Looking back on 2009

Chapter 1 Life is like chess
The magic city is both heaven and hell.

All living beings are equal in heaven, and hell is divided into eighteen levels.

Chen Zhihe is a lawyer.

The profession of lawyers is divided into grades and grades.As the saying goes, after three or five years, you can get ahead without dying.

It depends on how you understand it. Some people think that as long as they stay in this industry for three to five years, they can get ahead.That is purely layman, or take it for granted.

Anyone who can work in this industry for five years is not eliminated.Those who changed careers midway, and those who were still struggling on the line of food and clothing, were too numerous to count, and the competition was fierce.

The 31-year-old Chen Zhihe has been working in this industry for 7 years, and he has gained a firm foothold in Shanghai—he has an office of his own.

The office area outside the door is brightly lit, and the LED screen that you can see at the first sight after entering the door is playing the promotional video of the law firm in a loop.

The electronic clock in the upper right corner shows that it is now 11 o'clock in the middle of the night.

It's just an ordinary night, and even more so, day after day for lawyers.

Years of staying up late and working overtime, as well as the negative emotions brought about by his career, made his body gradually deteriorate, and his mind was also depressed, becoming reticent.

This forced him to use other methods to self-regulate. Playing chess and reading books were the few methods he found useful.

Sometimes he feels that if this continues, there is a high probability of psychological problems.Some time ago, I also talked about this with my girlfriend Duan Yao.

His girlfriend who was a teacher in elementary school teased him and said: "It's really not good, forget it when you come back, and it's not hard to find a job. A lawyer's resume can be eaten anywhere. If it's not good, I will support you."

He knew that this was urging him to return to Jiangcheng, but he couldn't answer.

Just after sorting out the litigation plan of a case, Chen Zhihe took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, but the effect was limited.

The back of the head seemed to be hit with a sap, and there was a dull pain, but there was nowhere to start.

Getting up, he picked up the teacup on the desk, poured out the tea dregs, and made himself another cup of tea, strong tea.

"Mr. Chen, this is the list of evidence in Lin Fang's case. After sorting it out, please take a look."

Pushing open the door, there is a female intern in professional attire, who has not yet graduated, beautiful and full of youthful atmosphere.

"Leave it alone, the door is open. Take a break, play chess with me, and take a taxi back after 12 o'clock."

The strange rule of the law firm is that after 12 o'clock, the taxi fare will be reimbursed after get off work. For low-level lawyers who live far away, it is tasteless, but they have to eat it.

No one takes overtime for granted, but no one has the ability to change. This is the law of the city.

Signaling the female intern to put the documents in her hand on his desk, Chen Zhihe opened the drawer, took out two boxes of Go, and handed one box to the other party.

He took out the wooden chess board and put it on the tea table in the middle of the reception sofa. Chen Zhihe sat on the sofa beside him, opened the chess box, black chess.

The starting star position, the opponent is three-san, Chen Zhihe chooses the corner of worry-free.

The door was open, and the interns outside were typing on the keyboard, but they glanced in from time to time. No one spoke, but they all showed envious expressions.

Whether they can stay or not can be decided by the lawyer who brought them.

"Mr. Chen, can Lin Fang win the case?" the female intern asked curiously while playing chess.

"Hopefully, but it doesn't mean much." Picking up the teacup, Chen Zhihe took a sip of tea.

"It's meaningless to her whether the husband and wife get divorced. It's better to get rid of it as soon as possible." Seemingly seeing the doubts of the female intern, Chen Zhihe added.

"But she is so pitiful."

"Do you feel sorry for her, or does she make you feel sorry for her? If you really want to sympathize with her, try to win the lawsuit for her and make her money worthwhile. For the rest, just listen to it."

The person involved is a person in front of the face, but there is not necessarily anything behind it.

This is a widely circulated sentence in the industry. Behind this sentence is the history of blood and tears of countless lawyers. There are not a few lawyers who have been cheated by their clients, especially young lawyers.

Lin Fang's case is very simple.

Husband and wife faked divorce for real estate speculation, but the husband's fake show was real. The key is that the woman was stupid and signed the divorce agreement without even reading it. In the end, she left the house and the children belonged to the man.

Miserable?It sounds miserable. If he didn't know that the woman had cheated, Chen Zhihe would think so too.

But the factual situation is just that the two sides have ulterior motives, and the other side grabs the upper hand, and the game is superior.

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When the game reaches the middle game, the winner has already been divided, and the dragon on the right side of the black chess has no way out.

Chen Zhihe surrendered.

In fact, at the beginning, Chen Zhihe had more victories than losses, but later he realized that the opponent was simply playing guiding chess, in short, they were not at the same level.

After being exposed by him, the female intern returned to her normal level, and Chen Zhihe never won again.

He just likes to play chess, and there are few chess friends around, which is one of the reasons why he recruited this intern in the first place.

"Finally survived 150 moves this time," Chen Zhihe breathed out as he gathered the pieces together, feeling that his head didn't hurt so much.

The female intern smiled at Yan Yan, "Mr. Chen has improved his chess, especially the layout. He played very well. I think I have reached the fifth level of professionalism." After finishing speaking, she gathered her chess pieces and put them into the chess box.

The female intern once entered the chess game at a young age, but she was not talented enough and gave up her career path. However, her level is still much higher than that of amateur chess players.

Chen Zhihe laughed, "It's right that you have raised the level of chess. In fact, black and white chess pieces are different from people. Go has its own rules. People are different. People in this world are too white to be clean, and black to be too pure. I will stick to the rules all my life. Just like no one will abide by the law forever, so there is no real black and white. Taoism talks about the mutual benefit of yin and yang, and Confucianism talks about moderation. In fact, they are all the same truth. People do not have a pure background, and Lin Fang is the same. "

Chen Zhihe is not hesitant to give advice, especially to a beautiful young girl, middle-aged men always find it difficult to restrain their desire to boast.

"It's getting late, let's call a car first, and go back to rest early." After speaking, Chen Zhihe got up to send the female intern out, turned around and closed the door, and lay down on the sofa.

After lying down for an unknown amount of time, there was a "beep beep", and a WeChat message popped up on Chen Zhihe's phone.

It's Duan Yao!
"Brother, I'm going to bed first, don't be too late, pay attention to rest."

Duan Yao and Chen Zhihe are alumni of Jiangcheng University. When the two met, Duan Yao was a freshman and Chen Zhihe was a senior. They were in different places from the beginning, and they talked for 7 years.

People who knew Chen Zhihe were very curious, that he had remained consistent for so many years.

When Duan Yao knew Chen Zhihe, he called him Senior Brother.

After being together, I still shout like this.

Chen Zhihe corrected it a few times, but there was nothing suitable, so he gradually got used to it.

Thinking of Duan Yao, as if thinking of the chess game just now, Chen Zhihe felt his head hurt again.

It may be that the pressure has been too much recently.

Turn on the music on the phone, Liang Qiaobai's "The Year in a Hurry" streamed out.

In the past, Chen Zhihe didn't like listening to music very much, but Duan Yao liked it, and the earphones never left his body.Every time we are together, before going to bed, she will give him an earphone and play her favorite song to fall asleep.

Later, he found that it was very suitable for relaxing.

But Chen Zhihe prefers pure music. He is good at playing the erhu, which is due to his childhood skills.

When he was a child, a fortune teller said that his fate was hard, and suggested that he worship the "eighth master" in the village as his god.

Ba Ye has no children. When he was young, he traveled all over the world and learned a lot of skills. He is very good at Erhu and loves Go.When he was old and went back to his hometown to take care of him, he loved Chen Zhihe very much.

It was during that time that Chen Zhihe learned Erhu and Go.

The first time Duan Yao heard Chen Zhihe play the erhu, he still smiled and said, with this skill alone, if you wear a coat and cloth shoes, a hat and sunglasses, and go shopping on the street, you can probably support yourself.

The song is over, at 1:[-] in the morning, off work.

Driving the car, the bustling city became much quieter, the wind blowing in along the window made Chen Zhihe sober up a lot.

You shouldn't be distracted while driving, but there are relatively few cars at night, so Chen Zhihe deserted.

Life is like chess, one wrong step, one wrong step, no regrets, and the correct way to stop loss and abandon the piece in time.

After all, life cannot restart a game of chess.

He was thinking about Duan Yao.

After being together for seven years, Duan Yao's love for him became stronger and stronger.

It's just that he feels that he is not worthy of this love.

The magic city, full of feasting and feasting, is too easy to get lost.

He remembered what a female teacher told him in high school.

"The love in high school seems pure and beautiful, but it's all because of the lack of seeing in the world. When you live in a small county, you think that the other party is infinitely beautiful. When you go to a bigger world, you will find that there are countless beautiful things. looking at you."

Chen Zhihe didn't think so at the time.

When you are young, who doesn't feel that you are an exception, that you are unique and special.

the reality is cruel.

After arriving in Shanghai, without telling Duan Yao, he indulged himself.Therefore, her kindness made him even more unworthy.

Chen Zhihe is a very proud person, he couldn't ignore his mistakes, and faced Duan Yao calmly, so he chose to avoid and procrastinate.

He felt torn apart.

"hiss"

A beam of bright light shot over, blurring his vision.

Then, there was a loud bang.

Before he could react in time, he was hit by a huge force, the car flew off the ground, and reversed a few somersaults in the direction of the impact.

In an instant, Chen Zhihe's mind was unusually clear, and he thought of Duan Yao.

He could imagine how sad Duan Yao would be when he found out.

In the end, a sentence hovered in his mind:

"fair enough."

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(End of this chapter)