Chapter 27 Chapter 27
On the first day of work at Henghe, he worked overtime until almost ten o'clock. Wen Ying gulped down the water in his glass. Yu Jiaran poked his head into the reception room and said, "I've sent the guests out. Wen Lu, you can finally rest."
Wen Ying stood up and twisted her waist, which was about to fall apart, and looked at her watch: "You've worked hard too. You can come later tomorrow."
Yu Jiaran shrugged, feeling very helpless. "Lawyer Yao has to take me to Bosheng tomorrow morning. The original acquisition project now needs to be transferred to Henghe for signing, so we need to prepare early in the morning."
Life is not easy, and Wen Ying sympathizes with her.
She took her bag and went out, patting Yu Jiaran on the shoulder at the door: "I will suggest that Yao Lu hire a dedicated administrator as soon as possible."
Yu Jiaran thanked me, then suddenly remembered, "There's a girl who's been waiting at the door since around seven. She said she's your sister and wanted to see you. I told her you were still meeting a client, so she said she'd wait for you outside. It's so cold outside, and I asked her to wait for you in the tea room, but she refused. She's still outside now."
Yao Fangzhou chose a three-story building for Henghe in a cultural park near the CBD. It was midwinter, and the water outside was freezing. Waiting for two hours would probably leave you frozen through.
Wen Ying paused and turned towards the back door: "Don't pay attention to her, just leave work normally and just tell her I'm gone."
Yu Jiaran felt that Wen Ying was a little unkind: "Wen Lu, is she really your sister?"
Wen Ying quickly went down the stairs: "I am an orphan. I have no relatives, no relatives at all, except Shen Li."
Yu Jiaran nodded and replied thoughtfully, "I understand."
Wen Ying's car was parked in front of the law firm. In order to avoid Wen Cong, she chose to go out from the back door and take a taxi home.
The driver was a woman. The car was tidy and she didn't say much. Wen Ying relaxed and leaned casually against the car window.
The neon lights outside the window flashed rapidly, and she thought of Wen Cong's bright eyes.
After a long time, Wen Ying sighed.
If Wen Cong could wake up and escape, she might have a bright future. But if she was unable to struggle... Wen Ying didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Who can save whom, and who will be the savior of whom?
When Wen Lei went out with a wooden stick that night, I wonder if Wen Cong cried in her heart for her non-blood cousin.
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Half asleep and half awake, Wen Ying fell into a hot chest.
She saw the outline of Shen Li in a daze, leaned towards him, and murmured to him, "Just got back?"
Chen Li gently lifted her into his arms and patted Wen Ying on the back: "It's almost New Year's Day, and I've been sorting through the files. I hope I woke you up."
Wen Ying lay comfortably on Shen Li's chest and said, "No, I just lay down not long ago and I'm not asleep yet."
"Is everything going well today?"
Wen Ying hummed, "It went smoothly, but it was tiring. I guess the pace will be very fast for a long time to come."
After a few pauses, Wen Ying said, "Wen Cong came to see me tonight, but I didn't see her. I even left her outside the law firm and left."
Of course Shen Li knew what she was thinking.
The compassionate God and the hard-hearted devil are fighting in her heart, and this feeling is bound to be not pleasant.
He stroked her hair and said, "Wen Lei's case will probably be prosecuted after the new year, and the matter will be over soon."
With the verdict, Wen Cong will no longer have the illusion that Wen Ying will be so kind as to issue a letter of apology.
When the fantasy is shattered, never contacting each other again until death can be considered a happy ending.
"I sincerely treat Wen Cong as my own sister."
Chen Li said, "I think over the past twenty years, Wen Cong has really treated you as her own sister."
She said bitterly, "This is exactly what makes me sad. The love between us is real, but it's also true that she used me and hurt me. It's because it's all true that I feel sad."
Yes, Wen Ying is an orphan. Apart from the love of her adoptive parents, her only family affection comes from Wen Cong.
But now, Wen Cong's fingerprints were also on the sharp knife that stabbed Wen Ying.
"Don't be sad," Shen Li said, "It's hard to predict the fate between people. Maybe this is the only time you'll meet in this life."
Wen Ying nodded, and suddenly wanted to laugh: "Why, is the end of the universe really metaphysical? I didn't expect Shen Jian to say such a thing."
She thought again: "Hasn't anyone come to fix the floor heating in my bedroom yet?"
Shen Li asked her, "Do you still want to move back?"
As he asked, his big hand moved down and brushed across the most sensitive flower bud, causing Wen Ying to shrink her body and hum softly.
"Stop it," she pressed his hand against hers, still mumbling with her eyes closed. "Whether I move back or not is completely different from whether anyone comes to fix the floor heating. Inspector Shen, please don't confuse me. I won't answer such evasive questions."
Chen Li turned over and Wen Ying's long, smooth hair spread out fluffy on the dark blue pillowcase.
"It seems you really haven't slept well yet. You still have the brains to talk to me about these things." He bent down to kiss her, interlocking his fingers with hers. "Wear the ring from now on, okay?"
She was so distracted by the kiss that she had no ability to think and could only respond with a vague "yes".
Shen Li's kiss was hot, like a spark. Wen Ying saw the clear outline of Shen Li's face in the darkness.
He was being naughty. He pressed the hard thing against Wen Ying's flower bud through the thin cloth and pressed it down hard, but it didn't quench her thirst.
"Chen Li." She called him longingly, like sobbing.
He chuckled, "Don't worry, Wen Lu." The skin under his hands was as cool and delicate as jade. "I really regret letting you go to Jiangcheng three years ago."
The pajamas were stripped off, and the emptiness in my chest was finally filled with warmth.
Wen Ying felt her whole body burning, as if countless ants were crawling around following Shen Li's hand. She twisted her body impatiently: "You haven't visited me in Jiangcheng for three years."
The kisses intensified, moving from her chest along her neck to her lips. Chen Li wrapped his tongue around Wen Ying's, sucking it until the base of her tongue ached slightly.
Shen Li kissed her silently, and the kiss became more and more intense, as if he wanted to plunder all the air in her chest.
"I'm sorry, Xiaoying," he lowered his body, and the hardness and heat finally penetrated Wenying's body. He satisfied her, "I love you very much, I love you very much..."
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Wen Ying was sitting in a business car heading to Daoxuan Mountain. Seeing the increasingly bleak and dreary winter scenery outside the window, she finally understood what it meant to "earn money but live a miserable life."
I used to work in someone else's law firm, where I only had to complete each case and earned a hard-earned living. Even when I was extremely tired, I fantasized countless times about how I would be able to do whatever I wanted if I became the boss.
But now that I have formed a partnership and become a boss from an employee, I feel even more helpless.
She had pushed the trip to Upside-Down Mountain onto Yao Fangzhou, but Bosheng Group specifically asked her to take charge. There was no other way; they were incredibly wealthy, and even if Wen Ying didn't want to, she couldn't afford to offend Henghe's most powerful golden god of wealth at this time.
Bree from Bosheng's legal department handed her a mint from the front seat. "The road ahead is winding around the mountains. Eating one beforehand can help prevent motion sickness."
Bree looks even younger than Wen Ying. She had just joined Bosheng’s legal department and was assigned to this event.
Wen Ying thanked him and took it. Looking at the schedule, she asked Bree, "Why is there no location for tonight's dinner on the schedule?"
This itinerary was given to Wen Ying by Bree after they got in the car. It included every detail of the three-day and two-night itinerary, except for the time and place of tonight's dinner, which was blank.
Bree twirled her ponytail with her fingers, smiled, and mumbled, "I'm not too sure, Wenlu, just stay with us. We never know what other plans we might have tonight."
Wen Ying didn't think much about it. After looking at the itinerary a few times, the feeling of motion sickness gradually spread to her chest.
She didn't dare to look at it anymore, so she folded the itinerary, leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes to rest.
Just by looking at the name of the Upside-Down Mountain, you can tell how peculiar the landform is. A tall and majestic mountain seems to be upside down on the ground, wide on top and narrow at the bottom. Therefore, this place is prone to floods and landslides every year.
In autumn and winter, the climate is dry, and only at this time do outsiders dare to set foot on this poor land.
Every time the Bosheng Group arrives, it's like the arrival of the God of Wealth in the eyes of the people of Daoxuan Mountain. They always bring new clothes and stationery, and even cash subsidies for the elderly and children.
As Bree led Wen Ying toward Daoxuanshan Primary School, she explained, "Every summer, there are always flash floods and landslides here. It happens every year, and we can't even grow crops. People from outside don't dare come here. It's so poor here, and there used to be no roads leading outside, so it got poorer and poorer, and gradually became the poorest village in Minshi."
It had just rained in the morning, and the ground here was a little muddy and slippery. Wen Ying looked carefully at his feet as he walked, afraid of falling accidentally.
Bree said sadly, "Mr. Zhou initially provided only financial and material support to the people of Daoxuanshan. But poverty alleviation also requires intellectual development. Previously, almost no girls in this village could go to school, and most were married by the age of 14 or 15. Also, because the roads to Daoxuanshan were impassable, outsiders were reluctant to come, and many men had trouble finding wives. As a result, 'sharing wives' was a common practice here twenty years ago."
Seeing Wen Ying's eyes widen, Bree quickly explained: "Of course, this is all old news. There is no such thing now."
Wen Ying stands out in the barren and dim land, like a pearl.
Bree and she supported each other as they climbed the steep slope. The village primary school's flagpole bore a vibrant red flag. Wen Ying couldn't help but exclaim, "This school is so beautiful."
It is beautiful, with red roof and white walls, clean like a paradise.
Bree smiled and said, "This was built with money donated by President Zhou. It's only been built two or three years ago. All the teaching equipment inside is on par with the schools in the city. The children don't want to go home after coming here."
There were already many people on the playground, all women and girls from the village. The village chief came over and extended his hand to Wen Ying and Bree. "Oh, I'm sorry to bother you. I told you I'd go down to get you, but you were so polite and always came up on your own."
Bree had been here several times and was already very familiar with the principal. She introduced him, "This is lawyer Wen Ying, now the most famous lawyer in Min City. President Zhou specially invited her to come and do legal education for our villagers."
"Great! Welcome, welcome," the village chief said, looking Wen Ying up and down. "Lawyer Wen is young and promising. That's great!"
Looking at the pairs of misty eyes on the playground, Wen Ying felt a great sense of responsibility.
Perhaps this is the meaning of the existence of law - even if a person has nothing, she still has the solid scales behind her to support her.
For female lawyers, this responsibility and significance are even deeper. They are a microcosm of millions of women, having endured all the contempt and injustice that women encounter on their educational and career paths.
Wen Ying wants to teach them today that when she faces injustice and harm, she has the opportunity to say "no" and must have the courage to say "no".
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