A faint voice came from inside, and I bent over the rope to follow the sound. The voice came from the office, it seemed that someone was arguing, and I was about to push the door when I heard a shout behind me: "Sorry lady, our bookstore is closed." ”

Turning around, the other party immediately recognized me: "Sister Ru? ”

This person's name is Xiao Du, one of Zhou Yu's assistants, and he looks like he is twenty-five or sixteen years old.

I asked him what was going on inside, and he immediately said with a bitter face: "There was an accident in our bookstore, and the parents of two children upstairs had a fight in it a few days ago, and one of them had a broken head, and now he came to the boss to settle the account." ”

I frowned, "What's the cause?" ”

"Two parents were vying for the same amount of time, and our teacher didn't know what was going on, so they counted the number of people and started the class. But one of them cut in line, so the parents quarreled first, and then the situation could not be controlled and turned into action. ”

My heart sank, and I asked again: "Didn't the staff mediate in a timely manner?" ”

Xiao Du replied: "The business is too busy, we don't have enough manpower, and the parents happened to go to help temporarily when they got into a quarrel, and they didn't know what happened until later." ”

That sounds like that's really the responsibility of the book city. I heard Zhou Yu say that the business is too good and lacks manpower, but now it is really because of the lack of manpower. I stretched out my hand and half-pushed the door of the office open, only to see a figure standing inside to cover Zhou Yu, it should be the family of the injured who was slapping the table and yelling at the boss.

I didn't go in, because it wasn't the right time for me to intervene, so I found a declination and sat down.

Looking up at the pavilion in the sky, there was a sudden feeling of emptiness. Originally, Zhou Yu led me into the game in front of me, so that I could do my best to plan for this book city, but in the end not only did not work in vain but returned to exclude me, at this time I should clap my hands and say that I should fall into the well when something happened to the book city, but now the root cause of the accident is this pavilion, it was the idea I put forward at the beginning, but now it has become the biggest problem in the book city, and it is inevitable that my heart will be turbulent, and even sad.

Hearing the movement over there, it suddenly became louder, and I leaned out slightly, just in time to see Zhou Yu coming out of it. With his hands in his trouser pockets, he watched the scolding customers get off the elevator, his demeanor calm, as if unaffected by the current predicament.

After the customer left, he turned around and was about to walk towards the office, when he suddenly looked this way, and the two of them looked at each other in the air for a moment, and then he walked towards me.

"Why are you here?"

I looked away at him and said lightly, "I'll come up and have a look when I just pass by." ”

He pursed his lips and shook his head with a smile, "I'm afraid that I heard about my side and came up to check if it was true or not." Why, don't you feel happy to see me down? ”

I frowned, "Why are you talking in a weird way?" ”

Zhou Yu: "I set up a trick to trick you into signing a contract before, but in fact you have nothing to do with this place, don't you hate me in your heart?" ”

I stood up directly, and looked at him with cold eyes, "You don't need to remind me again and again how stupid I was to fall for you, even if I am not a person who repays grievances with virtue, at least I will not fall into the ground." But you are so nervous that you want me to clear up the relationship, because you are afraid that the concept of the castle in the sky will be exposed from the outside, and I will be implicated because of it? ”

Sure enough, I saw a flash of light in his eyes, but he said awkwardly, "Who told you?" You're thinking too much. Also, who said that the castle in the sky is your idea, this is clearly the design of the second child. ”

I turned around and walked away, and he didn't catch up until I stepped into the elevator. As the door closed, I saw him standing there and watching me silently, and my brow furrowed until the door was closed. On the way back, I thought again and again about it, but I couldn't think about it in my head, and finally I couldn't help but sigh, some things are really uncontrollable, such as thoughts and emotions.

After returning to the office, I directly asked Tang Jin if the injured person had filed a lawsuit against the organizer of the book city, and sure enough, I saw him nodding. I know, otherwise why did Tang Jin rush back in a hurry, it must be that the other party was going to take this matter to court, and Yang Jing called him back. He took a deep breath, clenched his hands into fists and said, "I'm going to take over this case." ”

Tang Jin raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure?" ”

Nodding his head, his tone firm: "Yes, I'm sure." ”

Tang Jin looked at me noncommittally for a while, and then asked, "Do you know who the lawyer hired by the other party is?" ”

I was stunned, a little confused by what he meant: "Who is it?" ”

Tang Jin spit out two words lightly: "Xiao Dong." ”

My heart was shocked, the other party invited Xiao Dong? How can it be? As a prosecutor, Xiao Dong has long stopped taking the case in person, basically he has seen the case and assigned it to his colleagues in the hospital, and now he has taken over the case as a lawyer?

"So you think about it, if you really want to take over this case, you have to be mentally prepared to confront him."

Listening to Tang Jin say this, I was in a very complicated mood, and reason told me that if I really faced Xiao Dong in court, not to mention that I had left the legal profession for many years, I would have no chance of winning even four years ago; But there was a thread in my heart that kept coming out, encouraging me to take this step.

My fists clenched and released, and I said, "Got it, I'll give it my all." ”

Tang Jin's eyes gradually showed appreciation when he looked at me, and the corners of his mouth curled into a smile: "I really didn't see the wrong person." ”

With a wry smile, his expectations for me were inevitably earlier, Xiao Dong was at the same level as him, and he might have been able to spy on Xiao Dong's mind before with his understanding, but now, I dare not say that I know this person anymore.

There was a moment of regret afterwards, because now is not the time for me to be brave, only Tang Jin has an increased chance of winning the case against Xiao Dong. If I lose the lawsuit, the entire bookstore will be paralyzed, or even forced to stop operating, which is a huge price. But this matter has to be decided by Zhou Yu.

It wasn't strange that I didn't see Zhou Yu come back after dinner in the evening, but when I came out of the shower for Mi Li, I saw that he was already sitting on the sofa in the living room, and I was slightly surprised, he came back earlier than expected.

After letting Mi Li go to the room to play for a while, I walked over and saw him pinching his eyebrows with his eyes closed and his hands pinching his eyebrows, as if his face was tired.

He opened his eyes and looked over when he heard my footsteps, and raised an eyebrow when he saw me sitting down in the chair next to me, "Something you want to talk to me about?" I didn't want to beat around the bush with him, so I said bluntly: "I asked Tang Jin and I to take over the case of the book city." ”

"You want to be my defense lawyer?"

Although he asked rhetorically, I couldn't see the slightest surprise on his face, I was afraid that Tang Jin had already informed him.

"It's not about being your defense lawyer, it's about fighting this lawsuit for the Book City." I lightly corrected his wording.

After hearing this, he sneered and said, "What's the difference? The book city is mine. But I didn't accept it, I was looking for Tang Jin, and he casually sent a young lawyer who had just been recruited to perfunctory me. ”

My nameless fire was suddenly ignited, and I became a "little lawyer" in his mouth? And what's his tone?

grinded his teeth, stared at him word by word, and said: "I'm sorry, although you are looking for Tang Jin, Tang Jin is taking over this case in the name of our Weitang Office, and it is up to Tang Jin to decide who will be arranged to take over." So I'm sorry, but you'll probably have to deal with me as a little lawyer for a while. ”

He leaned back on the couch and looked at me with a smirk, "Angry? I'm telling you the truth, how many years have you been out of the law? If you say that you are a small business owner who has opened a beverage shop for several years, and you are a housewife with children, and now you say that you will come to help me fight this lawsuit, what will you use to convince me to hire you? I heard that the other party is looking for the court's prosecutor Xiao Dong. Jia Ru, you must know that although I have found Tang Jin, it does not mean that I have to hire your firm, I can find another one. ”

The words were very unpleasant, and ordinary people were absolutely furious after listening to them, but I listened silently and did not express my opinion, and I was not in a hurry to respond after he finished speaking, and the air was quiet for a moment before he said: "I can't rely on anything else, I can only rely on my understanding of the operation of the book city." The cause of this case is from a castle in the sky, even if you find another lawyer or Tang Jin, no one will understand the connotation of this better than me. When it comes to court, while it is important to win this lawsuit, shouldn't it be more important to reverse people's bias about this idea? ”

Zhou Yu didn't speak, but there was deep thought in his eyes, he was thinking about my words.

I don't lobby anymore, the way to negotiate is to know how to stop at the point, the reason that should be explained to him has been explained, if he insists on finding another lawyer without me, that is also his choice. After all, this is not a business of forced buying and selling, it is a voluntary act of both parties.

got up and went into the room to arrange for Mi Li to sleep, but when he walked in the door, he found that the kid was tired from playing and had fallen asleep on the floor. I couldn't help but feel soft, walked over and carefully picked him up and put him on the bed.

I deliberately stayed in the room for a while before going out of the door, but when I walked to the sofa, I couldn't help but look sideways, and after a while, the big one fell asleep there. When I got closer to look at him, I found that there was a dark shadow under his eyes, and even his lips were slightly dry and peeling.

In fact, his calmness and calmness are just a mask, in fact, he is already haggard for this matter.

I wanted to go to the bedroom to get a blanket for him, but after thinking about it, I went into the room and lay down. When I woke up the next morning, I heard silence outside the door and saw that it was almost seven o'clock. After a quick freshening up, I went out the door, and subconsciously looked at the sofa, which was empty.

After a moment's pause, I saw the bathroom door open from the inside, Zhou Yu walked out, glanced at me and asked, "Why didn't you wake me up last night?" I asked back, "What are you doing to wake you up?" ”

He said, "Aren't you going to apply to be my lawyer?" Listen to my decision, of course. ”

I laughed, he was looking for a job...... "Zhou Yu, are you putting the cart before the horse?" Am I called a job application? ”

But I heard him sniff his nose and say, "You and Tang Jin are fighting to help me fight a lawsuit, isn't it like applying for a job in nature?" Forget it, I don't care about this, I thought about it later last night, since you said so righteously, let's let you try it once, anyway, if you lose, there will be a second trial, and then I will find Tang Jin. ”

...... "Why do I have the urge to go up and kick him, and before the lawsuit is fought, it has already been decided that I will lose?" I grinded my teeth and pushed the door directly into Miri's room.