The Divorce Lawyer Is Very Hard To Flirt With - Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Ambiguity

Although she kept her head down or glanced sideways the whole way, Ying Zhi’an arrived at the First Tribunal smoothly. The judge followed close behind her. Modern courtrooms were equipped with full video and audio recording equipment, and the judge was already used to holding court without a judicial assistant or clerk. As soon as the judge arrived, he handily turned on the computer, air conditioning, and lights, sat in the clerk’s seat to open the system, and quickly set up the live trial broadcast program. He then asked the bailiff team, who confirmed that the defendant had been brought over from the detention center.

Ying Zhi’an had changed into her lawyer’s robe and sat properly in the position for the defendant’s representative.

Ying Zhi’an did not know the judge presiding over this trial. A bailiff went up and asked the judge, “Verdict pronounced in court?”

The male judge was extremely serious, his voice particularly cold, “We’ll see the trial situation first.”

He is a very meticulous judge, Ying Zhi’an concluded.

Typically, for minor criminal cases involving a guilty plea and punishment agreement, the verdict is mostly pronounced in court, followed by the handover to the public security bureau for incarceration.

“Long time no see, Zhi’an.” A gentle voice rang out.

Seeing the person who had arrived, Ying Zhi’an smiled. She did know the prosecutor for this case. The prosecutor was wearing a blue uniform, her short hair was neat, but her voice was very gentle.

Ying Zhi’an’s social circle was actually very small, and those she counted as friends were few. She also kept work and life strictly separated.

Yet, this Prosecutor Hu had become her acquaintance through a case. At that time, Ying Zhi’an was still following Cheng Qiyun on criminal cases, and Hu Fei was not yet a prosecutor, but a prosecutor’s assistant. While their mentors were busy inside, the two of them stood outside waiting, and as they waited, they started chatting casually.

Hu Fei seemed to be born with an extreme desire to share. Initially, Ying Zhi’an was flustered by her enthusiasm. Hu Fei often chatted with her about all sorts of things on WeChat. The long streams of messages were like a sudden summer downpour, leaving Ying Zhi’an at a loss for how to reply.

Hu Fei seemed to genuinely treat her as a good friend. As Ying Zhi’an came to this realization, she was also very perplexed about how this kind of “little sun” personality had formed…

Not long ago, Hu Fei underwent minor surgery and also informed Ying Zhi’an on WeChat. Ying Zhi’an even went to the hospital to see her.

And at this very moment, that one beam of light that should not have existed shone towards this familiar friend. It caused Ying Zhi’an’s words of concern to slow down to 0.5 speed. “Are… you… feel… ing… bet… ter?”

Not again!

A rabbit doesn’t eat the grass around its own burrow! (A Chinese idiom meaning one shouldn’t prey on or exploit people close to them.)

Ying Zhi’an was speechless!

Upon hearing Ying Zhi’an’s concern, Hu Fei’s smile became even more dazzling. She was already a renowned beauty within the public security, procuratorate, and court system. At this moment, her smile was like thin clouds being blown away, with the noble moonlight scattering over the earth. “Much… bet… ter. Did… you… still… worry… about… me…?”

As she said this, her short hair lightly brushed past her ear, the tips landing on the small black mole on her nose, like a pool of full-blown lotuses in the Jiangnan summer, lightly trembling with dewdrops.

Ying Zhi’an dared not look at her again and forced herself to shift her gaze. Sure enough, everything returned to normal. Court was about to begin, and she did not dare to create any more trouble. She just smiled, “Take care of your health.”

“Mm.” In the place Ying Zhi’an could not see, the smile on Hu Fei’s face deepened a little.

Hu Fei had been an appointed prosecutor for two years. She started participating in the selection exam for appointed prosecutors at the age of twenty-seven when she met the requirements. She passed the written test on her first try but failed the interview, and that year she was transferred to the First Procuratorate Department. It was clear that the court leadership hoped for her to become a public prosecutor for criminal offenses. This department was the busiest in the entire procuratorate, without exception, and this professional development plan for Hu Fei did not take into account whether she wanted it or not.

As expected, in her first year as a prosecutor, she was completely swamped, even though most of the cases she handled were theft. It wasn’t until this year that difficult and complex cases were slowly assigned to her.

Therefore, this theft case today was like eating with chopsticks for her. The only difference was the lawyer standing opposite her.

The judge began to play the audio of the courtroom rules.

A deep male voice filled the solemn courtroom—”Now announcing the courtroom rules: 1. No recording, video-recording, or photography without permission; 2. No entry into the judicial area without permission; 3. No speaking, applauding, shouting, or making noise. If you have comments on the trial proceedings, you may submit them in writing after the trial ends…”

Hu Fei reined in her somewhat fluctuating and outward emotions and returned to work.

Ying Zhi’an habitually looked up and scrutinized the opposite side with great pressure. This was her habit for appearing in court and responding to litigation. From this moment on, she was the tenacious and determined “Pixiu” in the courtroom. The opposing lawyer should not expect to find any logical weaknesses or legal loopholes from her. Her every move would have to be cautious and restrained.

Ying Zhi’an couldn’t call her attitude towards her profession entirely idealistic, but she held it in ten thousand points of respect. When she brought the habit from equal-subject civil cases to the criminal court, the object of her gaze was no longer the opposing defense lawyer, but the public prosecutor Hu Fei. That beam of light that should not have existed shone towards Hu Fei, who represented state authority, and as the audio of the courtroom rules also slowed down to 0.5 speed, Ying Zhi’an truly exploded!

—”4. Please… turn… off… cell… phones… and… other… com… mu… ni… ca… tion… de… vi… ces…”

Ying Zhi’an’s face was extremely pale. She clenched her back teeth and turned her gaze to the defendant in the middle.

Sure enough, it returned to normal again.

As Ying Zhi’an expected, the trial went very smoothly. When the trial ended, the judge struck the gavel and watched the bailiffs handcuff the defendant again and lead him away.

Ying Zhi’an didn’t even have time to say a few words to the judge or exchange a few concluding remarks with Hu Fei. She turned and hastily left the First Tribunal.

Now, at this very moment, she only felt that her “episode” just now was like a resounding slap in the face to her professional pride!

“Zhi’an!” Hu Fei called out, but Ying Zhi’an did not respond.

Ying Zhi’an’s mind was a complete mess, filled with both anger and fear. She rushed out of the courtroom and turned into the washroom of the judgment building, placing her case files and lawyer’s robe on the sink. Staring at herself in the mirror, she gritted her teeth and said, “Ying Zhi’an! Is this all you can do? Are you really being driven crazy by the forced marriage? Are you really a deep-closeted lesbian? That was court! That was the prosecutor!”

Thinking of the scene during the court session, Ying Zhi’an felt so angry she was about to explode! She was furious at her own failure! The anger made her chest hurt, but unappeased, she clenched her fist and fiercely pounded her chest.

Fighting with oneself is even more painful!

Suddenly, a ball of light seemed to flicker in her mind. Soon, something like an instruction manual unfolded in Ying Zhi’an’s brain.

—This product is used to assist the user in dating. It has been widely praised and is called the ‘Secret Dating Weapon’ by a large number of users. It has many functions and awaits the user’s further discovery!

Do you want to fall in love? Then you must possess this product!

User: Ying Zhi’an

Acquisition Method: Wish

Functions Available:

• • Heartbeat Moment (Accurately matches suitable targets, allowing the user to spot a potential love interest in a crowd)

• • Ambiguity Artifact (Concrete visualization of love favorability, with 100 as the maximum value, so the user no longer misses someone who likes them during the ambiguous stage)

Functions Unavailable:

• • Old Man of the Moon’s Red Thread (Deactivated)

• • Trace Back to the Source (Deactivated)

• • Charm Buff (Deactivated)

• • Say You Love Me (Deactivated)

This feeling was very surreal. Ying Zhi’an thought her condition was worsening, as her brain was trying to rationalize an unreasonable thing! It even constructed this fantastical device!

But this fantastical device was clearly more intelligent. It seemed to have received the user’s distrust, as the content in the ball of light changed accordingly.

—This product is absolutely safe with no side effects for the user. The Ambiguity Artifact function has been activated. The Heartbeat Moment function can be automatically adjusted by the user. The adjustable value is 1 to 10. When adjusted to 1, only the Beam of Love appears, and all other effects are turned off.

“1111111!” Ying Zhi’an didn’t care if her condition was deteriorating.

—Heartbeat Moment function has been adjusted to 1.

—Please dedicate yourself more to the pursuit of love to activate more functions as soon as possible and find the love of your life.

“How can I uninstall it?” Ying Zhi’an asked, while pulling out the medicine the doctor had just prescribed from her pants pocket and dry-swallowing it.

—According to market research, when the six major functions are activated, the user will have found the love of their life, and the user can then unilaterally unbind.

“How are the remaining functions activated?”

—Requires the user to explore on their own.

“Then how was this Ambiguity Artifact activated?”

—Ambiguity Artifact Activation Factor: When the user encounters the person with 100 favorability.

Ying Zhi’an froze for a moment. She almost wanted to pull out another pill and take it. How could someone have a full 100 favorability for her, and she had been completely unaware of it before! More importantly, she hadn’t met many people this afternoon!

Who could this person be?

It couldn’t be… Hu Fei… right?

It couldn’t be… Wang Yu, could it?

And the most, most important thing right now was: Did the appearance of this mind-reaching product mean she was going completely crazy, or did such a truly supernatural thing happen to her? Ying Zhi’an decided to wait and see, maintaining equal suspicion of both options.

She took a deep breath and walked out of the washroom, just seeing Wang Yu walking by in the opposite corridor. She didn’t choose to hide but walked towards him, attempting to verify something.

Having not rested all morning and just finishing the follow-up matters of the eviction case, Wang Yu immediately received a call from a colleague at the execution reception window, reporting that an applicant was causing a scene at the litigation service center. Wang Yu hurried down from his office, ready to turn into the mediation room, when he heard Ying Zhi’an’s voice and stopped to wait for her. “Just finished court?”

Ying Zhi’an looked directly into his eyes. Sure enough, nothing happened. There was no beam of light, and Wang Yu hadn’t been beautified. He still looked like a worn-out working ox. But quickly, a line of red numbers appeared above Wang Yu’s head.

30 points. With favorability visualized, Ying Zhi’an didn’t know how to evaluate the number above Wang Yu’s head.