Soul Patch

Chapter 224 Women are hard to please!
"I'll pack the pills up and send them to you by express delivery."

"Why bother with the express delivery? Let's have a drink together today, just bring it over," Zhang Yang said with a nasal tone.

Every time Wenjie listened to Zhang Yang speak, he felt like he couldn't breathe. Right now, Zhang Yang was quite excited and spoke a little faster, which made the feeling of suffocation even stronger. Wenjie subconsciously touched his nose.

He wasn't really in the mood for the drinking party, but since he needed Zhang Yang's help and Zhang Yang had made the suggestion, he couldn't very well refuse.

“Okay, you choose the place,” Wenjie said casually, sounding uninterested.

Having shared a dorm room for so long, he knew Wenjie had a cold personality, so he said cheerfully, "Okay, Baiyu, I'll let you know. I heard he got a new girlfriend. That guy really knows how to ruin people. And you guys, come over together after get off work, okay?"

"Okay, I've chosen the address. Send it to me on WeChat." Wenjie said and hung up the phone.

For some reason, Zhang Yang felt a strange sensation when he mentioned Bai Yu.

Bai Yu should still be interning at the General Administration, Wen Jie thought, looking down at his phone's calendar. He figured the General Administration's list of retained employees would be released by July.

The thought of being retained sent a pang of sadness through him.

If I hadn't changed my life trajectory, I would still be interning at the General Administration, and I would have been the first among this batch of interns to be sent down.

He looked around at the luxurious office building located in the northern business district of M City. Its 20-story height, overlooking the streets below, gave him the illusion of climbing into the upper echelons of M City's society.

The days of struggling to survive, the life of a loser, seem like a dream, a real yet despairing dream.

He never even treated Yang Shanshan to a decent meal. The only time they ate together was at a barbecue restaurant in Hallasan, which caused Yang Shanshan to have a cherry allergy...

Wenjie gave a wry smile and smoothed the hair at his temples.

After a long silence, he suppressed the frustration brewing in his heart, took out his phone, found Zhang Meng's number, and dialed it.

"Hello, Attorney Zhang!"

Zhang Meng was sitting in her office at Leading Law Firm, reviewing the investigation materials on the Jeep owner, when Wenjie's call came in.

This makes women who have developed feelings for each other feel that it's fate, which is exactly what this means.

You step into XZ with a face full of reverence on your pilgrimage, while I sit quietly at the foot of Mount Kailash, gazing at the majestic snow-capped mountain.
You stand in the sky above the Mirror of the Sky, meditating under the dazzling starry sky, while I am taking three flights to reach the town of Uyuni in Bolivia.

We've never met, yet we've walked the same paths and longed for the same scenery.

Zhang Meng raised an eyebrow, a look of joy on her face. She quickly cleared her throat, put down the documents in her hand, stood up in front of the office's floor-to-ceiling window, facing the bustling street below, steadied herself, and answered the phone: "Hello, Ms. Wen!"

"Attorney Zhang, are you busy right now?" Wenjie asked politely.

"Yes, we're busy..." Zhang Meng glanced at the intersection; the red light for north-south traffic was on, and a long line of cars had formed.

"Oh, then I won't bother you..."

"No, I'm not bothering you. I'm busy with your own things." Zhang Meng was quick-witted and eloquent, and with one sentence, she stopped Wenjie from saying anything more.

This question piqued Wenjie's interest, and he pressed on, "So, who is the car owner?"

“The car owner lent the car to a friend. I don’t think you’re interested in this owner,” Zhang Meng said casually, deliberately leaving the truth unsaid.

“No, I’m interested, just say so.” Wenjie thought for a moment and said, “Or you can send me the information and I’ll study it myself.”

This second half of the sentence is what Wenjie really wanted to say.

“This information isn’t so easy to get…” Zhang Meng used her usual negotiation tactic, intending to use it as leverage to get Wenjie to treat her to dinner and go on a date with her. Wenjie asked directly, “How much? I’ll transfer it to you.”

Zhang Meng thought to herself: This society is really strange. When you want to talk about money, the other party talks about ideals, sentiments, and feelings, but never about money.

When you don't want to talk about money and feel that you can talk about anything but money, the other party will insist on talking about money with you.

She scoffed dismissively, her voice rising unconsciously: "Young Master Wen, perhaps you really can't buy this with money. There are always some things in this society that money can't buy."

Wenjie just found it funny; a lawyer not talking about money? That's novel!

“You said it yourself…” Wenjie really wanted to retort, but thinking of the documents she was holding, he suppressed his impatience and patiently said, “Then tell me, how do you want to thank me?”

"Let's have dinner together tonight. I'll bring you the documents." Zhang Meng said with a smug smile.

In terms of negotiation, how could a young man like Wen, fresh out of the business world, be a match for her?

In M City, she is among the lawyers with the highest success rate.

Just when she thought victory was assured, Wenjie unexpectedly refused her in a tactful manner.

"Sorry, I have plans tonight, a college dorm party."

Wenjie was telling the truth, but Zhang Meng's smug smile froze instantly upon hearing it. Her expression gradually crumbled, and after a moment of silence, she said, "Since Young Master Wen is so busy, let's talk about this another day."

After that, he hung up the phone directly.

Another day won't work!
Who knows if those people will target him again?

We're in such a passive position now; we have to investigate every single clue to the end.

Wenjie shook his head helplessly at the ringing phone and reluctantly dialed again.

"Attorney Zhang, where are you now? I'm coming to find you."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Meng's anger subsided considerably, but her expression remained unperturbed: "I'm at Leading Law Firm, busy with work. I don't think I'd have time to receive you even if you came during working hours."

Wenjie smiled knowingly; women are often hypocritical.

If they didn't want him to visit, why would they have specified the location so clearly?

Wenjie already knew that Zhang Meng worked at Leading Law Firm, and Huahai also had a legal counsel agreement with Leading Law Firm.

Leading Law Firm assigned Zhang Meng to handle Huahai's case because legal proceedings against such a major client like Huahai cannot afford any mistakes. Zhang Meng is one of Leading Law Firm's top lawyers, boasting a high success rate.

"It's okay, I'm coming right now. You go about your business, I don't mind." Wenjie said and hung up the phone.

He didn't care whether Zhang Meng had time to receive him or not; he only cared about that document.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Meng had a way of getting her hands on some confidential information, he wouldn't bother dealing with her.

He felt that dealing with women who were a little scheming was too tiring.

Especially someone like Zhang Meng, who is not only scheming but also very petty.

If you accidentally offend her, Zhang, the lawyer, is no ordinary person; she'll probably do everything she can to mess with you until you're completely ruined.

Wasn't what happened to Zhang Yao enough of a wake-up call?
(End of this chapter)