An Lan rolled her eyes at him. âYouâre overthinking it. I was too sleepy and dozed for two hours in the car, but we are... one step closer. The share you mentioned...â
Li Yuchenâs lips twitched. âForget it. Weâll still split it 60-40. Get to know Chief Judge Xu at your own pace. Itâs best if we donât see him in court for the rest of our lives.â
An LAN recalled Xu Baohan mentioning that he liked her last night. She was in a trance for a moment. If she was really caught by him accidentally, then she wouldnât be able to bump into him in court for the rest of her life.
âSigh, what kind of person do you think Xu Baohan is? âAn LAN asked wonderingly.
âHow would I know? Iâm not close to him.â Li Yuchen sighed faintly, âI used to lose cases whenever I had him as the judge and I had thought of a roundabout way to soften him. I ran into him once at the supermarket outside the courthouse, and he was buying chewing gum. I wanted to befriend him, so I offered to pay it for him. In the end, he said that I was trying to bribe him, and then asked me if I knew about the crime of bribing a judicial officer. I was so scared that I ran away. Other judges arenât as difficult to approach as him.â
An Lan laughed out loud, but she knew it was what Xu Baohan would do.
âOkay, letâs not talk about Xu Baohan,â Li Yuchen suddenly said, âDo you know who Wan Qiâs lawyer is this time?â
âIsnât it Zhang Shangyang?â
âNo.â Li Yuchen looked at her with a complicated expression. âItâs changed to He Mingqian.â
â...â
An Lan rubbed the spot between her brows. âThis b*tch. Did you tell Wan Qi about He Mingqianâs past relationship with me?â
âI told her. Sheâd find out in court anyway. Thereâs no need to hide it,â Li Yuchen said. âI guess thatâs why she used He Mingqian. He went out with you and knows us very well. But I told Wan Qi that we also know He Mingqian very well.â
âIndeed, no one knows this hypocrite better than we do,â An Lan said indifferently. âHe has his ways of doing evil things. Itâs indeed a little tricky and we must be careful. Call a meeting in a while.â
âOkay.â
...
Court.
In the large conference room, a study meeting was going on.
Xu Baohanâs assistant Su Run noticed that his boss yawned a few times, and there were even tears on his pretty eyelashes.
Su Run was a little excited. When he saw his boss this morning, he had noticed that his boss hadnât slept well last night. Could it be that he had made some great progress last night?
After the meeting ended, Xu Baohan walked out and bumped into Secretary Liu.
Secretary Liu was a warm-hearted woman. When she saw him, she smiled and said, âBaohan, I heard that you went out a few times with Lawyer An Lan. Are you two dating now?â
âNot yet.â
Secretary Liuâs eyes lit up. âSince you are not dating her, do you want to go on a blind date? The daughter of my husbandâs colleague works in the municipal government. Sheâs 25 years old and single...â
âThereâs no need,â Xu Baohan rejected flatly.
âWhatâs wrong? You promised Old Wu to go on a blind date a while ago. Why canât you go and see this girl?â Secretary Liu asked, âSheâs really a good girl and her work suits yours. Iâm not saying that Lawyer An is not good, but sheâs too beautiful and too good at earning money for someone like you. Youâre quiet and reserved and I think the two of you...â
Xu Baohan stopped in his tracks and said calmly, âThe most important thing for two people to be together is to like each other. I donât think equal status is an important factor.â
âHa,â Secretary Liu looked at him as if he was a weirdo, âBohan, this is unlike you. Didnât you say that you donât believe in love? You even told everyone not to force you to go to a blind date. You said when the time is right, youâll find a suitable woman to marry.â