Ties and Entanglements

Monday morning, Ruizheng Regulation Agency.

At round ten o’clock, Yi Zhize had simply completed processing the file of his final case when he noticed An Rong slipping in along with her espresso and scowling at him, “Mr. Yi, you might have a visitor! It is a good-looking man.”

Remembering what Ou Tingyun had instructed him concerning the financial case final night time, Yi Zhize nodded and stated, “I do know, he is within the reception room?”

“That’s proper.” An Rong took a sip of her espresso and requested casually, “Are you aware this shopper nicely?”

“Not very nicely.”

“Not nicely acquainted and nonetheless went to dinner with somebody?”

“A piece dinner, no private relationship.”

An Rong’s eyes shone brightly at him, “Yi Yi, you by no means had dinner with the shopper earlier than.”

Yi Zhize raised his eyes to take a look at her, “Miss An, kindly remind me. The labour dispute case you’re in control of will begin tomorrow morning, have the unique proof, cross-examination and court docket defence supplies been ready? Have they been examined and reviewed? Have the facility of legal professional and correspondence been submitted? Are the small print of the main target statements and proof clear?”

“Okay, okay, okay, cease, I am going to go to work, okay?” An Rong instantly rubbed her temples in ache: “I am sick of labour disputes, ah! By the way in which, what is the identify of your Hong Kong-style shopper?”

Yi Zhize smiled, “No remark.”

“You are too stingy!”

“His surname is Ou.” Yi Zhize stated, “Please invite him to the workplace for me.”

“Not serving to!”

Regardless of her phrases, a couple of minutes later, beneath the management of An Rong, Ou Tingyun appeared in entrance of Yi Zhize.

When she left, she even thoughtfully closed the door for them.

Yi Zhize had by no means been one for beating across the bush. As quickly as they met, he went straight to the purpose and stated, “What are the small print of the financial dispute case you talked about final night time?”

Ou Tingyun did not hassle to be well mannered with him and sat himself down in entrance of him, disgruntled, “Zhize, we have solely simply met. Earlier than we get right down to enterprise, we should always have a number of pleasantries, should not we? A bit chat concerning the climate, the information, or one thing attention-grabbing from the weekend. I see on the agency’s profile that you just studied to your Masters of Regulation in London, how come you have not picked up this tradition of small speak, eh?”

“I do not study such meaningless issues.”

Ou Tingyun laughed, “High-quality, you are in cost. Let’s get straight to enterprise.”

“En.”

“The scenario is definitely a bit difficult.” Ou Tingyun’s tone was gentle, as if he was chatting with him, “I used to be born in B Metropolis, my grandfather made his fortune by promoting land, and my household is now primarily in the actual property enterprise.”

On the point out of B Metropolis, Yi Zhize was a bit misplaced in thought.

Ou Tingyun’s phrases continued, “After I was at college, my grandfather died and my father was given a share of the household fortune. However he additionally had a youthful brother, and our two households had conflicts over the possession of some belongings.”

“These belongings, what do they embrace?”

“The 2 properties developed by Ou Rui Actual Property in B Metropolis, and a vineyard.”

Yi Zhize wrote down some key phrases in his ordinary black notepad, “To be exact, that is an inheritance dispute, has it ever been mediated?”

“Mediation was completed beforehand in B Metropolis, however negotiations failed.”

“Why did not you think about having your father fee a lawyer in B Metropolis to prosecute?”

“The legal professionals in B Metropolis are not any good, they’re all crap.” Ou Tingyun’s smile was faint: “But when it is Zhize, it should positively be okay.”

As if he hadn’t heard the boasting, Yi Zhize merely requested in a routine method, “What’s your electronic mail tackle?”

Ou Tingyun took the pen from his hand, “Shall I write it down for you?”

Yi Zhize handed him the guide.

Ou Tingyun wrote a string of characters on it.

Yi Zhize defined, “I’ll ship you an in depth enquiry later, together with the time and explanation for loss of life of the deceased, the scope and kind of inheritance, the connection between the inheritor and the deceased, whether or not there’s a will, whether or not there’s subrogation, and so forth. After you have crammed it out, ship the contents again to me and I’ll make one other appointment with you to debate a particular resolution.”

At that second, there was a cacophony of voices exterior: “Sir, sir, Mr. Yi is assembly with a shopper, please wait.”

The door to the workplace was out of the blue thrown open and a bearded middle-aged man burst in.

Yi Zhize subconsciously sensed the hazard and stated to An Rong who was standing within the doorway, “An Rong, please ask for safety.”

An Rong gave him an okay gesture, “Known as, they’re going to be right here quickly.”

“Yi Zhize!” The person stared at him viciously, “Why can somebody such as you be a lawyer?”

“You are not my shopper and haven’t any proper to query me.”

These phrases irritated him. In a matter of seconds, the person rushed to Yi Zhize, lifted him up by the collar and took out a fruit knife from his waist, desiring to stab him within the vitals!

Blood spurted out immediately.

An Rong let loose a cry of shock and fiercely coated her mouth.

Yi Zhize froze in place.

Ou Tingyun stepped in entrance of him and caught the blade.

The sharp blade minimize deep into his flesh and blood, nevertheless it was as if he couldn’t really feel the slightest ache, and there was a chilling smile on the nook of his mouth.

Ou Tingyun was tall and slender, and with the results of his health, his physique was far above that of the common man.

It was unimaginable to see his actions, however he heard a creaking sound and the person’s wrist was dislocated because the blade fell to the bottom.

Ou Tingyun pressured the person’s palms behind his again and slammed his knee into him, inflicting him to scream in ache and fall to his knees.

Safety personnel arrived late and tied the person up, with the intention of transferring him to the general public safety authorities.

The workplace, which had at all times been quiet, was noisy in the intervening time, however Yi Zhize stood by in silence the entire time.

An Rong requested cautiously, “Mr. Yi, are you all proper?”

Yi Zhize shook his head.

The safety personnel had been persuading Ou Tingyun to go to the police station to make a press release when Yi Zhize stated, “He is damage, let’s go to the hospital first.”

The safety personnel apologised, “Sure, it was an oversight on my half, I am sorry. This gentleman, lets take you to the hospital?”

Yi Zhize interrupted, “No want, I am going to take him there.”

An Rong fetched alcohol and gauze from the corporate’s emergency medical equipment, and Ou Tingyun handled the wound briefly himself.

Yi Zhize drove him to the hospital, and on the way in which, Ou Tingyun teased him, “Your enterprise is just too harmful, if I hadn’t been there at present, you’d have been in bother.”

Yi Zhize’s hand trembled barely as he gripped the steering wheel: “I am sorry.”

“What’s there to apologise for?”

“You did not actually have to do this.”

“How did you offend him?”

“His spouse was a shopper in my final case. Unable to tolerate the person’s home abuse, dishonest, alcoholism and playing, his spouse commissioned me to sue for divorce. I received his spouse all of the authorized rights she was entitled to and the person was netted out of his residence and now has virtually nothing.”

“So, he is taking his grievances out on you.”

“En.”

“In the long run, it is me who received damage.” Ou Tingyun sighed and stated, “Zhize, my wound hurts a lot.”

“I am sorry.”

“I do not wish to hear you apologise,” stated Ou Tingyun, “make it as much as me.”