When Giai Moc Vi went downstairs, he was standing under the sunlight like a straight sword sheath.
Straightforward and profound.
"Did you come to give this to me?" Giai Moc Vi took the bag of medicine.
He squeezed the medicine box, pushed the lid with his fingertip, and lit a cigarette: "I went home to get some documents, thought I'd bring you a little something while I was at it."
That "while I was at it"… really was while he was at it.
These tonic pills didn't seem to have any special effect on her body, so Giai Moc Vi didn't really remember taking medicine.
Ve Dinh Tieu said nothing and had no intention of leaving.
Giai Moc Vi held the bag of medicine and looked up at Ve Dinh Tieu: "Isn't the Metropolitan Police Department supposed to start work at two? Aren't you in a hurry… to go?"
Before she could finish the last word, Dam Uyen Chi appeared at the second-floor window, ready to shout down to the two below.
"Officer Ve? You came looking for Moc Vi? Moc Vi, why don't you invite Officer Ve up for a bit? I just finished brewing honey lemon tea, he can come and have a rest!"
What was with this strange tone?
Uyen Chi… are you matchmaking?
Giai Moc Vi was about to tell him he didn't need to, when someone strode toward the stairs.
Dam Uyen Chi stood at the stairway, smiling and making a mischievous face at Giai Moc Vi.
"…" Giai Moc Vi.
"Thanks, I'll take some ice." He stated his preference to Dam Uyen Chi without any courtesy.
The sitting room was between the offices of Khuong and Giai Moc Vi.
Because the wall was made of glass and covered by curtains, one could faintly see a little activity in the next room.
Dam Uyen Chi set down the tea and "voluntarily" left, leaving the sitting room to Giai Moc Vi and Ve Dinh Tieu.
Giai Moc Vi was actually a bit reluctant to take the medicine.
She didn't like the feeling of her stomach being filled with these multicolored pills.
"Next week you still have to go for hypnosis therapy. If you want to restore your memory quickly, just follow the doctor's instructions and take the medicine."
He leaned back in the chair, his gaze fixed on Giai Moc Vi.
Under Ve Dinh Tieu's supervision, Giai Moc Vi honestly took three pills into her mouth, then sipped some water to swallow them.
After taking the medicine, Giai Moc Vi asked:
"How long have you been here?"
Ve Dinh Tieu looked up: "Just arrived."
Giai Moc Vi didn't feel like he had just arrived.
There was a scent on his clothes, like he had been standing still under the sun for a long time.
She waited slowly until he finished his honey lemon tea. Even when Dam Uyen Chi stepped out of Khuong's office, Ve Dinh Tieu's cup of tea was still not empty.
The atmosphere was strange.
Giai Moc Vi felt as if Ve Dinh Tieu's eyes were seeing right through her.
She didn't know whether he had overheard her conversation with Dam Uyen Chi.
Every noon, Dam Uyen Chi liked to open the office window for ventilation; the distance between the first and second floor wasn't far.
If he had heard it…
Giai Moc Vi thought for a moment, maybe she should just speak clearly.
Those inside the room were confused, and those outside were also confused.
Lam Pham pushed open Khuong Tich Yen's office door, looking like he had just lost his parents.
"Lawyer Khuong, sorry to trouble you for so long."
Giai Moc Vi didn't expect they could talk for so long.
From Lam Pham's expression, it seemed unlikely that he could persuade Khuong Tich Yen to take on his case.
She was very interested in this case.
After losing her memory and quickly adapting to being a lawyer, Giai Moc Vi had stayed up all night reviewing materials.
Ve Dinh Tieu once said that he had a friend who worked as diligently as Giai Moc Vi.
She even asked how that person was now, whether he had become a senior official in the police, and Ve Dinh Tieu had chuckled, "Almost done for," which made Giai Moc Vi quite angry.
Doctor Ha had said,
Exposing herself to the old environment could help her restore her memory faster.
She could choose the hardest judicial exam.
So she must have loved this job before.
Every book had dense, meticulous notes, detailed enough to be used as a textbook summary.
Giai Moc Vi also wanted to quickly finish her internship, earn money, become wealthy, and become a well-known lawyer in the legal circle like Khuong Tich Yen.
Therefore,
With that goal in mind, Giai Moc Vi approached Lam Pham.
But if she wanted to take on the case, she couldn't just run directly to the client and say, "Please entrust me to defend your case."
If she said that,
The other party would likely feel that this intern lawyer was a bit arrogant.
So…
Giai Moc Vi pretended to be concerned: "Oh? Mr. Lam? Didn't Dao Mo Nhien want to testify that there's no relationship between you two? Looks like it will still go to court, what a pity."
Lam Pham was slightly stunned: "Moc Vi, do you know Mo Nhien?"
He remembered he hadn't mentioned Dao Mo Nhien's name before…
Giai Moc Vi smiled: "Ah, but I saw her in a nurse uniform, and the hospital doctor said she's been working there for nine years."
"How strange, why did she come to work as a server in your restaurant? I'm sure I'm not mistaken, right? Is there a mole here?"
She pointed to the corner of her right eye.
Lam Pham quickly nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, she does have a mole there. But why did she become a nurse?"
"I think someone might have plotted against you; be careful."
Lam Pham didn't linger any longer, hurried after: "Did you figure all this out, Moc Vi? Do you know who plotted against me? Right?"
Giai Moc Vi's lips curved into a warm enough smile: "I think so."
Lam Pham's eyes widened, and his face immediately turned from pale to flushed red.
Ve Dinh Tieu also heard Giai Moc Vi's words to Lam Pham.
He could understand her intentions.
Giai Moc Vi wanted to take this case.
She deliberately chose a moment when Khuong Tich Yen wasn't present and set a "verbal trap" for Lam Pham, making him suspicious of others, and then turning that suspicion into trust in Giai Moc Vi.
Dam Uyen Chi hadn't heard the previous conversation; when she brought the tray to serve Khuong Tich Yen, she only heard Lam Pham speaking carefully.
"Moc Vi, I've looked for many lawyers. Either they ask irrelevant questions and act like it's a show, or they stall to raise consultation fees. You're the first one to tell me I need to be careful. If Lawyer Khuong doesn't want to take it, would… would you accept my case?"
Dam Uyen Chi's eyes widened; she had never heard of an intern lawyer taking a case.
If an intern lawyer went to court during their internship, they would likely be ridiculed by the other party.
Giai Moc Vi stood calmly, "I'm just an intern lawyer, having just passed the judicial exam not long ago. I've held the sunflower scale badge for less than a week."
She had to "vaccinate" Lam Pham in advance.
So, when Giai Moc Vi looked up, a glint shone in her eyes: "But I consider myself no less capable than other lawyers. If you trust me, I can take it."
Dam Uyen Chi's eyes widened even further.
She grabbed Giai Moc Vi lightly, anxious on her behalf: "Moc Vi! Your first case as a lawyer is a major milestone, like a 'rebirth' in the legal world! Either you become famous, or you lose everything… Divorce cases are very difficult!"
Lawyer Khuong probably wouldn't agree… Although she had never seen Lawyer Khuong lose, she knew some lawyers suffered as if half their life was gone after losing.
That's why many lawyers carefully choose a safe case for their first one.
Giai Moc Vi was not in a hurry; her voice remained calm: "Although intern lawyers can take cases, no one dares to find an inexperienced intern lawyer."
"An intern lawyer who hasn't handled dozens of cases under a mentor won't dare to take a case easily, fearing the first loss could ruin their reputation. But I want to make money, so I'm not afraid."
"…" Dam Uyen Chi.
Dam Uyen Chi looked toward Ve Dinh Tieu, hoping he would say something to reason with Giai Moc Vi.
But Ve Dinh Tieu said nothing.
Giai Moc Vi seemed to provoke Lam Pham with another question: "Mr. Lam, are you afraid?"
Lam Pham's expression changed several times, as if fully preparing his mind. He stood up from the sofa and said formally: "Moc Vi, last time with the restaurant, I really appreciated your help. Otherwise, our Michelin restaurant would have automatically withdrawn from the five-star rating this year. Personally, I understand your ability, but…"
Dam Uyen Chi pouted; was this a polite refusal?
Lam Pham reached out to Giai Moc Vi: "Then, please, Lawyer Moc Vi."
"!!!" Dam Uyen Chi.
Giai Moc Vi also reached out: "Pleasure to cooperate."
When Lam Pham wanted to entrust the case to Giai Moc Vi,
Khuong Tich Yen was also stunned into silence.
Giai Moc Vi had helped Lam Pham with his restaurant before, that was one factor; she was a student of Khuong Tich Yen, that was the second; she had investigated Dao Mo Nhien, that was the third.
So Lam Pham didn't mind that she was just an intern lawyer.
After briefly discussing the case, they scheduled to meet at the law office tomorrow to go over details.
Once Lam Pham left, Dam Uyen Chi immediately ran to Giai Moc Vi: "This is a case that's bound to fail!"
Giai Moc Vi looked pitiful: "Uyen Chi, why are you cursing me like that?"
Dam Uyen Chi shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, no, I'm not cursing you! You don't know! Nobody accepted Lam Pham's case because he had a criminal record for domestic violence!"
Giai Moc Vi didn't react, and Dam Uyen Chi added: "Lawyer Khuong didn't take it not because the case is hard, but because Lam Pham was previously arrested for assaulting his wife and son."
"He has a criminal record, and he is a live-in husband in a rich wife's family. Her assets before marriage were all notarized; he couldn't possibly get any share."
Giai Moc Vi cut in: "Because Lam Pham had an affair and needs a divorce, refusing to reconcile, why then when he abuses his son does he remain indifferent and not seek divorce?"
Dam Uyen Chi was stunned, thinking: "Maybe he was forgiven last time, so this time it can't be forgiven."
"Anyway, Moc Vi! While the contract hasn't been signed yet, why don't you tell him tonight that Lawyer Khuong has scheduled you for other work, so you don't have time to take his case? Push him away…"
Giai Moc Vi remained unperturbed and continued preparing the sample contract for tomorrow.
Dam Uyen Chi, seeing her unreactive, could only look at Ve Dinh Tieu: "Officer Ve, you see this isn't right, right…"
Giai Moc Vi also glanced over.
She wanted to see Ve Dinh Tieu's take on her actions.
Ve Dinh Tieu stretched, legs crossed, and leaned back.
He looked at Giai Moc Vi without any special change in expression.
Giai Moc Vi felt his deep, dark gaze piercing through her, as if he knew every small thought she had.
He knew she wanted to take the case.
Nothing anyone else said mattered.
So Ve Dinh Tieu reached for the jacket on the back of the chair, putting it on while saying: "If the accelerator is already pressed, just look at the road ahead."
Giai Moc Vi let out a slight sigh of relief.
With the permission of her current "guardian," she felt a little happy.
Dam Uyen Chi held her forehead: "Something big has happened…"
As Ve Dinh Tieu walked to the door, he paused in front of Giai Moc Vi, the corners of his mouth curling: "Just don't let the other party beat you up in court, then come home to cry to me, that's all."
"…" Giai Moc Vi.
The value of accumulating anger was rising.