Chapter 43: Chapter 19.1 “Yeah, I dare, I’m quitting now, go fck yourself.”

After Song Lianjun was taken away, the crowd also dispersed. Because the case was not complicated, the police told them that they could make a statement the next day. Bai Duanduan and Ji Lin had things to do at night, so they both decided to take time and record their statement the next day.

After the dust settled on this matter, Bai Duanduan finally calmed down. Although Ji Lin’s words were full of dislike for her, he had saved her life after all, so Bai Duanduan decided to thank him.

It’s just that she hadn’t spoken yet. Ji Lin called out to her first, “Are you scared?”

Bai Duanduan was greatly touched and thought that Ji Lin was a good person overall. She just nodded to indicate that she was fine, but Ji Lin smiled when he saw her, and then said–

“Since you have a good psychological endurance, then I’ll just say it.” Ji Lin smiled, and then stretched out his arm, “Although I was not injured, in order to help you block your client’s knife just now, my suit was cut by him. This suit is from Genia. Because it is a courageous act that led to the loss of property and the aggressor Song Lianjun is certainly unable to bear it. So I  can ask you for compensation for this loss.”

“……”

Bai Duanduan knew the price of Genia’s suits… It was not cheap, so much so that Bai Duanduan was overwhelmed with shock and directly choked up.

She choked for a long time before looking at Ji Lin, “What did you say in the previous paragraph?”

Ji Lin frowned, “Didn’t you hear it? Since you have good psychological endurance…”

“No, before that paragraph.”

Ji Lin gave Bai Duanduan a somewhat puzzled look, but still faithfully repeated what he had said in the previous paragraph, “Are you scared?”

Bai Duanduan nodded desperately, “Yes. I’m very fragile right now, so don’t even say those next two paragraphs to me. I’ll just pretend that I didn’t hear them either. I’m scared, very scared. I’m not feeling well, so I’ll take my leave first.”

As a result, Bai Duanduan had just taken two steps when the corner of her coat was pulled behind by Ji Lin –

He gave Bai Duanduan a look, “There’s also good news, listen to it before you leave.”

Good news? Did he think that we were neighbours, so he could forget about it?

Bai Duanduan looked at Ji Lin expectantly, then heard the other party open his pursed lips and say without emotion….

“This suit of mine is not as expensive as the one which was scrapped by the dog that day at the cafe. It is not high quality. It’s just a normal suit from Genia, which only costs 21,000 yuan” he smiled at Bai Duanduan, ” Fortunately, I only wore the normal suit today, you’re lucky.”

???? For only 21,000??? Are you sure you call that good news? And good luck???

Besides, wasn’t Ji Lin very stingy? Does this fit his personality? An iron rooster who won’t even spare a second for his lawyer’s fee, a man who won’t even spend a euro on a wishing fountain in Rome to get himself a good fortune, but he will spend “only” 20,000 on a suit for himself?

“Ji Lin, don’t you think your suit is a bit outrageously expensive?”

Ji Lin gave Bai Duanduan a matter of fact look, “Is it expensive? A suit of 10,000 to 20,000 is really cheap for me. My high-end suits are all over hundred thousand. Besides, why are you surprised? Your bags and shoes are much more expensive, and you also spend so much money on them generously. It’s just a 20,000 suit. What’s so shocking about it?”

“……”

Bai Duanduan said politely, “No, don’t you think a 20,000 suit is a bit of a waste according to your spending habits? And don’t you think it’s ironic enough that you would accuse me of spending money on my bags and shoes?”

Ji Lin pursed his lips, “No, I’m not like you. I’m like this, on the contrary, saving money.”

? ? ?

“You get what you pay for. If you buy a suit of one or two thousand, it will quickly break down after wearing it a few times, or if the style is too rough and racy, you will soon have to buy a new one. So instead of buying ten low-end suits, it is better to buy a high-quality one.”

“So what’s the difference between you and me? That’s what I persuade myself when I buy Hermes bags. Instead of buying ten light luxury bags, I buy one top luxury bag, which is classic and classy enough, so why am I the spendthrift? And you are the money saver?”

“100,000 for a suit only costs me 0.2% of my annual income, what percentage of your annual income does it cost you for a 100,000 yuan worth of a bag? Mind you, the annual income I’m talking about here, is after tax.” Ji Lin smiled faintly and gave Bai Duanduan another filler, “Although my income is also just barely enough to live on, it should be quite a bit higher than yours.”

What the fck, this b!tch Ji Lin earns half a billion a year after taxes? And that’s barely enough to live on? Someone drag this pretentious b!tch out and beat him to death on the spot!

Bai Duanduan felt that she had almost lost her breath and was so angry that she almost passed away there and then.

As a young lawyer, Bai Duanduan had always been very proud of her annual income of nearly one million before tax, but now, according to Ji Lin’s standard, wasn’t she completely destitute? Wasn’t she only worthy of Ji Lin’s shoes?

Of course, Bai Duanduan was angry but she still agreed to compensate for the suit. After all, in order to save her life, Ji Lin let his suit be scratched by a knife. Fortunately he was fine, otherwise, she might have to compensate him for the loss of work revenue. Can she even afford to pay Ji Lin’ loss of work revenue?

It’s just that Bai Duanduan couldn’t help but feel the pain when she thought of 21,000 yuan. She muttered, “You might as well don’t save me. I did think about it just now and I feel I don’t care if he was hiding behind me. Because with my skills, even if he got in front of me with a knife, I would have been able to turn the situation around without getting a scratch from him. In short, there wasn’t any fear of life.”

“Is money important or life important?”

Bai Duanduan was in pain, “Money is my life!”

“……”

She felt that suddenly the dialogues between herself and Ji Lin seemed to be exchanged.

However, since she wanted to pay for the suit, Bai Duanduan remembered the suit that had been damaged in the Xu Zhixin case and asked Ji Lin for it, “How much was the suit last time?”

Although Ji Lin’s trick was sinister last time and it was too obvious, Bai Duanduan did not want Xu Zhixin to be in such a debt again. Since she had lent money to Xu Zhixin, it was not bad to pay for this suit on his behalf. But it’s a pity that Ji Lin, the debt collector himself, looked blank. He glanced at Bai Duanduan and frowned, “What?”

This reaction made Bai Duanduan regret reminding him, “The one that was damaged by the dog.”

Forget it. It’s better to be a decent person, Bai Duanduan took a deep breath and continued, “How much is that one, I’ll pay you back together.”

Bai Duanduan had seen the suit and it was obviously not cheap. At that moment, she was ready for Ji Lin to quote a series of unbelievable figures.

However, to her surprise, Ji Lin only pursed his lips and said indifferently, “Oh, you don’t have to pay for that.”

“What?”

“The cloth was not damaged by you. If we trace back the root cause, in terms of direct causality, it was the dog that damaged it. The owner of the dog is another partner of ZhaoHui, and you have nothing to do with it.”

Ji Lin finished his speech and gave Bai Duanduan a disgusted look, “I thought you didn’t react at that time, but I didn’t expect that after so long, all the people who should be calm have calmed down but your brain hasn’t turned around yet. Even if I go to sue, you shouldn’t be the one to pay for this cloth. Aren’t you a lawyer? Don’t you know how to argue rationally?”

She didn’t try to force this matter with him, and she also disliked herself more …

Bai Duanduan rubbed her eyebrows, “I also know that it has nothing to do with me, but you were the one who used the strong and arrogant words at the beginning! I am afraid that you will screw Xu Zhixin for this again?!”

Bai Duanduan saw very clearly that much of Ji Lin’s initial distaste for Xu Zhixin came from his heart, apart from his position as the opposing party’s lawyer.

Ji Lin averted his gaze and said coldly, “Then I won’t be able to. The case is over when the case is over. I’m very busy.”

This arrogant posture does not seem to be a lie, but because of this, Bai Duanduan was a bit confused, “If that’s the case, then what did you mean when you were aggressive and asked me to pay for this coat now?”

Ji Lin gave a cold snort and finally looked up at Bai Duanduan, “Aren’t you full of benevolence, morality, kindness and compassion? I just wanted to see if you would really help the other party take the blame in this situation.” He said indifferently, “I have seen many lawyers like you accusing me. Lecturing others to stand on the high moral ground, saying that people should be compassionate. Actually when it is their turn to pay and show compassion, they run faster than anyone else and none of them are willing to ……”

Bai Duanduan’s eyes shone brightly as she interrupted Ji Lin, “No, there’s one of those.” She looked at Ji Lin with a smile, “There is one who is willing.” She pointed to herself, “That’s me, the unbelievably kind and beautiful girl in the universe, you can’t imagine, can you?”

“……”

Ji Lin seemed to be choked by Bai Duanduan. After holding back for a long time, he finally glanced at Bai Duanduan again, and spit out the still nasty words, “There is indeed only one idiot like you.”

However, Bai Duanduan did not mind Ji Lin’s attitude much. She found out that Ji Lin was a person who really spoke in an unpleasant manner, and did not consider other people’s feelings at all. As if to make others uncomfortable, his words were as harsh as possible. He was like a thorn in the side. He has to stab others first to make them stay away from him, as if this would be safer.

Obviously, he didn’t lose any business for himself, but because of the naive and nasty thought in his heart, he didn’t even care before shaping himself into a classless and mean person in front of others.

No matter how free and easy and open minded one in the world was, most of them care about their image. Ji Lin was considered a strange man in this regard.

It’s just that this strange man didn’t feel at all that Bai Duanduan’s weak affection for him had risen once again. He as usual relied on his own strong and unremitting efforts to push the atmosphere to the freezing point again, successfully causing Bai Duanduan’s blood pressure to rise one more time.