Double a Rule

The negotiation room was freezingly air-conditioned, and the atmosphere on both sides of the long mahogany table was tense. Gu Yan held on to the thin merger agreement and faced Shen Chengzhou's strong price reduction. He broke down the overbearing clauses word by word, and forced the other party's legal team to become speechless despite the huge power gap. Shen Chengzhou leaned on the back of his chair, spinning his pen on his fingertips. His casual eyes gradually became filled with admiration for Gu Yan. This tug-of-war only lasted a week. During the dispute, Gu Yan saw Shen Chengzhou telling his assistant to protect the rights of the old employees of the acquired company; Shen Chengzhou also saw Gu Yan staying up late to revise the agreement, just to get more employee placement benefits. The hostility quietly turned into sympathy. At the celebration banquet when the merger and acquisition was finalized, Shen Yanzhou handed over a glass of champagne: "Lawyer Gu, it's very tiring to fight against you. Why don't we change our identity and work together." Gu Yan raised his head and drank it all, with a smile in his eyes. When they were passionately in love, the two were a partner that everyone in the industry envied. Gu Yan helped Shen Chengzhou build a legal system and avoid numerous business risks; Shen Chengzhou introduced high-quality clients to Gu Yan's law firm, helping it become famous. They are lovers and the most trusted comrades-in-arms, thinking that this tacit understanding can withstand all wind and rain. But Shen Chengzhou's old enemy had already laid a trap, forging evidence that Gu Yan accepted bribes and leaked M&A secrets, and deliberately designed the scene to make Shen Chengzhou catch him by surprise. Seeing those "irrefutable evidences", Shen Chengzhou's trust suddenly collapsed. He rushed into Gu Yan's office to question, and every word was like a knife tempered with ice. Gu Yan couldn't argue, and the two of them broke up amid the debris of documents. Misfortunes never come singly. On the rainy night when Gu Yan left in despair, he encountered a serious car accident. When he was taken to the hospital, his body was covered with tubes. His eyes were open but had no focus. He couldn't even breathe on his own or raise his hands to blink. He could only lie motionless. When Shen Chengzhou heard the news and rushed over, he was almost swallowed up by regret and heartache. He found out all the truth, but he didn't dare to mention the past. He could only stay by the hospital bed, clumsily and patiently teaching Gu Yan. He held Gu Yan's hand and guided his breathing rhythm over and over again: "Ayan, follow me, inhale, exhale." He leaned into Gu Yan's ear, whispering about innocuous daily routines, teaching him to blink, raise his hands, and pronounce simple syllables, day after day, without interruption. When Gu Yan woke up, his memory was blank, and he only felt pure strangeness towards Shen Chengzhou. Until a court trial confrontation with his old enemy, the other party mentioned the frame-up incessantly, and Gu Yan's memories came flooding back. The moment he regained his memory, he withdrew the hand held by Shen Chengzhou and took a step back. His eyes were as cold as ice: "Mr. Shen, thank you for taking care of me. You don't have to come here in the future." Shen Chengzhou panicked. The man who was strategizing in the mall suddenly became at a loss. He began to clumsily coax Gu Yan, bringing him his favorite breakfast in different ways every day, silently staying downstairs of the law firm during overtime, and calmly handing over key evidence when encountering a difficult case, but he did not dare to mention the word "love". He put away all his strength, leaving only guilt and tenderness in his heart, and followed Gu Yan, patiently smiling. Such days lasted for a month. Late one night, Gu Yan worked overtime until early morning. When he walked out of the law firm, he saw Shen Chengzhou wrapped in a coat, the tip of his nose red from the cold wind, and a cup of warm milk tea in his hand. Gu Yan looked at him, and the wall in his heart finally cracked. Shen Chengzhou stepped forward quickly, his voice cautiously probing: "Yanyan, I..." Gu Yan interrupted him, took the milk tea, and touched the warm cup wall with his fingertips. The coldness in his eyes gradually dissipated, and a faint smile appeared on the corners of his lips: "Mr. Shen, please give me your advice for the rest of my life." Shen Chengzhou was stunned for a moment, and then he was ecstatic, hugging him tightly, his voice trembling: "Lawyer Gu, win-win cooperation." After that, the two joined forces again, and their tacit understanding was even better than before. Gu Yan dug up irrefutable evidence that his old enemy forged evidence, and Shen Chengzhou used commercial means to ruin his reputation. In the end, the old enemies paid their due price, and they also crossed all barriers and truly stood side by side. Purpose: Evenly matched love can withstand misunderstandings and hardships, and sincerity running in both directions can overcome the barriers of amnesia, and finally confirm the eternal unfolding in fighting side by side.