First-Class Lawyer

Chapter 105 - The Landlord (i)

Lin Yuan tuned out a little, reminiscing about the past.

When he came back to himself, Gu Yan was gently stirring his coffee across from him, whereas Yan Suizhi was slowly sipping his honeyed milk, his gazes falling on him, warm and quiet.

They should still have many questions to ask. After all, the earlier conversation had unknowingly drifted towards Lin Yuan, but there were still many matters shrouded in mist to them.

But neither of them hurried him.

It was just as though they were simply here to have breakfast with Lin Yuan, accompanying him in his recollection of a loved one who had departed.

Lin Yuan suddenly felt that their past interactions had become blurred.

These were two good men, soft at heart, who fit his definition of 'friends'.

And that was enough; nothing else mattered.

"Sorry, I got a bit distracted and went off-track," Lin Yuan said apologetically.

"It's okay," Yan Suizhi smiled. "I don't feel that recalling these people and past events are taking up our time, right, Teacher Gu?"

Lin Yuan couldn't quite wrap his head around it. "No, wait. Who is whose teacher? Aren't you... that, you know... the dean?"

When he uttered the words 'the dean', he unconsciously kept his voice down, and even the words that rolled off his tongue came out very muffled. It was only after saying it did he remember that there was actually no need for him to toe around for there wasn't anyone in their surroundings.

Yan Suizhi had used this honorific, before, but Lin Yuan assumed that it was due to them not being certain of his identity and how much he knew, that they would be careful not to let the cat out of the bag.

But now it appeared that that wasn't the case.

"Yeah, I am," Yan Suizhi unhurriedly sipped his milk, saying, "But someone perpetually had a dark expression on when he was my student, probably rather tempted to rebel. I'm a very tolerant person; after all, I don't mind letting him satisfy a craving."

"..."

Who wanted to revolt?

Gu Yan looked at him askance, exasperated.

But when he gave it more thought, in a certain sense, it wasn't wrong to put it that way too.

So, though Lawyer Gu's lips twitched, he didn't end up refuting, holding up his cup of coffee with his eyebrows calmly raised.

It turned out to be a joke after all this fuss, Dr Lin thought to himself, I seriously can't get this teacher and student pair at all.

"Alright." Lin Yuan carried on, "I know that you have many questions. Ask what you want to ask."

"You said just now that doing the genetic modification surgery for me was a favour that a senior had asked of you?" Yan Suizhi asked. "I'm very curious what kind of man your senior is; why would he save me, and how had he known that I would be in danger?"

"He said that he heard it through a tip, but wasn't too willing to go into detail about it, because if he did he'd really be pulling me neck-deep into it. Oh, right, he's Jack's foster dad," Lin Yuan unconsciously explained.

It was only after saying this that he remembered they might not be familiar with this name. "It's the guy you said you had a bit of an impression of last time; the curly-haired doctor who shares the office with me. He was the one who was supposed to help you do the genetic testing."