Wen Yuhua looked at herself in the bathroom mirror with a tense face.

The dripping sound was annoying, so she turned off the tap and casually pulled a piece of paper.

The rough paper surface scratched her skin. Wen Yuhua crumpled the wet tissue into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

She returned to her workstation and sat down. Lin Youyou came over and asked, "Sister Yuhua, are you okay?"

"It's okay, Feng Chaoyang is going crazy."

Lin Youyou pouted, "It's really unlucky to work under him. You don't know that he has taken over Brother Lin's case again."

In order to consolidate his position in the law firm, Feng Chaoyang often used his position to get close to high-ranking clients, and almost all the lawyers working under him had their clients snatched away by him.

"What did you say to Li Yutong at the door? She went in after you left."

Lin Youyou pointed at the door and said, "He hasn't come out yet."

"I didn't say anything, just reminded her not to get too carried away."

Wen Yuhua remained expressionless.

But then she realized a problem in her heart.

As long as Feng Chaoyang is suppressing them, they will never be able to get ahead.

I don’t know what Li Yutong said to Feng Chaoyang , but the two of them stayed in the office for the whole morning and didn’t come out. Feng Chaoyang didn’t bother her for the next few days.

Just when she thought the matter was over, Feng Chaoyang called her to his office again.

"Lawyer Wen, last time you said you didn't want to take Miss Ye's case, so don't take it."

Feng Chaoyang held the teacup with a smile on his face, "I was too impatient before."

There was no expression on Wen Yuhua's face. As expected, Feng Chaoyang must be planning something bad.

"You're being too polite. I don't know what Lawyer Feng wants to talk to me about."

"Nothing, actually." Feng Chaoyang put down the cup and said with a smile, "Xiao Wen, I remember you have a case in progress, right?"

Wen Yuhua, "Yes, the preliminary evidence has been collected and the trial will begin next week."

"Great, great, great. Lawyer Wen is really efficient in handling cases."

Feng Chaoyang looked at Wen Yuhua with a smile and said slowly, "Then are you interested in having more helpers?"

The woman frowned.

"I remember that you have about ten cases on hand right now, and you must be too busy to handle them all. How about asking Xiao Li to help you? It's a good opportunity for me to learn from you. What do you think?"

It is true.

"Lawyer Feng, I remember that Li Yutong has been learning from you. I have already arranged everything here. If you intervene again, I am worried that it will disrupt my work plan."

"You can't say that. Xiao Li is very capable at work. With her helping you, you can save yourself a lot of worries." Feng Chaoyang smiled. "Lawyer Wen, you are an old man. Besides, you will continue to work in Gongyan in the future. Isn't it normal for colleagues to help each other?"

Wen Yuhua was usually gentle and kind, never quarreling or making a fuss. She would take on whatever job Feng Chaoyang assigned her, but this time she was unexpectedly resolute in her opposition.

"No, my work is already arranged."

was irritated by Wen Yuhua's stubborn attitude , "Xiao Wen! I helped you a lot when you were in the law firm, as well as Lin Youyou. You must know that there will be layoffs at the end of the year. Lin Youyou's performance this year is very poor. Whether she can stay depends on whether you help her or not."

Feng Chaoyang walked up to her and patted her shoulder.

Wen Yuhua's hair immediately stood on end and he took a step back.

"You threaten me?"

Feng Chaoyang glanced at her and said, "This is just a reminder, not a threat."

Wen Yuhua pushed the door open and sat on the chair in silence.

Lin Youyou felt something was wrong, so she stepped forward and asked obediently, "Sister Yuhua, what's wrong with you?"

Wen Yuhua looked at her and asked, "Youyou, do you like working at Gongyan?"

"Sister Yuhua, why do you ask? Of course I like it." Lin Youyou said, "I have worked so hard for so long and finally stayed in the capital, and I was able to get into a law firm like Gongyan. I am really lucky. Of course, the luckiest thing is that I met you."

Lin Youyou giggled and hugged Wen Yuhua.

She comes from a poor family, with an older sister and a younger brother.

Her parents refused to pay for her college education, so she survived by relying on student loans and part-time jobs.

After starting work, Lin Youyou has to mail most of her salary home every month.

Her salary was obviously enough to rent a nice apartment in the capital, but she still lived in a semi-basement outside the Fifth Ring Road.

Wen Yuhua went there once by chance - the windows were only half exposed to the outside, and the room was lit only by an incandescent lamp on the roof.

"Oh~" She sighed and said nothing.

Lin Youyou tilted her head, "Sister Yuhua, what's wrong with you?"

Wen Yuhua looked at her helplessly, and finally closed her eyes, "It's okay, I'm just thinking about something."

When Wen Yuhua told Jiang Liu about this in the evening, Jiang Liu commented, "The biggest disadvantage of having a conscience is that you have to put yourself in a difficult position everywhere."

Qi Xingwan took a bite of fried chicken and agreed with this statement, "Sister Yuhua, why do you care about other people? If you don't want that Li thing, then just don't have it. My mother said that only when you are a sophisticated egoist can you be happy."

Wen Yuhua didn't say anything .

Lin Youyou had been brought up by her since she entered Gongyan, and had grown up with her all the way to now. Moreover, Lin Youyou's situation was very similar to hers in some aspects, and when she helped Lin Youyou, she was also helping herself at that time.

The three of them chatted until midnight, and it was not until they were about to go to bed that Jiang Liu realized that Qi Xingwan had not left.

"Are you staying here again tonight?"

Qi Xingwan smiled and hugged Jiang Liu's arm, "Sister Liu, please take me in for another night."

Jiang Liu closed the door indifferently.

Qi Xingwan looked at Wen Yuhua again, who had already locked the door.

Qi Xingwan looked at the carbon ball and said, "Xiao Hei, let's depend on each other."

The arrogant Carbon Ball looked up and glared at her, then walked slowly to Wen Yuhua's door with his hips twisted, pushed the door open with force and went in.

Qi Xingwan: ...

Okay , okay , I’m the only one who’s not wanted.

When Wen Yuhua was about to go to bed, her cell phone rang.

on Alipay , with a message following each transfer.

"have you slept?"

"How was your day?"

"Why are you angry?

"Don't ignore me."

"I'll be home in two days. Will you pick me up?"

“…”

Wen Yuhua threw the phone aside and picked it up three seconds later.

Type on the keyboard and finally delete a line of words.

"I saw you typing, what did you want to say?"

Before she could send a text message, the other party sent a message first.

Lin Hechuan, who was far away on the other side of the ocean, sat in the first row, watching the medical professor with white hair and beard giving a lecture on the stage, and secretly glanced at his mobile phone.

“I wonder if being a sophisticated egoist will really make me happier?”

Lin Hechuan knocked and tapped, "What's wrong?"

Wen Yuhua wrote down what happened today in a long paragraph and sent it to him, and also repeated Jiang Liu and Qi Xingwan's views.

The woman waited for a long time, and when she was about to fall asleep, her cell phone suddenly rang.

"Qi Xingwan is right. It's really happy to be a selfish person. At least it won't embarrass yourself."

"But people are different. She can be reckless and selfish without caring about other people's feelings, but you won't, because you are soft-hearted and kind-hearted. You can't watch others become desperate because of you."

“It’s good to be selfish, but it’s even better to be kind.”

"So whatever you decide, I will support you. If you can't do it, let me do it for you."

Lin Hechuan's eyes were firm and serious.

He wants to be Wen Yuhua's backup, a solid backup.