"Why are you working so hard? It's really troublesome."
"It doesn't seem to be what you want. But then again, I can't convey your intention to the other party."
"You must not say my name."
"Because of this, it will be very difficult to handle a situation like this once it happens. As a client, you can't tell your lawyer to stop meddling in other people's business, try to get the most important sentence, and let him stay in jail longer. At most, it's Just reply calmly, "Okay, then you'll have a hard time."
"It's bad luck that I met such a lawyer."
"Things are completely reversed. But I don't understand your feelings. It's just that in this case, it would be better to find a mediocre lawyer with no motivation. The introducer is too shrewd. Having a powerful uncle can be troublesome sometimes. .”
"Can we still replace this lawyer now?"
"If this doesn't work, it will look very unnatural. If we replace a lawyer who works hard, people will suspect that we have other intentions."
"If you are not guilty, you can come out immediately, right?"
"If the prosecutor refuses to accept the first-instance verdict and continues to appeal, there will be a period of detention. However, he can be released on bail, so it won't be as long as three or four years. This will not achieve the eight years or more you hoped for."
"It's really bad. Is there anything I can do?"
"Then try your best to restrain the lawyer... But the situation seems to be very urgent. You have to learn a lesson and don't associate with young men again in the future. You have to keep the lesson learned this time in mind."
"Hate!"
"Just giving a lesson may not have any effect... How about, after dinner, do you want to go somewhere to play for two hours?"
Yi Mei felt someone shaking her, so she opened her eyes. The dim white ceiling came into view, and Yan Huaiqing lay prone beside her, replacing the tobacco in his pipe.
"Oops, I actually fell asleep."
Yi Mei glanced at her watch, but she couldn't see the small, dark dial clearly. The heating equipment in the hotel was not very effective, but my legs were sticky, as if I was sweating.
"It only takes about thirty minutes." Yan Huaiqing said.
"Really, just this little time? What time is it now?"
"It's just after nine o'clock. Do you care so much about the time of return?"
"Of course, I am also a housewife after all. And when I came out today, I said I was going to the department store to buy tables and chairs, but I didn't have time to go there at all."
"Table and chair?"
"I want to smoke. Let me take a puff from this pipe." Yi Mei lay on her back and blew out the smoke twice. "The table and chairs are bought for the stenographer."
"Stenographer? What is this?"
"My husband said he wanted to publish an autobiography at his own expense. Since it was a dictation, he invited a stenographer to come to the house. It's a shame he could come up with such a strange thing."
"Since when?"
"Ah, I mentioned it ten days ago. You see, if he could come up with the idea of writing an autobiography, does he have a few years left to live? So, I am making preparations so that I can live well for the rest of my life. If I don't press If I did what I envisioned, I would have missed the opportunity. At my age, it’s impossible to start over again.”
"You pay special attention to the issue of age tonight."
"Yeah, I'm telling the truth."
"Okay, it's not that I don't understand...the topic is far away, let's talk about it next time. It's time to clean up now."
"That's right. You lie down for a while, and I'll go to the bathroom to clean up first."
Yi Mei got off the bed and saw the neon lights of the street creeping in through the gaps in the green blinds. As she filled the small bathtub with hot water, she thought that she must think about how to ensure that the property was hers.
After returning home, he drove the car into the garage. Hearing the sound, Shaji opened the door and came out.
"You haven't slept yet?" Yi Mei said.
"Yes."
"Where's the master?"
"After dinner, I went to bed around six o'clock."
"Really? Has anyone called?"
"There was a call from a gentleman named Chen Bing. He said he hoped that my wife would call back tomorrow."
I haven't told Chen Bing about the lawyer yet, so he must have come to ask about the follow-up situation. In order not to get entangled with those guys, this trouble must be ended as soon as possible.
Four
Yi Mei takes care of Lu Xin for breakfast. Bread, milk, steak and green salad, and soup.
Lu Xin only ate half of Yi Mei's buttered piece of bread. He ate vegetables and eggs, but not much beef. He was originally slow to move his mouth, but now his eyes were half-closed, as if he was thinking about something, and he didn't speak much.
"The meat is getting cold. Eat it quickly."
"Um."
At Yi Mei's urging, Lu Xin reached for the steak with his chopsticks, only took one piece and put it in his mouth, and then stopped eating. Obviously for him, the meat has been cut as thin as paper.
Yi Mei always dines alone afterwards. When she was with Lu Xin, she didn't know what to eat. Eating also pays attention to the rhythm. Yi Mei can't bear to eat slowly like Lu Xin, and her mood will become more and more anxious. If you wait for him to eat, you can still watch.
Lu Xin's appetite has been declining recently. Yi Mei put a plate of steak early in the morning to supplement his calories, but he didn't eat much. He has made soups made from chicken with bones and onion soups that are complicated to prepare, but he doesn't like them. He only likes miso soup with wakame in it.
Lu Xin's body seemed to be getting thinner. The bags under his eyes became larger, his cheeks became deflated, and only his lower lip bulged forward, adding a few wrinkles to his mouth. My back is also leaning further forward than before. People who meet him every day can't tell, but people who haven't seen him for a long time will be surprised that he looks much older. Some people must have thought he didn't have long to live.
Although they are only ten years apart, Yan Huaiqing looks like he is in his prime. His face was rosy and smooth, his wrinkle-free forehead was shiny, and he had fine skin and tender flesh, not to mention his strong appetite. Moreover, his voice is loud and powerful, and he is simply a tireless person.
Lu Xin picked up the wakame seaweed from the soup bowl with the tip of his chopsticks and put it into his mouth. The soup dripping from one end of the wakame fell onto his chest. The front of the clothes has been stained two or three times. Yi Mei thought of her uncle who died of a stroke wearing a bib.
After noon, the stenographer Gong Su arrived. This woman stood at the entrance and didn't attract anyone's attention. His face and body are both slender and slim, and he is even more slender in black clothes. Small nose, small eyes, no sense of vitality at all. Today, when Gong Su saw Yi Mei with her handbag under her arm, she still bowed like a young man.
"Welcome. Thank you for your hard work. It's so cold. It must be freezing, right?"
"No, it's not too cold."
Gong Su showed her slightly protruding front teeth, and her smile lacked a feminine charm.
