“You have some kind of proportion! Brother, I know you like her, I know you can’t bear to drag her down, but don’t forget, besides being her friend, you’re also Dad’s son! Now it’s still the pillar of this family!” Luo Jing was unusually emotional and screamed, her voice was so loud that even Sammy Jones, who was on the side, could hear her clearly.
“Luo Jing, we can’t be so selfish!”
Luo Jing cried all of a sudden, crying in pain, “If we are not selfish, what about Dad’s injustice? Brother, didn’t you say that you have saved lawyer Ye, now we are desperate, let her out to help us, shouldn’t we? Brother … Wherever we have a second way to go, we wouldn’t make things so difficult for Lawyer Ye now, would we? Please, you don’t let her quit! We really need her!”
Sammy Jones heard it loud and clear.
If she was really shaken before, now that she heard Luo Jing’s words, she also knew that she had no choice. Luo Jing’s words were right, nowadays they were desperate, even if Luo Mingfan wasn’t his savior, even if he was just a good friend, she should have no choice but to help.
She reached out and took the cell phone away from Luo Mingfan’s hand and opened her mouth to pacify Luo Jing, “Luo Jing, don’t cry. Don’t worry, I won’t quit if I’ve already taken over this case. But you have to be psychologically prepared, I … what I can actually do is very limited, this case is too complicated.”
She kept on giving them both siblings a heads up.
Luo Jing finally stopped crying, “Thank you, Lawyer Ye.”
Hanging up the phone, Luo Mingfan looked at her with an apologetic face, obviously he didn’t expect things to turn out like this instead at all.
Sammy Jones reassured him, “I know you’re doing this for my own good, I’ll be fine.”
Sammy Jones prepared for ten days with all his might.
Ten days later, just when everyone thought there would be no lawyer to defend the Quartet, Sammy Jones showed up.
Dressed in black and white formal dress, hair coiled high, standing in the position of the lawyer for the defense of the Sifang Group. The evidence in hand, in addition to the initial asset evaluation report, there is also a print out of the Sifang Group private financing when the government issued a document, black and white, written clearly and clearly, plus a witness. This witness is a friend of Chairman Lin, when the local leaders and Chairman Lin made a commitment to allow private financing, the witness was there.
Sammy Jones presented a well-articulated defense, with sharp, aggressive words, giving the prosecution little opportunity to make a counter-argument.
She clearly had the upper hand, and both Luo Jing and Luo Mingfan, who were sitting down, sighed in relief and gave her a thumbs up.
The door of the courtroom was suddenly pushed open from outside. Sammy Jones who was talking eloquently subconsciously looked toward the door, and saw a familiar figure being surrounded by people slowly walked in from the outside, and sat down on the viewing seat.
His appearance caused the entire atmosphere of the courtroom to plummet several degrees!
As soon as Luo Jing saw him, she looked agitated and was held down by Luo Mingfan.
Sammy Jones’ eyes lingered longingly on him, and at the moment, he was looking at her, too. From above, looking down. In those eyes, there was nothing but cold …
Endless, icy cold that can freeze a person …
Sammy Jones just felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave and shivered a little in the cold. The judge sat up and prompted her before she snapped back to her senses. She tried to muster the professionalism to focus and continue.
But …
Even if she argued brilliantly, she couldn’t be happy.
She only felt that the cold and bone-deep eyes in the audience were like a sharp sword that had cleaved her entire being apart.
This time, the judge still did not pronounce a judgment in court on the outcome.
It’s a constant battle.
Sammy Jones pushed open the door and walked out, Luo Jing had already screamed and rushed out, throwing her into a hug, “Lawyer Ye, fantastic! With you here, my dad is definitely saved!”
Lormingfan’s face looked much better as well, looking at Sammy Jones with deep eyes, “Thanks to you.”
Sammy Jones, on the other hand, has a somewhat pale face and just barely smiles, “Don’t get too happy yet, there’s no telling what tricks they’ll use against us next time.”
Only when the words fell, a familiar voice could be heard coldly ringing out from behind, “Lawyer Ye is indeed eloquent!”
No, it’s really strange to say it’s familiar …
Because …
The simple few words that came out of Joey Xu’s lips were already devoid of temperature. Even, cold as a stranger …
Sammy Jones gripped the information bag in his hand tightly and slowly turned around to face Joey Xu. she looked into his eyes, but, those eyes no longer had any warmth, no feelings, not to mention that she could not be seen.
Only boundless indifference …
“Good luck.”
He spat out those four words icily, slipped his sunglasses back on, and without another glance at Sammy Jones, coldly brushed past her.
His shoulder, touching hers … She could distinctly feel it, every part of him tensed so tightly, so hard …
Sammy Jones’s mind is in a mess, do not know what to think, can only stand there stiffly frozen. Opening her lips, she wanted to call out to him, but the way he was cold, like a wire strangling her throat, not to mention speaking, even breathing was a little difficult.
The original …
Strangers, that is …
Luo Mingfan noticed that her complexion was off and gave her a concerned look, “Is everything alright? Is the pressure too much, you haven’t been looking good.”
“I’m fine …” Sammy Jones forced a smile and shook his head.
Luo Jing glared at Joey Xu’s back and said hatefully, “Brother, that guy is the bastard who revoked Lawyer Ye’s law license last time! Don’t look at him as a manly-looking guy, he’s abominable!”
“Actually, he’s not that bad.” Sammy Jones couldn’t help but defend Joey Xu. He had often called him an asshole himself, but, hearing someone else say that about him, his heart felt bad.
Luo Jing is young and has little eyesight, and chased after him, “He’s not bad, is he? He was the one who had to bring our Four Directions Group down by a billion dollars! Brother, let me tell you, this person is our enemy, hate him to death.”
Luo Mingfan looked back at Joey Xu’s back and then turned back to look at Sammy Jones, suddenly remembering that when she temporarily left from her car ten days ago, that phone call came from Joey Xu. was this the same person?
“Get some rest lately guys, been tired for too long.” Sammy Jones felt a little tired, “You can go through your father’s study more often, if you find anything don’t do anything rash, let me know immediately.”
“Uh-huh.” Luo Mingfan nodded and looked at her gently, “I originally wanted to invite you to dinner, but you don’t seem to have much interest right now.”
Sammy Jones forced a smile, “Some other time, I’m a little tired after being on my feet all day.”
“Then I’ll send you away.” Luo Mingfan said.
Sammy Jones was really tired and didn’t force it. Luo Jing was also in a good mood today, with one hand on Sammy Jones and the other on Luo Mingfan, the three of them came out of the court intimately.
Walking to the door and standing on the steps, Sammy Jones saw Joey Xu, still in the same state, followed by a couple of cars, the driver opened the door for him, and he bent down to sit in it. He was very far away, and his face was even half blocked by sunglasses, but Sammy Jones could still feel his indifference and disappointment to the core.
Panting softly, she averted her eyes and didn’t look any further, only saying softly, “Let’s go! You should be happy about your first battle today.”
She hadn’t done anything wrong, and by taking Luo Mingfan’s case, she was returning the favor he had done to her, as well as adding to the friendship, a beautiful thing. Since this was the case, she really had no reason to regret it. Today’s situation was also something she had long thought of.
Until those three lines of sight completely disappeared in the eyes, sunglasses under that line of sight only draw back, the expression is still cold and beige. Yoshimoto signaled the driver to drive, pondered, or asked in a low voice: “I’m afraid, there will be someone at the top who can’t bear to deal with Miss Jones tonight, sir, is it necessary to send someone to follow?”
“No need, there are some lessons she deserves!” Joey Xu was not the least bit moved. She was no longer a three year old, she wouldn’t be unaware of the complexity of this case, and since she dared to take it, she should have the courage to bear the consequences that came with it.
“Yes.” Without another word, Goodburn sat back on his side.
In the entire carriage, the atmosphere condensed to freezing point.
Luo Mingfan sent Sammy Jones downstairs, after Sammy Jones came down, he also followed and hurried down, Luo Jing was sitting in the car ambiguously looking at them, looking at Sammy Jones is quite a bit uncomfortable.
“Sammy Jones, I really don’t know how to thank you for this time.” Luo Mingfan spoke sincerely.
“It’s just out of character for you to say that to me again, and it’s just a favor to take this case, and besides, the pay is great. For the sake of this money, I can’t help but take it!” Sammy Jones joked.
Hearing that she could still speak so easily, Luo Mingfan was also relieved, but there were still hidden worries in his heart, “We’re both clear that the case isn’t as simple as it appears, I’m afraid that you’ll be targeted. If you get your lawyer’s license revoked again …”
He had a guilty conscience.
Sammy Jones countered with a candid pat on the shoulder, “As long as we have a clear conscience, hurry back. I’m a little tired today, so I won’t keep you guys up to sit.”
Luo Mingfan nodded, “Then take care of yourself.”
Sammy Jones didn’t say anything else and turned to go upstairs. Luo Mingfan stood downstairs in a daze, watching her for a long time. Luo Jing got down from the car and waved her hand in front of him, looking at him with gusto, “Brother, it’s going to be dark if you keep looking.”
Only then did Luo Mingfan retract his gaze, blushing slightly.
Luo Jing said, “Why don’t you confess to Lawyer Ye if you like her so much?”
“No one wants to get involved with us nowadays, and you’re still confessing?” Luo Mingfan sighed faintly and inaudibly, before he drove the car out of the neighborhood fondly.
Back home, Sammy Jones was no longer in the mood to organize the information from today’s court, and the whole person flopped down on the sofa powerlessly, as if he was instantly drained. Closing his eyes, his mind is still floating in the wrong shoulder with Joey Xu.
The heart, heavy as it is.
Like a boulder weighing her down, it took her breath away.
Just yesterday, she had an hour-long international phone conversation with Joey Xu. Thinking about it now, it was like a dream.
Flipping out her cell phone, she easily flipped his number out of the call log, and she could barely contain herself from pressing the call button, but, pausing in her movements, she finally tossed the phone aside without touching it again.
Call and tell him what?
Apologize?
She had no reason to apologize, and in this case, she hadn’t done anything wrong from start to finish.
But, apart from apologizing, there seemed to be nothing left to say between them. His attitude, and he showed it clearly, was clearly unwilling to say another word to her.
That night, Sammy Jones tossed and turned and didn’t fall asleep until almost dawn. But, within a few hours of sleep, all he heard was a banging on the door that was as deafening as thunder.
“Who is it?” She rose from the bed in a daze, gathering her hair in both hands and tying it up as she made her way outside.