Chapter 70 Lu Rang's Beloved is Already Taken?
The email contained chat logs from a long time ago.
Shang Wu was all too familiar with that striking, abstract portrait; it belonged to Yan Yue, a lawyer from Dingfeng.
I was closest to Lu Rang in the law firm; we often worked together on cases and chatted.
In the chat log, Yan Yue asked: "Why did you insist on taking on such a difficult case? Getting involved in the merchants' affairs isn't your style."
Lu Rang replied: [Use Shang Wu to bring down Jin Shui.]
Yan Yue: [Yes, I'd forgotten. Jinshui, relying on the background and backing of Chengzhou Group, snatched so many cases from Dingfeng Law Firm, causing a significant drop in the performance of our team's lawyers!]
Yan Yue: [Sigh, I knew you wouldn't do a losing business. You hate trouble and don't like meddling in other people's business. I knew it! How could you possibly take on a case like that and contact people from Chengzhou Group?]
Lu Rang did not reply to this matter again, and instead discussed the case with him.
Shang Wu remained expressionless and continued scrolling down.
The email contained several photos in which Lu Rang was sitting opposite a beautiful woman.
In restaurants, in teahouses, in all sorts of places.
The two people were eating and chatting face to face, and they seemed to have a very close relationship.
Lu Rang greeted the woman opposite him with a gentle smile that Shang Wu had rarely seen before.
"This is his fiancée, Shang Wu. You've always been seen with him as a couple, haven't you thought about what would happen if his fiancée found out? Your interactions are inappropriate," Zhou Yanci sent a message.
Shang Wu gritted her teeth.
Lu Rang stepped forward to look, but Shang Wu immediately put her phone away.
Seeing that she wouldn't let him see it, Lu Rang frowned slightly: "What's wrong?"
"fine."
Shang Wu distanced herself from him and left with a calm expression, not even glancing at Lu Rang.
"I'm going to work now."
Before Lu Rang could react, she had already left.
Lu Rang's gaze remained fixed on her, lost in thought as he watched her departing figure.
Shang Wu felt extremely depressed as she went downstairs.
Snow began to fall from the sky sometime earlier.
Shang Wu stood in the falling snow, and after a while she sighed, her mind filled with all the things Lu Rang had done.
He sucked candy from her fingertip, shielded her from stones on the ground, and rushed to rescue her from Zhou Yanci's scheme.
And... that ridiculous kiss.
Shang Wu wished she could travel back in time and give her past self a good scolding.
Shang Wu's expression was somewhat numb as she opened the car door and got in.
She took a phone call in her car before leaving.
Zhou Yanci called and her first question was, "So, did you see everything?"
Shang Wu stared straight ahead, her fingertips cold, and said calmly, "My contact with him is merely between colleagues, you don't need to send me so much stuff."
"You...you're not planning to transfer him away yet? It's not appropriate for someone from Dingfeng Law Firm to stay in the company. You take him everywhere you go. His fiancée will make a scene sooner or later if she finds out."
Zhou Yanci was clearly very surprised that she still did not want to fire Lu Rang.
Shang Wu reiterated: "I said, we only have a working relationship, and we will not cross any boundaries in the future."
Lu Rang was using her without caring, but he realized that their recent interactions had crossed the line and they needed to get back on track.
She also told Lu Rang in person that she would be very happy to help Dingfeng Law Firm get back on its feet and kick out the Jinshui team.
Jinshui Law Firm has been under Zhou Yanci's command for so many years, always helping her brother with his lawsuits, pretending to be dedicated, but it's all just a facade.
If it weren't for this, they probably would have found evidence to reduce his sentence long ago.
These lawyers were just along with Zhou Yanci in fooling him. She was just hoping that the people from Dingfeng Law Firm would take their place and that Jinshui Law Firm would lose Chengzhou as its backer.
Lu Rang was using her, and she was also using Lu Rang to deal with Jin Shui and to overturn the verdict on her family's case.
She felt at ease knowing that Lu Rang had ulterior motives towards her.
With such a helpful assistant, reviewing a business case is very easy.
Besides, this is a critical period for gathering evidence, and she cannot lose Lu Rang as an assistant.
Lu Rang knows too many clues; he cannot afford to break ties at this time.
Shang Wu rubbed her temples, determined that she and Lu Rang would never again cross the line in the slightest.
After hanging up the phone, Shang Wu went straight to work at headquarters.
With her in charge, the company has been calm and peaceful.
Taking advantage of her control, Shang Wu dismissed all of Zhou's incompetent relatives, lazy employees, and several of Zhou Yanci's confidants from their positions on the grounds of poor performance and lax work habits.
She annotated each person's file with details of their behavior of taking money without doing any work, and then packaged them up and sent them to the shareholders.
The board of directors had just received these people's complaints when they saw the reasons for their dismissal in their files.
The shareholders were furious and declared, "President Shang's orders are law. She can resign starting today, and no one can object!"
Shang Wu was organizing the Jinshui Law Firm's files in her office, planning to find a suitable reason to dismantle the entire team.
Ah Ying knocked on the door and came in.
“Attorney Lu’s office is ready. I’ve already called him and he said he’ll come over to take a look later.”
Shang Wu paused after listening, without raising her head.
"Okay, I understand. Go and collect all the lawyer information for the Jinshui Law Firm for me, and bring it to me before you leave work."
"Okay, I'll take care of it right away." Aying paused, then looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"President Shang, why don't you seem to care much about Attorney Lu's matter anymore? Didn't you specifically instruct us to get him the biggest and brightest office?"
Shang Wu paused slightly, raised her eyes and said calmly, "The office arranged for him is already ready, how much more do you want me to care about him?"
Ah Ying was speechless.
Yes, what else does she want?
She couldn't answer, and gave an awkward laugh: "No, I'm leaving now."
Shang Wu nodded, watching her close the office door before turning her gaze back to the computer screen with an icy expression, focusing intently on her work.
When it comes to revenge, she doesn't think about anything else.
She now controls the company and has a clear understanding of the cash flow.
Zhou Yanci is really bold.
They mistakenly believed he was the undisputed heir to the company and used all the assets they earned for the company's working capital investments.
Hundreds of billions of assets were invested.
His existing cash flow was also swindled away by the Ye family.
Of the 3.5 billion yuan that came into her hands, she took fifteen.
The remaining twenty were given to Ye Shijie.
When Mr. Ye learned of this, he called to say that he didn't want her payment, but Shang Wu insisted on giving it to him.
She always had a clear system of rewards and punishments. Those who followed her and were willing to cooperate with her were able to eat their fill of meat, instead of just getting a little bit of broth.
Moreover, she was after revenge, not money.
As Shang Wu was deep in thought, there was a knock on the office door.
Without looking up, she said, "Come in."
The next second, a faint, cool fragrance wafted over.
Shang Wu was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw a figure appear at the door.
"The office you prepared for me is nice."
Lu Rang walked in and came right up to her.
Shang Wu didn't see what he was holding and said calmly, "If you think it's good, then it's fine. As a legal advisor, you can handle your work at the law firm, or you can work at headquarters or branches. In short, you can have a place anywhere. You can choose your work location as long as you're happy."
Shang Wu never brings her personal emotions into her work, and tries her best to operate herself as an emotionless work machine.
But ever since she saw the contents of the email, she couldn't help but become cold towards Lu Rang.
Lu Rang keenly sensed it, and after looking at her for a long time, he finally spoke: "Is something bothering you?"
Shang Wu stared intently at the computer screen, refusing to give him even a glance.
"without."
Lu Rang lowered his eyes, took out a piece of milk candy from his coat, and handed it to her.
"I won't eat it, my teeth hurt," Shang Wu refused again.
Lu Rang gripped the object in his other hand tightly, gazing at her silently, unsure how to hand it over.
He didn't speak, and Shang Wu didn't say anything more.
The atmosphere became subtle, and a quiet current was stirring.
It was as if they had always interacted the same way they always had, nothing had changed, yet something had changed.
After a moment, Shang Wu finally couldn't stand Lu Rang's gaze any longer and looked up at him: "Is there anything else?"
Lu opened his mouth, but before he could speak, the door was opened from the outside.
The subtle atmosphere between the two vanished instantly.
Zhou Yanci entered carrying a bouquet of flowers, and the fragrance of roses instantly filled the entire office.
"Awu, look! I've brought you flowers."
When he saw Lu Rang there, his expression changed slightly.
Shang Wu rubbed her temples, feeling annoyed by the two people's repeated interruptions.
Zhou Yanci closed the door, her expression turned cold as she looked at Lu Rang, giving him a cold smile.
"What's wrong, Attorney Lu? Do you have something work-related to discuss with A-Wu?"
Lu Rang ignored him and calmly put the item back into his pocket.
Zhou Yanci snorted coldly, but did not chase him away. Instead, she deliberately walked over to him, holding a large bouquet of pink roses, and came to Shang Wu.
He placed the bouquet of roses on the corner of the table, moved a few documents that were also on the corner, and casually tossed them on top of the bookshelf next to him.
“Look, Ah Wu, these are roses I bought especially for this purpose. The shop owner just sent this batch of roses over, and I drove over to buy them when I had nothing else to do.”
Lu Rang pursed his lips, looking at them with a blank expression and deep gaze.
Shang Wu became even more agitated for no reason, staring at Zhou Yanci.
"Now that you're no longer at work, and you've stepped down from your CEO position, all you have left is this little flower garden and romance?"
A cold remark startled Zhou Yanci, who widened her eyes slightly as she looked at her aloof demeanor. "What... what did you say?"
For a moment, he was in disbelief, never imagining that Shang Wu would speak to him with such disdain.
So much so that Zhou Yanci didn't know how to respond.
Shang Wu raised her hand and pressed her brow, her eyes filled with cold impatience.
"I've just taken office and I'm very busy. A new batch of jewelry from the branch office is due for delivery. I'm practically spinning like a top. If you can't help me at all, then please don't bother me!"
That look of disgust and rejection, devoid of any affection, froze Zhou Yanci in place.
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