Lin Yilong didn't stay in London for long, saying goodbye to the Yeon sisters at Waterloo Station, and then returning to his apartment in Surrey, alone.

Loneliness is always self-reflective, and in the first 20 hours, Lin Yilong spent a lot of money and harvested three sisters, but when you think about it, it seems that he has done nothing, but instead has a strange and "good" working relationship with trainee Karen Whitehouse. If he was still the same Lin Yilong as before, he would never decide the fate of others so rashly - suffering is also part of fate - after the activities of that club were over, he should return to the apartment alone, as he is now.

After staying in the apartment for less than half an hour, Mrs. Warren, the landlord downstairs, probably knew that Lin Yilong had returned to the apartment, and specially came to Lin Yilong to apologize for her rude behavior in the morning.

"I'm sorry, Yilong. "My cousin was here in the morning, and she had epilepsy that would go out of control if she was stimulated continuously. ”

"It's me who should apologize. Lin Yilong replied, "I slept so much that it was my fault that I made a noise to you." Mrs. Warren, would you like to have a cup of tea with me and have a chat?"

"It's an honor. Immediately, she entered Lin Yilong's "lonely castle".

By the way, except for two electric boiler maintenance sessions that Lin Yilong let the staff in, no one else has entered Lin Yilong's apartment.

Lin Yilong boiled water to make tea, and put the Dutch caramel waffles that had been in his refrigerator for a year in front of Mrs. Warren.

"Well, I feel like I've done something wrong. Lin Yilong sipped the edge of his teacup, "I felt that a girl was very pitiful, so I gave her 1,000 pounds, and then asked her to come to my house to help pay off the debt, do you think I did something wrong." ”

Mrs. Warren looked at Lin Yilong in surprise and asked in surprise, "Is it just a helper?"

You know what I mean. Lin Yilong looked into Mrs. Warren's eyes and tactfully revealed some facts, "Her life is really miserable, lonely, after I offered to help, she wanted to repay it in that way, and I agreed." But at the last minute, I escaped, and then I came back here. ”

"And what are you bothering about? is it the 1,000 pounds or what?" asked Mrs. Warren.

"You see, that's what troubles me, Mrs. Warren. Lin Yilong replied, "The question is whether I should go and ask for the money back." You see, I'm still very poor, and taking out 1,000 pounds at once is not a small number for me, and I don't have any determination to take it back: on the one hand, I am worried that if I get the 1,000 pounds back, she will lose her confidence in life, and on the other hand, I am worried that if I don't want to, I will artificially change her life, as in Mark Twain's "Thirty Thousand Dollars of Inheritance", which ruined her for a thousand pounds. ”

Mrs. Warren was very interested in literature, and once read "Selected Short Stories of Mark Twain" and knew what Lin Yilong was referring to, so she enlightened: "This is fate, Yilong." Since it is fate, whether you fight or obey, it is all God's will, and God's destiny for us is very mysterious, and only when you make a decision will His intention be discovered. ”

Yes, this is equivalent to saying nothing, which probably means that Lin Yilong makes his own decision.

Of course, Mrs. Warren's words are not without inspiration - since Lin Yilong has already told the Yeon sisters that their fate is destined for Lin Yilong to 'save', then the individual as the carrier of fate should shoulder the continuation of this fate he advocates, and this logic also applies to Katie.

"I understood what I was going to do. Lin Yilong said to Mrs. Warren.

After another small talk, Mrs. Warren said goodbye to Lin Yilong. When Lin Yilong sent her downstairs to the door of her apartment, Mrs. Warren casually asked, "My dear Yilong, what are you going to do with that girl?" ”

"Go with the flow. The four words that are as ambiguous as the big truth are Lin Yilong's answer.

Lin Yilong did not go out on Sunday, locked himself in his home, hid from everyone, did not touch the work plan he planned to complete at home, did not touch the latest judicial interpretation of the Court of Appeal, and did not even video chat with his family in the Far East, and played games all day.

It was Monday again, and Lin Yilong appeared in the lawyer's office dressed neatly.

Katie was also in the office, burying herself in her cubicle, avoiding Lin Yilong, and couldn't even have a normal conversation.

Lin Yilong followed the normal process of reviewing contracts, reading plans, and writing evaluation reports for these documents.

Halfway through his draft report, Margaret Evans, who goes by the nickname McGonagall, asks him to meet her in the conference room.

"Easy. McGonagall sat down in her place and beckoned Lin Yilong to take a seat, "As the head of the department, I'd like to talk to you about the trainee you brought, Karen Whitehouse's transfer report and trainee report. ”

"Okay, you say. Lin Yilong replied.

"This morning, I received a request from Karen. McGonagall pulled out a report from Karen Whitehouse to the Personnel Department, "She hopes to continue her internship at the Cardiff distribution after completing her second internship in the department." ”

"Huh?" Lin Yilong pretended to be surprised in front of McGonagall after hearing the news, "Did she say any reason, why did she ask for a transfer there? Don't you know that the best place for apprenticeship is London?"

"I don't know why. "I just emailed and she said it was personal. ”

"So, come to me for something. Lin Yilong asked.

"That's why I came to you. "I know you're moving your home to West Gra Morgan after you've taken a leave without pay, and then Karen is going to South Wales at that time, so it's such a coincidence to move together at this point, combined with the two of you today, so I'd like to ask if what happened to you and her last weekend." ”

"What can I influence her?" Lin Yilong asked rhetorically, "If there is anything I care about, Karen is the first trainee I have brought with me, and it is likely that I am the only non-local senior assistant she has to guide her." I was intrigued by Karen when I first started, but that's all in the past. ”

"It's not convenient for me to say anything about what you said, but I'll put it on record. "Many women in the workplace these days are harassed by their superiors of the opposite sex and don't dare to speak out, and we legal workers have to fight against these inequalities, and we law firm employees can't afford male bosses to bully female subordinates in the first place: this rule is not only based on the conflict of interest principle against marriage in the workplace, but more importantly, it is wrong." ”

Lin Yilong shrugged at what McGonagall said, expressing disapproving acceptance.

"Well, I'd like to say a little bit about this as well. Lin Yilong slowly got up and looked at McGonagall-for-tat, "I believe that the trainees in our law firm are all excellent, and they will naturally pay attention to their own workplace environment, if there is such a problem, then I don't believe that this kind of self-interest problem will not be raised by themselves." Finally, I regret such unfounded suspicions, even though I am about to leave my post in a few weeks' time. ”

"It's good to know, I don't want a workplace scandal between our law firm, our department, and my colleagues in the period before you leave. McGonagall concluded.