Rebirth of the King of Waves

Chapter 117 I Need to Talk to Him

"Are you crazy? Why did you do this? What benefits did Ning Bishu give you?!" Guo Chen had just stepped out of the elevator when he heard Lü Xueqian's furious, almost out-of-control roar.

Mu Shanming was obviously among them.

He walked quickly to the entrance of the law firm.

At nearly 10 a.m., all the dozen or so lights in the law firm were on, but the workstations were empty. Only Ye Jingyang remained, sitting quietly in a corner, looking out at the open conference room door.

Upon seeing Guo Chen enter, Ye Jingyang called out, "Attorney Guo..." He hadn't seen Guo Chen come to work for several days, but tonight, so late at night, Guo Chen had come. Ye Jingyang couldn't help but feel somewhat puzzled.

However, Guo Chen did not respond to Ye Jingyang.

With a stern face and a serious expression, he walked straight to the conference room door.

In the conference room, Lü Xueqian and Mu Shanming were locked in a standoff, banging on the table.

The two looked at Guo Chen, who stepped into the conference room and turned to close the door.

Mu Shanming coldly replied, "Don't turn it off, keep it on!"

The long-standing disparity in their social standing caused Guo Chen to instinctively remove his hand from the doorknob upon hearing these words. But the next instant, he suddenly felt extremely displeased and angry at his submission to Mu Shanming.

"Why don't you close the door? Are you trying to make a fool of yourself?" Guo Chen looked up at Mu Shanming with a scrutinizing gaze, frowning as he asked. It was as if, after witnessing Mu Shanming and Ning Bishu's affair last night, he had ascended to a higher moral pedestal.

Seeing Guo Chen's attitude, Mu Shanming's eyes immediately lost even the superficial friendliness he usually showed him. Only clear contempt and deep disgust remained. He then said indifferently, "Zhang Junjun will be coming over later."

This answer is clearly irrelevant.

It has absolutely nothing to do with Guo Chen asking her why she insisted on leaving the door open.

However, this one answer made Guo Chen, who had been so aggressive just a second ago, instantly become docile again.

Zhang Junjun...

Just hearing that name restored Guo Chen's rationality considerably.

Mu Shanming didn't bother to look at Guo Chen again, and turned to Lü Xueqian to say, "President Lü, there's no need to get agitated. Whether this matter can be done or not is not up to me or you."

"fart!"

Lu Xueqian was furious. "Didn't you start this whole thing? How dare you say that? In short, I disagree! Besides, we're in the same law firm. How are you going to defend Ning Bishu? Have you forgotten about the Lawyers Law?"

“That’s right!” Guo Chen also realized, “Lawyers from the same law firm should recuse themselves from the same case! Mu Shanming, you…you were confused by Ning Bishu yesterday, weren’t you?” As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.

Outside the conference room, Ye Jingyang was filled with shock and involuntarily turned to look at the reception room.

That morning, he did indeed smell an unusual floral fragrance in the reception room...

So after dinner last night, Ning Bishu and Mu Shanming came to the law firm?

They're really good at picking locations!

So exciting...

Ning Bishu is really brave...

Ye Jingyang was deeply impressed and admired Ning Bishu immensely.

Inside the conference room, Lü Xueqian stared at Guo Chen in utter astonishment, speechless for a long time before asking incredulously, "What did you say? Last night, she and Ning Bishu..."

Lu Xueqian thought that Guo Chen's crazy posts on Weibo were just pure nonsense.

But now, hearing Guo Chen say it to Mu Shanming's face, he was truly shocked.

Who is Mu Shanming?

Logically speaking, she should be Zhang Junjun's lover, right?

In fact, Lu Xueqian had never really figured out whether Mu Shanming and Zhang Junjun were having an affair over the past few years. He even wanted to try Mu Shanming's taste, just to secretly be one of his boss's kindred spirits for once.

Now, Guo Chen, you're telling me that the boss's mistress is having an affair with another man on the boss's turf.

And then you bumped into me?
Lü Xueqian looked at Guo Chen.

At that moment, Guo Chen's heart also started pounding.

How did you say that?
Why couldn't I resist?
Guo Chen never expected that he would have the guts to do this, but at this moment he could only grit his teeth, turn around and say in a tone of condemnation, criticism, and accusation, "Ask Attorney Mu! Last night I saw her and Ning Bishu having a great time in the reception room!"

Lu Xueqian was completely dumbfounded.

No, this heroine...

Even if you didn't actually have an affair with Zhang Junjun, you still managed to make a living at Hechen Law Firm because of that relationship, right?

Now that you've hooked up with another man, you still need Zhang Junjun to back you up?

Your back is broken, what the hell are you going to hold up?

"Mu Shanming, you have to give me an explanation...!" Lu Xueqian was so shocked by the sudden and completely changed internal relationship that he was almost speechless, his voice trembling. "What exactly happened? Do you want to die?"

Mu Shanming did not answer Lü Xueqian.

Instead, he remained expressionless, looked at Guo Chen, and calmly asked, "What I did with whom is none of your business."

"Does it have anything to do with me?"

Mu Shanming's tone was so cold and ruthless, yet contemptuous and disdainful.

Guo Chen's already somewhat disordered mental state was instantly triggered by Mu Shanming's words.

"Ha!" He suddenly grinned savagely, his face contorted in an exaggerated and distorted manner, appearing even more agitated than Lü Xueqian. "What does it have to do with me? What does it have to do with me? Of course it doesn't!" The jealousy that had been building up since last night could no longer be concealed. He laughed bitterly, hurling filthy curses, "You lowly bitch! Whoever has money, you can be with whoever you want, what does it have to do with me?" The usually timid and cautious Guo Chen had completely shed all his masks and pretenses. Mu Shanming frowned and immediately warned, "Attorney Guo, don't blame me for not warning you, you will be held legally responsible for what you said."

"Fine! Go ahead and sue me!" Guo Chen shouted hysterically.

Just then, a deep voice came from outside.

"Whom should we sue?"

A middle-aged man in his forties led a middle-aged woman of similar age, who was not particularly beautiful but had an extraordinary air about her, into the law firm.

As the two people walked to the door of the conference room, the voices of the three people inside stopped abruptly, as if by unspoken agreement.

Guo Chen, who was standing by the door, stopped moving.

Lü Xueqian looked at the person who had come.

Mu Shanming then stood up from his seat.

Zhang Junjun turned to look at Guo Chen, silently walked past him, and sat down naturally. The woman looked at Mu Shanming and smiled slightly: "You must be Attorney Mu. This is our first meeting. I am Zhang Junjun's wife. My name is Hou Yonghong."

Mu Shanming quickly stepped forward and greeted him: "Hello, I am Mu Shanming."

The woman nodded and sat down next to Zhang Junjun.

Zhang Junjun let out a slight breath, looked calmly at Mu Shanming, and said indifferently, "Shanming, what's going on? You said you want to leave the law firm and even sue Attorney Lü?"

"Hmm." Mu Shanming nodded and said calmly, "I think it's not appropriate for President Lü to continue holding shares in Qianming Consulting. I want to take his shares."

"You mean, you want the shares of Qianming Consulting held by Attorney Lü?" Zhang Junjun blinked in confusion. "Why? What makes you think you can get them?"

"Because Mr. Lü gave his shares to my client," Mu Shanming said.

Zhang Junjun turned to look at Lü Xueqian.

Lu Xueqian quickly said, "President Zhang, don't listen to Mu Shanming's nonsense, there's no such thing!"

Mu Shanming interrupted, "Whether it's true or not, we'll know after we finish the lawsuit."

Zhang Junjun paused for two seconds, then slowly said, "I don't quite understand, Shanming, can you explain it to me?"

After a moment's hesitation, Mu Shanming suddenly said, "President Zhang, I'm in a relationship. I have a man."

"Huh?" Zhang Junjun's expression changed slightly.

Mu Shanming continued, "My husband made a bet with Lü Xueqian and won the shares he held. There's a written contract and a notarized agreement. Now Lü Xueqian is trying to renege on his bet."

My boyfriend wants to give me the shares he won. The shareholding ratio in Qianming Consulting will remain the same, just with a different person. I'll hold 30%, my boyfriend Ning Bishu will hold 5%, and everything else will remain the same.

Zhang Junjun was stunned.

Hou Yonghong's eyes lit up, and she suddenly said, "Attorney Mu, I understand, I support you."

Lu Xueqian's expression changed instantly, "President Hou, you..."

"Don't argue." Zhang Junjun put his hand to his forehead, his face contorted in pain.

Many years ago, he did pursue Mu Shanming, but he was young and pure-hearted then, so he always behaved himself properly and was a gentleman, never even touching her. As a result, he was suddenly forced by his family to marry Hou Yonghong.

He had originally harbored some thoughts of rekindling his relationship with Mu Shanming.

But why...

Where did that blond guy named Ning Bishu come from?!

"Who started this whole thing?!"

Zhang Junjun couldn't figure it out and couldn't help but trace it back to its source.

As soon as the words left his mouth, Mu Shanming and Lü Xueqian both looked at the person standing by the conference room door.

Ye Jingyang, who was outside, also came over and explained to Zhang Junjun, "Mr. Zhang, it was Attorney Guo who brought him here. Ning Bishu originally had no connection with our law firm at all, and he didn't know Attorney Mu either."

It was because Mr. Guo argued with Ning Bishu on Weibo that Mr. Lü made a bet with Ning Bishu. Last night, Ning Bishu even invited Mr. Lü and Attorney Mu out to dinner, just to discuss the bet. By the way, Ning Bishu also relied on our law firm to guarantee funds for him, and a few days ago he went all in on the stock market and made over 200 million…”

Ye Jingyang explained the whole story to the big boss in just a few words.

Zhang Junjun and the others were all dumbfounded.

He glanced at Ye Jingyang, then at Guo Chen.

"Attorney Guo, right?"

"You don't need to come to work tomorrow."

"He Chen Law Firm will be making some personnel adjustments next."

"I'll have Attorney Lü notify you once the adjustments are complete."

"???" Guo Chen was immediately surprised, his eyes widening in astonishment.

No, what does this mean?
I'm a partner at the law firm! You're firing me?!
But after Zhang Junjun finished speaking, she stopped looking at him and turned to Mu Shanming, saying, "Shanming, call your boyfriend over. I need to talk to him."

He's not in Beijing right now.

"Where?"

Mu Shanming paused slightly, then said, "In Jinling."

(End of this chapter)