Chapter 18: Chapter 9.1 No wonder he’s the man she couldn’t chase no matter how hard she tried!

It was a pity that Bai Duanduan took Xu Zhixin to the door of the scheduled mediation room at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, only to find that someone was using the mediation room.

On the contrary, it was Ji Lin, who was dressed in a suit, walked over with an erect posture, “The last mediation session has not finished yet. I’ve asked my client to wait for you in the cafe outside.” He glanced at his wristwatch, “It might still take a while to finish. In the meantime, I suggest you come to the cafe together with us so we can discuss the settlement plan first.”

Bai Duanduan thought, if they can negotiate a settlement in the cafe first, and then get the judge to go through the process later and sign the mediation, the case will be over. It was simply efficient and perfect.

Although she has heard a lot of Ji Lin, it was the first time that Bai Duanduan officially had an interaction with Ji Lin in regards to her work today. To her surprise, Ji Lin was not as aggressive as Lin Hui had said. She doesn’t know if it was because of  today’s talk about reconciliation but he appeared to be quite gentle rather than sharp and fierce. He gave a very friendly smile to Xu Zhixin. According to Bai Duanduan’s little understanding of him, for this behavior, Ji Lin can even be called enthusiastic about Xu Zhixin. He also took the initiative to serve him coffee, but he has probably never done such a thing before as he was clumsy in his movement. Instead of serving a cup of coffee to Xu Zhixin’s desk, he spilled it on his coat. Xu Zhixin had to take off his coat, and the air conditioner in the cafe was very cold.

“I’m really sorry.”

Although it was an apology, Bai Duanduan felt that Ji Lin’s expression really didn’t have any sincerity, and it felt like he was doing it on purpose.

But soon, Bai Duanduan couldn’t be sure again, because Ji Lin took off his expensive suit and handed it to Xu Zhixin in order to express his apology.

“Sorry, you can wear mine.”

? ? ?

This dog man!!! When she originally asked him to help reinstall the system, he only gave the two indifferent words “no” to her. Now he was so gentle and self sacrificing for the other party? ? ? He also smiled at Xu Zhixin four times! It’s not quite right, is it?

Bai Duanduan glanced at Ji Lin and then at Xu Zhixin.

In a flash of lightning, she suddenly had an epiphany.

Although Xu Zhixin wasn’t exactly handsome, he had sharp angles and features. He was a very tough-looking man, and because he was a skilled worker in a workshop, he was in good shape.

Bai Duanduan glanced at Ji Lin’s flawless face, which was completely unlike a real person and was just like a picture. At that instant, he looked like a blessed soul.

Ji Lin! Ji Lin! He likes men!

No wonder he was the man she could never chase! How can they fall in love if she were different from him?

Bai Duanduan’s heart was full of twists and turns, but she still had work to do. She saw Xu Zhixin also put on Ji Lin’s coat so she coughed and said straightforwardly, “Now that the evidence is clearly in our favor, going to the court to apply for revocation of the ruling is a waste of time for Jin Guang Electronics. The process of the court is long and totally in vain. Normally, I will not negotiate a settlement with you when we have obtained the arbitration award which is completely in favor of us. However, in view of my client’s opinion, he is willing to make concessions out of his feelings for the company. Then why don’t we each take a step back and directly reconcile. For enterprise, it is arguably the most economical and rational solution to withdraw the application from the court, thus saving time and energy. It’s a win-win situation for both worker and enterprise.”

Although Xu Zhixin was willing to take a little less compensation, he wanted to make a quick settlement. Instead of waiting for the long court process, he wants to quickly receive money to tide over his family difficulties. As a result of making a settlement with the enterprise, he can go through the resigning process quickly, and find a new job as soon as possible. The company, on the other hand, did not need to delay the process for so long, wasting their legal fees and time. Again because of Xu Zhixin’s concession, the company did not have to pay the full amount of compensation according to the previous arbitration award, and they could also save their financial budget. Bai Duanduan feels that it was really a win-win situation.

She smiled and looked at Ji Lin, “Now, Mr. Ji can present his settlement proposal.”

Ji Lin glanced at Bai Duanduan, and his face, which had always been cold towards her, unexpectedly revealed an unprecedented smile. A smile that was even more dazzling than the one previously given to Xu Zhixin. Adding in advantage, Ji Lin’s already beautiful eye shape with an amorous flavour that was even more eye-catching. When he smiled like that, for a moment, Bai Duanduan actually felt a little dizzy.

The next second, Ji Lin threw out a document towards Xu Zhixin,  “Mr. Xu, take a look at it.”

Xu Zhixin took it away and flipped through it, and his face began to turn white.

“Then let’s get to the point.” Ji Lin stopped smiling, his expression sank, the gentle and polite manners of a moment ago seemed like a mere deception. In just the next second, he tore down his pretense and returned to his true nature, like a wild and untamable wolf, always precise to the point of cruelty in chasing his prey. In just one bite, he could bite off someone’s throat.

Ji Lin pulled out one of the copies of evidence provided by Xu Zhixin “I studied the X-ray of the tibia fracture provided by Mr. Xu and found a very interesting thing.”

But although he said ‘interesting’, his face was as cold as ice and devoid of any emotion “The average tibial point height to height ratio for Asian males is 25.79% and the average calf length to height ratio is 21.85%, although there are different mathematical models for estimating height based on tibial length methods, but the overall data will not deviate too much, and based on this X-ray speculation, Mr. Xu’s height should be around 170cm.”

Ji Lin looked at Xu Zhixin, “I retrieved Mr. Xu’s physical examination records from Jin Guang Electronics, and our Mr. Xu’s height is surprisingly 183cm. My height is 188cm, and Mr. Xu doesn’t look shapeless in my suit yet. Could it be that nowadays, at 170cm, you can wear this?”

Bai Duanduan was completely caught off guard by this development, and she looked at Xu Zhixin, only to find that his expression was flustered with struggle and was very difficult to read.

“Please do not make wild assumptions about my client’s height based on data that has no scientific basis. Just from an X-ray, we do not accept the reasonableness and objectivity of your inference.” However, in the face of such a turn of events, Bai Duanduan held her ground and looked at Ji Lin without fear, saying calmly “You may submit it to the court as a defense, but the court will not accept such a baseless and subjective speculation, which is not at all a judgement from an authoritative body. Nor will my client respond to such nonsense.”

“As for your claim of being 188cm, Lawyer Ji, how do I know that you must be 188cm? Maybe you’re wearing a height-gain heel inside?” Bai Duanduan said, “In modern society, men are also suffering, and we all understand the occasional vanity and disguise.”

Ji Lin also looked at Bai Duanduan, but was not provoked at all. His eyes were dark and deep, but at the moment he was a bit aggressive and cold, but his tone was calm to the point that he did not look like a stranger “I do not fight unprepared battles, I will apply in court for forensic identification of this original X-ray film. The forensic identification centre has a complete identification service and is authoritative enough. ” He glanced lightly at Xu Zhixin, “Let’s wait and see just how tall Mr Xu is.”

Xu Zhixin’s lips trembled and his eyes dodged, he was completely speechless, and even if Bai Duanduan wanted to believe him, he knew at this point that something wrong was going to happen.

Xu Zhixin was not telling her the truth, this X-ray was fake! It wasn’t Xu Zhixin’s at all!

Bai Duanduan gave Xu Zhixin a placating wink and calmly looked at Ji Li “You should know that even if you made the relevant identification, the identification results are still indirectly a solitary evidence.”

Ji Lin finally smiled again. The smile was still very nice, but full of cold sarcasm. He looked straight at Bai Duanduan “Lawyer Bai, how do you know I have only solitary evidence? Why don’t you open the second page of the material I gave to Mr. Xu? “

Bai Duanduan could not care about anything else. She snatched the material from Xu Zhixin’s trembling hands and flipped to the second page, which was a screenshot taken from a surveillance video that also carried the time of filming, 9:10 a.m. on May 12 and 11:34 a.m. on the same day. Xu Zhixin appeared in front of a family supermarket.

On May 12 …… Bai Duanduan reacted almost acutely to the fact that that was the date on which one of Xu Zhixin’s sick leave slips was issued.

“This is the surveillance I retrieved from the family supermarket in  front of the Cancer Hospital of A City. The Cancer Hospital and the First City Hospital are located in the east of the city and the west of the city respectively. If there is no traffic jam at all, then it takes an hour and a half to drive each way.” He showed his white teeth and looked at Bai Duanduan with a smile, “Then I don’t understand, may I ask how Mr. Xu appeared at the entrance of the Cancer hospital with a limp and at the same time issued a sick note at the First City hospital? The interval between these two times was too little for him to come and go even if he raced. Does he have some imaginary wings?”

Bai Duanduan shot back almost immediately, “This screenshot of the surveillance only has the morning hours in it, and my client’s sick note only says May 12, he could have gone to the sick note in the afternoon, this video doesn’t prove anything at all.”

“It’s such a pity, Lawyer Bai, the doctor who issued Mr. Xu’s sick leave on May 12 is Chen Jia Nan and this Dr. Chen, on May 12, was unavailable in the afternoon.”

Xu Zhixin completely fidgeted and tensed up. Unable to stretch it anymore, he panicked and confessed, “I made up this sick leave slip, and I can’t prove anything!”