After closing several cases in a row, Cheng Yao was free and made an appointment for dinner with Tan Ying who had finished her annual leave.
This night, Tan Ying brought some breaking news.
"Suddenly, Liang par resigned! It wasn't long after joining Junheng, and there was no sign, so he resigned suddenly. We didn't know what happened, but yesterday the partners in the firm jointly issued a notice, notifying As for the reason why Liang still resigned, we found out that she lost the evidence you last time, and after a thorough investigation, Qian Par asked her to take the blame and resign."
Cheng Yao paused for a moment while holding the chopsticks: "How come that matter is still involved? Will there be a thorough investigation? Isn't it a while?"
Tan Ying rolled her eyes: "Forget it, your matter is nothing small in the eyes of Qian Par, he has been checking for a long time to rectify your name. Because of this announcement, a female par actually made such a low-level mistake, And let the assistant lawyer of his team take the blame. Anyway, now that Liang still has a reputation, he can't get along in the legal circle of city A. I heard that she can only leave city A and go to city B to develop. This woman is really It's hypocritical enough, even I thought she was a nice person at first. Now the evaluation of her in the institute is really messed up, it's too low, we all think she is just jealous that Qian par likes you... "
Cheng Yao was not without emotions. In the past, she really thought that one day, sooner or later, she would be able to expose Liang Yiran's hypocrisy in front of the public. However, now that she has learned that Liang is still self-inflicted, she does not feel intensely at ease. sense.
After joining BRICS and slowly proving herself with cases one by one, she realized that a person is strong enough to not care about the opinions of the outside world at all. In life, you can never let anyone misunderstand you. However, at this time, instead of chasing after those who misunderstood you to refute rumors, explain and clarify, it is better to be yourself, speak with achievements, and slap your face with actions.
Tan Ying rolled her eyes: "To be honest, what happened to you and Qian Par? You broke up like this? Can you get back together?"
Cheng Yao ate a piece of beef, and quickly changed the subject: "This meat is good, you have a piece."
"It's okay, let's not talk about money par, but gossip in the office, you know? Wang Lu and Li Minglei are getting married! The two finally stopped their love, this time it's made public, and they have already gone to take wedding photos! Now she is showing her love and feeding us dog food all day long in the institute!"
Cheng Yao looked at the wedding photos of Wang Lu and Li Minglei in Tan Ying's mobile phone, and was blessed and envious at the same time. Obviously trying to restrain himself, but still couldn't help but think of that man.
"By the way, I forgot to mention that Li Meng also just handed in her resignation letter. She was just interviewed by her teaching lawyer last week, saying that she goes to and from get off work on time every day and never works overtime. She has no sense of being a lawyer at all. No, I don’t have the initiative to do things. I thought I was in a state-owned enterprise. I didn’t adjust my mentality, and the cases were handled step by step. I didn’t have any enthusiasm. She taught the lawyer and said euphemistically that she didn’t think she was suitable to be a lawyer.”
Tan Ying's face was a little relieved: "You deserve it. I didn't work hard and was always jealous of others. She didn't speak ill of you behind your back when you left. What's the use of it? The skills are not as good as others and don't want to improve. Now I am persuaded to leave It's your own fault!" Tan Ying glanced at her mouth when she said this, "I also paid attention to the few interns who talked behind their backs before, and none of them stayed during the intern assessment, all of which were unqualified in business ability. It's not surprising, how can a serious person have the time to gossip in the tea room every day?"
The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they chatted for a while before returning home happily.
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It's just that after bidding farewell to Tan Ying, Qin Qin, who was so busy recently that he lost contact, even called Cheng Yao.
"Hey, Yaoyao, I have a case source."
"It's my boss. There's something going on in her family. There might be an estate lawsuit."
When Cheng Yao heard about the case, she quickly got into work: "What's going on?"
"As for my boss, you know, Chen Linli, my current public relations company was founded by her and her husband Zhang Kai. She is the named director of the company and is responsible for managing personnel and administration."
"Did something happen to the old man in her family?"
"No." Qin Qin was a little emotional, "It's a disaster, her husband and son had an accident. A few months ago, the three of them went to Turkey for vacation and took a hot air balloon, but there was an accident when the hot air balloon landed, and all three of them were killed. She was thrown out, and although she was sent to the hospital immediately, her husband and child were not saved."
Cheng Yao was stunned. She had also heard about Qin Qin's boss, who was slim and beautiful. Although his family was poor, he was very motivated in school and work. Zhang Kai’s father owns a small factory. He is not very rich, but he is kind-hearted and loves to do charity. He used to be a sponsor of Chen Linli. He would invite the poor students who were sponsored to come to his house for a reunion dinner every year and festival. Unexpectedly, he came and went twice However, Chen Linli and Zhang Kai saw each other right, and they have been in love ever since. Although their family backgrounds and identities are far apart, the two finally achieved success, got married, and had a son Zhang Ran.
Although Zhang Kai's family is well-off, Zhang Kai chose to start his own business and founded Kaili Culture, which is one of the best dark horses in the public relations industry. Not only has he made great achievements in the field of public relations marketing consulting, Zhang Kai has a firm vision and used the company's surplus to invest in various industries such as real estate, energy and the Internet. Now he has directly established Kaili Holdings, and his net worth has reached nearly 10 billion.
"The situation in her family is like this. Her parents passed away a long time ago. Her father-in-law also went there a few years ago. Her husband is the only child, so the only one left in the family is her and her mother-in-law Huang Ran." Qin Qin sighed He took a deep breath, "Her mother-in-law has always been at odds with her. In the past, when she and her husband were in a relationship, her mother-in-law often intervened. Now that her sons and grandchildren are gone, seeing her is like meeting an enemy. Come to our company to make trouble." After two visits, she said that she was Kefu, and her life was bad, so she killed her son and grandson."
"Now her mother-in-law is biting her hard, fighting for the inheritance. You know, she usually takes good care of me, and I want to help. She also hired many well-known lawyers before, but for the next step, she feels that No, I changed it several times in a row. Last week, the first trial seemed to be unfriendly to her. She was going to appeal for a second trial and change her lawyer, but she couldn’t find a good one. Let me tell you about the cases you handled before, and she was pretty good. Interested, if you have no problem, meet and chat with her."
Cheng Yao entered the BRICS as an independent practicing lawyer, and she no longer has any lawyers to teach her, so no one will divide the source of cases for her. If she wants to develop, the pressure to expand the source of cases is on her own head. Facing Qin Qin's kindness After thanking her, she immediately struck while the iron was hot and made an appointment with Chen Linli.
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Chen Linli set the time for the next morning, and the location was a teahouse with a quiet environment.
Cheng Yao arrived first, and not long after, Chen Linli also appeared on time.
All of a sudden, she lost her love, two of them, and her whole body was a little bit shaky. The small skeleton looked thinner, as if Chen Linli could be blown down by the cold wind, but Cheng Yao was deeply moved. What impresses me is Chen Linli's face. She is very, very beautiful, the kind of beauty that people can't forget at a glance, but beauty is beautiful. At this moment, she still can't hide her pale face and bloodshot eyes.
"Lawyer Cheng, hello, I think Qin Qin has already introduced me to you." Chen Linli spoke very gently, like water, "The situation of my case is..."
"The most disputed inheritance between you and your mother-in-law is the equity of Kaili Holdings. You don't want Kaili Holdings to be split, and you want to distribute it to your mother-in-law in the form of real estate, cash and other assets, and you have full control of Kaili Holdings; but your mother-in-law But I hope to divide the equity." Cheng Yao pursed her lips, trying not to provoke the other party's tone, "and the current dispute in the court trial is probably about the death time of your husband and son."
Chen Linli was a little surprised: "How did Lawyer Cheng know? Because it is an inheritance dispute, the first trial is not allowed to attend."
"Although your case is not open to the public, your mother-in-law, Ms. Huang Ran, has been interviewed by some media, and I did some homework." Cheng Yao apologized, "As for the contentious part of the trial, I asked the Turkish side to discuss the matter." According to the English report of the accident, it is known that the local handling of the death time of your husband and son in Cappadocia, Turkey was flawed, which led to disputes over the order of death.”
Chen Linli smiled weakly: "Lawyer Cheng doesn't need to check those reports, I can tell you the first-hand information about the case."
"I know it is very painful to lose two people you love so much at the same time. I want to let you recall the details of this incident as little as possible, so I did my homework first. If it is not necessary, I will try to ask you for non-related cases as much as possible. Details, only a few key questions, you can answer me."
This time, Chen Linli was really surprised. The expression on her face was mixed with grief and emotion. She looked at Cheng Yao: "I only want Kaili, and I don't want the rest. Can you help me get it?"
"I will do my best."
Chen Linli nodded: "I want you to represent this case." She glanced at Cheng Yao, "My mother-in-law's lawyer is Qian Heng."
Cheng Yao paused.
Chen Linli glanced at her: "During the first trial, I found all the well-known lawyers I could find, two senior lawyers acted as attorneys in court, and the rest were hired as think tanks, a total of eight people, among whom I was dissatisfied and changed four , My mother-in-law only invited Qian Heng alone. But the verdict of the first trial was not ideal. I invited so many people, but Qian Heng was not worth it."
Cheng Yao clenched her lips.
"There are too many people, and I found that it is counterproductive. Every lawyer has a different way of thinking about handling a case. Everyone is very experienced and stubborn. It is better to just leave it to one lawyer."
"Why did you think of me in your case?"
Chen Linli lowered her gaze: "Before I contacted you, I found other lawyers. Because of Qian Heng's name, I went to the legal circle to inquire. Besides him, I also heard that Lawyer Deng Ming is also very professional. He always As expected, I was very interested in hearing the bid amount of the case, but when I heard that the opponent was Qian Heng, I reasoned that I couldn't make it in the schedule and refused."
"Later I heard about you." Chen Linli paused, "I didn't want to lie to you about my original intention of looking for you, because they said you were Qian Heng's ex-girlfriend, and he liked you very much."
"Ms. Chen, I'm sorry. I can only serve clients with my professional ability. I will never use my status to try to bypass the law to influence the other party's lawyer or the outcome of the case." Cheng Yao was neither humble nor arrogant, "If you like me In that case, please hire another Gao Ming."
"I really had some small thoughts at the beginning, hoping that in your capacity, I could influence Qian Heng and the outcome of this case. But when I saw you, I changed my mind. I'm sorry for having such offensive thoughts to you before. "
Chen Linli said firmly: "I still want to ask you to be my lawyer. I accidentally learned that you are Qin Qin's friend, and Qin Qin also showed me the cases you have handled. You are very tenacious and capable. In addition You used to work under Qian Heng, and you understand his style and thinking mode better than other lawyers, and you know yourself and the enemy, so I think I have a chance of winning if I ask you."
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In the end, Cheng Yao took over the case at the plea of Chen Linli, and obtained the first-instance file and case-related materials. She guessed right, the focus of the dispute in the first instance case was the order of death of Zhang Kai and Zhang Ran's father and son.
Because there is no will, the order of death between the father and the child is different, resulting in a completely different legal succession of the estate. The legal first line of successors are the spouse, children and parents respectively. Then if Zhang Kai died first, Zhang Kai's share of the joint property in the marriage would be equally distributed among Chen Linli, Huang Ran, and Zhang Ran who was still alive at the time. After Zhang Ran died, all of Zhang Ran's inheritance will be inherited by Chen Linli. But if Zhang Ran dies first, then his inheritance will be equally distributed between Chen Linli and Zhang Kai. After Zhang Kai dies, all Zhang Kai's property will continue to be equally distributed.
In short, if Zhang Ran dies first, then Chen Linli will receive less inheritance; if Zhang Kai dies first, Chen Linli will receive more inheritance. In practice, once the father and child die at the same time, it is presumed that the father died first.
But in Chen Linli's case, in the first-instance judgment, it was determined that the child died first, which led to an increase in Huang Ran's inheritance share. The real estate and cash alone were not enough to fill her due share, and the division of Kelly's shares was inevitable.
Cheng Yao looked carefully at the materials, only to find that it is no wonder that the time of death was controversial, because Zhang Kai and Zhang Ran did not die on the spot after being thrown out of the hot air balloon. The two died on the way to the hospital. In different ambulances, to be honest, no one paid close attention to the specific time of death. The Turkish side determined that the child died first only because the child was thrown farther, so it was naturally determined that the weak child was more seriously injured, so it was directly presumed to have died first, and the same was true on the death certificate issued.
If it can be proved that Zhang Kai passed away first, the result will be completely different. There is a high probability that Chen Linli can preserve Kaili's equity.
Fortunately, there is still plenty of time before the second trial. Cheng Yao spent time carefully sorting out the list of Chen Linli and Zhang Kai's post-marital property, but her energy was a little lacking. In order to do a good job in this case and many other new cases, she asked Gu Beiqing to work with her as a partner.
It's just that the two of them came out of the courtroom talking and laughing, and Cheng Yao felt a death ray. She turned her head subconsciously, and as expected, who was it not Qian Heng who was standing at the corner of the court hall
He was wearing a suit, extremely cold and handsome, and stood there with a distant and unpleasing expression on his face. He coldly glanced at Cheng Yao and Gu Beiqing who was beside her, and then turned his head. Beside him was the deputy of the intermediate court. The dean is pulling him and talking about something.
Gu Beiqing happened to have a client's call, so she walked away, only Cheng Yao walked towards the door, she got closer to Qian Heng, and finally heard their conversation clearly.
"Qian Heng, I have a niece who just graduated from law school this year. She is quite curious about the work of a law firm. She is just about to find a job. She is a little confused and admires you. Do you see if you are free these few days? Have a meal?"
Cheng Yao subconsciously raised her head and glanced at Qian Heng, her heart was mixed with surprise, nervousness and loss.
Qian Heng is very good. It's not unreasonable for a man like him to be single and people who want to introduce him are flocking to him. It's just that it's one thing to know this fact, but it's really uncomfortable to encounter this scene directly.
He is single now, and he is facing the olive branch of the vice-president of the court. I am afraid that he can at least agree to it.
"Dean Wang, I may not have much time recently."
Dean Wang has a good temper: "How about waiting for a while? Anyway, there is no rush. What case have you been busy with recently?"
"Not busy with the case." Qian Heng's voice was cold and calm, "Busy dealing with the mess left by his girlfriend."
Dean Wang was really shocked: "Aren't you single?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I made a mistake. It's my ex-girlfriend who broke up."
"How did you split up?"
Qian Heng raised his eyes and gave Cheng Yao a cold look: "She ran away with someone."
Dean Wang didn't want to match up with his niece and Qian Heng at all, and patted Qian Heng's shoulder sympathetically: "Young man, I want to open up..."
Cheng Yao was dumbfounded, for no reason she was caught in such a pot.
Dean Wang answered the phone, said hello to Qian Heng and left. There were not many people in the court today, and in such a large court hall, only Cheng Yao and Qian Heng were left.
"What do you mean I ran away with someone?" Cheng Yao held back, but still couldn't hold back, "Is there anyone who distorts the facts like you when you see your character after breaking up?"
"I haven't slept well recently." Qian Heng's face was still cold, he glanced at Cheng Yao, then lowered his eyes, "You can sleep well and eat well."
Although the tone was calm, what he said was a complete accusation. But it was also at this time that Cheng Yao realized that under Qian Heng's beautiful eyes, there was a circle of faint bluish-black shadows, against his fair face, it was even more shocking.
"I've never heard newcomers laughing but not old ones crying." Qian Heng sneered, and said in a strange way, "That's true."
Now it was Cheng Yao's turn to get angry: "Don't say that the breakup was my fault, why didn't you tell Dean Wang that you're playing hooligans, falling in love and not getting married?"
Qian Heng glanced at Cheng Yao: "I didn't play a hooligan, you are the one who played the hooligan." He turned his head sideways, "Run away after sleeping, and split up as soon as you say, and now you are partnered with another man to snatch the source of the case quickly. "
Cheng Yao smiled, raised her eyebrows, and looked at Qian Heng provocatively: "Haven't you heard a word? If you want to learn it well, sleep with the master first. After sleeping with the master, it's reasonable to grab your job. "She made up her mind to piss off Qian Heng today, "If you don't work hard to develop your career and make money now, when you get older and want to get married, how can you support your young body?"
Qian Heng's face was ugly, he stared at Cheng Yao: "Cheng Yao, are you going to piss me off?"
"We have already broken up. My future has nothing to do with you. You are also twenty-eight years old. You are about to enter middle-aged and old age. You should take care of your health and calm your mind. Qi hurts your liver."
"Cheng Yao!" Qian Heng's composed expression finally cracked completely. He grabbed Cheng Yao's hand and pulled her to him, "Is marriage that important to you?"
Cheng Yao also looked back at Qian Heng: "Yes. Marriage is not the goal, and it doesn't mean you have to get married as soon as you fall in love, but if it happens, marriage is a normal development in my daily life. I can't talk to you about it. A love with no future and no end in sight."
After she finished speaking, she wanted to shake off Qian Heng's hand, but Qian Heng didn't let her do so. He held it tighter: "Give me some more time."
"Give me some more time", words like this sounded full of hope, but it was precisely because of the vague hope that Cheng Yao didn't dare to stay. Some things, if you don't expect, you won't get hurt. She is almost tough He shook off Qian Heng: "We have already broken up. If you see me in the future, you don't have to show mercy."
Recently, Qian Heng has been thinking about the essence and significance of marriage, trying to find a way to continue walking with Cheng Yao. When he heard Cheng Yao's words, he was patronizing at first, and didn't understand Cheng Yao's words " What did you mean by "don't show mercy" until he saw Cheng Yao's name on the second-instance appeal materials of Chen Linli and Huang Ran's inheritance dispute.
She is the other side's lawyer.