The assistant couldn't understand why Director Cheng was so interested in Ye Xinning, a single mother, when everyone they met in their circle was outstanding.
While pondering this question, the assistant couldn't help but think about Ye Xinning's work ability.
Since joining Huanan Law Firm, 80% to 90% of the cases Ye Xinning has handled have been economic cases.
Yet, Ye Xinning has never failed in any of these difficult and challenging cases.
Ye Xinning is arguably the only lawyer in their firm who has succeeded in every case he handles.
But these are just her work abilities. In her assistant's eyes, being a single mother with a daughter is something that no matter how outstanding Ye Xinning is, she can't change.
But Director Cheng of his family doesn't seem to care about this at all.
On the other side.
At the entrance to the restaurant's private room, a waiter pushed open the door and whispered to the person inside, "Mr. Chen has arrived."
The person inside looked up and it was Chi Zhao, who had come to Jiangcheng on a business trip a couple of days ago.
Chi Zhao saw Shen Lin, who was sitting with his legs crossed, and teased, "What, you're planning to run into me on a business trip without telling me?"
Shen Lin merely glanced at Chi Zhao indifferently, without uttering a single word from beginning to end.
Looking at his increasingly cold personality over the past four years, Chi Zhao shook his head, "With your personality, you're probably going to freeze everyone who gets close to you to death."
Shen Lin sat down, fiddling with the ring on his ring finger.
That ring was bought after he married Ye Xinning; it was their wedding ring.
He didn't put much thought into it back then, but now this ring has become the only way he can remember that marriage.
"What brings you here?" Shen Lin had been sitting for a long time, but Chi Zhao hadn't gotten to the point. A hint of impatience was starting to show on his face.
Chi Zhao could tell from his words, without even looking at his expression, that he must be frowning.
"I said, this is the first time we've met on a business trip. Do I really need to ask about your itinerary just to have a meal together?"
"I have a lot of work."
Chi Zhao pouted, "No matter how much work you have, you have to stay and finish this meal with me. I ordered so much."
Shen Lin glanced at the dishes on the table and suddenly thought of Shen Nanxing, who had also been on a business trip in Jiangcheng in the past few days.
"Are you in Jiangcheng on a business trip, or do you have ulterior motives?"
When Chen Lin saw through his thoughts, Chi Zhao looked a little embarrassed, but he still stubbornly insisted, "It's just work, what else could it be?"
Shen Lin's gaze lingered for a few seconds before shifting away. "Whatever."
Chi Zhao, "..."
Well, what I just said sounds rather weak.
"Alright, since we're already here, let's eat before we leave."
In the end, Shen Lin did not choose to get up and leave immediately.
After the meal.
Chi Zhao asked Shen Lin, "Where are you going?"
"Back to the hotel."
Chi Zhao patted Shen Lin on the shoulder, "You're busy with work all day long, aren't you tired?"
"Otherwise what?"
"Want to come somewhere with me?"
"where?"
"You'll see when you get there."
Shen Lin wasn't interested. "I'm not going. You go by yourself."
But Chi Zhao wouldn't let him leave. "Chen Lin, whether we're brothers or not, we'll see today."
Shen Lin glanced at Ye Xinning from head to toe, his gaze completely unwavering.
"Then there isn't one."
Chi Zhao was furious at these words and refused to let Chen leave no matter what.
In the end, Shen Lin was still taken to the car by Chi Zhao.
The car drove on and finally stopped in front of a kindergarten.
Shen Lin looked outside, his brows furrowed deeply. Clearly, he hadn't expected the car to end up in such a place.
"Get off the bus."
Chi Zhao unbuckled his seatbelt and said to Shen Lin, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
Shen Lin looked outside, unmoved. "What are you doing here?"
"Um...it's nothing. I just wanted to show you the innocent and carefree life of kindergarten children, so you won't be so bitter and resentful all day."
Shen Lin gave Chi Zhao a cold look.
Chi Zhao, "..."
Seeing that Shen Lin didn't believe him at all, Chi Zhao simply confessed, "Shen Nanxing was invited to this kindergarten as an expert to talk about infectious diseases in autumn and winter."
Sure enough, it was because of Shen Nanxing again.
"If you want to see her, then go see her. Why bother having me go through all this trouble?"
“She… won’t talk to me, but she’ll give you face no matter what you do when you come here.”
Shen Lin's face was cold and stern. "Boring."
Chi Zhao, being a beggar, lowered his stance and said, "If you help me this time, I'll be at your beck and call from now on."
Shen Lin pursed his lips and remained silent.
Seeing him like this, Chi Zhao quickly told people to get out of the car.
The two hadn't informed the kindergarten beforehand, so they couldn't get into the lecture hall where Shen Nanxing was giving a lecture and could only wait at the entrance.
Bored while waiting, Shen Lin said in a detached voice, "Call me when she comes out."
Chi Zhao was preoccupied with Shen Nanxing and didn't care about Shen Lin at the moment. "Then come over as soon as you get the call."
"Um."
After parting ways with Chi Zhao, Shen Lin walked around the kindergarten for a while. The kindergarten was a completely unfamiliar place to him. Since he started school, Shen Lin had always been driven to and from school by his family driver. When his parents needed to go, it was always Xi Yuan or Shen Yu who went. He had never stepped into this place before.
Looking at the amusement facilities inside, and those murals that perfectly cater to children's psychology, I can see the children's imaginations.
Just as Shen Lin was about to turn and leave, a ball suddenly rolled in front of him.
Shen Lin was slightly taken aback, but didn't take it to heart. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard a child's innocent voice coming from inside the fence.
"Uncle? Could you please pick up my ball for me?"
Shen Lin looked toward the source of the sound. The girl was wearing a beautiful princess dress, her hair was tied up, and her big eyes were looking at him expectantly.
She seemed to be waiting for him to grant her request.
For some reason, looking into those eyes, Shen Lin felt a strange sense of familiarity, and his heart seemed to inexplicably begin to ache.
Realizing he was having some strange reactions, Shen Lin's eyes gradually darkened.
Ye Zhimu waited in vain for an answer, staring at the man curiously, and repeated what she had just said.
"Uncle, I can't get out. Could you please get my ball for me?"
Shen Lin snapped out of his daze, bent down, picked up the ball, and handed it to the girl over the fence.
Ye Zhimu politely said thank you, "Goodbye, Uncle."
Looking at the girl's innocent smile, especially her eyes, Shen Lin, who was usually taciturn, surprisingly spoke again, "Why don't you go to the lecture?"
"You mean that one inside? I'm not interested, and besides, my mom already told me about those things."
"Is your mother a doctor?"
"No, my mom..." Ye Zhimu began, but before she could finish, her kindergarten teacher's voice came from nearby, "Ye Zhimu, your mom is here to pick you up."
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