Luo Jialan's mind was in a mess.
Was she really going to say it?
She actually didn't want to say too much about Yamaguchi Aiko. Firstly, Yamaguchi Aiko had reminded her not to mention their relationship to others.
Secondly, what they had done together wasn't something that outsiders should know, especially not to Gu Nianzhi.
But the temptation was too great …
She thought about it again and again. If she could get Gu Nianzhi to drop the lawsuit by telling the truth, then the risk was worth it.
Otherwise, she might really have nothing left.
As someone who had once owned a huge fortune, asking her to give up such a huge fortune was like asking her to die.
Since that was the case, she might as well take a gamble.
Luo Jialan thought that since Yamaguchi Aiko was already dead, she just had to push everything onto Yamaguchi Aiko.
What was she going to say? She could only rely on her mouth.
Could Gu Nianzhi go to the grave and drag Yamaguchi Aiko out for questioning?!
Gu Nianzhi waited for a while and thought that Luo Jialan would insist on not saying it now.
Just as she was about to give up, Luo Jialan asked hesitantly, "… If I tell you, will you really drop the lawsuit? Can you write it down in black and white? "
Gu Nianzhi raised an eyebrow and thought to herself that she was actually trying to get something for nothing? This Luo Jialan was really greedy …
She didn't show it on her face at all. She smiled and said, "I can't lie to you. I said it depends. If it meets the requirements, we'll drop the lawsuit. If it doesn't, then I'm sorry, but this case will have to continue. "
Luo Jialan was a little disappointed. "Really? What's the difference if I say it or not? "
"Then don't say it. It's fine with me. It's not my trust fund anyway. When you go to court, you'll have to say it all the same. " Although Gu Nianzhi was anxious, she wouldn't show it. Instead, she retreated in order to advance. She looked like she was saying "if you're willing to say it".
At this moment, grandfather Huo was really anxious. He frowned and said to Luo Jialan, "What are you dawdling about? Hurry up and say it. It's more important to drop the lawsuit! "
"She didn't say that she had to drop the lawsuit …" Luo Jialan still wanted to finalize the matter. She kept glancing at Cai Shengnan.
This lawyer Cai had received her five million US dollars advance payment, but she didn't even fart!
This money was too easy to earn.
Luo Jialan was deeply indignant and couldn't help saying to Cai Shengnan, "Lawyer Cai, what do you think? I can tell you, but can you guarantee that they will drop the lawsuit? "
Cai Shengnan spread her hands. "I can't guarantee that."
Luo Jialan's face darkened and she said, "… Then why do I need a lawyer?"
Cai Shengnan smiled and didn't lower herself to her level.
After all, no one would say no to money.
Gu Nianzhi's eyes flashed.
Luo Jialan was going to find fault with her lawyer.
If Cai Shengnan left in anger, then they would lack a strong support for their questioning today.
Because only when Luo Jialan's own lawyer was present would she be unable to retract her confession …
Gu Nianzhi coughed lightly and added at the right time, "Lawyer Cai is a famous lawyer both at home and abroad. Miss Luo, you have Lawyer Cai to help you, so it won't be difficult for you to drop the lawsuit."
Although Cai Shengnan knew that it wasn't a good thing to be praised by the other party, she still felt refreshed to hear such words come out of Gu Nianzhi's mouth. It was like eating raisins on Haagen-Dazs ice cream in her mouth during the hottest days. It was sweet and fragrant, and full of milk flavor. It was simply amazing.
It was a pity that Huo Shaoheng wasn't here.
If he were here and heard Gu Nianzhi say that about her with his own ears, he would definitely look at her differently …
Cai Shengnan was lost in thought.
Luo Jialan also felt that Cai Shengnan should be quite powerful, so she was a little more confident. She turned to look at Gu Nianzhi and said, "What do you want to ask?"
She was going to answer Gu Nianzhi's question.
Gu Nianzhi perked up and took out the recording pen. As she recorded, she asked, "Miss Luo, your lawyer just said that you didn't transfer the money yourself. You lent it to your friend. Is that true?"
Luo Jialan nodded. "Yes, that's true."
Her voice calmed down and her eyes focused. She focused on organizing her answer, afraid that she would say something wrong.
Gu Nianzhi asked again, "May I ask which friend you lent it to?"
"Didn't I just say that?" Luo Jialan frowned. "You forgot so quickly? Aren't you known as a genius girl with a photographic memory? "
Gu Nianzhi chuckled. "That's because my peers are giving me face. Don't take it seriously. Please answer my question. May I ask which friend you lent it to? "
Luo Jialan snorted and pursed her lips. Her lips, which were painted red, opened and closed. "Yamaguchi Aiko, my lawyer just said that."
Gu Nianzhi nodded. "May I ask how much money you lent to Yamaguchi Aiko?"
Luo Jialan hesitated for a moment and couldn't help glancing at Cai Shengnan. Cai Shengnan was lost in thought. Her eyes wandered and she had a half-smile on her face.
Luo Jialan had no choice but to say honestly, "… five million euros."
"Five million euros is a lot. May I ask if you asked Yamaguchi Aiko to write an IOU when you lent it to her?" Gu Nianzhi blinked and began to beat around the bush.
She couldn't let Luo Jialan see that she was really interested in Yamaguchi Aiko, so she tried to focus the question on the loan.
Only by showing that she cared about the money Luo Jialan had lent would Luo Jialan relax her vigilance towards Yamaguchi Aiko.
Gu Nianzhi could tell that every time Luo Jialan mentioned Yamaguchi Aiko, she would shut her mouth tightly after saying a few words.
This micro-expression showed that she didn't want to say more about Yamaguchi Aiko.
It also showed that she was very wary of others digging up Yamaguchi Aiko.
However, Gu Nianzhi was a veteran at interrogating people. She could speak with confidence even under the high pressure of being surrounded by everyone in the courtroom. Luo Jialan's little trick was nothing to her.
At that moment, Gu Nianzhi seemed to have changed into a different person. Her entire aura was different.
She was no longer that pretty, soft, and adorable little girl who made people want to spoil her at first sight. Instead, she was a sharp-tongued, ruthless, and awe-inspiring court lawyer.
In her field of expertise, her strong academic reserves allowed her to handle it with ease.
As expected, Luo Jialan was confused by Gu Nianzhi's "IOU".
She frowned and said, "Yamaguchi Aiko is my friend. She borrowed money from me. How can I ask her to write an IOU?"
Even if she had written it, it would have been invalid now because Yamaguchi Aiko was already dead, and the debt would have been terminated because of her death.
Luo Jialan could have given up on the claim.
She had thought it through very clearly.
Gu Nianzhi seemed to be completely following Luo Jialan's train of thought. She said regretfully, "I think the Swiss court will find it hard to believe that such a large sum of money was lent out without even an IOU. Unless … "
"Unless what?!" Luo Jialan thought about it and became anxious.
That's right, how could she have forgotten? The Huaxia people could understand her and her friends' "friendship", but those foreign devils couldn't.
If it was a loan, they would definitely need an IOU.
What should she do?!
Forge one at the last minute? What if she was exposed?
Luo Jialan asked Gu Nianzhi eagerly, "… Unless what? Do you know? "
"Unless you can prove that you and Yamaguchi Aiko are really good friends, so good that you don't have to write an IOU to borrow money from each other. You just have to promise it verbally." Gu Nianzhi nodded with a smile. Her eyes were filled with encouragement, and they fell on Luo Jialan like sunlight.
Luo Jialan actually felt her heart warm up, and she couldn't help saying, "Oh, yes, I'm indeed very good friends with Yamaguchi Aiko. We're so good that we can borrow a lot of things from each other. Not to mention money. Besides, neither she nor I are people who can't afford it. Five million euros might be a lot to others, but to us, it's just like ordinary people borrowing 500 yuan from each other. "
"Do you guys need to write an IOU to borrow 500 yuan?"
Gu Nianzhi gave her a thumbs up approvingly. "Well said, that's the point. For you, a year's worth of trust fund income is a lot, right? "
"Only 10% of the trust fund income is transferred to my bank account every year, but that 10% is seven figures."
10% a year was seven figures in RMB, and a year's income was eight figures.
Five million euros was only a year's income.
Luo Jialan was very proud, and her aura immediately rose.
Gu Nianzhi complimented her, "Really? Then you're really rich. You're a real Ms. Perfect! "
Luo Jialan completely relaxed and pursed her lips into a smile. She thought to herself that Gu Nianzhi wasn't that unreasonable after all..
Only then did Gu Nianzhi leisurely change the topic to Yamaguchi Aiko.
"Then how did you meet? To be such good friends, it must have taken a long time to get along, right? "
Luo Jialan sank into her memories and said with a smile, "I met her in a flower and tea art training class when I was in France …"
"Really? You were in France at that time. I remember you accompanied grandfather Huo to the Xie family manor to relax. You actually had time to go to flower and tea art classes. "
Luo Jialan came back to her senses, and her smile turned into a bitter smile. Her eyes sparkled as she said, "Yes, I didn't have many friends in France. Sometimes I felt depressed, so I went out and signed up for many training classes."
"I see. You guys went to relax, but you're still depressed. It looks like the Xie family isn't very friendly to you guys …" Gu Nianzhi gave grandfather Xie a meaningful look.
Grandfather Xie didn't mind at all. He smiled with his hands behind his back and listened with relish.
Gu Nianzhi: "…"
Luo Jialan was also a little embarrassed. She quickly glanced at grandfather Xie. Seeing that he wasn't unhappy, she quickly said, "Actually, it's not the Xie family's problem. It's me. At that time, I had just finished the lawsuit, and when I thought back to what happened to my father and mother, I naturally felt bad. "
"Yes, that's understandable." Gu Nianzhi was embarrassed.
Gu Nianzhi was the lead lawyer in that lawsuit, so of course she knew how miserable Luo Jialan was..
If grandfather Huo hadn't turned around and taken her to France, Huo Shaoheng would have sent Luo Jialan to prison at that time.
Gu Nianzhi covered her mouth with her fist to conceal a cough, then asked, "Then what training classes did you sign up for?"
"There was yoga, tea art, flower arrangement, fitness, and language. I just wanted to fill my life up so that I wouldn't have to think about those annoying things," Luo Jialan admitted frankly.
"And then you met Yamaguchi Aiko in the tea art and flower arrangement training classes." Gu Nianzhi made a mental note and continued to ask without batting an eyelid, "What was she doing at the time? How old was she? What did she look like? "
"She was doing business in Europe. She was in her mid-twenties, right? She was fair and clean, had a silver plate face, a small mouth, straight black hair, and liked to wear black-rimmed glasses. She wasn't tall, and she was small and exquisite. She looked like a doll that looked like an ancient lady. "
Gu Nianzhi's heart skipped a beat, and she continued, "After you met Yamaguchi Aiko, was it because you two were the only Asians in the class, and you were about the same age, and she deliberately befriended you, that you two became good friends at first sight?"
Luo Jialan was dumbfounded.
What kind of monster was this Gu Nianzhi?!
How did she know what she wanted to say?!
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This was the first update of the day: Chapter 1320, "Getting Something Empty Handed".
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