Chapter 30: 30
After sending Ouyang Feng to the hospital, the Doctor concluded he had only suffered external injuries after a detailed check-up . He should be fine after two nights of observation . Wen Xinya left shortly after .
Wen Xinya looked at the time and realized it was already afternoon . Grampy should have arrived at the Southern City . She then gave him a call from her cell phone . The call was answered instantly, “Hello, is this Xinya? Old Zhang and I have arrived in Southern City . We have just checked into our hotel . Do not worry . ”
From his powerful voice, Wen Xinya knew he was doing well and was relieved . “Grampy, please take care of yourself and remember to rest well,” she said .
Old Master Mo acknowledged . “Yes, I know . How come you are as long-winded as Old Zhang?”
Wen Xinya replied with an offended tone, “Grampy, that’s too much! I am just being concerned about your health and here you are, complaining about my long-windedness . ”
“I’m just kidding . I know you are concerned about my health and am elated . How will I ever find you long-winded?” Old Master Mo said jokingly .
Wen Xinya decided to let him off the hook . “Grampy, please help me find a trusted lawyer! I have to handle a situation . ”
She knew that it wouldn’t be convenient for her to show up to the illegal money-lenders whom Ouyang Feng owed his debts to . She had decided to engage a lawyer to front the matter on her behalf . Other than preventing herself from getting into trouble, working through a lawyer also represented authority towards the money-lenders . Grampy enjoyed a high level of status in the literary world, thus it wouldn’t be difficult for him to introduce her to a few good lawyers .
Though Old Master Mo was curious, he didn’t ask for the motive . He told Wen Xinya, “Both your mother and I have worked with the same lawyer . He is a reliable person . You can get him to help you . I’ll give him a call shortly and let him arrange a meeting with you . ”
Wen Xinya replied happily, “Thank you, Grampy!”
When she returned to the Mo Family’s bungalow, Wen Xinya saw Si Yiyan speaking to another man . This man was around 30 years of age, with well-defined features and wearing a suit . She guessed that he should be the lawyer Grampy was talking about .
Just as expected, the suited man stood up when he saw Wen Xinya and introduced himself, “Missus Wen, nice to meet you . I am Qiu Yifan, an attorney from the Chaofan Lawyer Corporation . Please feel free to let me know if there’s anything I can help with . ” Then he respectfully handed her his business card .
Wen Xinya received it with both hands . “Attorney Qiu, nice to meet you . I do have a favor to ask you . ”
Qiu Yifan responded with a serious expression on his face, “It’s my pleasure to be of service to Missus Wen . ”
Wen Xinya looked towards Si Yiyan .
Si Yiyan understood her gesture . He slowly stood up from his chair and excused himself, “Please carry on with your conversation . I’m going to the backyard for a stroll . ”
Wen Xinya was pretty satisfied with Si Yiyan’s understanding . After he had exited from the living room, Wen Xinya looked at Qiu Yifan with a smile . “Attorney Qiu, please take a seat . ”
Qiu Yifan got seated with care and a stern look on his face .
Wen Xinya started brewing from the teapot . Her actions were as smooth as the flow of water, as if she had practiced the same move for a thousand times . There were quality and calmness in every move . Qiu Yifan started to think differently about this teenage girl .
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Wen Xinya poured him a cup of tea . She said, “I have just recently picked up tebrewing and am still learning . Please pardon me if I’ve made any mistakes . ”
Qiu Yifan laughed . “Missus Wen, your tebrewing skills are amazing . ”
With the firmness in his tone and expression, Wen Xinya was almost convinced that she had perfected her tebrewing skills . That’s the talent of lawyers . They are able to speak with conviction . “I have a friend who borrowed some money from illegal money-lenders . I would like you to front this matter,” she said .
Qiu Yifan answered with assurance, “That is a small matter . I will get it done for you, Missus Wen . ”
Wen Xinya passed him the bank card Wen Haowen gave to her and said, “Thank you, Attorney Qiu . I will get my friend to contact you . ”
Qiu Yifan replied, “You are most welcomed, Missus Wen . ”
Wen Xinya raised the teacup in front of her with respect . “Attorney Qiu, please give me your guidance in the future . ”
Lawyers have another unique capability of judging people with accuracy . He noticed that the Missus Wen from the Wen Family had portrayed an attractive charisma and knew she would become an influential character one day .
The Qiu Family had been lawyers for two generations and had been serving the Mo Family since . Naturally, the two families had developed a positive relationship and Qiu Yifan was happy for Old Master Mo for having a capable granddaughter who displayed such unique characteristics at a young age .
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Wen Xinya accompanied Attorney Qiu to the door during his departure . When she returned to the living room, Si Yiyan was sitting at her seat . He took her unfinished cup of tea and sniffed .
With his eyes half-closed, he enjoyed the fragrance from the remaining tea . He did it with a graceful movement . However, there seemed to be a flirtatious meaning behind it .
Wen Xinya blushed . “That was my teacup . I’ve drunk from it earlier,” she said angrily .
Si Yiyan smiled plainly . “I know . There isn’t anything unique about the tea itself, but it carried a fragrance from something else . ”
He rotated the teacup in his hands while speaking . Wen Xinya noticed a barely visible mark of her pink lipstick on one side of the Ruku porcelain cup .
Wen Xinya froze, as if she had been struck by lightning and wasn’t able to react in time . She felt like someone had taken advantage of her . Was that really what happened?
Si Yiyan was smiling . His mesmerizing eyes sparkled with glitter, like a glass placed under a colorful light . His vision focused on her while he continued rotating the teacup . Then he placed the side with the lipstick into contact with his own lips .
Wen Xinya couldn’t believe her eyes . Was this considered kissing? She couldn’t fathom why he was behaving this way . He was openly flirting with her in such an elegant way . It felt like it was perfectly natural for him to take advantage of her .
Wen Xinya instantly recovered from her daze, overcoming her shock from his flirtatious act . It was true that he had taken advantage of her . She snatched the teacup from him angrily . “Return my teacup to me . ”
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Si Yiyan leaned back against the chair . Wen Xinya lost her balance and fell right onto his chest . He held her waist with one arm and said, “Throwing yourself into my arms, hmm?”
Wen Xinya was slim . Holding her in his arms felt comfortable, and he could smell the mild fragrance from her body, except she was boney . It would have been better if…
“Go to hell . I am seriously warning you, you’d better let go of me . Otherwise, I will not be nice to you . ” Wen Xinya panicked . She detected a nice bamboo smell from his body . She tried hitting and kicking non-stop, struggling to get herself up, almost forgetting the way she dealt with the molester earlier .
Si Yiyan knew she was really angry now, thus he immediately let go of her . “Through my actions earlier, I just wanted to let you know it is impolite to leave your lipstick on the teacup . This is an act of not showing respect to the owner,” he said .
Wen Xinya’s anger was dissipated by his words . She controlled her emotions and stared at him with eyes wide open . “So, does it mean I should thank you for sacrificing your body to give me such a valuable lesson?”
Si Yiyan replied coldly, “No need to thank me . But I hope the next time you want to go out or have other arrangements, please do inform me in advance . Have you forgotten we have a calligraphy lesson this afternoon?”
Wen Xinya was feeling a little embarrassed now by his cold reply . She remembered Grampy had indeed requested Si Yiyan to manage her learning schedules for calligraphy and chess . It was impolite of her to loiter outside without informing him . “I understand . I just went shopping earlier and bought some clothes,” she said .