05

Many people envy the profession of lawyer because it looks decent on the surface and the salary is still high. However, only lawyers can understand the pain and fatigue of working more than 40-50 hours a week.

In particular, in a society where women's ability to work is generally weakened, female lawyers sometimes spend more time and energy than male lawyers to prove their strength.

Thanks to the appendicitis surgery, Zhuxi was able to rest in the hospital for a week. Now that I'm back at work, it's hard to adapt for a while. When she got home from work, the first thing she thought about was to lie down on the bed, but when she walked to the bedroom door and remembered a bunch of unsolved cases on the computer, she wanted to cry in pain.

After dinner, Zhuxi stayed in the living room, spent a night in a hurry to write various legal documents, and by the way learned about the case sent by Li Zhifan, and when the sky gradually brightened, she turned off the hot computer, lay on the sofa for two hours, then got up to brush her teeth and wash her face, cleaned herself up, and rushed to see the family of the client of the case.

They made an appointment to meet in a café near the law firm, and when Zhuxi passed, the other party had already arrived, she ordered a cup of American coffee casually, and then said directly: "Hello, I am Zhuxi from Yangfan Law Firm, and I am currently Li Qiang's lawyer." ”

The middle-aged man who was waiting there looked at Zhuxi for a while, and saw that although she was wearing a lady's formal suit, she was young, and he couldn't help but question Zhuxi's ability in his heart.

Seeing that he hesitated, Zhuxi was not annoyed, and politely stretched out his hand to the man, and said again: "Hello, I am Zhuxi, Li Qiang's lawyer." ”

"Hello, I'm Li Qiang's brother, Li Fu." Seeing her like this, Li Fu was also embarrassed to sit, so he had to stand up, shook hands with Zhuxi, and then pointed to the chair opposite him, "Lawyer Zhu, please take a seat." ”

Zhuxi nodded, sat down opposite him, no longer greeted, and said directly: "This case was handled by our lawyer Li before, but now he has something to do and left S City, and now the case is directly taken over by me." ”

As he spoke, Zhuxi raised his eyes and glanced at the man opposite, "I already know about this case. Nine points, do you have anything to add? ”

Li Fu looked at the woman in front of him who was a generation younger than himself, and suddenly felt that there was a rare courage exuding from her, "Lawyer Li told me before, but I didn't expect you to be so young, Lawyer Zhu. ”

Zhuxi pursed his lips and smiled, hooking the broken hair in his ears behind his ears, "Mr. Li, you are laughing, I will arrange time to meet Li Qiang this week, is there anything else that your family needs to add to this case?" ”

Li Fu moved his chair forward, "Yes, we want to defend our innocence." ”

Zhuxi nodded, indicating that she already knew what he wanted. This is a suspected containment sale. In the case of obscenity, the suspect was her client Li Qiang and a close 'friend' of the opposite sex of his.

She took a sip of coffee without hurry, and after suppressing the drowsiness that was surging up, she directly put all the information she currently had in front of him, and without beating around the bush, she made it clear to him: "Mr. Li, I have read all the case materials, including the evidence and witness testimony in the possession of the public prosecution, all of which are unfavorable to your brother. Are you sure you still insist on a not guilty plea? ”

"Yes." Li Fu didn't think about it and replied directly, "My brother didn't participate in the sale at all. Lewdness, which is slander, is allowed to be sold. It was his friend who was kinky. ”

Zhuxi frowned, the expression on his face was not very good, "As Li Qiang's lawyer, I don't build a not-guilty defense, and the court's final verdict is not to sentence you not guilty if you say that you are not guilty." The evidence and facts investigated by the public prosecution are in front of us, and we cannot provide new evidence to prove Li Qiang's innocence, and in the end, Li Qiang's attitude may become a consideration for the aggravation of his crime. ”

Li Fu's family is just a layman in this aspect of the law, and if they are guilty of defense, no matter how light the final court's verdict is, Li Qiang will have to serve a prison sentence. But if the not-guilty defense is successful, maybe Li Qiang will not have to suffer the prison sentence. He thought that Zhuxi's refusal was to ask him for money, so he took a stack of banknotes wrapped in newspaper from his wallet and put them in front of Zhuxi, "Lawyer Zhu, don't say anything, I will let you do a not-guilty defense, and you can just do a not-guilty defense." ”

"What do you mean by that?" The displeasure on Zhuxi's face became more and more obvious, she stretched out her finger and pointed to the things on the table, her delicate eyebrows tightened more and more, "I accepted Li Qiang's entrustment, and I will naturally do my own duty, I am a lawyer, and the advice I provide to you is all based on my professional knowledge and experience, you ......"

As Zhu Xi spoke, his body suddenly tightened, and the words that had reached his mouth were stuck in his throat. Her eyes fell on the group of people who walked in through the door, and her attention was easily drawn to one of the men in the blue uniform, and she felt that her soul had been drained except for her body.

When the man turned his head slightly, and his whole face crashed into her sight, she held the hand of the coffee cup and shook it slightly, and half of the steaming cup of coffee spilled directly on her legs.

The sound of the cup overturning startled Li Fu, he looked at Zhuxi who did not change his face, and called her a few times in surprise, "Lawyer Zhu? Lawyers, are you alright? ”

"Oh, it's fine." Zhuxi subconsciously replied, and did not make any action.

"But did the coffee pour over you?"

Thanks to Li Fu's reminder, the pain in Zhuxi's leg reacted slowly, she gasped in pain, and then retracted her gaze, and hurriedly wiped her skirt with a tissue, "I'm sorry, I'll go to the bathroom first." ”

As she spoke, she quickly got up and hurried to the café's bathroom. Just as she got up, the man at the front desk who had finished ordering was turning his head to look at where she was.

The man was stunned for a moment, and the colleague who was following him saw him standing still and patted him on the shoulder, "Li Zhen, what's wrong?" ”

Li Yingfan came back to his senses and quietly followed the other colleagues to find a place to sit down, "It's nothing." ”

In the bathroom, Zhuxi sat on the toilet with some weak legs. After taking a few deep breaths, the heart in her left chest was still beating violently, and she sat quietly, listening to her heartbeat while staring at her coffee-stained dress.

Time passed minute by minute, and it wasn't until Li Fu, who was waiting a little impatiently outside, called Zhuxi that she realized it was time to go out.

When Zhuxi got up from the toilet, he almost fell to the ground because of numbness in his feet. She held the door with one hand and walked out slowly, looking at the makeup mirror in the bathroom, and suddenly felt that the sense of superiority that she had accumulated for more than twenty years was gone.

There were thick dark circles under a pair of eyes, even if she deliberately pounced on a few thick layers of powder when she went out in the morning, the blue-black patches were still clearly visible under the light.

At this moment, she suddenly regretted that she didn't take the cosmetics out of the house.

Zhuxi struggled in the bathroom for a while before he came out of his carelessness, and stopped after just two steps. The people who also stopped, as well as Li Yingfan, who happened to come out of the men's bathroom opposite.

Both of them were stunned.

Zhuxi hesitated for a while, but decided to take the initiative to greet him, "It's such a coincidence to see you here." ”

"Hmm." Li Yingfan replied softly, he first looked at Zhuxi's face, and then looked directly at the skirt on her body, but he only glanced at it, his eyes were faint, and there was no extra affection.

Because Li Yingfan's indifferent response made Zhuxi a little embarrassed, she reached out and pulled on her skirt, then took two steps forward, pretended to be calm, and pulled a casual smile hypocritically, "Then there is a chance to see you next time." ”

She waved her hand, and then prepared to walk past Li Yingfan. As soon as the two passed by, she kept taking deep breaths.

"Zhuxi."

This is a gentle and gentle 'Zhuxi', although his tone does not contain a little misunderstanding of feelings, but it is enough to make Zhuxi's heart excited, and he almost can't help crying.

She gritted her teeth, her shoulders swayed, and it took a long time for a voice to come out, "Hmm." ”

Li Yingfan turned around lightly and put his hands in his trouser pockets, "Are you meeting with Li Qiang's family today?" ”

I thought he would say something to himself, but he didn't expect it to be this, and Zhuxi had to admit that he really thought too much. The excited heart calmed down a lot for a while, and she was able to control her body at this time, and turned around, "Yes, is there a problem?" ”

"Nope." Li Yingfan shook his head, and then said, "I remember that you didn't do this case before. ”

"Well, this case was ...... before" Zhuxi paused for a moment and stared at him motionlessly. Li Yingfan has already returned to S City, and in the past half a year, he has handled more than one or two cases, and he naturally knows that the original lawyer of Li Qiang's case is his brother Li Zhifan.

She suddenly felt a little sad, his closest people knew the news of his return, she used to be his closest person, but now she was the last person to know.

Zhuxi felt very uncomfortable, but she would not tell Li Yingfan, she was silent for a while, and said with a chuckle: "Li Zhen, it seems that we will see you in court next time." ”

Her joke made Li Yingfan not know what to reply, he frowned, and his back was straight.

After Zhuxi looked him up and down, he resisted the urge to rush up and hug him, and quickly turned to leave.

When she sat back in her place, her ears still lingered with the words that Li Yingfan said behind her as she left.

"Come on."

His clear voice, the words are beautiful, like a note jumping on a stave, his voice jumps on the tip of her heart, and he can't wait to leave a mark on her heart, making waves that have lasted for a long time.

After just a moment's effort, Zhuxi pursed his lips, raised his head to look at Li Fu opposite, and said to Li Fu with a serious and stern expression: "Mr. Li, let's continue." ”