Chapter 65 Chapter 65 "I'll stick it to you."
Lin Qianyuan was very composed and seemed to be able to accept this answer reluctantly. "So that's how it is."
Pei Lanqing smiled and looked over. The cold white light from the kitchen ceiling enveloped his figure, making his eyes clearer and his brows tender. He just looked at her without saying a word.
Lin Qianyuan forced herself to look him in the eye for three seconds before throwing herself into his arms. She raised her head in his embrace and said, "I'll stick to you."
Pei Lanqing raised his eyebrows, leaned his face into her neck, and couldn't help laughing.
It was terrible. She could say these words without hesitation now. He really liked the way she spoke love words seriously. It was solemn and serious, and it inexplicably touched his heart.
Lin Qianyuan couldn't understand what he was laughing at. She only knew that her breath made her feel itchy, overwhelming and accompanied by palpitations. Her face was getting hot unconsciously, and the temperature spread throughout her body.
"Pei Lanqing," Lin Qianyuan said, feeling a little dizzy, and had no choice but to step back a little. "I'm hungry."
Pei Lanqing looked at her carefully, then let her go. "I'll go cook."
Lin Qianyuan couldn't get too close to him at this time, as she would easily become breathless. She had no choice but to go back to the living room and relax by daydreaming.
Not long after she recovered, she heard Pei Lanqing calling her to eat. "Oh, here I am," she ran straight to the restaurant.
Pei Lanqing used the back of his hand to feel the temperature of her face. He was about to open his mouth to say something when his cell phone suddenly rang. He took a look and saw that it was about work, so he walked to the window and answered the call.
Lin Qianyuan couldn't hear him speak, and couldn't understand the professional terms by looking at his lip movements. Remembering what he said about the obligation of confidentiality, she lowered her head, stared at the food and waited for him.
She counted the boiled shrimps on the plate over and over again. The person by the window was approaching, and she looked up along the shadow.
Pei Lanqing was distracted by the request from the other end of the phone and said something to her silently.
Lin Qianyuan understood his lip movements and nodded immediately.
Pei Lanqing smiled, touched her head affectionately, and went into the study alone to work.
Lin Qianyuan followed his back with her eyes. He told her to eat first and not wait for him. She agreed quickly, but she was slow to pick up her chopsticks. She had no appetite.
Lin Qianyuan sighed inwardly and continued to sit there staring at the boiled shrimp in a daze.
Pei Lanqing quickly finished his work, closed the file, and said calmly, "I fully understand your anxiety at this moment. I will also go to the detention center to meet with the client as soon as possible. I will focus on understanding whether the case has been accurately characterized, whether the client has been coerced into confessing, and other case details. I will inform you of all progress as soon as possible according to the law. Please try to remain calm."
The person opposite burst into tears. After several minutes, he politely thanked him.
Pei Lanqing nodded slightly and said politely, "You're welcome."
He was waiting for her to hang up.
Inside the restaurant.
Lin Qianyuan was just about to get up when he saw Pei Lanqing walking out of the study. He subconsciously sat back down, "Are you done?"
"Hmm," Pei Lanqing glanced down, a smile suddenly appearing on his face, "Why didn't you eat?"
He asked her seriously, "Isn't it delicious?"
Lin Qianyuan shook his head and replied honestly, "It's not that it doesn't taste good, but I haven't eaten it yet and have been waiting for you."
She really is...
Pei Lanqing's heart softened, and he looked at her calmly. Then he looked away, feeling rather helpless. "Next time, you don't have to wait."
"Clients are often eager to learn about the progress of their cases, so they call frequently." He poured her a glass of warm water and gave her a familiar smile. "It's human nature. Besides, comforting them is my job, so I can't refuse."
Lin Qianyuan listened quietly and understood.
Pei Lanqing placed the cup next to her and said, "Let's eat."
He went to the kitchen to wash his hands, then returned to peel the shrimp.
Lin Qianyuan picked up his chopsticks and took two bites. He looked up at the man who was peeling shrimp for him wholeheartedly. Thinking of what he had left to say, he put his thoughts into practice and said, "I'll wait next time, too."
Pei Lanqing paused, raised his head, and focused his eyes deeply on her.
Lin Qianyuan buried his head in his food and spoke evasively, "Waiting for you is my job. I can't refuse."
After she finished her shrimp, she naturally changed the subject, "Have you always been like this before?"
Pei Lanqing chuckled when he heard these extremely familiar words, but Lin Qianyuan frowned slightly. It seemed that there was no need to ask, as he was almost always working overtime at home.
Pei Lanqing lowered his head and continued peeling shrimp. "It wasn't like this before I graduated. My focus was inevitably on my graduation thesis. After successfully graduating, I entered a law firm as an intern. At that time, I could only assist with casework and couldn't appear in court alone. However, considering how busy I was, I wasn't idle either. I was reading files, looking up relevant precedents, and learning from the experience of my supervising lawyer."
He placed a plate of freshly peeled shrimp in front of her and said calmly and gently, "Later, when I was able to handle cases independently, the situation was pretty much the same as it is now."
Lin Qianyuan poked the rice in the bowl lightly with her chopsticks. He seemed to have never changed. She couldn't help but remember that when he was her teacher, whenever she looked for him, he was almost always in the library.
She couldn't describe the feeling, but hearing him say this made her heart calm down.
After Pei Lanqing peeled the shrimp, he wiped his hands with a wet tissue and picked up his chopsticks to eat.
Lin Qianyuan lowered his head and stopped daydreaming.
After dinner, Lin Qianyuan heard a knock on the door. Pei Lanqing was washing dishes in the kitchen. She looked through the peephole and saw that it was Zhang Shurui, so she opened the door.
Zhang Shurui almost didn't have time to retract his hand. When he saw who was standing in front of him, he was shocked.
Why is she here? Aren't these two getting a divorce?
The last time he went back, he figured out the whole story and easily guessed when they got married. Then he could understand why Pei Lanqing had never mentioned it before.
The two seemed to be getting what they wanted, but the initiative lay entirely with Lin Qianyuan, along with his pride. Pei Lanqing had no right to talk about love, nor could she initiate divorce. She was completely passive, unable to advance or retreat.
Could it be that they are not leaving each other again? Zhang Shurui tried to find some clues from the face of the person in front of him, but she just looked back at him expressionlessly, and ultimately failed.
Lin Qianyuan saw his expression clearly and frowned imperceptibly, "What's wrong?"
When asked, Zhang Shurui was at a loss for words. He just came to visit out of habit. Is there anything wrong with that?
He stuttered for a moment and responded, "No."
"Oh," Lin Qianyuan closed the door.
"..." Zhang Shurui turned around and went home with lingering fear. Without waiting for the door to open, he began to send messages to Pei Lanqing non-stop, asking him what was going on.
Lin Qianyuan turned and entered the living room. When he passed the kitchen, Pei Lanqing just walked out. She grabbed him and recounted to him what had just happened.
Pei Lanqing said that she knew and could roughly guess how Zhang Shurui felt when facing her.
The cell phone on the table kept vibrating. Lin Qianyuan thought he was dealing with work, so she didn't stay any longer and went back to her room to take a shower.
Pei Lanqing walked over, unlocked his phone, quickly browsed through it, glanced in the direction of the master bedroom, and replied with his head down: [Yes, I don't plan to leave.]
Zhang Shurui found this unbelievable. He put down the cup in his hand, wowed several times, and knocked around for a long time. Finally, he asked him to come out the next day to explain it clearly.
Pei Lanqing originally wanted to refuse, but Lin Qianyuan had to go out for something in the afternoon, and he was the only one at home. Anyway, he would have to talk it out sooner or later, so it would be better to do it today.
When he arrived at the place, he found that there were several junior and senior students from the same school at the dinner table, including an intern from a law firm. He probably met them by chance.
After hearing what the people around him said, Zhang Shurui was surprised and said, "What? You said you knew it a long time ago?"
The junior brother scratched his head and said, "Everyone in the law firm knows."
Zhang Shurui looked devastated. "Are you kidding me? He and I have been in contact since we graduated from undergraduate school until now."
The junior brother looked innocent upon hearing this, "Brother, why are you emphasizing this? This makes you seem even less intelligent."
"..." Zhang Shurui rolled up his sleeves and said righteously, "Come here, I promise not to hit you."
Pei Lanqing smiled, pulled out a chair and sat at the edge. Someone stood up to offer him a seat. He smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's okay."
Zhang Shurui glanced at him. With so many people sitting at the table, he felt embarrassed to talk too much about life topics. He mostly talked about his own work experiences, so that the students who had not yet graduated could understand the working environment in advance, but he still did not forget his purpose.
Having seen so many melodramatic divorce cases, I can easily come up with these stories. “Do you know what it’s like when a couple who are actually getting a divorce go to court?”
Zhang Shurui put down his chopsticks and described it vividly. "They usually dislike each other, which manifests itself in sneers, eye-rolling, sarcasm, insults, and all sorts of personal attacks. They either bring up old issues or refuse to respond. The fundamental reason for these two people to be in the same situation is to divide up property or fight for child custody, but peaceful conversation is simply impossible."
"Last time, I was standing there listening to the judge mediate, and I was almost hit by a mineral water bottle thrown by the woman. I immediately understood why people always say that working in law is a high-risk job. It is indeed dangerous. The kind of risk that can cost lives if you are not careful."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in surprise, and they all had a deep understanding of this.
After the dinner ended, Zhang Shurui and Pei Lanqing went back together. "Why didn't you eat?"
Pei Lanqing opened the car door and said, "I've eaten at home. I'm not hungry."
Zhang Shurui knew who they were eating with without asking. He sat in the passenger seat, fastening his seatbelt as he spoke: "So you're living together now?"
"Um."
Zhang Shurui nodded. It was normal when she thought about it. The two of them didn't look like they were going to get divorced that night.
However, he felt a little regretful that he would never be able to eat for free again. Although Pei Lanqing rarely did it before, at least he could get a free meal.
Pei Lanqing found it funny and thought it was not necessary.
"Not really?" Zhang Shurui laughed dryly and admitted directly, "Anyway, I'm not that strong mentally. To be honest, I hardly even dare to look at her. Do you two usually have something to talk about? Can you chat with each other? Does she even pay attention to you? She looks like she doesn't want to be approached by strangers."
Pei Lanqing stopped to wait for the red light. Suddenly, he laughed, not knowing what he was thinking about. "Yes, she and I won't have children."
Zhang Shurui said it was hard to imagine their daily life. He remained silent for the rest of the trip. When he got home, he was a few seconds late in opening the door. He immediately smelled the fragrance from the door opposite and sniffed. "What did you do for lunch?"
“Three shrimp noodles.”
Zhang Shurui had eaten this kind of noodles before, so he knew that the handmade process was very complicated and time-consuming. He immediately overturned his own statement in the car and started to walk towards his house. "Anything left?"
Pei Lanqing shook his head and said with a smile, "No more."
Zhang Shurui stopped, feeling tired all of a sudden. He turned around listlessly and said, "I'm going back."
Pei Lanqing also turned and walked in. Just as he closed the door, he noticed the noise behind him and changed his shoes and went in. "Are you back?"
"Well," Lin Qianyuan asked naturally, standing at the door of the study, "Where did you go?"
Pei Lanqing told the truth, but omitted the content related to her.
Lin Qianyuan said "oh" and said nothing, just opened his arms towards him.
Pei Lanqing smiled, leaned over and hugged her, "What's wrong with you?"
Lin Qianyuan carefully distinguished the smell on his body, which seemed to be stained with a hint of oil smoke. After confirming that there was no other scent, she raised her hands to hug his waist, raised her head and said, "I'm tired."
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