I'm such a lovesick person.

Chapter 440: Let it go in one stroke?
3:30 PM, Simin Law Firm.

Hua Hongshan, dressed in a smart suit, rushed into Liu Yue's office and said after sitting down, "I want to go to your dinner party tonight too!"

Liu Yue frowned and said, "You can go and tell Wei Lin!"

Hua Hongshan shook her head: "I don't want to talk to him, but can't I talk to you instead?"

Liu Yue sighed, suddenly feeling that Hua Hongshan was being quite unreasonable, so she said, "Shanshan, you need to understand one thing: tonight's dinner party is being hosted by President Ling Zhijian!"

"The person he mainly wanted to invite was Wei Lin, and it was because I helped mediate that he brought me and my master along."

"As you said yourself, he's still having trouble with your family, and he didn't invite you out. How can I just bring you along without saying a word?"

"If I do that, what will President Ling think of me?"

"Shanshan, I'm begging you! Please don't put me in a difficult position."

"If you really want to go, then just tell Wei Lin! As long as Wei Lin says he's willing to take you along, there won't be any problems on his end!"

Liu Yue advised.

Hua Hongshan's expression turned slightly cold as she said in a low voice, "I don't care, I'm going with you! I want to ask you face to face why Ling Zhijian is targeting our Laiyi!"

"It's clearly Ling Zhijian's fault, so why should I beg Wei Lin to take me along?"

"Yueyue, are you going to help me or not?"

"All I need to do is tell me the time and place! I don't need you to worry about anything else!"

Liu Yue was also a little unhappy and said, "I can't help! I already said that if you want to go, Wei Lin has to agree first! As long as Wei Lin agrees, I can talk to President Ling! Of course, it's the same if Wei Lin talks to President Ling!"

"But I, Liu Yue, don't have that much influence. If I say I'll bring you along, President Ling will definitely get angry. Please don't push me, okay?"

The two best friends started arguing again.

……

Back in the car, Hua Hongshan's previous strength and coldness vanished instantly.

"How did Yueyue and I end up like this?"

She gripped the steering wheel with both hands, gazing ahead with a somewhat bewildered expression, feeling that her relationship with Liu Yue had been diluted considerably because of Wei Lin.

"If Yueyue is unwilling to help, then I'll have to ask Wei Lin."

After sighing, Hua Hongshan called Wei Lin and said, "Wei Lin, Ling Zhijian is inviting you to dinner tonight, right? Can you bring me along?"

Wei Lin readily agreed, "Okay!"

The next moment, he provided the specific time and address.

"In critical moments, Wei Lin is much more reliable than Yue Yue!"

Hua Hongshan snorted.

……

Six p.m.

Liuyun Pavilion, Xingyue Hall.

Ling Zhijian had arrived long ago. He and Zhang Simin sat down to drink tea and chatted casually.

On the table, there was a wide variety of expensive liquors, including baijiu, foreign liquors, and red wine.

"Old Zhang, we really owe you a lot for this trip."

Ling Zhijian combed his hair meticulously and even used hair wax to style it.

He was dressed in an elegant black suit and wore a Vacheron Constantin Overseas watch, exuding the air of a wealthy businessman.

“It really wasn’t because of me.” Zhang Simin smiled calmly and explained, “My apprentice knows President Wei. She asked President Wei to put in a good word for her, and that’s why he agreed to come.”

Ling Zhijian nodded with a smile: "Old Zhang, you have a good apprentice!"

"What exactly did you do?" Zhang Simin asked in a low voice.

"I did do some things, but none of them succeeded!"

When Ling Zhijian brought this up, he first complained a bit before explaining what had happened.

Finally, he burst into a tirade: "It's all that old fox Hua Xing's fault! He knew perfectly well that Wei Lin had a powerful background, yet he still instigated me to target Wei Lin, almost getting me into trouble!"

After listening to his account, Zhang Simin said, "Fortunately, thanks to the government's connections, they weren't able to do anything to President Wei's company, otherwise..." Ling Zhijian smiled bitterly.

……

ten minutes.

Liu Yue, who had been meticulously groomed, came in carrying a designer handbag. Before she could even sit down, Ling Zhijian stood up and casually handed her a tote bag.

"This is just a small token of my appreciation, Attorney Liu, please accept it!"

"This trip is all thanks to Attorney Liu! Without your help in making the introduction, Mr. Wei would never have agreed to the appointment!"

Without saying a word, Ling Zhijian shoved the bag into Liu Yue's hand.

Liu Yue looked at her master with a questioning gaze.

Zhang Simin nodded slightly, indicating that she could accept Ling Zhijian's gift; refusing it would seem like a formality.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Ling!"

Liu Yue then accepted it.

At 6:30, Wei Lin and Hua Hongshan appeared together.

"President Wei! Uh, President Hua..."

Upon seeing Hua Hongshan arrive, Ling Zhijian immediately felt awkward and said, "Everyone, please sit down and eat first. Mr. Wei, could you take a look at the dishes and see if there's anything that needs to be changed?"

Hua Hongshan's arrival made Zhang Simin and Liu Yue feel a little uncomfortable, especially Liu Yue.

The two had argued in the afternoon and haven't spoken since.

Liu Yue thought about it a lot, but she didn't take the initiative to contact Hua Hongshan or apologize.

Wei Lin, however, remained calm and composed. After sitting down, he said with a nonchalant expression, "President Ling, I'll get straight to the point."

Ling Zhijian: "President Wei, please speak!"

"You asked the fire and health departments to investigate my company. The leaders of both departments have told me about it."

Wei Lin made no attempt to hide anything, revealing the stark truth in the most straightforward way, saying, "I called my partner over because what you really want is my shares in Qingque."

"It's just because your nephew Ling Lifeng thinks I'm easy to bully and that I'm easily manipulated by you seniors."

"is not it?"

Wei Lin questioned.

Ling Zhijian replied, "I wouldn't dare!"

Wei Lin, his face cold, snapped again, "Is that right?!"

Ling Zhijian sighed with a wry smile and said, "President Wei, this was indeed my fault, and I admit my mistake. Whenever I see a business opportunity, I want to rush in and get a piece of the pie; that's my problem."

"Before I did these things, I specifically talked to Xiao Hua's father. My intention was to... get him to swallow up your shares in Qingque, Mr. Wei."

"As it turns out, he didn't warn me at all; he deliberately tricked me!"

Ling Zhijian instantly dragged Huaxing into the situation.

At this moment, Wei Lin finally became certain that his deduction was correct: the reason why Ling Zhijian insisted on targeting Huaxing was because Huaxing wanted to use Wei Lin to deal with Ling Zhijian.

Hua Hongshan, who had originally intended to confront Ling Zhijian, suddenly fell silent after hearing his words.

—She finally figured out the whole story.

Ling Zhijian's greed for Wei Lin's shares in Qingque is Ling Zhijian's problem.

Her father, Hua Xingming, knew that Wei Lin was a tough nut to crack. When Ling Zhijian approached him to join forces, he not only failed to warn him but also incited and encouraged Ling Zhijian.

His father sowed the seeds, and now he is reaping the consequences.

"Alright, that's enough. Let's eat, but we won't drink!"

Wei Lin brushed it off lightly.

……

(End of this chapter)