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I stood at the door of Professor Qian's house and knocked on the door.

Madam Qian knew that I was coming, so she quickly opened the door.

I haven't seen her for three years, she seems to be older than she remembered, wearing an elegant suit, still smiling kindly: "Come on, Mr. Xu."

"Madam Qian can just call me Xu Lang." I said respectfully, and brought in the flower baskets and gifts I brought. Madam Qian probably lived alone in a huge house, and there were not many pairs of shoes on the shoe rack. The slippers seemed to be hand-woven by her.I watched the old man gropingly take off the shoes and change them for me, and all kinds of feelings came to my heart.

A photo of Professor Qian hangs in the living room.

Madam Qian busily made tea for me, poured hot water into the teacup with a thermos, and brought out a full fruit plate and melon seed biscuits.

The tea is Pu-erh, which Professor Qian used to collect. Now that he has passed away, the good tea at home can only be used for entertaining guests.

"Let me burn incense for Professor Qian." I said softly, "During the funeral, I got caught up in some things and couldn't attend. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay." Madam Qian's attitude was still gentle: "It's good if you have this intention."

I burned a stick of incense and bowed in front of the posthumous photo, which is a belated respect to this kind-hearted old man.I failed to attend the funeral at the beginning, it was my dereliction of duty as a disciple.Professor Qian has been taking care of me a lot when he was alive, and I also intend to repay this old man, but unfortunately things are not as expected.

After offering incense, I placed the flower basket I had sent to Madam Qian in front of the photo, and presented the belated funeral white bag. Madam Qian kept reassuring me that I don't mind.Sit me down and talk.

"My husband told me about this time and again when he was still alive." Madam Qian took out all the documents related to the shareholding: "I said that I must wait for you to come back and give these documents to you. You are brought by him." The last student, right? I remember you went to the hospital to see him..."

Mrs. Qian lives alone in China, guarding this huge house, and her son who lives abroad must be very worried. As early as when Professor Qian was alive, she said that her son always wanted to emigrate abroad with her parents, but Professor Qian was reluctant to leave the country. old friend.Now that Professor Qian has passed away, Mrs. Qian definitely wants her son to be with her, but she has waited for me for so long because of a pile of documents.

"Yes." I said softly, "Has Mrs. Qian been alone in the country all this time?"

"Alone?" Madam Qian waved her hand: "Xiaoxue often comes to see me, and the part-time worker also comes three times a week."

I feel even more out of place.

I glanced at the document, and it was already eleven o'clock. Mrs. Qian kindly invited me to eat. I thought that the old man might be bored at home all the time.Madam Qian is an old-fashioned host, she doesn't let guests touch the kitchen, and she doesn't allow me to help choose dishes, I can only sit in the living room, Madam Qian is busy in the kitchen, chatting with me.There was a knock on the door suddenly.

"It's Xiaoxue, she often comes to help me cook." Madam Qian said in the kitchen.

Xue Xue is the name of Senior Sister Xue.

I haven't seen you for three years, Senior Sister Xue is much gentler than when she was in the office, and even her temperament is much more gentle. Seeing me, I was taken aback: "Xu Lang?"

"Senior Sister Xue." I greeted her.

Senior Sister Xue squeezed in with her things in her hands. It was very cold outside. She was wearing a thick down jacket, carrying a lot of vegetables, meat and fruits, and a jar of honeycomb. Added a lot of breath of life.

"I'm so cold." As soon as she put the things on the ground, she began to cover her ears: "Xu Lang, why are you here? Didn't you run away?"

"What ran away?" Madam Qian came out of the kitchen wearing an apron: "Xu Lang got caught up in something, so don't be so erratic..."

Senior Sister Xue frowned, and while handing the bag full of meat and vegetables with the name of the supermarket printed on it to Madam Qian, she looked at me suspiciously: "Could you be the shareholder that Master said at the beginning?"

I nodded silently.

Senior Sister Xue pressed her forehead with the back of her hand.

"Oh my god, it's you," she exaggeratedly said, "Your small body will be eaten alive by Lawyer Su!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Madam Qian comforted me: "I've met Lawyer Su before. Although his personality is a little cold, he is still very upright. Besides, the shares belong to Xu Lang, so he can still snatch them away... ..."

"You don't know now!" Senior Sister Xue took Madam Qian's arm: "Lawyer Su is responsible for helping people rob things."

Although Senior Sister Xue poured me a lot of thoughts that "Lawyer Su is a scourge and has become more ferocious in the past three years", I took advantage of Lawyer Su's free time this afternoon and went straight back to the office.

Although Senior Sister Xue has retired in the past few years, she is still the head of the firm's rookies, and it is easy to inquire about Lawyer Su's itinerary.

The firm changed the front desk and checked whether I had an appointment. I showed the lawyer's certificate printed by our firm, and she let me go.

In fact, I should have automatically resigned.

Lawyer Su's office is still the same place, and the little lawyer in the cubicle is still very busy. My cubicle has changed owners, and all the flowers and plants have disappeared, leaving only a half-dead cactus.Most of the rookies who joined the company with me at the beginning should have their own offices. Only a bunch of new rookies held their heads up like birds waiting to be fed and sent me to the door of Lawyer Su’s office—in their minds , that place is probably similar to the dragon's lair in the story.

I knocked on the door.

"Come in." Lawyer Su's voice was still cold.

I pushed open the door, and I haven't seen him for three years. Things have changed, but Lawyer Su is still the same. The floor-to-ceiling windows are brightly lit. He is sitting against the light, and his outline is still like an ice sculpture. Time has not left even a trace on him. The light jumping on the silver-rimmed glasses, the meticulous hair, and the look of looking down at the documents...all are exactly the same as in my memory.

For a moment, I seemed to have an illusion, as if these three years were just a dream of mine. When I woke up from the dream, I was still the rookie who had just entered the firm, standing at the door of Lawyer Su’s office, hesitating. Do you want to send a document in.

But the name of my document is: Equity Certificate of Beijing Mingsheng Firm.

"What's the matter?" Lawyer Su was probably busy, but he still didn't raise his head.

I hesitated to speak.

"I……"

I only said one word, and he raised his head, frowning slightly: "Xu Lang?"

Unexpectedly, I am still so afraid of his eyes.

"Hello, Lawyer Su." I closed the door.

"Where did you go?" He asked coldly, "You disappeared for three years, right? I reported to the police, and even my case was dismissed. Did you mess with someone powerful? Is it Zheng Ao? "

Almost every sentence hit the truth, and I was a little tongue-tied for a while.

"It's all good now." I walked over, not sure if I should sit down.

Lawyer Su looked at me critically.

"Do you want to come back?"

I nodded: "I can start as an intern."

Lawyer Su put down his pen.

"Xu Lang, what kind of attitude do you have towards your career?" He asked me, "Is it a pastime or a bargaining chip?"

"Neither of them." I answered him calmly: "It's something I like very much, and I can do it for the rest of my life."

"Like it until it disappeared for three years?" Attorney Su hit the nail on the head: "Do you think the position of the firm is still waiting for you here?"

I don't think Lawyer Su and I will be able to return to the way we were before. I'm not that submissive intern who is full of admiration, and he is no longer that barrister who is indifferent but nice to his assistants.When people get along with each other, there is rarely any deep hatred, and some are just estrangement. He has his misunderstanding, and I have my pride.He doesn't want to listen, and I won't explain as carefully as before.

I put the file up.

"Wait, it's not up to you, Lawyer Su." I pushed the document backwards: "Lawyer Su, I just want to be a little lawyer."

Lawyer Su scanned the header of the document, flipped it twice, and smiled coldly.

"I guessed it was you, but I didn't expect you to be so big." He arrogantly flipped through the shareholding book: "With so many shares, it's exciting to be a small intern?"

"It doesn't matter what you say." I said, "Give me an office, Lawyer Su."

On the way back, I received a call from my dad. He was much better, and he gave me time to go home and take Ruirui back for dinner, without mentioning Zheng Ao.

Ruirui didn't see me after playing for a whole day, and when I arrived, he rushed out and hugged my leg directly: "Dad, where have you been?"

"Dad is going to work." I patted his head.

Rui Rui looked up at me: "Didn't Dad work at home?"

I picked him up.

"Dad will go to work in the future." I fixed his collar, Ruirui looked unhappy, so I had to tell him: "Dad is a lawyer."

"Why does Dad want to go out to be a lawyer?" He was very upset: "Zheng Ao's family also has a lawyer, let him go and be a lawyer for Dad."

"Then Zheng Ao will become Dad's boss, and Dad and Zheng Ao won't be able to win any quarrels in the future." I told him softly.

He tilted his head and thought for a while, and it seemed to be the reason: "Then I also want to go to work with my father."

I hugged him and sat down on the sofa, probably because I have been hugging him since I was a child. I can always hold Rui Rui with one hand. If you don't know how to fight, you despise me very much.

"Adults go to work, children can't follow them." I patiently reasoned with him.

Ruirui's mouth suddenly shrunk, and mist quickly filled his eyes: "I don't care! I want my father to accompany me! My father used to work at home..."

He meant when I opened a bookstore before.

"Rui Rui has grown up now and is an adult, so he can't always pester Dad." I picked up the plush toy on the sofa to comfort him: "And there are many interesting things in Zheng Ao's house, Rui Rui wants Anything can be called a housekeeper, and you can learn so many things, didn't Ruirui always want to learn about computers..."

Ruirui probably also saw that I was determined to leave him and go to work, so he threw the plush alpaca aside, let go and burst into tears.

"I don't care! I don't want daddy to go to work!" He cried while clutching my clothes, tears rolling down his face, not feeling embarrassed at all, which is very similar to Zheng Ao: "Dad, I going back..."

I was helpless: "Where are you going back?"

"Go home!" Ruirui cried and her mind was still clear: "I want Dad to go back to sell books, I don't like Beijing! I don't want to be at Zheng Ao's house! Dad don't give me to Zheng Ao! I don't want Zheng Ao..."

As soon as Ruirui cried, the housekeeper and servants gathered around, and I don’t know who went to complain to Zheng Ao, Zheng Ao rushed over wearing a windbreaker, saw the living room was a mess of porridge, and there was still time to pick up a piece of snacks to eat. Rui Rui, who was crying on my body, moved away a little, leaned on me without seeing anything, and complained loudly: "I'm starving to death."

The butler, who was counting on him to solve the problem, was heartbroken.

Ruirui's personality is similar to that of Zheng Ao when he was a child, and he was unscrupulous. When Li Xiu was a child, he still wanted face, never cried, and the whole person was dragged, so he often fell into Zheng Ao's tricks. Zheng Ao is different, as long as he can achieve Purpose, rolling all over the floor is useful.

Ruirui was sure that I would feel sorry for him, crying until I was heartbroken, anyway, I was not allowed to go to work, saw Zheng Ao eating snacks leisurely by the side, and kicked him while crying.

"Why are you kicking me?" Zheng Ao dodged and leaned on my shoulder: "Do you want me to help you cry together!"

"I don't want my father to go to work!" Ruirui complained with tears in his eyes.

"Then you continue to cry," Zheng Ao spread his hands: "I'm not afraid of Xiao Lang going to work, I'm an adult, and I can drive to find him when he goes to work."

"Zheng Ao!" I stopped him reproachfully, but it was too late.

Ruirui looked like he had learned a new move, and looked thoughtfully at the dog-legged butler and servants beside him, and even forgot to cry, his amber eyes, which were exactly the same as Zheng Ao's, were shining brightly.

I knew it.

A smart kid like Ruirui will soon understand his situation. "Go back to the south, go back to open a bookstore" is just his words in a hurry. In fact, as long as he calms down, even if he doesn't ask Zheng Ao to mention it, he will know what he is doing right now. How much resources can be commanded.Not to mention, the butler is now one of his most loyal subordinates, plus a few bodyguards and a bunch of toys, it is enough to completely occupy my office.

Ruirui hugged my neck and looked at me expectantly with teary eyes.

"Dad, why don't you go to work?"

The tone is so reasonable, as if there is really something to discuss.

I know what's going on in his little head.

Zheng Ao didn't reflect on how much trouble he had caused me, and continued to rely on me for snacks, even feeding me from time to time.

When Wang Xian came, I was sitting on the sofa reading a book. Zheng Ao was lying on my lap. His main task was to disturb me. He unskillfully peeled fruit for me to eat, and rubbed me on my body from time to time.Rui Rui sat on the carpet and assembled a robot or something. He had just cried, his nose was still stuffed, and he was exhaling through his mouth.

Ye Susu ran in first.

"Xu Lang, why are you hiding at home in such a fine weather!" Ye Susu probably wanted to pounce on me like last time, but fortunately Zheng Ao reacted quickly and stood in front of her: "What are you doing? of!"

"Cut, I'm nervous, my aunt is not a pervert!" Seeing that Zheng Ao's defense was impeccable, she sat down on the carpet resentfully, and asked Ruirui to play: "Is this your son, Xiao Lang?"

"I am father's son." Ruirui raised her head and answered her proudly.

"Good boy!" Ye Susu patted his head, and used a messy idiom: "Finally, I didn't recognize the thief as my father! My sister likes you!"

After she said a few words, her seniority changed a few generations, and she sat on the ground and played with Ruirui again. Her nerves were rough, and she didn't realize that Ruirui was very obedient on the surface but actually despised her IQ, so she had a lot of fun with Ruirui .

I picked up the book to read again, only to hear someone behind me calling softly: "Xu Lang."

When I looked back, Wang Xian was standing at the door, carrying a slanted student bag and wearing a dark blue overcoat.I haven't seen her for three years. She has lost weight and grown taller. She looks like a different person. She seemed very nervous. When she saw my face, she smiled a bit dullly.

I laughed too.

"You're here." I greeted her: "Sit down, Ruirui, call Auntie."

Rui Rui obediently called Auntie, and Wang Xian sat down on the opposite sofa a little nervously.Ye Susu sat on the ground with her legs folded into an "M" shape, and protested displeasedly: "Why don't you call me auntie?"

"You want to be your sister yourself, who is to blame?" Zheng Ao laughed foolishly: "Niece."

"Fuck you." Ye Susu hammered his foot on the sofa twice.Zheng Ao looked indifferent: "You have the strength like a little chicken, bite directly..."

Wang Xian sat across from her a little awkwardly, her legs were tightly together, I reminded her: "Put down your schoolbag."

"Oh...Okay, okay." She was stunned for a moment before she realized, she put her schoolbag aside, the butler had already brought tea, the tea table was full of fruit snacks, and she turned on the TV again, Ye Susu was discussing with Ruirui what the robot should do. How to assemble it, Ruirui didn't pay much attention to her, so she told Ruirui what she knew about the plane...

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that Wang Xian is looking at me. Her gaze is too heavy, as if carrying thousands of catties of emotions, but finally received it lightly into the teacup.It's too difficult for a little girl of this age to guess, and I'm worried that she's hiding something in her heart.

Zheng Ao didn't know why he went crazy again, kissed my face twice, took my hands away, found a suitable position on my body, closed his eyes and went to sleep.

"Shameless!" Ye Susu commented like this, and she didn't know which language she was using. She made a gesture of making a trick, and threw it at Zheng Ao: "Hurry up like a law, burn it!"

I didn't find time to go to work until the next afternoon, when Ruirui was taking classes with the tutor.

Lawyer Su is not here, but he will definitely know.

The people in the firm couldn't figure out where I came from, and no one came to provoke me for a while. The little girls who were interns with me before became lawyers. They are much more mature and understand the ways of the world.

I discussed with Attorney Huang and said that I would treat several shareholders to a dinner.

Lawyer Huang set the place at the daily grocery store, and there was a low table in the Japanese room. The four of them occupied one side, toasted and staggered, and spoke beautiful words. Lawyer Su sat on the south side, with a straight body, a sneer in the corner of his mouth, and toasted Also drink, just don't take the initiative to talk to me.

When the show ended at night, I was the last one to leave.Lawyer Su was about to leave, and I said, "Lawyer Su, can you leave with me later? I didn't come by car..."

Lawyer Su stopped on the porch, the maple trees outside were covered with frost, his expression was indifferent as if he was treating a stranger.

"We're not on our way."

"I'm moving." I smiled at the other two lawyers: "You go first."

Lawyer Su's style has always been tough, and he will not back down at this time, but waits for me with an arrogant expression.

I opened my briefcase, took out a list, walked out to the porch, and handed it to him.

"Here are some legal items that I want to push for legislation." I stood in front of him and said softly, "What does Lawyer Su think?"

Lawyer Su glanced at the two lines in front of him, and then sneered: "Idiots are talking about dreams."

"Why do you say that?" I asked him calmly.

"Only a rookie like you would set such a goal." He asked me, "Have you ever seen a court trial completed in one minute?"

"But it will get done," I told him.

The moonlight is so good, it is easy to remind me of a night many years ago, it was also a night, and it was also a Japanese room. At that time, I was still a cautious intern, and I had a crush on an impossible person. His smile was like mountains and rivers, and his eyes were like rivers. , In my heart, the mountains and mountains are picturesque, and he is always in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

It's all over now.

"For this trial, I will make the statement," I told him slowly, "and you will write the closing statement."

He was silent for a moment, and there seemed to be a storm in his eyes.

He said, "Why would I do this?"

I laughed.

"Probably, it's because if the things on this list are completed, all the shares I hold will belong to your name."

He took that list.

I know this is not the answer he wants, at that moment I may be expecting his rejection, the way of refusing this reward, just like the other day when I stepped into his office for the first time after three years, he was waiting for me to apologize, etc. I repent, when I go back to being that conscientious little intern, although I am involved with very powerful people, I still treat my job like a life-saving straw, and I will use a few months of salary to pay him a set of shirts Yes, a small intern who regards himself as an ordinary person.

but I do not have.

So neither did he.