang Jinhui.
“Chang Lu, Xie Fei is your classmate, so your intuition just now might be true.”
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