Chapter 208: Not a Fool
That night, in a food stall shop, Li Chao ordered the appetizers and waited quietly at the table.
Seeing a middle-aged man walking over with a head full of white hair, Li Chao smiled faintly, and the person invited finally came.
When Li Dujun saw Li Chao, his expression froze. He was very afraid of touching Li Chao, because the aura of pursuing fairness and justice exuded by Li Chao made him want to gag when he smelled it.
The pursuit of justice is a ridiculous and pathetic thought, he used to have it, but now for him it is the biggest joke in life.
It's a pity that Li Dujun's heart is looking forward to seeing Li Chao again, because although the dream of pursuing fairness and justice has turned into ashes in his heart, there is still fire in the ashes.
It's a contradiction, it's a disease, it's an obsession. Li Dujun once figured out how to play the world and get drunk and dream of death to escape, but he gave up his ideals and dreams, and his life was really pale.
After rolling the sheets with someone, there is only infinite emptiness left, and this is the life of the walking dead.
Restraining his restless thoughts, Li Dujun walked over slowly, he tried his best to pretend to be indifferent, and said playfully with a playful smile: "Oh, Superbarrister, why are you interested in having dinner with me, a bad old man?" β
Li Chao smiled slightly, directly took out a bottle of beer, and said boldly: "Duanjun, I came to you for a drink tonight." Some words are more sincere after drinking, let's not get drunk tonight! β
Li Dujun's vicissitudes of life twitched slightly, his eyes rolled, and he joked with a smile: "Yo, it's strange, you, a barrister like a day, came to me at night to drink with a bad old man?" β
Li Chao looked directly at Li Dujun's playful eyes, and said with a smile: "Don't guess, it's good news, I've been fired." β
"Wow!" Li Dujun exclaimed when he heard this, and sat down directly. smiled and said loudly: "Congratulations, Superbarrister, you are pursuing fairness and justice, and now you have a big reward!" β
Li Dujun's teasing smile, coupled with the sarcastic tone, constitutes a strong taste of irony.
Unexpectedly, Li Chao directly poured a large glass of beer for Li Duanjun, filled it for himself, picked up the wine glass, and said to Li Dujun with a happy face: "Yes, this is really a great joy." Congratulations for being fired! β
After speaking, Li Chao drank it all directly, and Li Dujun was stunned, what kind of song is this, and he seems to be very happy to be driven away.
Li Chao saw that Li Dujun hesitated and didn't raise his glass, and explained with a smile: "Don't be surprised, I'm really happy, the Tao is different, and I have different ideas from Shangjia." Without Shangjia, I can pursue my dreams more freely. β
Li Dujun listened, drank all the wine in the cup, and stared at Li Chao with his eyes tightly. Zhengse said: "What, your kid was fired and squid, and you still don't change your mind?" β
Li Chao took a sip of wine and laughed. "Change? Why should I change? There is nothing wrong with my dream of pursuing fairness and justice, and it is best to fire me squid, that is, what it pursues is power and wealth. That doesn't mean I need to change! β
Li Dujun laughed loudly, laughing so much that tears were about to come out, "Li Chao, to be honest, I really admire your cheekiness." I don't know how thick the sky is, and now I've been swept away, and I still look uplifting.
To put it nicely, you are holding on to your dreams. To put it mildly, you don't hit the south wall and don't look back, and you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin. With dreams that I don't know what to call them, I hit walls everywhere, and now I'm not ashamed to say it, I feel that your skin is thicker than the city wall! β
Li Chao was not angry or annoyed when he heard this, but smiled and filled both of them with wine, just looked at Li Dujun and said lightly: "Well, from your words, I heard a strong taste of envy and remorse." Are you regretting it, regretting that you didn't stick to your dreams back then?! β
As soon as Li Chao said this, Li Dujun seemed to be immobilized, and the whole person was stunned, his eyes had a strange light, containing deep reflection, remorse, troubles and other intricate emotions.
After a long while, Li Dujun had red eyes, sighed faintly, and picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
"Still, you have a chance to make amends. I plan to set up a law firm with the aim of providing quality legal services to the public and pursuing fairness and justice. I have reserved you a position as a partner, how can you be interested? Li Chao looked at Li Dujun and sincerely extended an invitation.
Li Chao is very sure, because from the first contact with Li Duanjun, he has smelled the breath of the same kind, although Li Dujun is wandering, but Li Chao can feel the dream he is trying to hide.
What Li Dujun has repeatedly opposed is what he desperately desires and pursues in his heart!
Li Dujun simply shook his head neatly and said, "Don't be stupid, I'm not interested." The pursuit of fairness and justice?? Haha, that's a big joke. What is fairness and justice? It's just people's inner feelings, and there's no specific measure of it, how do you pursue it?
People's hearts are fickle, and you try your best to pursue fairness and justice for them, but people still think that what you are pursuing is not fairness and justice, but a bunch of shit.
Besides, the world is bustling for profit, lawyers are busy making money, you jump out and say what to pursue fairness and justice, how hated by others! Aren't you kicking people out of the law firm now? If you offend someone you shouldn't offend in the next step, you may end up in jail. If you kick the iron plate again, your life may be in danger, and even your family will be harmed.
I see that you talk about fairness and justice every day, and you are purely looking for death! β
Li Chao laughed, and said boldly and firmly: "Dusk Jun, why do you exaggerate the danger Cheng DΓΉ!" I know you must have suffered terrible retribution that led to your ruin. But doesn't this just prove that the lack of fairness and justice destroys people?
Li Dujun, you must have thought that if it were a fair and just society, your tragedy would not have happened! Since even you are longing for the arrival of a fair and just society, why do you deceive yourself and not take action? β
Li Chao's words went straight to Li Duanjun's heart, and Li Duanjun's fists clenched unconsciously tightly, and his brows furrowed.
Li Chao struck the iron and continued: "I admit that in today's society where the rule of law is not yet perfect, the pursuit of fairness and justice will indeed encounter obstacles, retaliation and even certain personal dangers. However, we can't go against our hearts, we can't forget our dreams!
Li Duanjun, I know that you were as enthusiastic as I was back then. After the great change, you are heartbroken and wander in the rivers and lakes.
But I want to ask you, is this really the life you want? You give up on your dreams, are you really happy? Even if you pay a bloody price in the process of chasing your dreams!
We are fools in the eyes of the world, and we are not afraid of the potential for the sake of so-called fairness and justice. And society needs fools like us, and it is precisely because of people like us that the level of rule of law in the whole society is constantly improving! β
Li Chao's words carry the indomitable heroism, the passion to dare to be the first in the world, and the will to be unrelenting!
Li Dujun slapped the table and roared at Li Chao: "Don't say it again, I'm not a fool, and I don't want to be a fool!" (To be continued......)
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