As one of the UK's top 20 law firms, Alan Binghamton has a branch office in Yenching's World Trade Centre. However, Lin Yilong did not like the managing partner of the Yenching office: when Lin Yilong returned to China for a study trip after completing his first master's degree, he submitted his resume and cover letter to the managing partner, and was told that "unfortunately there are no vacant positions" - after Lin Yilong became Alan Bingham's senior assistant in mergers and acquisitions, although the two "released their previous suspicions", the subsequent cooperation has not been harmonious. For the Bristol law school graduate, it was clear that Mr. Lin, a graduate of the University of Wales, was not good enough to work as a senior assistant or even a general law clerk at Alan Binghamton, and for Mr. Lin, he preferred to work with his partners in the Heung Kong division who graduated from the same law school – the rejection of the Yenching supervisor further deepened the estrangement between Mr. Lin and the Yenching director. However, after considering Lin Yilong's qualifications and cultural background, the director of Yanjing made a judgment that "Lin Yilong is likely to take over his position as the head of the Yanjing branch", and turned a blind eye to Lin Yilong's move to "bypass" him - anyway, all the progress of the Far East business is inseparable from him, and he has a share in the successful business; once something goes wrong, it is the responsibility of Lin Yilong's law school predecessors and Lin Yilong's managing partner. In general, the relationship between this director and Lin Yilong is one of mutual dislike. So much so that Lin Yilong rarely comes to the Yenching branch of Huanmao on business if it is not necessary, and even if he has to come due to secret meetings and other factors, he will make an appointment with several colleagues who graduated from North American law schools in advance for the time and content.

This time the testimony had to be carried out in this branch because the contents of the documents were confirmed and the number of document entries was very small, and the whole process went very smoothly. After finishing his work, Lin Yilong has his personal time until 7 p.m., where he can wander around Yanjing before boarding a plane to Pujiang and connecting back to London.

Lin Yilong has many classmates in Yanjing, especially in the international trade, most of whom are engaged in finance or international trade-related work. When they are not too busy, they will accompany Lin Yilong to find a nearby café to chat or have a meal. However, at one o'clock in the afternoon just after the lunch break, the acquaintances who could sit with Lin Yilong were not very hopeful.

Fortunately, Xu Zhenkun, whom he regarded as a friend, happened to be free and took a whole afternoon off to accompany him.

Lin Yilong had to go to Pujiang and then fly back to London, so he set the location in a café near the International Trade Center. After eating a little, Xu Zhenkun came.

Xu Zhenkun is Lin Yilong's junior high school classmate, and the two often go to and from school together because they live relatively close to each other. If Lin Yilong belongs to the kind of middle-level who has no chance to be at the top but is still working hard in the UK, then Xu Zhenkun definitely belongs to the social elite: graduated from Dongda University, worked as a project leader in Meiling Bank, and was specially hired by the investment banking department of a public bank to serve as the head of a department, responsible for controlling the flow of billions of funds - however, on the outside, if he wears casual clothes instead of wearing a suit of tens of thousands or a pair of gold-rimmed eyes and always puts on a swaggering look, The front desk of their company will probably regard Xu Zhenkun, who has a slightly gray complexion, as a thief who came to deliver the courier or came to this office building to do misdeeds as a courier brother, especially after Xu Zhenkun appeared in front of Lin Yilong and was seen by them: his face, which was not very ruddy, completely lost his blood, always lowered his head and was afraid of the eyes of passers-by and neighbors, and he had no domineering attitude at all, and lived like a vampire who was afraid of light.

According to Lin Yilong's understanding of Xu Zhenkun, although Xu Zhenkun is a little arrogant, he can be regarded as a degree of relaxation, and he has just the right amount of proportion, and he will definitely not be like this because of work; since it is not at work, it is inevitable that something will go wrong in Xu Zhenkun's life, but it is inconvenient to ask.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Yilong asked, "What went wrong, why are you sad today?" ”

"Nothing. Xu Zhenkun replied, glancing at Lin Yilong's eyes at the same time.

Lin Yilong realized what his friend was going to say, and the café was crowded with people, making it inconvenient to talk.

Lin Yilong had to take his friend back to the reception room of the Yenching branch in Allen Binghamton, where the confidentiality of their conversation could be guaranteed.

"I got married in February this year. Xu Zhenkun said in a deep voice, "The object is my college classmate." ”

Lin Yilong was surprised, he had never noticed any signs in the last meeting with Xu Zhenkun in March, and the news was like a bolt from the blue sky to him. The relationship between the two is rumored to be good in the classmate circle, but perhaps because Lin Yilong cherishes the friendship between the two too much, he retains too much space between them, but it seems more rusty compared to the relationship between classmates. Although Lin Yilong was stunned for a moment, he quickly came back to his senses and motioned for Xu Zhenkun to continue.

"I thought she would be able to die for me by getting married, but yesterday, she left me a letter and ran away. Xu Zhenkun said bitterly, "Is it because of me?"

Lin Yilong immediately understood the hidden meaning of Xu Zhenkun's words, and 10,000 alpaca-like creatures roared past in his heart, and asked as if he didn't understand, "What are you going to do?"

"I want you to help me figure out how I can punish her. Xu Zhenkun said angrily.

Lin Yilong pouted at Xu Zhenkun's furiousness: "The legal means is divorce, and if you are on this road, I have the contact information of several specialized marriage lawyers here to help you win the ideal division of property." ”

Xu Zhenkun felt the dissatisfaction in Lin Yilong's words, and immediately recalled that he had not invited Lin Yilong to attend his wedding. I found that I had made a mistake: I personally pierced a thorn in the relationship between Lin Yilong and myself that could never be avoided. Since it is an irreversible damage, how to repair it is the most important thing.

"I'm sorry. Xu Zhenkun was doing a fake self-examination.

Lin Yilong couldn't figure out why he continued to maintain his friendship with Xu Zhenkun, he felt that he had been seriously hurt. After self-reflection, Lin Yilong made a commercial smile when he examined whether he had made the same arrogant mistake as Xu Zhenkun: "I think this thing lies in understanding and forgiveness." ”