After Chen Rong divorced, she did not remarry, and in addition to being a cashier in the supermarket, she also worked a few odd jobs, using all her spare time to earn money, and even bought two houses in the capital by herself.

At the same time, she pinned all her dreams when she was young on her daughter. This strong mother has raised an equally strong daughter.

Tang Aoxue excelled in both character and learning, and slipped to the end in the big waves of competition with her own efforts, and finally stayed in school after graduating with a master's degree and became an enviable university teacher.

At the time of the accident, it was her first year as a teaching assistant.

Tang Aoxue disappeared in the school, and the school's surveillance showed that she was on duty in the school's all-night study room that night, and she suddenly hurried out of the teaching building after almost 1 a.m. and never returned.

Two years later, due to the decay of one of the wooden legs of the refrigerator stand, the electrician accidentally opened the refrigerator and found a human stump and called the police.

After comparison, the pair of mutilated arms found in Zheng Qijie's refrigerator were Tang Aoxue's. Combined with the facts narrated by Chen Rong in the afternoon, and the time points in the case file in her hand, Ling Li basically had a concept of Tang Aoxue's life trajectory in the last period of time before her disappearance.

Tang Aoxue, who was born in a single-parent family, is a hard-working girl. The last time she appeared was when she was nervously studying for her final exams.

In her first year as a teacher, she worked very diligently and earnestly. So much so that in the overnight study room that will only be set up during the final exam, she became the teacher on duty.

After Tang Aoxue's disappearance, Chen Rong called the police, looked for a school, petitioned, thought of a lot of ways, and made a lot of efforts, and even guessed whether her daughter was abducted and trafficked into the mountains and old forests.

And the daughter, who has been missing for two years, suddenly appeared in the refrigerator of the school handyman, and only two short arms remained.

In such a blow, it is not easy for a mother who puts all her trust on her children and does not collapse to the point of despair.

Ling Li suddenly couldn't listen anymore, and lowered her head again.

She also had a similar experience with the obsession with the remains of her loved ones. Because there was no money to support her, she had to give up freezing when the truth was unknown, and the experience at that time could not be described as painful.

Ling Li didn't know what Chen Rong's reaction would be after the case had a definite result, but she only knew that she was currently holding a strong hope for Zheng Qijie to be convicted. Perhaps this hope, this monstrous resentment, is the reason why she has not fallen yet.

Most of the information she got from Chen Rong's mouth was already available in the investigation materials, and a small half was some details of Tang Aoxue's life that she babbled and repeated over and over again.

Hearing the end, Ling Li was helpless with a little pity.

In fact, she and Zhu Jinchuan still have a corollary, and they can't bear to tell Chen Rong at present, that is, Tang Aoxue may be the prey that Zheng Qijie has been eyeing for a long time.

She walked into Zheng Qijie's trap step by step, but no one found out before she disappeared, thus missing the opportunity to escape.

At the end of the two-hour meeting, Chen Rong stood up to say goodbye to them.

Zhu Jinchuan called the waiter to bury the bill, and before leaving, Chen Rong suddenly turned around and said, "By the way, before the disappearance, Xue'er was in love with someone." ”

This has not been mentioned in previous sources.

Zhu Jinchuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Then do you know who it is?" ”

Chen Rong shook her head apologetically: "When Xue'er was studying, I didn't allow her to fall in love, and I repeatedly ordered her to cut off her living expenses if she fell in love." I was so strict at the time that she was a little scared of it, so she didn't tell me even when she went to work. ”

Zhu Jinchuan sighed with some regret, not only was this sentence Chen Rong's guess out of thin air, but even if the guess was correct, there was no way to know who the object was.

Chen Rong's thoughts have already begun to diverge: "She secretly hid it herself, and she didn't dare to tell me, but she knew the daughter Mo Ruomu, her eyes couldn't deceive people, I just pretended not to know." ”

Speaking of this, she sighed: "I knew this was the case, why did I look at her so closely back then?" If I didn't even have a good relationship with her, there would be no one left, and now a few more young men can remember her, how good it would be. ”

Thinking of the photos Zhu Jinchuan had shown her before, Ling Li suddenly had a sour nose, and hurriedly lowered her head to hide her somewhat out of control.

She was sure that there was no hope for this case and that Zheng Qijie would not be punished by the law, and finally wavered a little.

Such a young and beautiful life is gone, but no one pays the price. Even if she knew the presumption of innocence, even if she knew that there was no suspicion of guilt, she had no way to suppress the sense of justice that suddenly gushed out.

Perhaps, it is precisely based on the conscience of human beings that the public prosecutors and prosecutors will not give up on this case, and will make the choice of fighting hard at the last moment.

But even if she is depressed, she can't shed tears in front of the victim's family. She has to be calm, abandon all distractions, and devote herself to her work wholeheartedly, so as to win a glimmer of life for this hopeless case.

Before Chen Rong went out, she looked back at Ling Li with a slight smile, with a little love in her eyes: "Lawyer Ling, when Lawyer Zhu told me at the time, I didn't believe it, but when I met today, I knew it was true." ”

Ling Li stood next to Zhu Jinchuan and couldn't tell what it was like. She involuntarily held her right arm, her heart tightening.

Zhu Jinchuan gave Ling Li a reassuring look, and then nodded to Chen Rong: "Sister Chen, that's all for today." You will notify me when the court sends out the notice. ”

Chen Rong nodded in response, dragged her weak body, and staggered away.

It wasn't until her back disappeared around the corner that Zhu Jinchuan let out a sigh of relief, obviously not in a relaxed mood.

Ling Li exhaled lightly, but the feeling of boredom in his chest did not lessen in the slightest.

"If there's anything else you'd like to ask, ask now." Zhu Jinchuan turned sideways to face her, "The case has just entered the procedure, and there is still some time, don't panic, take your time." ”

"Master," Ling Li put down the hand that was tightly clenching her right arm just now, and said the question in her heart, "I still can't understand what I can do." ”

You must know that Zheng Qijie survived under the interrogation of the police on suspicion of torture to extract confessions, and did not admit anything, even the lie detector had no effect, he was able to complete the process of dismembering the corpse, and perhaps ate the corpses of many people, and his psychological state was already abnormal.

The assumption of wishful thinking on the basis of Zhu Jinchuan alone is too reluctant.

Zhu Jinchuan knew what she was thinking, and said softly: "I know you are a little unhappy, but the similarity between you and Tang Aoxue is already the last straw we can grasp." You're not an insignificant character who can only be the icing on the cake, you are our killer feature

The prosecution also tacitly understands this, and we all have a tacit understanding, so we will give you a lot of convenience when you go to court. What you have to do this time is to analyze Zheng Qijie through limited information, peel back the cocoon and not miss any details that may affect the outcome of the case, and finally use this face that can give people illusions under special light in the court to let him show his flaws. ”

Ling Li's eyes were surging with emotion, and after a while, he finally raised his head: "Master, this is too risky." ”

"Adventure?" Zhu Jinchuan suddenly smiled, and smiled very easily: "This is not called risk, at least risk can win in danger, this is called a dead horse as a live horse doctor." Whether you are the last glimmer of life, or Tang Aoxue's spirit in the sky can bring this case to me, in short, whether Zheng Qijie can be punished as he deserves depends on your performance. ”

Ling Li fell silent and looked down at her hand again.

She knew that when she was emotionally unstable or nervous, her hands would be cold, her fingertips would turn white, and she would even tremble uncontrollably and slightly. At this time, it was already starting to shake a little.

That day, Zhu Jinchuan showed her the stack of photos, and she didn't understand it very well at first, but after seeing more than ten or twenty photos, she felt that the people in the photos were becoming more and more familiar.

Zhu Jinchuan told her that it was the only victim in this case, Tang Aoxue.

Moreover, if you know both of them at the same time, you will definitely ask after knowing each other for a while: "Are you long-lost sisters?" ”

The silhouette isn't that similar, it just feels similar. Especially one of the photos of Tang Aoxue looking at a piece of the sea with a sideways face, the curvature of the corners of her mouth in the early stage, the clear but stubborn gaze, at that moment, Ling Li even thought she saw herself.

This is also the reason why Zhu Jinchuan handed over this case to her, which is also the reason why she will have an indescribable sense of discomfort when facing this case.

Ling Li bit her lower lip lightly and couldn't speak for a long time.

She had such and such doubts, and the reason why she took over the case according to Zhu Jinchuan's instructions was also based on her trust in him.

However, it is still too reluctant! She didn't even see Zheng Qijie in person, and she was psychologically afraid.

Even if there was some hatred for the same enemy after seeing Chen Rong just now, it would be blown by the cold wind after the change of the sky, and it would calm down.

This made her very puzzled why Zhu Jinchuan, who had always been much calmer and self-controlled than her, would be so persistent in this case.

The point is that the basis of his persistence lies in the fact that the police convicted the defendant in advance without real evidence.

"What the police determine may not be correct." After a long while, Ling Li finally argued again: "They didn't miss it more than once, wouldn't it be wrong again this time?" ”

"Stop, Ling Li." Seeing that her emotions were a little out of control, Zhu Jinchuan immediately said, "The first thing you have to do is to stabilize your mind and stop delving into this issue, so as to doubt your own position." Ling Li, this is a rare case that suits you, and if you grasp this opportunity, it is not impossible to make a splash. ”

"But ......" Ling Li still wanted to argue, but Zhu Jinchuan gently shook the index finger of his right hand, and involuntarily closed his mouth and remained silent.

"What you just saw was a poor mother who had lost her daughter. Her spiritual pillar has collapsed, there is no hope of another one, and now her only wish is to bring the criminals to justice. Would you like to watch her hopes dash and live the rest of her life like a walking corpse? Or simply commit suicide, once in all? ”

Ling Li shook her head slowly.

"So, do you want a monster who cooks human flesh to be acquitted and continue to harm society and cause more innocent deaths? Among these innocent people, there may be young girls, young people, old people, and even children......"

"Don't talk about it......" Ling Li was a little like covering her ears, not wanting to hear the terrible consequences of his hypothesis.

Then, she raised her head and pleaded, with a rare fragility in her eyes: "Master, don't you never say these words that represent justice?" ”