First-Class Lawyer

Chapter 111: Law firm reception

When Qiao was asked this question, he was more stunned than Gu Yan: "What do you mean? Why can't I come?"

He turned his head to look at the brightly lit manor-style hotel, and said puzzledly, "The letter from your law firm."

Gu Yan: "A letter from the Southern Cross?"

He does not have a strong sense of belonging to Southern Cross Law Firm, and only has a simple concept of cooperation.I haven't changed my place of work for many years, and it's only because I am friends with Adams, the secretary.

Therefore, the closer he is to people, the less he calls Southern Cross "our house" and he calls them by their first names.

Of course Joe knew this. He was just in a daze just now, but now he reacted and changed his words: "Yes, the partner surnamed Gao in Southern Cross told me. Seeing how surprised you are... the notice is different?"

Yan Suizhi said: "Before it was always said that it was an internal reception where interns were welcome, has it been changed temporarily?"

Gu Yan asked, "When did you receive the letter?"

"A few days ago," Joe said, "I thought you must have found an excuse to avoid it, so I rejected Mr. Gao. I only found out that you two were coming last night, so I changed my mind and kept silent to surprise you. Now it seems that there is only surprise but no joy!"

Young Master Qiao complained half-truthfully, and turned his head to pat Ke Jin very naturally, "Really?"

Ke Jin's attention was a little scattered. After listening to his words, it took him a long time to react. His black and white eyes slowly turned.

Qiao was always very patient with him. He didn't smile until he met Ke Jin's gaze, and said to Gu Yan, "Look, he also agrees."

Gu Yan looked helpless.

"Do you know anyone else?" he asked again.

"I heard the news that your partner, Gao, is celebrating his birthday soon, so he decided to have a lot of fun. Of course, I think his main purpose is to get more connections with several consortium families. So... Manson, There will definitely be Batu, Cliff, etc., oh, and the free-spirited type like me."

Joe briefly listed a few, and said: "Now it seems that internal and external notices are different. No wonder, I said how can you attend this kind of party, I feel very boring."

The news from the two parties was on the same line, whether it was Gu Yan of Yan Suizhi or Qiao, there was a lack of interest.

"I'd hate to be tricked," said Jo, "or don't go in at all, and we—"

Before he finished speaking, a few people came out of the hotel and greeted him with smiling faces.

They were all the partners and officers of Southern Cross, and Adams was also inside, winking at Gu Yan several times.

In this way, you can't run even if you want to.

Young Master Qiao didn't shy away from it, hehehe laughed with a grave face, and was welcomed into the hotel together with Yan Suizhi and the others.

There are two villa-like twin buildings at the front and back of the hotel, with a huge glass garden sandwiched in between, and the reception is in the arranged garden.

When Yan Suizhi went in, he saw the trembling interns, huddled in front of an inconspicuous dining table in the corner, like a nest of quail.

"Ruan—" Locke seemed to see a savior when he saw Yan Sui, but he didn't dare to raise his voice due to the scene, so he could only wave wildly, "Ruan—here—"

They are more interesting than others.

So Yan Suizhi raised his hand as a signal, and then walked towards them.

Gu Yan entered the main venue and took a glance, then followed.

Then came Master Qiao and Ke Jin...

Locke didn't expect him to be so powerful. He attracted four people with one move, turned his head away, and secretly slapped himself on the mouth, "Let you scream..."

The relationship between these interns and Yan Suizhi has always been very good, but meeting Gu Yan is like meeting a cat with a mouse, not to mention there is a stranger like Qiao who looks like a financial master's father.

"Hello, Lawyer Gu, who are these two?"

The intern's eyes were so pitiful that no one could bear to look at them.

Yan Suizhi turned to look at Gu Yan, and Gu Yan calmly turned to look at Qiao, who looked innocent.

"Forget it, let me introduce you—" Yan Suizhi couldn't hold back, and laughed.

But just as he was about to introduce him, he was preempted by Master Qiao himself, "Joe, seniors who are several years older than you. You are all from the University of Metz, right?"

In his self-introduction, he always only nominates and does not mention his surname. Perhaps he wants to emphasize himself as an individual rather than the family behind him.

Locke and the others nodded quickly, "Yes, all of them."

This kind of self-introduction directly skipped other identities, and only said that he was a senior, which made the trembling interns relax a little.

"Oh." Joe said, "I'm at the same level as your lawyer Gu, but I'm a few years older. Strictly speaking, your lawyer Gu wants to call me brother. You can decide what you call me."

Gu Yan: "..."

intern:"……"

Yan Suizhi was very surprised, relying on everyone not paying attention, he hooked Gu Yan's finger with his hanging hand, "Qiao is actually older than you?"

He always thought that the two were the same age, and even because of his personality, he always felt that Gu Yan was older.

Lawyer Gu is very useful for such small actions.

But he didn't answer anything, Master Qiao himself had heard the key words, and replied with sharp ears: "Yes, don't you know? I'm older than him, but after a few grades, I became the same class." gone."

He said this kind of thing very frankly, which instantly made the interns feel kind.

"Are you from the law school too?" Phyllida looked curious. After all, the law school had never heard of this student.

"Do you look like me?"

"Uh……"

"I don't think your dean will allow such a nonsense student like me in the law school." Master Qiao said it confidently, "I'm not a masochist either."

"..."

There are some sticks that have such an ability, a single sentence can make everyone present shot, from interns to Gu Yan to Yan Suizhi himself, no one is spared.

Seeing their indescribable expressions, Young Master Qiao immediately burst out laughing, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. If you continue, you, Lawyer Gu, will be the first to turn against me."

As he spoke, he pointed at Ke Jin again, his voice softened, "This is the senior of your law school. He is the same age as Gu, and his surname is Ke."

The psychiatrist who was in charge of treating Ke Jin said, don’t treat him too differently, just how he usually does, it’s not easy to stimulate his emotions.

But in daily life, it is actually very difficult to do this. Whether it is a classmate or a friend, they will always take care of him as a special person more or less, and only Joe has been working hard to implement it.

As a student of the law school, I have heard about Ke Jin to some extent, so Locke and the others are very knowledgeable, politely called the senior, and did not ask much.

"How long have you been here?" Yan Suizhi glanced into the garden and asked Locke.

"It's been a while."

Fei Lida couldn't hold back, and whispered: "Didn't it mean that there are only people in our institute? Is there a problem with my understanding or what? Why did such a big scene happen? Most of those people in it have appeared in various reports."

"I inquired quietly just now, and there's more to it." Anna said, "There will be another wave arriving tomorrow."

The garden is brightly lit, there are sofas, dining tables, and various entertainment facilities. It is actually no different from the indoors.But the roof is all glass, and you can see the starry sky when you look up.

"It's a nice place, if you leave out the buzzing phonies," said Jo. "I think it's a nice corner, and we'll just sit here and drink. Do you mind, girls and boys?"

The interns liked him quite a lot, they quickly shook their heads and said with a smile, "I don't mind, I don't mind."

But obviously, this wish is not so easy to achieve.

Even if they ignore those guests, those guests will not let them go.

Some are out of politeness and pleasantries, and some are for the sake of getting close.

In short, their corner has never been quiet, and there is an endless stream of people holding wine glasses to say hello.

The interns were desperate.

Many of them were curious about Yan Suizhi.

"Where's that famous intern?"

"I heard it."

"Yes, the case of the Manson family."

……

That pretty much sums up a standard set of opening lines.

Gu Yan and Qiao are always the first to greet people who come, one is lukewarm and the other is sloppy.

Two people can block most of the wine.Those who insist on staying for a few words will always run into a wall with Yan Suizhi.

The basic process is probably like this -

"Oh, you're that intern?"

Yan Suizhi pretended to be stupid: "Who?"

"Isn't it you? The one who took the case of the Manson family."

Yan Suizhi: "I didn't pick it up."

"Mistaken?"

"Randomly handed out by the Legal Aid Board."

"..."

"I've heard about your performance in court, which is very commendable."

Yan Suizhi: "Then you may need to praise my teacher more, it's basically due to his remote guidance."

"It's a good thing for young people to be humble, but they don't have to be so humble. An intern can argue a case so beautifully, and it doesn't just depend on the teacher."

Yan Suizhi: "Yes, it depends on modern communication."

"..."

"At least you performed well in court and were said to be very calm."

Yan Suizhi: "It's okay, but my legs are shaking all the time. Thank you for the design of the defense bench, which perfectly blocks the lower body."

"..."

"I was lucky enough to be in the gallery and the defense was fantastic, it's amazing that an intern can do that."

Yan Suizhi: "Then there's no need to be surprised, it wasn't my point of defense in the first place."

As he spoke, he turned his head and said to Gu Yan solemnly, "Teacher, this gentleman is praising you."

"..."

This person remembered that he was still wearing the skin of an intern, and his speaking style and words were different from when he was the dean.

But it didn't make the visitors happy.

While dismissing, he also silently recorded these people who were curious about him in his heart.

"My mother." Locke counted on his fingers, "Who were those just now, the big partners of our firm, and Mr. Qin, the giant in smart metal, right? Cliff, the one used by the alliance 1/3 of the shuttle machine belongs to his family, right? But he seems to be more inclined to freight? And Mr. Batu, his family... what does his family do?"

"Let's make potions." Phyllida said, "Anyway, ghosts and snakes have everything."

Connecting with various industries is a thing that all the current law firms of the alliance are keen on.

So there is nothing wrong with such a reception, but the interns are somewhat unable to cope with this kind of scene.

But it didn't take long for their respective teachers to come and lead them to let the big shots recognize their familiar faces one by one.In the end even old-fashioned Hobbs came along.

He tossed in the hospital for several days, finally got rid of the doubts of infection, and rested at home for another day, and this was the first time he appeared in front of everyone.

"You..." When Hobbs saw Gu Yan, his eyes became very complicated, "You actually took the case of the bobblehead."

His tone couldn't tell whether it was more surprise or ridicule.How should I put it, it's a bit like a senior watching a junior who doesn't follow the routine.

"If you ask me, I'll take it." Gu Yan's answer was very flat.

Hobbs glanced at Adams, who was drinking with someone not far away, "I'm even more surprised that your clerk agreed."

Gu Yan said: "Indeed."

Hobbs was not keen on chatting, and he had nothing to chat with Gu Yan.After listening, he narrowed his eagle eyes and said, "I really can't understand the thinking of you young people."

His gaze swept across Yan Suizhi's body, paused for a moment, and then said to Locke, "Let's go, why come to the reception when you stay in the corner all the time?"

Locke scratched his head embarrassingly, greeted Yan Suizhi and the others, and followed Hobbs away.

They quickly gathered around the partner surnamed Gao, and then chatted with Cliff and Batu, as if they had formed a group in just a few minutes.

"That old man still has time to laugh." Yan Suizhi looked at Hobbs over there and sighed.

Joe said, "He smiled at me just now."

This is actually nothing more than normal. After all, the right to speak of these people is not comparable to that of ordinary people. When getting along well, there will always be someone who can speak.Few people, including the shrewd old-fashioned Hobbs, would struggle with their own future development.

But it didn't take long for the gathering place to be broken up——

Someone was late.

There was a group of people who came, at least a dozen or so, but most of them stopped at the garden gate, like dedicated guards, standing in twos and threes with the security guards outside the gate.

There were only three people who actually entered the garden, two of them were a pair of brothers with similar facial features but completely opposite temperaments.The older one has short hair, and when looking at people, his eyes always sweep away, with a sense of arrogance.

Coincidentally, not too long ago, Yan Suizhi met him face to face, in the court of Tianqin Star.

He is the eldest son of the Manson family, Brewer Manson.

The waiter greeted him with a tray, and Brewer Manson took a glass of wine from it without looking at it.The ring on the index finger shone under the light. There were three black diamonds and a huge K on the ring, showing a flamboyant wealth.

Half a step behind him was Milo Manson, the second son of the Manson family.His hair was longer than his brother's, and it was combed meticulously towards the back of his head, with a few strands falling down on one side. Matching his eyes, he looked at everyone with a sense of playfulness.He also picked out a glass of wine when he entered the door, and before saying hello to anyone, he raised his eyebrows and took a few sips by himself.He also has the same jewelry as Brewer, with three black diamonds embracing a huge K, but it is not a ring, but an earring, which is nailed on his right ear, showing a flamboyant... coquettish look.

The remaining person is the assistant of the two.

"By the way, how is George Manson?"

Compared with these two, the young master of the Manson family is really...just a young master.Yan Suizhi didn't see him, so he asked Qiao a question.

"In a few days, I should be able to leave the hospital." Joe said.

"Have you recovered yet?"

"Actually, he recovered a few days ago, but he has been silent and ignoring people." Joe curled his lips and took a sip of wine silently.

There is no rumor from the outside, but according to what Qiao learned from the inside yesterday morning, Zhao Zemu should be the one who attacked Young Master Manson, and there is nothing wrong with it.

After hearing the news, he went to Manson's ward, wanting to tell the result.But after talking about it for a long time, he still didn't get to the point.

In the end, it was Manson himself who suddenly looked away from the window and said, "You've never been so grumpy before."

This was the first time in so many days that Young Master Manson spoke out on his own initiative. Before that, he was either in a daze or sleeping.

Qiao snorted, then remained silent for a moment, and said, "It's Zhao Zemu."

After Manson heard it, the expression on his face didn't change at all, and he didn't show the slightest surprise.He just cast his eyes out of the window again, and said after a while, "Well... I know."

"You know?" Joe was a little surprised.

But after that, Manson didn't speak again.

"I was right when I thought about it later. Maybe he didn't really get dizzy when he collapsed in the bathtub that day." Joe muttered in a low voice.

Only then did he suddenly understand why Manson had been so sleepy after waking up, as if he had a sense of disgust for everything.Probably because he knew who did those things.

"But why? I never figured it out."

"What did Zhao Zemu say?" Gu Yan asked.

Joe said: "The police, his reasoning is that in the years when Manson was a jerk, he felt very humiliated by what he did and said, as if the Zhao family was only worthy of carrying shoes behind Manson. In addition, some time ago, there was a problem with the cooperation between the Zhao family and the Manson family, and he almost became an abandoned son. He was a little unwilling, and wanted to do something to re-attract the attention of the two eldest sons of the Manson family, such as removing obstacles... Anyone who likes to believe nonsense, anyway, I don't really believe it."

He thought for a while and glanced at Brewer Manson, and said, "His rhetoric made Brewer and Milo come to the police station for a day trip, but it was just a day trip, nothing else thing."

The Manson Brothers had a hard time getting in.

Because they just stood still, most of the people in the reception surrounded them.

After a round of greetings and courtesies, the wine glass just received was already empty.

"Let me sit down anyway." Brewer Manson joked with several of them, "Are you going to throw me down at the door?"

They laughed and walked towards a certain sofa. After the crowd dispersed, Brewer Manson glanced at the corner where Yan Suizhi and the others were chatting.

Milo Manson looked over, his playful eyes first stopped on Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan for a while, and finally fell on Qiao.

He greeted Brewer Manson and walked over with his pockets in his hands.Brewer Manson frowned behind him, but he didn't stop him. He just nodded towards Gu Yan and the others from a distance, and walked away surrounded by the crowd.

Milo Manson raised his glass to Joe from afar, "Look who I saw! How did you come?"

Joe also raised his glass to him, but he didn't take a sip. He asked back of course, "There are friends here, why don't I come?"

"Oh—I thought you would never show up when your father was around."

"Is he there now? Can you find it and let me see?" Joe said very unhappy.

He could still pretend to be polite with Brewer Manson, but he didn't give any good face to this one.

"Aren't you here? Then it should be here tomorrow."

Milo Manson scanned around half-truthfully. He was a little dragging his tongue, and it didn't sound that comfortable.

Joe rolled his eyes.

"Young talent, Lawyer Gu?" Milo Manson stopped teasing Joe, touched Gu Yan's cup, turned to look at Yan Suizhi, narrowed his eyes, "This must be Lawyer Gu's intern gone."

Holding the wine glass, he pointed at Yan Suizhi with his little finger, and said with regret: "I heard from Brewer that your performance in court was impressive that day. I have always been very annoyed why I had to go to a Make a date, or you won't miss it."

That's not a good thing to say.When the court opened, his brother George Manson was still in the hospital, and he had to rush to an appointment.

The most unbelievable thing is that he said it without any burden.

What was written in the news reports was "the two elder brothers looked haggard and serious," and I don't know who was blind to see it.

Yan Suizhi didn't have much dealings with this person before, but he could tell in just a few words that he was more arrogant than his brother Brewer Manson, and he didn't know how to restrain himself.

"As compensation, I'll have a drink with you," Milo Manson said. "Where's your glass?"

Yan Suizhi raised his eyebrows, and just about to say something, he felt a glass was stuffed in his hand.

He looked down, a glass of milk.

"..."

Yan Sui accepted it calmly.

Milo Manson laughed angrily: "...What does Lawyer Gu mean?"

Before Gu Yan could speak, Yan Suizhi smiled and said, "I've had my stomach changed three times, because I drank without any scruples at a young age, and my stomach was full of alcoholic ulcers. It happened to be bleeding a little in the past two days, I really don’t dare to drink. Of course, if Mr. Manson insists, it’s okay for me to sacrifice my fourth stomach.”

This sounded a little scary.

"..."

Milo Manson imagined it accidentally, and looking at the wine in his hand was a bit off-putting.

"That's it." With a green face, he knocked Yan Suizhi's milk cup perfunctorily, turned his head and left.

After inviting the coquettish Manson away, Yan Suizhi turned his head and saw that Qiao's face was also green. He looked at him inexplicably and asked, "Have you changed three stomachs?"

Yan Suizhi: "Do you even believe this?"

Joe: "...Your tone is very sincere."

Yan Suizhi's tone became more sincere: "I passed away once."

Joe: "..."

The eldest young master looked at Gu Yan with dissatisfaction, "Your intern treats me as a fool, don't you care?"

Gu Yan took a sip of wine calmly, "I'll take care of it later."

Joe: "..."

After all, the crowd hadn't arrived yet, and the main event was on the second day. Coupled with the fatigue of the passengers, the night didn't last long.

The law firm arranged rooms for everyone in the hotel, from Manson and the others to the interns.However, there is still a difference in treatment. The guests like Manson have one floor, and each floor has its own combination lock and housekeeper. The barristers in the firm also have top-level suites.The interns live in the front building, two people share a suite.

I don't know in what order they were arranged, but in short, it was Yan Suizhi's place, and it happened that he was singled out, and he lived alone.

Gu Yan frowned when he heard the room arrangement.

Young Master Qiao is actually a very careful person, he noticed this, and also found Yan Suizhi who was alone.In fact, he didn't think about it that much, he simply surrounded Gu Yan and Yan Suizhi in his own layer based on the principle of "my friend's intern is my intern".

"On this whole floor, Ke Jin and I live alone, how boring." Qiao said.

This kind of a butler on the first floor is a bit like a whole house. Entering the password door is the living room, dining room, small swimming pool and activity area, which lead to several suite-type bedrooms.

Qiao arranged Ke Jin in one of them, and he lived in the other one that was most convenient for him to take care of him.

"It's troublesome to take care of like this, why don't we just live in one room?" Yan Suizhi looked puzzled from the side.

Gu Yan said in a low voice, "In the beginning, I lived in a room for convenience, but later someone wrote a report, which is not good for Ke Jin."

Yan Suizhi understood, "However, why haven't I seen any reports?"

"Joe pushed him down, but he has been paying attention after that." Gu Yan glanced at the layout of the hotel on this floor, "The privacy here is quite high, but he has developed a habit, and it is the same in his own home. .”

"What are you mumbling about?" Joe came over and said, "Choose two rooms. By the way, Gu, are you in a hurry to sleep? If you're not in a hurry, have a drink with me."

They were not interested in the reception just now, and they didn't drink much.Now that the outsider was gone, Joe seemed to be worried.

Gu Yan patted Yan Suizhi, and said in a low voice: "You pick a room first, I'll go talk to him, I just happen to have something to ask him."