After Liu Yingmei left, the remaining few had no intention of leaving immediately.

They ate mutton soup and chatted casually.

Liao Jiamin took the initiative to move to the seat next to Zou Yu, and the three women chatted enthusiastically.

Chen Cheng chatted with Feng Yin about sports, fitness, and other topics.

Not a single word was mentioned about business.

After they had their fill of food and wine, they exchanged greetings; those without contact information exchanged details before departing.

The car started, and just as it drove out of the club's courtyard, Li Na turned her head to look at Chen Cheng. "Did you promise Feng Yin and Liao Jiamin something?"

Chen Cheng furrowed his brows; she was indeed very smart.

"Why do you ask?"

Li Na took a breath. "The relationship between Liao Jiamin and Feng Yin can be described as incompatible as fire and water. Yet you actually managed to get them both at the same dinner table."

"Isn't that strange?"

Chen Cheng smiled. "They may be like fire and water, but I have the case they both desire in my hands."

Li Na's mouth twitched instantly, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

After a long while, Li Na's eyes were sincere as she said to Chen Cheng, "Thank you~"

The corners of Chen Cheng's mouth curled up. If you keep saying thank you and increasing this buddy's favorability, this buddy might start to think you've fallen for him.

"Don't let the thanks just stay on your lips."

Hmm?

Zou Yu's almond eyes widened, and she raised her foot to give Chen Cheng a kick.

Chen Cheng's reaction was on point; he instantly clamped down on the beautiful leg in stockings that had kicked out at him.

He looked at her with a mischievous grin. "What are you kicking me for?"

Zou Yu rolled her eyes at him. "You know why."

Chen Cheng remained stubborn. "I'm telling Li Na to work hard, is there a problem with that?"

Listening to their conversation, Li Na realized the implication, and her face instantly turned red.

She rolled her eyes at Chen Cheng; he couldn't stay serious for even a minute.

After teasing Zou Yu for a bit, Chen Cheng's expression turned serious.

"This is only just the beginning."

"Ah?" Zou Yu looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Chen Cheng shook his head. "You don't need to worry about it. You and Li Na just need to handle Li Weizheng."

"Soon," Chen Cheng narrowed his deep eyes, "perhaps we won't even have to wait until tomorrow morning before Liu Yingmei calls."

...

The hospital. It was still the same hospital Li Weizheng had been admitted to on the first day; the transfer to a private hospital hadn't happened.

Someone must have instructed Li Weizheng to stay put right here.

Liu Yingmei parked the car and rushed into Li Weizheng's ward in a frantic hurry.

The old man was holding his phone, happily scrolling through videos of sexy beauties dancing.

He didn't even notice when Liu Yingmei entered the room.

"Li Weizheng~"

Hearing someone call his name, Li Weizheng finally looked up reluctantly.

"Oh, Lawyer Liu, it's so late, why have you come?"

Looking at the old geezer acting as if nothing was wrong, an anonymous fire of rage instantly flared up within Liu Yingmei.

Gritting his teeth, he asked, "Are you hiding something from me?"

"Something? What thing?" Li Weizheng looked completely bewildered.

Seeing his 'refuse to admit it' expression, Liu Yingmei's thin face twitched with anger. "Is Li Na actually your daughter or not?"

The person in the neighboring hospital bed, who had been bored and playing with their phone, instantly perked up upon hearing this.

There's gossip!

Their ears pricked up.

This matter had caused such a stir that the entire hospital knew about it.

Li Weizheng's expression changed, and he immediately became agitated, howling: "Who says Li Na isn't my daughter? Li Na is my daughter!"

Seeing how anxious he was, Liu Yingmei instead grew calm. He narrowed his eyes at Li Weizheng. "Do you dare to do a paternity test?"

"Li Na is my daughter, why would I do a paternity test? All the neighbors know that Li Xiaona is my, Li Weizheng's, daughter."

"Do you dare to do a paternity test?" Liu Yingmei repeated word for word.

Now Li Weizheng began to feel guilty.

"I'm not doing any paternity test."

"Li Na is my daughter."

Liu Yingmei was now certain; this old geezer had known all along that Li Na was not his biological daughter.

"How ignorant can you be!"

"Do you think that just because you don't agree to the test, everything will be fine?"

"As long as Li Na proposes it, if you refuse, the court will presume that Li Na's claim is established."

Li Weizheng's eyes bulged. "If I don't agree, on what basis can the court... consider... that whatever-it-is established?"

"How can it be established?"

Liu Yingmei's mouth twitched with anger. In his heart, he didn't know how many times he had cursed Li Weizheng as a 'legal illiterate!'

"Whew~" Liu Yingmei took a deep breath. "You only have one choice now."

"Either agree to the other party's terms and reach a settlement. You can still secure a place in a nursing home for the next few decades, plus the chance for a thousand yuan in monthly pocket money."

"Or, go to court. As long as Li Na requests a paternity test, you will lose one hundred percent, and you won't get a single cent."

Li Weizheng sat up straight, a sharp glint suddenly flashing in his eyes as he said with great certainty, "She won't."

Liu Yingmei let out a sneer. "Do you think that now that this has blown up so big, it's still up to her alone?"

"Even if she won't, her boss will force her to request a paternity test."

"If she doesn't agree, her boss will definitely fire her. Li Na would lose her job with a million-yuan annual salary, and she'd still have to fulfill maintenance obligations for her enemy when she gets home."

By the end, Liu Yingmei was nearly roaring: "If you were Li Na, what would you choose?"

(⊙o⊙)...

Li Weizheng thought about it and immediately felt guilty. His eyes darted around. "Didn't you say you wanted to mobilize the masses to support us?"

"How come you're blaming me now?"

I'll be damned~~~

I'll endure... I'll endure...

Liu Yingmei took several deep breaths to force himself to calm down.

His tone was flat, and he even showed a smile. "So, do you agree to reach a settlement with your daughter, Li Na?"

Liu Yingmei emphasized the words 'your daughter' very heavily.

Looking at the creepy smile on Liu Yingmei's face, Li Weizheng knew that if he didn't agree, the lawyer might just drop the case and leave.

His eyes rolled several times. Wanting that dead girl to apologize didn't seem as practical as the nursing home.

The conditions in that nursing home video today looked very good.

Li Weizheng made a decision; he decided to take the practical benefits and set aside his pride for now.

He looked at Liu Yingmei. "That girl agrees to pay for my nursing home expenses?"

Liu Yingmei sneered inwardly and gave a faint nod. "The conditions the other party proposed this morning remain unchanged. It's still sending you to a nursing home and paying you one thousand yuan in pocket money every month."

"Then I agree," Li Weizheng immediately shouted.

Liu Yingmei pulled the settlement agreement Zou Yu had left him this morning directly from his briefcase and handed it to Li Weizheng to sign and thumbprint.

After finishing all this, Liu Yingmei put the signed agreement back into his briefcase.

He stood up and was about to leave the ward when he glanced at the bald man in the neighboring bed and narrowed his eyes.

Revealing a smile, he looked at the medical record card at the head of the fat man's bed and said to him: "Mr. Yang Wei, as a lawyer, I find it necessary to remind you that leaking the privacy of others may lead to a lawsuit."

Yang Wei was originally...

Hehe~

Not hehe anymore~

Liu Yingmei walked out of the ward. He wasn't in a hurry to call Zou Yu, but instead called someone else.

"President Ge, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you anymore."