Xu Wan's voice was so resolute that it carried a clear sense of aggression.
Since they met, there has almost never been a time when the two were so tense.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Tingzhou said, "Gu Qing is not suitable for you."
"What?"
"That senior of yours, he's not right for you."
It took Xu Wan a few seconds to realize that she hadn't misheard. "This is my business. No matter what I choose, you have no right to comment on my choice."
The conversation ended unhappily.
Xu Wan still politely escorted the man downstairs and watched him get into his car before leaving.
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On Monday morning, Xu Wan saw Yuan Shuxin return from running errands and immediately went to Yuan Shuxin's office.
After entering the office, she did not waste Yuan Shuxin's time and directly expressed her desire to resign, explaining the reasons and stating that she wanted to develop her career in Nancheng.
There was no mention of Jiang Tingzhou.
Yuan Shuxin and Jiang Tingzhou were not that close, and he did not know that Ryan was Jiang Tingzhou.
In his view, Jiang Tingzhou had died in a shipwreck five years ago.
Three years ago, Tianyuan Law Firm also removed Jiang Xuanzhou from his position as a partner.
Yuan Shuxin stated, "You just need to hand over your work properly. If you don't feel comfortable staying in Nancheng, Tianyuan's doors will always be open to you."
In Yuan Shuxin's view, Xu Wan's trip to Nancheng was not a bad thing.
It wasn't a work-related reason, but an emotional one.
Over the past few years, Yuan Shuxin has watched Xu Wan go from being despondent when Jiang Tingzhou first disappeared, to studying hard because of An Yunya's case, to growing rapidly in the last two years and becoming a capable lawyer.
However, for Xu Wan, Beicheng was, after all, a place of heartbreak.
Every place could remind her of someone.
Instead, going to the south of the city might be a better option.
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Xu Wan didn't expect that resigning would go much more smoothly than she had imagined.
After leaving Yuan Shuxin's office, she called her assistant Ke Shanshan over to confirm the progress of several cases she was handling.
Yuan Shuxin treated her so well, so she wanted to reciprocate and do her best until the very end.
When Ke Shanshan heard that Xu Wan wanted to resign, her jaw almost dropped. "Lawyer Xu, why are you suddenly resigning? Did I make you angry and leave?"
Ke Shanshan is an intern who was just recruited last year.
All four were boys, with only Ke Shanshan being a girl, so Xu Wan took her over.
"No, you did very well. It's just that I have some personal matters to attend to, so I might not be able to stay in Beicheng any longer. Take a look at the other senior lawyers in the firm and see who you'd like to work with. I'll introduce you to them."
Xu Wan likes Ke Shanshan from the bottom of her heart.
Although this girl wasn't the most outstanding among the interns, she believed in making up for her shortcomings through hard work.
She completes the tasks assigned to her by Xu Wan with great care and grows very quickly.
"I, I... I don't know either."
While Ke Shanshan said this, Xu Wan also had some thoughts.
After all, the two of them have been together for so long, and Ke Shanshan is a simple-minded person, so it's easy to guess what she's thinking.
Xu Wan deliberately asked tentatively, "So what do you think of Pei Zhao?"
"Pei Lu?" Ke Shanshan's eyes sparkled slightly, her expression filled with barely suppressed excitement. "Isn't his place already full?"
Xu Wan smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be easier to work if there was one more person?"
“Yeah…that’s true.” Ke Shanshan added, afraid that her change of expression was too quick, “Actually, I still want to stay with you, Attorney Xu, but since you’re leaving, I can only go to Attorney Pei’s place. But if you come back sometime, I’ll stay with you again!”
For the next three or four days, Xu Wan focused on handling her lawsuits and spent the rest of her time on handover work.
When the resignation process was going smoothly...
On Thursday afternoon, Xu Wan had just left the courthouse when she received a phone call.
It was a call from a partner at the law firm she was about to join.
After Xu Wan answered the call, she heard the other party say, "Attorney Xu, I'm so sorry. We originally agreed that you would start working in the middle of next month, but now our law firm has made some adjustments to its personnel structure, so we may not be able to invite you to join us. Of course, we will pay you the corresponding compensation through the proper procedures. I'm really sorry."
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