Chapter 70
After successfully negotiating the cooperation with Lifeng, Gu Cunxi spent most of this time in the conference room, meeting with four people from the marketing department to discuss the final decision of this event.
A rapid phone ring rang out. Gu Cunxi paused in her file browsing, picked up the phone beside her and walked out of the meeting room. She had called this number once on the night she met Chen Jiamao, but there was no news since then. Now she suddenly called... Could it be...
She quickly picked up the phone and lowered her voice
"Ms. Gu, I have already checked what you asked me to do last time."
"The information is in your mailbox. I believe it will be useful to you!" The man said with a hint of pride.
Gu Cunxi looked around. It was lunchtime and everyone was leaving one after another. To avoid being overheard, she turned around and walked out of the company quickly. She paused and said,
“Thank you, about the price…”
"Ms. Gu, you are Mr. Chen's friend, so you don't need money."
"Since I'm asking for your help, there's no reason for me to let you do it in vain," Gu Cunxi insisted.
A man's chuckle came from the other end of the phone, and Gu Cunxi frowned slightly.
"Let's talk about the money later. Miss Gu, please first check how much this information is worth."
"Alright...send me your bank card number via text message. I'll take a look at it and estimate the value and transfer the money to you."
"no problem"
After that, the man hung up the phone
"Cunxi..."
Pei Yin's voice came from behind her. She was slightly startled and turned to look. Cheng Sheng was still standing next to her. She didn't know when they came...
"Do we have a meeting at noon? Let's eat together?" Pei Yin came over and asked with a smile.
"I can't accompany you at noon, the meeting is not over yet." Gu Cunxi pursed his lips
"Then I'll bring it back to you. What do you want to eat?"
“I eat the same thing as you.”
Cheng Sheng, who was standing aside, watched the two of them coming and going, with a smile hidden in his eyes.
"Sister Pei Yin, I won't eat lunch." She tilted her head to one side and curled her lips.
“???”
"Didn't you just complain about being hungry?" Pei Yin raised his eyebrows in confusion.
"Well... I was a little hungry just now, but I'm full now." Cheng Sheng smiled and patted his stomach
“…”
"What did you eat?" Pei Yin asked again
Seeing Cheng Sheng's smiling face, Gu Cunxi knew that she was going to tease him again, so he stood aside and shook his head and chuckled.
"Dog food..." Cheng Sheng said after holding it in for a long time.
“…”
Pei Yin subconsciously looked at Gu Cunxi, lowered his head, and pursed his lips.
"Cough..." Gu Cunxi raised his hand to his lips and coughed lightly.
"Okay, I'll go into the meeting first."
After that, she glared at Cheng Sheng playfully and walked inside. When she passed by Pei Yin, her fingertips gently brushed the back of her hand.
Pei Yin felt a fleeting tingling sensation on his hand, accompanied by a hint of coolness. His body froze...
In the office, Gu Cunxi opened her mailbox and checked the information sent by the man. She was a little nervous, not knowing what was hidden in the information. It was like a Pandora's box.
The webpage loaded slowly, and an email titled "Confidential" came into view.
She moved the mouse and clicked the left button gently. The only sound in the silence of the office was the crisp click of the mouse.
Time seems to stand still
The content of the email gradually appears before your eyes
Gu Cunxi read it bit by bit, and the strength in his hand gradually tightened, making the mouse squeak.
It turned out to be the director of the Public Security Legal Affairs Department...
The information is very long. The first page records Chen Feng's basic information, which is very detailed, from the university he graduated from, to his previous positions, to his marriage and his parents' background.
Gu Cunxi was a bit horrified when he read on. Chen Feng, as the Director of the Legal Affairs Department, had accepted enormous bribes during his five years in office. He had also repeatedly abused his position to embezzle and pervert justice in three major criminal cases, modifying review documents submitted by the Public Security Bureau to justify sentence reductions. The total amount of bribes he received in these three cases was over 30 million...
There is an attachment under the email, which contains a secret document about the financial transactions with a large enterprise in Jianghuai City. The amount is huge, ranging from tens or hundreds to tens of millions.
As the law enforcement and supervisory department within the public security agency, they actually ignored the law and broke it knowingly... I wonder if Pei Yin has ever found out about Chen Feng's activities over the years...
The office door was pushed open, Gu Cunxi came back to his senses and minimized the page on his computer.
"Mr. Gu, are you hungry?" Pei Yin came over with a smile on his face and a small bag in his hand.
"Here~"
Gu Cunxi raised his hand to take the bag and flipped through it: Why did you come back so soon?
"I'm afraid you're hungry." Pei Yin sat on the chair opposite, tilted his head and smiled.
“Eat quickly.”
Gu Cunxi had no appetite after reading the information, but the smell of the food in front of him was really tempting.
"What were you looking at just now? I walked in from outside and saw that your brows were almost furrowed together," Pei Yin asked
The hand that was tearing the cutlery paused for a moment...
"Some information..." Gu Cunxi said lightly
She took two bites of the dish in front of her, which was light and suited her taste.
"Pei Pei..."
"Um?"
She didn't know how to start the conversation about that email...
"Cunxi?" Pei Yin looked at her suspiciously.
Gu Cunxi was lost in thought and didn't hear Pei Yin's words. She stirred the food in the lunch box until she felt a warm sensation on her face. She came back to her senses: Pei Pei, what did you just say? Pei Yin stood beside her without knowing when.
"You clearly looked like you had something to say, so why are you asking me?"
“…”
"Has the activity plan been finalized?" Pei Yin asked, changing the subject.
"Well... the final plan has been decided in this morning's meeting, and there's still a week until the event."
The matter about Chen Feng was weighing on her mind, and she lost her appetite even when looking at the food in front of her.
"Cunxi... go home and wait for me after get off work tonight."
"I... have something to do tonight and have an appointment to go out."
"Do you want me to take you there?"
Gu Cunxi put away the lunch box and threw it into the trash can beside him, then turned to look at her and asked
Pei Yin's eyes flashed with surprise and then she regained her composure. She thought Cunxi would ask her who she had an appointment with and what was going on, but she didn't ask.
The long-lost feeling of being trusted was found again with Gu Cunxi.
"No, I can do it myself." Pei Yin smiled.
"Wait for me at home"
After that, she stretched out her hand and pinched Gu Cunxi's cheek. Her fair and tender skin made her want to touch it.
Gu Cunxi didn't like this behavior, and no one had ever pinched her face like this before, but she never resisted anything Pei Yin did.
"Then I'll cook dinner for you at home." She nodded
After saying that, he took Pei Yin's hand and kissed it gently.
"Okay, it won't affect your work. I'm relieved to see that you've eaten. I'll go back first."
Pei Yin leaned over and kissed her forehead, then turned and left.
Gu Cunxi was going to tell Pei Yin about Chen Feng, but she swallowed the words back for some reason. This information was Chen Feng's handle, and she guessed that Pei Yin was completely unaware of it. Given Chen Feng's suspicious nature, he would definitely be very cautious in doing such a thing.
She has always disliked dealing with people in politics. In Gu Cunxi's mind, the political world is no less complicated than the business world, and it is full of darkness and complexity. If Pei Yin knew nothing about this over the years, then Chen Feng was even better at disguising and hiding than she thought.
The computer screen in front of her was dimly lit. Gu Cunxi opened the document again. After a moment's thought, she printed out the document, placed it in a file bag, and carefully put it in her bag...
5 p.m.
People in the company were getting ready to leave work one after another. Gu Cunxi thought about it for an afternoon and decided to hand the information to Pei Yin in the evening. As for how to deal with it, she wanted to hear Pei Yin's thoughts.
When she walked out of the office and passed by the sales department, she realized that Pei Yin had already left...
I didn't even come to tell her...
She curled her lips and took out her phone, and found a WeChat message on the screen.
[Cunxi, I'm leaving first and will be back soon]
【Just wait for me at home! 】
Although he was a little curious about who Pei Yin had an appointment with, she didn't say anything, and Gu Cunxi didn't intend to ask further.
She has her own thoughts and things to do, she is free!
Pei Yin hurriedly took a taxi to Zhongcheng Law Firm, which was not far from the Twin Towers, after leaving the company. She heard that there was a lawyer here who specialized in divorce cases and was very capable, so she went there.
The appointment time was 5:30 pm, and I arrived here just in time.
Following the assistant's reception, Pei Yin walked in and pushed open the office door. A woman was sitting inside, looking down at the documents.
"Lawyer Jiang, the person has arrived."
"Okay...you can go out first." The woman nodded without moving her eyes away from the documents.
After the assistant left, the woman slowly raised her head
The two looked at each other and the woman was stunned...
"Hello, I'm the person I called a few days ago," Pei Yin said slowly.
“…”
Seeing that the woman didn't speak and stared at him blankly, Pei Yin was a little confused.
After a while, the woman slowly stood up and walked over
"Hello, I'm a lawyer here," the woman extended her hand and smiled.
"Please take a seat."
The two of them walked to the sofa area and sat down
"You said on the phone that you needed me to draft a divorce agreement? Client..."
"Is it you?"
Pei Yin was startled, a little puzzled, then nodded and said: Yes
The woman thought for a moment, took out a business card from her pocket and handed it over: This is my business card
Pei Yin took it and looked at it.
Zhongcheng Law Firm, Jiang Rao...
"Excuse me, do you have any children?" Jiang Rao's eyes were deep and his brows were slightly frowned.
"There is a daughter"
"Regarding the divorce, what are your requirements? For example, child custody, division of property, real estate..." Jiang Rao asked
“I just want custody.”
“…”
On the other side, it was almost seven o'clock when Gu Cunxi returned home. After get off work, she went to the supermarket and bought a lot of vegetables. She wanted to make some of her signature dishes for Pei Yin in the evening.
After entering the house, she hurriedly changed her clothes, took out her phone and sent a message to Pei Yin, intending to ask her when she would be back. However, the message fell on deaf ears and there was no reply for a long time.
She waited and waited, and as time passed by for more than forty minutes and it gradually darkened outside, she became a little worried and thought about it before calling.
The ringing of the cell phone in the bag interrupted the conversation with Jiang Rao. Pei Yin took out the cell phone and looked at it. The corners of his mouth raised unconsciously. Jiang Rao sat opposite and saw it clearly.
"Sorry, I have to take a call first," Pei Yin said, nodding to Jiang Rao.
"Please do as you please"
Pei Yin stood up and walked to the window to answer the phone.
"Hey... Cunxi"
Jiang Rao was sitting on the sofa, checking the divorce agreement she had just drafted. When she heard Pei Yin's words, she paused.
"No need to pick me up, I'll be back soon"
"don’t worry!"
When Pei Yin answered the phone, Jiang Rao sat on the sofa behind her in a daze, looking at a page of documents for a long time but not reading a single word.
Hang up the phone
Pei Yin turned around and sat back on the sofa
Jiang Rao finally came back to his senses, frowning slightly.
After checking the documents in her hand for a while, she placed them on the table and slowly pushed them to the opposite side.
"Please take a look first, is there anything you need to add?"
"good"
Pei Yin took the document and opened it.
The office was very quiet, with only the sound of each other's gentle breathing reaching their ears. Jiang Rao sat on the sofa, lost in thought. She sorted out her thoughts bit by bit and had a rough idea...
She carefully observed the woman in front of her. Her every move was filled with grace and composure. In the countless divorce cases she had handled, she had seen men and women...when discussing divorce, they revealed the most authentic and ugly side of human nature: madness, anger, and ruthlessness. However, the woman in front of her showed no emotion at all, only a faint expression. When she spoke of her own marriage, it was as if it were someone else's business. She smiled calmly and indifferently.
"No problem." Pei Yin closed the file, raised his eyes and smiled.
The sudden voice broke the silence of the office and Jiang Rao's deep thoughts. She was stunned for a moment and said, "If you need anything else, you can contact me again."
"Thanks,"
"Then... I won't bother you, Lawyer Jiang. I'm sorry for taking up your off-get off work time." Pei Yin smiled and leaned forward slightly, nodding.
"This is my job. I'm just doing it for you for money. It's not a bother, you're welcome."
Pei Yin smiled, picked up the documents on the table and carefully put them into her bag. Just as she was about to get up and leave, the voice rang out again.
"Are you and your husband separated?" Jiang Rao suddenly asked
"yes"
It was not surprising for a lawyer to ask such a question, so Pei Yin did not think much about it.
Jiang Rao wanted to say something else, but he opened his mouth and swallowed his words.
"Lawyer Jiang, I'll take my leave first." Pei Yin came over and extended her hand with a smile.
"Take care." Jiang Rao stood up and shook hands politely, watching Pei Yin leave the office door with a deep look in his eyes.
After coming out of the office, Pei Yin felt a little relieved. She reached out and touched the shoulder bag. The brown paper bag inside was hard. Thinking of Gu Cunxi, she wanted to rush back immediately.
After being busy in the kitchen for more than an hour, Gu Cunxi prepared a delicious Western meal, including two sirloin steaks, a vegetable salad, two servings of borscht, and candlesticks and white candles bought from the supermarket. He arranged the dishes, lit the candlesticks aside, and turned off the chandelier in the living room. The candlelight shone brightly in the darkness, revealing a hint of warm yellow.
At this moment, the sound of the door unlocking came, and Gu Cunxi's heartbeat gradually accelerated...
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