Chapter 10

Chapter 10

He Zhi went against her parents’ wishes for her to study liberal arts and secretly applied for a law degree instead.

The day her acceptance letter arrived, her parents were so furious they kicked her out of the house.

She stood beneath my law firm’s office building, clutching her suitcase.

At the time, I was in a meeting with my boss and a client. During a short break, a colleague told me that He Zhi was downstairs waiting for me.

I asked my boss for a ten-minute break, which prompted him to scream at me just outside the conference room door.

“How many years younger than you does she look? And the two of you… I don’t want to say more, just deal with it yourself! Just don’t ruin our law firm’s reputation, and have some shame!”

I looked up to see dark clouds gathering in the sky, signaling an impending storm.

He Zhi was waiting downstairs, but my boss wouldn’t let me leave.

So, I simply submitted the resignation letter I had prepared long ago.

I packed a few documents and made a clean exit.

By the time I finished packing and walked out the front door, only a few minutes had passed; I hadn’t kept He Zhi waiting long.

We stood together at a bustling intersection, each holding our own belongings.

Despite our awkward situation, she teased with a smile, “The world is so big, but where is there a place for us?”

I laughed and told her she was overthinking it, but I never forgot the way her bright face looked in that moment.