The right way to break up with a lawyer

【What if we meet? 】

When the alarm bell rang, Zhao Ling still wandered in his dream and refused to wake up, but he couldn't hold back the several alarm clocks he had set in succession.Finally, I reluctantly opened my eyes, the smell in my nasal cavity has not dissipated, the same pillow and the same sheet, but unfortunately there is only one person left when I wake up.

How much joy the joy in the dream brought him, all of them turned into sorrow at this moment.

Zhao Ling got up and got out of bed, picked up the newly opened aromatherapy, but hung his hand over the trash can for a long time, but he still didn't want to give it up.

"Forget it, it's quite expensive, so don't waste it..." Zhao Ling said to himself as he put the incense back on the table, and he didn't know who he was trying to convince.

After putting on the suit, I found that there was no tied tie. I instinctively opened the closet next to me to get a ready-made one, but what I saw was empty.Zhao Ling's throat was slightly sluggish, his eyes were slightly drooping, and he raised his hand and began to tie his tie after a while.

The slightly unfamiliar movements made Zhao Ling realize that he hadn't worn a tie for a long time.

The last time he was wearing a tie, the man couldn't stand it any longer, and walked over and said, "Mr. Zhao's hands look dexterous, why are you clumsy when wearing a tie? Look up."

But when Zhao Ling raised his head again, there was only a mirror in front of him, and there was only himself in the mirror.

fraud.

On the way to the meeting room, Zuo Yi quickly went through the meeting process and content with him, when Zuo Yi said that the opposing lawyer would also attend.Zhao Ling paused, pretending to be relaxed and said, "Then what about our side?"

"It's already in the meeting room."

While talking, they had already reached the door of the meeting room, but Zhao Ling's hand was frozen on the doorknob. It was not until Zuo Yi called him that Zhao Ling took a deep breath, and pushed open the door of the meeting room after making enough mental preparations.

It's just that when he held his breath and saw the man in the conference room, it instantly became a joke.

Strange faces, strange names.

"Assistant, this is lawyer Xiong Hao."

"Lawyer Xiong, this is the president's secretary, Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Ling was stunned by the familiar address, and immediately remembered that this should be the partner "Lawyer Xiong" that Jian Shaojun mentioned.

"Mr. Zhao, I have admired your name for a long time." Xiong Hao stretched out his hand with a smile, but unexpectedly found that his outstretched hand did not receive an immediate response.

Zuo Yi lightly touched Zhao Ling's arm, and Zhao Ling smiled after regaining consciousness: "Today, please trouble Lawyer Xiong."

It's just that this smile didn't catch my eyes, and instead added a bit of astringency.

After saying hello, the two took their seats one after another. Zhao Ling and Xiong Hao passed each other. Xiong Hao raised his brows slightly. He smelled the light rosin on his body just this morning.

"You should pay more attention to Yin Cui's affairs. Zhao Ling is my friend. If you don't have time, you can pass on his affairs to me."

Some time ago, Xiong Hao accompanied his wife on maternity leave. Now that the holiday is over, even if Jian Shaojun doesn't say anything, he will take the initiative to take on part of the work.

After all, Jian Shaojun did almost all the work when he was on vacation.Recently, Jian Shaojun has indeed handed over all the most important tasks to him, but there is not a single job that Jian Shaojun handed over to him in this way.At most, it is a sentence of "I don't worry about you doing things, you can do it as you see".

No matter how much Xiong Hao thought about it, he felt something was wrong. Then he thought that maybe this client was more important and Jian Shaojun couldn't let it go, so he said bluntly: "Isn't your meeting in the afternoon cancelled? Why don't you go with Yin Cui?"

Unexpectedly, Jian Shaojun was silent for a moment and then shook his head.

Xiong Hao didn't intend to ask further questions at the time, but this familiar smell reminded him of his questions in the morning.

Perhaps, this person is indeed Jian Shaojun's good friend, after all, he and Jian Shaojun have known each other since college, and this is the first time that Jian Shaojun has specifically told someone.

The partner of the meeting was Quanji. The last cooperation test was very successful. Quanji won a surge in turnover through Yincui's design, and Yincui also won attention and popularity through Quanji.Although they both deal in jewellery, the positioning of Yincui and Quanji are different. Yincui mainly deals in colorful diamonds with a strong sense of design, while Quanji focuses on traditional gold, silver and jade, so the competition between the two is not great.

But it is precisely because the two directions are completely different, considering that the positioning and target customers are not the same.

So Yincangyun seeks cooperation but is unwilling to bind, and Quanji is the same.So this meeting is based on the last pleasant cooperation.

But cooperation is a strategic and in-depth cooperation away from a single product.It involves all aspects of design, supply chain, store sharing, operation and sales.

In fact, from Yincui's point of view, Quan Ji paid more benefits than them.It is very different from the tit-for-tat in the last cooperation, not giving an inch.When today's topics were all completed, the person in charge of Quanji smiled and said, "Why didn't you see Lawyer Jian this time? What happened to Mu Rui last time was also thanks to his vigilance. Otherwise, our cooperation would have had many disturbances."

Hearing Xiong Hao laughing and talking in front of his ear, Zhao Ling was a little dazed, Jian Shaojun seemed to be like this all the time, he did many things quietly without saying a word.

What Quanji was talking about was the case that was leaked last time. Jian Shaojun provided far more services than legal services.Even Yin Cangyun said that according to the common law contract they signed, this matter could be a separate case and a lawyer's fee would be charged.Even if it is really a separate case, it may not be so dedicated.

why?

Is it because of yourself?

This most likely answer made Zhao Ling feel mixed feelings in his heart, like a piece of dark chocolate, with a hint of sweetness in the sourness, but endless bitterness after the sweetness.

After the meeting, they held another small internal meeting. After the small meeting, Zuo Yi wanted to get up to see Xiong Hao off, but found that his boss was one step ahead of him: "Lawyer Xiong, I'll see you off."

Zuo Yi: "..." She deeply doubted that her boss wanted to pursue another degree, otherwise why would she be so enthusiastic about the two lawyers successively?But Zuo Yi still tasted the difference, how should I put it...

Zuo Yi stared at the backs of Zhao Ling and Xiong Hao for a long time, then recalled the way Zhao Ling and Jian Shaojun got along, and found that it seemed that his boss was more... lively when facing lawyer Jian.

Zhao Ling sent Xiong Hao to the underground parking lot all the way, and Xiong Hao felt a little at a loss when he saw that he was about to put himself in the car: "Mr. Zhao, stay here. Just send it here."

Zhao Ling paused, but did not speak.At this time, Xiong Hao realized that maybe Zhao Ling had something to tell him, and then he smiled and said: "Mr. Zhao can contact me at any time if you have any questions. This is my business card." Xiong Hao smiled after handing over his business card, "Don't be so polite, Jian Lv told me that you are his friend, if there is anything I can help, just tell me."

"How is he?" Zhao Ling blurted out, but quickly added, "Jian Lu is too busy, so I can't make an appointment. How is he recently?"

Xiong Hao said with a smile: "Busy is indeed busy, recently he often sleeps in the office."

Zhao Ling's heart was like being scratched by a kitten, the slightest pain, but a vague "hmm": "Help me take care of it, and let him pay attention to rest." Zhao Ling paused and then Said, "It's better to go home and sleep, and no one will disturb his rest when he goes home."

"I said the same thing." Xiong Hao smiled and shook his head, "But you also know his character, you can't say it, he works harder than anyone else."

Xiong Hao did convey this sentence. When he remembered, the two of them were in the noodle shop downstairs of the law firm.

After Xiong Hao casually recounted, he added another sentence: "Even if you don't listen to me, you should listen to your friend. Anyway, there is no one in your house, so what's the point of sleeping in the office all day? No matter how busy you are at work, this is the way to go. Ten minutes."

Jian Shaojun was eating hot and sour noodles, when he heard that the chopsticks had eaten, the hot and sour noodles fell back into the bowl along the gap of the chopsticks, splashing some red oil.Jian Shaojun seemed to be choking, so he suddenly picked up the cup beside him and took a few sips of water.

Xiong Hao blinked, stretched out his chopsticks to pick up two mouthfuls of Jian Shaojun's hot and sour noodles, and muttered, "Is this stuff so spicy?"

Jian Shaojun, whose nose and eyes were flushed because of the spicy food, stretched out his hand and patted the back of Xiong Hao's hand away, and said in a hoarse voice, "Eat your own."

"Tsk, your cleanliness isn't cured?" Xiong Hao put away his chopsticks, but he was still shocked. In his eyes, Jian Shaojun could eat spicy food. What kind of hot and sour powder should make Jian Shaojun so spicy? Sample?

Xiong Hao didn't know how spicy it was, but he only knew that Jian Shaojun didn't take another bite after that bite, and moved his chopsticks, but he put down the chopsticks at the last moment, and just kept pouring himself water.

Maybe it's really spicy, Xiong Hao slandered in his heart, otherwise, the hot spots wouldn't fade for so long.

This night, Jian Shaojun's office was still brightly lit, and it was not turned off until late at night.Jian Shaojun was lying on the bed, the exhaustion of the day forced him to fall asleep, but when he turned around and flung himself into space, he woke up instantly, looking at the emptiness beside the pillow.Jian Shaojun curled up, not because he didn't want to go back, but because he didn't dare.

Just like Schrödinger's box, he thought that if he didn't push the door open, he could never think about whether there was anyone inside waiting for him to go home.Even if the things in the box were placed by him himself, every step was expected by him, but when he fell into the darkness, he still wanted to lie to himself.

But now, the box has been ruthlessly opened.

Zhao Ling left, the house was empty, and he had no family at all.

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On March [-]th, Zhao Ling remembered that he still had an appointment on March [-]th.

This matter was brought up by Bai Qu when he called him. Only then did Zhao Ling know that the girl he met that day was Bai Qu's cousin.Zhao Ling thought for a while: "I'm a little busy these days, I'm preparing a gift, can I trouble you to give it to your sister?"

Bai Qu waved his hands again and again: "Then I will be tortured to death by her, go ahead and get to know more people."

Zhao Ling wanted to refuse, but remembering that Jian Shaojun tried so hard to help him expand his contacts before leaving, he swallowed the words: "Okay."

After chatting for a while, Zhao Ling pretended to be relaxed and asked, "Do you know who is participating?"

"I'm not sure about this. Most of the people were invited by Xiao Nizi herself." Bai Qu thought for a while, "Who do you want to ask? I'll go and ask for you."

"No, no one." Zhao Ling pursed his lips, looked down at the gift box that had been prepared in the drawer for a long time, rubbed his fingers on it for a long time, and finally took out the box.

What if we meet?

The author says:

A brain circuit: Jian Shaojun may not go home because he is afraid of embarrassing seeing me.

Another brain circuit: As long as I don't go home, I will never find that Zhao Ling is not at home.

Xiong Hao: Applause for you.

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