He bowed his head, looking at his chest. His wet shirt clung to his body, faintly revealing the flowing lines of muscle beneath.

He was carrying a briefcase and dressed in a suit with a tie, he must be here for business.

The scene was frozen for ten seconds, perhaps even longer. Every second felt like an eternity to Qin Yuezhi. She hadn't forgotten how she had promised Huo Tingdong last time, assuring him she would stay far away from him. But just a few days later, here they were again.

It's really a narrow escape, as if fate is trying to kill me.

A middle-aged woman next to him, who seemed to be the client's representative, trembled and stammered, "H... Mr. Ho... lawyer... please wipe it off first."

She hurriedly looked around for tissues.

Huo Tingdong casually brushed off the soaked fabric of his shirt, his voice laced with coldness: "Miss Qin, how did you manage to grow up so safely?"

Whatever I do, things always go wrong. It's like a jinx is following me around. Not only am I unlucky, but I seem to bring bad luck to everyone around me too.

Qin Yuezhi crooked her lips with a wry smile, and sarcastically said: "I guess I'm a calamity that lasts for a thousand years."

"Miss Qin is quite good at self-positioning."

"?!" Qin Yuezhi was unhappy. She could bear being hurt herself, but she couldn't stand it when others hurt her. In this matter, she was still the victim! Huo Tingdong let those two culprits go, yet he wouldn't let her off the hook. He claimed it wasn't intentional targeting, but anyone with a lick of sense wouldn't believe him: "Huo Tingdong, don't think just because you're a lawyer..."

Shen Wanci hurriedly raised her hand to cover her mouth, and the rest of her words turned into "woo woo" sounds. Qin Yuezhi turned her head, looking at her with a wronged expression, and conveyed with her eyes: "You're my best friend, and you're actually helping him."

“I wasn’t helping him, I just wanted you to calm down before speaking. I was afraid you might regret it. If you're still angry after calming down, I'll get you some water.”

Judging from the previous few instances, Yue Zhi was completely crushed in front of Huo Tingdong.

Qin Yuezhi : “…”

She pulled Shen Wanci's hand away. The previous experience was still fresh in her mind. In order to avoid being taken by Huo Tingdong to visit the court and prison, she decided to endure it. To be honest, he was second to none when it came to making things difficult for others. Just because of a sentence '耽美文学' (dan mei wen xue), he had troubled her for two whole days, begging everyone she knew until the matter finally subsided. Not to mention the time she helped him buy birthday presents for his grandfather - she really ran herself ragged, saying it until her mouth was dry.

It had become one of her most painful memories.

Her anger, unable to be directed at Huo Tingdong, was then aimed at those two strange individuals.

The woman had mistakenly splashed the wrong person, and the person she had splashed looked like someone powerful. Now, she was scared out of her wits, clutching her stomach and hiding behind the Turtle Man. She grabbed onto his shirt at the small of his back and didn't dare speak a word.

"You were quite brave when you splashed water just now, weren't you? Now you're afraid?"

The woman wasn't afraid of Huo Tingdong, but she wasn't afraid of this woman who was trying to seduce her boyfriend either. She stuck out her chin and said, "I'm pregnant."

“You’re pregnant and it wasn't done by me, so I have to put up with this? But you just splashed water on me, we need to settle that,” Qin Yuezhi turned her head to look at Huo Tingdong: “Lawyer Huo, should we take this to court? What charges could we bring against her?”

Ho Tingdong was using a tissue to wipe the damp spot on his shirt. Hearing this, he didn't even raise his head: "Consultation fee, ten thousand."

This is a bit of a slap in the face.

She just asked so naturally, and as a result, the other party immediately gave her a reality check. Qin Yuezhi gritted her teeth: "Why don't you go grab it? Those lawyers only charge a few hundred to a thousand yuan, and you opened your mouth for ten thousand! You're not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue away."

For such a small matter, charging ten thousand dollars is outrageous. One would think it was a case involving hundreds of millions in assets.

"The cheapest one is 200, and I can introduce it to you. However, if you finally decide to sue, the consultation fee will be included in the filing fee."

"…" Qin Yuezhi rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath, "This isn't even about fighting for you. You're taking kindness for granted and getting what you deserve."

"Intentionally splashing water is a violation of citizens' personal rights. According to Article 42 of the Administrative Punishment Law: publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others, and engaging in attacks and reprisals, shall be punished with detention for five to ten days and a fine of up to 500 yuan."

"For this amount of fine, you have the nerve to charge me ten thousand?"

A low growl rumbled from the man’s throat. “Did I pay you?”

The woman was stunned. She never expected that simply splashing water would be illegal. “You… are you kidding me? Just a glass of water, it was an accident! Can the police really arrest me for that?”

After she finished speaking, she took the Sea Turtle Man's hand and started to leave.

The turtle man's secret was exposed, and he had no courage to stay any longer. He immediately shrank his head and tried to follow.

Qin Yuezhi said: "Then call the police. And your boyfriend, he has a wife and kids, yet he pretends to be single to go on blind dates. When the time comes, let the police have a word with him too."

The man, who appeared to be a turtle, withdrew his hand and distanced himself, saying: "We haven't gotten married yet."

The woman took out five hundred from her purse and threw it to Qin Yuezhi, "Isn't that what you want? Here."

I wanted to say a few more things, but seeing Huo Tingdong beside me, I could only shut my mouth sheepishly and mutter a curse under my breath.

Red hundred-dollar bills floated down.

The waiter came over and rushed her: "Miss, you have seriously affected our guests' dining experience. Please leave."

Huo Tingdong looked down at the people below with an exceptionally cold and aloof expression, just like a deity in a temple who could decide life and death with a single word: "That's a penalty from the Security Department. You also have to bear the economic losses caused by splashing water. My clothes cost 68,000 yuan, so how do you plan to pay?"

<<< The girl pasted backwards: “??”

Sea Turtle Man: "???"

Both of them were shocked, staring at Huo TIngdong's golden-embellished clothes.

Shen Wanci leaned into Qin Yue's ear and whispered, "Lawyer Huo is so handsome."

This is simply the white knight who came to save the day riding on a rainbow cloud in the eyes of thousands of girls.

Qin Yuezhi didn't have such a filter for Huo Tingdong. Whenever she thought of Huo Tingdong, she only thought of her own painful experiences: "Don't be fooled by his appearance, he can quibble with you until the end of time over a single sentence..."

Huo Tingdong's gaze swept over Qin Yuezhi lightly, and Qin Yuezhi immediately shut her mouth. She took Shen Wanci's hand and walked out: "You blatantly praise other men as handsome, aren't you afraid that Bo Jingzhou will be jealous?"

She hadn't forgotten what she had promised Huo Tingdong. When she appeared before him again, she would perform a throat-slashing gesture right there in front of him.

But someone as busy as Ho Ting-Tung probably wouldn't remember such an outlandish joke.

She had just taken two steps when she heard Huo Tingdong's faint voice: "Miss Qin, when are you going to perform the slitting your throat you mentioned?"

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