After finishing, he looked proudly towards Lawyer Liu, "Old Liu, what do you think of my response just now, wasn’t it enough to make them back off?"
Lawyer Liu seed lost in thought, as if he hadn’t heard anything Li Ronghua said.
Li Ronghua, sowhat annoyed, nudged him, "Why don’t you say anything? All of this is what you taught to say."
"Yeah, it’s similar, really similar," mumbled Lawyer Liu to himself, "but it’s unlikely, how could soone like him appear in such a place, and to litigate such a trivial case? I must have mistaken him for soone else."
"What are you mumbling about?" Li Ronghua dragged Lawyer Liu into the room, "Speaking of which, when are we getting married? You’re not going to be like that Jian guy, not planning to register with , are you?"
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Outside the residential area, Jian Si caught up to the striding Nan Zhan: "Mr. Nan, do you think we can get my uncle’s house back?"
"The house was originally his, so how could you talk about ’getting’ it back?" Nan Zhan took out his car keys.
"But they made their claims with proof and evidence."
"The real evidence is here." Nan Zhan lifted the recording pen in his hand and tossed it to Jian Si.
Caught off guard, Jian Si hastily reached out to catch it, while Jian Hedong next to him also looked perplexed, not understanding what Nan Zhan was planning; after all, he had only spoken a few simple words with Li Ronghua. Could it really be that the matter was already resolved?
Nan Zhan walked to the car, resting a hand on the door, facing the two pairs of bewildered eyes, trying his best to explain patiently: "The focus isn’t the housing paynt or the receipts, relying solely on a baseless ’evidence’ has no persuasion, on the contrary, the date on which you started living together is the key to this case."
Seeing their even more puzzled expressions, he continued: "The new marriage law that was recently introduced does not recognize de facto marriages, specifically, it doesn’t recognize de facto marriages after 1994. This type of de facto marriage, where a man and a woman intend to live together permanently without registering their marriage, yet are recognized by those around them as husband and wife, is exactly Mr. Jian’s situation."
"Before 1994, such de facto marriages were protected, and property acquired during their cohabitation belonged to both parties. However, after 1994, such relationships without marriage registration at the Civil Affairs Bureau are defined as illegal cohabitation, and the new marriage law does not protect illegal cohabitation. Therefore, no matter how long you’ve lived together, if the property certificate is in Mr. Jian’s na, Ms. Li has no right to deprive you of your personal property."
Reflecting on the conversation just now, Jian Si had an epiphany; their discussion seed to be about the housing paynt, but the real purpose was actually to make her reveal their cohabitation ti. Jian Si clearly rembered Li Ronghua ntioning 1998, which ant that by that ti, their relationship was already out of legal protection.
"Li Ronghua has also hired a lawyer; doesn’t he know about the new marriage law?" Jian Si asked, voicing her doubt.
"Such a person can be called a lawyer?" Nan Zhan almost scoffed through his nose, "At best, he’s a gofer at so insignificant small law firm, probably never even handled a case before. Also, he’s not a lawyer hired by Li Ronghua; he’s her lover."
Hearing this, Jian Si quickly looked at Jian Hedong, whose complexion turned sour as he exhaled deeply, "Yes, Sisi, he and your aunt have been together for a long ti, and that’s why she left for him."
Jian Si passed the recording pen to Jian Hedong, "Uncle, keep this with you. If it really cos to a lawsuit, this will be the best evidence. Don’t be afraid, with Mr. Nan here, we won’t lose."
"Lawyer Nan, I really appreciate your help," Jian Hedong thanked him with a nod, "If it weren’t for you, I would have been led by the nose by them, these people are just despicable."
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On the way back, Jian Si finally breathed a sigh of relief. Her complexion imdiately fell again; to this mont, she had still not found favorable evidence to prove her innocence. The worker who had repaired her wall was like a stone sunk in the sea, and moreover, if he was indeed the murderer, it was unlikely he would appear in the renovation market area again.
"Thank you for today," Jian Si apologized from her heart; of course, she never really intended to hire Nan Zhan to fight her uncle’s lawsuit. That she could get him to co here was already extraordinarily fortunate.
"Do you know how much it costs to talk to for a minute?" Nan Zhan suddenly asked with a ghost of a smile, "Especially for such a case that insults my intelligence."
Jian Si honestly shook her head, "A lot, right?"
"Since Miss Jian knows it’s expensive, you should think of how to thank properly." He quirked his lips slightly, "I want to eat snowflake lamb tonight."
At that mont, Nan Zhan had already removed his pretentious plain glasses, revealing a pair of narrow, sharp, and intelligent eyes. He now held the steering wheel in his hands,
Jian Si pursed her lips, and in the end, couldn’t help but let a smile spread across her face.
Even though his arrogant deanor was annoying, considering he had helped her today, she decided to study how to prepare that so-called snowflake lamb properly.
In the supermarket, Jian Si was selecting ingredients essential for making snowflake lamb, while Nan Zhan, having nothing better to do, picked up a box of lamb and asked her, "How about this one? I think it’s the most expensive one here."
In his philosophy, the most expensive thing in a supermarket had to be the best.
Jian Si didn’t speak but continued to choose diligently, as if she hadn’t heard at all.
When had Nan Zhan ever been disregarded like this? He was sowhat irritable and called her by her na, "Jian Si, I’m talking to you."
Only then did Jian Si slowly raise her head and gave him a dry smile, "Lawyer Nan, talking to you is expensive, I need to save ex-pen-ses."
Nan Zhan: "...."
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