"Big brother?" Seeing Meng Zhiyuan lost in thought, Meng Wan called his name again.
"Hmm!" Meng Zhiyuan snapped out of his daze and rubbed Meng Wan's head.
"how's it going?"
"That's almost done, let's go home."
"Okay, I'm sorry. I was there, but I couldn't help at all." Meng Zhiyuan felt that he was a rather irresponsible older brother. Meng Wan had been back for so long, but he hadn't paid much attention to her. Now that she was being harassed at her workplace, he couldn't do anything to help.
"You're a really nice person." Meng Wan found it amusing, but Meng Zhiyuan was stunned and didn't understand what Meng Wan meant by that.
"You saw me watching Tang Qi beat up Li Qingshan, right? Any normal person would think I'm cold-blooded, so why are you accusing me of self-deception? Besides, didn't I ask you to go find someone?"
Meng Wan dislikes misunderstandings, and she usually addresses any issues on the spot.
Meng Zhiyuan didn't know what to say for a moment. He moved his mouth, but then chose to remain silent.
"By the way, my parents told me about the shop. How's the progress?"
"Ji Sheng will handle the arrangements. My parents have been following up on it these past few days, and it should be done by the end of next week if all goes well."
"Well, that's good." Meng Zhiyuan seemed a little absent-minded.
Is there something wrong with the law firm?
"Hmm? Not really..." Meng Zhiyuan sighed and finally voiced the frustration that had been building up inside him.
He always felt that Meng Wan had a maturity beyond her years, so when talking to her, he would tend to use an equal and conversational tone as if he were talking to someone his age.
"So, you were supposed to be promoted after you finished that case, but a new recruit took the case you were about to close, and your credit was stolen. You also lost the only intern's promotion spot, is that what you mean?"
“Yes.” Meng Zhiyuan’s expression was full of helplessness.
In the past, he would have argued his case based on reason. Since his family's decline, he has experienced too much, whether it was betrayal or kicking someone when they were down... Now, none of these things can arouse his anger at all.
"I was supposed to get a pretty good commission after the case was closed..."
Meng Wan frowned and stopped. "They didn't settle the bill with you?"
"No, no, no, it's not that there's no settlement." Meng Zhiyuan hurriedly explained, and judging from Meng Wan's tone, it seemed as if she was about to drag him to the company to cause trouble.
"The salary was settled normally, but the commission for the case was given to another intern because he was the one who ultimately handled the case."
"Hmm..." Meng Wan seemed thoughtful. "Which law firm was it again?"
“Zhuoqin.”
"Zhuoqin..." Seeing Meng Wan's rare moment of confusion, Meng Zhiyuan found it adorable.
"It's just a small company. I originally planned to work there temporarily and then move to a bigger law firm once I gained some experience." As he said this, Meng Zhiyuan's eyes finally lit up a little.
"Have you heard of Libra Law Firm? I heard it's a group of top lawyers that Y Company specially trained for the company, but a couple of years ago it suddenly became independent and established its own firm. Although it mainly serves Y Company, it also accepts cases from all walks of life. I heard that as long as they handle a case, the success rate of the litigation is as high as 90%."
"You want to go?"
"Every lawyer would love to go there, but unfortunately they haven't publicly recruited anyone for a long time."
"They adopt a master-apprentice model, usually through internal referrals rather than open recruitment from campuses. This ensures the stability of the recruits and makes their character and abilities more transparent."
"How do you know all this? Don't tell me there are people you know in there." Although he said this, Meng Zhiyuan already believed it to some extent.
Meng Wan has this kind of magic. She doesn't have to be serious. Even if she says something in a casual way, it will be very convincing as long as it comes from her mouth.
Meng Wan touched her nose. "You have a resume, right?"
"Of course there are..."
"Then send me an electronic version."
"An electronic version? What do you need that for?"
"Plan for the future in advance."
Meng Zhiyuan was amused by her childish words, "Okay, I'll send it to you in a bit."
"Don't tell Mom and Dad what happened tonight." As they reached the bottom of the stairs, Meng Zhiyuan stopped Meng Wan.
"My arrest was kept secret."
Meng Zhiyuan nodded, and the two siblings had their first secret with each other.
"I heard that Tang Qi left Tang Zhiyi at the door yesterday and took you away. Where did you go?" Lan Xing came over as soon as Meng Wan sat down.
"What else could it be? They're just trying to find me something to do because I'm being too complacent."
Upon hearing this, Lan Xing turned her head and happened to see Tang Zhiyi, who had just entered through the door, secretly glaring at Meng Wan. The movement was discreet, and Tang Zhiyi had her head tilted down. If it weren't for her position right next to Meng Wan and her 5.3 vision, she might not have been able to see it at all.
"Indeed, Tang Zhiyi probably wants to skin you alive right now."
"I'll leave after having lunch with you this afternoon."
"Huh? Where are you going? I'm going too!"
"What are you going to do, cause trouble?" Even so, Meng Wan still briefly told her about Li Qingshan's situation.
"What! Where did that fat pig get the guts!" Lan Xing suddenly stood up, startling Peng Zhe, who was playing with a ball behind him. The basketball rolled to Tang Zhiyi's feet.
"What's wrong, Miss Lan?" Peng Zhe asked as he ran to retrieve the ball.
"Excuse me." He tried to pick it up, but Tang Zhiyi was faster. She smiled and handed it to Peng Zhe, leaving Peng Zhe somewhat puzzled.
"for you."
"Th...thanks." Peng Zhe scratched his head, took the ball, tossed it to his teammate, and returned to his position.
"Is Tang Zhiyi upset? She's acting weird and creepy," Peng Zhe said in a low voice.
"Don't worry, look at her like this, no one dares to talk about yesterday's events anymore?" Meng Wan's words made Peng Zhe suddenly realize the truth.
He looked over and saw that Tang Zhiyi had already taken her seat. The people who were discussing yesterday's after-school incident lost interest in discussing it when they saw that the protagonist was unaffected.
"It has to be you, Sister Wan." Peng Zhe gave a thumbs up, and before Meng Wan could respond, he turned his head to Lan Xing.
"So, Miss Lan, what were you shouting just now?"
"Go play your ball." Lan Xing said dismissively to Peng Zhe, while moving closer to Meng Wan.
"So that's what you did this afternoon? Tang Qi only gave him a mild concussion, looks like his temper has improved quite a bit."
Meng Wan, recalling the ruthlessness he displayed yesterday, refrained from commenting.
"So you're going to deal with Li Qingshan's matter this afternoon?"
"No." Without elaborating, Lan Xing knew it was related to the Meng family again.
"I feel like you've been very busy every day since you went back to the Meng family."
"Really?" Meng Wan asked innocently.
"No?"
Whether or not, at 2 PM, Meng Wan and Meng Zhiyuan were leisurely enjoying afternoon tea in a coffee shop not far from Zhuoqin's office.
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