First-Class Lawyer

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It was easy to accidentally make others feel a bit redundant.

All of a sudden, Li Ying felt that her earlier question was slightly out of line.
Fortunately, she had only asked the intern.
She arched her pretty eyebrows, kept the documents, and said to the two of them, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be off first.”

Gu Yan turned his head and said to Li Ying, “Where are you going? We can drive you there.”

“I’m going back to the office.
It’s just a few steps away; I don’t need a lift.
You’ll be stepping on the brakes right after you get on the road, and it’s even easy to drive past it by accident.” Li Ying joked, “Next time if you require notary services at the hospital, you don’t even have to make a comms request; you can just shout over from the front door of the hospital.
Our receptionist will be able to hear you.” 

With that, she didn’t continue to dally, waving and turning to leave.

Only, before she stepped out of the door, Li Ying looked back over again.

That lawyer had a hand stuck into his pocket, the other hand beckoning at the intern.
Even though she was a distance away, and the expression on his face wasn’t very apparent, it was probably still unsmiling and indifferent.
But, unlike before, it seemed almost teasing.

Li Ying suddenly felt it very novel that even the frostiest of people could display different facets when with those they were closer to. 

 

When they returned to the elevator, Yan Suizhi asked, “What did you talk to that guy about?”

“I asked him if the records could be directly modified from the query kiosks,” Gu Yan said.

“What did he reply?” 

“They can’t,” said Gu Yan, “and before the records are uploaded onto the cloud, only the supervising doctor of the department can touch these records.”

Strictly speaking, there were two doctors supervising Yan Suizhi’s test.
The first was the curly-haired doctor, initially arranged to assist him, and the second was Lin Yuan.

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Since the curly-haired doctor wasn’t around during those two days, only Lin Yuan remained.

When they returned upstairs, Lin Yuan was wearing a pair of protective goggles, as though he had just come back from the research lab. 

“So fast?”

“Mm.
Notarisation doesn’t take too much time,” Gu Yan said.

 

“Great.
I’ll calibrate the equipment and hurry with the test then,” Lin Yuan took off his goggles.

After having affirmed that he didn’t harbour any malicious intent, they were very cooperative with the testing. 

This test was different from the previous test for genetic modification surgery.
It didn’t require him to strip.
He only had to prick the metal needle, with its tubing, into the area of his neck.
It didn’t hinder conversation.

Throughout this, Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan tried sounding him out a few times, but Lin Yuan seemed completely oblivious to this probing.

Or perhaps he had noticed it but chose to skirt the subject.

The results of this test finally came after approximately ten minutes. 

Lin Yuan shot a look at the machine’s screen and said, “…It’s negative.”

Yan Suizhi asked, “Why did you hesitate?”

Lin Yuan flipped through the pages on the screen, his gaze focused on the screen.
His brows were furrowed and he seemed to be deep in thought.

Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan walked over and stood next to him, reading the screen, but all they ended up seeing was divine scripture. 

“Is there an issue?” Yan Suizhi asked.

Whilst mulling it over, Lin Yuan diverted a little of his attention to reply, somewhat absently, “Did you do some other genetic modification surgery long ago? How should I put this, I glimpsed some rather interesting gene fragments.
It’s hard for me to pinpoint exactly what the situation is, but I can tell you that they will affect you and easily cause interference when you take similar tests.”

“I see,” Yan Suizhi’s gaze flickered.
Following the flow of the conversation, he said, “But I haven’t noticed any abnormalities these years.
If there’s anything, it’s probably only that I don’t have a good appetite.”

From the byline, Gu Yan added, “Does being prone to feeling cold count?” 

Lin Yuan, “Hm…”

Lin Yuan, “…Hm???”

He was drawn out from his thoughts, blinking owlishly, “Who are you saying gets cold easily?”

“Me,” Yan Suizhi said.
“I’m a little afraid of the cold, but there’s nothing much else.” 

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Lin Yuan went “oh” and waved, saying, “They won’t affect him in that way.
Actually, they aren’t quite harmful either; they don’t appear to cause any health complications in the present.
I need further testing to have a better idea.
Are you free afterwards? This might take quite some time; you’ll have to be examined in a research lab.”

“How long will it take, roughly?”

 

“Half a day,” Lin Yuan said.
“I have to prepare the equipment in the research lab.
Next week, probably; will you be able to free half a day for this?”

Yan Suizhi, “Sure.” 

Lin Yuan glanced at Gu Yan, asking Yan Suizhi, as if in reminder, “Don’t you have to ask your teacher for permission?”

Gu Yan straightforwardly said, “I don’t have any objections.”

“Huh,” Lin Yuan said and nodded.
“Alright then.
I’ll fill the paperwork for you.
Just let me know when you want to schedule it.”

“Why don’t you give me your comms number?” Yan Suizhi said.
“So that I won’t end up coming down to your office when you aren’t around.” 

“I should be around all of next week,” Lin Yuan said, but still gave him a contact number.
“013-09888712.”

“Thank you, I’ve saved it.”

“You can approach me if you have any queries about your health.
But it’d be better to do it through text; I won’t be able to pick up calls when in the operation room.”

The two of them said a few more words to Lin Yuan then made to leave the office. 

Out of courtesy, Lin Yuan sent them to the office door.

The door was half-open.
Where they stood fell perfectly into the blindspot of the surveillance cameras in the office and the corridor.

At this time, Yan Suizhi paused in his step.
He lifted his eyes to look at Lin Yuan, smiling gently, revealing a maturity that wasn’t congruent with his outer appearance.
“Oh, right.
I have a question that I’d like your opinion on, Dr Lin.”

Lin Yuan gave a start.
“What is it?” 

“If I’m not mistaken, you said something just now,” Yan Suizhi leisurely said.

“What did I say?”

“You asked me, ‘Did you do some other genetic modification surgery long ago?'” Yan Suizhi said.
“So, I’m thinking.
Normally, under what circumstances would someone unconsciously use the word ‘other’?”

Lin Yuan, “…” 

He suddenly understood a universal truth of life—even at the cost of death, don’t butt heads with lawyers on details.