Everyone was shuddered. Although they had known earlier that Chief Judge Xu was a dignified and emotionless person, but the way he treated his girlfriend was such a huge difference from his usual self. The art of face changing also not as fast as his.
Judge Yan Zhen braced herself and stepped forward to congratulate him. “Congratulations! Chief Judge Xu is finally going to end his bachelorhood. Ms An is quite pretty. Both of you are a perfect match.”
Xu Baohan turned back and looked at her condescendingly. “You should have heard what He Mingqian said when you came out from the mediation room a moment ago, am I right?”
Yan Zhen was stupefied. She nodded and replied weakly, “You don’t expect me to testify in court, do you?”
“I only would like you to testify that He Mingqian had said something to slander An Lan,” Xu Baohan said calmly. “Sorry to trouble you when the time comes.”
“It is my pleasure. It is my pleasure,” Yan Zhen muttered to herself, what was going on? Did he mean that as a judge, she also had to testify in court? “Chief Judge Xu, you seriously want to go to court, you’re not joking, are you?”
“I always mean what I say,” Xu Baohan replied expressionlessly as he turned to leave.
Those in the court were whispering to each other.
“Chief Judge Xu is so scary. Fortunately, I didn’t speak ill of An Lan in the past.”
“In the future, we must remember not to say something bad about Ms An.”
“Definitely, we also couldn’t have any ulterior motives on Ms An.”
“Yeah, who would take the risk to be the rival in love of Xu Baohan? He would have to expect to go to court and to jail.”
At the Office.
Xu Baohan walked in to the office and dialed Song Ruixue’s number.
“Baohan, why are you unexpectedly willing to contact me today?” Song Ruixue laughed from the other side of the phone.
“Teacher, didn’t you owe me a favor before this?” Xu Baohan said coldly. “I would like you to make a come back to represent me.”
Song Ruixue became nervous when he heard this. “Baohan, did you get into some trouble?”
“No, not me. There is a person in the legal circle by the name of He Mingqian who had slandered and insulted the woman I like. He made up and spread some rumors that ruined her reputation. I want to sue him,” Xu Baohan explained it calmly, “Due to the extremely egregious nature of his conduct, I hope that he will be punished as severely as possible.”
Song Ruixue was stunned for a moment before he couldn’t help swearing. “Are you out of your mind? You want me to return your favor for such a trivial matter? Do you know that how many people out there would like me owing them favor?”
“Teacher, didn’t you hear clearly what I said? It’s a case of extremely egregious nature,” Xu Baohan said coldly. “It’s a small issue to you, but it’s a big issue to me. Don’t you want to return the favor to me?”
Song Ruixue was left totally speechless. “This is just a minor lawsuit. It is not worthwhile in this case if you want me to return the favor. I’ll just get my disciple to settle it for you.”
“No, it must be you.”
Song Ruixue was silent for a moment before continued to talk, “You want me to step in to attract the public attention so that his reputation will be ruined, am I right? You seem to harbor a lot of hatred towards him, do you? There’s no need to be so ruthless.”
Xu Baohan sneered. “I wish I could knock him out, but my position doesn’t allow me to do so, therefore I can only seek legal means to settle it.”
“If this is the case, it is also not necessary. You mentioned that he had slandered the person you like, but she is still not your girlfriend. Is it true?”
“Is there a difference? She’ll become my girlfriend sooner or later,” Xu Baohan replied determinedly.
Song Ruixue simply couldn’t do anything with him. In the end, he could only agree.
He truly didn’t expect that after five years without going to court, he would have to come out of retirement just for a minor slander case. Well, he could only try his best to win the lawsuit.