HBWnovel Chapter 278 The Last Supper
Chapter 278 The Last Supper
Cui Yuxi was startled at first, then looked at the closed door of the conference room, and then spoke: "Ms. Ning, I understand your concerns. But please trust my basic professional ethics as a professional lawyer, and please trust Ms. Shi Yu's choice."
She looked at the girl in front of her frankly: "My main task is to convey the contents of Ms. Shi Yu's will to you. The file I gave you today was directly deposited by Ms. Shi Yu in a professional trust institution in Country M. As for the key, it is kept by another authoritative trust institution in Country F. So under this premise, the chance of tampering is almost zero. The agents of these two institutions have been standing at the door of the conference room. You should have seen them when you came in just now."
Ning Yuechen naturally noticed the two foreigners at the door who were wearing suits and had work badges of different colors and styles hanging on their chests, but she thought they were Bai Yi's newly hired bodyguards, so she didn't pay attention.
She had some understanding of this kind of trust institution, especially the authoritative ones. From the moment the client handed over the file bag to the trust institution, the item placed by the client personally in the disposable safe had been under fourteen-hour strict monitoring and there was only one chance to unlock and collect it.
What's more, the items in custody could only be retrieved through the joint efforts of two different national trust institutions.
So she could naturally believe this will that was sent to her by professional agents and lawyers from two institutions.
Ning Yuechen's suspicions were dispelled, and he said, "I believe you, and I apologize for what I said just now."
"Ms. Ning, you are too polite. I completely understand your concerns just now."
Cui Yuxi checked the time and said, "I have completed all the tasks that Ms. Shi Yu entrusted to me. All that remains is for you to go to the address on the agreement in person to collect the inheritance left to you in the will."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work."
"This is all part of my job. I am very sorry for the passing of Ms. Shi Yu. Please accept my condolences."
Ning Yuechen signed his name on the last contract and handed them all to her: "Thank you."
After all the processes were connected, Cui Yuxi left.
Ning Yuechen opened the sealed envelope, and a card with the logo of a trust institution and a key fell out. She took a quick look at it and took out the letter inside, but she didn't dare to open it.
Bai Yi stood at the door of the conference room and watched her put the letter into the envelope intact. Then he walked in and said, "Let's go have dinner. I have something to tell you."
Ning Yuechen carefully put the envelope away without even looking at her, but his words were full of sarcasm: "Apart from hatred, what else can we talk about between us?"
"Let's talk. After tonight, I won't ask you where you want to go or what you want to do. From now on, you and the Bai family will completely sever your ties."
Ning Yuechen finally looked at her, the indifference between his eyebrows was like the frost in winter, revealing endless chill: "Bai Yi, your credibility is negative in my eyes, I will not believe a word you say."
"If you want to gain your freedom, you'd better talk to me."
"Are you threatening me?"
Bai Yi felt the cold aura emanating from her, and explained softly, "Don't you want to leave the Bai family? After this meal tonight, I will definitely fulfill my promise."
Ning Yuechen responded to her words sarcastically: "Boss Bai is so kind, how can a small person like me dare to refuse."
The two of them came one after the other to the living room on the first floor of their residential area, where there was a separate kitchen.
When the two of them were living together as a couple, Bai Yi would cook dinner here when he got off work early, and they would enjoy it together.
"I'm going to the kitchen to cook. You can watch TV in the living room or play with your phone. I'll call you when the meal is ready."
Ning Yuechen watched her walk into the kitchen expressionlessly, then walked into the dining room and sat down on the single soft mahogany chair in front of the panoramic floor-to-ceiling window.
However, she did not appreciate the luxurious night view outside the window, but turned her head to look at the person who was cutting vegetables in the fully open kitchen on the right.
If an uninformed person saw this scene, they would definitely think it was very heartwarming, but only Ning Yuechen herself knew that at this moment she wished she could kill Bai Yi with her own hands, and even developed a tremendous hatred that wanted the entire Bai family to be buried with Aunt Shi.
But the reality is that she can't do anything except the helpless hatred in her heart.
Half an hour later, Bai Yi brought the four dishes and one soup to the table. He looked at the person who was admiring the night view outside the window with her back to him, and called her, "Yuchen, dinner is ready, come and eat."
Ning Yuechen retracted her gaze, turned around, walked to the dining table and sat down, looking at the carefully arranged dishes of meat and vegetables. These were the foods she loved to eat on a daily basis, but she felt nauseous looking at them now.
Bai Yi sat down opposite her: "Let's eat."
"Don't you have something to say to me?" Ning Yuechen had no intention of picking up his chopsticks.
"It's still early, so having a meal won't delay anything."
Ning Yuechen was too lazy to waste words with her, so he suppressed his nausea and ate a few symbolic bites.
Bai Yi actually didn't have much of an appetite, but today might be the last time she and Ning Yuechen would have dinner together in the place where they once lived together, and she really wanted to cherish this opportunity.
Seeing that the other party had almost no appetite, she used the serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of pork ribs and put it in her bowl, but it was ruthlessly pushed away by the other party the next second.
Bai Yi's expression dimmed for a moment, and she continued to eat in silence until Ning Yuechen really didn't want to eat anymore. Then she asked, "What are your plans after graduation?"
The person being questioned looked at her, with a mocking look in his calm eyes: "Boss Bai, I'm a fresh graduate with a half-crippled right hand and a criminal record. How dare I make any plans? It's good enough if I can find a job to make a living."
"The doctor said that if you cooperate with the rehabilitation training, your right hand will not have any sequelae. I won't bother you anymore, but you still have to go to the hospital to continue your post-operative rehabilitation treatment starting tomorrow. I have already made arrangements for this."
Bai Yi didn't dare look her in the eye. When she learned of Ning Yuechen's betrayal, she couldn't accept it for a while. In order to prevent this person from ever having any thoughts of disobeying her again, she took the most intense form of revenge, causing her to have a criminal record before she even graduated.
She studied law, so she knew that the criminal records left behind by criminal cases that had been adjudicated under the law could not be tampered with even by high-ranking officials in the public security organs who held real power.
Moreover, the Bai family started out as a business family with a weak political foundation. Even though she visited several high-ranking political officials who were on good terms with the Bai family, the responses she received were all the same.
There is no possibility of elimination.
This is not a problem that can be solved by so-called power, but the fact that state agencies simply do not have the option to eliminate criminal records.
Even if it is a wrongful conviction, after the verdict is overturned, only compensation can be given, at most a relevant statement will be issued, and the case record will still remain in the file. How can human beings interfere with the files that the national system cannot touch?
That was why she didn't dare to respond to Ning Yuechen's question.