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Chapter 689: Do you want to use the ploy of injuring oneself to win the enemy’s confidence?

Chapter 689: Chapter 689: Do you want to use the ploy of injuring oneself to win the enemy’s confidence?

The jewelry store case, essentially, was Yi Wei’s case.

Zhu Qianying was actually one of the witnesses, but Yan Shao was reluctant to let Zhu Qianying stand on the witness stand and be questioned by the opposing lawyer, so he simply appointed a lawyer on her behalf.

Apart from not wanting Zhu Qianying to be aggressively interrogated, he was even more reluctant to let Zhu Qianying face the crazy Yi Wei.

Nobody knew what kind of outrageous things a lunatic would say.

Zhu Qianying was slightly taken aback, and after a long moment, she finally lifted her head to look at him.

"Can I just not go?"

As Yan Shao had anticipated, Zhu Qianying was not eager to see Yi Wei.

"Well, if you don’t want to go, just don’t. I don’t plan to go either. However, Ke Kai will be there, and I’ll give you a complete report afterward."

Zhu Qianying responded casually and the two people tactfully changed the subject, no longer mentioning Yi Wei.

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The next day, the baby boy still wasn’t in great shape at the breakfast table, clearly he didn’t have a good night’s sleep.

After dropping him off at school, Yan Shao, who had been acting extremely calm, couldn’t help but call a child psychologist on the road and explained the baby boy’s situation, then humbly sought his advice.

The psychologist suggested that they could delay, let the boy slowly accept his situation — after all, from Yan Shao’s account, the boy was already making an effort to adjust. And for a decisive child like their baby boy, psychological intervention may not necessarily derive a good outcome.

Around 11 am, Ke Kai’s call came through.

"Grandpa, everything happened as you predicted. Yi Wei is ordered to compensate Ying Jewelry with five hundred thousand for the economic loss. Considering her current mental state, the lawyer asked the court, per your request, to send Yi Wei to a mental hospital."

Such a verdict was, basically, within Yan Shao’s expectations.

"Did Yi Changxing make a scene?"

"Grandpa, the entire Yi Changxing family never showed up, so what’s there to fuss about?"

Ke Kai complained about the human fickleness on the other end of the line — as biological parents, they didn’t even care about Yi Wei’s fate.

Of course, Ke Kai actually felt no sympathy for Yi Wei, he was simply stating the matter objectively.

After hanging up Ke Kai’s call, Yan Shao waited for a while before he picked up the phone and dialed Zhu Qianying’s number.

He relayed everything Ke Kai had said on the phone to Zhu Qianying, who listened and simply responded casually.

Yan Shao knew she’d always been reluctant to talk about Yi Wei’s affairs, but he had to give her an explanation.

"Ying’er, are you still uncomfortable about this?"

Yan Shao was prepared if Zhu Qianying’s answer was yes — he’d get himself ready to try kneeling on a keyboard or a durian shell to coax her to calm down.

After all, getting involved with Yi Wei was due to his poor judgement and indecisiveness.

Zhu Qianying, on the other end of the line, let out a deep breath, "No, I just hope that from now on, this person won’t appear in our lives again."

"Rest assured, Ying’er, she absolutely won’t!"

Yan Shao also breathed a sigh of relief. After briefing Zhu Qianying, he made another call to the court to confirm a few details, ensuring that nothing could go wrong, only then did he completely feel at ease.

As for why Yi Changxing didn’t appear at the trial, everyone else might think he was heartless, but Yan Shao knew that at this point, the whole Yi family was still trapped at home by creditors. Most likely, news about the Yi family going bankrupt would circulate in a day or two.

By then, surely many people would say this was the outcome of Yan Shao’s manipulation.

Yan Shao wasn’t bothered by such rumors and certainly wasn’t going to pay attention to them. At this point, his focus was no longer on the Yi family, but on the shameless father and son duo of Zhu family.

Zhu Zhizhou, who had been slapped publicly by Chen Jing and Luo Yifan, hadn’t been hanging around the restaurant lately, thinking he’d finally given up.

After all, he couldn’t compare with Luo Yifan in any aspect, neither in appearance nor in many other aspects.

Since moving into Chen Jing’s apartment, Luo Yifan had settled down completely even though Chen Jing had been at the seaside villa taking care of Bai Xiangdong for several days. Despite feeling a bit uncomfortable, he didn’t question anything about Chen Jing.

He let Chen Jing spend time at the villa taking care of Bai Xiangdong. Meanwhile, he conscientiously purchased ingredients every day and managed the accounts and staff at the restaurant. Even though Chen Jing was not around for a few consecutive days, the restaurant continued its normal operation as usual.

When Chen Jing returned to the restaurant after sending Bai Xiangdong away, business resumed as usual. As she heard Xiao Ya and the others call Luo Yifan ’boss’ and her ’boss lady’, her feelings were quite indescribable.

After Bai Xiangdong left with Bai Shao, the nearly renovated antique shop was temporarily taken over by Yan Shao’s personnel, who were told to keep things in accordance with Bai Xiangdong’s wishes.

That afternoon, accompanied by Luo Yifan, Chen Jing went to check on the shop and ran into Xiao Zhang, who had previously revealed the whereabouts of her parents.

The two chatted for a bit, mostly about Chen Jing’s parents and elder brother. Luo Yifan stood on the sideline, understanding most of the conversation.

On the way back to the restaurant, Luo Yifan suddenly said to Chen Jing, "Ah Jing, when you have time, let me accompany you to visit your older brother."

Chen Jing was taken aback, and Luo Yifan explained, "You told me that your elder brother is always unwilling to open the door for you. Could it be that he thinks you are still entangled with Zhu Zhizhou? If I go with you, would he be happier?"

Chen Jing lowered her head and was silent for a while before responding, "Let’s go together and visit him tomorrow afternoon."

Chen Jing had already been turned away at the door for nearly a month. In the beginning, her elder brother would open the door for a peek, then, upon seeing it was her, promptly shut the door.

Later on, he didn’t even respond to the door, as if there was no one inside.

However, Chen Jing had inquired with neighbors who said there were indeed people living inside.

Since Bai Xiangdong’s return, Chen Jing hadn’t gone to see her older brother. Now that Luo Yifan had suggested it, she thought it wasn’t a bad idea.

After all, she had tried the same thing many times, and under the circumstances where there was no other solution, changing the way might bring about a new progress.

Seeing Chen Jing agreed, Luo Yifan was secretly delighted and was considering what gifts to buy to please the future elder brothers-in-law when he heard her say, "You don’t need to prepare any gifts or anything like that. Even with you accompanying me, most likely, we’ll still be turned away."

Despite Chen Jing’s stern warning, Luo Yifan still sneaked out to prepare a bunch of gifts while Chen Jing was busy in the kitchen that night.

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