Chapter 21
"Li Lu, do you need any help? Where are you headed?"
Feng Jing looked at the suitcase in front of her and asked with concern.
Li Ye was surprised to run into Feng Jing here. He immediately put away his phone and said, "Thank you, Mr. Feng, but no need. I'm going to Yuanda to get my stamp. I'm waiting for Wang Du. He'll be down in a bit."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Wang Du walked over from the front.
"Attorney Li, President Feng, what brings you both here?"
"Oh, I came down for some fresh air. I just got off the elevator and saw Attorney Li standing here with these two huge suitcases. I thought Attorney Li was going to run away overnight, so I came over to ask him."
Li Ye immediately realized that, in terms of location, the private elevator to the 49th floor was closer to the back door and also quieter.
"Haha, right, we can't do without Attorney Li. We can't let her escape." After hearing Feng Jing's words, Wang Du also joked.
"Oh, why would I run away! The young lady gave me so much money, I'd even carry her shoes for her." Li Ye chimed in with a smile.
"Oh, right, Mr. Feng, the chairman should be able to see the first draft of the report next week. If there's anything I need to explain then, please let me know."
Li Ye knew that Feng Jing would definitely report what happened today to Xu Wanyi, so she took this opportunity to report the progress so that Xu Wanyi could be prepared. She knew that Xu Wanyi was unlikely to open the report to see the details at this stage, and was worried that Zhang Gang would find an excuse to cover it up, so she specifically reminded her to be careful.
However, she was unaware of Xu Wanyi's thoughts and did not want to contact Xu Wanyi directly at this stage.
“Okay, Attorney Li, I will pass on the message to the chairman in time.”
As the two were talking, Wang Du casually turned around and suddenly saw a figure a few meters behind them at the corner. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than the chairman!
The corners of their hall are designed in a cylindrical shape, with dense, long strips of solid wood used as cover, unlike those corners that are folded at a ninety-degree angle, where you can't see anything at all.
Just as he was about to shout, Xu Wanyi put her index finger to her lips, signaling him to be quiet.
He was forced to swallow the words "Chairman" that were already on the tip of his tongue.
Realizing she had been discovered, Xu Wanyi quickly took a step back, hiding behind the wooden fence. She was standing very close to them, so even stepping back slightly wouldn't affect her ability to hear their conversation clearly.
She rarely went downstairs, but today, on a whim, she decided to go for a walk. Before she even stepped out of the lobby, she saw Li Ye standing stiffly in the corner, with two huge boxes in front of him. What was he up to?
Before she could even process what was happening, her feet had already started walking this way. Not wanting to run into Li Ye, she gestured for Feng Jing to go up and ask him.
Because he was in a hurry to get the stamp, Li Ye exchanged a few more pleasantries with Feng Jing and then left. Wang Du didn't dare to say anything and silently helped Li Ye drag his suitcase beside him.
Feng Jing walked back to the chairman's side. "Chairman, do you need my help?"
"No need, let her do what she wants!"
Xu Wanyi watched Li Ye leave through the gate, her eyes filled with annoyance. What did she mean by "the young lady gave so much money that she would even carry his shoes"?
She couldn't help but recall the hands that held her ankle that night; the warm touch seemed to still linger on her ankle.
Thinking of this, Xu Wanyi suddenly felt a bit hot, and only then did she come back to her senses. She was so angry! She simply didn't know what Li Ye was thinking; how could he just blurt out anything like that!
After pushing their suitcases out of the building, Li Ye and Wang Du walked straight towards the main road. The commercial area where Leguang Group is located is called "Corporate Headquarters," but that's just to indicate that there are many corporate headquarters there. It's not the official name of the area; it's not a closed park and doesn't have an official name. Every building is surrounded by municipal roads.
As the legal counsel for Leguang Group, Wang Du was very familiar with this area. He and Li Ye acted according to the situation, ignoring red lights and crossing the road in just a few steps if there were no cars. That's the advantage of a sparsely populated area.
Fortunately, Li Ye was with him, along with this four-wheeled suitcase; otherwise, keeping up with Wang Du's elusive route would have been quite difficult. If it had been Jiang Yu in this situation, Li Ye could imagine Jiang Yu's miserable face, wishing she could hug him and cry.
A few minutes later, the two stopped in front of a tall building. Li Ye looked up and wondered if Miss Xu really liked tall buildings. Why was Yuanda New Energy also working in such a tall building? She looked back at Leguang Building and found that the two buildings were only about 500 meters apart as the crow flies.
It's a journey that's too short to drive and too long to walk.
Just as the two appeared, a person walked over from not far away! Oh my, what a coincidence! Li Ye immediately remembered those big ears. Wasn't this the person he had seen a few times before? What a coincidence!
"Mr. Wang, Attorney Li, hello both! Welcome to Yuanda New Energy for your inspection."
Chen Fang had long, narrow eyes, and when he smiled, his eyes disappeared, adding a touch of cunning to his appearance.
"Attorney Li, this is Chen Fang, the deputy general manager of the legal department of Yuanda New Energy, who is in charge of the work! He used to work in our department, we're all acquaintances." Wang Du emphasized the words "in charge of the work," giving Chen a lot of face.
"Hello, Mr. Chen!" Li Ye took the initiative to extend his hand, and the two shook hands amicably, thus becoming acquainted.
"Let's go upstairs. Everything is ready up there, just waiting for Attorney Li to arrive."
This was the first time Li Ye had observed Chen Fang directly. Although traditionally, large ears are considered a symbol of good fortune, unfortunately, his small, narrow eyes, long nose, and flat mouth completely wasted the peaceful temperament that large ears should bring.
The building was also very new, with Yuanda New Energy occupying the entire 35th floor. As soon as Li Ye stepped out of the elevator, he felt that it was particularly bright. Their decoration style was very modern, with white as the main color. The ceiling and walls were white, and the floor was polished cement color.
The reception area is streamlined, resembling an aircraft control panel. To the left of the entrance is a row of screens displaying their new energy equipment production line and some already-built wind turbines. This is quite different in style from the headquarters of the Leguang Group.
They walked through the public office area and arrived at the Ministry of Justice office. Li Ye noticed that the faces of the people in the Ministry of Justice were all very young. Most of the men were wearing polo shirts and the women were wearing t-shirts. Almost no one was wearing suits or skirt suits, and there were hardly any high heels.
Standing there, Li Ye felt like an old relic from the last century.
However, these young people didn't think that far ahead. No matter how youthful and vibrant they were, or how casually they dressed, they were still people in the legal profession. Anyone working in law in Haixi had heard of Li Ye to some extent.
"Hello, Attorney Li!" The people in Yuanda New Energy's legal department were naturally happy to meet the legendary Attorney Li Ye. However, when they saw the two giant boxes in front of Li Ye and Wang Du, their brows furrowed again.
No matter how senior or capable a lawyer is, it can't compensate for the pain caused by two large boxes of basic documents that all need to be stamped.
"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Huang, Xiao Liu, the three of you help Attorney Li and General Manager Wang get their stamps done. Attorney Li is a role model in our legal profession; you should all learn from him." Chen Fang assigned tasks efficiently.
"Yes, Mr. Chen." The three girls were both happy and a little melancholy.
Upon hearing this, Li Ye's eyes twitched slightly. Was Chen Fang praising her or insulting her? Was he going to teach her how to stamp documents?
"Li Lu, President Wang, let's go to that conference room over there. It'll be easier to get the stamps there. I'll take the stamp over." Xiao Zhang seemed to be the oldest among them, and she was in charge of receiving Li Ye.
“Okay.” Li Ye and Wang Du pushed the suitcases and followed the three girls toward the conference room.
“Li Lu, please don’t mind him. This is just Chen Fang’s style. It does sound a bit flamboyant, but he doesn’t do things that flamboyantly.”
Wang Du felt extremely embarrassed. Chen Fang had always liked to flatter his superiors when he was in the group. Over time, this style of speaking and acting had become a part of him, and he could say such things to anyone he met.
He was somewhat concerned about Li Ye's opinion of their group's legal department; he couldn't afford to embarrass the chairman, right?
"Ah, it's nothing. But he ran really fast." Li Ye smiled, looked at the two large boxes, and then at Wang Du.
Wang Du could only manage a forced smile. But in his heart he was thinking: If the chairman hadn't repeatedly emphasized the need to support Attorney Li, I wouldn't have become this human stamping machine! Do you think I don't want to run away?!
"President Wang, your legal department at Leguang is truly full of hidden talents. Someone like President Chen is so promising at such a young age, becoming the chief legal officer of Yuanda New Energy."
"Ah, right." Wang Du was still thinking about other things, and when he suddenly heard Li Ye say this, he didn't react for a moment. "Huh? No, Chen Fang helped the company win a lawsuit last year, and that's why he was promoted."
"Are people from your legal department required to appear in court?"
"No need for that, it's just that Chen Fang found the key evidence, so he's the biggest contributor."
Hmm, I see. But this doesn't seem like Wan Yi's style of choosing people. Why would she choose someone like this to be the legal head of Yuanda New Energy? Li Ye was completely puzzled.
Appearance is one thing, let's put that aside for now, but Chen Fang is far too cunning; Li Ye doesn't have a good impression of people like that. In this respect, Xu Wanyi is exactly the same as her. Otherwise, how could the two of them have fallen in love back then? Surely they can't be completely without similarities?
"Attorney Li, this is the conference room." The three girls led them in.
After Li Ye entered, she first asked everyone to remove all the chairs near the door. Then she opened her suitcase, inside which were two neat rows of A4-sized documents. She took them out one stack at a time, following the logical order of the documents, and spread them out on the conference table.
Li Ye and Wang Du affixed the official seal, two girls affixed the seal across the seam, and one girl organized the documents. After the assignments were completed, the stamping process officially began.
Wang Du complained incessantly, not expecting this thing to be so tiring. He doesn't usually exercise, and towards the end, his arms were so sore he could barely lift them.
With so much data, it was impossible to finish it in one day! To Wang Du's surprise, Li Ye dragged him over the next day, and it couldn't be anyone else; it had to be Wang Du himself!
It took Li Ye a full day and a half to finally stamp all the documents in both boxes.
"Finally finished!"
Wang Du yelled and slumped into his office chair, completely abandoning his elite demeanor as a white-collar worker, no longer caring about what Lawyer Li thought of him.
The stamps they exchanged over the past two days made him feel as if the two of them had fought in the same trench and were already comrades-in-arms who had shared life and death.
Therefore, sometimes writing more emails or sending more WeChat messages is useless. It's better to actually get them to do some physical work, and that will immediately shorten the distance between them.
There's a saying that only the feelings of the working people are the purest and most reliable!
"Thank you so much, you three lovely ladies! You've really been a great help this time. You've worked so hard, so please go back and rest."
Wang Du slumped for a while, watching Li Ye looking at him with a half-smile, slowly tidying up the documents. Several young girls seemed to want to help but didn't know how. He struggled to stand up and quickly settled his own people first.
"Yes, thank you for these past two days. I'll go return the seal now." Li Ye looked up at the door and smiled. The three girls couldn't help but smile too.
Because Zhang is here, this conference room has practically become their general management department these past two days, and these three girls are the secretaries who stamp the documents. They come in one after another, which is incredibly annoying.
Finally, Li Ye added, "I'll treat you to coffee later."
"Okay, I want a latte, an Americano, and a flat white. Waiting for Attorney Li's coffee."
As expected of employees in the trendy industry, the three of them didn't stand on ceremony and filed out after ordering.
Li Ye gave a "no problem" gesture.
After they left, she quickly packed all her things, closed her suitcase, and zipped it up.
"Let's go, Mr. Wang. You've had a tough time these past two days. Let's get some coffee!"
The two of them pulled their suitcases downstairs, where there happened to be a Starbucks.
What would you like to drink?
"latté."
After getting their coffee, the two went to an empty table.
"Mr. Wang, please sit here and rest for a while. I'll go and bring coffee to the three girls."
As soon as Li Ye left, Wang Du's phone rang. Judging from the sound, several messages had come in.
He took out his phone and looked at it.
Message 1, from Zhang Gang: Xiao Wang, did you go to Yuanda New Energy with Attorney Li to get the documents stamped? How's it going? Are there any missing documents?
The second message, from Feng Jing: Mr. Wang, have you finished stamping the documents? Do you need me to send someone to help you? Where is Attorney Li?
Wang Du thought for a moment and decided to go back to Feng Jing first, as the chairman must have asked her to inquire about it.
"It's all finished, and I'm just coming back. Attorney Li is off delivering coffee to the young lady in the legal department of Yuanda New Energy."
Then I went back to Zhanggang. "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Zhang. I came here with Attorney Li to get the documents stamped. All the documents are complete and have been stamped. Everything went smoothly."
Zhang Gang replied first: Okay, as long as everything goes smoothly. Cooperate well with Attorney Li.
"Yes, Mr. Zhang."
When Feng Jing received Wang Du's message, he was standing next to Xu Wanyi's desk.
"Chairman, Wang Du said it's all built now, and Attorney Li is delivering coffee to the young lady from Yuanda right now."
After hearing this, Xu Wanyi remained expressionless. "Being able to go out for coffee during work hours, it seems being a lawyer is still the best."
"Chairman, what about these clothes?"
"No need. You don't even remember your own clothes, and you expect others to return them to you? If you don't want them, then forget it."
Feng Jing was speechless for a moment. Just now, the chairman called her in and asked her a lot of questions, finally telling her to ask Li Ye to come and get the clothes. Now he's changed his mind again.
"Okay, I'll head out now. Call me if you need anything."
After Feng Jing left, he sent a message to Wang Du. The message was blank, containing only a smiley face.
When Wang Du opened the document, he was immediately baffled. Feng Jing's way of ending the conversation was far too abrupt.
"Let's go, Mr. Wang! Now that we've climbed one mountain, it's time to climb the next one."
Li Ye returned quickly, took a suitcase from Wang Du, and strode towards the door. His gaze was calm and firm, showing no signs of fatigue despite being busy for two days.
Looking at Li Ye's back, Wang Du felt admiration, but also a little scared. Anyone who knows what they are doing and has a firm goal is, to some extent, mentally unstable, or at least different from ordinary people.
Is this why I absolutely have to get this stamp?! Wang Du was getting a little frustrated.
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