He hastily said

“Alian, I had no idea that Liu Xinming was related to your classmate,” the tenser Xu En got, the clearer his mind became, he laid out his thoughts systematically, “Give me Dr. Lance’s contact information, I didn’t send anyone to the Liu family.”

“Last night, I already terminated my cooperation with the Liu family.” He spoke methodically, “Last night, after nine o’clock, Liu Xinming’s resuscitation was unsuccessful, and he died.”

Bai Lian was aware of this; Director Chen had already reported it to her.

But Yan Lu and Sister Xin did not know, and their voices almost broke as they exclaimed, “What?!”

There is a complete difference between intentional assault and intentional homicide.

“What’s the panic,” Bai Lian flicked her cigarette butt into the trash bin, she looked at them, her eyebrows and eyes shaded with a layer of gold, her tone indifferent, “He deserved to die.”

Even without asking, she knew that Zhang Shize was out for his life.

Bai Lian’s voice was calm, but Xu En felt his heart pounding.

He made a prompt decision and quickly added, “Alian, just tell me what you need help with right now, have you found a lawyer, I know a few lawyers from the Red Circle Firm.”

Bai Lian said nothing, her dark eyes like dense ink, revealing no emotion.

“You know the lawyers of the Red Circle Firm?” Yan Lu heard the key point and stood up subconsciously.

Ordinary people are actually unfamiliar with this term, but Yan Lu and Sister Xin had recently consulted many lawyers and only then did they realize that there was such a top-tier team of lawyers in the country.

Each lawyer within it is a top-notch attorney in the industry.

But to book them not only requires an appointment, but also powerful connections.

This is the reality of the legal profession, so hearing that Xu En knew people from the Red Circle Firm, Yan Lu was excited.

Bai Lian watched Yan Lu and the others, not interrupting Xu En.

Xu En finally breathed a sigh of relief, he took out his phone, deliberately added Yan Lu’s WeChat, recommended two lawyers to her, and even personally greeted the lawyers, stating that they were his friends.

There was no need to doubt Xu En’s networking skills.

Once he had finished, he let Yan Lu communicate with them, then he said to Bai Lian, “Alian, then I’ll go back and take care of the remaining problems with the Liu family.”

“Alright.” Bai Lian nodded.

She said nothing else.

Xu En knew this meant the matter was settled and he breathed a sigh of relief, then he looked warmly at Yan Lu and Sister Xin, “If you have any issues in the future, feel free to contact my assistant.”

“Thank you very much,” Yan Lu bowed deeply to him.

“Don’t mention it.” Xu En smiled and after speaking, he went back to deal with the Liu family’s affairs.

Yan Lu added the two lawyers recommended by Xu En.

She conveyed Zhang Shize’s case details to them.

Sister Xin sat on the couch, she was not as concerned about Zhang Shize’s case as Yan Lu was.

As an agent, the only reason she stayed with Yan Lu until now was because she believed Yan Lu had a certain drive.

She held back for a long time but could not resist, “Miss Bai, you know President Xu?”

She heard it, Bai Lian directly called President Xu by his name; she actually didn’t know which “En” it was at the moment.

But she didn’t dare to call her classmate Bai either.

She stuck to what she felt was a very formal title.

“Yes.” Bai Lian was propping herself up on the windowsill.

She was holding her phone, replying to Director Chen with an address, and when she looked up and saw Sister Xin staring at her, she couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, “What’s up?”

“Ah,” Sister Xin snapped back to reality, hiding her inner shock, “No, nothing.”

President Xu, he was someone that even Liu Xinming treated with great respect.

She couldn’t help but question at the bottom of her heart.

What kind of classmate was Zhang Shize in the end?

Director Chen hurriedly came to find Bai Lian, after being busy all night and the morning, he finally cleared up the matter with Zhang Shize.

“Xiao Zhang still doesn’t want to talk this morning,” Director Chen plopped down at the table in the Zhang family’s main hall and poured himself a cup of water and drank it down in one breath, then he handed the materials he found to Bai Lian for her to see, “This is the information I gathered.”

“You are…” Sister Xin noticed Director Chen.

Bai Lian sat opposite, her head lowered, slowly flipping through the materials Director Chen had gathered.

After placing down his teacup, Director Chen smiled and greeted Sister Xin, “Hello, hello, I’m an undercover officer, currently investigating the case involving young Mister Zhang. If you have any information or evidence, make sure to let me know in time.”

An undercover officer, huh.

Sister Xin nodded, her head bobbing eagerly, “Thank you, officer.”

Director Chen waved his hand, indicating it was no problem.

“So your point is…” Bai Lian read through the entire case process at a glance.

“He acted heinously,” Director Chen sat up straight, his fingers tapping on the table rhythmically yet casually, he showed a rare seriousness, “There’s surveillance footage, and although his confession might mitigate the charges, since the plaintiff has passed away, under such circumstances, he won’t get away with less than three years.”

A society ruled by law.

Normally, cases with a confirmed suspect like this do not require a trial and are directly handed over to the presiding judge.

It wouldn’t even pass through Director Chen’s hands typically.

It was rare for him to handle a case personally, and the seriousness of his team meant that even the Liu family could not interfere.

By the window.

After hearing the case during the phone call with Yan Lu, the attorney fell silent for a moment, “Madam, I would really like to take on this case, but according to what I know, the plaintiff has hired Lawyer Zhao.”

“Lawyer Zhao?” Yan Lu gripped her cell phone tightly, her voice betraying her shock, “Which Lawyer Zhao?”

“You should have guessed, Zhao Jingzhou,” the other party really wanted to help Xu En, and owing Xu En a favor wasn’t something easily done, but since the plaintiff’s defense attorney was Zhao Jingzhou, he dared not take the case, fearing he might mess things up and leave a bad impression on Xu En, or even worse, displease Xu En, “With him involved, there are not many lawyers from our firm who dare to take on the case.”

Yan Lu had just caught a lifeline, but hearing these words, her face turned pale.

“Is it Lawyer Zhao?” Xin Sister heard Yan Lu’s voice from the table, “That Zhao Jingzhou?”

Yan Lu pursed her lips and nodded.

“What do we do now?” Xin Sister murmured, “Who else would dare to take it on?”

Bai Lian was messaging Jiang Fulai—

[Zhang Shize isn’t seeing anyone or talking]

[Is he also in self-isolation?]

Jiang Fulai looked at her message and raised an eyebrow at a name that kept appearing frequently.

Then he took the time to open up an investigation report sent by Director Chen.

Bai Lian didn’t know Lawyer Zhao. She let her phone screen go dark and placed it on the table, looking up, “Which Lawyer Zhao?”

“Zhao Jingzhou,” Xin Sister looked at Bai Lian with a wry smile, “The lead attorney of Time Law Firm, fought and won over a dozen cases, big and small, without a single loss. His most classic case was that three hundred million economic lawsuit. He’s quite popular online and rarely takes cases now, he could argue that the dead are still alive, it’s unexpected that the Liu family managed to invite him to Xiangcheng.”

Zhao Jingzhou’s two classic cases were even made into short videos which garnered over a million views online.

Almost everyone on the internet knows him.

The fact that he’s almost never lost a case is already terrifying, and the internet has almost mythologized him.

So when Xin Sister and Yan Lu heard his name, they both felt a chill.

“Miss Yan, you should look for someone else,” the lawyer on the other end of Yan Lu’s phone call spoke up helplessly, “I really dare not take it.”

The person on the other line hung up.

Yan Lu and Xin Sister exchanged glances, even the lawyer recommended by CEO Xu dared not take the case…

Bai Lian snapped back to reality, and resting her arm lightly on the table, she looked up at Director Chen, “Do you know this Zhao Jingzhou?”

She frowned slightly, judging from Yan Lu and Xin Sister’s descriptions, he must be a formidable litigator.

“Miss Bai, hold on, I’ll go and drag Chi Yundai back here,” Director Chen pondered for a moment, then picked up his phone and walked out to call Chi Yundai.

Last night he had messaged Chi Yundai, who had ignored him.

The first call.

Chi Yundai didn’t answer.

Nor did he answer the second.

On the third attempt, Chi Yundai picked up just as he placed a cake in the oven, rattling off a tirade into the phone with a sneer, “Chen Yongkun, you’d better have a damn good reason for calling me!”

He had been at a battle of wits with the cake for a month.

And he was in a foul mood.

Director Chen walked slowly outside, shrugging his shoulders, “It’s not really about me, this concerns Miss Bai…”

Chi Yundai turned off the oven switch.

“What’s going on with Miss Bai?” He paused as he set the timer, demanding further detail, “Explain.”

His voice became serious.

“About a case, you can see the details later,” Director Chen didn’t beat around the bush with Chi Yundai, “We’re at the flower shop by the school, I’ll wait for you at the intersection, don’t dawdle.”

As he spoke, he was stepping towards the street, waiting for Chi Yundai.

“A case?” Chi Yundai stripped off his gloves, shed his coat, and made sure to remind the shop assistant to watch the oven, puzzled, “What kind of case? Did something happen again?”

Normally, Director Chen’s team wouldn’t come looking for him.

In the Zhang family hall.

“Yan Lu, let’s not panic,” Xin Sister steadied Yan Lu, her mind racing, “There’s still a chance, let’s ask if there’s anyone willing to take it on, we can offer three, four times the fee…”

“That’s true,” Yan Lu exhaled deeply, “But with Zhao Jingzhou on the case, who from Red Circle Firm would dare to take it?”

Yan Lu forced herself to stay calm.

What to do…

As they spoke, Director Chen entered with a man.

The man was slightly stooped, in his thirties or forties, with a tall and upright figure, dressed in simple and clean white casual wear.

Slightly taller than Director Chen, with deep-set and stern features.

He even wore a white chef’s hat on his head.

“Miss Bai,” Chi Yundai greeted Bai Lian politely, then turned to Xin Sister and Yan Lu, introducing himself, “Hello, I’m Chi Yundai.”

“This is Lawyer Chi, I declare him to be our defense attorney for this case,” Director Chen introduced Chi Yundai to Yan Lu and Xin Sister in a haphazard manner, then thrust the case file into his hands, “Take a look first, court begins next week.”

He had spent the previous night and morning organizing the case, also to provide Chi Yundai with reference material.

Chi Yundai skimmed the case file, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily as he cast a sidelong glance at Director Chen

“Are you out of your mind? You needed to call me for this kind of case?”

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com