Chapter 12

It was a little awkward.

No, it was downright uncomfortable.

Her fingers were tapping, pressing on the spot where she had bled earlier, but she didn’t feel the pain, it only stimulated her to press harder.

Before she could speak, a hand suddenly appeared in her field of vision.

A warmth on the side of her finger, the stinging pain disappeared, leaving only a lingering ache.

He Chuyue looked up, towards the owner of the finger, his cool voice reached her ear first.

“If you don’t want to say it, don’t say it.”

His expression was still indifferent, as if He Chuyue was hiding something as trivial as having a meal or taking a tissue.

As the sound of the pen scratching on paper continued, Xiao Zhiyan pushed the agreement towards her.

“What time is your checkup the day after tomorrow? I’ll pick you up.”

He Chuyue felt that everything had been going wrong lately, starting with rejecting Tang Huimin’s niece. A series of worries followed, the most troublesome one for her was the increasingly severe morning sickness.

Who knew how much He Chuyue wanted to send a message to scold Xiao Zhiyan when she was hugging the toilet and vomiting until her gall bladder came out in the middle of the night.

As it turned out, Lawyer He wasn’t someone who would let herself suffer, the cramps in her stomach had already made her forget the theory that her gains were greater than his. So Xiao Zhiyan, who got up at seven, saw the two withdrawn messages at three in the morning, and called He Chuyue, afraid that something had happened to her.

“Hello?”

The call was answered but there was no response. Xiao Zhiyan immediately left the kitchen to get his coat, “He Chuyue?”

“Who is this?!”

The angry scolding, full of sleepiness, made Xiao Zhiyan, who had already put on his shoes, feel relieved, before he could ask, the next sound followed.

“What’s wrong with you, calling so early in the morning?”

“I— “

The call had been hung up.

Xiao Zhiyan held the phone, looking at Coffee, who looked bewildered, he glanced at the time.

What time does she go to work?

On the other side, He Chuyue, who had vented her sleepiness, turned over and continued to sleep, until the 7:30 alarm went off, she got up on time.

She didn’t notice the call record, she packed up and went to the law firm.

The busy morning passed in a flash, He Chuyue organized the legal case that was about to go to court and prepared to go to the court. As soon as she got out of the elevator, she was stopped by Mei Qingxue, who had just returned, and pulled into the tea room.

“You’re in a hurry, is someone chasing you? Did you piss off the client again?” He Chuyue teased her, leaning on the table.

Mei Qingxue glanced at her and pulled her closer. Afraid that someone would hear, she lowered her voice.

“What I told you on the phone last time is true, it’s absolutely true, the person has already returned from Paris, they took a flight yesterday at dawn, and will be reporting this week.”

He Chuyue was also surprised, she didn’t expect it to be so soon.

“How do you know?”

Mei Qingxue was bold, “I heard it yesterday when I went to Mr. Tang’s office to deliver documents.”

She was about to say something else when the ringtone interrupted her, she could only quickly pat He Chuyue’s shoulder.

“I won’t tell you who it is for now, I’ll keep you in suspense, but this person is really excellent, very excellent! Lawyer He, be careful. Both in your life and in your work.”

As the sound of her high heels getting farther and farther away, He Chuyue’s thoughts were distracted, a few seconds later, she called He Wen.

“Help me check, in the past ten years, who from Fudan University has taken a job in Paris.”

When He Chuyue received the call from Smith, she had just driven out of the law firm. Upon learning that Gu Qianqian wanted to meet, she glanced at the time and changed her route to Peking University.

Following the navigation sent by Smith, He Chuyue got out of the car and saw Gu Qianqian’s assistant, she was led through the employee passage into the cordoned-off area.

Gu Qianqian was filming a school flashback scene for a modern drama, and the filming location was Peking University. It was also because it was a filming location that the crew had cleared the area, but she could still see students taking pictures outside and the constant sound of shutters.

“Long time no see, Lawyer He, please understand that the situation is special today.” Smith greeted her at the end of the corridor, taking over the assistant’s job of leading the way, the two of them walked towards the star’s motorhome together.

“The last two times, it was me who met with Lawyer He, Qianqian hasn’t met you either. Yesterday, she saw your name on the wall of outstanding graduates of Peking University, and she said she had to meet such an excellent lawyer to express her apology for being impolite for missing the last two meetings. It’s a good thing that Lawyer He is gracious enough to grant us this meeting.”

He Chuyue’s gaze fell on Smith’s smiling face, she curved her eyes as well, “You said on the phone that you had something to tell me, is it just to meet?”

“Of course not, regarding the recent online rumors, Qianqian wants to talk to you about it in detail.”

The door of the motorhome was pushed open, He Chuyue smelled the strong perfume in the car, she frowned.

It was almost noon, Xiao Zhiyan left the lab building and headed to the classroom in Building A.

He met Duan Zeming on the way, who was going to have lunch, the two of them walked together.

“I’ll wait for you to finish class and then we’ll go to the cafeteria to eat, it’s only forty minutes anyway.” Duan Zeming leaned over with a mischievous smile, “What if the handsome and dashing Teacher Duan suddenly appears, and the students all focus their attention on me? Professor Xiao, can you handle it?”

Xiao Zhiyan was used to it, he rarely cooperated, “You can try.”

“Oh, it seems like you’re in a good mood today, is someone looking for you?”

Xiao Zhiyan didn’t know where he got that conclusion from, he didn’t respond.

Duan Zeming’s face fell, “No way? No one’s looking for you? It’s a shame, I’ve been thinking about you all morning.”

“Thinking about me for what?”

“I’m not in the lab during class! If someone goes to the lab to play matchmaker for you, I can’t miss the fun, can I?”

Xiao Zhiyan quickened his pace.

“Hey, slow down!”

The two of them passed the pavilion by the lake, the noise from the distance drifted over, Duan Zeming looked over.

“What are those students doing over there? Why are there so many people?” After saying that, he remembered, “Last week, I heard Teacher Chen say that a female star was filming on our campus, I didn’t expect it to be today.”

He was poked on the arm, Xiao Zhiyan looked at him.

“Let’s go take a look after class?”

He retracted his gaze, he was completely indifferent to Duan Zeming’s boring decision.

Duan Zeming was persistent, he followed his quickening pace, “Let’s go take a look, it won’t hurt to look. I’ve been accompanying you to class, why can’t you accompany me to watch the fun?”

Xiao Zhiyan ruthlessly refused, “You can go take a look now.”

The white down jacket set off the woman’s even whiter skin, but she was still not satisfied, she directed the makeup artist to apply body lotion on her shoulders, as if she was completely unaware of He Chuyue’s arrival.

After sitting for two minutes, He Chuyue stood up and said goodbye.

“Is that all the patience a lawyer has?”

Gu Qianqian’s voice came from behind, with a light, condescending tone, “It’s a shame my brother chose you, looking at you, you’re just a vase.”

He Chuyue let go of the doorknob and turned around, her smile was polite and appropriate.

“I know that the car air freshener in Ms. Gu’s car is a treasure from the ES brand, it’s not available on the market, it’s my honor to be able to smell it, but I have rhinitis lately, and it will make me sneeze if I smell it for too long, I’m afraid it will dirty Ms. Gu’s favorite cushion.”

Gu Qianqian’s gaze had already left the mirror, falling on the woman at the door, she looked her up and down.

The overhead lights shone on her face, surprisingly, Gu Qianqian didn’t see her facial flaws exposed by the lights, instead, it highlighted He Chuyue’s high nose bridge and those bright eyes.

The perfect face, paired with a simple suit, undoubtedly outlined her beautiful figure, but she was wearing a pair of white sneakers, a contrast, but both charming and capable.

She couldn’t help but sigh, He Chuyue’s beauty was direct, just like the first impression she gave her, straightforward, not coy.

Gu Qianqian waved her hand to let the makeup artist leave, she turned around, “You still know this is an ES treasure?”

“I drafted the divorce agreement between the ES white manager and her husband two years ago, she gave me a bottle afterwards.”

Gu Qianqian’s beautiful smile disappeared, her gaze towards He Chuyue became nervous, “You handled that case?”

With a smile unchanged, He Chuyue frankly accepted the gaze of Gu Qianqian and the people around her, “Yes.”

The divorce case between the ES white manager and her husband was He Chuyue’s first case after she became a senior lawyer. Due to the husband’s skillful methods of transferring assets, the lack of real evidence, and the fact that there were only three weeks left before the appeal deadline, the difficulty was extremely high, so she was able to find the details and win the case, He Chuyue played a key role, and because of this, she firmly established herself in HC.

But Gu Qianqian’s divorce case, He Chuyue marked it as a simple asset dispute, she didn’t understand why Gu Qianqian changed her attitude after hearing that she was the assistant lawyer for the white manager, she only thought that the client was not confident in her business ability.

“Ms. Gu, is there anything you want to say to me?”

“Yes.” She asked the others to leave, until only the two of them were left in the motorhome, Gu Qianqian spoke, her voice choked with tears, “You thought it was just a simple celebrity divorce case, didn’t you? What if I tell you, it’s not?”

On the way to the filming location by the pavilion by the lake, Duan Zeming still couldn’t hold back, he seized the opportunity to strike up a conversation with Xiao Zhiyan.

“I was stunned when I got the call from my mom yesterday, I thought she was going to play matchmaker for me, but it turned out she had her eyes on you, I was so happy for nothing.”

Seeing that Xiao Zhiyan was not interested, he stepped up his efforts.

“I’m telling you, this high school classmate of mine is really different! She was the top student in her grade in high school, and she is also very intelligent, she got into Peking University just like that! She studied law at Fudan University, it was so easy, like drinking water, I’m really envious of her life on easy mode.”

Perhaps Duan Zeming’s emotions were too shallow, Xiao Zhiyan divided his attention to him, “You should express your needs to your aunt.”

“What’s the use of me expressing myself? She doesn’t like me, okay?” As soon as he said this, Duan Zeming became even more excited, his voice became louder.

“She had someone she liked in high school, he was like a god, okay? He was a senior who graduated in 2018, he kept getting certificates while he was in school, winning first place in national competitions was a piece of cake, how many schools were vying for him during the college entrance exam, they even offered him a guaranteed admission spot, but he didn’t even want it, he got into Peking University through his own exam, and guess what my classmate did? She applied two years later, the same law major, now they are both famous lawyers, the golden boy and girl of the legal world! You know HC, right? They handle cases worth tens of millions!”

“Oh.”

The sunlight was too dazzling, Xiao Zhiyan raised his eyelids.

“Don’t just say oh, I’m telling you, this classmate of mine is ridiculously good-looking, you’ll definitely be mesmerized when you see her— hey hey, just like you are now!”

Duan Zeming realized something was wrong, he followed his gaze and saw He Chuyue talking to someone under the shade of a tree, he was dumbfounded. He patted Xiao Zhiyan, not caring about the force of his hand.

“Damn, Old Xiao! My luck, I should buy lottery tickets today! She’s the classmate I told you about, she’s smart, she’s good-looking, and she’s amazing! He Chuyue!”Share

What is the relationship between He Chuyue and Xiao Zhiyan?

Is He Chuyue’s morning sickness a major plot point in the story?

Why did He Chuyue reject Tang Huimin’s niece?