Chapter 68.1: “Oh, I’m not on a business trip, I’m picking up my girlfriend.”

After Ji Lin and Bai DuanDuan established their romantic relationship, Ji Lin not only took care of her three meals a day but also was responsible for picking her up and dropping her off.

Obviously at home, Ji Lin can grab Bai Duanduan and kiss her almost anytime and anywhere. But in the law firm, he was very serious and professional. Even though his colleagues at work knew about their relationship, Ji Lin still maintained his serious and stern boss persona. He even referred to Bai DuanDuan as his “comrade” at work, but only Bai DuanDuan knew what he called her behind everyone’s back on WeChat. Some of the words he used were too inappropriate and caused Bai DuanDuan to feel embarrassed and her heart to race.

Despite their romance, they still had to prioritize their work.

In Tang Li’s case, they had already obtained her bank statement evidence. On this day, they finally had the arbitration hearing. Because the evidence was quite complete and Ji Lin happened to have another case to handle, Bai DuanDuan took the initiative to volunteer to handle it alone.

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At this stage of the proceedings, it was natural that Tian Mu would not fight alone. The lawyer who had been advising him behind the scenes would naturally come to the forefront. However, Bai DuanDuan did not expect that the lawyer behind Tian Mu would turn out to be Lin Hui.

When Bai DuanDuan saw Lin Hui at the arbitration court, she was momentarily stunned, but then she felt somewhat relieved. Lin Hui had started working with clients in the gaming industry over a year ago. Perhaps it was not surprising that he knew Tian Mu through Lu Shuisheng. However, at the same time, Bai DuanDuan felt a small surge of excitement in her heart.

Bai DuanDuan was trained by Lin Hui from the beginning. Previously at ZhaoHui, she either worked on cases independently or cooperated with Lin Hui. She had never been on the opposite side of him until the Dai Qin case, where one of the opposing lawyers was Lin Hui. However, Lin Hui did not actually appear, he only sent Du Xinyi who was inexperienced.

Bai DuanDuan had a very conflicting attitude towards Lin Hui. She did not want him to be her opponent, but at the same time, she did. From school to the workplace, Lin Hui had been her mentor. Even though she didn’t want to admit it, she subconsciously felt that Lin Hui was her senior, and worried that she might lose to him due to her lack of skills. On the other hand, Bai DuanDuan was excited to compete with Lin Hui, and wanted to see how her skills would compare to his.

When Lin Hui saw Bai DuanDuan, he was not surprised, and just nodded and smiled at her. “Shall we have a meal together after the hearing?” he said.

Although his tone was familiar, when it came to work, Lin Hui did not show mercy. He finished speaking quickly, and the arbitrator came in. Before Bai DuanDuan could reply, all the participants in the arbitration were seated, and she straightened her posture. Lin Hui also restrained his expression.

Since Tang Li was also involved, Bai Duan added Tang Li and Lu Shuisheng as co-plaintiffs with Tian Mu. Therefore, Tang Li also appeared in this arbitration hearing.

At this point, Tang Li was obviously aware of Bai Duanduan’s identity. As soon as she entered the arbitration room, she glared angrily at Bai DuanDuan. If it weren’t for the arbitrator present, she might have wanted to slap Bai DuanDuan.

Fortunately, the arbitration finally began.

The arbitrator informed both parties of their rights and obligations, announced the composition of the arbitration tribunal and its members, confirmed that there were no recusal issues, and then announced the opening record. The hearing officially began.

Bai DuanDuan was confident during the pre-trial investigation, and she submitted relevant evidence. “First of all, from the evidence I have submitted, it is clear that there is a situation of competition between Mercury Network and Yuwen Games. The game that Mercury Network just launched also overlaps with several key projects that Yuwen Games has already developed.”

“Meanwhile, the non-compete agreement clearly shows that Tian Mu has an obligation to comply with the non-compete restrictions with regards to YuWen Games. Our evidence also includes the monthly compensation payments made by YuWen Games to Tian Mu in accordance with the contract, which are fully legal and valid under the non-compete agreement. Since Tian Mu received the corresponding compensation, he should fulfill his obligations accordingly.”

With these words, Bai DuanDuan finally slowly entered the most critical part of the evidence: “Although we could not find evidence of Mercury Network helping Tian Mu pay for social security, housing provident fund, taxes, and other employment related expenses, nor did we find any suspicious flow of funds in Tian Mu’s bank account, we did find evidence that Mr. Lu Shuisheng, the legal representative of Mercury Network, frequently made fixed payments to Tian Mu’s spouse Tang Li every month, with a monthly flow of 200,000. We believe that Mr. Lu Shuisheng evaded conventional evidence collection by using Tang Li as an intermediary to pay the cost of asking Tian Mu to help design a competitive game, and the similarity between the two games completely proves that Tian Mu disclosed the commercial secrets of the same game he learned in YuWen Games to the competing company Mercury Network, causing huge losses to YuWen Games…”

Presenting evidence and reasoning, Bai DuanDuan systematically presented the chain of evidence. Based on the burden of proof, as long as the evidence presented by Xie Miao’s side can prove that Tang Li and Tian Mu received unexplained income from Lu Shuisheng or Mercury Network, and Tian Mu and Tang Li cannot provide a reasonable explanation for the large amount of money, then Tian Mu and Tang Li will bear the legal consequences of unfavorable evidence – that is, losing the case.

However, when it came to the critical moment, Tian Mu remained very calm, while Tang Li’s eyes turned red and stared at Bai DuanDuan, wishing to tear her apart.

Among the other party’s group, except for Tang Li, neither Lin Hui nor Lu Shuisheng showed any expression of imminent defeat. Tang Li did not even hire a lawyer, while Lu Shuisheng only symbolically appointed a company’s legal director to participate.

As the plaintiff, Xie Miao did not attend today due to some reasons and entrusted Bai Dandian with full authority. Because all three of them thought that the arbitration was almost a sure win, with the iron evidence of bank transactions and the fact that Tian Mu and Tang Li were married, they expected that the two could only admit to their guilt. Therefore, in the end, Xie Miao only appointed a senior design worker of a competing game as the company representative to attend, in order to provide professional industry insights when comparing the two games for the arbitrator.

However, the behavior of the three men in front of her made Bai DuanDuan a bit uneasy. She knew Lin Hui too well, and with his current confident demeanor, he probably had already thought of countermeasures…