The money of the expert witness could not be sent out and left a tail, and Ling Li had some doubts about whether it should be returned to the party or returned to the office.

When he was talking about asking Sister Lin, the accountant of the institute, how to deal with this situation, Zhu Jinchuan, who was far away in Yuexi on a business trip, called.

Zhu Jinchuan said that he knew that Qu Jia was not too cooperative in collecting evidence, but Qu Jia's parents attached great importance to this matter, and had already made several calls to his mobile phone, urging him to handle it as soon as possible.

Ling Li instantly understood, Zhu Jinchuan was here to ask the guilt, and the implication was to blame her for not doing things well, causing him to be annoyed by the client.

She hurriedly took the initiative to call Qu Jia's mother, Qian Liting, and asked for an appointment to understand the case. Qian Liting really had a positive attitude and immediately made an appointment to meet.

A day later, Ling Li was sitting upright on a sofa chair in the small garden of the Qujia Villa, holding a cup of tea in her hand.

The mist curling on the surface of the cup made the beautiful face of the woman opposite a little blurred, but the sorrow between the eyebrows was so clear.

When signing the power of attorney, Ling Li had read Qian Liting's information and knew that she was almost in her fifties, but she was graceful and well-maintained, with delicate skin and few wrinkles.

Qian Liting spent more than half an hour talking about what she knew about Qu Jia, and she was a little choked up at the end: "Jiajia left home when she was a teenager, refused to come back and stubbornly refused to ask for the money I gave, I'm a mother, and I don't hang on to her for a day." I don't want her to get ahead, I just want her to live a safe life. ”

Ling Li silently handed her a tissue, feeling a little uncomfortable.

The growth of children in remarried families is a problem, and from the perspective of Qu Jia's family situation she understands, Qian Liting has done a good job, but she can't resist Qu Jia's single-minded death.

Qian Liting and her ex-husband had a son and a daughter, and after the divorce, she took her three-year-old daughter to marry Qu Linjiang, who was in the Chinese herbal medicine business, and it didn't take long for Qu Jia to change her surname.

Qu Linjiang only goes home once a month for ten days and half a month to earn money, Qian Liting lives with her daughter at home, has no worries about food and clothing, lives a rich life, and lives a good life that many people can't ask for.

Because Qu Jia's grades are not very good, she has spent a lot of money to go to private schools since she was a child, Qian Liting asked her tutor to enroll in various classes, but Qu Jia has always refused to study hard, her grades have been very poor, and she has been mixed with a group of indiscreet people.

After graduating from junior high school, Qu Jia resolutely stopped going to school, secretly moved out and never went home, and worked as a restaurant waiter in addition to being a KTV princess.

Qian Liting cried for a while before stopping, seeing that her mood was a little stable, Ling Li opened her mouth and asked, "Aunt Qian, Director Zhu asked me to come this time, mainly because Qu Jia refused to cooperate with us." Think about it again, did Qu Jia tell you the details of her relationship with her boyfriend? For example, does her boyfriend usually act violently towards her? Or cold violence, such as verbal harm? ”

Qian Liting tilted her head, thought carefully for a while, shook her head and said, "I really don't have an impression." Jiajia is only twenty this year, and she gave birth to Xiaoyuzi quietly two years ago. I couldn't control her, and she rarely told me. As for Xiao Zhou, I have privately inquired about the character is not bad, so I am gradually relieved. Originally, I told Linjiang that when the Spring Festival was over, I would also hold a make-up wedding for my children, which would be regarded as settling down. ”

When she said this, her lips pursed slightly, and her voice began to tremble: "Who knows, who knows, this kind of thing will happen......"

Qian Liting couldn't speak anymore, covered her mouth and cried.

Ling Li sighed deeply, and regretted why he didn't contact Qu Jia's stepfather Qu Linjiang directly. Qian Liting cried when she said a few words, and she was so stupid that she couldn't persuade her, but she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to ask anything.

It seems that one can only hope that the application for psychiatric evaluation can be passed, or that Xiao Yuzi's father and Qu Jia's boyfriend Zhou Ze have a little breakthrough.

However, Zhou Ze is Xiaoyuzi's father and a prosecution witness, and it is very risky to contact him.

If the meeting with Zhou Ze has an effect, once he changes his testimony and the prosecution's evidence fails, it is very likely that the result will be attributed to the lawyer, and the sword of Damox of "inducing witnesses to perjury" under Article 306 of the Criminal Law has fallen, and she is not just as simple as losing her job.

If the meeting didn't work, then why bother to meet him?

Ling Li frowned, she didn't know what to do, so she really couldn't do it, so she had to ask Lu Xiaoxiao again.

Qian Liting easily stopped crying, gasped and asked her: "Lawyer Xiaoling, if you say that you have a bad personality because of the growth environment when you were a child, will the judge have a little sympathy?" ”

To this question, Ling Li thought about it and replied: "If the defendant's growth environment causes character defects, the judge may consider it at his discretion. However, this kind of discretion mostly appears in juvenile crime cases, Qu Jia is already an adult, and if the mental evaluation is normal and he is a person with full capacity for conduct, it is estimated that it will not be of much use. ”

Hearing this, Qian Liting was a little disappointed.

After that, she muttered for a while, and opened her mouth as if she had made up her mind: "Lawyer Xiaoling, please reply to Lawyer Zhu, as long as you can let Jiajia come out, no matter how much it costs, I am willing to give it." ”

Qian Liting looked like she was going to save her daughter with all her wealth, which made Ling Li a little difficult to pick her up, and she couldn't bear to popularize it to her, if someone still said that it would cost how much money to get a murderer out, it would be ten out of ten liars.

After thinking about it, she said that it was not right to say anything, she nodded vaguely, not daring to say more.

A man's voice came from behind him: "Liting, don't say such uninformed words." ”

Hearing the voice and turning around, Ling Li saw a tall and thin man standing by the glass door behind him, his cheeks were slightly sunken, his skin was a little dark and yellow, but his eyes were very sharp.

He strode over and stretched out his right hand to Ling Li: "Lawyer Ling, right?" I'm Qu Linjiang. ”

After saying hello, Qu Linjiang got straight to the point: "Lawyer Ling, you don't have to take my wife's words to heart, you just need to do your part in accordance with the rules, we don't force the rest, I believe the court will give her a fair ruling." ”

Qian Liting's eyes flashed with tears, and she looked a little unwilling, she moved her lips and wanted to speak, but she was stopped by Qu Linjiang with a look, and she didn't open her mouth again.

Ling Li saw it in her eyes and suddenly realized. In this family, Qu Linjiang is the head of the family, even if Qian Liting is eager to save her daughter, Qu Linjiang has no choice but to compromise.

When Ling Li said goodbye and left, Qu Linjiang sent her to the door alone and said to her: "I shudder a little when I think that Jiajia can actually kill her own daughter. For this case, we will never have excessive requirements, as long as Jiajia can survive, it is enough. ”

Seeing that Ling Li didn't speak, he sighed, his eyes were tired: "Jiajia and I had a time when we were like father and daughter, but since that scoundrel came to the door for money, and she knew that I was not her own father, everything has changed." At that time, I thought that after all, it was not my own daughter, it was difficult to discipline, and I usually turned a blind eye to it, which made a big mistake. Speaking of which, if I had been stricter back then, it wouldn't be the situation it is today. ”

It's been a long time since she came out of Qu's house, and Ling Li still thinks about Qu Linjiang's words, and she feels depressed.

It can be seen that although Qu Linjiang, the stepfather, is in an absolute authoritative position at home, in Qu Jia's case, he and Qian Liting are actually the same, both sad and regretful.

Ling Li remembered an old saying, pity the hearts of parents in the world.

However, tragedy has happened, and Qu Jia, as an adult, must pay the price for her actions. As a lawyer, she can only try her best to ensure that Qu Jia's legitimate rights and interests are not violated, and reduce her sentence as much as possible within the framework permitted by law.

According to the usual routine, Ling Li submitted an application for psychiatric evaluation a few days ago, but it was not approved for a long time. She was a little nervous and a little blind, and she didn't know what to do while waiting.

Lu Xiaoxiao looked at her headless flies scurrying around, and gave her a suggestion: "If the application is rejected, you can also do the opposite, instead of taking the route of mental abnormality, you can find some witnesses to testify, proving that Qu Jia usually has a good temper and personality, etc., this murder is purely accidental, and you can even cite intentional homicide to negligence causing death."

The more people who praise her, the more sympathy will increase the judge's sympathy, although it will not play a key role, but it is better than nothing. ”

Ling Li listened to her words, found a new paralegal that afternoon, and began to run from place to place according to the information provided by Qian Liting about Qu Jia's life, study, and work, trying to find some evidence in Qu Jia's favor.

However, this forensics collection was unexpectedly bumpy.

The KTV where Qu Jia has worked, because of the high turnover of personnel, only a few people still remember having a colleague like Qu Jia.

Their unanimous impression is that Qu Jia is not highly motivated during work, but he can also complete his own work, usually does not like to talk, has a somewhat introverted personality, and hardly participates in the spare time activities of colleagues.

Such a light matter, when Ling Li mentioned that she wanted to testify and might have to appear in court, everyone resolutely rejected her.

And the foreman of a restaurant where she worked, a tall and plump girl of twenty-seven or eighteen, was the one who provided the most information about Qu Jia.

She loves to talk, and while knocking melon seeds, her eyebrows are dancing.

After an hour or two, her topic changed from Qu Jia serving a plate and knocking over the dishes, being scolded by the chef for serving the wrong dishes, occasionally seeing Qu Jia's boyfriend come to pick her up, and Qu Jia's father came to the door to persuade her to go home, all kinds of miscellaneous things accumulated together, but there was nothing Ling Li wanted.

Ling Li finally couldn't help but interrupt her chatter, and asked her to give a testimony to prove that Qu Jia was usually honest, but the girl was dumb, and it was easy to speak again, but she began to talk to Ling Li about how much she would be paid if she was a witness.

Ling Li was still playing Tai Chi to deal with her at the beginning, and after more than ten minutes, the girl slapped the table: "Ming people don't say secret words, 50,000, I'll do it." ”

The posture of Sun Erniang in this black shop made Ling Li pull up the assistant and leave. Even if the Qu family is willing to use 50,000 yuan to buy a painless witness testimony, once the act of withdrawing the remuneration is known to the procuratorate, it will be a posture of sending a knife to the other party.

There was nothing to gain from her colleagues, and Ling Li had no choice but to be a dead horse doctor and ran to Qinxi Foreign Chinese Middle School in Rudu City, where Qu Jia had studied, and wanted to find a teacher who had taught Qu Jia to ask about the situation.

When she arrived, it was school day, and there were only a handful of students at the school gate, and the high iron gates were closed, separating the bustling streets from the quiet campus.

Fortunately, there was a small window at the door, and she knocked on it, and the head of the doorguard poked out inside, and looked at her with a wary expression: "Who are you looking for?" Pick up students? What about the doorway? ”

Ling Li explained her intentions, and when the doorman heard that she was a lawyer, his eyes widened: "What kind of exam does the lawyer have to pass?" It is said that ten can pass one? The results are very good! ”

Ling Li pushed her glasses a little weakly, and replied vaguely "It's okay", but her heart was a little empty.

When she was studying, she was only at a level that did not slip away, and she only passed the exam three times, which had nothing to do with the word "good grades".

But the uncle seemed to have regarded her as a former honor student and now a social elite, and immediately became very enthusiastic, and hurriedly opened the address book and called the teacher she was looking for.

The uncle talked for a while, hung up the phone after a minute or two, and smiled at Ling Li: "The teacher Tu you are looking for promised to wait for you in the office." ”

He opened the door and let them in, turned around and pointed to an S-shaped building one or two hundred meters away, and said, "Go ahead, the teacher's office on the third floor of the teaching building." ”