Chapter 52.2 “Lest you scold me behind my back again.”

Bai Duanduan sighed, “This generation of netizens is really busy and difficult too. Earlier, when they thought that Dai Qin was blackmailing Guifeng Communication by relying on her pregnancy, they kept scolding me, who was Dai Qin’s representative lawyer, for my advice; now that the incident has reversed, they started to scold Du Xinyi, who represented Guifeng Communication, so it can be seen that the public really has a great misunderstanding of lawyers as a profession. When I think of this, I really can’t be happy at all.”

Bai Duanduan was like this, loving and hating, but with boundaries. Ji Lin always felt that as long as he spent time with her, he could always find new strengths in her even in the humdrum of everyday life.

When Bai Duanduan said this, she raised her head and glanced at Ji Lin, only to realize that Ji Lin had been looking at her with a gentle and deep gaze.

As soon as their eyes met, Ji Lin coughed softly and then averted his eyes as if it was natural, “But I heard that it was this Du Xinyi that caused a rift in the years of affection between you and Lin Hui, right?”

She and Lin Hui had indeed known each other for many years, and had been through thick and thin along the way, so the use of “years of affection” was indeed appropriate, but Ji Lin’s word “years of affection” was bitten so hard for some reason, as if he cares a bit and was not too happy about it, as if he is a bit behind without such a “years of affection” subordinate. What a childish comparison.

Bai Duanduan didn’t care, she looked up at Ji Lin and smiled, “The separation of public and private is a good thing. When you and I were pitted against each other, although your tricks were too poisonous and I scolded you behind your back, from the perspective of work, I admire you very much, you really are a lawyer with strong enough business skills. Full points.”

Bai Duanduan had thought that her explanation was enough to answer Ji Lin’s question, but it turned out that Ji Lin frowned with a stormy face, “You scolded me behind my back before?”

“……”

Hey, Ji Lin, I found that your focus was a bit skewed!

“It’s just normal, wouldn’t you complain about your opponent?” Bai Duanduan changed the subject by looking around, “I don’t believe you haven’t scolded me before ……”

“No.”

Bai Duanduan choked and said, “Think about it, when I spent so much of your money to clean up after your mother, you didn’t scold me in your heart? When I used your mother as a bargaining chip to get into Sheng Lin, didn’t you scold me in your heart? Earlier, when I grabbed the cat from you, didn’t you scold me in your heart?”

“No.” Ji Lin’s face was expressionless as he said, “I’m willing to bet, I’ve never scolded you in my heart, not before, not now.” He paused and lowered his head, his voice also lowered, “There won’t be any in the future either.”

Ji Lin had a very nice and mature but cold voice, and his words, which clearly had no loving meaning, made Bai Duanduan feel like a little dear in her heart for some reason, and even her face unconsciously began to flush.

Fortunately, because she already had blush on, her own natural blush was not so obvious. Bai DuanDuan concealed her own emotions so well that it probably just seemed to Ji Lin that she was suddenly silent and did not speak, and as it happened, with such a scene, Ji Lin straightaway changed the subject somewhat unnaturally, and he spoke about the new case–

“Since this case of Dai Qin is completely over, let’s talk about the following few cases you have on your hands.”

………..

However, the case of Dai Qin did not really end completely, but there was a follow-up.

A few days later, Bai Duanduan received a phone call from Dai Qin, saying straight away that she wanted to come and visit, firstly to thank Bai Duanduan and Ji Lin for their previous help and care, and secondly to bring a friend who recently needed legal services in the area of labour and employment. After hearing Dai Qin’s story, this friend was very interested in the Sheng Lin Law Firm.

Both Bai Duanduan and Ji Lin were available, so a meeting room was arranged for the reception.

Dai Qin was on time, arriving five minutes before her appointment time. She was now very old and her belly was very high, but her face was rosy and her eyes were bright, and she was in very good shape, many times more radiant than when Bai Duanduan had seen her before.

Seeing her like this, Bai Duanduan couldn’t help but smile, “You saw the article a few days ago, right? After this article, Guifeng Communications didn’t dare to do anything disgusting anymore, right? Now the eyes of public opinion are on them.”

The changes in Dai Qin’s body made Bai Duanduan very emotional and pleased, “No matter what, the fact that you can continue to persist in Guifeng Communications under such circumstances, you are already better than I don’t know how many people.”

However, when mentioning Guifeng Communications, Dai Qin’s face was a little embarrassed, “Actually, lawyer Bai, I just resigned from Guifeng Communications.”

This answer surprised not only Bai Duanduan, but also Ji Lin. After all, Dai Qin’s original intention in finding a lawyer was to continue her job without being dismissed by Guifeng Communications, but now she has come full circle and resigned herself instead?

Bai Duanduan frowned and thought of another possibility, “Did that article offend Guifeng Communications, so they simply didn’t want to cover up and pressured you as hard as they could to put you in small shoes?”

Dai Qin, however, smiled and shook her head, “No, Lawyer Bai, after this article, Guifeng Communication was interviewed by the labor inspection department. This pregnancy scheduling system is too unbelievable and has been admonished to abolish it. Li Wanjun, the HR Director who set up the system, was also used as a stopgap measure to stop the company from taking the blame, and was given an internal reprimand. However, due to the intervention of public opinion, the reputation of Guifeng Communication has declined, and the stock price has also fallen by the limit. Now the busiest part of the company is probably the PR department, which is desperate to enact an overnight regulation to protect female employees and save their image, not daring to offend female employees by deliberately giving pregnant employees small shoes.”

“Yes, female employee benefits were also issued overnight. They gave away some gloves, hats, scarves and bonuses. They said they want to keep everyone warm through autumn and winter. It was too hypocritical of them to rush to hug the Buddha’s feet.”

These words were not spoken by Dai Qin, but by the female friend beside Dai Qin, a woman slightly older than Dai Qin, with long black hair and unisex black-rimmed glasses, who looked quite gentle and did not seem to have a strong presence. Although Bai Duanduan had noticed her when she entered the meeting room earlier, she just smiled at the other party since Dai Qin had not introduced her.

It was also at this point that Dai Qin introduced her friend with some embarrassment, “Look at my memory, I forgot to introduce her. Lawyer Bai, this is my friend Wang Yuqi, who used to be a colleague of Guifeng Communications as well.”

Bai Duanduan looked at the two people’s appearance and only felt sincerely happy. Previously Dai Qin was ostracized by almost all of her colleagues at Guifeng Communications, but she never thought that she would make a friend among her colleagues now ……

Dai Qin’s next words, however, turned her joy into surprise in time –

“Also, in fact, the article you just mentioned was written by Yuqi.”

This unimpressive and gentle woman was actually the author of that sharp-tongued and fierce explosive article! Surprisingly, it’s the same Qitian Dasheng who took Bai Duanduan to a lie-in victory!