After pledging their loyalty to Ruan Zhengde, Ruan Chen's eldest and second uncles fled in disarray.
They had heard before that Boss Ruan's second daughter had a problem with intermittent bouts of madness.
Seeing it today, it seems to be true.
"What are you still sitting there for?" Ruan Chen took a sip of her iced latte and looked at Ruan Yunhan. "Yu Tianji's seventh day memorial service has long passed, hasn't it? Aren't you hurry up and get rid of that new sugar daddy, or are you going to be left to live a life of widowhood for him?"
Ruan Yunhan realized she couldn't win an argument with Ruan Chen. Picking up her beautiful platinum handbag, she stood up, her face showing suppressed grievance, but still obediently said to Ruan Zhengde, "Dad, I'm leaving now."
"Ruan Chen, has your father never punished you?"
Ruan Chen thought to herself, "What right do you have to punish me?" But she was tired of babbling and didn't want to talk anymore. The atmosphere around her turned cold. She picked up her coffee cup to moisten her throat and silently looked at the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
She finished her iced latte, crunched on a piece of ice, scanned the code to pay her bill, stood up, and coldly said, "I'm going back to class now. You pay your own bills."
Ruan Zhengde silently watched his daughter's retreating figure.
He was wary of Ruan Chen.
After the Yu family's incident, he also learned that Yu Tianjiao's hand was broken because of Ruan Chen.
Furthermore, Yu Tianji was stabbed in the heart and killed in the street, which makes it easy to deduce that someone was avenging Ruan Chen.
He didn't know how the mysterious person viewed his relationship with Ruan Chen.
He dialed his secretary's number and instructed, "Release what we prepared for the Ye family. Also, have Ah San take action. I'll give you an address—remember, whatever you do, don't touch Ruan Chen."
In fact, the Ruan family had their own connections to deal with the pressure from Director Zhang, but Ruan Zhengde wanted to take this opportunity to improve his relationship with the head of the Municipal Bureau—the Ruan family's background was not clean when they first started out, and many people knew that.
Although the Ruan family has now seemingly cleared their name, Ruan Zhengde still harbors concerns and wants to take extra precautions for himself.
Even if Ruan Chen is disobedient, as long as he puts in enough effort to suppress Ruan Chen and shows his sincerity to Director Zhang, he can naturally establish this relationship.
Next, Ruan Chen threw herself into her own affairs. In the meantime, Zeng Han's best friend—Du Lengxi, who was live streaming that day—came to see her once and cautiously asked Ruan Chen about the progress of the case.
They said they hadn't been able to contact Zeng Han for the past few days.
Ruan Chen rummaged through the mess of test papers and found the police report, which she showed to Du Lengxi. Du Lengxi got the live-streaming material she wanted and left satisfied.
Fu Lin also came once, bringing a lot of tonics. He kept apologizing to Ruan Chen, saying that he had caused her trouble and asking if she needed any help from the Fu family.
Ruan Chen was busy finishing a painting that Yu Lei wanted at the time, and was a little absent-minded, so he just went through the motions. It was Fu Jianzhi who kicked his father out.
Then the little thing came back, sat in front of Ruan Chen, sat cross-legged on one side of the easel, and watched Ruan Chen paint with his chin in his hand.
Ruan Chen thought he was bored, so she gave him a set of painting tools that she used when she first started learning, so he could entertain himself.
Fu Jianzhi went to a place a little further away and set things up in a very serious manner, drawing something.
Five days later, Ruan Chen received a court hearing notice.
She was so busy that she suddenly remembered she hadn't contacted a lawyer yet.
After contacting several well-known law firms in Jingzhou, Ruan Chen was rejected by all of them. She realized that Ruan Zhengde had already made his move.
Instead of contacting her uncle Ye Zishi's firm, she quickly browsed the latest local news.
The Ye family has been struggling lately, with several financial scandals involving their subordinates being exposed, and some old cases being unearthed. It's a mix of truth and falsehood, and at first glance, the Ye family's lawyer's letters seem to be being sold off like hotcakes.
Hillside villa.
Ye Huanhuan got home late at night. She had a court hearing in the morning and a meeting in the afternoon, and her exhaustion was hard to hide.
At this hour, a dim light was still on in the living room.
Ruan Zhengde had been waiting for her, appearing calm and composed. He put down the documents in his hand and said to Ye Huanhuan, "Huanhuan, are you so tired?"
Ye Huanhuan ignored him.
“The Ye family’s stock price has plummeted these past few days. Go talk to Ruan Chen and ask her to withdraw the case before the trial. We’ll mediate,” Ruan Zhengde said. “Your good daughter didn’t ask your Ye family for help? I think there’s no lawyer in the entire Jingzhou who would dare to take her case. Your brother’s firm must be overwhelmed. Does it even have the energy to handle Ruan Chen’s case?”
Ye Huanhuan didn't say a word, yawned, and went upstairs to take a bath.
She had spoken with Ruan Chen on the phone two hours ago and will appear in court as her representative.
As for the lawyer, Ruan Chen said there was no need to worry.
Since Ruan Chen said there was no need to worry, Ye Huanhuan put her mind at ease.
On the day of the trial, the lawyer whom Ruan Jiahua had hired for Zeng Han at great expense did not show up.
Ruan Chen's lawyer has yet to arrive.
Zeng Han stared at the door every minute, eagerly awaiting news—the Ruan family had hired Ding Zhao, a domestic specialist in criminal cases, who had only lost one case in his twenty years of practice—to the First Military Academy.
The Ruan family hired him, and regardless of winning or losing, they had to pay him three million upfront.
After winning, there will be three million left.
Ruan Chen sat lazily, one hand supporting her chin. The foreign language book she was reading had been worn out, and after a few days, she had lost the cover.
Before Ding Zhao left the hotel, an uninvited guest arrived.
"Xiao Ding, are you going to represent the Ruan family in the lawsuit?"
The person who came looked a bit dazed, with glasses thicker than the bottom of a bottle, and even his smile was somewhat simple-minded.
He was clearly a few years younger than Ding Zhao, yet he called him "Little Ding" in such a nonchalant tone.
Ding Zhao's face twitched, and his fingertips went numb the moment he saw the person who had arrived.
The secretary of the research institute, that secretary surnamed Liu!
"Please come in and sit down." He unconsciously bowed slightly.
Secretary Liu chuckled sheepishly and waved his hand. “I won’t go in. Don’t rush out either. Just catch your flight and leave Jingzhou later. Our Nan Police Station was a little upset when we heard you were here—you know that Nan Police Station held you in high regard and went easy on you in that case back then.”
Ding Zhao's heart was pounding like a drum. Over the years, he had fought more than a dozen lawsuits in Jingzhou. Why was it that this time, people from the First Affiliated Hospital came to his door?
In the case at the First Affiliated Hospital back then, in order to maintain his reputation of never having lost a case, he lost his mind and tried to fabricate evidence, but was caught red-handed by Nan Jing.
He originally thought his life was ruined, but Nan Jing saw that he was young and capable, and out of a moment of pity, she raised her hand and did not expose the matter.
Ding Zhao gritted his teeth, lowered his body, and said respectfully, "I'll book the tickets right now and leave Jingzhou immediately. Please rest assured, Mr. Nan."
He stiffened as he packed his luggage, when Secretary Liu suddenly spoke up behind him again.
"Hey Xiao Ding, you've already come all this way, it doesn't seem right to stand up the Ruan family, why don't you go and see them?"
Ding Zhao turned around and asked, "You mean... we've lost this match?"
He thought to himself that he was going all out. Actually, he wasn't very confident about this case. The reason he came was because the Ruan family offered a really high price, and they also said that as long as he did his best to ensure that Zeng Han wouldn't have a criminal record, it would be handled as a civil dispute.
If Nan Jing's intention is to make herself lose... then it's not a big problem.
“You have to win,” Secretary Liu pushed up his glasses, his tone honest and simple. “Didn’t the Ruan family invite you? Then you go and fight for the Ruan family. Ruan Chen doesn’t have a lawyer yet.”
"Xiao Ding, do your best. Make sure the Ruan family feels that the three million was well spent."
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