Chapter 57

Ling Yiran raised her head slightly and looked to her side. Then, she heaved a sigh of relief. She looked up at Yi Jinli and said, "Have you paid the bill?" "Mhm, I have." "Then let's go," she said, picking up her bag and walking out of the store with him as if she was running away from something. "What's wrong? Are you hiding from something?" he asked. Her footsteps paused, and an obscure look flashed across her face. "My former colleagues came here to eat too, I... I don't want them to see me." She said with a self-deprecating smile, "It's ridiculous, isn't it? In fact, they all know what I've been through and they probably can guess how miserable I must be right now, but I still don't want to see them face to face." She didn't want to see the sympathy in their eyes. She didn't want to see their pity. In the past, being a lawyer was something she had wanted to devote her entire life to. But now, although her colleagues were still doing that job, it was no longer a profession s