17

Coming out of the house early in the morning, Zhuxi went straight back to the law firm. It's not time to go to work yet, and there are only a few people in the entire law firm. Li Zhifan didn't seem to leave the law firm all night, and when Zhuxi knocked on the door and entered, his office was filled with a strong smell of tobacco, almost suffocating.

Zhuxi wrinkled his nose, left the door ajar, and walked in first to open the window to breathe.

Seeing that it was her, Li Zhifan put away his temper that was about to explode, and did not extinguish the cigarette in his hand, but asked unhappily, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhuxi took a few breaths of fresh air by the window before returning to Li Zhifan's desk, clasping his hands on his chest, "Do you need to give me an explanation?" ”

Li Zhifan took a puff of his cigarette and looked at her impatiently, "What explanation do you want?" The emotional explanation went to Yingfan. ”

"What nonsense."

Zhuxi's face darkened, and he didn't beat around the bush with him, and said directly: "The wedding invitation you gave me was deliberate, right?" ”

"Oh."

Li Zhifan thought for a moment and replied in a low voice, "Yes." ”

"I respect you as my predecessor and eldest brother, but why did you do this? Interesting? Zhuxi stared at him a little angrily, as the founder of Yangfan, his wedding, no one in the entire law firm knew about it, but he happened to use his wedding to tease her.

"It's boring." Li Zhifan pressed the cigarette butt heavily into the ashtray, then loosened the bow tie casually, and said again, "It's really not interesting at all." ”

Maybe the sadness in his expression was too obvious, Zhuxi looked at him, slowly lost his anger, thinking of the bride Anya's escape from marriage, he couldn't help but feel some sympathy for Li Zhifan, she sat down on the chair, "Are you okay?" ”

Li Zhifan lowered his head, as if he was still looking for cigarettes, but there was no more. He took out the case materials in Wen Jiàn's folder and looked at them, but he only glanced at them, shook his head again, raised his hand and pounded them on the table.

Zhuxi was a little frightened, and leaned back, afraid that he would hurt himself by mistake.

After venting for a while, Li Zhifan calmed his anxious feelings, "Zhuxi, I'm sorry about the invitation."

He just wanted her to recognize his heart.

Zhuxi vaguely guessed what he was going to say next, interrupted him eagerly, and changed the topic, "Li Qiang's case will be in court in a while, I'll come over and get some materials, and now it's over." ”

Seeing that she had already gotten up, Li Zhifan stretched out his hand, "Zhuxi, you and Yingfan"

His words were blocked by the door closed by Zhuxi.

Li Qiangrong stays for sale. The case of prostitution finally opened today, and at about eight o'clock in the morning, Li Yingfan and his clerk Lin Ge arrived at the intermediate court early.

At 8:50 a.m., the bailiffs came, but the presiding judge and jurors had not yet arrived. The bailiff stayed in the courtroom for a while, and couldn't help but complain to the clerk in the courtroom, "Xiaohu, hasn't the presiding judge come yet?" ”

Xiao Hu turned on the computer, sat down in his place, and replied, "It's downstairs, and I haven't come up yet." ”

"Isn't the court going to be held at nine o'clock today?"

The bailiff glanced at the time and muttered, "It's only ten minutes left." ”

Xiao Hu also got the time right, quickly took out his mobile phone, and while dialing the phone, he explained to Li Yingfan and them, "I'll call the presiding judge and the jurors now, Li Zhen, you wait a minute." ”

Li Yingfan was not in a hurry, still indifferent, and nodded, "It's okay." ”

The bailiff looked at Xiao Hu and smiled, turned around in the courtroom, looked at the defender's seat opposite the prosecutor, and asked in surprise: "Ah, who is the lawyer in charge of this case?" Haven't come yet? ”

By the time the bailiff finished speaking, Li Yingfan had already drawn his attention from the case materials, and he half-raised his eyes to see the empty position opposite. Twisting his eyebrows, his expression was a little strict, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Li Yingfan didn't speak, but Lin Ge, the clerk he brought, picked up the words of the bailiff, "This time the defender is the lawyer Zhuxi of Yangfan Law Firm. ”

At this time, Xiao Hu, who had already finished making the call, heard their discussion and added, "Lawyer Zhuxi has already come over, she is doing something in the hospital, and she will come over later." ”

"It's that female lawyer again, and she's been the defender in many cases this month."

The bailiff sighed, put his hands on the belt around his waist, and paced in place, "I used to admire her. ”

Singer Lin shook his pen, a little funny, "Don't admire it now?" ”

When the bailiff heard this, he said his thoughts, "The evidence in this case is conclusive, and she even defended Li Qiang's innocence." I think it was she who instigated Li Qiang's family and refused to admit her guilt. ”

Speaking of this, he kept shaking his head and sighed: "The current lawyer will only put money in his pocket." ”

After the bailiff explained his point of view, Li Yingfan, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke, "She is not such a person. ”

His tone was affirmative, which surprised Lin Ge beside him. As far as she knows, it is the first time that Li Yingfan and Zhuxi have taken on the same case, and the two of them should not be familiar with each other.

A few people still wanted to continue talking, but the door of Court Nine had been pushed open, and Zhuxi, dressed in a lady's suit, had already appeared at the door. After just glancing at her, Xiao Hu and Lin Ge looked at each other, then squeezed their eyes at the bailiff, and then each lowered his head and was busy with the things in his hands.

The bailiff also turned around with an embarrassed face, and silently went out through another door before Zhuxi walked in.

In the entire courtroom, only Li Yingfan raised his head.

He glanced over, and his gaze fell straight on Zhuxi.

Since meeting at Lai's wedding, they haven't seen each other for a while because of their respective jobs. It's as if we haven't seen each other for a long time, and it's hard to take your eyes off. He looked at her, and she happened to be looking at him, so she casually held the emanation in her ear and nodded at him.

Li Yingfan also bowed slightly, then he took his gaze back and continued to look at the information in his hand.

At nine o'clock, the court will start on time.

There are two suspects in this case, Li Qiang and his lover Zheng Jinxiu. The former refused to admit his guilt from the time he was arrested by the police until the court, claiming that he was not guilty, but the latter always took the initiative to admit his guilt and confessed.

Even though Zhuxi had made preparations before the trial, the evidence in the hands of the prosecution was indeed able to accuse Li Qiang of the facts of the crime, and there was very little evidence in her hand that could refute it, not to mention that the person sitting in the public prosecution seat opposite was still Li Yingfan.

During the whole trial process, she was virtual, and she had been a lawyer for so many years, except for her first appearance in court, she was at the most helpless at this time, and she had a feeling of being stiff on her scalp, and her palms kept sweating.

Soon, it was the prosecutor's turn to read out the indictment, Li Yingfan sat up from his position, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhuxi couldn't help but glance at him.

It's still him, or in the courtroom, just like when she first met him in the trial, her voice was so beautiful, and the whole person exuded a special attraction. It seems that it is because of him that she filled in the law major on the college entrance examination.

After graduating from university, she entered Yangfan to start an internship, and then worked, and there was not a day when she didn't want to be able to take on the same case with Li Yingfan. The kind of scene in a courtroom, arguing with each other, arguing with reason, she has fantasized more than once.

This opportunity finally came, and after waiting for so many years, her wish finally came true, but it was completely different from what she imagined.

She was stunned for a moment, and immediately retracted her thoughts before the loss and regret in her heart began to spread. While listening carefully, I kept marking the materials in my hands.

In the later trial, because Li Qiang insisted that he did not participate in the sale. Lewd, just as Zheng Jinxiu's lover has been in and out of the scene several times, and Zheng Jinxiu has always been running and selling alone. Lewd places. His attitude made Zheng Jinxiu and Zheng Jinxiu's son, who had been listening to the banquet, particularly angry, and several times Zheng Jinxiu's son couldn't help but scold him, and the bailiff saw this and kept maintaining order on the side.

Zhuxi looked at the somewhat chaotic scene, and then looked at Li Qiang, whose answer was full of loopholes, helplessly supported his forehead with his hand, and only hoped that the trial would end quickly.

She exhaled, unconsciously raised her eyes slightly, and happened to see Li Yingfan looking at her, for a second, she quickly retracted her gaze as if she was a thief, and then answered the presiding judge's question without changing her face, "There is no new evidence to provide." ”

The presiding judge nodded, sorted out all the evidence provided by the prosecution, and then asked Li Qiang again, "Before the end of the trial, we hope that you can answer truthfully, do you admit guilt?" ”

Li Qiang didn't even look at Zhuxi, and directly said to the judge, "I don't admit guilt." ”

The presiding judge and the jurors exchanged views with each other, then nodded and immediately declared the end of the trial without announcing the verdict in court.

Next, the bailiffs took Li Qiang and Zheng Jinxiu down, and the presiding judge and jurors also left. Zhuxi received the information and went out, and did not leave immediately, but kept waiting downstairs for Li Yingfan to come out, and she still had questions to wait for him to answer.

When he saw her, Li Yingfan was a little surprised, and told Lin Ge to go back first, and then walked in front of Zhuxi, "Haven't left yet?" ”

Zhuxi shook his head, glanced at the briefcase in his hand, and suddenly said, "I have already asked your brother, and he admitted that the invitation was his trick." ”

Li Yingfan didn't expect his first sentence to be this, raised his eyebrows, and responded: "Hmm." ”

"You"

Zhuxi pursed his lips and took another step forward, "Since you didn't get married, why did you send me that wedding dress?" ”

Li Yingfan was driving the door, the movement of his hand stopped, and he carried Zhuxi on his back, not knowing how to answer.

"The wedding dress thing, can't it be your brother's hands and feet?" Zhuxi stared at his back, his eyes unconcealed with anticipation.

"It's not." Li Yingfan replied for a long time, looked back at Zhuxi's eyes, and said lightly: "I sent the wedding dress." ”

"Why?" Zhuxi's hands were sweating again.