ATLAS TRANSLATES

This sentence made Xu En’s heart nearly jump to his throat.

He quickly said—
“Ah Lian, I didn’t know Liu Xinming was related to your classmate,” The more nervous Xu En became, the clearer his mind got. He spoke clearly, “Give me Dr. Lansi’s contact information. I didn’t have anyone give it to the Liu family.”
“Last night, I already terminated cooperation with the Liu family,” he spoke methodically. “Last night at around 9 PM, Liu Xinming died after failed rescue attempts.”
Bai Lian knew about this, Chen Ju had already reported it to her.
But Yan Lu and Sister Xin didn’t know. The two almost broke their voices: “What?!”
Intentional injury and intentional homicide were completely different matters.
“What are you panicking about,” Bai Lian threw the cigarette butt into the trash can. She looked at the two, her eyes and brows covered with a layer of golden light, her tone indifferent: “His death is not worth grieving over.”
Even without asking, she knew that Zhang Shize had gone for his life.
Bai Lian’s voice was calm, but Xu En felt his heart pounding as he listened.
He made a quick decision and hastily spoke: “Ah Lian, whatever you need help with now, just tell me directly. Have you found a lawyer? I also know a few lawyers from the Red Circle Firm.”
Bai Lian didn’t speak, her pitch-black eyes were like ink-stained, showing no emotion.
“You know lawyers from the Red Circle Firm?” Yan Lu heard the key point and stood up instinctively.
Laypeople are actually unfamiliar with this term, but Yan Lu and Sister Xin had recently looked for many lawyers and learned that there was such a top-tier lawyer group in the country.
Every lawyer in it was a top lawyer in the industry.
But to make an appointment with them not only required booking, but also strong connections.
This was the current state of the legal world, so when Yan Lu heard that Xu En knew people from the Red Circle Firm, she became so excited.
Bai Lian looked at Yan Lu and Sister Xin, not interrupting Xu En.
Xu En finally let out a sigh of relief. He took out his phone, specifically added Yan Lu on WeChat, recommended two lawyers to her, and contacted the two lawyers, explicitly stating that this was his friend.
There was no need to doubt Xu En’s social connections.
After saying this, he let Yan Lu communicate with the two lawyers, while he said to Bai Lian, “Ah Lian, then I’ll go back to deal with the remaining mess from the Liu family.”
“Okay.” Bai Lian nodded.
She didn’t say anything else.
Xu En knew this meant it was over, and he let out a sigh of relief. He then looked kindly at Yan Lu and Sister Xin, “If you two need anything in the future, feel free to contact my assistant.”
“Thank you very much.” Yan Lu bowed deeply to him.
“No need to be so polite.” Xu En smiled, and after saying this, he went back to deal with the Liu family’s matters.
Yan Lu added the two lawyers recommended by Xu En.
She conveyed Zhang Shize’s case to them.
Sister Xin sat on the sofa. She wasn’t as concerned about Zhang Shize’s case as Yan Lu was.
As a manager, the reason she had stayed with Yan Lu until now was entirely because she felt Yan Lu had a certain drive.
She held back for a long time, but couldn’t resist, “Miss Bai, you know Mr. Xu?”
She had heard Bai Lian directly call Mr. Xu by name, though she still didn’t know which “En” character it was.
But now she didn’t dare to call her classmate Bai.
She used what she felt was a formal address.
“Mm.” Bai Lian’s hand rested on the windowsill.
She was holding her phone, replying to Chen Ju with an address. She looked up and found Sister Xin still looking at her, so she raised an eyebrow: “What?”
“Ah,” Sister Xin came back to her senses, hiding her shock, “Nothing, nothing.”
Mr. Xu was someone even Liu Xinming greatly respected.
She couldn’t help but wonder from the bottom of her heart.
What kind of classmate was Zhang Shize…?

**

Chen Ju hurriedly came to find Bai Lian. After being busy for a whole night and morning, he finally sorted out Zhang Shize’s case.
“Little Zhang still didn’t want to talk this morning,” Chen Ju sat heavily on the table in the Zhang family’s living room, poured himself a glass of water, drank it in one go, then gave the materials to Bai Lian to look at, “This is the information I found.”
“You are…” Sister Xin noticed Chen Ju.
Bai Lian sat opposite, lowered her head, and slowly flipped through the materials Chen Ju had found.
Chen Ju put down his teacup, smiled and greeted Sister Xin, “Hello, hello, I’m a plainclothes officer, currently investigating classmate Zhang’s case. If you have any information or evidence, remember to tell me in time.”
Plainclothes officer, ah.
Sister Xin nodded, quickly nodding, “Thank you, officer.”
Chen Ju waved his hand, indicating it was no problem.
“You mean…” Bai Lian read through the entire case process quickly.
“The actions were vicious,” Chen Ju sat up straight, his fingers tapping the table intermittently, unusually serious, “There’s surveillance at the scene. Although turning himself in can reduce suspicion, the plaintiff has passed away. In this situation, at least three years in prison is unavoidable.”
In a society governed by law.
Generally, for cases where the criminal suspect is confirmed, they don’t need to be tried and are directly handed over to the presiding judge.
It wouldn’t even go through Chen Ju’s hands.
He rarely handled cases personally, so everyone in the team was extremely solemn, to the extent that even the Liu family couldn’t interfere.
By the window.
The lawyer on the phone with Yan Lu heard about the case and was silent for a moment, “Ma’am, I really want to take this case, but according to the information I know, the plaintiff has hired Lawyer Zhao.”
“Lawyer Zhao?” Yan Lu gripped her phone tightly, exclaiming, “Which Lawyer Zhao?”
“You should have guessed, Zhao Jingzhou,” the other party really wanted to help Xu En, as it wasn’t easy to have Xu En owe a favor. But with Zhao Jingzhou as the defense lawyer for the plaintiff, he didn’t dare to take it, fearing it might backfire. Instead of leaving a good impression on Xu En, it might displease him, “With him there, not many lawyers in our firm dare to take it.”
Yan Lu had just grabbed onto a lifeline, but hearing this, her face turned pale.
“It’s Lawyer Zhao?” At the table, Sister Xin heard Yan Lu’s voice, “That Zhao Jingzhou?”
Yan Lu pressed her lips together and nodded.
“What should we do?” Sister Xin muttered, “Who else would dare to take this case.”
Bai Lian was messaging Jiang Fuli—
[Zhang Shize is nowhere to be seen and won’t talk]
[Is he also autistic?]
[…]
Jiang Fuli looked at her message, raising an eyebrow at a certain frequently appearing name.
Then he took some time to open an investigation file sent to him by Chen Ju.
Bai Lian didn’t know Lawyer Zhao. She turned off her phone screen and placed it on the table, looking up, “Which Lawyer Zhao?”
“Zhao Jingzhou,” Sister Xin looked at Bai Lian, giving a bitter smile, “The chief lawyer of Time Light. He’s handled over a dozen cases, big and small, without a single loss. The most classic was that 300 million economic case. He’s very popular online, rarely takes cases anymore. He could argue the dead into the living. I didn’t expect the Liu family to invite him to Xiangcheng.”
Two of Zhao Jingzhou’s classic cases were even made into short videos, with over a million views online.
Almost everyone on the internet knew about him.
The fact that he had almost never lost a case was already terrifying. Online, he was practically mythologized.
That’s why even Sister Xin and Yan Lu felt chilled upon hearing this name.
“Miss Yan, you’d better find someone else,” the lawyer on Yan Lu’s phone helplessly spoke, “I really don’t dare to take it.”
The other party hung up.
Yan Lu and Sister Xin looked at each other. Even the lawyers introduced by Mr. Xu didn’t dare to take the case…
Bai Lian came back to her senses. She lightly rested her arm on the table, looked up at Chen Ju, “Do you know this Zhao Jingzhou?”
Her brows furrowed slightly. From Yan Lu and Sister Xin’s description, he should be a very capable lawyer.
“Miss Bai, wait a moment, I’ll go fetch Chi Yundai back,” Chen Ju pondered briefly, then took his phone and went out to call Chi Yundai.
Last night he had sent Chi Yundai a message, but the other party didn’t respond.
The first call.
Chi Yundai didn’t answer.
The second call also went unanswered.
On the third call, Chi Yundai picked up. He had just put a cake in the oven and fired off a barrage at the phone, sneering: “Chen Yongkun, you better have something urgent to find me for!”
He had been battling with cakes for a month.
His mood was not good.
Chen Ju slowly walked out, shrugging, “It’s not really me, it’s about Miss Bai…”
Chi Yundai pressed the switch on the oven.
“What’s up with Miss Bai?” After setting the time, his hand paused upon hearing this, “Explain in detail.”
His voice became serious.
“A case, you’ll see the details yourself later,” Chen Ju didn’t waste words with Chi Yundai, “We’re at the flower shop next to the school. I’ll wait for you at the intersection, come quickly and don’t dawdle.”
As he spoke, he moved towards the roadside, waiting for Chi Yundai.
“A case?” Chi Yundai took off his gloves, then his coat, not forgetting to instruct the young man in the store to watch the fire for him, surprised: “What case? Did something happen again?”
Under normal circumstances, Chen Ju and his team wouldn’t look for him.
In the Zhang family’s living room.
“Yan Lu, let’s not panic,” Sister Xin steadied Yan Lu, her mind racing, “It’s not like there’s no room for maneuver. Ask if anyone is willing to take it, we can offer three times, four times the fee…”
“That’s easy to say,” Yan Lu exhaled deeply, “They’ve hired Zhao Jingzhou. Who from the Red Circle Firm would dare to take this case?”
Yan Lu forced herself to stay calm.
What to do…
As they were talking, Chen Ju brought in a man.
The man had his head slightly lowered, in his thirties or forties, with an upright posture, wearing simple and clean white casual clothes.
Slightly taller than Chen Ju, with deep-set, stern features.
He was also wearing a white chef’s hat on his head.
“Miss Bai,” Chi Yundai politely greeted Bai Lian, then looked at Sister Xin and Yan Lu, introducing himself: “Hello, I’m Chi Yundai.”
“This is Lawyer Chi. I hereby declare him as our defense lawyer for this case,” Chen Ju casually introduced Chi Yundai to Yan Lu and Sister Xin, then handed the case directly to him, “Take a look first, the trial is next week.”
He had spent a night and a morning organizing the case, also to provide reference for Chi Yundai.
Chi Yundai just glanced at it, his mouth twitching uncontrollably. He gave Chen Ju a sidelong glance—
“Are you okay? You needed to call me over for this kind of case?”