421: Compensation received

In an instant, the gossip was almost too much to digest, but Xu Yaxian remained composed on the surface, smiling as she shook hands with Ye Su: "Mr. Ye, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you."

While exchanging greetings, Ye Su subconsciously sized up Xu Yaxian.

She looked to be between 35 and 40 years old, but she was well-maintained and looked like she was only in her early thirties.

Her appearance wasn't exactly beautiful, but with a well-tailored dark professional suit paired with a capable low ponytail, Xu Yaxian looked like a professional who was even more professional than Zhang Wei at first glance.

"I have already notified Yang Guanlei. Let's head in and get the formalities processed."

"Alright."

This time, the two of them were familiar with the route and didn't need a salesperson to lead the way; they went straight to Yang Guanlei's office.

Knock, knock, knock—

"Come in."

"CEO Yang." As soon as he entered, Ye Su smiled and greeted Yang Guanlei, "Trust you've been well."

Meeting again after a day, seeing the smile on Ye Su's face this time, Yang Guanlei was so hateful he nearly bit through his back molars.

But thinking that not only was he not an outsider to be easily manipulated, but his connections in Yangcheng were also countless times stronger than his own, Yang Guanlei didn't dare do anything but swallow his anger, even if he bit his molars to pieces.

"Mr. Ye, Lawyer Xu, please sit."

Having decided to pay the compensation, to avoid any complications, Yang Guanlei didn't dare show any other negative emotions. After squeezing out an ugly smile, he invited Ye Su and the other to sit down.

Making them pay over four million was enough to vent his anger from yesterday afternoon. Ye Su didn't press his luck, and after sitting down, he went straight to the point:

"We are all quite busy, so let's hurry up and get this settled, shall we?"

Yang Guanlei didn't want to see these two anymore either, so he nodded sullenly, "Mmh."

Then, he took out the relevant documents prepared by the legal department.

Ye Su first had Lawyer Xu look them over to ensure there were no traps in the document clauses before signing his name.

After signing the settlement agreement and returning the porsche to the dealership, Ye Su left with Lawyer Xu.

"Thank you very much this time, Lawyer Xu. Otherwise, I don't know how long I would have had to drag this out with them."

"Mr. Ye, you are too polite." Lawyer Xu chose to speak the truth:

"This time, I didn't actually do much. It was mainly because we brought out CEO Yan this morning that they obediently compromised. If it weren't for CEO Yan, I would have only been able to contact friends in the media to pressure them through public opinion, while simultaneously going through legal channels to slowly force them to submit."

Ye Su suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."

It seems Yanzu was right. Knowing how to fight is useless; when you're out in the world, you need influence and background, otherwise, you're just a nobody.

"Regardless, I still have to thank you for your help, Lawyer Xu. How much is the legal fee? I'll transfer it to you."

Setting aside the relationship between Ye Su and Yan Ran, Lawyer Xu had an excellent impression of this handsome, charming, and very polite young man:

"Since we didn't go to court and the rights protection proceeded so smoothly because of CEO Yan, I'll only charge you one percent of the claimed amount this time."

For rights protection cases, charging 5 to 10 percent of the claimed amount is standard.

Although Lawyer Xu said she didn't do much, charging only one percent, even though it was over 40,000, could still be considered a friendly price.

Besides doing it for Yan Ran's sake, Lawyer Xu also wanted to make friends with Ye Su.

Of course, Lawyer Xu wasn't driven by looks or wanting to have an affair with Ye Su just because he was handsome.

After graduating with her master's degree, she started working in legal-related fields and had seen many people from all walks of life.

Her intuition told her that Ye Su was definitely not a simple person.

Giving up a little in legal fees to befriend someone like this, Lawyer Xu believed this was a profitable deal.

"No problem." Ye Su was also very straightforward: "Send me your account, and I'll transfer the money later."

Lawyer Xu smiled and nodded: "Okay."

Out of gentlemanly courtesy, Ye Su escorted Lawyer Xu to her car before smiling and saying goodbye:

"If I encounter any legal problems in the future, I'll still have to trouble you, Lawyer Xu."

Lawyer Xu was naturally more than happy to: "Of course, Mr. Ye."

Knowing that Lawyer Xu must know many people in the legal circles of Yangcheng, Ye Su didn't mind making another friend:

"Let's not keep saying Mr. this and Mr. that. I feel I'm probably a bit younger than you, so just call me Ye Su directly."

Lawyer Xu considered herself someone who valued a man's substance more than his appearance.

But for some reason, the more she looked at Ye Su, the more pleasing he seemed.

Hearing Ye Su ask her to call him by his name again, Lawyer Xu stopped standing on ceremony: "Alright, you can just call me Yaxian, or Xianjie."

"Alright, Xianjie."

It was just a simple change in address, but their relationship seemed to have grown closer.

"Your car has been returned to the dealership. Where do you want to go now? Do you need me to take you there?"

"It's fine, I'll just take a taxi later."

Lawyer Xu didn't insist on giving Ye Su a ride: "Alright, then I'll be going. Let's keep in touch."

"Alright, drive safely."

After waving goodbye to Ye Su with a smile, Lawyer Xu started her car and drove away in a great mood.

After Lawyer Xu left, taking advantage of the remaining afternoon time, Ye Su first took a taxi back to Xingyue Community, then contacted a furniture recycling shop to come and remove all the unwanted furniture from the house.

During this time, Ye Su also received the bank account sent by Lawyer Xu and transferred the 46,500 yuan in legal fees to her.

After the furniture recycling shop people hauled the furniture away, Ye Su took a taxi back to Apartment Complex.

Buzz—

While scrolling through short videos with headphones on in the car, a text message popped up on the screen, instantly making Ye Su's eyes light up.

[Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: Your card ending in 9539 received 6,200,000 yuan on June 26 at 18:12. Current balance is 30,044,128 yuan.]

"It arrived so fast!"

"Subtracting the 1.55 million for the car, I brought in 4.65 million today, setting another historic high!"

Seeing the bank card balance cross 30 million because of the compensation, if he hadn't been in a ride-hailing car, Ye Su would have wanted to kiss the screen.

"With so much money left and no way to spend it all for now, shouldn't I consider continuing to upgrade the system?"

With that thought, Ye Su opened the system's [Intelligence Interface] again.

[Level 4 Intelligence: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday]

[Level 5 Intelligence: Monday, tuesday]

"Upgrading five Level 4 intelligence items to Level 5 requires 4 million."

"Upgrading one Level 5 intelligence item to Level 6 to trigger the launch of the [Last Stand] function requires another 1.6 million."

"So upgrading the system to Level 5 costs a total of 5.6 million?"