145: Chapter 145 Two Options

"The business card I gave you last time was just for fun; this one is my real business card."

Shen Yan took the business card from her hand and looked at it carefully.

"Lü Yan, Senior Lawyer at the Law Firm..."

Reading the words on it, Shen Yan put down the business card and asked Lü Yan, "So you mean you're not a guide?"

Lü Yan nodded and explained, "The science and technology museum you visited last time was invested in by my father. I was just hanging out there."

Shen Yan held the business card, half-believing and half-doubting.

Seeing his hesitation, Lü Yan sighed, "Whether it's a mule or a horse, you have to take it out for a test run first, right?"

"Don't you want to test my professional knowledge?"

This person was quite amusing.

Shen Yan chuckled and placed the business card on the table.

"After all, you are a lawyer with a license to practice law. In terms of professional knowledge, you are certainly richer than I am."

Lü Yan shook her head, denying, "You can't say that. Professional knowledge exists not only in theory but also in reality."

"To put it plainly, the lawyer who can solve your problem is the one with sufficient professional knowledge. Mr. Shen, do you agree with me?"

Shen Yan nodded appreciatively.

Indeed.

It doesn't matter if the cat is white or black; as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat.

Regardless of whether Lü Yan was professional or not, as long as she could help him solve the problem, she was a good lawyer.

Thinking of this, he said to Lü Yan, "I've already told you the basic situation over the phone. What are your thoughts on this?"

Lü Yan shrugged and replied, "What thoughts could I have? Just tell me directly what you want to do and what you want me to do."

Shen Yan nodded and replied, "My request is very simple. I want to take back the child's custody from my Ex-wife. Is that possible?"

Lü Yan curled her lips.

"Of course it's possible, but it depends on how much you cooperate with me."

Shen Yan raised an eyebrow, puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

Wu Ya took out a small notebook and a pen from her bag.

"It's very simple. You need to tell me your real situation, the real situation from the previous period, and your child's wishes."

"I basically handle all kinds of lawsuits, but the ones I handle most frequently are divorce cases."

"As you know, divorce usually involves child custody, so I have quite a bit of experience in this area."

"However, this experience is predicated on you cooperating with me sufficiently. You need to tell me who the child wishes to be with and the financial situation between you and your Ex-wife."

Shen Yan understood.

Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win a hundred battles.

He quite admired Lü Yan's attitude toward handling matters.

"Okay, no problem. Don't worry, I won't hide anything from you."

Lü Yan did not entirely believe Shen Yan's words.

However, she didn't say it out loud, just smiled faintly, "Very well. I hope we have a pleasant cooperation."

Half an hour later.

Lü Yan fell into deep thought looking at the notes in her notebook.

"So, your Ex is currently unemployed?"

Shen Yan couldn't be sure about this.

He replied to Lü Yan, "I only know that she has resigned from her last company. As for whether she has joined a new company or has a new job, I'm not very clear."

Lü Yan nodded and asked again, "Then may I ask what your annual income and monthly income are? Also, how much time can you spend with the child every month?"

Shen Yan very seriously told her his basic situation.

After listening, Lü Yan once again fell into thought.

Seeing her lapse into silence repeatedly, Shen Yan became a bit uncertain.

He was thinking: Is Lü Yan reliable or not...

Just as he was thinking this, Lü Yan placed the notebook in her hand on the table and said to him,

"Alright, based on the situation you described, I have thought of two plans for you."

Shen Yan's eyes lit up, and he replied, "I'm eager to hear the details."

Lü Yan held up two fingers and said, "The first plan is very simple and is a commonly used one: private mediation."

"You can try contacting your Ex-wife to see if she's willing to pay some money or use other methods to voluntarily give you custody."

Shen Yan shook his head and rejected this plan without thinking.

If Chen Ling could snatch the child back privately, how could she possibly voluntarily hand over custody back to him?

"Your plan is too ridiculous. Change it!"

Lü Yan nodded and then said, "The second plan is simpler and more direct: file a lawsuit against your Ex-wife."

"However, the lawsuit will take a long time, at least three to six months. During this period of three to six months, your child must remain with your Ex-wife."

Shen Yan frowned, completely puzzled.

"Why?"

Lü Yan paused for a moment, then chuckled, "Why else? We need to collect evidence!"

"If you don't have evidence that your Ex-wife is not taking good care of your child, it will be very difficult for you to take custody away from her."

Shen Yan fell silent.

He knew Lü Yan was correct, but he really didn't want to leave the child with Chen Ling.

After all, Chen Ling had lost the child once before.

What if she lost the child again? What would he do?

Lü Yan noticed Shen Yan's worry and comforted him, "Oh come on, in my opinion, stop overthinking. Suffer for the child for half a year, and the child will be happy for a lifetime."

"Trust me, in all the divorce cases I've handled over the years, there's virtually none I couldn't settle."

"Of course, the premise is that everything you told me is the absolute truth, and you haven't concealed anything from me."

Hearing this, Shen Yan couldn't help but laugh.

He realized that Lü Yan kept emphasizing the word 'conceal'.

This made him inevitably curious.

"Were you deceived before?"

Hearing the question, Lü Yan paused.

Immediately afterward, she nodded and gave a wry smile, "That's right, I was indeed deceived."

"A client approached me before, wanting to hire me for his divorce case. I asked him many detailed questions, and he answered every one."

"I was quite confident at first, believing this case would definitely be won. But unexpectedly, his Ex-wife presented evidence of his various affairs directly in court."

"Good heavens, because of that, the case was lost."

When she finished speaking.

Shen Yan expressed his full sympathy to Lü Yan.

"It seems you were indeed hurt quite badly..."

Lü Yan shook her head and replied, "What's done is done. Let the past be the past. As long as you aren't like that client, hiding things from me, it'll be fine."

After reaching a consensus, the two parted ways at the coffee shop.

Walking out of the coffee shop, Shen Yan opened his contact list and called Chen Guangke.

"Hello, where are you right now?"