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When Lu Lianyao arrived, Lu Anshi went back.
Other people's family affairs are none of our business.
"Xiao Jin, you seem to be in a bad mood. Is it because your friend went back?" With no one else around, Liang Dongmo leaned against him affectionately, biting his soft earlobe and boldly tracing his lips with his fingertips.
She behaved herself all night, but after everyone else left, she started to reveal her true nature again. Jiang Yujin shouldn't have been soft-hearted and let her sleep with him.
Jiang Yujin still had things to do. He was reviewing the documents for the court hearing at the end of the month. The person in charge would call him later to confirm. "Aren't you going to work today?"
They're trying to kick her out; how cruel!
"I'm the boss, it's no big deal for me to take a break."
Alpha saw him take out his phone and said with dissatisfaction, "Busy with work again? Xiao Jin, you're just a small lawyer, but you're busier than me, the boss of a big company. You're so diligent."
“Yes, I have to get back to work. Let go.” Jiang Yujin couldn’t let things spiral out of control. He grabbed Liang Dongmo’s teasing hand, turned around, and said seriously.
Facing him, Liang Dongmo, whose mind was always preoccupied with such things, had learned to restrain himself considerably, but it still wasn't enough.
"Okay." Liang Dongmo, unwilling to give up, asked for another kiss. "I'll go back and keep the cat company. I'll make your dinner. I want to see you at the apartment at five o'clock this afternoon."
"Is it alright, Ozu?"
This was a concession she made to support Jiang Yujin's cause.
Liang Dongmo knew that even if such a relationship existed, it was only temporary, and it would take time and patience for Jiang Yujin to accept her again.
"Okay." Jiang Yujin breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Liang Dongmo only kissed him lightly. If he had said anything more, he would not have been able to maintain his composure. Liang Dongmo might have even laughed at him if he had seen him lose his composure.
With sufficient evidence, the first trial went smoothly. The time between the second and third trials was enough for Jiang Yujin to visit his mother's grave first, and then go to Fengtian Town after the second trial.
Jiang Yujin chose a clear, sunny morning and went alone to the cemetery where her mother was buried, carrying nine carnations.
Tombstones are everywhere, and there are many nameless tombstones as well.
Jiang Yujin remembered the location of his mother's tombstone, so he found a quiet spot for Xie Rongyu.
The tombstone depicts Xie Rongyu as a young woman in her twenties, with a rosier complexion and better health than when she was ill.
Jiang Yujin put down the flowers she had brought and stared at the photo on it, lost in thought. "I've come to see you, Mom."
Omega spoke softly, with no one else around. He had deliberately chosen to come a few days before the Qingming Festival, when there wouldn't be so many people.
Jiang Yujin had just arrived abroad and had an unsightly scar on the gland on the back of his neck. Xie Rongyu didn't ask any questions, but the heartache in her eyes was undisguised. She took him to the hospital during the school holiday to have surgery to remove the scar.
One day, he told his mother that he wanted to be a lawyer. His mother was happy. She was a very good mother and always supported her child's decisions. Just like when he was a child, she would fulfill his every wish. What he wanted one day, he could have the next day.
Others said that she was spoiling her child, and Jiang Yujin was a failed example, but Xie Rongyu always had full confidence in her child.
Xie Rongyu said, "Xiao Jin, you are your mother's pride."
After obtaining his lawyer's license and becoming a lawyer, Xie Rongyu would leave a light on for him whenever he came home late at night. The housekeeper didn't live at home, so she would personally get up in the middle of the night to make him a midnight snack.
On the day Xie Rongyu died, her jet-black hair was streaked with a few glaring white strands. She lay quietly on the hospital bed, without complaining, or perhaps she had already fallen asleep silently.
Jiang Yujin sat by the hospital bed, his hands trembling uncontrollably. Time was running out, and he couldn't let his tears obscure his mother's face.
Before Xie Rongyu went into the operating room, she was still telling people not to worry about her, that the medical technology abroad was very good, and that she might be an exception.
The surgery to remove the glands was very risky, but once she made up her mind to have the surgery, no one could stop her.
A living person went into the operating room and came out, never to open their eyes again.
"Mom. I never really thought I could become a lawyer. I'm so scared..."
Jiang Yujin recounted his recent situation, the lawsuits he had won, and other miscellaneous matters, mentioning that if Xie Rongyu were still alive…
He longed to whine to his mother and tell her that he had truly become sensible.
Omega stood for a while, his legs got sore, and he suddenly sensed something and looked towards the path coming from the left.
How long have you been there?
Liang Dongmo, dressed in a black overcoat and high heels, held the same flowers as him, which was unoriginal. "I just arrived and haven't heard much."
"Why are you crying?" She walked closer and saw the unshed tears on the omega's chin, the tear tracks on his face glistening.
Unlike at night, tears fell, but without a sound.
“It’s rainwater,” Jiang Yujin retorted, as a tear fell to the ground and disappeared.
But where would rain come from on such a sunny day? Liang Dongmo walked over and placed a bouquet of carnations there as well.
"I guessed you were here, so I came to see Mom too."
Even the flower packaging is from the same store.
The liar followed him again.
Jiang Yujin had no objection. Liang Dongmo and Xie Rongyu were truly connected by blood, so it was only natural for her to come and see her mother.
"I'm going back now."
Liang Dongmo grabbed his hand, preventing him from leaving first.
"Let me talk to Mom for a bit, then we'll go back together. I'm worried about you going back alone, Xiaojin."
Jiang Yujin stood before Xie Rongyu's tombstone, too lazy to bother with her.
"Then tell me, don't hold me back, I'll wait for you from the side."
Liang Dongmo bluntly stated a piece of news: "Mom, I like Xiaojin—"
"What nonsense are you spouting in front of your mother?!" Jiang Yujin couldn't stop her.
It was too late to stop them by covering their mouths. Jiang Yujin had kept it a secret from Xie Rongyu while she was alive, and it was just a consequence of her recklessness and disobedience, disappearing like the healed scars on her glands.
"I'm not talking nonsense. I did a lot of things that wronged Ozu before, and I feel guilty."
Liang Dongmo went on a rampage of remorse afterward, and Jiang Yujin had to go to great lengths to pull her away.
As soon as they left the cemetery and Xie Rongyu, Liang Dongmo angrily grabbed the alpha by the collar and demanded, "Why did you say that?! Liang Dongmo, you've gone mad!"
Liang Dongmo's eyes reddened slightly, and her hair was blown by the wind, obscuring half of her face as she answered, "Xiao Jin, I'm sorry. I know this isn't right. I don't want us to only have that kind of relationship in the future. I want to make a change." It was unclear whether she meant it sincerely or not.
Why talk about something that's not right? Isn't it better to maintain the status quo? Any shady relationship is self-inflicted.
Jiang Yujin released her and cursed, "Idiot."
He has reduced the frequency of swearing compared to before.
"I'd be crazy to make a fool of myself here with you."
It was one thing for Liang Dongmo to stalk him, he could tolerate that, but Jiang Yujin couldn't accept it being brought up in front of his mother.
He had clearly transformed from a bad child into a fairly well-behaved one in front of his mother, but Liang Dongmo, in a moment of madness, shattered all of that.
"Xiaojin, come back with me. Let's stop the Lu family case. Can't we just start dating like we did in the beginning? You don't need to be out there, you don't need to waste your breath on others, you don't need to stay up late looking at those documents. All you need to do every day is enjoy my cooking and wait for me to get off work."
Jiang Yujin said he could handle it, but Liang Dongmo found something amiss. He originally wanted to teach Jiang Yujin a lesson without telling him, hoping that if he lost the case, he would realize that being a lawyer wasn't easy and would give up and stay home. He would take care of the aftermath and comfort the omega who was having a tough time in his career. However, seeing the omega like that, he figured he would secretly cry again after losing the case, so he couldn't help but tell him.
In her heart, Jiang Yujin was never strong.
“This is a case I’m in charge of, and I will be responsible to my client. I can’t abandon it halfway through.”
Jiang Yujin ignored her; once she accepted the case, she was determined to see it through to the end.
...
After that day, Jiang Yujin deliberately avoided Liang Dongmo.
In court, victory was near.
After receiving a phone call, the opposing lawyer suddenly insisted that all of his evidence was fabricated, and then presented a more compelling piece of evidence to prove it.
Lu's Pharmaceutical Group was found to be selling counterfeit drugs. The higher-ups kept it a secret from the lower-level employees, resulting in those who bought the drugs being poisoned and falling into a coma.
Now the poisoned people have woken up; there are a full hundred of them, and they are all accusing the Lu family.
"There is no additional information required."
Jiang Yujin looked toward the defendant's dock; he had lost the case.
Liang Dongmo is right; there's no point in him continuing.
The family members, who had been appeased, stirred up another uproar online. Lu Lianyao, the general manager of Lu's Group, along with several senior executives, were taken away by the police who arrived at the court.
Jiang Yujin was the last to leave; all the reporters who had been surrounding the courthouse entrance had left.
He looked up at the sky, which was full of dark clouds; it was going to rain.
The first lawsuit he lost was because the Lu family didn't trust him. They not only concealed the number of people he had poisoned, but also tried to settle the matter by paying off the victims' families. Of course, the joint letter of understanding was fake.
A van drove straight toward him, with a clear purpose.
Unable to dodge in time, Jiang Yujin felt his body being thrown a great distance. He heard a shout, but nothing more.
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