"Not at the moment!" Because they have to take care of the child, it seems that they have investigated her enough before snatching the child away, "As for the advance payment you mentioned, I can return it. Still."
Without answering in time, he suddenly stood up and poured a cup of coffee from the automatic coffee machine handed it to Tingli, and then continued: "Let me put it this way, Miss Smith, my client's opinion is to get the child at all costs, so I advise you not to make any more unnecessary efforts, let alone sue, you won't even have a 10% chance of winning."
"What do you mean you won't even have a 10% chance of winning?" His words made Tingli very angry, "Do you mean I should watch others take my child away?"
"In other words, other people's children have also been taken away by you for more than three years." He smiled, staring at his always calm smile and the slightly curly short hair on his head, Tingli really had the urge to pour the coffee in her hand.
"Anyway, I want to see my daughter. Otherwise, I have to call the police. I've already risked it. He works at United Artists MARK, right?"
"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't satisfy you..."
"Think about it," Tingli interrupted him. "By the way, don't take too long, because I'm not like you. I don't have a spacious and luxurious lounge, nor do I have steaming sweet coffee. I have to find a house first, then pick up my suitcase, and then I have to pack up the rental house that I might find. So, that's it. See you tomorrow."
After saying that, she pushed the door open without looking back. The originally quiet office hall outside was filled with the sound of her high heels hitting the floor from time to time because of her sudden hurried steps.
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In the beginning, Tingli did take away 200,000 as a prepayment for surrogacy. Because she had just graduated from college, she had no savings. Without that money, she could only take her daughter to eat northwest wind or beg for food everywhere, but now, she is willing to pay it back.
The expenses of the past four years, including delivery and prenatal examinations, postpartum life, and rent, even if she lived frugally, still cost about 90,000. When she finds a stable job in the future, she can apply for a loan. At that time, she will pay back the 200,000 which makes her feel ashamed.
After leaving the law firm, Tingli went directly to the real estate agency. The land price is almost every inch of land, and the rental prices are all shockingly high.
The small 40-square-meter attic costs 600 per month in rent. Fortunately, it is equipped with air conditioning. Tingli was quite satisfied with it. She signed a rental contract and paid half a year's rent in one go, spending a lot of money.
At night, after packing her luggage, Tingli lay on the bed, thinking about surrogacy. It is said that many men want children now, but the number of men who want wives is decreasing year by year.
Tingli often wondered if she had not used her eggs during surrogacy, would there be so many problems now? Her eggs and her uterus, so the child is undoubtedly her child, and that is why she could not give up the blood-thicker-than-water family relationship.
Thinking about it, Tingli suddenly remembered that since she had come here, she should go to LM first to see the staff there and maybe she could get something. Thinking of this, Tingli hurriedly got up from the bed and quickly put on a cotton coat to go out.
LM MART is located in the East District. Like any supermarket, it has an independent building, an independent parking lot, and an independent office area.
Tingli took the subway. The exit of the subway just led directly to the first-floor entrance of LM. Because it was not long after the Spring Festival, the layout of the store retained the festive atmosphere of the New Year. Before coming to LM, Tingli had the fluke mentality that she might suddenly run into her daughter.
But she knew more clearly that the probability of this was so small that it was completely negligible. For example, if a father provided sperm to have a child, how much would it cost to produce a child? Just based on this, could he be a small employee who only worked on the front line of the LM store?
The answer is of course impossible. Knowing that it was impossible, she didn't want to speculate.
...
The next day, when she came to the law firm again, Tingli directly told the front desk that she was looking for Lawyer Henry. Like last time, the receptionist politely led her to the lounge suite to sit down.
However, after waiting for a long time, she still didn't see Lawyer come in. Tingli was a little annoyed. It was not until ten minutes later that he slowly pushed the door open, holding a briefcase in his arms, and he must have just arrived at the law firm.
"Ms. Smith, good morning!" he said with a smile.
Tingli glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "It's not early, it's past working hours."
Perhaps because of his leisurely attitude and his indifference when he persuaded her to give up the child, Tingli couldn't show any good feelings towards him when she saw him. Not only did she not like him, she even felt a little disgusted.
"Have you settled in the rental house?" he said again.
"What I'm concerned about now is my daughter!"
"Haha!" He chuckled a few times and sat down on the sofa opposite Tingli. Then he opened the briefcase in his hand and took out a stack of things in a large brown envelope. After taking it out, he pushed it directly in front of Tingli. Tingli looked at him warily and asked, "What is it?"