35 Interwoven Flowers | Method
The room was on the eighth floor. Due to the sound resonance, the cars on the road in the distance made the long bridge rumble, and the rumbling sound reached the room.
She closed all the doors and windows connected to the outside world, isolating her heart in an airtight little compartment.
Lin Weifeng continued to work hard to retrieve the silk book, and as usual, she held an online meeting with Sheng Xin.
Lin Weifeng believes that "going to court will help us obtain evidence. The Nandun Civil Procedure Law has rules on the disclosure of evidence, which will not only help resolve this case, but also greatly benefit related disputes."
Sheng Xin: "For example?"
"Currently, the phenomenon of cultural heritage sites being looted is still happening quietly, resulting in multiple cultural relics being illegally lost through the same channels. If a lawsuit can be initiated and evidence of the theft and whereabouts of one of the cultural relics is obtained, it will have important legal significance for recovering the same batch of lost cultural relics."
"But right now, we only have the expert opinions and Jiang Meiyi's testimony regarding the silk manuscript." Sheng Xin softened his tone. "I don't want to discourage you, but the reality is, you'll lose the case."
"I will lose the case, but it won't be a failed lawsuit." Lin Weifeng was sure.
Sheng Xin smiled, feeling the joy of witnessing her own child grow up. She said, "Then my suggestion, Plaintiff, is to choose Jiang Meiyi personally, rather than bringing up the Jingbo name right away."
"Well, I agree. This way, even if I lose the case, I won't be bound by the rule of 'following past precedent'."
"Is Jiang Meiyi willing?"
"The initial intention is yes. I'll communicate with you again."
“How are attorney fees calculated?”
Lin Weifeng was silent for a moment, "I didn't ask for it. If you think you should take it, you can deduct my salary."
"I'm just asking, silly boy."
After the meeting, Lin Weifeng sat there in silence for a long time.
When reporting her legal opinions, she couldn't help but think of her passion and sincerity in embarking on the path of a cultural relics lawyer, as well as her possible overestimation of her own abilities.
Thinking without answers is the most torturous thing for the body and mind. She opened the metal cap of the brandy bottle with her bare hands and drank a small half of it mouth to mouth without hesitation.
Suddenly, the computer screen flickered between light and dark, and the hotel lost power.
Lin Weifeng coughed and immediately put down the bottle.
Then the air conditioner suddenly stopped, the room darkened, and the door password lock automatically sounded the alarm several times before starting to work on the backup power supply.
She stood up, wiped her mouth, and opened the window.
Xinlicheng is a coastal city. Even though the wave of industrialization has swept through it for many years, several ancient fishing villages still remain.
However, the hotel was located in the industrial zone of Yuangong Group. She looked into the distance, but there was no sea or forest, only a light haze lingering in the sky.
The setting sun was hidden above the tall fir trees, dyeing the vast clouds yellow and making them opaque.
The square outside the hotel was quiet and deserted.
The scene before her was not beautiful, so she got bored as she looked at it.
She sat down again.
Without the cool air from the air conditioner, the leather armchair heated up noticeably, and rubbing it immediately generated a heat wave, which made her irritable.
She was gentle and pure, rarely getting irritated. This contrast made her even more irritated.
She wanted to blame the city, the weak electricity, but eventually, she began to look at herself.
The work of recovering cultural relics is her ideal and pursuit. When it comes to submitting legal documents, she feels mixed emotions.
International litigation cannot be promoted by lawyers from one country alone. It requires multiple notarization and certification procedures, as well as transnational agency formalities, which she had just forgotten to explain to Sheng Xin.
Coincidentally, her phone vibrated. Sheng Xin had sent her the email address of a cooperating lawyer practicing in Nandun, informing her: "Lawyer Jan Ting (Chen Bangjie) will be at AHN Law Firm tomorrow as usual. You can go and discuss your intention to collaborate."
A moment of mutual inspiration made Lin Weifeng feel a little relieved.
Lin Weifeng replied: [Received.]
The moment she exited the dialog box, she stared at her pinned profile picture, and miraculously and quietly recovered some of her mental strength.
In the corner of the increasingly dark room, this portrait is particularly bright.
She clicked on it and typed: [Would you do something that is doomed to fail?]
She knew that it was Jiang Yu's daily routine not to be able to reply to messages immediately due to work reasons, so she simply turned off her phone and lay on the bed.
I never expected that as soon as the back of my head hit the pillow, my phone would start to ring.
Jiang Yu replied with a whole paragraph:
[If you only look at the literal meaning, "I can do it" is my answer.
But Lin Weifeng, who has always been confident, would ask such a question, which means he must have encountered a very difficult situation.
It's a pity that I'm not by your side at the moment, and I have a lot of charm but I can't display it.
I personally believe that humans often do things with a high probability of "success" and reject "failure" based on limited information, past experience or current judgment. However, variables and turning points are enough to cause a sharpshooter to make a mistake with the gun, and are also enough to cause an untrained civilian to shoot the target's heart.
Failure is the relative theory of success. It can be regarded as the result of an event, but it does not affect the significance of this event.
If you want to do it, just do it. 】
Lin Weifeng sat up and pondered over every word. Against the glow of the setting sun, he smiled slightly, gentle and peaceful.
However, she didn't reply to the main point: [With so many words, it seems that Officer Jiang is very free today.]
Bullies can get it: [Lawyer Lin likes cool people?]
Lin Weifeng: [Anyway, don't lick it too much.]
Bullies can get it: [So difficult... Will you accept the person who is destined to lick you? ]
Lin Weifeng chuckled, [How can there be so much destiny?]
Bully: [Look, you yourself said that nothing is predetermined. So don't be afraid of failure, Lin Weifeng.]
Lin Weifeng paused: "Yes." Then he asked: "Has Officer Jiang ever failed?"
After this question was sent, Jiang Yu waited more than ten seconds before replying: [I don't remember it at the moment, but as a licking enthusiast, I tried to imagine what "failure" would look like.]
Lin Weifeng: [What is it?]
Bullies can get it: [Maybe, I pointed the gun at myself. ]
Lin Weifeng immediately: [No.]
Bullies can get it: [Similarly, if one day I point my gun at you, it means I have no other options.]
Lin Weifeng paused for a few seconds and said, "You are wrong."
Bullies can get it: [Huh?]
Lin Weifeng: [If one day you point your gun at me, then I will be your solution.]
Her heart was gradually surging.
About a minute later, Jiang Yu called.
Lin Weifeng said doubtfully, "Hello?" "Me?"
"Myself." Jiang Yu's two words were very powerful.
Lin Weifeng's lips curved: "I saw two handsome guys today, and one of them was in a trance and thought it was you."
"I haven't seen you for a few days. Don't you recognize me anymore?"
"I know him. He's gentle, with long eyebrows and cold, starry eyes. He's both good and evil, and not easy to fool."
Jiang Yu: "Okay, then I'll look like this, so you know me."
Lin Weifeng listened to his sarcastic voice and looked at the afterglow of the setting sun outside the window. Somehow, the scenery that had been so boring just now became a little interesting.
She said, "I'm on a business trip in Nandun and there's a power outage here."
"Be careful when someone opens the door."
Jiang Yu responded quickly with a rising tone, as if he was giving a deliberate reminder. On the contrary, he didn't seem surprised by the power outage itself.
This made Lin Weifeng feel strange, "Do you know the password lock alarm?"
Jiang Yu didn't say anything.
After a few minutes of silence, Lin Weifeng suddenly remembered that there were still two boys who had not arrived on this trip.
Maybe it could be him?
"Are you coming too?" she asked sincerely, her brows raised in anticipation.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yu said, "If you live in a single room, I can take advantage of the dark night, strong winds and power outage to launch a surprise attack."
Hearing this, Lin Weifeng knew: "It seems it's not you."
There are not so many adventures. One or two would be enough. Why do I always encounter them?
She regained her composure and rationality, and then heard the sound of electricity and rustling wind on the other end of the phone.
"Are you out there on a mission?" she asked.
However, Jiang Yu seemed not to hear these words.
When he finally spoke, it was to explain what he had said earlier: "Having been fighting international crime for so long, I have a basic understanding of the situations in various countries. Nandun has a perennial power shortage, and hotels like to use powered combination locks. When you mentioned the power outage, I thought of it."
"Oh, yeah."
Jiang Yu: "Unhappy——anymore?"
There was another burst of noise, which made his word "了" tremble.
Lin Weifeng said, "Let's talk next time, when you are free."
I don’t know when it started, but Jiang Yu’s signal became so bad that it could not be recovered and the line was directly disconnected.
The room suddenly became quiet.
However, the silence didn't last long before the sound of someone opening the door was heard.
Lin Weifeng heard a young man say, "Lin Weifeng, your combination lock is out of power. Be careful if someone opens the door. Can't you just insert the latch? It's a stupid solution, but it's still a solution."
At that time, she had not yet recovered from the call with Jiang Yu, and did not hear the person's voice clearly. Based on the content alone, she thought that Jiang Yu wanted to give her a surprise.
She suddenly stood up from the edge of the bed, jogged down the aisle, and greeted the two people at the door with a smile on her face.
But……
Not Jiang Yu.
These two people are Yang Xiuqi and Meng Lu.
Lin Weifeng's facial features suddenly fell, his lowered hands tightly grasped the edge of his pants, and he instinctively took two steps back.
Jiang Yu was right, we should be careful about someone opening the door.
Even if they are not bad people, they may be annoying people.
"The power has been out for so long, why are you staying in the house alone?"
Without lights, Yang Xiuqi had the confidence to pretend not to see the sarcasm in Lin Weifeng's eyes. He had just arrived, and his tone was very cheerful.
Lin Weifeng was furious, and he couldn't hide. He just needed Yang Xiuqi to explain things clearly, so he softened his expression and said firmly, "The air outside is not good."
Yang Xiuqi took a small step into the house, was quickly glared at by Lin Weifeng, and then stopped dead in his tracks.
He raised his hands, shook the two bottles of wine in his hands, and said with a smile: "We bought some wine. Do you have a bottle opener?"
"Should I have?" Lin Weifeng knew that he was always familiar with people and he was thick-skinned, which made him even more unique.
"They say there are some in every room."
"Then go back to your room."
"Xing Zhou and Zhou Rui are translating materials in the room. I can't open a bottle of wine and disturb them while they're working."
"Are you and Xing Zhou sharing a room?" Lin Weifeng's gaze flickered between him and Meng Lu. "Aren't you..."
Before she could finish her words, Meng Lu interrupted her guess and said thoughtfully, "I live in the Hilton downtown. I met Yang Xiuqi at the airport. I heard you were here too, so I came to see you. It's been a while."
Meng Lu was dressed in a smart work suit, her brows furrowed slightly, her tanned skin accentuating her piercing gaze. Her fiery red lips echoed the glittering ruby brooch.
Her tone was calm, without a hint of abruptness. Compared to before, it sounded much more mature, steady, and dignified.
As old friends with some entanglements, they complement each other and meet at the top. Lin Weifeng felt inexplicably relieved.
"Are you from the country of Aier?" Lin Weifeng asked.
"Um."
"do what."
"I joined the Yodon Times and am in charge of the world history section." Meng Lu said frankly.
The electrical equipment was unstable and the lights in the house flickered and then went out.
Standing here all the time wasn't a solution. Lin Weifeng turned to Yang Xiuqi, pointed to a drawer next to the TV cabinet, and said, "Here's the bottle opener."
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