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

The sight of the snow-white roof and the lingering smell of disinfectant made Jiang Wan feel somewhat dazed.

The suffocation and pain of that summer five years ago suddenly returned.

She couldn't help but shiver.

The next second, Wang Yiran's large head suddenly came into view.

"Ancestor, you've finally woken up?"

Jiang Wan snapped out of her daze and frowned in pain.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else that's bothering you?"

"You... you're putting me in charge."

Wang Yiran quickly got up and went out to call the doctor.

Xiao Du helped Jiang Wan sit up.

"Sister Wan, you've been asleep for a whole day and night! We were so scared! Luckily, the doctor said it's nothing serious."

Jiang Wan smiled apologetically, looked around, and tentatively began to speak.

"How's the contract going? Is everything alright with Kairong?"

"Don't worry, everything is signed. We can hold the unveiling ceremony as soon as Director Lu returns from his business trip."

"He...is he away on a business trip?"

"Yeah, it was pretty urgent. We went straight to the airport after leaving the hotel last night."

Jiang Wan lowered her head, concealing the self-mockery in her eyes.

What am I expecting?

After tormenting her like that last night, how could Lu Jingshi possibly care whether she lived or died?

Perhaps I was just hallucinating when I heard those last words before I fainted.

After finishing her IV drip, the doctor gave her a few brief instructions, and Jiang Wan was discharged from the hospital.

Wang Yiran offered to give her two days off, and Jiang Wan did not refuse.

Counting the days, it's time to visit.

Haicheng Prison is located on the easternmost edge of the city.

The third Tuesday of each month is the meeting day.

Jiang Wan went through the formalities with ease, registering the clothes she brought and handing them over to the guard on duty.

In the two years since she returned to China, she has come every month and has become quite familiar with the prison guard in charge of registration.

"As before, please pass these clothes on to me. I have money in my account to buy daily necessities."

The female prison guard carefully inspected the clothes.

"His sentence reduction notice has arrived, aren't you going to see him?"

Jiang Wan shook her head.

I had lived with my grandmother since I was a child, and I had only seen that person a handful of times, let alone spoken more than a few complete sentences with him.

What can people who are not familiar with each other say to each other when they meet?

It's better not to meet.

"Thank you, I'll come again on the next meeting day."

As I exited the prison administration office, a group of people in uniforms approached me.

They looked like prison management, so Jiang Wan quickly stepped aside to make way.

"Director Lu, it's settled then. You'll be in charge of this session's legal education activity for prisoners."

"Alright, I will certainly live up to your expectations."

A clear, crisp voice reached her ears, and Jiang Wan subconsciously looked up.

They met Lu Jingshi's gaze.

She panicked and lowered her eyes, wanting to leave quickly.

"Jiang Wan."

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Lu Jingshi called out to her.

She turned around and forced a slightly flustered smile.

"Director Lu, what a coincidence!"

Lu Jingshi didn't reply, but exchanged a few more pleasantries with the others before they left.

He then strolled up to Jiang Wan and said, "Didn't Lao Wang say the firm was struggling to make ends meet? I see you're quite busy, Attorney Jiang. What are you doing here?"

"I...will meet with the person involved."

Jiang Wan gave a perfunctory answer, but her heart was pounding.

She was dressed very casually today, without even a backpack, and didn't look like she was there for work at all.

Fortunately, Lu Jingshi did not notice any of this.

"Feeling better?"

Jiang Wan blinked, then realized he was asking about that night.

"Well, it's nothing serious. I just drank too fast and made a fool of myself. Thank you for your concern, Director Lu."

"Me, concerned? Don't flatter yourself. I just want to tell you that you missed my flight that night because you drank too much."

"...I'm sorry." Jiang Wan apologized immediately, "I didn't know you had to catch a flight."

Lu Jingshi was still not satisfied.

"An apology is all you've got? Do you know how much those two plane tickets cost? I don't care about the small amount of money, but they're still company assets..."

"How much? I'll scan it for you."

Jiang Wan, sensing the situation, spoke up and took out her phone.

Lu Jingshi raised an eyebrow, unlocked his phone, and handed over the QR code.

Jiang Wan sighed.

This has made matters worse for their already meager balance.

But then I thought, if it could give Lu Jingshi some venting and make things less difficult for the institute in the future, it would be worth it.

"Um?"

Jiang Wan looked up in surprise.

Lu Jingshi didn't open the transfer QR code, but instead opened the friend add function.

"This is not..."

Lu Jingshi grew impatient: "What? You're going back on your word? Trying to renege on your promise?"

Jiang Wan gave a helpless twitch at the corner of her mouth.

Never mind, he doesn't seem like the type of person who would use a QR code for receiving payments.

Let's add each other as friends.

Lu Jingshi approved it quickly. Jiang Wan opened Baidu, checked the airfare for that day, and transferred the money.

Lu Jingshi immediately put away his phone, then indifferently put it away and looked at her.

"There's one more thing I need to emphasize."

"I misspoke and called the wrong person in the heat of the moment that night, Attorney Jiang, please don't overthink it."

Jiang Wan's face instantly flushed, as if she had been punched; she felt both stifled and embarrassed.

She had already dismissed that call as a hallucination and never dared to think about it, so why would he need to remind her?

"Don't worry, Director Lu, I was drunk that night. I didn't hear what you shouted."

"Didn't you really hear that?"

Lu Jingshi's eyes grew even colder, and the chilling aura emanating from him left Jiang Wan completely bewildered.

But she nodded firmly nonetheless.

"Yes, I blacked out; I don't remember anything."

"Heh, you'd better be."

Lu Jingshi threw down a sarcastic remark and strode past Jiang Wan away.

Outside the prison, the driver who had been waiting for a long time immediately drove over.

Lu Jingshi got into the car with a gloomy face.

The driver was about to start the engine when his gaze faltered.

"Boss, it looks like Miss Jiang is behind us, should we...?"

"If you're not leaving, go down and keep her company!"

The driver shrank back and immediately started the car.

The unveiling ceremony is scheduled for next Monday.

Jiang Wan had nothing to do at home on the weekend, so he decided to go to the institute to work overtime.

They cleaned the law firm inside and out until it was spotless.

After finishing, she happily took a picture and sent it to Wang Yiran to show off.

Wang Yiran replied almost instantly.

"Are you at the station? Alone? Wait a minute, we'll be right there."

Jiang Wan thought she was worried about her getting tired and wanted to come and help, so she quickly replied to her with a voice message.

"Old Wang, I've finished cleaning, you don't need to come anymore."

Still not entirely at ease after sending it, I gave them another instruction.

"You all get some rest. Be alert on Monday and don't let those arrogant guys from Kairong look down on you."

The moment the message was sent, the door was pushed open from the outside.

The one leading the group was Wang Yiran.

Behind them were... Lu Jingshi and Fang Tian.

Meanwhile, Wang Yiran's phone was publicly playing—

"Make way for those arrogant guys..."

Wang Yiran's face immediately turned green.

He kept poking at the screen, then finally pretended to be dead and locked the screen.

Lu Jingshi's face was so dark it looked like it could drip water.

Fang Tian, ​​who was beside him, chuckled and reached out her hand to Jiang Wan.

"Ms. Jiang, we should have taken you to the hospital together that day, but Ah Shi and I had to catch a flight and couldn't get away. Please forgive us."

Seeing that she had misunderstood, Jiang Wan quickly took off her work gloves and held her hand.

"You've misunderstood. I really didn't mean it that way. I was just joking around. I... never mind, I'm sorry."

Seeing her stammering and incoherent, Lu Jingshi rolled his eyes and didn't want to pay her any attention.

He turned to look at Wang Yiran.

"Old Wang, what's your thought about what I told you last night? Have you chosen someone?"

"It's settled, let's go to the conference room to talk."

Wang Yiran led Lu Jingshi towards the conference room, not forgetting to turn back and give Jiang Wan instructions.

"There will be a lot of media coming tomorrow, and Director Fang is worried, so he came to check out the venue in advance. Jiang Wan, could you accompany him?"

Fang Tian took out her phone and started taking pictures as she walked around the office area.

"This is your first appearance, and it's also the first time Kairong has opened a branch office. Ah Shi and I don't want any mistakes to happen and cause any unpleasantness."

Jiang Wan nodded.

"Understood. We will do our best to ensure there are no problems. I have basically finished cleaning and arranging the venue. If you are not satisfied with anything, Director Fang, we will make adjustments."

"Regarding the banners and ribbons for the background decoration..."

"No!" Fang Tian interrupted her loudly, "Absolutely not, Shi doesn't like anything too flashy."

She pointed to the scarf around her neck.

"Change everything to these low-saturation Morandi colors; they won't be too eye-catching."

Jiang Wan took out her notebook and wrote it down, then casually praised her.

"The scarf is very beautiful."

Fang Tian smiled gently.

"You think so too? This was a gift from Ah Shi during his vacation in New York last year. I never expected him to pick out women's accessories. I like it very much myself."

"I couldn't find any suitable clothes to match it, but I suddenly found this shirt today, and I didn't expect it to suit me so well."

"Ms. Jiang, do you think it matches?"

Fang Tian twirled around gracefully on the spot, looking at her expectantly.

Her beautiful and elegant face now showed a hint of femininity.

Jiang Wan, however, seemed lost in thought.