As soon as Zhao Menglou saw Jiang Qiaoyue's look, he knew that she had agreed, and he took two steps closer excitedly:
"Qiaoyue, don't worry, I will definitely do my best to solve this case for you. If I can't save you, my law firm will not be open!"
Seeing that Zhao Menglou was about to take the opportunity to hold Jiang Qiaoyue's hand, Su Mi stopped her in time: "Fourth Young Master, please respect yourself. Your relationship with Sister Qiaoqiao now is at best that of a lawyer and a client."
Zhao Menglou put it down when he was satisfied. He finally put down his hand, took a laptop from Zonglu's study, and opened it:
"Alu, lend it to me."
Zong Lu sat down with Su Mi and Jiang Qiaoyue.
Jiang Qiaoyue put away her resistance and told Zhao Menglou everything that happened that day.
Although Zhao Menglou is usually frivolous and uninhibited, he is serious and serious when doing business. He takes out his mobile phone, listens and records at the same time, and writes down in his notebook from time to time.
He looked ascetic and finally looked like a human being.
Jiang Qiaoyue looked at the way he was focused at work and wondered whether the person who had tricked her into coming to Jingzhou and imprisoned her in the Cuixia Lake Villa a few days ago was the same person.
In addition to being paranoid, is this man also schizophrenic?
In the end, Zhao Menglou sent the recorded text to his mailbox, and then put away his phone:
"Okay, that's it for today. I'll go back and sort it out. Of course, at this stage, it's best to persuade Pan Zhiqing to withdraw the prosecution and settle out of court. This is the most time-saving and energy-saving."
Seeing that he had done it, Zong Lu was about to send him back downstairs. He stood up, but his eyes drifted directly to Jiang Qiaoyue, half-smiling but not smiling:
"I am also your lawyer now. I am not willing to give you away, right?"
Jiang Qiaoyue looked at him: "Don't worry, I will pay you the market price for your lawyer's fees."
Zhao Menglou smiled and said, "No need, I am the Zong family's lawyer. Just charge the legal fees to Alu's account. How can I ask you to pay for it?"
Zonglu: "..."
You are quite rude of me borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha.
Zhao Menglou continued to insist: "I'll give it away. Just go downstairs. This is the Zong's house. Are you afraid that I will eat you?"
Jiang Qiaoyue didn't want him to make trouble again in Zong's house, so she could only walk out of the door in a dismissive manner.
Zhao Menglou quickly gave Zong Lu a "don't follow me" look and followed him.
The two of them went downstairs and walked out of the big house. Zhao Menglou said, "Just now did you say that Pan Zhiqing is my fiancée?"
Jiang Qiaoyue continued to walk forward: "That's what she said. Isn't it?"
"Of course not!" Zhao Menglou was almost furious with Pan Zhiqing. He made his own decisions and ran to find Jiang Qiaoyue to frame Jiang Qiaoyue. Instead, he talked nonsense in front of her and tarnished his reputation.
"Even if she's not a fiancée, she's still a girlfriend. Lawyer Zhao," she stopped and changed her title, "Since you already have a significant other, it's time to stop. The matter between you and me is in the past."
Zhao Menglou's eyes flashed with gloom, and he suddenly stepped under Jiang Qiaoyue's eyelids.
She almost collided with him and tried to take two steps back, but he grabbed her wrist and squeezed her tightly:
"Pan Zhiqing and I have known each other since we were children. Later, she and I studied in a university abroad. Over the years, we have indeed become very close, but we are definitely not in a relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend, let alone an unmarried couple."
Jiang Qiaoyue raised her head and smiled, with some irony in her smile: "You get close to her, but you don't reject her. Doesn't this mean you are deliberately trying to be ambiguous?"
"You want to say I'm a scumbag?"
Jiang Qiaoyue acquiesced.
Zhao Menglou stood up straight: "I didn't mean to be ambiguous with her. I told her many times, but she just didn't listen. Later, I thought it was pretty good to be able to use her to block some annoying Yingying Yanyan.
Just let her go. If you think I'm wrong about this, I admit it."
To ward off warblers and swallows?
Jiang Qiaoyue remembered what Zong Lu had said yesterday that Pan Zhiqing had indeed often found trouble with the women around Zhao Menglou in recent years.
He also scared away many women around Zhao Menglou.
So this is why Zhao Menglou just let Pan Zhiqing stay by his side?
Seeing that her expression softened, Zhao Menglou took a step further and pressed her against the iron door at the back, raised one arm to wrap him in his arms, and spoke in a low voice:
"Little sister, I'm really not what you think. Why don't you spend more time getting to know me..."
Before she finished speaking, a gust of cold wind hit her crotch. She saw that Jiang Qiaoyue's knees had already been raised. She hurriedly stepped back and took half a step:
"Seriously? This is your happiness for the rest of your life."
Jiang Qiaoyue pointed to the door: "Let's go slowly without seeing you off."
Anyway, working as a lawyer for her gave me many opportunities to meet her. Zhao Menglou smiled, waved his hand, and left.
*
Two days later in the evening, Zhao Menglou came to the Zong family again and talked about the current situation.
Pan Zhiqing insisted on suing and was unwilling to settle out of court.
He said that he had consulted a doctor and found that the skin on his calf would definitely leave scars and would require dermabrasion surgery.
For a woman, this is a great harm. If it is on the face, it will be disfigured, so there will be no compromise.
Jiang Qiaoyue had long expected this outcome, and Pan Zhiqing's eyes were burning with jealousy and hatred that day, wishing she could tear herself into pieces.
How could you let yourself go so easily?
Su Mi was worried: "What should we do?"
Zhao Menglou has handled many cases and is relatively calm: "Then we can only find as much evidence as possible to prove that Qiaoqiao did not push Pan Zhiqing that day. But the two people were standing in a blind spot that day, and the surveillance could not capture it. I
Let's see if we can find other evidence... Qiaoqiao, think about it carefully, was there anyone else around when you and Pan Zhiqing had a dispute that day?"
Qiao Qiao? Goosebumps appeared on the back of Su Mi's neck. Could you please be more serious when talking about business and not be so cheesy?
Jiang Qiaoyue was already numb, so she didn't care what he called him: "Probably not."
Zhao Menglou looked at her rarely and sternly: "What does 'should' mean? It must be affirmative."
Jiang Qiaoyue: "..."
Su Mi stood at Zhao Menglou this time: "Yes, Sister Qiaoqiao, think carefully and don't answer hastily. Is there anyone passing by you at that time? If someone saw the dispute between you and Pan Zhiqing, can they help you testify?"
of."
Of course Jiang Qiaoyue understood the importance of this detail. She recalled it seriously, and after a long while, she said:
"The place where I was standing was very empty, and there was really no one there. However, a few seconds before Pan Zhiqing and I met, I heard what seemed to be a young couple not far from me, who had just finished shopping and came out of the supermarket.
While walking, I was taking selfies with my mobile phone, talking and laughing loudly, so I heard it and glanced back... Later, I didn't pay much attention. Then, Pan Zhiqing appeared."
Zhao Menglou's eyes lit up: "What do that couple look like? How old are they? What clothes are they wearing?"