To die

The thread of the dark green turtleneck sweater was ripped off, Lin Yan had no choice but to put on a windbreaker directly over the shirt.

——It was an off-white knee-length trench coat, which was very slim.

When Lin Yan put it on, he looked delicate and elegant. At first glance, he looked like a typical boy with a good upbringing and background.

Every time Lu Hanqian saw him wearing this dress, his figure almost made it impossible for him to move his eyes away.

But he could only endure it secretly, not daring to let Lin Yan find out.

——Because all the clothes, scarves, and perfumes that Lu Hanqian expressed his liking, Lin Yan will never use them again.

Lu Hanqian even suspected that his reluctance to let go of his hand probably had something to do with telling him that the first time he met Lin Yan was when he was playing the piano.

He hates everything that might make Lu Hanqian like him more, just like "love the house and the crow", but when it comes to Lu Hanqian, it is completely opposite.

Thinking of this, Lu Hanqian couldn't help tightening his hand holding the cigarette, his knuckles turned blue and white, the cigarette was crumpled, and the tobacco fell out onto his clothes.

"Are you going out today?"

Lin Yan came out of the bathroom, Lu Hanqian looked at him and asked.

He was half leaning on the bed, with his eyes downcast, slowly rubbing the rotten cigarette in his hand, as if casually asking: "Where are you going?"

Seeing his appearance, Lin Yan frowned.

Lu Hanqian is always moody, Lin Yan is a little afraid that he will suddenly attack again.

"I took a case and went to see the client."

Lu Hanqian nodded: "What time will you be back, is the client male or female?"

"..." Lin Yan didn't want to answer him, so he walked away.

"Next Thursday, it's Valentine's Day."

Lu Hanqian turned the ring on his hand: "You come back early."

Lin Yan didn't want to say: "I have to work overtime."

"Why do you always have to work overtime?"

Lu Hanqian raised his head suddenly, stared at Lin Yan, and chuckled softly: "You work overtime on my birthday, you work overtime on your birthday, you work overtime on Chinese Valentine's Day, you work overtime on Valentine's Day...how come you work overtime so coincidentally?"

Because I don't want to be with you, I work overtime even when I have nothing to do.

Lin Yan said in his heart.

But he never said it.

According to what he knew about Lu Hanqian, if he really said it, it might stimulate Lu Hanqian who was already on the verge of breaking out to do something.

So he just frowned, pursed his lips, and said nothing.

"...You just wait for the day when I tear down your firm and tell the whole legal profession that you won't be allowed to accept a case."

Lu Han humbly spoke behind Lin Yan, looked at his leaving back and said coldly: "I'll lock you up in Lao Tzu's villa all day and not go anywhere!"

However, there was a "bang" sound outside the room, and what responded to Lu Hanqian was the sound of Lin Yan slamming the door and leaving.

Lu Hanqian's temples were throbbing with anger, he grabbed the vegetable porridge that Lin Yan hadn't touched, and threw it against the wall——

With a "stab", the dish fell on the glass door of the bathroom, and it was smashed to pieces in an instant.

A bowl of sticky rice porridge was poured on the transparent glass door, slowly flowing down bit by bit.

——This bowl of green vegetable porridge smashed on the glass seemed to be a metaphor for the relationship between him and Lin Yan.

Lin Yan's silence and aloofness were not due to how hard he pushed it out, nor how hard Lu Hanqian insisted to solve it.

The two of them will eventually be like this bowl of thick rice porridge, no matter how sticky they are, they will eventually part.

……

The meeting place for Lin Yan and the client was set at a coffee shop.

He has already read the information sent before, this time it is mainly to talk with the other party.

There is a junior high school near the coffee shop, and it is winter vacation. There are many junior high school students in the store.

Crowds are huddled together, some are chatting about stars in the latest TV series, and some are sharing winter vacation homework.

Lin Yan arrived there 10 minutes early. As soon as he entered the door, he recognized the client at the first sight.

Among the youthful boys and girls, a middle-aged woman with a yellow complexion sat on the left side by the window.

She is about forty years old, very thin, with dry hair, wearing a black down jacket, tied with an orange or yellow scarf, the edges are old and rolled up, but it is very clean——

It can be seen that she tried hard to look tidy and refreshed in this meeting.

The woman didn't seem to notice that Lin Yan was coming, she was still staring out the window in a daze, her eyes were empty and slightly swollen.

Lin Yan pushed aside a string of "jingling" wind chimes and walked towards her.

The woman came back to her senses when she got close. She hurriedly stood up, with a humble flattery on her face, and kept saying to Lin Yan, "Lin Lu, Lin Lu, sit down."

Lin Yan chose a seat opposite, and sat down politely with the woman.

The clerk served two cups of steaming milk tea.

Lin Yan put the cup on the left hand side, took out the materials, paper and pen from the briefcase, organized his words, and said slowly: "I have read the email you sent before."

This case is about the entertainment industry.

When the woman's daughter was 15 years old, she was spotted by a scout and joined a singing and dancing group of an economic company.

The members of this small group are all fifteen or sixteen-year-old high school girls, who usually train on weekends and winter and summer vacations. If all goes well, they will be admitted to the dance department of a certain university in two or three years, and then make their official debut.

What awaits them is endless possibilities in the entertainment industry.

It's a pity that the woman's daughter couldn't wait for this day.

The life of an artist is far from the scenery she imagined, and the stars are shining brightly and are sought after by thousands of people, but only belong to a very few people.

Unknown but young girls like them are more likely to be dragged and pushed into the mud.

At a banquet, she was pulled over to accompany the wine for the first time.

Those "upper elites" of social celebrities drank seven bottles of wine for this 16-year-old girl, and eventually suffered a congenital heart attack and died.

"...During that time, Nannan didn't smile much."

The woman suppressed and choked in a low voice: "She came to the hospital to see me, and she didn't say anything about the group...I should have found out earlier, she usually likes to tell me about dancing, and at that time there was no Not to mention..."

Lin Yan lowered his eyes, pursed his lips slightly, and silently handed the square tissue to the woman.

"I used to pick her up here every day when my daughter was in junior high school."

The woman sobbed and whispered, "It's cold in winter, sometimes she wants to drink a cup of milk tea, but I... I don't even allow her to drink it."

Tears fell, and she cried silently with tears streaming down her face.

Lin Yan thought blankly, a single mother with her daughter gritted her teeth to save enough money from her meager income for her to learn dancing, and only hoped that she would not be as difficult as him in the future and could live a better life.

No one can accuse her of being harsh, but God is often too cruel.

As if the resilience of life cannot be proved without destroying the last ray of hope as well.

"That's right," Lin Yan paused, and said slowly, "I really want to help you. But I'm a civil lawyer, and your case is a criminal case. I'm not very familiar with this field, maybe I'm not very familiar with it... .”

"—Lawyer Lin!"

The woman grabbed his hand suddenly, anxiously pulling out several bundles of cash from an old peeling bag beside her.

"I have money, Lawyer Lin, I have money...don't look at me like this, I have money...I can give you whatever you want!"

Lin Yan smiled wryly: "No, I really don't understand criminal procedures... If it delays your business instead..."

"But Lawyer Lin, I...I can't find anyone else willing to take it..."

As if all of her strength had been sucked away, the woman let go of Lin Yan's hand little by little, and said with tears:

"...No one is willing to take my case at all. There is not even a media that is willing to report this matter. They say that there are big people who were there that night, and they will press this matter...but I What should I do with my daughter, just die in vain? Let their murderers get away with it like this? "

"..."

Lin Yan frowned: "...isn't there a lawyer who is willing to represent you?"

"No." The woman closed her eyes and shook her head with tears all over her face, "It was an elderly lawyer who asked me to come to you. He said that if you don't answer, no one will dare."

——Lawyer Lin, he is the last conscience of the legal profession.

——If he refuses to act as an agent, just give up.

In the silent air, Lin Yan folded his hands on the table, frowned slightly, a little embarrassed.

The woman was sobbing in a low voice opposite him, Lin Yan paused: "I..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the phone on the table vibrated suddenly.

Lin Yan paused, glanced at it, it was a text message from Lu Hanqian: 【Where are you?What are you doing. 】

Lin Yan looked back blankly, as if he hadn't seen anything.

But it didn't take long before the second text message was sent: [When will you be back.Is the client a pretty little girl? 】

Before Lin Yan could finish reading it, the third article followed: [Lin Yan, are you just avoiding me because you are fine? 】

Lin Yan let out a deep breath, feeling extremely annoyed, frowned and swiped to turn on the screen, deleting Lu Hanqian from his WeChat friends.

Lu Hanqian who was sitting in the hotel and still waiting for Lin Yan's reply: "..."

He stared at the little red exclamation point in front of him that indicated that the message failed to be sent, and almost dropped the phone.

"My daughter used to like to copy lyrics, whenever she was free, whenever she was free."

The woman murmured in a dazed voice: "There is a large row of lyrics books on the table at home... If I knew that the entertainment industry is like this, I would never let her go on this road, no matter what... ...."

——If I knew that the entertainment industry was like this, I would never let her go on this path.

Lin Yan was stunned for a sentence that was so familiar that he had heard it countless times since he was a child.

He seemed to think of the countless late nights in his childhood, when the bony old woman hugged him tightly and wept:

"Yanyan... If I had known that the entertainment industry was like this, I would never have let your mother go this way... You must remember your mother, and don't let those people go. …”

Countless memories of the past flowed upstream, overwhelmingly rushing forward with claws and claws.

The pain and depression engraved in the bone marrow almost made Lin Yan unable to breathe.

"Buzzing—"

"Buzzing—"

Fortunately, the phone vibrated suddenly, and Lin Yan came back to his senses suddenly, the scar that had just scabbed on the palm of his hand had already been scratched again.

Lu Hanqian's phone was still ringing continuously, Lin Yan glanced at it coldly, and pressed it off, but Lu Hanqian quickly sent a text message:

[Call back within 30 seconds.Otherwise, I will immediately locate your mobile phone and do you in front of your client. 】

The phalanges of Lin Yan's fingers holding the phone turned white, almost crushing the phone.

He didn't call Lu Hanqian back, he just took a photo of the coffee shop and sent it.

After a while, Lu Hanqian, like a private detective, figured out every detail of the photo, this time he was in a good mood and replied to Lin Yan:

[I saw your information in the lower right corner, is it about the entertainment industry?Don't talk about it, just continue, I will let you lie down and win. 】

Another one: [Also, add my WeChat back. 】

However, Lin Yan turned a blind eye and even turned off the phone this time.

Lin Yan took out a tissue from his pocket, handed it to the woman, and said as softly as possible: "Ms. Gu, please accept your condolences. Your case...I will definitely do my best, please rest assured."

The woman's red and swollen eyes suddenly lit up, she held Lin Yan's hand tightly, and asked urgently in a hoarse voice: "...You agreed? Did you agree to act as an agent?"

Lin Yan nodded slightly.

Gu Li's tears came out all at once, she tried her best to show a smile, but the tears flowed all over her face, and the corners of her tightly pursed mouth couldn't help trembling.

"This money," she hastily pulled out cash from her bag and stuffed it into Lin Yan's hand: "You take this money first... Lawyer Lin, I know you are very famous, if this is not enough, I will go Think of ways to......"

Lin Yan looked down at the woman's chapped and swollen hands, a few strands of her withered, yellow and messy hair were torn out from the scarf.

Because of the lack of nutrition, the hair that produced an electrostatic reaction fluttered slightly in the air.

"...No need," Lin Yan said slowly, "You can take the money to the hospital for treatment first."

Lin Yan took a deep breath, why did the girl suddenly want to go to that banquet?

She's neither eager for fame nor ignorant of what might happen if she does.She was just driven to a dead end, the only mother was seriously ill, and she had no choice.

She would never have imagined that the money she took such a big risk in exchange for could not save her mother's life——

Her mother chose to use them to get justice for her daughter.

They are the people who love each other the most in the world—even though their lives are ill-fated and their destiny is unfair, they all want to be like flying antelopes, willing to use themselves to lift each other out of the abyss.

Lin Yan took two out of a bundle of cash, and said, "That's enough for the upfront expenses. Let's talk about the rest after we win the lawsuit and get the compensation."

"...I don't want compensation," Gu Li choked up and shook her head, "I just want them to pay for my daughter's life..."

Lin Yan calmed the woman down softly, and then settled the order for two cups of milk tea when he excused himself to go to the bathroom.

"Let's say we're doing activities for the store celebration today."

In front of the counter, Lin Yan pushed two banknotes over: "In addition to the free bill, I also won 200 yuan."

Before leaving, the woman thanked Lin Yan repeatedly.Lin Yan smiled lightly, and his expression was suddenly tainted with a bit of tenderness.

"It's nothing...my mother's surname is also Gu. She too...she is very similar to your daughter. Don't worry, I will do my best."

After seeing off the woman, Lin Yan prepared to go back to the office.Turning on the phone, there were more than 20 missed calls, 23 of which were from Lu Hanqian, and the last one was from an unknown number.

Lin Yan frowned and looked at the 23 missed calls, and he could probably figure out Lu Hanqian's state at this time.

Considering his usual style in this situation, he didn't plan to go back sooner.

As he walked slowly towards the bus stop, he called back the last strange number.

The other side quickly connected, and a man's voice sounded: "Hello, Lin Lu?"

"I'm from Qimeng Economic Company. I'm free to talk to you about the case that Gu Li asked you for?"

Lin Yan didn't speak, and was about to hang up the phone directly, but he said, "Lin Lu, wait a minute...I'm Zhao Yu, you may not remember me. But we just met last night, It's in Hanqian's box..."

He paused, and then said, "As for Gu Li's case, I hope you will think about it... After all, if you want to sue our brokerage company, Young Master Lu is also one of the shareholders."