DF Chapter 90

Chapter 90 Treasure the Leisure Time You Still Have

Chapter 90 Treasure the Leisure Time You Still Have

Even on the weekend, Sheng Jia was pulled to Fajin Temple by Xu Lijing before boarding the plane.

The new law firm location has been chosen in an office building in the city center. Xu Lijing has already started using Boss Zhipin, preparing to recruit several more lawyers who are professionally competent, experienced, and ambitious. With Sheng Jia’s help this time, she is full of ambition and hope for the future.

Therefore, before the opening, she specially pulled Sheng Jia, this big boss, to Fajin Temple to pray for blessings.

If Xu Lijing scoffed at these things when she was young, now that she can finally touch a corner of her dream and be in charge, she can’t help but be cautious and even more cautious. She doesn’t feel relaxed just because she has Sheng Jia, this behemoth, behind her. On the contrary, because she has accepted Sheng Jia’s help, she wants to achieve something even more, so as not to disappoint her trust.

In recent years, the protection of Fajin Temple has been strengthened a bit. Livestreaming by internet celebrities has been prohibited to maintain a quiet atmosphere inside. Of course, the main reason is that the master and the little monkey Danggui inside are getting old.

Especially Danggui, when Sheng Jia met her, she was already over twenty years old. This year, she is exactly thirty, and she has entered her twilight years. She doesn’t like to move around much anymore, and rarely goes into the mountains. Most of the time, she sits on the threshold of Fajin Temple, her eyes still clear, watching the passing pilgrims, wondering what she is thinking.

In the evening, she holds the master’s hand and returns to her room, nestled in the nest the master bought for her.

Having not seen each other for nearly six years, Danggui still recognized Sheng Jia at a glance when she crossed the threshold of Fajin Temple, and quickly grabbed her trouser leg.

Seeing this, Sheng Jia bent down and touched her head, and said softly, “Danggui, long time no see.”

Danggui scratched her chin with her other hand. After living in the human world for more than thirty years, she can understand most simple languages. So, like a host entertaining a friend, she picked the biggest and sweetest apple from the stolen offerings and placed it in Sheng Jia’s palm.

Sheng Jia couldn’t help but smile and accepted her fruit.

Danggui squeaked happily, waved to Sheng Jia, and released her trouser leg.

Xu Lijing watched from the side and said, “The little monkey has such a good memory?”

The two walked inside, and Xu Lijing continued, “You don’t know, Danggui is now one of the city’s cultural brands. After she became popular, the fire has never died down, and many people come to see her every year. But last year, Danggui had a disease and was treated at the city’s wildlife rescue center for half a month before she recovered. Since then, she hasn’t moved much.”

Sheng Jia: “How do you know so clearly?”

“I’m idle,” Xu Lijing lowered her head and kicked a small stone on the ground forward, answering helplessly, “You also said that I deal with some trivial things every day. Since they are trivial things, they are dealt with quickly, so don’t I have plenty of time to surf the internet everywhere?”

“Actually, coming here is also because I have offered a lamp for my grandmother here. Last year, when I had some troubles, I didn’t have any friends to talk to, so I came here often to talk to her and complain. It’s different now,” Xu Lijing smiled, “This year, she can see how her granddaughter is soaring.”

Sheng Jia didn’t quite believe in these things from beginning to end. In the past, when Sheng Huaiying went in to worship, she would stay at the door. This time was the same. After Xu Lijing came out, the two stood under the pagoda tree in front of the hall and talked about serious business.

“In the future, in addition to our main business, our law firm will also undertake rescue work for the protection of women and children. Do you think it’s okay?” This was a plan Xu Lijing had long ago. In fact, after graduation, she had always wanted to go in this direction, to fight public welfare lawsuits. For this reason, she specifically chose the law firm with the best reputation to submit her offer. But the reality is that others also have to survive, and no law firm will really fight purely public welfare lawsuits.

Xu Lijing could work hard to build up her qualifications to the management level, but that would take many, many years, and would require smoothing out her countless edges and corners. She was very afraid that when she finally climbed to the position she wanted, she would no longer be herself, and that she would no longer be able to maintain her original intention.

Just like the boss of that firm, when he founded this firm when he was young, he had the same ambitions as Xu Lijing, attracting many young people to join him in starting a business. But as time passed, the ambitions of the past became slogans and packaging, but the inside had long been corrupt. Xu Lijing didn’t have such a strong feeling when she was an intern, but after officially joining the job, she realized that the environment was really not good. At least she really couldn’t adapt to the various seniority cultures in the firm, and she needed a younger environment.

When she left, many people laughed at her for giving up a golden rice bowl. Subsequently, she did give up a golden rice bowl, returning to this familiar city, doing nothing.

In fact, she can understand most people in the firm. Everyone is for a bite of food, and everyone is working hard to make their lives better. No one stipulates that lawyers must speak for all the weak, and no one stipulates that a person’s dreams must be eternally unchanged. The boss at least gave them a piece of basic land to display their talents and be independent, and even the salary offered was among the best in the industry. There is no perfect environment in this world.

Just like what the boss said to her earnestly when she resigned to persuade her to stay: Everything you want to do is based on money. Perhaps many years ago, I was as naive as you, but the higher I went, the more I realized that people have many compelling reasons. I can’t take so many people to pay for my dreams. Why not choose to stay and see if you can make that choice again when you have that ability?

Perhaps it was because Xu Lijing was a junior she admired and valued very much that she had such a heartfelt conversation, but Xu Lijing still resigned.

Because she was very clear that the environment of the law firm was already difficult to change. She couldn’t do it, and the boss couldn’t do it either. It was a silt that had already accumulated at the bottom of the lake, which would only make people sink into it and merge into it. She didn’t have the ability to change it, or perhaps it should be said that before she wanted to change it, she would be changed by it first.

Just treat Xu Lijing as an idealist living in an ivory tower. She wants to live a purer life. Later, after returning here, she actually took on several lawsuits that could realize her dreams, but she didn’t make any money. On the contrary, most of the family property her grandmother left her was also used for relief.

Just as she sighed about these old things in her heart, Sheng Jia’s voice had already come over, extremely firm.

“Go ahead,” the sunlight from overhead penetrated through the gaps in the leaves and fell on her face, Sheng Jia narrowed her eyes, “Don’t consider any economic difficulties, go ahead and let everyone know that there is such a law firm in Jingjiang that gives all women and children free legal advice and low-cost legal services like a charging warrior.”

Perhaps this is not just Xu Lijing’s dream. When Sheng Jia was a child, before Sheng Huaiying fought back against Wang Jian, when she didn’t have such a cold heart, she also looked forward to someone saving her mother day and night.

Now that she has this ability, this wealth, and even a fully trusted executor, why not help more “little Sheng Jia” and “Sheng Huaiying”?

“It’s true that it’s more refreshing to chat with friends who have a tacit understanding,” Xu Lijing patted her shoulder, feeling that just these few words were enough to offset the last bit of distance between the two after Sheng Jia’s departure over the years.

“Treasure the leisure time you still have,” Sheng Jia only turned her head to look at her, saying with interest, “Once you open, I guess you’ll have endless things to do.”

“If that’s the case, I’ll definitely be happy for a whole month,” Xu Lijing met her eyes, and the two laughed.

In the afternoon, they also planned to go to the seafood city they had eaten at before for a meal. Sheng Jia was flying to Shanghai tomorrow, and she didn’t know when she would come to Jingjiang next time.

The car was parked in the parking space in front of the door. When the two passed the threshold again, Danggui was still eating fruit in front of the door, and a young woman was squatting in front of her.

When they got closer, they could hear the woman saying gently to Danggui, “I’m leaving, little Danggui. I’ll bring you something delicious next time.”

Danggui was surprisingly docile in her hands, and even rubbed her forehead against her hand.

The woman subconsciously withdrew her hand, and finally only touched her head helplessly, “I have to go today, sister has work to do.”

“It’s rare to see Danggui so close to someone. She actually likes you so much,” Xu Lijing approached, somewhat surprised.

Danggui is not a very affectionate monkey. Most people who disturb her life will be scared away by her bared teeth. She is not a captive pet, but a wild monkey full of wildness who can only choose whether the other person is pleasing to her eye and whether she is willing to be close to her. She has always lived freely, and her sharp teeth and claws are not idle.

Just like even if Xu Lijing and Sheng Jia came together, Danggui was very close to Sheng Jia, but Xu Lijing still didn’t dare to reach out and touch her, because Danggui wasn’t that close to her.

“Maybe it’s because I used to play with Danggui?” Cheng Fangyang said with a smile, “I also lived in this area when I was a child. At that time, Danggui lived with the master. I liked to follow behind her and ask her for delicious food. Later, we moved away, so my mother could only bring me here once every six months.”

“But Danggui still remembers me.”

Saying that, she shook Danggui’s hand as a farewell.

Cheng Fangyang was originally on vacation today to worship the gods here and visit the master. As a result, just as she walked out of the hall, she received a call that they had work to do.

Being on call 24 hours a day in the funeral industry is the norm. Even if you are on vacation when you don’t have to go to work, the situation where you are called back by a phone call as soon as you go out has become something she has long been accustomed to in the past six months.

If the funeral home has more staff, there are naturally other people to go when she is on vacation, but their funeral home has only just started, and the remaining two children are only twenty years old and lack experience. In the end, she and her junior sister have to go together to be safe.

The three happened to be going the same way, so they crossed the threshold and walked towards the parking lot together.

Xu Lijing, who has dealt with family matters for so long, has become even more familiar than before. She chatted with Cheng Fangyang along the way.

Cheng Fangyang is also accustomed to making more friends when going out. Before long, the two had even added each other on WeChat.

“Funeral services?” Xu Lijing looked at the long string of nicknames belonging to Cheng Fangyang in her phone [AAA Wangfen Funeral Services Xiao Cheng Embalming Vehicle Funeral One-Stop Service Can Dial], “You work at a funeral home?”

“Yes,” Cheng Fangyang was a little embarrassed. Every time she adds a stranger, there is such a surprise. Most people still have some prejudice against the work of a funeral home. But looking down at Xu Lijing’s nickname again, this embarrassment turned into the surprise of discovering a fellow traveler, because Xu Lijing’s nickname is [AAA Lawyer Xu Professional Service Free Legal Consultation 24 Hours Online], “You are a lawyer.”

The two looked at each other and couldn’t help but laugh.

When the three walked to the parking lot outside the temple, only Sheng Jia’s car was parked here.

Cheng Fangyang glanced at it, slightly stunned. She was very impressed with this Mercedes-Benz, after all, it was the dream car that made her feel envious a few days ago. What’s more, Sheng Jia’s car doesn’t have a local license plate but a Beijing license plate, which is even more conspicuous.

But she just took a few more glances and didn’t show any other expressions.

“Huh? Sister Cheng, how are you going back?” Xu Lijing said, “Do you want a ride?”

Cheng Fangyang waved her hand, “No, my colleague will be here soon.”

As the two were talking, a black painted commercial vehicle drove over. The five words “Wangfen Funeral Home” on the front of the car were particularly conspicuous. With a drift, the car arrived in front of the three. Xiao Wang in the driver’s seat lowered the window and said to Cheng Fangyang, “Sister, come quickly! Grandma Qian is dying, her daughter wants us to go quickly.”

Cheng Fangyang responded and said goodbye to Xu Lijing and Sheng Jia. She quickly opened the back door to get in the car.

But Sheng Jia, who had been silent all along, grabbed the car window next to Xiao Wang.

Her gaze fell straight on the young man who was leaning against the edge of the car window in the passenger seat, sleeping with his eyes closed.

He only showed half of his profile. His usually rosy lips were tinged with an unhealthy white, and the broken hair on the side of his face covered his eyes.

Even with just this little bit of outline, Sheng Jia would not doubt that she recognized him.

Xiao Wang was startled by her actions and asked in confusion, “Is there anything wrong?”

Sheng Jia glanced at the car in front of her and the contact phone number and address on it, silently let go of her hand, and shook her head.

Seeing this, Xiao Wang quickly rolled up the car window. The funeral home’s car immediately sped away, showing that the situation was very urgent.

Xu Lijing was also stunned by Sheng Jia’s actions, because Sheng Jia’s obstruction prevented her from seeing who was in the car window. She only asked strangely, “What’s wrong?”

Sheng Jia was silent for a moment before answering, “It’s nothing, can you give me that person’s WeChat?”