Compared with Ling Li, who was depressed, his uncle and aunt seemed to be in a good mood. Both of them had a smile on their faces, and the uncle even drank a little wine on the bacon sausages made by himself.

Uncle took a sip of wine and looked at Ling Li: "Xiao Li, you were busy some time ago, and we didn't have time to talk to you." We are going to close the store the day after tomorrow and prepare for the Chinese New Year. ”

Ling Li raised his head, a little strange: "Didn't you have to have a little Chinese New Year's Eve before?" Why is it so early this year? ”

My aunt took over the words, and her voice was also beaming: "Your cousin and sister-in-law said that this year, let's follow them to your cousin's hometown for the New Year." Your uncle and I thought about it, your cousin is easy to come back once a year, but he has to run in both the capital and the mandala, and it takes several days on the road, so let's just be lively together. ”

Ling Li nodded and said, "Okay, you can rest assured, I will guard these belongings for you in the capital." ”

The uncle was stunned: "Xiaoli, don't you follow?" You are alone in the capital, how can you do it? ”

Ling Li said: "Uncle, the case in my hand is not closed yet, so I can't leave." ”

She said this in her mouth, but she was thinking in her heart, with the relationship between her and Ding Wenhua is not very harmonious, if she goes to her house for the New Year, not only will she be uncomfortable, but if she is not diligent to help with housework, she doesn't know how many white eyes and gossip she will suffer, it is better to be clean for a while.

You don't have to go to work, you don't have to open a store, you don't have to be full of the smell of oily smoke, and you can sleep until you wake up naturally every day, which seems to be a very good day.

Thinking of this, the corners of Ling Li's mouth curled, and she persuaded Zhang Shouzhen even harder: "Don't worry about me, there is still a lot of work in this case, and Director Zhu has also explained a lot of things, I can't leave." ”

My uncle and aunt chattered for a while, and finally agreed to let her stay alone in the capital.

Ling Li has completed a lot of things, and some are looking forward to the Spring Festival holiday.

It's just that when she finished washing up at night, her mood calmed down, and her mind involuntarily began to think about work.

It had been a long time since the lights had been turned off, and Ling Li was lying on the bed, staring wide-eyed in the darkness, not sleepy at all.

She spent a whole day digesting Nan Zhijun's words, and in the afternoon, she carefully read the file, but she still found nothing. However, it was late at night, and she still couldn't put down her work.

Nan Zhijun asked her not to be entangled in the so-called procedural justice and substantive justice, and to return her attention to the case itself, to the most basic things.

Moreover, what he said is very reasonable, if there is another mystery in the case, then the evidence used to decide the case must be flawed, but they have not yet discovered it.

Seeing that it was almost two o'clock, Ling Li still couldn't sleep, her heart was a little impatient, and she couldn't settle down. She struggled for a long time, flipped out her mobile phone from under the pillow, called up the mobile phone album, and started to browse the dossier data she had taken before.

Although there are more than 1,000 pages of information in the case file, she doesn't know how many times she has read it, and she is already familiar with it, and she can even memorize some key points.

I looked at it for a while, but I still didn't find anything.

Ling Li was a little disappointed. She comes with expectations every time, but the ideal is very full, but the reality is skinny, and many things are easier said than done.

The screen of the mobile phone is a little small, she grabbed the mobile phone and looked at it, but gradually felt a little sleepy. When she saw the photos of the scene, the inquest records, and the fingerprints, bloodstains, and STR typing reports extracted, the bloody scene did not alert her at all, and she was drowsy little by little.

The eyelids became heavier and heavier uncontrollably, and finally closed completely, and then the fingers that were scrolling through the screen slidied, and the other hand also fell heavily on the side of the bed, and there was a crisp click, which made her wake up instantly.

Ling Li shook off the aching hand on the edge of the bed, and said to herself, "Hey, sleep, sleep." ”

She was about to put her phone away, but when her eyes fell on the screen, she was suddenly stunned.

Ling Li grabbed her phone, shrunk the current photo, zoomed it in, and went back and forth several times, and suddenly lost her sleepiness.

Fingers slid lightly across the screen, and she compared the difference between the pictures before and after, and gradually, her eyes became brighter and brighter.

Could this be the crux of the case? Is this subtle difference the most favorable evidence that can break through the prosecution's chain of evidence?

Nan Zhijun really said it well, the evidence she had flipped through before, the details that she had never paid attention to, really hidden the key points. This will be their most powerful weapon against defeat.

Ling Li carefully compared the pictures again, once again confirmed that the inference in his heart was correct, looked at the time, and found that it was already four o'clock in the morning, hesitated for a while, and finally suppressed the excitement of wanting to tell him the good news as soon as possible, and did not call Zhu Jinchuan.

Excitedly opening her eyes and surviving half past six, Ling Li quickly got up and freshened up, and then at seven o'clock, she had already arrived at the office.

It was still dark when I went out, and the temperature was low in the morning. However, seeing the sun rising little by little, the excitement in Ling Li's heart became stronger and stronger.

The corners of her lips curled slightly, she thought that when Master came to work, she would be very happy to hear her inadvertent discovery, right?

After thinking for a while, she simply picked up a pen and paper and wrote down her findings, as well as the defense ideas that should be changed because of the change in evidence, one by one, filling several pages.

When she finished writing, seeing some messy handwriting on the paper, Ling Li frowned, a little disgusted.

She crumpled up the paper, turned on the computer again, and typed quickly while she remembered her previous train of thought.

With the sound of her tapping on the keyboard, the silent building gradually began to be heard, more and more people came to work, and the elevator began to work busily.

At nine o'clock, Ling Li finally gathered the ideas that were still a little messy before into two pages of main points, one item was listed on the paper, and after the main points, there were the key pictures she found, which were very simple and clear.

As soon as the materials were printed, Ling Li looked up and saw the figure of Zhu Jinchuan at the door.

He was still in his usual formal suit, with a coat in his hand and his eyebrows rubbed in the other, and walked in with an expressionless face.

Ling Li hurriedly pulled out the slightly hot paper from the printer, and couldn't wait to trot over, hurriedly saying, "Master, I have some new ideas about evidence. ”

Zhu Jinchuan didn't speak, only looked at her sideways. Ling Li followed him into the office, saw that he threw the coat in his hand on the sofa casually, a little blind, took out the hanger from the cabinet, sorted out his clothes neatly, and carefully hung them on the coat rack.

When she hung up and turned around, she found Zhu Jinchuan behind her, holding a stack of papers in her hand, and said: "This is the defense statement I revised last night, you take a good look at it, and go to court the day after tomorrow, you must reach the point of getting out of the script." ”

Ling Li took the pages, a little stunned, and then looked at Zhu Jinchuan's obvious blue and black eyes, and asked, "Master, didn't you sleep well last night?" Changing the defense all the time? ”

Seeing that Zhu Jinchuan nodded slightly, Ling Li was a little flustered, and said hurriedly: "Didn't you say before that you don't need me to summarize your statement?" I'm afraid I'm not capable enough and I'll mess up. Also, with regard to the ...... of evidence"

Zhu Jinchuan waved his hand to interrupt her, and said slowly: "You will understand after reading it, this defense is the most suitable for only you." ”

Seeing his solemn face, Ling Li also put away his desire to offer treasures, stabilized his mind, picked up the defense, sat on the sofa on the side of the office, and began to look seriously.

Zhu Jinchuan leaned against the window with his back to Ling Li, and without saying a word, he looked at the shadow of the sun reflected on the opposite building.

The bright light made his eyes hurt for a moment. Turning his face away, he lit a cigarette, and in the smoke, his eyes became more and more gloomy.

Both of them were silent, except for the sound of Ling Li turning the page every few minutes, the office was surprisingly quiet.

Ling Li finally saw the last page, and her heart of excitement gradually sank to the bottom.

She slowly raised her head, her fingertips holding the paper trembling slightly: "So, this is what you said about people and?" ”

Zhu Jinchuan didn't look back, only five words neatly: "Yes, please." ”

Listening to his slightly cold voice, Ling Li only felt that the little warmth gathered in his heart dissipated instantly, and his hands and feet became cold uncontrollably.

She stroked her long hair, which was a little frizzy because she didn't comb it well in the morning, clenched her fists, and her voice trembled a little: "So everything before was deliberate?" ”

Zhu Jinchuan fell into a long silence, raised his eyes to look out the window, and didn't say a word.

After a sleepless night, I finally made this somewhat difficult decision.

In fact, he had such a plan from the beginning, but when he put it into practice, he would struggle a little.

He once told Ling Li that when the world thinks you have lost, there is actually a way to win. It's just that since you have chosen to be opportunistic, you have to accept the consequences that come with it.

Such a consequence was not what he wanted, but after weighing the two sides, it was more important than Ling Li's feelings that Qin Xinghai could get away with it. Although the odds are small, you can only give it a shot.

Unable to wait for his answer, Ling Li slowly stood up and slowly put the two pieces of paper she had harvested from her all-night work last night on Zhu Jinchuan's desk.

She pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled a little self-deprecatingly: "I understand, I will do what you tell me." If nothing happens, I'll go home first. Anyway, it's just a matter of reciting defenses, it's the same everywhere, and I don't have to stay here. ”

With that, she turned her head, walked out of the office without hesitation, packed her belongings, and left in a few minutes.

Hearing her footsteps fading away, Zhu Jinchuan turned around and looked at Ling Li's empty seat. In the faint light, the items in the small cubicle were as neat as ever, and it was very pleasing to the eye.

It's just that there are a few crumpled paper balls on the ground between the lattices, which look a little messy.

Ling Li had a slight habit of cleanliness, and if it weren't for the fact that his decision had made her distracted, she would definitely have noticed these details.

Zhu Jinchuan frowned.

In her opinion, she is probably an out-and-out liar, leading her into a maze step by step, deceiving her trust little by little, and in the end, betraying without hesitation.

didn't deny her excessive reality, and it hurt her after all. Although it is not what he wants, the profession of a lawyer is destined to do everything for the benefit of the client.

Ling Li has to pass this level after all, even if she will be angry and hate him, but understanding this truth here is better than her tendons and simple her, who will not spit out the bones when she is eaten outside.

A trace of irritability flashed in his eyes, Zhu Jinchuan extinguished the half of the cigarette in his hand, turned around and picked up his coat and prepared to go out, but his eyes suddenly fell on the desktop and saw the two pages that Ling Li left on his desktop.

Confused, he picked up the paper and looked at it. After a glance, there was an expression of disbelief on his face, then a look of ecstasy, and then, out of professional instinct, he deduced what the change in evidence described on paper would be.

It's just that a few seconds later, all kinds of images suddenly flooded into his mind, interrupting his consideration of the change of thinking about the defense.

The little face that was stung by a wasp and cried, the restrained appearance that even a stiff smile a year ago, the strange expression when he ate a large steak recklessly, the tenderness and innocence hidden in the depths of his pupils, and the serious and soft eyes when he was worried about him......

Obviously, there was a clear sky outside the window, and he had found the key to victory, but this accidental miss made his eyes and hearts stained with a trace of haze.