76 But What Are You Going to Do? (1/2)
The next day, Ye Shuang dropped her laptop off before returning to work. To Ye Shuang's surprise, Lawyer Lin was also there. To protect the client's personal safety, Brother Wong as the bodyguard had to report for work daily. Miss Chef spent quite a lot of time at An Zining's place as well since she had to take care of the three daily meals, plus supper and tea; as long as food was needed, she had to be there. Now, her workload had even increased due to the pregnancy. She had to do more homework when it came to the menus.
Different from these two and the intern, Lawyer Lin was only responsible to the legal dealings that An Zining might have. Specifically, he would only appear when An Zining wished for him to go argue with Chen He's lawyer, so he had no need to greet An Zining daily.
After all, what was there to be said between the lawyer and his client when the case had no progress? The client would not be able to help with his job, and additional discussion would be completely unnecessary; all An Zining could do was add to the trouble, like requesting irrational clauses.
”Bro…” Realizing her male self would not have known Lawyer Lin, Ye Shuang caught herself mid-greeting and changed it. ”Lawyer Lin, is it? Nice to meet you.”
Lawyer Lin sat at the dining table and finished his bowl of porridge before removing his glasses to wipe at them as he raised his eyes to nod slightly at Ye Shuang, ”Nice to meet you.”
He did not ask how Ye Shuang managed to identify him as the lawyer in one glance… Yesterday, the workshop's members had already filled him in regarding the changing shift of Sister Ye and Brother Ye. Knowing that there was only a selected few who served An Zining, easily identifying him as Lawyer Lin was no surprise.
”Miss An is still resting?” Ye Shuang turned to look at the bedroom door. After receiving the confirmation from the rest, Ye Shuang, who wanted to plant herself at the sofa waiting for her boss to wait up, thought about it and went to sit across from Lawyer Lin. He asked politely, ”I hear Lawyer Lin is familiar with the local scene. I wonder, are you familiar with the local underground racing scene‽”
Lawyer Lin finished wiping his glasses and put them back on. ”Mr. Han's examination?”
Could it be that Han Chu has such a famous fetish? Or did Brother Lin hear it from Brother Wong? Just how did they manage to find out that I've received such a mission from Han Chu… Ye Shuang smiled. ”Since I don't have any professional certificates, I believe Mr. Han probably wants to test out my ability first.”
Lawyer Lin took a gander at Ye Shuang, and after arranging the information in his mind, he answered, ”The private racing normally occurs at the mountain roads, often at midnight during holidays or weekends. Before the race, there will be special individuals who block off the road, and the racing bets are normally huge. Technically speaking, it is a form of public disturbance and a safety hazard, but since it does not involve normal citizen and some of the participating racers are influential people, as long as there are no horrible accidents, local law enforcement won't get themselves involved.”
After making the brief introduction, Lawyer Lin paused before asking with some interest, ”Mr. Han wants you to interact with the racers?”
”Yes.” Ye Shuang laughed sadly. ”Sounds like they're a bunch of rich kids with nothing better to do?”
”I suppose. After all, the cars used for racing are mostly modified, and that is not something affordable for normal citizens,” Lawyer Lin said with surprising condescension. ”The rich's means of entertainment are more varied than normal individuals; public entertainment can no longer hold their interest, keeping mistresses will lead to too much trouble, and honestly, not everyone is interested in daily sex. So those with the addiction for adrenaline pursue thrills via racing, boxing, or gambling. If compared to these people, Miss An's ex-husband could be considered a rare saint; after all, he is only gutsy enough to keep a few mistresses.”
Ye Shuang realized that Lawyer Lin did know a thing or two about the underground world. Perhaps because she was now a man, Lawyer Lin did not hold back as he would do with Sister Ye. Or to put it simply, he was more sharp-tongued.
Then again, it was not uncommon for a lawyer to know such things. It was the nature of their job to have interactions with the underworld, especially since Ye Shuang had heard from Chen He's lawyer that Lawyer Lin came from a criminal law background. It was also because of this that Ye Shuang came to Lawyer Lin for information. While she could do her research the formal way via internet, that information definitely would not be as complete as asking a person involved in that world, right‽
”Then, about Yao Zhixing…”
Lawyer Lin hummed to himself in thought before saying, ”His father is the restaurant mogul of San Lin City. His personality is not bad among the second-generation young masters, if you disregard his pursuit of adrenaline. Therefore, illegal racing is the only strike against him.”
Naturally, Han Chu's people would not be some fugitives on the run. Ye Shuang had expected as much. She raised her brow to ask, ”Then, do you know where he normally likes to spend his free time?”
”I don't,” Lawyer Lin replied readily. ”Since he has no criminal record, I am not familiar with the man.”
I suddenly feel like I've been demoted from a friend to an acquaintance.
Chatting with those with great knowledge had great advantages; Ye Shuang had managed to find out about the other side of San Lin City that she did not even know exist before.
At around 11 am, Miss Chef came to prepare lunch. When she was clearing away the dining table, she saw Ye Shuang, who was sitting in the living room, and quickly bounced back into the kitchen like a scared rabbit with her face as red as an apple after she greeted him. Lawyer Lin looked at Ye Shuang with curved lips before turning to look at Brother Wong, who was at the window, watching for suspicious activities. Then he turned back to Ye Shuang and whispered, ”Brother Wong is interested in our lady chef, so you'd better watch yourself.”