Chapter 20.1 This man can be so dazzling.

After Bai Duanduan left ZhaoHui, she went to the police station to record her statement. Unfortunately Song Lianjun, even at this point, still did not believe in Bai Duanduan’s innocence, and still firmly believed that Bai Duanduan had received his shopping card and colluded with the opposing lawyer. He believes that Bai Duanduan was still at fault for everything.

When Bai Duanduan saw that there was no point in explaining her opinion, she stopped forcing the issue. Fortunately, Lin Hui did personally go to the Bar Council and cleared Bai Duanduan’s name from the case. Eventually the Law Society’s report was also not accepted because of the lack of evidence.

The only thing that she regret was that because of Song Lianjun’s rash attempt to murder, Bai Duanduan could not get any evidence that Du Xinyi had received the shopping cards and could not go to the Law Society to report her.

And the thing that she couldn’t figure out was why, after all this, Song Lianjun still refused to believe in herself and chose to believe in Du Xinyi.

On the contrary, it was Ji Lin, who had also come to give a statement, pointed out the problem right on the spot –

“He just needed someone to blame and vent out on. After all this, he may not be unaware inside of what the truth really is, but he is unwilling to believe it, because once he follows the truth of the matter, he would realise that it is entirely his own mistake of gullibility in trusting Du Xinyi and giving the wrong signals to the rest of his 110 colleagues, which led to the fact that once Simon Paper’s final production shutdown proposal came out, they were too psychologically unprepared to accept it at all, and of course, he himself was the same.”

“Rather than saying that he is unwilling to believe you, it should be said that he is unwilling to believe that he has done anything wrong.”

Ji Lin looked at Bai Duanduan, “After all, putting all the blame on you would make him feel a lot better in his heart. Not to mention the fact that he wrongly trusted Du Xinyi this time and intentionally attempted to harm you on impulse, for which he also faced punishment and caused his own family to have trouble to deal with. This action of his is also entirely his own responsibility, after all, Du Xinyi didn’t ask him to do that. But he couldn’t accept this perception in his heart and always had to find someone who could pass the buck. Naturally he bit the bullet and said that it was you who was at fault and that he was right, giving himself someone to hate.”

Ji Lin smiled, “People rarely admit that the tragedy of their fate is originally due to themselves. For them it is always easier to blame someone else.”

Sometimes one had to admit that although this man, Ji Lin, was poisonous and his words were often venomous, they were also very sensible.

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It’s just that although Bai Duanduan’s mood was shining brightly for a few days despite the high-profile job resignation to her boss, she soon felt a little urgency.

Because the usual cash flow was always very generous, Bai Duanduan completely had no sense of crisis and her love for buying new exclusive things had no end. That’s why after working for so many years, she was left with almost no savings in hand. She used to always think of herself in high regards, and felt that her professional skills were there with her and she could just earn money anytime.

So she never thought that there was anything wrong with spending money that way. It was only then that she realized that although she had always spent her money in a straightforward manner, once she encountered a change, she really had no savings at all to withstand the impending risks……

Not to mention, the lack of savings was not the only problem she was facing, but also the debt of more than 10,000 yuan to Ji Lin.

Although Ji Lin did not say anything and did not come to collect the debt when he handed over the cat several times in the past few days. But his cold and eerie eyes always gave Bai Duanduan the illusion that he was hiding a calculator behind his back and quickly calculating the interest rate, ready to give herself an interest rollover.……

Things shouldn’t go on like this for long.

Bai Duanduan was indeed not an idle person herself. Within two days, she decided to join the workforce again. Wasn’t it just about submitting her resume? She was an experienced lawyer after all, can’t she still find a new job for herself soon?

It’s just that…

Ideally it looks plump and rich, but reality was skinny and bone dry. Bai Duanduan sent her resume to several large-scale firms, but after waiting for a while, she didn’t even receive an invitation for an interview. She then tried in several medium-sized firms, which also went like throwing stones into sea .……

“Is my resume okay? The number of cases I have worked on are also remarkable. Has the legal market been so bleak recently? ”

Bai Duanduan was puzzled, and finally picked up the phone and called the personnel department of several law firms.

“Lawyer Bai, we are only a small and medium-sized firm, I think we may not be able to meet your business volume needs at the moment.”

“We recruit in batches. We just finished the college recruitment, and now there is no shortage of people.”

“Lawyer Bai, your resume is great, but I’m afraid that we will not be able to give you the salary level you want.”

…….

One by one, they all found every reason to politely refuse her.

It wasn’t until the last ZhangZhan law firm where the personnel were more truthful and secretly told Bai Duanduan about the real reason.

“The actual reason for this is not that I don’t want to recruit you, lawyer Bai. Your resume is really quite good, but our law firm along with several other law firms have received emails from ZhaoHui, saying that you previously beat up your colleagues at ZhaoHui, smashed things in the boss’s office, and were reported to the Law Society for taking money from clients in private. In addition, you also colluded with the other party’s lawyer to cheat your own client’s money. The client even came with a knife to stab you ……”

“Although in the end, I eventually heard that there is no disciplinary action against you from the side of the Law Society, as there was nothing found to follow up on this matter. But you know, this kind of thing can be big or small in future, especially if the case of the person who said he wanted to stab you is still under investigation. Then I, as a manager from the personnel department, would certainly try to reduce the risk for our firm……”

Bai Duanduan pursed her lips, “Who is it?”

The personnel looked around and at the top of the desk with some unease, “You didn’t record it, did you?”

“No.”

It was true. It’s not like Bai Duanduan would come out for the interview with a voice recorder or any recording pen.

Seeing that there was indeed no recorder, the personnel also become bold enough to say, “I don’t want to get myself into trouble for this kind of thing and be involved in your internal fight with ZhaoHui, but the suffix of the email address sent to our HR department is indeed ZhaoHui’s work email address.”

Bai Duanduan frowned, and there was already an object of suspicion in her heart, “Is the prefix dxy?”

Personnel department manager nodded, “But I will definitely not provide you with the original email, otherwise I would be embarrassed if you take the email to sue someone for defamation or something. We are all in the same circle. I hope you understand ….”

Naturally, Bai Duanduan understands. No one wants to be involved in this kind of internal strife in other’s place, not to mention that this personnel wasn’t any relative of hers. It was rare that he was willing to tell herself the truth, so she cannot expect people to be so righteous as to come forward to testify for her. After all, one more thing is better than any less.

But Du Xinyi! It was her again! Just thinking about this name made Bai Duanduan’s liver ache with anger.

It’s not scary to offend someone, it’s scary to offend a villain. Du Xinyi was probably trying to intentionally mess with Bai Duanduan, knowing that the latter will be looking for a job at another law firm after leaving ZhaoHui law firm. So she preemptively tried to add fuel and vinegar to malign her reputation in the legal circle.

Bai Duanduan called Duan Yun and Xue Wen out to spill out her grievances, “Although three people together have the power of a tiger, and rumours always spread faster than the truth. There are many things that can be found out with a little investigation, so can’t these personnel team ask around properly?”

Duan Yun, as a personnel officer, gave a very pertinent piece of advice, “Believe me, the personnel department is very busy. Who would like to waste that much time to do so many investigations for the recruitment of just one employee?”

“Either that or I’m not strong enough. If I were as strong as Ji Lin, with an annual income of tens of millions, your personnel would have investigated properly and not jumped to such a conclusion, right?”

“No, we won’t investigate either.” Duan Yun knocked on the table, “If you were Ji Lin, we wouldn’t investigate at all and would be eager to let you into the company. You’re so good at making money, who cares about your private morals!” Duan Yun smiled and threw a wink to Bai Duanduan, “We at the personnel department, we’re just so disciplined like that.”

Duan Yun, your personnel officer morale was really very disciplined …….

Xue Wen tugged on Bai Duanduan’s sleeve, “Duanduan, why don’t you put up with this for now. Later, go talk to Mr. Lin and try to reconcile, and let him come out and explain Du Xinyi’s slander to you clearly ……”

“I won’t! People fight for their every breath, Du Xinyi is so lawless because he is harboring her. I, Bai Duanduan, will not bow down to these two evil forces even if I die! Unless Lin Hui apologises to me first, our relationship will be severed once and for all!”

It was also a coincidence that after Bai Duanduan had finished speaking her lofty words full of ambition, she received an email notification. When she looked down, she was overjoyed, “Here it is, here it is, finally an interview!”

“Which one?”

“Cheng & Hui Law Firm.”

Xue Wen was taken aback,”That is a small firm.”

Bai Duanduan was quite optimistic, “It’s okay even if it is a small sized firm, at least people there can recognize me, which means they have good vision! Even a small office can become bigger and stronger one day!”

It only took two days for Bai Duanduan to learn where this good vision of others was ……

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On the day of the interview, Bai Duanduan deliberately wore her best-looking suit and carried the most expensive bag with a particularly delicate makeup to go with the interview. She even prepared some common interview questions. The other party asked to interview her in a coffee shop, so the format was quite relaxed.

Just as she entered the door of the coffee shop, Bai Duanduan almost bumped into someone. When she looked up, she realized that it was Ji Lin. He glanced at Bai Duanduan faintly and avoided her. After getting his coffee he went back to his seat. He was sitting in the dead corner of the cafe which was covered by green plant pots, and it was impossible to see if he had an appointment.