Take her as my wife

The Du family members personally went to find Jiang Ni that afternoon.

After Xiaowen, the assistant, brought them tea, she glanced at Jiang Ni silently, her eyes filled with worry.

Jiang Ni waved her hand slightly, signaling her to leave.

Once everyone else was out of the office, Jiang Ni spoke first in a polite manner: "Mr. Du, Ms. Qin, I can very much understand your desire to protect your child as parents. However, according to my personal principles, I cannot provide a defense for your son's case. I am very sorry."

Du Yucheng's mother, Qin Wen, smiled warmly, but couldn't hide her upper-class air: "Principles can be changed. Does Attorney Jiang feel the money isn't enough?"

Jiang Ni replied, "It's not about the money."

Du Yunhui looked at her, his tone laced with threat: "Attorney Jiang, to put it bluntly, this is just a job for you. Your father has even treated me to dinner twice. If you help us this time, I can help your father in business next time—a win-win situation is always better than a head-on confrontation, right? What do you say?"

Jiang Ni wasn't surprised that they could find her information; for wealthy people, this was something that could be done by spending a little money. She was also prepared for Du Yunhui's threats.

“What you say makes sense,” Jiang Ni said, looking him straight in the eye. “As you said, this is my job and has nothing to do with my father’s business. You should understand the concept of mutual benefit better than I do.”

Jiang Qiaonan's business is mainly in export trade, which has little to do with Tianheng Real Estate. However, since they are all business people, they will inevitably run into each other in the world of fame and fortune, so they will not easily become enemies.

Jiang Ni understood this principle, and Du Yunhui certainly understood it even better.

Seeing that he couldn't fool her, Du Yunhui's face darkened.

Jiang Ni, however, gave them a way out by taking out a business card and handing it over: "Mr. Du, this is a senior of mine. He is an excellent and experienced lawyer who is also very good at handling car accident cases. You can contact him."

After seeing them off, Jiang Ni dialed Liu Jiaren's number.

"Hey, Nini, what's wrong... Get out of my way, I'm on the phone..."

The second half of the sentence was clearly not directed at Jiang Ni. Jiang Ni heard the man's coquettish voice and asked, "Is Jiang Fengyu with you?"

Liu Jiaren pushed away the plaster stuck to her body, and Jiang Fengyu hugged her tightly from behind. When he heard Jiang Ni mention him, he immediately replied, "It's me."

Jiang Ni was looking for him: "Jiang Fengyu, could you give me Wang Xiang's contact information?"

Both Liu Jiaren and Jiang Fengyu were taken aback when they heard her ask for the man's contact information.

Jiang Ni added, "I need to ask him something."

Jiang Fengyu said, "Yes, I'll send it to Jiajia and have her forward it to you."

A short while later, Liu Jiaren sent her Wang Xiang's friend card.

Wang Xiang received Jiang Fengyu's notification in advance, so Jiang Ni's friend request was accepted immediately after it was sent.

Jiang Ni made a voice call to him: "Hello."

Wang Xiang replied cheerfully, "Hello, beautiful Jiang. Jiang Fengyu said you wanted to see me?"

"Yes, I wanted to ask if you could contact the family of the victim in Du Yucheng's car accident?" Jiang Ni got straight to the point.

"I need to find out about this through some connections—but I heard that the Du family spent a lot of money to settle this privately. Apparently, two families accepted it, but one family refused and insisted that Du Yucheng pay for the murder with his life. They even sued the entire family, and the legal process is underway."

No wonder Du Yunhui would come to her at this time, even though so much time has passed since the incident.

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

"You're welcome, it's nothing—but why did you contact them?" Wang Xiang asked curiously.

Jiang Ni said, "I want to ask them if they need legal aid."

Wang Xiang choked up: "You...you're going to help them sue the Du family?!"

He quickly dissuaded her, "Miss Jiang, think twice before you act! Du Yunhui only has this one precious son, Du Yucheng is practically his lifeblood. And that Du Yucheng is no pushover either. If you anger them, their whole family will definitely retaliate against you!"

Du Yucheng had a terrible reputation in their circle. He was used to bullying others by abusing his power. He hadn't actually caused any deaths before, but he had certainly done a lot of bad things. When they saw this madman, they would just pretend to be friendly and then try to avoid him.

Now Jiang Ni is going to confront that crazy family head-on; isn't she just asking for trouble?

"I have to refuse you this. I can't hurt you," Wang Xiang said, and then hung up the phone.

Jiang Ni: "..."

She held her phone and dialed the number again.

Wang Xiang accepted the call, and Jiang Ni calmly changed her mind: "I've thought about it, and you're right. I don't need to cause trouble for someone I don't know."

Upon hearing this, Wang Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly chimed in, "That's right, that's right."

Jiang Ni said, "Well, but I still want to trouble you to do me this favor. I'm just going to offer my condolences. I work at a hospital and can help them contact the medical resources they've already arranged."

Wang Xiang didn't know her profession, but thinking about her aloof and cold appearance, he felt that she was quite a good match for "doctor", so he said without any doubt: "Miss Jiang is beautiful and kind-hearted, no problem."

"Thank you, I'll treat you to a meal sometime."

"Okay, sure!"

Once the bait of "inviting me to dinner" was used, Wang Xiang immediately contacted people to inquire about the information.

Jiang Ni had no psychological burden of "lying" at all. She packed her things and prepared to leave work to pick up Tan Wen.

Tan sent her a message five minutes ago: Sister, I get off work at six o'clock, can you come pick me up?

Jiang Ni replied to him: Then you'll have to wait for me for a while, there's some traffic at this time.

However, the distance from the firm to Tan Wenzai's branch office was not far. She blocked an intersection and drove for about ten minutes to reach the branch office.

Tan Wen changed into his standard police uniform, his clean and sharp appearance drawing attention as he stood by the roadside. Beside him stood a policewoman who looked quite mature; she was unlikely to be a student on probation. She tilted her head and spoke to Tan Wen with great enthusiasm.

Unfortunately, Tan Wen only gave perfunctory replies, and there was even a hint of impatience in his eyes.

Upon seeing Jiang Ni's car, his expression immediately changed. He said to the policewoman beside him in a cold tone, "Sister Li, my girlfriend is here to pick me up. If you couldn't get a taxi, we can give you a ride."

Jiang Ni had just rolled down the car window when she heard every word he said. She glanced at him questioningly, then, receiving his look, she suddenly understood.

She nodded in greeting to the female police officer in the area, saying, "Hello, it's hard to get a taxi at this time. How about I give you a ride?"

Li Siran was surprised that Tan Wen wasn't lying; he really did have a girlfriend. Then she thought about it, and realized that a handsome man like him couldn't possibly be single. She glanced at Jiang Ni again; she was a stunning beauty.

She smiled and politely declined, "No need to trouble you, I've already hailed a taxi."

Tan Wen took the opportunity to say goodbye to her: "Well then, goodbye Sister Li, we'll be going now."

He opened the passenger door and got in. Once the car started moving, he turned to Jiang Ni and thanked her, "Thank you for helping me out of that situation, sister."

"She's been bothering me all day." He let out a sigh, clearly fed up with dealing with her.

Jiang Ni soothed him, saying, "Because Officer Tan was so handsome today, it's inevitable that he attracted some attention."

It's "Officer Tan" again.

She tempted him again.

Tan Wen turned his head to look at her. She was also wearing a business suit today, a white shirt with black suit pants. The shirt was tucked into the pants, highlighting her slender and beautiful waist.

He had seen such a phantom image in the pictures Jiang Ni sent him before, but seeing the real person now was even more impactful—he, like many men, also had a vulgar liking for things like uniform fetishes.

"That Sister Li is the daughter of one of our bureau leaders. We can't afford to offend her, so I had to lie to her and say that I have a boyfriend. That's why I asked you to pick me up. Otherwise, she wouldn't have believed me at all. Luckily, you reacted quickly and didn't give me away."

Jiang Ni nodded: "I guessed it. But I can pick you up from get off work anytime from now on, it's very convenient, it's on my way."

Tan Wen was naturally willing to spend more time alone with her: "Then thank you for your trouble, sister. I can drive too."

"Okay. How did you get along with the seniors today?" Jiang Ni changed the subject and asked with concern.

"Everything is fine. This morning I helped my senior organize files. Feng Yin and I—that is, my roommate who wears glasses—we are majoring in criminal investigation and are assigned to the criminal police department. In the afternoon, we also went to investigate a crime scene of passion."