After hearing this, Lu Xiaoxiao's mouth opened so wide that she couldn't close it, and after figuring out that Ling Li was indeed not talking nonsense, she asked about the relationship between Ling Li, Ling Ling and Zhu Jinchuan, and suddenly realized: "I said why Zhu Tou takes care of you so much, it turns out that it is Aiwu and Wu." ”

"So, I don't even know how to face him." Ling Li grimaced, "Although he doesn't remember what happened after he got drunk that night, I always feel embarrassed, and it may take a while to forget about it before I can treat him normally." ”

Lu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and said meaningfully: "Don't remember? Not necessarily. ”

Her words made Ling Li's eyelids jump, and she hurriedly asked, "What?" ”

Lu Xiaoxiao looked around and lowered her voice: "I used to think that Zhu Tou paid too much attention to you, this time, whether he showed his true feelings after being drunk, or really recognized the wrong person, you had better screen it carefully." ”

Lu Xiaoxiao's words made Ling Li uneasy for several days.

Her intuition was that she believed that Zhu Jinchuan was really drunk, but she was afraid that Lu Xiaoxiao would put forward another possibility, which would lead to going to work after New Year's Day, and she didn't dare to look at Zhu Jinchuan.

It wasn't until the fact of taking leave for the New Year could no longer be dragged on, that she went to his office with heavy steps and asked him to sign the fake note.

Zhu Jinchuan was unexpectedly refreshed, glanced at the fake note, and only asked why he had to ask for twenty days at once, and when he got Ling Li to be honest, she was going to follow Nan Zhiyi back to her hometown in the south, his face remained unchanged, and he signed it directly and instructed her: "Pay attention to safety." ”

After that, he lowered his head to deal with official business and didn't look at Ling Li again.

Such an attitude made Ling Li finally put aside the matter of the annual meeting, and laughed at his self-inflicted amorousness.

She thought that it would be peaceful until the Spring Festival, but she didn't expect that an unexpected thing still disrupted her plan.

The case of the murder of the unemployed homeless in passion has happened again.

Last time, he maimed someone in the detention center, and he had been locked up in a single room, waiting for the procuratorate to transfer him for prosecution, but he didn't expect that in an interrogation, that person actually escaped and tried to escape from prison - of course, the iron wall of the detention center is not so easy to escape, but in the process of being arrested, two more people were injured.

When Ling Li received the call from the detention center, she was confused. She began to suspect that this unemployed vagrant was a god and demon protector from the gods, and where did he get the ability to pass through the heavens.

She couldn't help but laugh and talk to Lu Xiaoxiao about it, and the woman was so sad that Her Highness was almost dumbfounded.

"Hurt people again and again, not knowing how heavy this person's sins will be. Otherwise, I won't accept this commission. She suggested.

Ling Li hesitated, but still shook her head: "Since I took it, I can't escape, let's go to the detention center to see the person concerned first." ”

As soon as he thought of it, that afternoon, Ling Li once again arrived at the detention center where the criminal suspect was held.

She wanted to persuade the suspect to reform with peace of mind and strive for leniency, but the thin suspect, when he saw her, almost cracked: "What are you still doing?" Are you still coming to cheat money? Tell the old ruffian that even if he dies, he doesn't want to see me. I'm going to make him regret it for the rest of his life! ”

Leaving this paragraph, the suspect ended the meeting.

Ling Li walked out of the detention center in a daze, and it wasn't until half an hour later that her head turned around.

Could it be that it was because of the suspect's father that he hurt people again and again?

Will he deliberately delay the transfer for prosecution, so that his family members other than the lawyer cannot see him?

This thought made Ling Li very panicked, and after returning to the law firm, she immediately contacted the suspect's family.

After a round of phone calls, her mood became heavier and heavier.

Sure enough, she guessed it.

The suspect had an unhappy childhood, living in a family of origin full of violence - he saw his father abusing his mother, and his mother committed suicide because she couldn't bear it. After the death of his mother, he was the suspect and his sister, who was severely beaten by his father for many years.

My sister finally survived to get married, and as a son, she couldn't escape after all, and she couldn't study or work, and finally became a blind stream and lived on the streets.

After the suspect had an accident and the police came to the door, his father didn't know whether he was about to die or a little father's love after all, so he took out the coffin book and wanted to hire the best lawyer to exonerate his son.

Unexpectedly, it backfired.

Zhu Jinchuan was in the field, and after listening to her report on the case over the phone, he said lightly: "You can decide for yourself, it has been done like this, whether you want to continue to handle it, and how to do it, you have to make your own decisions." ”

His tone didn't fluctuate, but Ling Li faintly noticed a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Master, I'm ......," she suddenly couldn't continue.

originally wanted to apologize to him, but suddenly remembered that Zhu Jinchuan had been reminding her during this time.

Be focused, pay attention to every detail, and take your work seriously.

It's a pity that she didn't pay attention to it, so much so that she even missed to investigate the relationship between the client and the suspect.

If she had noticed this earlier, she wouldn't have told the suspect at the first meeting that his father wanted to see him sooner, so he had appointed a lawyer.

Thinking back to more than a year ago, it was she who insisted on asking that question, which caused Qu Jia to go insane.

How did she go around and around, and she made such a serious mistake after handling several big cases in a year?

Does this mean that in addition to Zhu Jinchuan and Tian Zhengyan's care and guidance, her business level is actually still standing still?

Zhu Jinchuan seemed to be quietly waiting for her words, but it seemed to be a little noisy on his side, and people around him kept urging him to "Zhu Lawyer, the meeting has begun".

Ling Li shook her head, stabilized her mind, and said, "Master, you are busy first, and you can talk about the case when you come back." ”

On the other end of the phone, there was a faint low sigh, and a few seconds later, Zhu Jinchuan's voice sounded: "There will be no result in this case in the short term, you adjust your state first, and then talk about it after the Spring Festival." ”

After the phone was closed, Ling Li pinched the phone, panicked in her heart.

It can be heard that Zhu Jinchuan is still disappointed in her.

"Pink girl!" Behind him, someone's familiar laughing voice.

Ling Li was stunned for a moment, turned around, and looked back at Nan Zhiyi's warm smile.

Her somewhat restless heart settled down in an instant, watching him walk over step by step, watching him raise his hand and caress the top of her head.

"Well, let's go back for the New Year tomorrow." He whispered in her ear.

Ling Li glared slightly, hiding the loss in her heart just now: "So fast? I thought that at least I could leave after the new year. ”

Nan Zhiyi smiled happily: "The project is progressing well, it should be no problem to win this one." ”

"Really?" Ling Li's eyes were bulging, and she was a little excited.

It is true that she has just suffered a setback, but the smooth progress of the project on Nanzhiyi's side is a good news that can make her happy for a long time.

"So, I was tired for almost two months, and this time I decided to give myself a long vacation." Nan Zhiyi pursed his lips and grinned.

"Long vacation? How long? Ling Li immediately asked.

"Probably...... A month. He lengthened his voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone jumped up and hugged his neck and shouted happily, "Great." ”

Nan Zhiyi had already expected her reaction, and he didn't speak, just wrapped his arms around her waist.

After Ling Li was happy, Nan Zhiyi said a little apologetically: "I know that I have been too busy to accompany you recently, and I will always accompany you when I go back to my hometown this time." ”

"Hmm." Ling Li nodded heavily and hugged him, still refusing to let go.

She and he have had a hard time these days, and since he is idle, he really deserves to enjoy the world of the two.

I wish Jinchuan let her adjust her state well, so it is more important to adjust her mood first.

However, wishes are always much better than reality.

Ling Li risked being scolded by Zhu Jinchuan, and ran to his office with a dead face to ask for another extension of the holiday, ready to relax.

Zhu Jinchuan didn't move and agreed to her request, but the salary had to be deducted for one month, and the bonus at the end of the year would be a long time less.

Ling Li endured the pain, but still agreed to this unequal treaty, and finally in exchange for being able to go home with Nan Zhiyi on time.

She followed Nanzhiyi back to Huacheng on the twentieth day of the lunar month, first met her grandmother in a hot spring sanatorium on the outskirts of Huacheng, and then drove for most of the day and finally returned to the place where the old house of the Nan family was located.

But it is really remote and backward beyond her imagination.

Nan Zhiyi had been prepared for Ling Li's surprise, clasped her hand, and said, "This place has been like a day for twenty years, and it has basically not changed. The only good thing is that the air is good. ”

Ling Li really didn't expect that in the jurisdiction of Huacheng, there would be such a dilapidated town-almost, almost the same level as Lingjiapo nine years ago.

Not only are the buildings old, but the pedestrians on the streets are also mostly elderly.

In such a place of economic stagnation, it is naturally impossible to retain young and middle-aged people, so everyone is gone, leaving only those who cannot walk or cannot walk.

I just don't know if it will be more lively when the peak of returning home will come in a few days.

Nanzhiyi parked the car at the entrance of the town in an empty place that looked like a theater, then got out of the car and picked up his luggage.

As soon as Ling Li looked up, he saw an archway opposite the stage.

The handwriting on it has been mottled, but it will be repaired once in a few years, and Ling Li can barely make out the three big characters of "Furong Town" on the archway.

After passing through the archway, the road is getting narrower and narrower, and the two-meter-wide bluestone road is naturally impossible to drive, and it is no wonder that Nanzhiyi wants to park the car outside the town.

Nan Zhiyi didn't speak, holding Ling Li in one hand and dragging the suitcase in the other, slowly walking through the old alleys and walking in a certain direction.

Looking at the way he knows the labyrinthine road by heart, he must be very familiar with this place.

More than ten minutes later, they arrived at their destination.

Ling Li looked curiously at the building in front of her.

This is an old mansion for a very long time, with Ling Li's knowledge of architectural history, it is natural to say which school and which year of the building, only feel that there is a unique taste of ancient charm and tranquility.

"This is it?" She smiled and looked sideways, "It looks so good." ”

"Hmm." Nan Zhiyi nodded lightly, and said, "I have bought this house since my great-grandfather, and it is also a miracle that it has not collapsed for so many years." ”

Ling Li just wanted to make a joke, when suddenly, the door of another house on one side of the old mansion opened.

From behind the mottled wooden door, an old lady came out, and saw them standing in front of the old house, and was stunned for a few seconds.

After that, his complexion changed, and he immediately turned around and closed the door, moving quickly and not at all like a gray-haired old man. After that, through the door, I could hear the sound of hurried footsteps in the courtyard.

Ling Li was a little strange, looked at Nan Zhiyi again, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him with an inexplicable look on his face.

It seems that the old man just now probably closed the door in a hurry because they thought that some outsider was coming, so they were in a panic.

Her expression at that time was not frightened, she should have seen it wrong.