Shattered by Fate, Restored by Truth

Chapter 476: First Impression Score is Zero, He’s Really Awesome.

The news of Qi Ran’s arrival in the Imperial Capital spread through the legal circles on the second day.

Ruida Law Firm, as one of the top four leading law firms globally, naturally needs no further mention of its status and weight within the industry.

Dozens of countries have Ruida branches, and Hua Country, as a very important country internationally, only began to expand related businesses here in the past two years.

As a person of Chinese descent, Qi Ran hadn’t returned to Hua Country for decades, and the reasons for this were numerous and varied.

The most common notion was that she had forgotten her roots, having been born in Hua Country but forgetting where she came from as soon as she left.

Yet over the years in the Empire, Qi Ran had taken on many cases defending the interests of Chinese people, gaining a very good reputation in the Chinese community, which made the situation even more peculiar.

No matter what, she had finally returned.

President Fu and Lawyer Qi lived next door to each other, yet it took two days without a chance to greet her, until they bumped into each other outside her door when Qi Ran returned from an evening engagement.

In the night, a Maybach and a Bentley pulled up side by side, with the passengers stepping out one after another.

President Fu had a habitual glance next door as he got out of his car, to check if the neighbor’s living room lights were on or if the curtains in a certain upstairs room were drawn.

This time, his gaze met Qi Ran’s.

He was slightly taken aback, and she seemed somewhat surprised to see him, squinting up and down to size him up, identifying him.

Then, before President Fu had a chance to come over and greet her, she snorted coldly and went into her house, closing the door behind her.

Seeing Qi Ran’s actions, President Fu gave a self-deprecating smile.

First impression score was zero—how impressive was he?

Fine, it couldn’t get worse than this. There was an infinite room for improvement which, in a way, was something to be happy about.

After comforting himself, President Fu went upstairs to take a bath and go to bed. While checking messages on his phone in bed, he saw a WeChat message from Lu Ci.

[Lu Ci: Heard that Lawyer Qi will attend Ruida’s opening banquet tomorrow night, President Fu not having any thoughts?]

His words were dripping with schadenfreude. Lu Ci had already received the invitation, just waiting to enjoy the spectacle tomorrow night.

After reading the message, President Fu couldn’t be bothered to reply. Soon after, Lu Ci sent another one.

[Lu Ci: Young Master Fu, didn’t even get an invitation? Is it that miserable?]

President Fu felt the provocation, a flicker in his eyes.

[H: Young Master Lu, see you tomorrow night. I’ll bring you a big gift.]

Lu Ci felt a chill run down his spine upon reading this, his smile gradually fading.

What kind of gift would President Fu give if not a pitfall? Definitely a trap!

This damned guy...

Lu Ci cursed silently, on guard and planning to steer clear of President Fu at the event, lest he gets splattered with blood when Lawyer Qi snubs President Fu.

As brothers, at that time he would have done enough just by collecting President Fu’s body. Anything more than that, well... he wouldn’t help.

Thinking of tomorrow night’s scenario got Lu Ci so excited that he almost couldn’t sleep. So, he went ahead and blabbed to Fu Shili, Huo Jingfan, and others about it, telling them to make sure they arrived on time to see how President Fu meets his end.

President Fu anticipated his provocative tactics but was powerless to stop it. He sighed, put down his phone, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Wondering whether Su Wanxin would show up tomorrow night, and if she did, would she save him at a critical moment?

After all, they had shared a bed; she couldn’t be that heartless.