The last 25 minutes of the meeting were as long as half a lifetime for Chen Zhang, and as short as only a moment.
During the recording and playback, he didn't even blink his eyes a few times. The bloodshot eyes were once covered with a layer of light water, and because of the effort to open them, they slowly disappeared after a while.
It went back and forth several times, but not a single drop came out of his eyelids.
The end of the recording is the nurse's sporadic dissatisfaction and complaints against him, and his mother's repeated explanation: "He is either not coming, he is just too busy, he will come after he is busy..."
That explanation may be more heartbreaking to Chen Zhang than anything else. Yan Suizhi saw his eyelids tremble slightly, and the water in his eyes flickered—
"Hey—it's about time!" The guard opened the door on time and came in, reminding the two of them that they would see each other until this point.
Yan Suizhi didn't stare at him while the guard was talking, Chen Zhang quickly wiped his face with his sleeve, and when he looked up again, his teeth were clenched in silence again.
The guard's eyes were filled with doubt and strangeness, but Chen Zhang didn't give any response, just lowered his head, stood up obediently and stiffly, ready to follow him out of the meeting room at any time.
Yan Suizhi didn't ask him any questions, he just put away the recorder with a light expression, and left a familiar sentence to Chen Zhang: "I'm still here at the meeting time tomorrow."
This time, Chen Zhang was silent for a long time, and finally replied in a low voice, "En."
Then he turned around and followed the supervisor and left.
The rare response from Chen Zhang was a good sign, but perhaps because of the content of the recording just now, Yan Suizhi's expression was still light when he came out of the detention center.
He was smiling most of the time, even when he ran and was mean. But once he stopped laughing, there was a cold sense of alienation all over his body. It always made people worry about whether he was unhappy, but he didn't dare to ask questions, he only dared to watch from a distance.
He walked to the intersection with such a cold expression on his face, without even looking around, he lowered his eyes and called up the smartphone screen to book a car.
Just as the car-hailing reservation was about to be sent, the smartphone suddenly vibrated.
A new message came in at this point.
Yan Suizhi put down the taxi list for the time being and clicked in to take a look.
Caller: Mindful Mint Essence
- look up.
Yan Suizhi: "???"
He raised his head subconsciously—
In the open-air café opposite, a barrister who is said to be "on a business trip" is sitting in a rattan armchair, looking here with a cold expression as usual, and took a sip of coffee unhurriedly.
Yan Suizhi was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
However, as soon as his eyes moved, he realized that Lawyer Gu was not sitting there alone, sitting at the same table with him, there were two other people, who were... acquaintances.
The two so-called reporters from the cellular network, Hersey and Bunch.
The impression that the young reporter named Hexi left on Yan Suizhi was okay. At this time, it seemed that he had done something shameful and unfortunate. He just glanced at him, then lowered his head and silently covered his forehead. As for the one named Ben Qi, he smiled awkwardly at him.
It just so happened that he was sitting next to Gu Yan, and the bastard's mung bean-like face was put together with Gu Yan's cold face, and the contrast effect was a tragedy in the world.
Professor Yan Da ruthlessly said bitterly in his heart: I hate myself so much to choose such a seat...
"Fizz told me last night that you are going on a business trip." Yan Suizhi walked across the road to the cafe, lowered his eyes and looked at Gu Yan calmly, "Are you out at the coffee shop?"
"I'm really on a business trip. There's a case in the second district that's coming to an end. I'm going to go through the process and sign a few words." Gu Yan raised his eyes, "But Fitz sued me every day and came up from the scene. Said, I think it is necessary to first fulfill my disciplinary obligations as a teacher."
The translation of this sentence is: Although I don't want to care about you at all, but because of the scene, I have to act with you.
Yan Suizhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Miss Fitz sued me behind my back? Let's hear it."
"Not submitting work logs, not filling out reimbursement forms, and not following the rules."
Yan Suizhi: "..."
He can bet that the last one must have been added by someone without authorization, with a different tone.
Hexi, who had lowered his head originally, heard this conversation and couldn't help but raised his head and silently watched the two go back and forth with a hint of envy in his eyes.
He thinks this might be his ideal state of getting along with seniors and newcomers... er, it seems to be a little different, but at least it's much better than the state between him and Benqi.
Maybe it was because his eyes were too strong, Yan Suizhi caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, and saw the envy in his eyes.
Yan Suizhi: "..."
He felt that the young man might have misunderstood a little.
but…
"You two are..." Yan Suizhi turned to Hessy and Bunqi, his eyes swept away from the professional camera that Bunqi was holding tightly, and then landed on the simple camera that Hesey was awkwardly fiddling with. "Um?"
uh what uh...
Ben Qi wiped his face like a toothache, and hummed, "I'm sorry, we originally wanted to take some photos for you as a souvenir."
Yan Suizhi glanced at Hexi's expression and said clearly: "Don't use the word 'men', I think there is no need to be humble at this time."
Ben Qi's teeth hurt even more. He covered his face and stared at Yan Suizhi silently for a long time. He gave in and said, "I wanted to take pictures, but I didn't consider your wishes and some realistic rules..."
Yan Suizhi smiled.
I am afraid that this friend who claimed to be a reporter failed to make a deal, and was dumped after chasing a car, so he was so embarrassed that he wanted to find some trouble, but Gu Yan half-way ransacked his house and talked about legal issues.
Isn't there a saying in the league that you shouldn't provoke those famous lawyers if you provoke anyone, because they're really annoyed, they have 10,000 reasonable and legal ways to make you plant without your pants.
Ben Qi probably accepted the quality education from Gu Yan, and immediately accepted the counseling obediently and calmed down.
After he apologized, he felt that his attitude seemed to be okay, so he turned his head and asked Gu Yan tentatively: "Those photos are backed up..."
Gu Yan said lightly: "I'm not interested in the contents of your hundreds of thousands of photos, but I need to keep a bottom line."
In case the judge is interested someday...
Ben Qi completed the second half of the sentence for him, then scared himself to death, silently shut up, and stopped mentioning the backup.
Caesar's anger didn't come to fruition at all, and he left a trick for others. The day couldn't be worse. So after Gu Yan and Yan Suizhi said they didn't plan to keep them anymore, Ben Qi dragged Hexi and ran away without looking back.
"What happened to the client who made you vomit?" Gu Yan asked.
"...Speak well." Yan Suizhi said angrily, "I still haven't opened my mouth today, but it won't be certain tomorrow."
He speaks lightly, always reassuring those who listen.
"So I'm going back to the hotel, and take another look at the statement." Yan Suizhi asked him, "What do you say?"
"Go to the second district."
"Are you really on a business trip?"
Gu Yan: "..."
Seeing his expressionless face, Professor Yanda teased the students with joy, and said with his eyes bent, "Okay, no kidding. How long have you been in the second district, and are you still in the third district?"
Gu Yan looked at him for a while, then lowered his eyes and turned the coffee cup in his hand, took a sip, and said, "Look at it again."
"As a nominal teacher, don't you watch the intern's trial?" Yan Suizhi felt that Gu was not as decent as him.
He asked casually, and already bowed his head and used his smartphone to make an appointment for a car.
Soon, the agreed car was automatically parked on the side of the road, and the two got into the car one after the other. Soon, the problems of "spending money like water" and "terrible balance of assets" were caused by the car model they agreed to. So much so that Yan Suizhi forgot that Gu Yan hadn't answered "Whether to watch the trial".
Yan Suizhi asked the smart car to take Gu Yan to the dock first.
District 3 and District 2 are not connected continents. Driving is not as fast as waterways. The sea shuttles specially designed to carry passengers can reach the shore in five hours.
When he was about to get off the car, Gu Yan remembered what made Yan Suizhi open the point-to-point link of the smartphone.
"What are the two folders you sent over?" Yan Suizhi wondered, "Why are they so big?"
"The photos in the cameras of the two reporters are backed up." Gu Yan said, "After all, they are targeting you, and it is more appropriate to give you the right to handle it. If you have no idea for the time being, just leave it for now."
Yan Suizhi readily accepted. While waiting for the documents to come, he couldn't help but think of the relationship between Hexi and Bunqi, and casually said: "That pair of master and apprentice... Let's just count as master and apprentice, the concepts are too different. , It looks funny, I guess it won't last long."
Maybe a few years later, it will be the result of old age and death.
After saying this, Gu Yan didn't answer.
After a while, the smartphones on both sides dinged, and the file transfer was completed.
When Gu Yan put away the screen, he suddenly said: "I once felt that there was a big deviation from your philosophy."
Yan Suizhi was stunned for a moment, then remembered something and made a soft "ah", after a few seconds. He smiled again and asked, "What about now? Is it still worse?"
Gu Yan sat quietly in the seat beside him for a while, then grabbed the door handle and got out of the car. With his wrist on the roof, he bent down slightly to look inside the car, and said lightly: "Let's talk about it next time, I didn't take the suitcase, help me book another room, and go there tomorrow night."