Chapter 12: The Gathering
"What?" Yang Wenbin looked puzzled, "Which university is this thing into?" β
Yan Junli dragged Yang Wenbin back to the room with a headache, "Of course it matters!" Do you know who graduated from the University of Municipal Law? Lawyer, Judge, Corporate CEO...... Everything you can think of is a high-class person. So you have to wear a dress like me and Zhou Mu. β
Yang Wenbin was almost forced into a corner by Yan Junli's action, and the tips of the noses of the two people were only as close as a fist. Yang Wenbin looked at Yan Junli, he was wearing a neat three-piece suit, a suit, a white shirt and a neat bow tie, and even his hair was properly combed with hair wax.
Yang Wenbin couldn't help but sigh in frustration in his heart: he thought that Yan Junli was handsome enough in a police uniform, but he didn't expect that he was not as attractive as him in a suit and dress.
"Did you hear me?" Seeing that Yang Wenbin didn't react, Yan Junli frowned and asked again.
"Uh, I hear you." Yang Wenbin stammered a little in response, "It's just ...... I don't have a suit or a dress. β
"What? No way. Yan Junli sighed, "Forget it, I'm not surprised." Wear mine. β
"Huh? But ......"
"Nothing good but, we're going to be late." Yan Junli took out a suit from the wardrobe and threw it to Yang Wenbin, "Change quickly!" β
In the end, when Yang Wenbin changed into a suit and walked out of the room, except for the bow tie, which was still crooked, the clothes fit very well.
"So, is that okay?" Yang Wenbin asked tentatively.
"Except for your bow tie, which looks like Parkinson's, everything else is good." Yan Junli couldn't help but smile and stretched out his hand, untied Yang Wenbin's bad bow tie and tied it back for him, "That's fine, let's go." β
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When Zhou Mu drove the Porsche to the venue of the party, Yan Junli began to congratulate himself that he had agreed to come over with Zhou Mu. The moment they stepped out of the car, they really enjoyed the envious gazes cast around them. It's just that Yang Wenbin doesn't seem to have thought much about this local tyrant addiction, but walked into the venue as soon as he got out of the car, and it seems that he is still more interested in investigating the case than pretending to be rich.
"Someone can't wait." Zhou Mu got out of the car, closed the door and put his hands in his trouser pockets.
"Yes, you know, he's like that, he doesn't care about anything when he comes into a case." Yan Junli said with a smile.
"I'm not talking about him." Zhou Mu looked at Yan Junli and showed a playful smile.
"What?" Yan Junli was inexplicable, "Hey, what are you talking nonsense!" β
"He does fit well in your suit." Zhou Mu said with a smile, and then walked to the venue, leaving Yan Junli alone and left in place.
"How many times have I said it, we're not in that kind of relationship!" Yan Junli shouted and hurriedly chased after him.
Just like Yan Junli thought, this so-called "class reunion" is simply a show to show off wealth and show off career, the whole hall is very generous, in addition to polishing the marble floor that is so bright that it can reflect people's faces, there are many very eye-catching and magnificent decorations. A violinist on the second floor plays melodious music, and a tuxedo-clad waiter holds a free champagne in his hand.
"Wow, I did think that they couldn't just have an ordinary class reunion, but I really didn't expect them to make such an exaggerated ......," Yan Junli muttered.
"This is A University of Municipal Law, do you regret dropping out?" Zhou Mu took a glass of champagne and held it in his hand, and the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile.
"Not at all, look at the faces of the people at this party." Yan Junli shook his head and looked at the young people in suits and leather shoes in the hall, "Either hypocrisy and power, although you have a high-sounding career and identity, you have completely become a slave to money, or you are a criminal embryo like you, who obviously has mountains of gold and silver, but you still want to take the ordinary path to exploit the loopholes of the law." β
Zhou Mu looked at Yan Junli with a smile in his eyes, and said half-loudly, "Yan Junli, you just admit it." β
"What?"
"You dropped out because of me."
ββ¦β¦ Say whatever you want. Yan Junli did not admit it or deny it.
"You haven't told Dr. Yang that we're actually college classmates, have you?" Zhou Mu smiled and took a sip of champagne, "And they're still very good friends." β
"'Once' was a very good friend, and we've broken up for good since you told me about your plans." Yan Junli glared at Zhou Mu, "Besides, I won't tell Yang Wenbin this." β
"What, are you afraid that he will laugh at you?" Zhou Mu joked.
"No, I'm afraid he'll ......" Yan Junli showed a wry smile, "He'll be suspicious of me." β
"What? No way. Zhou Mu was a little surprised, "But you areβ"
"I know that we are partners and I am willing to put my life into believing in him, but I am not sure that he will do the same for me." Yan Junli said with a little headache, "It's not that I don't trust him, it's just that ...... Yang Wenbin, I know him, he never really trusts anyone, and I am the same. So if he knows that you and I have known each other since college, it will only increase his distrust of me. β
Zhou Mu frowned after hearing this, "Although he has a genius-like head, he is actually a person with low self-esteem, right?" β
Yan Junli glanced at Zhou Mu and nodded a little reluctantly.
"He doesn't trust anyone because he doesn't even believe in himself, right?" Zhou Mu asked.
"Especially in such a special period, I don't think it's strange that he is suspicious of everyone around him......"
Zhou Mu suddenly interrupted Yan Junli in the middle of speaking, "Actually, I think I know why he would-"
Just as Zhou Mu was about to finish, his shoulder was suddenly hit hard, and the entire glass of champagne in his hand was knocked over.
"Hey! Watch it! Zhou Mu almost jumped up out of breath, "You soiled my suit!" β¦β¦ Wait, Ma Kangsheng? β
The man who had just bumped into Zhou Mu was about to apologize to him, but when he looked up, he saw Zhou Mu's face and showed a surprised expression, "Zhou Mu? Are you Zhou Mu? β
Zhou Mu immediately turned from anger to laughter, and patted the man's shoulder, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I knew I could meet you here." After all, you've been a vain miser since you were a student, so how could you not come to such a party with free champagne? β
Ma Kangsheng's smile froze on his face, but since he bumped into it first just now, he couldn't reply at the moment, so he could only smile stupidly.
"Hah...... Hahaha, yes, yes. Speaking of which, who is this one? β
Ma Kangsheng looked at Yan Junli, who seemed to be a little familiar and couldn't name him.
"Look at your memory, this is Yan Junli, we were classmates in our freshman year, just next door to your class. It's just that he only went to school for five weeks before he transferred. Zhou Mu patted Yan Junli's shoulder and introduced.
Yan Junli also politely stretched out a hand and shook it with Ma Kangsheng, "Yan Junli, hello." β
"Hello, hello." Ma Kangsheng seemed to be very happy to introduce himself, "I am Ma Kangsheng, and now I am the title partner of Hongkang Law Firm in City A, and some people say that I am the best lawyer in City A." β
"Really? That's great. Yan Junli said enthusiastically, "Because I am now the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of City C, I guess the lawyer who defended the criminals I caught is you, right?" β
Ma Kangsheng's smile was completely frozen on his face this time, he coughed very embarrassedly, said "I have something to do" and left in a hurry, while Yan Junli and Zhou Mu laughed unceremoniously.
Zhou Mu gave Yan Junli a thumbs up, "Amazing, Zhou is ashamed." β
"Come on, I can't compare to you when it comes to mouth poison." Yan Junli shook his head, "I think he's going to cry." β
"So you remember this man?"
"Of course, when I was first admitted to the University of Political Science and Law, I clearly remember that this Ma Kangsheng came to borrow 300 yuan from me, saying that his mother was seriously ill and wanted to borrow money for treatment. He never returned the money to me. Yan Junli spread his hands, "Did he really become a lawyer?" Incredible. β
"yes, he's such a bastard." Zhou Mu smiled, "I think he seems to have a girlfriend, what is Mu ......?"
"Yan Junli! Zhou Mu! β
At this moment, Yang Wenbin's voice came, and the two of them turned their heads around.
"I've been looking for you for a long time, but I didn't expect you two to be chatting here drinking champagne?" Yang Wenbin glanced at the champagne in Zhou Mu's hand, snatched it from his hand and put it back on the waiter's tray.
Yan Junli said unconvinced: "You blame us, who slipped away so fast as soon as you got out of the car." β
Yang Wenbin didn't bother to debate with Yan Junli, and said directly to the point, "Just now I found some people to ask about Fang Jingyun and Meng Gaoyun, just like I guessed, Fang Jingyun is one of the organizers of this party, a graduate of the class of 2005, many people know her, but few people have a deeper understanding of her, I asked around, and I asked this information: her father is a well-known company CEO in City A, but she didn't plan to eat at home, but came out to find a job as a lawyer secretary." She and her boyfriend met at work, her boyfriend Meng Gaoyun is a typist, very honest and patient, there has been basically no quarrel between the two, and it is said that they are already planning to get married, but I didn't expect it to be at this time......"
Yang Wenbin shook his head and continued, "I heard from another organizer of the party that there may be quite a lot of people who have opinions about Fang Jingyun, because Fang Jingyun is usually mean at work, and he doesn't have a good relationship with many colleagues. But at the same time, there are very few people who have opinions about Meng Gaoyun, he is an honest typist, it is hard to imagine that anyone would want to kill him. β