Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 170 Being arrogant and haughty will lead to trouble

Chapter 170: 170 Being arrogant and haughty will lead to trouble

Qian Yezhou repressed his anger, "Why?"

Yan Yueqing spread her hands, "Isn’t it obvious? Don’t mix personal feelings with work."

The stunning and dignified woman laughed, like a heartless capitalist, "Besides, there’s a misunderstanding between you and Qiming. One is my subordinate, the other is my best friend, as long as I’m sane, of course I would help you resolve the misunderstanding."

Lawyer Qian is an elite in the industry, and talent like him is hard to come by! Yan Yueqing certainly wanted to retain him!

As for Qiming’s side... before her memory cleared, she too believed Lin Qiming was some kind of despicable wretch, just like Qian Yezhou did.

But in reality, there was no better best friend in the world than him!

If you said Lin Qiming took a fancy to Qian Yezhou, she believed it.

But if you said Lin Qiming deliberately bullied Qian Yezhou, even driving him into a corner with no way out? She found that unrealistic.

Before Qian Yezhou could speak, Yan Yueqing declared, "Lawyer Qian, I can assure you that you don’t have any illegal evidence against Lin Qiming in your hands."

Qian Yezhou spoke in a deep voice, "How can you be sure?"

"Because Lawyer Qian is an upright person, well aware that the Lin Family oppressed you, and if you had illegal evidence against them, you would’ve taken them to court despite corporate pressure. However, over the years, you haven’t done so, which means you haven’t collected the core evidence."

Yan Yueqing’s beautiful eyes sparkled, her lips curling into a somewhat playful smile, "Or there’s another possibility, you found the evidence but can’t bear to use it."

"Why wouldn’t I bear to use it?!" Qian Yezhou retorted instinctively.

Yan Yueqing feigned realization, "So, you didn’t find it."

Qian Yezhou pressed his lips together and didn’t respond.

Under his black cropped hair, a pair of eyes shone like cold stars, bright yet filled with a chill anger.

The boss guessed it right, he indeed hadn’t found the core evidence.

The schemes hatched by those people always led back to the Lin Family.

The Lin Family, after all, wasn’t just Lin Qiming...

However, only Lin Qiming was from a collateral line...

The legitimate line of the Lin Family saw themselves as above the rest, enjoying the collaterals’ tribute, always feeling superior. Even if they had financial issues, they wouldn’t lower themselves to the collateral line. Instead, they concocted lies about allowing the collateral line to merge into the legitimate line, but in reality, they coveted the collaterals’ capabilities and assets, inventing a noble excuse for it.

Lin Qiming’s struggle with his legitimate line elder brother, Lin Chengxiang, was something he was aware of even after many years away from the capital. He even hesitated, wondering if his miserable predicament outside was a ploy by the legitimate line of the Lin Family.

But the fact remained, he had only offended Lin Qiming!

Initially, Lin Chengxiang valued his abilities and wanted to recruit him into the Lin Family’s legal team.

Lin Qiming looked at him playfully, "To join the Lin Family is fine, but you can only submit to me, not work for my brother. Otherwise, I will make sure you suffer."

Qian Yezhou, who had no intention of getting involved in any rich family feuds, promptly declined the invitation from the Lin Family.

He thought that would be the end of it, but to his surprise, Lin Qiming found him and intensified his threat, "Trying to leave? Too late! If you won’t work for me, I’ll make it so you can’t stay in the capital."

Qian Yezhou was just short of calling him insane.

If I can’t offend you, can’t I still evade you?

The proud lawyer was on the run online.

Who knew, the Lin Family still sent people after him...

If Lin Qiming was targeting him, Lin Chengxiang would extend a hand to help him at this moment if he had any wit about him.

But in reality, he had been dodging endless harassment from the Lin Family...

Qian Yezhou thought long and hard, and still believed it was Lin Qiming who sent those people! Because there was simply no reason for Lin Chengxiang to act against him, only Lin Qiming, who was always calculating, wanted to force him to bow and admit defeat...

As for those pieces of evidence...

If he were ruthless, perhaps he truly could find Lin Chengxiang and weigh these pieces of evidence against Lin Qiming, seizing the chance to bring him down...

But justice compelled him!

Without absolute evidence pointing to Lin Qiming, he was unwilling to degrade himself into the very thing he despised the most.

"I don’t have direct evidence pointing to him, but that doesn’t mean he’s innocent..." Qian Yezhou took a deep breath, staring coldly at the screen, "Mr. Lin, do you dare say these matters have nothing to do with you?"

Lin Qiming had not expected Qian Yezhou’s misunderstanding of him to run so deep.

He laughed out of sheer irritation, "Of course, they’re related, I sent all those people, with the sole purpose of making it impossible for you to stay in the capital! I did this all because I couldn’t stand you—"

"Do you believe me?" Before he could utter the three words, his phone suddenly went black.

What the fuck??!!!

Lin Qiming jumped up from his office desk in fright.

Why is the phone running out of battery at this time??!!!

What kind of ridiculous plot twist is this?!

No, please!

He was just arrogantly rebuking him, and the phone pulls this kind of stunt?!

Damn it!!!

Qian Yezhou watched the video call suddenly cut off, a very cold aura surging forth.

In that instant, he didn’t know whether to be angry or to sneer.

Yan Yueqing took back her phone, pensive, "He either has a bad signal, or his phone is out of battery."

Qian Yezhou ground out through clenched teeth, "Fine, I’ll wait for him two minutes."

Yan Yueqing nodded.

But after a full five minutes, Lin Qiming still hadn’t called back.

Disappointment was the only thing left in Qian Yezhou’s eyes, "Boss... it’s not that I haven’t given him a chance..."

Somewhat unexpectedly, a sour bitterness swept over his entire brain.

Qian Yezhou stepped back in distress, seemingly a bit unsteady...

What an unreliable best friend! Yan Yueqing cursed inwardly: You’d better have been abducted by aliens, otherwise this is going to be hard to explain.

As Qian Yezhou’s expression became colder and colder, as if he was about to don some cold-blooded mask and from then on draw clear boundaries, Yan Yueqing suddenly spoke up, "Lawyer Qian, what kind of person do you think I am?"

"Huh?" Qian Yezhou was clearly taken aback, as if he hadn’t expected such a question. After thinking seriously for two seconds, "Miss Yan is a very upright person."

She had the courage to establish rules at Zhongxing that other entertainment companies wouldn’t dare to... She is indeed very courageous and quite upright!

Yan Yueqing nodded, "I appreciate your high opinion of me, so let me be honest with you, Lawyer Qian."

"Please do."

"I will investigate the grievances between you and Lin Qiming from an observer’s perspective and give you both an explanation," Yan Yueqing said earnestly, "But... I need some time."

Qian Yezhou’s mouth was filled with bitterness.

Yan Yueqing continued to persuade, "I’m not someone who will cover for friends and family. If it turns out he really is at fault, Lawyer Qian, you are free to stay or leave; I will no longer interfere. Even if you want to take him to court, I will protect you from interference by the Lin family’s power."

Qian Yezhou knew she had the capability, and he also knew she would follow through. Unsure whether it was to give himself a chance or to give that other person a chance, he lowered his lashes, "Okay."

Yan Yueqing quietly let out a sigh of relief.