After returning to the apartment, Huo Ran casually got down and cooked it for him to eat, and after Su Yu took a bath, his hair was not dried, just scattered and sat at the dining table.

Huo Ran was eating noodles, Su Yu was eating pudding, she dug a spoonful and handed it to Huo Ran's mouth, he opened his mouth and took a bite, a little too sweet.

Tomorrow there will be another trial.

Su Yu said: "Judging from the current situation, the eldest girl will testify, but I don't know if she will appear in court in person tomorrow...... because minors have the right to refuse to appear in court."

Huo Ran had already finished eating the noodles, he picked up the bowl and put it in the sink, and he said lightly: "Judging from the available evidence, it is very likely that Aunt Ah Fu did not spend money to buy the murderer. ”

Su Yu also thinks so.

Because Aunt Ah Fu behaved too frankly, almost a blank sheet of paper, she admitted all her negative points, but she always claimed that she had not done the murder of her granddaughter.

Su Yu walked from the kitchen to the living room, she opened the file, and said softly: "The eldest girl said that she saw and heard that Aunt Afu and the nanny planned to murder her sister, but she originally thought that grandma was joking, so she didn't care at first. On the morning of the crime, she heard the conversation between her grandmother and the nanny again, but at that time she was sick, and she thought it was a joke, and she felt that it was a threat, and she was a little scared, and then she was groggy and lay in bed and could not hear anything. ”

Huo Ran poured a glass of milk for Su Yu, he held the milk in one hand, and the other hand was casually inserted in his pocket, perhaps changing into a gray thread shirt that exposed his collarbone, his hair was slightly scattered, and he looked a little lazy.

"The testimony of the eldest girl will be the key testimony, but she is a minor, and she has the option of refusing to testify in court, even if she does go to court, it will be difficult to question, and the court needs to protect the minor."

"But what the eldest girl heard, how she heard it, how she heard it, what she did after hearing it, whether she heard the sound of the nanny rummaging through the cabinets, whether she heard the crying of her sister, these are all very important."

"Hmm." Huo Ran's voice was low, he sat down beside her and told her, "Drink the milk first." ”

"It's so full." Su Yu took a sip, but she didn't want to drink it, she handed the cup to Huo Ran's mouth.

Huo Ran had no choice but to drink all the rest of the milk she drank.

Su Yu frowned slightly, she said: "The eldest girl may have really heard it, but the conversation between Aunt Ah Fu and the nanny may really be just Aunt Ah Fu's complaints, such as what she said casually-" Su Yu squinted her eyes, thinking about the words that Aunt Ah Fu might say, "I really should strangle this dead girl, a stinky girl knows how to cry all day long, and she doesn't bring a handle, if she quarrels again, you will help me strangle her......"

"It's possible." Huo Ran pulled the mobile phone on the table and placed it on his lap, he leaned on the sofa, looked down at the computer screen, he was checking the email, not long ago there was an email from Lu Baptist, the title was - Xu Ya information.

Xu Ya is the name of the eldest girl.

Su Yu leaned on his shoulder and said, "You asked Lu Baptism to check Xu Ya?" ”

"Just looking into some basic information." Huo Ran's thin lips moved slightly.

He opened the email, and in front of it was Xu Ya's age, personality, school, and some photos of her participating in activities at school.

Huo Ran's mouse continued to slide down.

Xu Ya was taken by her grandmother Aunt Afu most of the time, and her grandmother picked her up after school.

There are many pictures of Aunt Afu twisting Xu Ya's ears, or yelling at Xu Ya, or hitting Xu Ya's back, and Xu Ya's expression has always been cringe.

Huo Ran saw this, picked up his mobile phone, and made a call to Lu Bapt.

Lu Bapt's voice was a little lazy, and he said, "Brother Ran, how is it, have you finished reading the information?" ”

"Watching." Huo Ran's voice was slightly lower, and he asked, "Liu Sanhua is not good for Xu Ya?" ”

"It's not good!" Lu Yan sighed and replied, "Xu Ya's teacher said that when Xu Ya's grandmother took Xu Ya home, she often had a stinky face, and she easily got angry with Xu Ya, and said some ugly words, such as losing money and goods, dead girls, and the like. And some old ladies and grandfathers in the same community of the Xu family also know that Liu Sanhua is not good for their eldest granddaughter, they often hear Liu Sanhua scolding Xu Ya, and even do not spend money on Xu Ya easily. An aunt said that once Xu Ya wanted to buy an eraser, she was scolded by Liu Sanhua to the point that she was bloody, and she also scolded Xu Ya from the fact that she was a girl to Mrs. Xu's inability to give birth to a son. Liu Sanhua is more spicy, and Mrs. Xu is not her opponent at all. ”

Su Yu's mood was a little heavy.

Lu Baptism continued: "I have classified the information, and the investigation is more comprehensive, Xu Ya's personality itself is relatively dull, and it has something to do with the family environment and atmosphere she is in, after all, she has been beaten and scolded by her grandmother for a long time. There was another turning point in her personality later, after which she was a little more dull, but lately she was much better......"

After Xu Ya had a younger sister, she got closer to several classmates in her class who also had younger siblings, and they had a good relationship, but after her sister was gone, she was also estranged from these classmates...... By the way, this morning, Xu Ya suddenly tore up the paper next to the trash can at the school gate and threw it into the trash can. Lu Xian frowned, very dissatisfied, "I don't even know what's wrong with me, I actually waited for her to leave, and I went to pick it up and put together the part with words!" ”

His voice was a little louder, revealing that he had no love: "I thought it would be something useful, and it turned out!" Outcome! It's just a few names, and she draws a few knives with a red pen. ”

Su Yu's heart was slightly cold: "Is that piece of paper still there?" ”

"Yes, it's also a testimony of me rummaging through the trash can, even if it's useless, I also sent it to Brother Ran, wanting him to give me more money for the sake of hard work."

Huo Ran had already clicked on the picture, and it could be seen from the picture that the paper was crumpled, with several common names left by the child's brushstrokes on it, and below the names were two knives drawn, painted with a red color pen.

Su Yu always felt that something was wrong, and muttered: "Are these names from Xu Ya's classmates?" ”

"It's not."

"It's not."

"And where did these names come from, and why did she write them?" Su Yu asked again, "Lu Baptist, can you look up these names?" ”

When it was close to 11 o'clock in the evening, Lu Baptist had already checked the names, but because there were only names and no other information, he said: "I can't be 100% sure that the results are accurate, but so many names are put together, it should not be just a coincidence......

Huo Ran and Su Yu looked at the results of the investigation, their brows tightly locked, and their expressions were serious and solemn.

Su Yu was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Submit this as well, if Xu Ya testifies in court tomorrow, perhaps, we can give it a try......

*

At the pretrial conference, Huo Ran and Su Yu confirmed that Xu Yahui would appear in court to testify, and submitted new evidence.

Prosecutor Zhang looked at the crumpled piece of paper and smiled: "What kind of evidence is this?" Is there any relevance to this case? ”

Bai Shu also looked at the evidence: "This is the handwriting of the witness Xu Ya?" She wrote a bunch of names on this piece of paper, Lawyer Huo, what do you want to prove? ”

The presiding judge had gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, he helped his eyes, raised his eyes, and there were traces of wrinkles on his forehead, and he asked, "Lawyer Huo, can you explain the role of this evidence." ”

Huo Ran said: "This is the handwriting of the witness Xu Ya, and the following one is an appraisal report, which can be determined to be written by the witness Xu Ya, and I will use this to question Xu Ya in court......

When Bai Shu heard Huo Ran's words, his eyes narrowed and he frowned.

The presiding judge stiffened his face and warned Huo Ran: "Lawyer Huo, now I allow you to present this evidence in court, but, please pay attention, this is my court, I hate people who don't follow the rules, I hate people who talk nonsense, and I hate people who don't respect witnesses, the witness Xu Ya is a minor, she is protected by the law, please be respectful and polite when you question." ”

*

Xu Ya is a witness for the prosecution, and her ability to appear in court is actually expected by Su Yu, because she is a key witness, and now the case has gradually turned to the center of the trial, and the evidence presented by the prosecution and defense in court determines the final trial result.

Therefore, the prosecution should request the key witness Xu Ya to testify in court on the premise of protecting minors.

Because of the presence of minors, the trial on that day was closed to the public.

Before Xu Ya appeared in court, there were several witnesses, one was a resident living in a community with the Xu family, and she stood on the witness stand to be questioned.

"Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu are often busy with work, they don't understand the nanny industry, Liu Sanhua doesn't care about the two girls, and won't care more, in fact, the nanny of the Xu family, Weng Jinmei, has a bad temper, I have seen her in the community with the little girl of the Xu family, the baby loves to cry, the nanny has no patience at all, so she yelled at the baby, I got closer to see, she was gritting her teeth and pinching the little girl's ass...... She is pinching the girl, can the girl not cry? …… However, I am not a nosy person, and I am not so good with the Xu family, so I didn't talk to the Xu family about the babysitter's abuse of babies. The Xu family is also big-hearted, that nanny is addicted to gambling, and when people gamble, they have a big temper, can she vent when she loses money? The baby who can't talk better vent. The witness sighed and shook his head, "So I am now testifying in court, and I am also guilty in my heart, if I had told the Xu family at that time and drove away the nanny, maybe the little girl of the Xu family would not have had an accident!" ”

So the nanny is not as she said, it's too late to love Xiaoya, and she will even abuse Xiaoya.

Zhang Jian asked the witness: "How is Liu Sanhua to her two granddaughters?" ”

"No, no. Liu Sanhua is patriarchal, she hates the two girls in the family, before her daughter-in-law was born, she also asked me where to secretly test the gender, and she also went to fortune telling, saying that their old Xu family will definitely have grandchildren. As a result, she gave birth to two granddaughters, and she sprinkled her anger on the two granddaughters and daughter-in-law, scolding them for being light, and they didn't do less on weekdays, the most pitiful thing was the big girl, Liu Sanhua always called the big girl to work. I heard that she had been in contact with the surrounding countryside before, saying that she wanted to send the little girl away, and take advantage of the fact that the little girl had not yet registered to raise a baby boy. ”

The witness's words proved that Aunt Ah Fu did have the motive to collude with the nanny to kill Xiaoya.

Another witness is a fortune teller, when he stood up, he glanced at Huo Ran and Bai Shu, he said: "Liu Sanhua often comes to me for fortune telling, but fortune telling is a traditional Chinese culture, it is all destined, I also advised her not to be too persistent, but she never forget, once asked me, is her little girl gone, her grandson will come...... Of course, I was telling her not to do anything that hurts nature......"

Su Yu wrinkled his brows, and Bai Shu next to him seemed to hook his thin lips and smiled, Su Yu turned his eyes to look at Huo Ran, Huo Ran also turned his head and glanced at Su Yu.

Huo Ran only asked the fortune teller one question: "You mentioned in your testimony that Liu Sanhua went to look for you on the day of the crime?" ”

"yes, she just came to me to find out again if she would have grandchildren. Liu Sanhua's place of residence is not far from me, she didn't make an appointment with me that day, and suddenly came here. ”

"Running away suddenly?"

"Yes."

"When did you meet?"

"She came to my house at ten o'clock, and I went to bed late that day, and she knocked on the door, and I looked at the time. Our two families are not far apart, and it will only take about ten minutes from her house to mine. ”

Su Yu pursed her lips, she held the pen and wrote a time point on the paper, in that way, the time when Aunt Afu went out should be around nine fifty.

When Su Yu recorded the trial, she remembered it very fragmented, she was more careful, and she always maintained a high degree of mental concentration, and she would record all the small details that could be captured, no one knew that these details would be used at some point.

Huo Ran asked again: "How long have you been together?" ”

"In about ten minutes, I asked her to go back first, I didn't want to tell fortunes that day."

Su Yu glanced at the fortune teller, so that Aunt Ah Fu had been out for more than half an hour in total, which was not a long time.

Now let's look at Xu Ya's testimony.

Xu Ya is a junior high school student, her appearance is very similar to Mrs. Xu, she is more delicate, when she stands on the witness stand, she is very nervous, her nose moves slightly, and her breathing is relatively heavy.

Su Yu glanced at her hands, and her two small hands were tightly gripping the table in front of the witness table.

Before the presiding judge spoke, she also turned back to the auditorium to find Mrs. Xu's figure, Mrs. Xu smiled at her, her lips moved slightly, and she was saying, "Don't be afraid, tell the truth." ”

Xu Ya nodded vigorously, swallowed her saliva, turned her head, and there was decisiveness in her eyes.

The presiding judge has always looked serious and cold in the courtroom, and when he faced Xu Ya, he was much gentler, and he said, "Witness Xu Ya, how are you doing?" Can you ask now? ”

Xu Ya's eyes widened and nodded: "It's okay, Grandpa Judge." ”

Su Yu looked at Xu Ya's face, and remembered Xu Ya in the photo, Aunt Ah Fu was not there, Xu Ya seemed to have really changed a lot, much more cheerful than before, but she remembered that group of names again, and Qing Jun's brows unconsciously twisted together again.

Zhang Jian stood up and showed a shallow smile at Xu Ya, and his voice was gentle: "Can you tell everyone, what did you hear your grandmother and nanny and aunt say?" ”

Xu Ya nodded and looked at Zhang Jian with her eyes: "Grandma was very unhappy after giving birth to her sister, I know she wants a younger brother." But now that I have a sister, my grandmother is more angry than before, she will beat me, she will scold me, sometimes I will see her scolding my sister, because my sister will cry, she will drink milk, change diapers, grandma will be impatient, I heard her say: it is so troublesome to lose money and goods. ”

Because Xu Ya is a minor, everyone in the court was extremely patient with her, no one urged, and everyone listened to her answer slowly.

Xu Ya continued: "One day, I heard my grandmother and nanny and aunt say that my sister is very annoying, and sooner or later she will strangle her to death. Then that morning, I was not feeling well that day, sleeping in bed, my mother asked my grandmother to take care of me, but my grandmother didn't want to care about me, so I only asked the nanny aunt to pour me a glass of water, and I heard my grandma talking to the nanny and aunt outside...... "She suddenly paused, very nervous, and her eyes were a little red, "I couldn't hear clearly, and I was not feeling well that day, grandma said that she was going to strangle her sister, and said that she would do something by asking the nanny and aunt...... I don't remember it later, because I took the medicine and fell asleep because I was very sleepy, and I didn't hear anything......" she bit her lower lip tightly, "and later, then my sister died...... I'm scared...... I knew that Aunt Nanny had killed my sister. ”

Zhang Jian saw that she was in a bad mood, so he didn't continue to ask.

The bailiff poured Xu Ya a cup of hot water and whispered, "Don't worry, take your time." ”

Bai Shu looked at Xu Ya, and he asked, "In other words, did you hear that grandma and nanny and aunt discussed strangling your sister?" ”

"Hmm." Xu Ya glanced at Bai Shu, and then withdrew her gaze, she didn't drink water, played with her fingers, and pursed her lips, "I heard grandma say that she was going to strangle her sister, and the nanny and aunt responded to her." Her chest heaved, her breathing was a little heavy, and her voice was a little sharper, "However, Aunt Nanny is also a bad person, she strangled her sister!" ”

Xu Ya's emotions were too excited, she bit her lip tightly, and her face turned pale.

The presiding judge adjourned the trial.

Su Yu and Huo Ran walked to the end of the corridor, there was no one else here, Su Yu said: "At present, it is very likely that Xu Ya's testimony will be adopted. ”

Huo Ran's eyebrows and eyes were slightly darkened: "Because she is a child, people will always feel that children will not lie." As he spoke, a hint of mockery flashed across his deep eyebrows, he stared at the floor.

Su Yu held his hand.

Huo Ran's voice was faint: "It's like when I testified for my mother, no one ever doubted me, everyone took it for granted that the child was still so young, how could he lie?" Children are the most innocent, and children cannot lie. They don't know that children are sometimes demons. ”

Su Yu clenched his hand and said softly: "It's different, you didn't mean to lie back then. ”

Huo Ran's eyes were blank.

Su Yu thought of something, and said softly: "Xu Ya's mood is not very stable, don't you push too hard, if she is not in a good state, the presiding judge may terminate your questioning of her." ”

Huo Ran smiled, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at her: "I know, I'm not so fierce, right?" ”

Su Yu bent his eyes: "What's more, Aunt Afu went out just to see the fortune teller, and she only went out for more than half an hour in total, and the prosecutor has a monitoring record of the elevator, right?" I remember seeing that Aunt Afu did leave the apartment at about 9:50 and came back at about 10:30 in the morning. If she really wanted to leave time for the nanny to kill, it didn't make sense to come back so quickly. And she also called the police at the first time. There is also a suspicion, if Aunt Ah Fu really wants to kill the little girl, but the big girl is at home, and she hasn't even implemented any precautions against the big girl, isn't she afraid that the big girl will find out? ”