Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Outside the courthouse's towering five-meter-high doors, Crown Princess Lin Shiya was momentarily lost in thought after hearing Li Shuo's words. Sensing her unusual gaze, Li Shuo quickly coughed, his attitude turning "rude" once more.

"Further words are useless. The fact is that Sanxing Bank misappropriated 500 billion yuan of depositors' funds without authorization. See you in court!"

With that, he turned and pushed aside the three-star bodyguards, leading his men directly into the courtroom!

"Are you just going to stand by and watch this guy who suddenly appeared out of nowhere bully me?"

With Li Shuo gone, and no one pressing on Lin Shiya's sensitive skin, reason returned to her mind, and the expression on her beautiful face became lively again. She snorted coldly, and her majestic gaze swept around, causing all the Three Stars people she saw to lower their heads in unison.

"That concludes our interview for today. Let's go!"

After a five or six-second silence, Lin Shiya composed herself and gave an order. Some people blocked the reporters from behind, while others cleared a path in front, allowing her to follow closely behind Li Shuo into the courtroom.

This is the capital city district court. Despite having "district" in its name, it is actually the second highest-level court in South Korea. It is generally used to hear cases involving high-ranking officials and chaebols. The case of Sukkwang Construction v. Samsung Bank is naturally a chaebol dispute, which is why it was placed in such a high-level court.

When Lee Seok entered, the first thing he saw were two South Korean stars: Han Hyo-joo and Nam Gyu-ri, both sitting in the front row of the audience, near the plaintiff's seat. In the plaintiff's seat was Attorney Koo from Seo's Law Firm. Seo Hee, as South Korea's number one beautiful lawyer, had actually stopped appearing in court to argue a long time ago. As the chairman, she naturally left such a small matter to her subordinates.

"President Li, hello. I am Shen Hanwen, a judicial assistant. I am responsible for providing communication channels between the plaintiff and the defendant, mainly for out-of-court settlements and authentication of confidential agreements..."

After Li Shuo brought his men in, a man in his thirties immediately came over, nodded to him, and introduced himself in a serious tone. He then said, "Could you please wait a moment, Chairman Li, while the Sanxing representatives arrive? The court needs to conduct one last pre-trial mediation before the trial begins."

That's pretty much the process, except the man's tone was a bit strange, and he seemed somewhat dismissive of the results, though not to a great extent.

Li Shuo glanced at the other party and nodded with a smile: "Okay, so where shall we conduct the mediation?"

We can't just stand there waiting for Samsung to arrive.

Shen Hanwen casually pointed to the closed room next to him, without answering, appearing very busy, and turned to walk towards a certain passage inside, which was the entrance and exit for the judge and jury during court hearings.

This guy's dismissive attitude left a deep impression on Li Shuo. He turned around and whispered to Xu Ji, "Who is this person? Investigate him later..."

Xu Ji nodded quickly and added, "Boss, don't worry. The judge in this trial is a highly respected teacher I know. Even if Sanxing puts pressure on her, she absolutely cannot influence the final verdict."

Li Shuo nodded indifferently.

In fact, this lawsuit itself was a play staged by Li Shuo and Lin Shiya, so there was no question of whether they could win in the end. Xu Ji said this only to tell Li Shuo that this newly appeared assistant judge was a clueless greenhorn who didn't know the inside story.

Just as the two were talking, and before Shen Hanwen even entered the passage, a commotion arose behind them. Lin Shiya had arrived with the Three Stars!

"Aigoo, welcome, Lady Li... Greetings, Kim Bian..."

Shen Hanwen turned around instantly, strode forward, and greeted Lin Shiya with a standard obsequious smile. He then greeted the lawyer beside her, while the lawyer introduced Lin Shiya, "This is Shen Hanwen, a junior from the law department of our capital university, and also the judge's assistant for this case..."

Lin Shiya greeted them over there, while Li Shuo whispered to Xu Ji, who was on trial, "No wonder everyone says that the ultimate goal of South Korea's elites is to work for the chaebols. Your top law school at the capital university, generation after generation, has probably all been bought off by these chaebols, hasn't it?"

Xu Ji smiled calmly and nodded, saying, "Theoretically, that's true, but in reality, it depends on individual circumstances. When Yan'er was studying law, she also joined a sorority-like organization, but in the end, it was my arrangement that led her to become a prosecutor."

She glanced at Li Shuo and said, "What I mean is, most elites don't even have the opportunity to serve the conglomerates..."

Li Shuo was stunned, and he gained a completely new understanding of the intense competition here!

Soon, Shen Hanwen turned back and clearly invited Lin Shiya and the others into the negotiation room before beckoning to Li Shuo and the others: "Chairman Li, come this way..."

Ordinary plaintiffs and defendants, even chaebol chairmen, would swallow their anger in the special occasion of court. But Li Shuo was different. Even if he wasn't just there to act with Lin Shiya, he couldn't stand this insult!

"Shen Hanwen, who are you talking to?"

The use of his name and stern tone instantly silenced the courtroom before the trial even began, drawing the attention of the jury members and the audience.

Shen Hanwen clearly hadn't expected to encounter someone like Li Shuo. His expression instantly froze, turning a deep, furious shade of liver. But he was just a court employee, and there was nothing he could do about Li Shuo for the time being. So he could only lower his head and say softly, "Chairman Li Shuo, I'm informing you to ask the people from Shuoguo Construction to come into the mediation room. We don't have much time left."

These words were spoken in a measured and calm manner, giving Li Shuo no further opportunity to speak.

Li Shuo grinned, a hint of utter contempt in his eyes: "Tch, I thought he was someone important, turns out he's just a coward..."

Instantly, Shen Hanwen stopped in his tracks. He glared at Li Shuo with extremely sharp eyes. If looks could kill, Li Shuo would probably have been killed ten thousand times over!

But looks can't kill. Li Shuo walked forward leisurely, led his men to push open the door of the mediation room, looked at Lin Shiya inside, and then suddenly blew a lewd whistle...

"Shh, Crown Princess, we meet again!"

Even Xu Ji and the others were somewhat surprised by Li Shuo's frivolity, but they found it more amusing; it seemed their boss was up to his old tricks again.

On the Samsung side, apart from Lin Shiya, the other lawyers and executives all slammed their fists on the table and reprimanded Li Shuo:

"Li Shuo, you are insulting Samsung!" "President Shuoguo, please watch your words!"

"Does your current behavior represent the entire Shuoguo system's attitude towards Samsung?"

These people, who are paid high salaries by Samsung, are extremely shrewd in their words and actions. Their reprimand of Li Shuo perfectly demonstrated the arrogance of a major conglomerate and the powerful sense of threat it exudes.

Faced with this situation, Shen Hanwen, who was in charge of mediation, should have stepped forward decisively to prevent the war of words between the two sides from escalating further. However, he actually shouted at Li Shuo, "Chairman Li, please watch your attitude!"

Li Shuo laughed angrily, turned around, opened the door, and was about to leave...

"where you go……"

Lin Shiya, who had been keeping a close eye on Li Shuo, panicked. "Oppa, you were teasing him, why did you suddenly leave..."

She stood up abruptly, then, as if remembering something, coughed and added, "I came here in person today to clear up the misunderstanding between us... All of you, keep quiet!"

The second half of the sentence was said to the people around him.

Shen Hanwen thought for a moment, then stepped forward and tried to grab Li Shuo's hand: "Chairman Li, now that you're here, you should..."

"boom"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Shuo swung his arm back, dodging Shen Hanwen's grabbing motion while simultaneously striking him on the bridge of the nose with his elbow.

"Ah~" Shen Hanwen screamed, quickly covering his nose with both hands, two streams of blood gushing out: Li Shuo's action was obviously intentional.

I'm sorry.

He made no attempt to hide his malice, merely offering a perfunctory apology, followed immediately by:

"I really didn't expect someone to be so rude. Why would you arrest someone for no reason?"

"I... I was just trying to catch you..."

Shen Hanwen was trembling with anger. He glared fiercely at Li Shuo, his mind racing. He wished he could immediately find someone he knew in court and completely ruin Li Shuo's case!

Just then, Lin Shiya's voice came from behind: "Alright, stop arguing, Assistant Shen, are you alright?"

Although it was a question, Shen Hanwen could only grit his teeth and answer, "It's nothing."

Lin Shiya then added, "If there's nothing else, please step outside for a moment. I need to speak with Chairman Li privately. I hope he can make a wise decision!"

"But, Madam..."

Attorney Kim, who was beside her, seemed to have an objection. Lin Shiya immediately looked over and said softly, "You should have heard that I had some conflict with Chairman Li yesterday, which was later resolved through negotiations. Today's lawsuit is actually an extension of yesterday's events. Give me some time; I need to finish this matter..."

Having said all that Madam Li had to say, her subordinates naturally could not object further. So they all rose to take their leave and left the room.

The same thing happened to the people from the Shuoguo faction. The only difference was that when Xu Ji said she was leaving, Li Shuo kept her behind: "Xu Bian, you stay and help me communicate with Miss Lin..."

If a man and a woman are alone in a room, even if they are perceived as enemies by outsiders, there is still a possibility that their relationship will be discovered. However, if "South Korea's No. 1 beautiful lawyer" is left as a foil, the imagination of ordinary people will be greatly reduced in the three-person room.

In fact, as soon as the unimportant people left, Lin Shiya climbed onto the negotiating table in front of her, then turned around and plopped down on Li Shuo's lap, wrapping her arms around his neck and saying in a coquettish voice, "Oppa, how could you tease me like that in public..."

Her tone was initially accusatory, but the next moment, she brought her red lips close to Li Shuo's ear and whispered, "You made me want...want..."