Because the court date was getting closer and closer, Luo Mingfan’s pressure was getting higher and higher, and his mood was getting heavier and heavier. That’s why Sammy Jones was thinking of ways to make him happy and comfort him, trying to relax his mind. However, this desperate attempt to help him relieve his pressure is not the same thing in the eyes of the onlookers.
Yoshimoto peeked through the rearview mirror at someone in the back row who was already stiff-faced, coughed lightly, and asked, “Sir, still want to follow? Ye lawyer … seems to be in love …”
They’re kinda like light bulbs with this following.
No, it’s not really appropriate to say light bulb. People aren’t affected by electric light bulbs in the slightest!
“In love?” Joey Xu repeated those three words almost through clenched teeth.
He said it!
He said how could she, a little lawyer with no name, be that busy! Not answering his calls, not meeting him! Turns out there’s a new guy!
She dumped the bottom of that beer bottle last time and found another one in such a short period of time, she’s got a lot going for her Sammy Jones!
Joey Xu pulled out his cell phone and dialed out.
It didn’t ring for long, and the other side picked up. Before speaking, there was a soft laughter, and the man’s warm words, “You listen to the phone first, I know what you like to eat, I’ll take you to a nice place.”
“Yeah.” Sammy Jones answered before talking to Joey Xu on this side, “Hey.”
“Your client has developed well ah, even you like to eat what are very clear.” Joey Xu’s tone was not yin and yang, in her heart, she only felt smothered with a fire, not venting it, “Sammy Jones, are you a lawyer, or a socialite?”
Sammy Jones was furious at his phrase ‘cross-dresser’. He was clearly insulting her! However, when she thought of Luo Mingfan’s special status sitting next to her, she didn’t dare to let out her fire for fear that Joey Xu would know that she had taken on the case of the quartet.
“It’s an old client I’ve had for years. What for? Are you jealous?” She asked this was originally used to provoke Joey Xu, but after … the words came out, she was inexplicably looking forward to it.
And she didn’t notice that Luo Mingfan on the other side subconsciously glanced at her, his eyes slightly deeper.
Joey Xu was obviously not expecting her to ask that and was stunned for a moment.
Jealous?
Damn it! What kind of vinegar does he have that tastes good?
Although this thought, but, the heart stifled that gas seems to be against him, the more pressure the more fire. He didn’t have the good sense to say, “Get off, I have something to ask you!”
“Huh?” Sammy Jones was confused for a split second before turning back suddenly. Behind him was a limo, not the Maybach he usually drove, “Are you following me?”
“You tell me!”
Sammy Jones gritted his teeth, “I told you I’m not available!”
“I’m going to count to three, and if you don’t come down, I’m …”
“Joey Xu, you asshole!” Sammy Jones didn’t wait for him to finish his sentence and directly hung up the phone. She couldn’t argue with Joey Xu, if she was with someone else, she would still be able to turn Joey Xu down. However, now it was with Luo Mingfan. If Joey Xu had the intention to find trouble and put words in her mouth, it would be bad.
“What’s going on? Did anyone trouble you?” Luo Mingfan subconsciously glanced at the car behind him in the rearview mirror. He had just returned to China not long ago and didn’t know Joey Xu. Even though he was involved with the Four Directions Group, Joey Xu had always been just the person behind the scenes, so Luo Mingfan was naturally unclear.
“No no, it’s a friend of mine. I’m sorry, Ming Fan, I won’t be able to have dinner with you today, so we’ll contact each other on the phone tonight if we need anything extra. Do you think it’s appropriate?”
Luo Mingfan looked at her sideways, his eyes had a loss, “Your boyfriend?”
“Of course not! It’s just a common friend, he said he has something very important for me.” Sammy Jones really didn’t know how to explain the relationship between himself and Joey Xu, saying that he was a friend didn’t seem to count. It doesn’t matter? That’s even more pretentious, can we still contact each other by phone from time to time if it’s not okay?
Hearing Sammy Jones say this, Luo Mingfan was relieved instead. With a slight smile, he stopped the car, “Alright then, I’ll wait for your call tonight.”
Sammy Jones was afraid that Joey Xu’s impatient guy couldn’t wait and came up to trouble her. She hurriedly carried her bag down and waved to Luo Mingfan, smiling and saying goodbye.
Only when Luo Mingfan’s car drove away did Joey Xu pull up beside her. She pulled open the car door and bent down to sit in it.
Joey Xu had taken her all the way to a restaurant and tugged her towards a booth. Sammy Jones could feel his anger, but what was wrong with him?
As soon as the compartment door flung shut, she was carried by him straight to the table. The cold plate pressed under her legs, making her feel a little cool. She was so shocked that she pushed Joey Xu, “What are you doing?”
“What is that man to you?” His lower jaw was clasped and he questioned directly.
“I said I’m a client, so let me down first.” She pushed at his shoulders, but instead of backing away, he broke her legs and squeezed his tall body between them.
She sucked in her breath in shock, this position was really too too ambiguous for her! She subconsciously moved backward, wanting to avoid him a bit, but, little did she know that he cupped her pink buttocks with both palms, and with a slight force, he brought her back over.
Her legs were almost clamped around his waist, and she tensed so much that her body stiffened, looked at him aggressively, and whacked him on the shoulder, “You … are giving me another hooligan!”
“If you don’t tell the truth, I don’t mind playing rogue to the end today!” Joey Xu squeezed her lower jaw slightly tighter, that look a little sharper.
Sammy Jones shuddered inside.
It’s hard not to …
He knows Luo Mingfan’s identity?
“He … He’s an old friend I met in America.” Sammy Jones looked him in both eyes.
Joey Xu pressed an inch closer again, danger erupting, “Is that all?”
Sammy Jones was even more confused, “He’s my savior, my former landlord, and well, he’s helped many, many times before. Is that enough?”
Joey Xu didn’t let her off the hook just like that, but his gaze was on the cold side, “Then you should have a pretty good idea of what he is?”
“What … what identity?” Sammy Jones pretended to be stupid, but secretly shocked. Joey Xu’s shrewdness, really can not be underestimated, I am afraid … that he has long been Luo Mingfan investigated clearly.
“Luo Mingfan. Old Man Lin’s son!”
Sure enough …
Joey Xu chimed in with the other’s name at once.
Originally, when he followed her, Joey Xu was unaware that the man beside her was Luo Mingfan. However, walking side by side, he recognized it at once.
Sammy Jones heart sank, looking at his icy cold eyes like a blade, she bit her lip and said, “I … didn t know before. This time, before he came to me, I was also not clear. He has always been abroad, very few people know that his family still has a son …”
Joey Xu dropped one hand on her leathery skin, while one hand hooped her waist. The force on his hand was heavy, as if he could break her waist with the slightest pressure.
“This time, what did he want with you?” He asked, his eyes fixed on her for an instant, giving her no room to dodge.
She bit her lower lip lightly, “What else could I be doing, catching up on … old times, of course.”
“It’s as simple as just catching up?” Joey Xu was clearly not convinced.
Sammy Jones looked at his taut face and suddenly wanted to tease him, quirking his lips in a smile, “So what else do you think? Well … he did actually come to see me for more than just catching up.”
Her tone paused, and sure enough, Joey Xu’s eyes sank, and the large palm that fell on her waist became a little heavier. She slowly added, “He also confessed to me oh, said he wants to chase me. Didn’t you say I was a social flower? I am now a veritable social flower, I decided, last time that lawyer do not want, want him …”
“Don’t you dare!” Joey Xu cut her words off unexpectedly.
Sammy Jones’ face seized up into a ball and she lowered her head to break his hand, “Joey Xu, you barbarian! Be gentle! I’m going to break my back!”
“You stay away from him!” The warning was low, but the force in his hand was still much looser.
“Why?” Sammy Jones deliberately antagonized him, his hand still clasped in case he did break his back, “I actually think he’s quite nice. Taught, cultured, background, all good.”
That’s the truth she’s telling.
“Well, what else?” Joey Xu heard in his ears but felt unusually harsh, he favored her conspiratorially, his eyes containing a cool breeze. This woman, when describing that lawyer Wang, she was gentle and elegant, with a scholarly temperament; when talking about Luo Mingfan, she was even more complimentary. However, when talking about him, Joey Xu, she was a series of ‘overbearing’, ‘brutal’ and ‘unreasonable’!
“And ah …” Sammy Jones pretended not to see the hidden anger dancing in his eyes, and continued to ruffle his tiger’s whiskers, “the man is handsome, full of righteousness, gentle, and it’s very reassuring to live with this kind of person. ”
And she was being truthful. The time in the US had really felt very stable.
Joey Xu grunted out coldly, and as soon as he lowered his head, he covered her lips and bit down hard.
“Well …” she whimpered in pain, reaching out to push him, but her little strength is not a match for him. His body shape is still, big grasp on her waist, but also let her whole person is attached to his body. Sammy Jones almost slipped off the table, can only hook legs wrapped around his waist.
Joey Xu grunted out, his eyes deepening, “Gently, you want to pinch me?”
Sammy Jones’ face turned red and she really wanted to lift her leg and kick him, but it was a really inconvenient position to be in!
“Do you have to talk so nasty that people get the wrong idea?” She was burning hot all over, her legs slackening a little as she took them off his waist and adjusted her sitting position.
“Oh? You misunderstood? Then tell me which word I just used that gave you a misunderstanding. Was it ‘clip’, or ‘clip to death’?”
Sammy Jones was so amused that his mouth went dry and he whacked him and shoved him in annoyance, “You go away! I don’t want to talk to you! You dirty bastard!”
Joey Xu will her haphazardly pounding hand a clasp, and then, the face of a convergence, just now the evil and reckless all convergence, only serious and serious, “Sammy Jones, I will say to you one last time, Luo Mingfan is the son of old man Lin, he is looking for you to do something, we are mutually unspoken! If you don’t want to cause trouble, this case you’d better not even touch it, if you touch it …”
He paused slightly, his face austere, and then, from between his lips, he spat out four icy words, “Consequences!”
The last four words, Joey Xu bite extremely heavy, obviously a warning and threat, inexplicably let Sammy Jones heart trembling. Looking at that serious face, she opened her lips and wanted to tell him that no matter what the outcome of this case, she had to take it! She had no way back! Even if she couldn’t help Luo Mingfan, couldn’t help the Luo family, however, at least her decision could give the family that was filled with gloom a spiritual comfort; at least it could let her have a clear conscience.
However, in the end, she still did not know how to speak. With Joey Xu’s domineering determination, she would not approve of her approach that resembled a moth to a flame.
The door of the box, knocked.
” Mr. Xu, would you like to order?” The waiter asked from the door.