Chapter 155 Another kind of forgiveness
Perhaps because she had experienced too many twists and turns before, Min Jia's trial went exceptionally smoothly. Some of the episodes that occurred on the day of the trial, after a long time, were often mentioned by people in Hong Kong.
That morning, Min Jia came to the court accompanied by her parents, and the Song family also hired a few bodyguards in a low-key manner, just like protecting celebrities, to protect Min Jia from harm.
And Min Jia is fully armed, with a cap, sunglasses, and a black mask, she is indeed a full star. Despite wearing a thick down jacket, she showed the bandages on her wrists, as if to let others see how much she had been hurt by those unseen violence.
The Song family and his wife are also begging the reporters - let the child go, don't let her be tortured by public opinion anymore. Still, reporters flocked to ask questions. The bodyguards hired by the Song family were very strong, and they simply pushed the reporters away.
Under the protection of everyone, Min Jia walked up the steps, but stopped, took off her sunglasses and mask, and quietly looked at the group of crazy reporters below.
"This classmate, can you tell us what you expect from this trial?"
"Your father is a real estate tycoon, and your grandfather is a justice, this trial will definitely benefit your Song family, right?"
It was still the female reporter I met in the community yesterday, her eyes flashed with extraordinary excitement, and there was a kind of fanaticism in that light, the kind of frenzy that would rather force people to the point of desperation than get to the bottom of it.
Min Jia was still cowardly just now, but when her eyes turned, she immediately changed into a different person.
What kind of person? is the kind of woman who is the worst woman in the legend. She glanced at it, and the reporters didn't dare to step forward anymore.
"Min Jia" ignored her parents' obstruction, threw her valuable sunglasses behind her at will, and walked towards the female reporter step by step.
"This reporter, what you said just now mean that our Song family manipulated this trial? What evidence do you have, and what qualifications do you have? Are you questioning the ability of the judicial circles in Hong Kong City, or are you doubting the integrity of the judges?"
The female reporter stepped back again and again, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes - where is this still the panicked little white rabbit she met yesterday? It's obviously a fox!
"Min Jia" pointed to the bandage on his wrist, pressed step by step, and said coldly: "Can't you see this wound? Don't you know what happened yesterday because of your visit?"
The female reporter countered: "I am for the justice ...... this society"
"Shut up! Do you think I don't know, you just want to fabricate some facts to attract attention?" Min Jia pointed at his wrist again: "If you force me to death, will justice be achieved? I begged you so much just now, are you soft-hearted? In order to create a gimmick, do you not hesitate to force people to death?"
The female reporter was embarrassed, but did not back down: "I am a journalist, and my job is to report the facts......"
"You don't do this in front of me! You wish I was going to kill myself, because then you could make big news! But I'm telling you, I'm not going to die, I'm just going to live well, and see what happens to people like you!"
After that, she leaned in and said, "If you have a kind, you will write and see if your so-called justice will be realized." β
In the blink of an eye, "Min Jia" returned to the image of a good girl with no strength, walking unsteadily and crumblingly, and the bodyguards rushed in to escort her.
"Min Jia" said delicately: "Brother bodyguard, leave me alone, let the reporters and brothers and sisters shoot for a while, maybe my news will give them a promotion and a raise." Just let them shoot me, even if I commit suicide because of public opinion, it doesn't matter......"
The faces of those crazy reporters just now turned green.
"Min Jia" stood for a while before being pulled away by his parents. She deftly unfastened the bandage on her wrist and threw it to the security guard along with her hat, and she twisted up the steps, making a big face at the already dumbfounded reporters.
The unwitting reporter asked, "Is she really crazy?
The female reporter gritted her teeth and said, "It's twins!
At this time, the real Min Jia, under the cover of the aunt's family, entered the court unknowingly. She saw all the pranks her sister played, and she saw them all when the reporters beat their chests.
Jolene also saw it, so she felt that Min Rou was not entirely hateful, and occasionally quite cute.
The trial went smoothly, and surprisingly, several teachers came to the No. 2 Middle School to testify. With their explanations, Shen Chunxiao's daily actions have been more certified.
With more human and physical evidence, the Song family added several more accusations, each of which left Shen Chunxiao with no room for rebuttal. Her parents never attended, which made her seem helpless again. Looking at Shen Chunxiao in the dock, Qiao Lin felt that she was pitiful and hateful.
Shen Chunxiao and the others colluded, insisting that taking nude photos was a prank among classmates; the boys she called over were not raping Min Jia, but to intimidate Min Jia and asking her not to tell her about taking nude photos. At the same time, their lawyer was also aggressively asking Min Jia how far had he gone since it was an attempted rape?
In Jolene's opinion, the bespectacled, smiling lawyer is really an out-and-out well-dressed beast. She sweated for Min Jia, but unexpectedly, Min Jia was completely enraged.
"Intimidation? Do you need to take off your shirt and pants to intimidate? He has an eagle tattooed on his chest, and his underwear is red, with a golden dragon printed on it!" Min Jia pointed over one by one and scolded angrily: "Details? What details do you want me to say? Do you want me to tell all those body parts?"
Min Jia paused and added: "Since you are shameless, then what else do I have to avoid? It's a big deal that the fish dies and the net is broken, and I will die with you!"
Min Jia's courage eventually led to a surge in morale on the plaintiff's side, while the opposing lawyer was counter-killed, forgetting all the prepared defenses.
However, the defendant's side did not give in easily, especially Shen Chunxiao, she also has a hidden trump card, that is Wu Peng. She once called Wu Peng and cried: "Wu Peng, do you really want to see me go to prison? As you said, you have to protect me for the rest of my life, and I still have a lot of wishes that have not been fulfilled, how can you protect me? If you don't save me, my life will really be over......
His girlfriend's heart-rending cry broke Wu Peng's heart, and when he thought of her beautiful face, his heart was even more twisted. He heard the subtext of his girlfriend, which was to bear the charge with her. He can't afford such a felony as "attempted gang rape," but he can still bear some of the charges like fighting, and he did participate anyway. If he bears it, will Shen Chunxiao's crime be mitigated?
On the day of the trial, Wu Peng stayed up all night, drank several bottles of beer, called two buddies, and took a taxi to the court. There are always people who question how anyone can be stupid to such a point, yes, the purest innocence of a boy, the innocence that can give everything for the woman he loves, is so stupid that it is unreasonable.
However, he didn't have that chance, and he had a car accident on the road. In that era when drunk driving was not taken seriously, the taxi driver drank alcohol in broad daylight, and the road was slippery in heavy snow, and when he came out of a tunnel, he did not slow down and crashed straight into the protective railing, causing a series of crashes. In that crash, eight people died on the spot and more than a dozen were injured.
The snow was stained with blood, and several cars crashed into a shocking situation, causing a sensation throughout the port city. Even because of this extremely tragic car accident, the spot check on drunk driving in Hong Kong City is much heavier than that in other places.
Wu Peng was the only survivor in their taxi, but after the accident, he never returned to his beloved arena. It seems that there is really a providence in the dark, and such a mistake makes all those who make mistakes pay the corresponding price.
Shen Chunxiao's lies were exposed one by one, and the court pronounced a verdict on the spot -- the five defendants conspired to rape others, and their actions constituted the crime of rape. However, in view of the fact that the defendant's rape plan was not carried out successfully, the harm caused to the victim was less, and the five were all minors, they were punished as appropriate......
The lengthy verdict made Qiao Lin lose patience, but she finally heard it, everyone was sentenced to three to four years, and Shen Chunxiao was the one who was the heaviest. They appealed in court, however, after the Chinese New Year, their appeal was dismissed at the speed of light.
Regarding the result of the verdict announced in court, Li Lanlan still felt that the sentence was light, but this battle was difficult enough, and she was exhausted. After the verdict was announced, she said to her husband: "Actually, I still want to appeal, if I don't give them a sentence of ten or eight years, I will be wronged for Min Jia!"
Song Yizhi has always been calm and restrained, he said: "This result is already fair, our purpose is to let them be punished as they deserve, not blindly kill them all, isn't it?"
Li Lanlan was worried: "But three years later, they came out, and Min Jia was only twenty years old, in case they retaliated ......."
"There's not going to be anything like that. Song Yizhi said: "Don't worry, I won't let them enter the port city, and I won't let them get half a step closer to Min Jia." β
After walking out of the courtroom, Min Jia took the initiative to be interviewed by reporters. Those reporters experienced Min Rou's pranks, looked at each other, and did not dare to ask questions easily. Min Jia didn't wait for them to ask questions, and said directly: "People have always asked me, why do you make such a big fuss? Now that I understand it, I just want to tell everyone that even if it is a juvenile crime, there is a price." Those girls who have the same experience, I hope you can stand up bravely and seek justice for yourself!"
"There are many people who say that our Song family is bullying and unforgiving, but have you ever experienced that kind of bitter despair? Have you experienced the pain of being completely destroyed? You have not experienced it, so it is easy to make that kind of shallow comment. To others, this is just news, and the discussion has passed in a few days, but from now on, I will have to live with this huge scar...... But I'll try to live, thank you for your concern. β
In the car home, Jolene didn't say a word and looked unhappy. Li Lanzhi asked her what was wrong, she rolled down the car window, and the cold wind blew her bangs up, revealing a smooth forehead.
"You kid, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?!"
Qiao Lin said sullenly: "Shen Chunxiao has bullied me for many years and ruined the lives of several classmates, but she has been punished, why can't I be happy at all?"
The wind blew stronger and stronger, and Qiao Lin became more and more sad: "We are all the same age, and we should have taken the university entrance examination together, but she is going to enter the juvenile detention center, and I feel empty in my heart." β
Li Lanzhi said: "Do you think that we are targeting her alone, and she is a little pitiful?"
"Hmmm......"
"But when she brought so many people to target Min Jia, how pitiful was Min Jia?"
Qiao Lin didn't squeak, and Li Lanzhi continued: "When you were a child, didn't you like to watch "Huanzhu Gege"? In the first part, the queen would kill Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, and Ziwei finally forgave her. But in the second part, does the emperor regret his change? Only when a person has been truly punished can he take the first step towards reform. β
Qiao Lin was very skeptical, would Shen Chunxiao reform herself? Probably not, she would definitely hate those people who put her in the juvenile detention center, and maybe she would take revenge on society even more frantically after she came out. When will this kind of retribution come to an end?
Until the end of the trial, she did not see Shen Chunxiao's parents. I heard Zhou Fei say before that her parents went bankrupt, went to the south to work, and gave birth to another child in the south, so they basically didn't care about her, but some people said that she was actually an illegitimate daughter, and her mother ran away after giving birth to her. Some classmates have seen that she asked a middle-aged man for living expenses in a low voice, and that middle-aged man is also a well-known person in Hong Kong City.
Jolene didn't know which statement was true, but she didn't feel good about it. She even thought that if the classmates cared more about Shen Chunxiao, would they be able to avoid today's tragedy? But after all, there are very few virgins in this world, and Shen didn't want to deal with the classmates, and the tragedy was already doomed.
As soon as Li Lanzhi saw her daughter's solemn expression, she knew that she wanted to go out of the world again. This kid seems to have no heart or lungs, but once he thinks about it, he is very serious.
Li Lanzhi rolled up the car window first, Qiao Lin jumped like an electric shock, and said, "Mom, I'm going to do something!"
"What are you going to do?"
"In the future, I'll write a letter to Shen Chunxiao!"
"Give it to her...... Write a letter?"
"Well, she doesn't have real friends and no parents care...... That's why she took a detour. After that, I wrote her a letter every month, whether it could impress her or not, let her know that at least there were still people in the world who cared about her. In this way, she will not despair, and maybe she will not take revenge on society!"
Having found a new purpose in life, Jolene is so happy that she doesn't know what to do, and her big eyes are shining. Reason told Li Lanzhi that she should pour some cold water on her and make her not so naΓ―ve. But she couldn't bear it, but praised: "You still have a way!"
Who knows! Every child has the potential to work miracles, so it's okay to give her a try.