Five years after their breakup, a prominent lawyer is desperately seeking reconciliation.

Today is Kairong's monthly routine meeting.

The conference room was almost full of KaiRong's partners and shareholders.

Wang Yiran and her colleagues sat on the makeshift seats by the door, feeling restless.

Jiang Wan sat next to Wang Yiran, the few pages of documents in her hands almost worn out from being flipped through.

Last night before going to bed, Wang Yiran sent her a message.

It's just one line of text.

"This time you're probably really going to be returned."

"What's wrong? Which case has run into trouble?"

Wang Yiran didn't reply, so she immediately called back.

Wang Yiran also hung up several times in a row.

She only learned that things were more serious than she had imagined, just twenty minutes before the meeting was about to begin.

It's not just a simple case with a problem; the branch office's performance this month has hit the lowest red line in nearly ten years for Kairong.

This triggered an automatic alarm, which displeased KaiRong's senior management, leading to this meeting.

Jiang Wan stared blankly at the table lamp above her head.

A gaze that couldn't be ignored followed her closely, its scrutinizing and probing nature making her uncomfortable.

She lowered her gaze and saw Fang Tian.

She sat next to Lu Jingshi as a general partner of Kairong.

Jiang Wan licked the scar on the corner of her mouth guiltily.

Before the meeting started, she had already applied a layer of highly pigmented lipstick.

Even the faint red marks around her ears were covered with several layers of concealer, so social distancing should make it impossible to see anything.

Fang Tian gave a faint smile and looked away.

Sitting at the head of the table, Lu Jingshi flipped through the documents in his hand, his expression not very pleasant.

"The customer churn rate has increased by 20% this quarter, mostly from branch offices. Lao Wang, can you explain?"

Wang Yiran was called upon and stood up under the gaze of everyone in the room.

"This is indeed our responsibility. Most clients come to us because of Kairong's reputation, but once they hear that we are a branch office, they..."

Her voice grew softer and softer.

The other colleagues also silently lowered their heads.

Jiang Wan slightly raised her eyelids and stole a glance at Lu Jingshi.

His handsome, thin lips were pressed into a straight line, and his face was serious.

Noticing her gaze, he quickly glanced back, his eyes remaining completely unmoved.

"Kairong is indeed a prestigious name card, but whether a client ultimately decides to retain you depends on the true skills of your lawyers."

"Clearly, you haven't done it. This month's data is almost hitting the red line that Kairong has been holding for nearly ten years."

"Old Wang, you haven't forgotten what was stipulated in the contract, have you?"

Wang Yiran nodded: "I haven't forgotten. If you fail the assessment three times, the branch office will be closed down."

The water bottle in his hand was suddenly clenched tightly, making a squeaking sound.

Lu Jingshi's cool gaze swept over her, and Jiang Wan quickly let go of his hand.

"sorry."

Wang Yiran turned her head and gave her a comforting look.

Jiang Wan felt increasingly distressed as she watched.

Fang Tian, ​​who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "Ah Shi, let's talk about this later. There's something more urgent right now."

Fang Tian waved, signaling Xiao Wu to distribute the things she was holding.

"I just received news from the Bureau of Justice that Kairong has filed a complaint under a real name. The whistleblower is very agitated, and the Bureau of Justice has asked us to respond within three days."

Jiang Wan took the documents and had just read the first line when she heard Fang Tian mention her name.

"Ms. Jiang, do you remember this divorce case you handled a year ago?"

Jiang Wan nodded.

This was the first case she handled after returning to China and regaining her license to practice.

This is a very simple divorce case that has long been closed. How could it suddenly be reported?

"The whistleblower said that she did not really want a divorce, but now that her husband has remarried and she has no custody of the children, she suspects that there was a financial transaction between Ms. Jiang and her husband."

"I only met the defendant once during the court hearing. It was the plaintiff who was adamant about getting a divorce. Director Fang, do I really need to explain such an obvious false accusation?"

"Ms. Jiang, don't worry. The parties involved insist that you suspend your work and cooperate with the investigation. Don't worry, if there are no problems, you can just write a report later."

Wang Yiran and Xiao Du immediately objected.

"Director Fang, although we provide services to the parties involved, we should not allow them to make false accusations. It is disheartening if the industry cannot protect us."

Wang Yiran turned to Lu Jingshi.

"Old classmate, you know Jiang Wan best. How could she do something so unethical for money?"

"Director Wang, isn't what you're saying a bit off?" one of the partners at Kairong spoke up. "Weren't you all worried about running the firm without funds back then?"

"That's right," someone echoed, "otherwise they wouldn't have used some kind of classmate relationship to approach our director."

Wang Yiran ignored them and only looked at Lu Jingshi.

"Old classmate..."

Lu Jingshi was silent for a moment, then threw down the documents in his hand and casually raised his eyes.

His eyes were filled with mockery and disdain.

"Wouldn't he do something like that for money? I doubt it."

"Old classmate, you..."

Jiang Wan grabbed Wang Yiran, feeling as if she had swallowed a handful of glass, and her lips curled up very slightly.

"Okay, I'll cooperate."

After the meeting, Jiang Wan went downstairs with Wang Yiran and the others.

Xiao Du and his friends were indignant.

"Sister Wan, low sales figures are due to our incompetence, but this whole thing you're doing is obviously fake. How can these people at Kairong be so stupid?"

Jiang Wan smiled faintly; she wasn't afraid.

"Don't worry, they can't produce any evidence that I didn't do it."

Wang Yiran looked up at the sky and smiled bitterly.

"Could it be that all our efforts have been in vain?"

Jiang Wan put his arm around her shoulder.

"Do you remember what you said when we first came to Kairong and were turned away?"

"What's so great about Kairong? At worst, you can hand out flyers on the street or set up a legal education stall in the park on weekends. As long as you don't starve, that's all that matters."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lu Jingshi's cold snort came from behind him.

Instead of churning out toxic platitudes here, we should go back and think of a solution.

Lu Jingshi's car pulled up beside him, and he got in without looking at him.

Fang Tian followed closely behind, and just as she opened the car door, she seemed to suddenly remember something.

He looked up at Jiang Wan.

"Miss Jiang, there's someone I'd like to ask if you know them?"

"Director Fang, please ask."

"Eric from Los Angeles."

Jiang Wan's eyes trembled slightly, but she remained calm and shook her head.

"I don't know him."

A hint of doubt flashed across Fang Tian's face, but she quickly concealed it.

"Perhaps he misremembered."

As the car drove away, Jiang Wan loosened her grip, her palms damp with a thin layer of sweat.

Eric is a Chinese American and also her doctor who treated her in the United States!

How could Fang Tian know him!

At the same time, Fang Tian was also puzzled.

Eric was my junior high school classmate. He immigrated overseas during high school, and we've kept in touch all these years.

Last week, he suddenly sent me a screenshot of a photo from his social media account.

It was the content she posted about the branch office's opening ceremony.

In the photo, a girl holds a camera in her hand, her eyes calm yet sad as she gazes into the distance.

He said, "You know Jiang Wan too? She's my patient."

Jiang Wan... what illness requires treatment abroad?

Seeing her distracted, Lu Jingshi, who was standing beside her, asked, "Who is Eric?"

Fang Tian suddenly came to her senses.

"Oh, nobody, just asking casually."

Fang Tian got out of the car first outside the Justice Bureau.

Lu Jingshi took out his phone and sent a WeChat message to Shen Juan.

"Help me look up someone."

This guy and Fang Tian are childhood sweethearts; he probably knows everyone Fang Tian knows...