Chapter 38: The Jedi Strikes Back (1)

Something unpleasant happened, Fang Miao almost didn't sleep all night, and the next day the whole person was not in good spirits.

"Oh my God, are you suffering from insomnia again?" Meng Chaoge looked at her with the eyes of a giant panda.

Fang Miao looked left and right at the makeup mirror, and now she was angry when she saw her assistant, so she closed the mirror angrily and opened her mouth to complain: "It's all your fault, and now you're still talking cool here!"

"Blame me, I don't seem to have made a harassing call last night, right?" Meng Chaoge looked innocent.

Fang Miao's blood surged, "If it weren't for your bad idea, I wouldn't have left a bad impression on Yan Zheng." ”

Meng Chaoge stretched out the tail with a long "oh", and automatically made up his brain: "So you guys are in a cold war, so you have insomnia all night?"

"Maybe, but that's not the point!" Realizing that he had been brought into the pit, Fang Miao interrupted the topic sharply and said seriously: "I haven't been able to get the news from Chen Yin's mouth, so at present, I can only block it with soldiers, and the water will cover it." ”

Meng Chaoge sighed, "Then I'll check Chen Yin's other information, hoping to find a breakthrough." ”

Fang Miao nodded, stroked Wednesday on the calendar with a pen, and looked at the rows of black notes, indicating that the second trial was coming.

The consequence of not resting well is that he is not energetic at work, since the afternoon, Fang Miao has been walking four times back and forth between the pantry and the office, and the coffee has been drunk to the point of almost vomiting.

When she returned to the office for the fifth time with her coffee, her attention was drawn to the small circle of three or five people in the office area.

"What are you looking at?" couldn't help but be curious, Fang Miao walked over and asked.

"Lawyer Han has a case in his hand that needs to be monitored to check the witness testimony, and we have to use our keen eyes to look at it carefully. ”

Fang Miao took a sip of coffee, leaned to the side to watch the excitement, and asked from time to time, "Where is this place?"

"A Starbucks on Xinxing Road. ”

In an instant, Fang Miao's head roared, and he had to pretend to be calm, "When did the monitoring time start?"

"Last Saturday at 11 a.m., almost an hour of footage was taken. ”

Hearing this, Fang Miao exhaled lightly as if she had been amnestied, and silently recited God's blessing...... God forbid......

That's right, that day was the day of Poplar's burial, and that Starbucks was also the place where she and Zhou Yan talked, of course, these are trivial things, the most terrible thing is that after Zhou Yan left, she suddenly split her personality, even if it was controlled by hypnosis, but if her colleagues noticed that something was wrong, the consequences would be very serious.

"Isn't this Prosecutor Song?"

Just as Fang Miao was caught up in her memories, a voice in her ears interrupted her thoughts.

Catching the keyword, she almost immediately threw down the coffee cup, and under everyone's amazed gaze, Fang Miao leaned over to the screen to search for Song Siming's shadow, and sure enough, she found the target in the corner of the video.

Not only that, but she also noticed the man sitting opposite Song Siming, Mr. Liu on the witness notice.

In the surveillance, Song Siming took out a business card and handed it to the man, while showing a bewitching smile.

It can be described as an unexpected harvest, Fang Miao rarely shows her face, and the curvature of the corners of her mouth is getting bigger and bigger as the video progresses.

When Meng Chaoge walked out of the printing room, he saw someone smiling a little weirdly.

At this time, Fang Miao also noticed her, and came to her in a few steps, almost ordering: "You go and investigate the information of Mr. Liu now, from personal experience, private life to work history, I will sort out everything I can find, and I will see your results tomorrow afternoon at the latest!"

After finishing speaking, Fang Miao picked up the coffee cup and hurried back to the office, until the moment the door closed, Meng Chaoge pinched himself slightly.

Hiss...... This pain is more real than real gold!

Since the Baiyang case, how long has it been since she has seen this high-spirited energy in Fang Miao, she thought it was the interference of her illness, but it was also from that moment just now that Meng Chaoge suddenly realized: Lawyer Fang's enthusiasm will always burn for the case.

The time of the second-instance trial is getting closer and closer, and the relevant personnel of the case have entered a state of intense filing, among which the most important is the party Bai Huiwen.

With her son's death, unwashed grievances, and insufficient evidence, she endured far more than many others.

In the reception room of the client, the atmosphere is dull.

Bai Huiwen held the water glass and was depressed: "Lawyer Fang, please tell me the truth, not guilty defense...... Isn't it difficult?"

“…… Yes!" From accepting the commission to the present, Fang Miao can be said to have accompanied Bai Huiwen through the thorns, so that her nose was sour at the moment, she didn't look over, her voice was unstable: "No matter what, I will fight for your greatest interests!"

"Actually, I have already prepared for the worst, but I still want to say sorry, sorry for dragging Lawyer Fang into this case. Bai Huiwen choked up, lowered her head and covered her eyes, "I'm just unwilling...... Xiao Yang, he's still so young......"

Fang Miao handed her a tissue, "You...... Don't you blame him?"

"Even if my son is a murderer and a cripple, as a mother, I don't think it's a shame, and what makes me sad is that he chose to ignore his mother without knowing anything, thinking that he had done something great, and just walked away. She wept as she spoke.

Even if you have never been a mother, these words are enough to move anyone, every mother is like this, even if she may not know who to live for in the first half of her life, but in the second half of her life she will be someone's mother, and she will become the existence that surpasses everything and is extremely powerful.

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On the afternoon of the next day, Meng Chaoge sorted out Mr. Liu's relevant information, and on Saturday and Sunday, Fang Miao was preparing for the trial at home, and she had to memorize the way of debate and the questions asked by witnesses.

On Sunday night, she took Da Rongrong out for a walk, and bought a bag of freshly fried dried fish on the way.

In the community park, a person and a cat stared at each other, and Fang Miao shook the bag that overflowed with fragrance: "Do you want to eat?"

Da Rong Rong meowed, Fang Miao took one and put it to its mouth, and then took another one and stuffed it into her mouth, she stuck out her tongue so spicy, in comparison, Da Rong Rong ate much more naturally.

"Your master has been missing for so long, and you can still eat?"

Da Rongrong only raised her blue cat eyes to glance at her, and continued to eat dried fish without heart or lungs.

Seeing that it was about to finish eating, Fang Miao threw another one, took out his mobile phone and tinkered with it.

Beat...... Or not to fight?

It seems that it is her fault, and it is right to take the initiative, thinking like this, Fang Miao found the WeChat contact column and sent a message to Yan Zheng: Will you come again for the trial tomorrow?

In the psychological clinic, the screen suddenly lit up, Yan Zheng's eyes swept over, and then his gaze fell back on Zhou Yan opposite: "Tomorrow is the time to make a decision, I hope you can think it through." ”

Zhou Yan lowered her head and thought about it, without her previous resoluteness.

On the other side, Fang Miao held her mobile phone and couldn't wait for a reply, her heart was cold for a while, and at this time, Da Rongrong had already swept away the small dried fish that she had thrown, and used her usual coquettish trick - rubbing her thighs and begging for dried small fish.

Sleepy, Fang Miao yawned and stood up: "I'll eat so much for supper, let's go back after eating." ”

Da Rongrong reluctantly meowed again, but still followed the little master in a hurry.

At 9 a.m. the next day, the trial began on time.

The prosecutor and the defender sat down, Fang Miao's eyes swept to the auditorium, the two partners in the front row, and Bai Huiwen, who was neatly dressed and still haggard, and the crowd behind him was uneven, so it was impossible to see whether the person he was looking for had come.

In this way, Fang Miao had no choice but to give up and devote himself to the next defense.

When the presiding judge and adjudicators enter the courtroom, all stand up, and the presiding judge announces the beginning of the trial.

A court argument in which the defendant was not seen began again.

Entering the prosecution and defense session, Song Siming questioned witness No. 1, who was a colleague of Bai Yang, and the two worked in a filial piety institute.

He claimed that Poplar had threatened to give Chen Yifeng a good look at the sales team's celebration banquet, and many colleagues witnessed it.

When it was the defender's turn to ask, Fang Miao walked to the witness stand: "Why did Bai Yang talk about Chen Yifeng at the celebration banquet?"

"Chen Yifeng went to the filial piety institute to make trouble, and his head was broken, and I was just joking, he was going to beat people in a fit of anger, what did he say to prove the courage of a man, I stopped him. ”

Fang Miao smiled and applied to play the surveillance video that the witness said, in the video, the two were standing outside the bathroom, what Mr. Liu said, Bai Yang clenched his fist angrily, and when he turned to leave, he was grabbed by Mr. Liu from behind, and Bai Yang turned his head and punched him.

"What is your personal relationship with Poplar?"

“…… We have a good relationship. "There's obviously a throughput.

"Do you like your current job?"

"Of course I like it, and I can say I love it!" Mr. Liu felt that this question was really irrelevant.

Fang Miao was still smiling, but the next second, her face suddenly became fierce: "You lie!" As far as I know, you have privately sold inferior health care products to the old people in the filial piety institute, it was Bai Yang who reported you, and you were notified and criticized for it, just a few days ago, you quit your job, am I right?" Not only that, but she also came up with direct evidence.

Song Siming couldn't sit still at this moment: "Objection, it has nothing to do with the case!"

Without waiting for the presiding judge to judge, Fang Miao suddenly turned to Song Siming and said sharply: "I'm judging whether he lied or not!"

The presiding judge nodded: "Please ask the defender to ask more well-founded questions." ”

Fang Miao changed her calm and gentle attitude for a second, and reflexively took a photo from the defense seat: "The one outside the bathroom, which of you won?"

Mr. Liu raised his chin and was very proud: "Of course I won." ”

Fang Miao always paid attention to the change in Mr. Liu's demeanor when he made his statement, and judged that he was indeed not lying in his last sentence.

It was precisely because the witness did not lie that Fang Miao was relieved, she faced the judgment seat and held up the photo: "Chen Yifeng once won the city's 120-pound fighting championship, let me ask Bai Yang that even Mr. Liu can't win, so how can he have the upper hand at the time of the crime?"

Unexpectedly, this seemingly approachable lawyer would investigate so clearly, Mr. Liu was suddenly dumbfounded, and while he was nervous, he kept peeking at the prosecution seat.

The people on the judgment seat exchanged glances, and Fang Miao took a step back: "My question is over." ”

Next, it was the turn of the defense witnesses to appear in court, and Song Siming suddenly stood up: "Presiding judge, we have a new witness who has requested to appear in court, and the evidence has been identified as true. ”

Except for Fang Miao and Meng Chaoge on the defense bench, everyone else present was surprised.

"This old boy must have planned it early in the morning. In the auditorium, Han Junchi knelt in Li Xin's ear to express his personal thoughts.

Li Xin didn't want to pay attention to him, and looked at Fang Miao, who had a calm expression, and knew it in his heart.

The sudden change caused a strong discussion in the auditorium.

"Silence!" the presiding judge slammed on the gavel.

After deliberation, the trial party agreed to the appearance of the new witness.

Chen Yin, the young owner of Zhongxin Real Estate, walked to the witness stand under the leadership of the bailiff, the audience was silent, everyone who paid attention to the case, no matter which side they were on, was attracted by this airborne witness at this moment.

Fang Miao was silent, and turned her head to look at the auditorium, first Bai Huiwen, who was nervous and expectant, and then Han Junchi and Li Xin, they made a cheering gesture towards her, and she smiled back.

At last...... She couldn't help but look at the last rows, like magnets for opposites to attract, and her gaze subconsciously cast on a certain location, where a person's gaze was clear on her, across the hustle and bustle of the world, and each other's faces were reflected in their pupils.