Chapter 66
"Chairman, all the proposals from this board meeting are out. None of Mr. Xu's proposals passed, but ours all did. I'll send you the electronic version of the materials in a bit."
Feng Jing stood beside her, pointing out the place on the document where Xu Wan should sign, and said something.
"Hmm, have all the gifts for the clients been sent out?" Xu Wanyi signed off on the documents in order.
"They've all been sent out. Uh, about Attorney Li, would you like to go there in person?" Feng Jing said cautiously.
"Why do you have to go in person?" Xu Wanyi looked up and then remembered that Li Ye hadn't contacted her since that night, nor had Zhuang Ke.
Li Ye was fine, but after being attacked by Zhuang Ke's eyes that night, she thought Zhuang Ke would send her a WeChat message to scold her, or at least ask her why she was asked to "pretend not to know her". But instead, the two of them disappeared. She had a lot of things to do at the end of the year, and before she knew it, the New Year was coming.
"Uh, Chairman, you don't know, Attorney Li had a stomach hemorrhage that night and was admitted to the hospital in the early hours of the morning..."
Xu Wanyi suddenly stood up, a rare look of anxiety on her face: "Why didn't you tell me sooner..."
She stopped mid-sentence, knowing she couldn't blame Feng Jing. These past few days, she'd been just as busy as she was, practically running around on her feet. And under normal circumstances, Feng Jing wouldn't have thought to remind her of an outside lawyer's health. Now that she'd asked, it made it seem like she had an unusual relationship with Li Ye.
Feng Jing had seen through Chairman Xu's inner turmoil. He couldn't understand what was there to hide; if he couldn't see through it, Chairman Xu might as well just fire him. Was the Chairman not trying to hide anything, but simply shy?
“Chairman, although Attorney Li isn’t a client, you were there drinking that night. Why don’t you go see her? It’s almost Chinese New Year, you could send her some New Year’s gifts.” Feng Jing offered his boss a way out.
"Well, Attorney Li was indeed forced to drink by Xiao Chenyue for the sake of our company, so we should go and see her out of both compassion and reason."
Xu Wanyi lived up to expectations, successfully landing on the ladder and embarking on the path she wanted to take.
"Which hospital is she in? Union Hospital?"
"Ah, no, I heard it was at the Second Hospital. She was already unconscious at the time, so her friend took her to the nearest hospital. But I don't know if she's been discharged yet, since it's been almost a week." Feng Jing thought seriously.
"Xiao Feng, how do you know so much? Could it be that you've been in contact with Attorney Li privately all this time?" Xu Wanyi suddenly realized how Feng Jing could know so much.
“Uh, no, aside from business matters and when you asked me to contact Attorney Li, I never contact lawyers casually. Jiang Yu told me this; she's been stationed at our company recently.” Feng Jing quickly explained, knowing he absolutely couldn't let his boss have any other ideas about this.
In fact, Feng Jing misunderstood. Xu Wanyi was just thinking about the time Feng Jing caught her kissing Li Ye in the office, and she suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so she could only pretend to be calm with cold words.
Upon hearing Feng Jing's words, Xu Wanyi recalled that after kicking out Liu Chunlin, who was so greasy he could be used for frying vegetables, Jiang Yu returned to the project team and frequently appeared at their company. Occasionally, Li Ye could even be seen loitering around on the 21st floor.
"Then ask her if she has been discharged from the hospital and where she is."
“Okay, I’ll ask Attorney Jiang right away.”
After a while, Xu Wanyi saw Feng Jing staring at his phone with a long face and asked, "What's wrong? Jiang Yu didn't tell you?"
“Well… that shouldn’t be the case. She said that Attorney Li has been discharged from the hospital and should be staying at home now, but…” Feng Jing grinned, somewhat hesitant.
"She doesn't know where Li Ye lives, right?"
"Hey, Chairman, how did you know? I just feel like this is ridiculous. Who doesn't know where their boss lives? What if something happens and they can't be contacted at all?"
"Yes, I know that. This kind of thing is not normal for other people, but if that other person is Li Ye, then it is perfectly normal. She has always been this kind of person."
After Xu Wanyi finished speaking, she regretted it a little. What was wrong with her? Why did she talk so much today? Feng Jing seemed to have discovered something, and a gossipy heart began to rise. It seemed that the chairman and Lawyer Li knew each other long ago. There was a story, definitely a story!
"If there's nothing else, you can go back now. It's already seven o'clock."
"Yes, Chairman."
After dismissing Feng Jing, Xu Wanyi thought for a moment, opened WeChat, first tapped Zhuang Ke's chat window, then closed WeChat, opened her phone's contacts, stared at Li Ye's name for a long time, and then, as if she had suddenly figured something out, tapped her finger and dialed the number.
When Li Ye saw Xu Wanyi's call, he had to admit he was a little surprised. Why would this young lady call him after work? Did she want him to deal with Xiao Chenyue again? He didn't have the stomach for drinking again. Drinking like that once had taken away two-thirds of his life. Li Ye lay on the sofa, weakly watching the incomprehensible TV.
Zhuang Ke and Xiang Nuo treated her home like their own. Judge Xiang finally got her annual leave, but then she had a stomach hemorrhage. She couldn't just stay in the university town by herself, could she?
So the two of them moved into Li Ye's large apartment and have been there for five days now. They ostensibly take care of her, and they do take care of her, but these two are just too much PDA. Even if Li Ye doesn't want to eat it, she's almost choked by the smell.
"Hey, Attorney Li, where are you?" Xu Wanyi tried to keep her voice down so as not to reveal her worry.
"Huh? I'm at home, Mr. Xu. You don't have any reports for me to see right now, do you? Not today, I... um, ah, uh, it's not convenient. Yes, it's not convenient."
Li Ye didn't really want to tell Xu Wanyi that he was sick with a stomach hemorrhage, as it would seem like he was using his illness to seek attention.
"What's inconvenient about it? Are there other people in your family?"
Hearing this, Li Ye glanced at the two people walking back and forth in the kitchen and thought to himself, there are indeed other people, but not the kind of other people you think of.
Just then, Zhuang Ke's voice rang out. "Who are you talking to? You're a patient right now, so focus less on work and more on rest. Hang up now and come over for dinner."
"Zhuang Ke is at your house? Are you sick?" Zhuang Ke's voice was so loud that Li Ye didn't even have time to cover the receiver.
"Ah, it's just a minor illness, nothing serious, I'm almost better. Mr. Xu, can we handle the work next week? There are still a few days of work before the New Year."
Xu Wanyi's first reaction was anger, and her second reaction was that she had no right to be angry. When others talk about feelings, you want to talk about work; when others talk about work, you're thinking about feelings again.
"Hey, Mr. Xu, are you still there? If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now, I'm going to eat."
"Li Ye!" Xu Wanyi suddenly called out her full name loudly, making Li Ye tremble.
Where do you live? I'll come to your house tomorrow.
"Huh?" Li Ye didn't react for a moment. "Why are you coming to my house?"
"Hurry up and tell me, I won't ask you a second time."
"Xia Yun Community, Building xx, Number xx." Of course, Li Ye wouldn't let Miss Xu ask a second time. This person who usually avoids him like the plague has taken the initiative to come to his house to share her joys and sorrows.
"Okay, wait for me at home tomorrow morning, and don't go anywhere!"
"Who is it? Xu Wanyi?"
Zhuang Ke and Xiang Nuo had arrived long ago upon hearing the commotion. They saw that Li Ye, who was usually a carefree and irresponsible old man, was sitting upright despite his illness, looking like a sycophant.
"Hmm." Li Ye gave an unequivocal "hmm," and Zhuang Ke knew that there was absolutely no doubt about it.
"Why did you give her your address? Is she coming? What for? Does she know you have a stomach hemorrhage, or a heart hemorrhage?"
Zhuang Ke always manages to say things that strike a nerve with Li Ye.
"Uh, it's probably some kind of work. They said to come early," Li Ye muttered.
"What kind of job do you have? Coming to your house on Saturday morning to give you homework? Look at Xu Wanyi now, does she look like the kind of person who would do such a thing?"
"What else? Do you think she would come to see me specifically? She has repeatedly emphasized to me that our relationship is purely financial."
Zhuang Ke glanced at Li Ye sideways. He didn't know this person, but at this moment, a longing light appeared in his eyes, as if he had spoken his true thoughts but was not sure, hoping for outsiders to give him approval.
"Attorney Li, wake up! You're bleeding from your stomach and you still can't see the truth of this world. You and Chairman Xu, it's not like there's no tomorrow, but it's unlikely." Zhuang Ke sighed. This kid Li Ye is hopeless.
Seeing the dimming light in Li Ye's eyes, Xiang Nuo thought that she couldn't hurt his sincerity like that, after all, he was a patient.
"Hey, Attorney Li, even though Zhuang Ke said that, I think you're the kind of person who won't turn back until you hit a brick wall. Xu Wanyi has rejected you so many times, both openly and subtly, and you're still rushing towards her like a moth. Why don't you try again? If it works, congratulations. If it doesn't, then forget it. You guys in Haixi don't have much human touch, but there are beautiful women everywhere."
“Yes, yes, I think your little intern is quite interested in you. If it really doesn’t work out, you should just go for it.” Zhuang Ke understood what Xiang Nuo meant, but her own words seemed to stir up trouble. After saying that, she added, “Anyway, don’t get involved with women like Xu Wanyi and Xiao Chenyue. You can’t handle them. Find someone younger, you can support them, and they’ll be easier to coax.”
Once, Zhuang Ke went to Li Ye's office to find her and happened to run into An Yue bringing Li Ye breakfast. An Yue's shy eyes and uneasy posture made Zhuang Ke laugh at her. At her age, she still encountered a scene like a campus romance.
"Go to hell," Li Ye said irritably. "If you think it's good, I'm not afraid to go to the judge and have him beat me to death, I'll introduce you to him."
"Slap." Zhuang Ke slapped her arm, glancing guiltily at Xiang Nuo. "Nonsense! Who thinks it's good? She's your little pink confidante, okay? Enjoy her."
"Let's eat. The food's getting cold. We need to leave after we finish. The greatest joy in the world is not to ruin other people's good deeds. If Chairman Xu comes tomorrow and sees us here, and he has to hold back what he wants to do, then we'll be the culprits."
As expected of a judge, Xiang Nuo's intelligence remained sharp. He urged the two to eat quickly, and after they finished, they left in a huff, probably because they really didn't want to stay with Li Ye, this omnipresent third wheel.
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