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Chapter 25 Reconciliation
New Times Department Store is located in the busiest commercial street in Beiguan, not far from Ji Niao Building.

This is a five-story gray strip-style building. At night, the neon signs are flickering.

On the top floor, there is an extremely luxurious and large office, covering a full area of ​​more than 100 square meters, with leather chairs and a huge mahogany desk, which is modern and elegant.

In the rest area slightly lower than the wooden floor desk, beside the marble coffee table, Liu Laocai carefully described his possible arrangements after being imprisoned. Lu Ming recorded it as a lawyer, and there were two other witnesses.

One is Zhou Gan, the operating president of New Era Department Store.

The second is the company's second largest shareholder, Liu Laocai's family friend, Wang Xingwu, an extremely elegant old man, a scholarly family, a famous calligrapher, not interested in business, and the shares were passed down from his ancestors.

After Liu Laocai was about to go to prison, he entrusted his voting rights in the company to Wang Xingwu. At the same time, his second son, Liu Kexing, entered the board of directors and was appointed as the vice president of operations.

"Zhou Gan! From now on, you have to teach my incompetent son more..." Liu Laocai sighed.

Zhou Qian nodded slightly.

Zhou Gan is in his 40s. Like Liu Laocai, he wears a traditional robe, but in fact, he graduated from the Royal Institute of Finance and Economics in Donghai. He is definitely the kind of business talent with trendy thinking and ability.

"Dong Liu, you'll be fine!" Lu Ming rubbed his nose.

"Lawyer Lu, I don't blame you. Who would have thought that my unfilial son would plot against me behind my back with the lawyer I hired at a high price! Of course, I still blame myself for not being able to control my belt, which caused such a bastard." Something..." Liu Laocai smiled wryly, with a hint of despair on his face.

It was obvious that Liu Keyue and High Temperature Tian had colluded in private, and High Temperature Tian gave Liu Keyue an idea.

I contacted the victim Deng Hongmei, but in reality, I didn't really plan to send money. Sure enough, Deng Hongmei didn't accept money and reported Liu Keyue.

In this way, in front of his father, Liu Keyue was a good son who did his best for his father, but in court, the prosecution was not a vegetarian, and soon turned Liu Keyue's behavior into an extremely unfavorable situation for Liu Laocai.

"You can make me understand, I'm already very grateful to you!" Liu Laocai patted Lu Ming's hand, then took out the checkbook, and wanted to pay Lu Ming.

Pan Mila, who was sitting next to Lu Ming, seemed to be holding back something, and finally couldn't help it at this moment, "Mr. Liu, I think it's wrong for you to train Liu Kexing to be your successor."

Liu Laocai looked at her in astonishment: "Madam Pamela, what do you mean by that?"

Before coming here, because it was not working time, Pan Mila had already changed out of her work attire. At this time, she was wearing a black gauze dress and a flower-embellished top hat. , restored the true nature of a beautiful and sexy Western lady.

She glanced at Lu Ming and saw that Lu Ming had nothing to say, neither objecting nor approving, so she continued: "Your son, Mr. Liu Kexing, I think, he has been following his elder brother, and his behavior towards his elder brother He knows everything well, but he didn't expose his elder brother, but cleverly used Lawyer Lu to achieve his goal."

"When we went to Deng Hongmei's home for the first time, he found the place where Deng Hongmei and Mr. Liu Keyue had tea without using that guide at all. At that time, I was very puzzled."

"Besides, he is also very aware of the changes in Deng Hongmei's family. He casually said that he missed it. Attorney Lu must have discovered it at the time."

"Also, Lawyer Lu received an anonymous letter exposing Mr. Liu Keyue's payment to Gao Wentian's lawyer. I think Mr. Liu Kexing did it. Although, he was superfluous. My boss doesn't need his reminder at all."

"All this proves that he is a very scheming son who is not loyal to you. He has been secretly investigating his brother, but he has not told you any information. Instead, he has taken the method of gaining benefits behind the scenes."

Liu Laocai looked at Pan Mila in astonishment, then turned to look at Lu Ming, "Lawyer Lu, is this true?"

Lu Ming rubbed his nose. In fact, he already suspected it, but unlike Pan Mila, he wanted to point it out when he encountered something he couldn't see.

As a defense lawyer myself, I just have to do my duty, and the family disputes of the parties are not within the scope of my duties.

Glancing at Pamela, this guy is actually a very smart woman. It's just that she lived in a different environment when she was a child. Now that she came to the slums, she seemed out of place and even made a lot of jokes.

To Liu Laocai, Lu Ming nodded.

The expression on Liu Laocai's face was frozen, and he slowly leaned back on the sofa. At that moment, he seemed to have aged ten years.

At this time, there was a light knock on the office door, and Yang Yanran gently pushed the door open, "Chairman, Deng Hongmei is here, please see Lawyer Lu alone."

Ever since Lu Ming, Pan Mila, Liu Kexing and others went to Deng Hongmei's community as a guide, Yang Yanran was promoted to be one of the secretaries in the chairman's secretary office.

"Please arrange a separate room for me." Lu Ming stood up.

Liu Laocai nodded to Yang Yanran with a depressed face.

……

In the tea room, Yang Yanran gently closed the door from the outside. Although she was curious about what Deng Hongmei was doing here, she didn't dare to eavesdrop.

"Lawyer Lu, you said that tolbutamide cannot cure diabetes. Is it true?" Deng Hongmei asked nervously.

Seeing Lu Ming nodding, Deng Hongmei immediately showed despair.

Lu Ming sighed in his heart. In fact, in his previous life, when tolbutamide, the first synthetic sulfonylurea hypoglycemic drug, just appeared, the world was also full of joy. He thought that diabetes would soon become history, but it turns out that this disease will plague Humans for quite a while.

"Oh, I have a prescription, you can use it..." Lu Ming suddenly remembered that in his previous life, his aunt had diabetes. Conditioning effect, and in this world, those medicinal materials must be much cheaper than tolbutamide.

The new medicine that has just come out is simply not something that people like Deng Hongmei can afford.

This is also the reason why Deng Hongmei took the initiative to seduce Liu Laocai, and then wanted to get huge civil compensation.

The fact that he didn't have a real relationship with Liu Laocai was because he couldn't get over the psychological hurdle.

But despite this, Deng Hongmei's humiliation can be imagined when she was wearing a uniform to seduce a fat old man.

The poor, sometimes, are so humble in order to survive.

"Ah, thank you, Lawyer Lu!" Seeing Lu Ming take out a paper and brush to write the prescription, Deng Hongmei was stunned, with tears gradually oozing from her eyes.

"Lawyer Lu, you are a good person. I know that you don't want me to make a fool of yourself in court, so you didn't ask me harsh questions..." Deng Hongmei sobbed softly, wiping away her tears.

Lu Ming put the prescription in front of her, nodded and said, "It's not just what you think, too embarrassing a weak woman will make the jury resent me, and it will also affect the persuasiveness of my closing statement. "

"On the contrary, I pursued Liu Keyue fiercely, and let the jurors see a new possibility. I completely let you, a weak woman, I completely let go. I think, in the hearts of the jury, I have already established a more positive attitude." image of."

"A lawsuit, sometimes, is a game of winning the majority of jurors to your side."

"However, when it comes to the closing statement, I will state everything to the jury. Although I don't want your reputation to be damaged in any way, the law is the law. In this matter, Liu Gaoyu did not break the law and should not be unfairly treated. trial."

Deng Hongmei raised her head in astonishment.

Apparently, he originally thought that Lu Ming was a kind-hearted person, and he had special sympathy for her, and he was unwilling to tell the truth.

But she was still a little uncertain, and she was more concerned about the new diabetes drug. Lawyer Lu was well-informed, but she couldn't ask in detail in court.

She just came to see Lu Ming, but she didn't think that Lu Ming didn't intend to cover her up to the end.

Lu Ming looked at Deng Hongmei, "I know, your family is in a difficult situation. Your husband is in poor health because of diabetes, so he can no longer pull a rickshaw. He can only work as a low-level clerk. Your income is even less. Can’t afford to buy that new drug at all.”

"But that's not the reason why you have the right to blackmail my client." After a pause, "I hope that we can settle this case privately. If it goes to court tomorrow, the final result will definitely not be what you want."

"In court, sometimes I'm afraid of myself..."

As Lu Ming said, he sighed lightly.

Under Lu Ming's clear gaze, Deng Hongmei lowered her head in shame, "I know, I heard that the famous Mr. Liang lost the lawsuit against you..."

After a moment of silence, she hesitated and said, "I, can I withdraw the lawsuit now?"

Lu Ming shook his head, thought for a while and said, "Well, let's sign a settlement agreement, and you can show it to the prosecutor now or tomorrow morning. Of course, he definitely disagrees, and even thinks that you have been bewitched by me, so you insist on it." , saying that you took the initiative to meet me and sign the settlement agreement."

The prosecution witness took the initiative to meet with me, and I went to meet with the prosecution witness, which are completely different things. Many people here are not afraid of the prosecution's investigation when they see Deng Hongmei coming.

"Then, you said that if you must continue the fight, you will withdraw your confession. If he threatens to sue you for perjury, you don't have to worry. I will help you get rid of the crime. Generally speaking, the prosecution will not do this. point."

He also said, "Wait a minute, I'll call Liu Gaoyu!"

Standing up, thinking for a while, and sitting down again, Lu Ming took out the check book, wrote a check for 2000, handed it to Deng Hongmei, and said: "In order not to damage the interests of my client, the settlement will not Any compensation you make, this money is for me in private, as a condolence to you."

Deng Hongmei stared blankly at the check. It was a huge sum of money from her four-year salary. In Beiguan, she could even buy a small house.

Lu Ming got up and walked out.

(End of this chapter)