Chapter 331 - Thick-Skinned And Unscrupulous (2/2)

The dark aura surrounding Lawyer Ge dissipated.

“Dr. Zheng, Chairwoman Lin is the chairperson. I’m from the legal department and have little contact with her. You are her…” Lawyer Ge said.

“I’m not that familiar with her, either,” Zheng Ren answered honestly.

Old Chief Physician Pan sighed. At times, Zheng Ren was too oblivious.

Although they had morals and logic on their side, having a professional lawyer would not hurt their case.

“I performed an emergency surgery on her back in Imperial Capital. Was that Sister Lin?” Zheng Ren explained, smiling humbly.

Lawyer Ge was responsible for legal processing and had read up on the incident during his flight to Sea City.

He had gotten the gist of it before arriving at the police station.

“Zhou Bai is one of Chairwoman Lin’s partners in the franchising business. His family is wealthy. When Chairwoman Lin announced that she wanted a direct branch office in Sea City, he quickly packed up and headed over.”

Zheng Ren listened to the lawyer talk but was getting bored by the second. He wanted to return to the emergency department. Even with no surgeries scheduled, he could read his book in peace in his office.

Despite his eagerness to leave, he knew he had to settle this incident.

“He wishes to gain a small position of power in the Lin empire. With Chairwoman Lin’s blessing, I have full authority over the legal case and will proceed with a public disturbance charge.”

Lawyer Ge knew little of Zheng Ren’s character, so he studied the young doctor’s face as he spoke.

Zheng Ren was daydreaming. He found the lawyer to be most uninteresting. Sure, the whole incident could be considered a form of public disturbance.

He wished he was back in the hospital, reading.

From Zheng Ren’s inscrutable expression, Lawyer Ge could not gain any insight into the young doctor’s mind. He gritted his teeth, money from the Zhou family long forgotten.

“If Dr. Zheng feels that it is insufficient, we can b.u.mp it up to a public endangerment charge. It’ll be a sentence of three, suspended sentencing of one.[1]”

Sentence of three, suspended sentencing of one? What did that mean?

Zheng Ren did not understand what Lawyer Ge was saying.

He was exhausted after the emergency surgery, to the point where he was missing the faint minty smell of an energy elixir.

Lawyer Ge took in Zheng Ren’s silence.

The kind face of the young doctor belied his cruel demeanor.

Public endangerment was a harsh charge for a criminal case and a three-one sentencing was quite a heavy punishment.

Was he still not satisfied?

Lawyer Ge felt a chill creep into his heart. Pleasing a vengeful client was the hardest part of a lawyer’s job.

The fact that he had just threatened Zheng Ren made all this even more complicated. He could feel a guillotine hanging over his neck; one misstep and his head would roll.

“Understood. I will try my hardest!” Lawyer Ge did not know how far Zheng Ren was willing to drag the case but there was no need to show all his cards. A vague answer was best.

Suddenly, another phone rang. It was the traffic police chief’s.

He checked the caller ID and left the room.

Lawyer Ge truly believed Zheng Ren was a difficult client to handle. “I have read through the accident report and will proceed with Chairwoman Lin’s instructions. If I require any a.s.sistance from Dr. Zheng, I will personally pay you a visit.”

“Is that all, then?” Zheng Ren asked.

“Yes, we’re good for now. Zhou Bai will likely call for other lawyers but do not worry, I am an expert in court cases.”

Lawyer Ge desperately wanted to emphasize his importance in the case. At that moment, the traffic police chief entered the room.

“Overtime tonight,” the chief said.

He was addressing his subordinate.

An officer transcribing the conversation in his notebook stopped. Had there been a major accident that required them to work overtime?

“The Provincial Government Department wants to drop in,” the chief continued.

[1] suspended sentencing (缓刑, also translated as a sentence “with reprieve”): sentencing does not immediately follow the guilty verdict, but is instead determined after a period of probation.

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