Chapter 1773
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Xu Baohan replied with a muffled nasal voice, "It's quite a coincidence, so do you want to treat me to dinner?"
"…"
Here it goes again.
An Lan rolled her eyes. "Chief Judge Xu, how much money do you need for the renovation? You have to trick me into eating dinner."
"The renovation is as deep as the sea."
An Lan: "…"
Did renovation cost so much money?
Don't think that she hadn't renovated.
"I can treat you to dinner," An Lan said after thinking for a moment. "But we have to have some wine."
"… I don't drink. I prefer the feeling of being sober and calm." Xu Baohan's eyes showed resistance. "You women shouldn't drink too much. Drinking is bad for your health. Some problems can't be solved by drinking. This is running away from the problem."
An Lan rolled her eyes. "I don't think this is running away. I just want to vent for a while. If you don't want to go, I'll find someone else."
She then started to look for her phone in her bag.
Xu Baohan thought that she was going to get drunk with someone. After a moment of silence, he said, "I can go with you, but I don't drink."
"Then why are you going with me?" An Lan said annoyedly. "What I want is someone to drink with me."
"I can send you back," Xu Baohan replied calmly.
An Lan was stunned. She suddenly took two steps closer to him, a faint smile on her beautiful lips. "Men usually send women back with ulterior motives. Chief Judge Xu, what do you want? Have you fallen for me?"
Xu Baohan glanced at her calmly and indifferently. "Ensuring the safety of the citizens is what every judicial officer should do, and I can understand your feelings. Sometimes … don't care too much about what others say, as long as you have a clear conscience, it's fine."
An Lan was stunned. She suddenly remembered that she had heard of his vague past. Had he once had the same feelings as her?
"Do you think … that people in the legal profession sometimes think that we are especially cold-blooded and heartless?" She asked blankly. "If we sue An Ning, we will be scolded by outsiders, and if we don't sue her, we will be scolded by our parents. If she doesn't come to the mental hospital, where else can she go? And us women, no matter how hard we work, if we don't get married or have children, we will always be criticized."
All along, Xu Baohan's impression of An Lan had always been fierce. Now, standing in front of him, An Lan's eyes flashed briefly with vulnerability.
Xu Baohan's gaze softened without him noticing.
If he hadn't met her by chance today, perhaps he wouldn't have been able to see that her family was full of holes.
Just like him.
"This society … needs people to be cold and heartless when necessary."
Xu Baohan said slowly, "You don't have to care too much about your parents' thoughts. Although I don't know them, from what I heard just now, I think they are very pedantic and self-righteous. It's a new era now, there are people who don't want to get married, there are people who are DINK, and there are also people who are gay. Those who look down on you are usually incompetent. Some people think that if they get married, they will look good, but if they close the door, they will be more embarrassed than anyone else.
An Lan was stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
He had lost count of the number of couples he had fought in lawsuits for, both ordinary people and celebrities.
"Yes, thank you, Chief Judge Xu." An Lan smiled at him.
She was truly grateful to him from the bottom of her heart. She didn't expect him, who had always been cold and unkind, to say such words.
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