After getting angry, Cheng Yao finally thought about it calmly. She and Qian Heng faced such a big difference, but failed to reconfirm communication at the beginning of the relationship. It can be said that they are both responsible. Qian Heng felt good about himself and felt that since Cheng Yao agreed to date, he would naturally accept the non-marriage and DINK; Cheng Yao subconsciously thought that it was Qian Heng who chased her back then, of course he should have recognized her principles.
Now, facing this principled contradiction, Cheng Yao is very confused.
Fortunately, reality did not give her the opportunity to think about these things, and now she is facing a more intuitive dilemma.
Now she is still in Liang Yiran's team, and Liang Yiran is already very clear about herself. Just go directly to complain to Qian Heng at this time? Cheng Yao didn't think so at all. She doesn't bother to influence Qian Heng who is a partner of Junheng as a girlfriend at all. This is unprofessional and has no style of an independent woman at all.
What's more, even if you really go to sue, there is nothing to say. Does Liang still let himself sit on the bench? Without understanding the capabilities of team members, don't rashly let the other party participate in core affairs, but only do auxiliary work first. This is almost a good job in any workplace. As a boss, it is not a mistake. Liang is still superficial and good enough. In front of Jun Heng, she is upright and upright to protect Cheng Yao's female par. She treats the rest of the staff with kindness and gentleness, but she is capable at critical moments, outstanding in her work, and good-looking. All of a sudden, it became very popular in Junheng. If they really wanted to confront each other, in contrast, Cheng Yao, a young lawyer who was in a relationship with her boss, might not be as convincing as Liang Yiran.
"In the workplace, who doesn't encounter some troubles? Who hasn't encountered two sluts? Cheng Yao, don't panic, just do it!"
Qin Qin's encouragement to her was still in her ears, and Cheng Yao clenched her fists, full of fighting spirit.
I don't know if it was because of her work status that Liang Yiran found out with conscience. In the new working day, she finally arranged a case for Cheng Yao.
"It's just a divorce case. The bid is not too big, around five million. Cheng Yao, you are in charge, try your hand first." Liang Yiran was very businesslike when he gave the materials to Cheng Yao, without any private hostility towards her. She glanced at Cheng Yao, "I asked you to do auxiliary work before, firstly, to understand your character and ability, secondly, to hone your character, and thirdly, it's for your own good, if you come to my The team, there is a big case to be handled independently, I am afraid that I will not be able to convince the public, everyone still thinks that I take care of you because I know the relationship between you and Qian Heng." Liang Yiran's tone was very calm, "This is a small case , but it all started small.”
What he said was so impeccable that even Cheng Yao wondered if she was overly sensitive before and blamed Liang Yiran.
It's just that when she returned to the desk with the case materials and opened them, the heart of self-reflection almost stopped.
This case was indeed as Liang Yiran said, the amount of the subject matter was not large, the case was simple, and both parties involved were neither rich nor expensive, but it was not at all simple and could even be said to be a bit complicated.
The two have only been married for three years, but they have lived together for more than ten years before, and there are various properties that need to be divided. The list alone has more than ten pages printed on A4 paper, and there are many clues.
Living together for more than ten years, I have been in you for a long time, and you are in me. Any traces have the taste of the other party. Now I want to separate, but the clues are really messy. As an attorney, I also have a little I'm afraid something will go wrong.
However, facing the landmine that Liang still planted for her, Cheng Yao was not timid. Qian Heng went abroad again because of the foreign-related marriage case, and he happened to devote himself to the case at hand.
For this case, Cheng Yao almost put all her energy into it. She wanted Liang Yiran to see her ability, and wanted to tell her that she was not a dodder flower attached to Qian Heng.
Cheng Yao's agency was Wu Jie, a woman in her fifties. In order to sort out her property list, Cheng Yao interviewed her several times and found that she was an extremely difficult person. She counts pennies and pennies, is a shrewd philistine, and loves petty gain. For the matter of dividing her ex-husband's property, she is almost morbidly obsessed, and she can't miss a penny.
"Lawyer Xiaocheng, there is an old TV in the garage that has been scrapped for more than a year. You forgot to include it in this list. This old TV can be sold for hundreds of dollars now. How can it be cheaper, old man? Stuff? It must be divided!"
"And those flowers on the balcony, you should also list them. There are a few pots of orchids that were bought at the International Orchid Expo Festival. They are very valuable. If he wants to take the orchids, he has to give me cash at a discount!"
…
Cheng Yao didn't understand that they have lived together for so long, and the man hasn't cheated, so why are they getting divorced? Now that she saw her client, she understood everything.
Too preoccupied! Tricky, as long as you find an opportunity, you will be greedy for small things. Living with such a person is really tiring. When living together, because she is not a legal wife, Wu Jie may still restrain herself. After marriage, Wu Jie may let herself go... Wu Jie's husband filed for divorce, and Cheng Yao is also a little bit Understood.
Cheng Yao asked the other party for three appointments in the coffee shop downstairs. Knowing that Cheng Yao paid the bill, Wu Jie was not polite at all. Yao chatted, while eating sandwiches, cookies and pudding, Cheng Yao had no doubts about this posture, the other party came here on an empty stomach without eating...
"Lawyer Xiaocheng, you said that your legal fee is a bit expensive, can you make it cheaper? You know my family conditions, divorced from a dead old man, and the biggest property is only one set I have a small house, and I don’t have much cash left. Even the pension will be difficult in the future. You young lawyers, you can make a lot of money just by talking, and you can’t be flexible. Give me How about a reduction in attorney fees?"
"Aunt Wu, lawyers' fees are based on a combination of government guidance and market regulation. According to different cases, there is a range, which will not be inflated, but at least let our lawyers cover the cost. The fees I will give you , already accepted the lowest divorce case according to the lawyer’s fee standard in city A.” Cheng Yao smiled, “It seems that the lawyer is just talking about it, but you see, you don’t invite anyone to talk about it, but Please ask a lawyer to explain that this lip service must also have professional accumulation. Besides, if I charge you a particularly low fee, you should be vigilant, because the price is too low, it can only show that the professional services and standards provided by the lawyer may be lower than the normal standard , the cost is less, and the strength is poor, so the fee will naturally be low, but in this way, the one who suffers in the end is yourself."
Wu Jie frowned on the fee a few times, complaining and nagging at the same time, crying poor herself for a while, and complimenting Cheng Yao for a while, but it was a pity that Cheng Yao pushed back in the end.
This was the first time Cheng Yao encountered such a difficult client, and she had to spend a lot of time and energy dealing with Wu Jie. Fortunately, in the end, the property list was cleared up, the respondent was completed, and Wu Jie, who was hard to please, was appeased, and the court was waiting for a few days later.
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Cheng Yao was full of fighting spirit because of the smooth progress of Wu Jie's case, but Liang Yiran, who watched all this, became more and more irritable. She admitted that she had selfish motives when she took the case. A case with a target amount of five million yuan, difficult and preoccupied parties, and a complicated property list, just these three points, for Jun Heng, who has no shortage of cases, can be passed directly, but Liang still took it, and It was distributed to Cheng Yao.
She did it on purpose. She wanted to see Cheng Yao being entangled with such a common client and losing her composure; facing such a complicated property item, making a mistake; angry...
She almost waited coldly for Cheng Yao to make a mistake and step on a thunderbolt, and then forced herself into an embarrassing situation.
It's just nothing, nothing about it, Cheng Yao didn't complain, didn't sue, nothing, she accepted her case assignment easily like a good employee who didn't know any suspicion, she was serious and down-to-earth, and went all out.
Liang was still standing in front of Cheng Yao's desk, picking up the list of responding materials and evidentiary materials in Wu Jie's case that she had sorted out, the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
As a novice lawyer with such a short working experience, Cheng Yao did a really good job. Although Wu Jie's case was not difficult, the format of the respondent letter, the detailed list of evidence, and even the neat arrangement of the materials, these details It can be seen from the above that a lawyer's diligence and professionalism. Cheng Yao is perfect in almost every detail. She clearly listed Wu Jie and her husband's pre-marital property and joint property after marriage, so detailed that even Liang still felt a little ashamed.
When I had some prejudice against Cheng Yao before, I thought she was a scheming girl who had no ability and only took shortcuts by going to Qian Heng, and she was not worthy of Qian Heng at all, but now knowing that she really has the ability to impress Qian Heng, Liang still thought Not only did he not ease his emotions, but he suppressed his jealousy even more.
She knew that she was so unprofessional, she should not be emotional towards Cheng Yao at work, but she couldn't help it. But Liang still found that this kind of hostility has become more and more intense as time goes by. Her heart is like a black cat full of malice and ready to attack at any time, especially when she sees the response to Wu Jie's case. This resistance and malice reached its peak when the materials were read.
But when he received a call from Qian Heng this morning, after communicating with him about the routine work in the firm, he thanked himself very carefully again.
"Thank you for helping me take care of Cheng Yao."
Qian Heng, who never had the word "thank you" in his dictionary, because Cheng Yao has been thanking himself frequently recently.
At this moment, Liang still completely lost his mind. Cheng Yao couldn't simply and perfectly solve this case. She couldn't rely on this case so easily to get everyone's affirmation. She can't continue to be with Qian Heng smoothly...
At this moment, her rationality was completely covered by distorted jealousy and unwillingness. She carefully looked through the evidence of Wu Jie's case, but there was no one around. Pulled out a piece of paper...
Anyway, in this case, it doesn't matter what Cheng Yao's case is, as long as she saves the case in the end, the client can still get a judgment in her favor as usual. Even if the process is tortuous, it does not affect the interests of customers, nor does it affect the final result.
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The foreign-related marriage case that Qian Hengxin took over was more complicated than expected. He had been in Los Angeles for almost a week, and he hadn't seen Cheng Yao for a week. The two can only communicate by video now.
Even though there is a huge disagreement about the future, people's emotions are never shackled by reason. Just hearing Qian Heng's voice, Cheng Yao's heart throbbed with joy.
She had never been to Los Angeles, and she kept asking questions curiously. Qian Heng's tone was gentle. Because of the time difference, it was already early morning on the west coast of the United States, and he had worked overtime for several nights due to heavy work. He spoke patiently for Cheng Yao.
"It was finally a little free at dusk. I went to Venice Beach. The sea is beautiful and the sky is blue. This is a very famous beach in California." Speaking of this, Qian Heng paused, and after a while, Cheng Yao came back again. He heard his deep and pleasant voice.
"But I don't think it's as good as the beach in City B."
While looking at the pictures of Venice Beach on the Internet, Cheng Yao protested: "How is it possible, Venice Beach is much more beautiful! Just tell the truth, I won't be jealous of your unbalanced mind!"
Qian Heng's voice was calm and natural. In the video camera, he lowered his head slightly: "Because you are not in Venice Beach."
Cheng Yao was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but giggled.
Qian Heng chatted with her about other things, and naturally asked about work: "Is there anything you don't feel comfortable with after joining Liang Yiran's team? Is there anything I need to come forward to help you communicate?"
Cheng Yao held back the grievance in her heart, and said naturally: "No." She didn't want to talk about work, so she cleverly changed the topic.
"My case is a bit complicated, and it will take ten days before I can return to China." Qian Heng's eyes were gentle, "But I will compress the rest time and come back in a week."
Cheng Yao was a little embarrassed: "Take it easy, don't overwork, ten days is ten days, it's not like I can't wait for three days."
"I can't wait."
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After hanging up the phone, Cheng Yao's ears were still hot.
For Qian Heng, she has a feeling that she can't help but drink poison to quench her thirst. Knowing that each other has disagreements about the future, knowing that this conflict of major life concepts will explode sooner or later, knowing that some conflicts will disappear if you don’t think about it, knowing that as time goes by, Qian Heng and yourself will always have problems because of marriage and future. The quarrel is not harmonious, knowing that the most sensible thing to do at this moment is to keep a distance, give each other space to calm down, and think carefully about whether this conflict can still be reconciled, whether I can compromise and accept Qian Heng's non-marriage and DINK, but I still bear it. Can't help, can't help but want to get closer to this man.
Probably this is love. Knowing the danger, but still indulge yourself.
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Fortunately, there is more than love in life, there are other things that require people to struggle.
On Tuesday, Wu Jie's divorce and property division case was held in the afternoon. It's just that Cheng Yao, who had the chance to win, was caught off guard by a sudden change.
Wu Jie's husband asked Wu Jie to borrow 100,000 yuan for renovations before marriage. Wu Jie, who was so penny-pinching, naturally asked him to write an IOU, and this part of the money was a pre-marital loan, so although the two later became husband and wife , but in the case of divorce now, it is completely legal for Wu Jie to ask her husband to repay this part of the pre-marital loan.
Originally, with the original IOU and bank transfer flow, it was very straightforward to prove the facts, but now, when Cheng Yao was sorting out the responding materials before the trial, she discovered that the crucial original IOU had disappeared. !
"How is it possible? I haven't brought this material out of the office. It was still intact when I checked it out this morning. No matter how you say it, it's gone."
Cheng Yao and Tan Ying nervously searched under the table, in the drawers, in the desktop files, and even the trash can, but they still couldn't see the IOU.
Cheng Yao went to retrieve the video at the entrance of the law firm. In the past half a day, no suspicious person has entered the law firm, but where is the IOU
There was still more than an hour before the court session, and Cheng Yao was completely caught off guard by this sudden incident.
Although Cheng Yao had already provided two copies of the IOU to the plaintiff and the court when responding to the lawsuit, but if there is no original evidence, the other party can claim that the copy is not true on the grounds that there is no original proof. As for the flow transfer, It can also be claimed that the money exchange is not formed by borrowing, then the pre-marital loan will most likely not be supported by law.
It's a pity that God seemed to be against Cheng Yao, until the court hearing, she still couldn't find the original IOU.
On the way to the marriage court, Cheng Yao's heart was boiling hot and cold for a while, it was the first time she encountered such a thing, she was at a loss, she was panic, restless and ashamed, and various thoughts flashed in her mind one after another.
No matter how the IOU is lost, it is lost if it is lost. Now it is meaningless to think about other things. The first thing to do is how to solve it.
When Wu Jie gave her the original copy of the IOU, she didn't ask her to sign any written documents for handing over the original evidence. Therefore, even if Wu Jie claimed to have given herself the IOU, without evidence, she could definitely On the grounds that it was not received, the responsibility was cleared.
With Wu Jie's penny-pinching personality, if she knew that the evidence was missing, she would never let her go easily. Once she admitted to losing the evidence, she could almost imagine how she would make trouble.
When people are in crisis, they always tend to protect themselves, but...
It's just that Cheng Yao doesn't want to be someone who infringes the interests of her clients for self-protection. Even though she will face ugly consequences, even if she may not be able to end it, she still decides to confess to Wu Jie and admit her mistake.
In Junheng, the security has always been very good, and registration is required when entering and exiting, so everyone habitually puts litigation documents on the desk. First, the desk drawer is full of various case materials, and there is no space; second, It is easier to find the recent cases on the table. Therefore, Cheng Yao, like other colleagues, put the materials of Wu Jie's case on the table.
Cheng Yao still doesn't understand why the IOU is gone, she seems to be right, but thinking about it carefully, this is indeed her own negligence, if she can lock the case materials when she leaves the seat, this kind of situation will not happen. It's over. Leaving the rest of the colleagues on the table is obviously not an excuse for exoneration. After all, what everyone does may not be correct. Being a lawyer can never be too cautious or meticulous.
Although it was painful, it was another lesson that practice taught Cheng Yao.
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As the court was approaching, Wu Jie naturally couldn't accept it, and almost scolded Cheng Yao in the most vulgar language mastered by the market aunt. Cheng Yao did not refute this except for a sincere apology.
"That's the way it is. I'm sorry for losing the original evidence." Cheng Yao's attitude was very sincere, "Aunt Wu, please don't get angry. First of all, even if I don't have the original, I will fight for the 100,000, and if the lawsuit is due to I lost the IOU, and the 100,000 yuan was not supported, so I will personally compensate you for the 100,000 yuan, and I will never let you suffer any losses due to my personal reasons. This is the letter of commitment I drafted, and I have already It's signed, please have a look."
"I have never seen a lawyer like you. You have a smart face and a stupid stomach. You are good-looking and useless. They are all jokes. You come out to cheat money before your hair grows. The threshold for being a lawyer is really low! Let alone professional Ability, even lost such an important evidence as the IOU I gave you, is your mind muddled?"
Wu Jie was very angry, and her attitude was very bad: "You have lost the evidence, and you still expect that old bastard to admit the loan? You also said 'I will fight for the 100,000', what do you use to fight? Use your shit brain?"
Wu Jie was still a little cursing, but Cheng Yao's letter of commitment finally calmed her down. With Cheng Yao's guarantee and constant apologies, she finally calmed down and went to court with Cheng Yao.
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Cheng Yao suppressed her emotions. Although she lost the IOU, she was not ready to give up easily.
After the presiding judge announced the court discipline, confirmed the identities of both parties and attorneys, informed both parties and their attorneys of their rights, the members of the trial, and asked if there was any application for recusal, the trial officially began. In order to find out the truth and confirm the facts, the plaintiff read out the indictment, and after the defendant responded, it was the link of proof and cross-examination.
"Wu Jie's agent claims a loan of 100,000 yuan before marriage, and a copy of the relevant IOU has been submitted to the other party. Do the other party and the agent have any objection to this fact?"
Under Cheng Yao's care, Wu Jie maintained her emotional stability, neither of them showed that the original IOU was lost, and Cheng Yao was even more composed.
The outcome is here!
"No, we admit the loan and have no objection."
As if hearing Cheng Yao's prayer, Wu Jie's husband's lawyer, without knowing that the original IOU had been lost, approved the copy of the IOU provided by Cheng Yao during the lawsuit!
At this point, Cheng Yao's hanging heart finally fell to the ground.
The judge began the cross-examination process: "Wu Jiefang, the defendant, please present the original IOU."
Traditionally, when responding to a lawsuit, you only need to provide a copy, and the original is issued to the judge during the trial, and the judge checks with the copy to see if it is correct.
Cheng Yao stood up: "I'm sorry judge, our original document has been lost."
And almost at the same time, just as Cheng Yao expected, Wu Jie's husband and his attorney bowed their heads to discuss.
Not long after, Wu Jie's husband stood up and changed his words: "Judge, I want to clarify that I don't recognize this loan. In fact, this loan does not exist at all. This is an IOU that Wu Jie said before marriage that she wanted a loving relationship." The security deposit, which forced me to sign, actually does not have this debt at all."
Any lawyer, once he knows that the original evidence of the other party has been lost, his first reaction may be to ask his client to deny the authenticity of the evidence. After all, the original is gone and there is no proof. It can be said to be fake.
Sure enough, Wu Jie's husband's lawyer did the same thing.
Cheng Yao unhurriedly showed Wu Jie's transfer records: "This is evidence that my client lent 100,000 yuan, which can fully prove that the debt really exists."
Wu Jie's husband's lawyer naturally retorted: "This money is Wu Jie's repayment of my client's loan, not her loan."
Cheng Yao also did not give in: "I have fulfilled the burden of proof for our loan transfer, and you claim that the 100,000 is the repayment of your client's loan by our party, so please provide evidence for the fact that your client lent 100,000 at that time .”
The other party further quibbled: "At that time, the 100,000 yuan was used for Wu Jie in cash."
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Court debate, you come and go, after the 100,000 yuan before marriage, Cheng Yao and the opposing lawyer debated the division of property after marriage. In the end, both parties completed their respective statements, and everything was settled, and it was only waiting for the judge to choose sentencing date.