When Gu Beining received a nine-hundred-million-yuan breach-of-contract lawsuit, the three characters "Pei Hengyi" on the signature line made her fingertips tremble.
The law student whose white shirt she had once stained with her lipstick was now a top lawyer feared throughout the financial district.
During cross-examination, he slid a bronze button across the table with his long fingers. "Ms. Gu, Exhibit 001."
She brushed the pale crescent mark near her collarbone and smiled softly in a corner untouched by the spotlights. "The responsibility Lawyer Pei wants me to take... is it in court, or..."
