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He Yuan's husband cares a lot about his reputation. As soon as the injury assessment report came out, Jiang Yujin accompanied He Yuan to her former home to collect evidence and pack the luggage she hadn't had time to take with her.
"Are we just going to go like this?" He Yuan asked in a low voice.
“There are people following behind to protect our safety. Don’t worry, the child is with the old man. He loves children.” Jiang Yujin drove and navigated to the address He Yuan had given him.
"Behind us? Your people?" He Yuan, sitting in the back seat, turned his head to look behind them. A black car seemed to have been following them all the way. If Jiang Yujin hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have noticed it.
"No, my ex-girlfriend sent her to follow me." Jiang Yujin didn't seem to care about that, since she wasn't coming home.
He Yuan knew he shouldn't pry too much into other people's private affairs, so he kept quiet.
Song Nan was at work at the company at this time.
He Yuan entered the password to open the door, bent down to pick up the empty wine bottle from the floor and placed it on the shoe cabinet by the entrance. "The house is a bit messy, sorry, Attorney Jiang." He usually takes care of the children and does all the housework, so it's rare for the house to be in such a mess.
"Don't leave anything behind, be careful." There was nowhere to step in the living room, and the sofa was piled with clutter. Jiang Yujin stood in the living room waiting for He Yuan to tidy up.
More than ten minutes had passed since Jiang Yujin finished receiving the call from Liang Dongmo, and He Yuan still hadn't come downstairs.
He heard a heavy thud coming from upstairs, and Jiang Yujin smelled a strong pheromone. Before rushing upstairs, he called his bodyguards outside.
Jiang Yujin and four beta bodyguards burst through the tightly locked door on the second floor. Two different pheromones hit him, and if it weren't for the temporary marking, Jiang Yujin would have inevitably lost control.
Song Nan was actually at home, and he seemed to be in his vulnerable period.
Jiang Yujin kicked the out-of-control alpha away and pulled out He Yuan, who was already in tears. The beta bodyguards behind him quickly restrained the alpha and stopped him from retaliating.
“Come to the hospital with me!” Jiang Yujin pulled He Yuan up.
The smell of durian is so strong that Jiang Yujin is going to faint if he stays any longer.
He Yuan's legs went weak and he couldn't walk due to the effects of pheromones. "I'm fine, Attorney Jiang, you should take Song Nan to the hospital."
“Going together won’t kill you. I didn’t say I wouldn’t take him. Once we get to the hospital, this record can serve as evidence that he attacked you during the cooling-off period.” Seeing the omega’s wavering thoughts, Jiang Yujin simply knocked him unconscious and then injected Song Nan with an inhibitor, knocking him unconscious as well.
It's long-winded and troublesome.
Song Nan and his bodyguard were in one car, while Jiang Yujin and He Yuan were in another.
As soon as Song Nan woke up, he grabbed He Yuan and begged for forgiveness, swearing that he would never hit him again. Just a few days ago he had been indifferent, but now he knelt down and begged his wife for forgiveness.
Jiang Yujin watched from the side, feeling that he had experienced this scene before.
Haha, how ironic, all crows are black.
“Ah Yuan, think about our child. She’s only two years old and needs both parents’ company. Give me another chance, and I promise I’ll never drink again.”
Song Nan brought up the child, and He Yuan showed a pained expression. "After we divorce, you can come see the child, but let's forget about everything else." Growing up in this kind of family environment, the child suffers no less harm than the adults. He Yuan knew this, and for the sake of the child, he would hold on to the end.
He Yuan remained unmoved by either soft or hard tactics. Song Nan, unable to maintain his facade of a husband, burst into a tirade: "You slut, you wouldn't be seeing someone else, would you? Why are you in such a hurry to divorce me?" The hospital had surveillance cameras; if he laid a hand on her, it would only worsen the situation. "Your family took so much money from me just to sell you to me for two years. That's just your fate! You want to leave with the child? Impossible!"
"Two years isn't enough? They're long dead. Go ask them for money from their graves!"
"I will definitely take the child away!" He Yuan's voice rose. He would soon be able to escape his misery. He had a job and confidence. "You are no longer qualified to be his father!"
...
Jiang Yujin compiled the materials and found that the protection regulations for omega in China were not very comprehensive. A protective collar was often used as a perfunctory measure. Many news headlines exaggerated the victims' experiences while glossing over the perpetrators in order to attract public attention and increase readership.
It was already past midnight when Jiang Yujin finished his work. He yawned, and the alpha, who had gotten off work sometime earlier, came up to him and started to sway around, making him almost fall asleep. "Xiaojin, did you get attacked when you went home with that omega today?" A little bit of pheromones became an attack in Liang Dongmo's ears.
"It's nothing, I'm fine, there's no wound at all." Jiang Yujin had checked me over and there was nothing seriously wrong.
Liang Dongmo eagerly hugged him and said he had worked a long day and was very tired.
"I listened to Xiaojin and worked a full day, only just getting back now. Is there any reward for me?"
“This is your job, your company. Why are you asking me for a reward? You’re not a child, Liang Dongmo,” Jiang Yujin said with a smile.
Jiang Yujin's decision to tolerate Liang Dongmo staying at home and sleeping in the guest room was already the biggest concession he could make.
“Alright,” Liang Dongmo said when he saw that this trick was not working. He asked if there was anything he could help with. “Xiao Jin, I’ve investigated Song Nan, the deputy manager of that real estate company. Any one of the things he did behind the scenes could send him to jail. So, you don’t need to bother to gather evidence. Just tell me and I can help you.”
It's much easier for Liang Dongmo to investigate a mere deputy manager.
"I've done most of the investigation. After submitting it to the court, the court will verify the authenticity of the evidence." The trial will be held at the earliest in three months, with a 30-day cooling-off period for divorce.
Jiang Yujin understood that you have to give something in return for something you get; nothing comes without a price.
Liang Dongmo released him, slightly regretful, "Alright, alright, it seems Xiao Jin has really grown up. There's nothing I can help with. It's late, go to sleep early."
"I will." Jiang Yujin closed his laptop and left the living room.
With the client now employed, custody is much easier to obtain, and the child cannot live without the mother.
Jiang Yujin asked He Yuan to take him to see where he was currently living.
He Yuan found a job washing dishes in the kitchen of a hotel with his child. The dormitory they were assigned to also had several older male omegas. The six of them squeezed into the small dormitory, but they were all happy together. Everyone liked He Yuan's youngest son and was kind to Jiang Yujin who came to visit.
After talking with them, Jiang Yujin learned that the omegas in the dormitory were all working-class people who had come to the big city to make a living, and decades had passed in the blink of an eye.
“When I left home, my child was only one year old. Now he must be as big as Attorney Jiang. We haven’t seen each other for decades.”
All I can give my child is the fixed amount of money I send every month. Sometimes, when the hotel gives out year-end bonuses, I can send a little more to take care of the elderly and children at home.
"I will do my best."
Jiang Yujin gave this reply.
Song Nan spent a lot of money to hire a highly experienced lawyer, but the verdict was not satisfactory, so he appealed for a second trial and supplemented the evidence.
Autumn has arrived, and the weather is getting cooler.
Jiang Yujin appeared in court alone for the first time, but lacking the experience of the opposing lawyer, the result was unsatisfactory. The second trial, scheduled for a month later, focused on assessing the parents' ability to raise the child to ensure the child's stability. Since the child was under eight years old, the child's wishes were not considered. Before the trial, clear evidence was to be presented demonstrating the opposing party's unsuitability to raise the child.
Jiang Yujin left the courthouse and watched He Yuan get into a taxi with the child in his arms. He gulped down a bottle of mineral water, but his throat still felt uncomfortable and his chest felt tight.
Did he know he was suited to be a lawyer? He wasn't as eloquent as the other party, and despite having ample evidence, he almost managed to win custody of his client's child from the other party.
An SUV pulled up in front of him, the window rolled down, and Liang Dongmo poked his head out with a smile: "Looks like things aren't going too well? Need my help? A small reward will do."
Aside from the temporary marking, Jiang Yujin hardly ever got close to her. The distance between them was too great, and Liang Dongmo was eager to remove this barrier that shouldn't exist.
The day her patience ran out, she left no room for Jiang Yujin.
“Not for now,” Jiang Yujin said, “You have to rely on yourself. You can have a bodyguard with you. Just go back to work. Don’t come with us, Liang Dongmo.”
The arranged bodyguards can come along, but Liang Dongmo can't? That's such a double standard.
"Isn't Xiao Jin hungry? I made your favorite dishes. Xiao Jin hasn't had my cooking in a long time, has he? Don't you want to try some?" Liang Dongmo opened the passenger door for him and invited him.
"It will be cold if we go back any later."
"Wait a minute, I'll go get the car." Jiang Yujin hadn't eaten much last time because he was holding his breath, but when Liang Dongmo said the food was getting cold, he had no choice but to eat a few bites.
"The bodyguards will drive over. Give them the keys and get in the car."
I thought Liang Dongmo had cooked a meal at home and I could just go back and eat it, but I didn't expect it to be in that apartment building.
The car came to a smooth stop, but Jiang Yujin did not get out.
Where is my car?
"I'll take you home after you finish eating." Liang Dongmo turned to the side and unbuckled his seatbelt.
"Ozu, it's not just about food, there's a surprise for you, you'll love it."
Alpha leaned closer and returned to his seat. Jiang Yujin smelled her pheromones and asked with a hint of disbelief, "What? You're really going to take me home after we finish eating?" He didn't care about surprises; every surprise Liang Dongmo prepared often concealed a shock.
The key was in Jiang Yujin's hands, and Liang Dongmo specially asked him to open the door, mysteriously saying that the surprise was behind the door.
Jiang Yujin turned the key and twisted the door handle.
Two years ago, he didn't have a key, so he squatted at the door for an hour waiting for Liang Dongmo to come back. He still hasn't forgotten that feeling.
There's something behind the door!
Omega opened the door, and a gray shadow with a thick, long tail tugged at his pants.
Jiang Yujin turned on the light, and there was a particularly fat gray cat rubbing against his leg in a flattering manner.
"This cat..." is so fat.
"It's the one you picked up at Christmas and insisted on keeping. It's just as well-behaved as you are; you can hold it," Liang Dongmo said as he entered and closed the door behind him.
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