The man remained as calm and collected as ever, and Ye Xinning tried to hold his hand down.
"Chen Lin, I'm hungry."
The implication is that it's time for breakfast.
Shen Lin met her gaze, and after a few seconds, said in a serious tone, "I'm hungry too."
"..."
...
An hour later, after all that fuss, Ye Xinning felt like her body was about to fall apart. Looking at the bedside, Shen Lin looked refreshed and unaffected, while she herself didn't want to move at all.
After getting dressed, Shen Lin saw that she was still lying in bed without moving, and casually asked, "Do you need me to go downstairs and have the maid bring you breakfast?"
Ye Xinning ground his back teeth, puffing out his cheeks, "No need." What a joke! If he went downstairs and said that, the whole Shen family would probably know what they did that morning that made them blush.
Ye Xinning couldn't bear to lose face like that.
"Then Mrs. Shen should hurry up and get up."
After saying that, Shen Lin turned and left the bedroom. Ye Xinning was stunned. So, if she hadn't misheard, Shen Lin seemed to be in a somewhat cheerful mood when he said that.
So, do men who are well-fed feel less cold?
...
After breakfast, Ye Xinning and Shen Lin went to their respective companies.
Ye Xinning arrived at the law firm, and before he could even sit down in the office, Ye Xiaoxiao walked in with a coffee cup.
"Good morning, sis."
Ye Xinning took the coffee from her and said thank you.
"Sis, did you have fun at the banquet last night?"
Ye Xinning rubbed her forehead and laughed, "Not so happy."
"Did something happen?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked.
"It's nothing, I just ran into an annoying person."
"I see."
Ye Xinning didn't say anything more, but simply asked Ye Xiaoxiao to prepare the materials for the morning meeting later.
The morning meeting began half an hour later.
Ye Xinning led Ye Xiaoxiao inside. Xiao Chen hadn't arrived yet, and everyone was sitting downstairs talking.
Xia Wan has also arrived and is currently talking to the male lawyer next to her.
"By the way, has Jiahe's legal representative been confirmed?" asked the person next to Xia Wan.
Xia Wan shook her head, but her gaze fell on Ye Xinning, who had just come in. "I don't know, probably not yet."
"If you ask me, Mr. Xiao is definitely sure it's you. Among our lawyers, you handle the most economic cases."
Xia Wan neither said yes nor no, but in her heart she still felt that, apart from her, there seemed to be no one else more suitable.
"Attorney Ye." She looked at Ye Xinning, who had remained silent, and spoke with a smile.
Ye Xinning looked up at her and asked, "What's the matter, Attorney Xia?"
"It's nothing, I just heard that Attorney Ye went out with President Xiao yesterday. It seems that Attorney Ye's professional skills have been very strong lately."
Ye Xinning showed no change in expression. Upon hearing this, she simply replied, "Attorney Xia, you flatter me."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and talked to Ye Xiaoxiao about work.
Xia Wan's eyes flickered, as if she wanted to say something, but Xiao Chen had already entered.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xiao Chen began the meeting immediately.
They were talking about routine things, the only exception being the matter of Jiahe's agency.
"After consideration, we've decided to assign Attorney Ye as Jiahe's legal representative. Does anyone have any objections?"
Xiao Chen asked for his opinion. Xia Wan, who had already prepared herself, stared at Xiao Chen with wide eyes when she heard that it wasn't her name. "Mr. Xiao, what did you say? This case is going to be handed over to Attorney Ye?"
"Um."
Xia Wan still found it hard to accept.
I originally thought it would definitely be my agent, but I didn't expect it to end up in Ye Xinning's hands.
"Why? Why her?"
Xia Wan was somewhat agitated and didn't realize that these words were inappropriate to say at such a meeting. At this moment, she was extremely out of control.
Xiao Chen has always been mild-mannered, and even now, when Xia Wan questioned his arrangements, he was not annoyed. "As it stands, Attorney Ye has the fewest cases on her hands, so it's most suitable to hand over the Jiahe case to her. Besides, the case in Beicheng was also transferred to you before. You're so busy, you have too many things to take care of."
"But Jiahe, I've been keeping an eye on it for a long time, Mr. Xiao, didn't you know?"
"What do you mean by that, Attorney Xia? Do you mean that whatever you want will be assigned to you? If so, I suggest you go out and work for yourself."
Xiao Chen said this with a smile, but anyone with eyes could sense his displeasure.
Xia Wan wanted to say something, but the person next to her tugged at her clothes. She was unwilling and glared at Ye Xinning as she sat down.
"Alright, that's the work arrangement. Does anyone have any comments?" Xiao Chen asked.
No one answered.
"Alright, now that there are no problems with the work, everyone can go and do their own things."
Xiao Chen left the meeting room first, and most of the other colleagues also left, leaving only Ye Xiaoxiao, Ye Xinning, and Xia Wan.
Xia Wan couldn't sit still and immediately took her anger out on Ye Xinning.
"How about it? You feel good seeing me running around like this and getting nothing in return, don't you?"
Ye Xinning stopped tidying her notes, looked up, and her gaze fell on Xia Wan.
"I didn't know what you wanted, nor did I know that Mr. Xiao had arranged things this way. I'm just an employee."
"You make it sound so easy. Everyone in the law firm knows I want to represent Jiahe, but you're the only one who doesn't. Who are you trying to fool?"
Ye Xinning felt a bit of a headache, but she still patiently explained to Xia Wan, "I really don't know."
She just deals with her own tasks every day, so why would she care about so many things?
Xia Wan stared at her coldly, "Enough, there's no need for such hypocritical words. Since you disregard friendship, then we'll see what happens next. Ye Xinning, I'm no worse than you."
After uttering those harsh words, Xia Wan left the office with her things.
Ye Xinning leaned back in her chair helplessly, rubbing her temples.
Ye Xiaoxiao was a little worried when she saw that she was not in a good mental state.
"Sis, why is that lawyer Xia so arrogant?"
"She never really liked me."
“You can’t do this just because you don’t like me. Besides, weren’t these jobs arranged by President Xiao? If she has any complaints, she should target President Xiao. Why is she pointing the gun at you?”
"Maybe... I look easier to bully?"
Ye Xiaoxiao said, "You really are like my sister, you can even joke around."
Ye Xinning patted her on the shoulder, "Alright, let's go, we still need to go to Jiahe to discuss some specific matters with someone."
As for Xia Wan, it's just competition between colleagues. As long as Xia Wan doesn't go too far, she can turn a blind eye.
Upon hearing that they were going to Jiahe, Ye Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up. "Sister, Jiahe is a branch of brother-in-law's company. Will we run into brother-in-law when we go there?"
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