Chapter 226: Return
The lovers who have been separated for many years meet again, and they really have an endless passion, Chris and Yue'er don't know who provoked whom, in short, the passion can't be stopped at all, from Chris's bed to Yue'er's bed...
When they were sober from their passion again, it was already lunchtime.
"Where is your car parked?" Yue'er snuggled into his arms and asked suddenly. She just felt that he was coming back soon, and as far as she knew, it was not easy to find a nearby parking space. Once, Nate came to visit, and it took nearly an hour to find a parking space, but it was parked far away, and finally took a taxi back. It's really ironic...
"It's just a parking space downstairs," Chris replied very calmly, "and I will need it often in the future, so I will simply buy a parking space." β
Yue'er was speechless, the parking space in the apartment was 200,000, she knew he had money, but this tone sounded like buying a sandwich...
"By the way, I just heard you call on the phone, is it a work thing? Got into any trouble? Chris remembered the phone call she had just received.
"It's nothing, it's just a case I took on. The verdict should be pronounced in court on Tuesday. I insisted on defending my client's innocence, and my boss was a little uneasy. In fact, the relationship between partners is equal, but in any case, Nate is always the boss of the law firm, and Yue'er is used to calling him boss.
Chris had vaguely heard their conversation, and had mentioned that some social groups might be bad for her, and he was secretly determined to protect her.
Since the car was parked downstairs, and it was convenient to park when they came back, they naturally drove out to eat.
Yue'er took Chris to a famous Italian restaurant nearby, and she doesn't know if his tastes have changed over the years, but if not, Italian food has always been his favorite.
"Do you still like Italian food?" Yue'er suddenly asked with some uncertainty on the way to the car, it is not surprising that her taste has changed after so many years. What's more, there shouldn't be any Italian food in the places he was staying in.
"Yue'er, you believe me, I haven't changed anywhere. Especially here. He reached out his right hand and patted himself lightly on the chest.
"You're driving, stay safe." Yue'er turned her face away, Chris's love words came as soon as she opened her mouth, but she was not disgusted at all...... It's horrible...
When they came back from eating, Yue'er went into the study and started working. Chris didn't bother her, and silently turned on his work computer, he had been in Switzerland for a long time, but he actually had a lot of work backlog.
Sure enough, when I opened the mailbox, both of them had a lot of things to deal with.
The matter of his return has been reported as soon as possible. , so I'll have to report from Monday. It doesn't matter, Chris knows that the personal bodyguards sent by Leon will follow Yue'er anytime and anywhere. Although it is a rival relationship, he also has to admit that Leon's approach is very thoughtful.
Just now, when he went downstairs to park, he also saw the man in black yesterday. So he doesn't need to be 24 hours a day. During the day, Yue'er should not have any big problems working in the company.
He continued to open email after email, carefully looking at the various arrangements for this new position. In general, he spends most of his time in New York, but occasionally there are chores that require him to travel for business. But Chris has decided to minimize business trips, and he wants to be by Yue'er's side.
Yue'er opened the mailbox, basically all the materials needed to go to court, and she made a lot of efforts for this case. The killer weapon is also ready to be in place, waiting for the fatal blow.
For this case, she dare not say that she is 100% sure, but she also has a ninety percent chance of winning. In Yue'er's view, this case will be a milestone event in the American judicial community. So she didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and she would definitely do her best to help her client.
After dealing with the emails at work, she turned on her phone to deal with some personal matters.
The first to come out was Lu Yichen, and sure enough, this gossipy brother would not let her go easily.
"Sister, tell me what's going on. How did you end up with Brother Chris? Are you two back together? Congratulations, when are you going to announce this good news? Don't worry, I haven't told anyone yet, except Vivian, but I can't hold it anymore, and if you don't say it, I'm afraid I'll be forced to tell Fei'er. β
Yue'er chuckled, the only two gossipy people in the family were her mother and Lu Yichen, and Fei'er and them were not from the same country.
Even if Fei'er knew, he would never gossip like him. Yue'er doesn't take the initiative to ask, and Fei'er will never take the initiative to ask. This is the tacit understanding between their sisters.
"If you dare to say a word to your parents, you won't want to ask me for another child in the future." Yue'er typed down every word seriously, she knew Lu Yichen's fate too well.
After replying to her brother's message, her mother also left a message for her.
"Baby, is there any news of our Leon lately? How's his recovery? Don't work too hard, you must tell him. Anyway, when will his play be finished? When his play is finished, you can see if he has time for the two of you to go back to Boston to play. β
Lu's mother has smoothly changed from a fan mentality to a mother-in-law mentality. In any case, in short, it can be regarded as fat and water that does not flow into outsiders' fields, and the meat is fragrant when it rots in its own pot.
Leon's name made Yue'er's heart palpitate for a while, thinking about the past 24 hours, everything between herself and Chris had completely betrayed Leon, even if they were not a couple, but she still owed him an answer.
Thinking of this, she opened whatsapp and wanted to leave a message for Leon, but as soon as she opened it, she saw his long message.
The message was sent in the middle of the night last night, and it is estimated that he just got out of the play and didn't know how to get a network signal.
"Yue'er, how are you doing? It's been a long time since I've heard your voice, and I miss you so much. Recently, I have been filming in the mountains, and I have not had a mobile phone signal for many days. But every day when I have a break, I will click on the voice you sent me before and listen to it over and over again. It feels like you're right next to me. I really miss you, and I even regret taking this play, but thanks to this play, I understand my heart, and I can be regarded as withstanding the test you gave. Didn't you say I'd forget about you in three months? It turns out that I didn't, and not only did I not forget, but I thought about going crazy. By the way, the director said that this drama is very promising to hit the Oscars, although I always say that I don't care about it, in fact, I have always regretted it. I probably think it would be very shameful to admit that I want but not get it, so I have been very hard-mouthed. Also, Yue'er, I have been thinking about all the questions you said before, and I have also thought of some things about the future, and my mind is very messy, full of all about you. You wait for me, my side will soon be over. When we meet, we will talk, remember that you promised me that you will nod your head when the three-month test is over, and don't think about Laipi. Love you Leon. β
Yue'er had mixed feelings in her heart at the moment, looking at Leon's affectionate confession in front of her, thinking of Chris, who was also persistent and enthusiastic outside, she felt that she really didn't know what to do.
No matter who she chooses, there will be one person who will be hurt, and she is not willing to hurt any of them. How did it come to this... It's so bitter...
She thought for a long time and replied to Leon: "I have something to say to you, wait for you to come back." β
Yue'er can be honest with Chris, and naturally she doesn't want to hide half a point from Leon. Whatever it is, it's better to make it clear in person when it comes to feelings.
In fact, even if Leon appeared now, Yue'er didn't think about what to say.
Forget it, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, so let's wait until they get to the front and think about it. Maybe she'll figure it out in a few days.
The top priority is still work, and emotional matters can be dealt with slowly. The case in front of him is related to a boy's life.
After dealing with these trivial matters, Yue'er hurriedly threw herself into the intense work again.
She again set a date for her appearance with the witnesses involved in the case. At the same time, she also sorted out the defense of the final statement, this case is very important for Yue'er, and it is an opportunity for her to promote the judicial process for a long time.
Finally, when it was the day of the court, Chris specially asked for leave to accompany Yue'er to the court, and the short distance from the car to the door of the court was surrounded by support personnel from various groups, holding banners in their hands, and they were very emotional.
Seeing Yue'er's figure, the crowd was even more boiling.
"Won't your conscience hurt to defend such scum?"
"He hurt that girl, and he should apologize for his death."
"You can earn this kind of black money."
"Against the patriarchal society, against the male ****!"
There were all kinds of voices in the crowd, and Chris carefully protected Yue'er, not only to protect her from being hurt, but also to keep those ugly abuses from polluting her ears.
But Yue'er behaved very decently and generously throughout the whole process. No matter what others say, she always smiles and does not refute a single word of abuse.
When it was time to go to court, Chris could only sit under the stage and watch her from afar. When they were young, they discussed going to law school together to become lawyers in the future, and now seeing Yue'er get her wish and become such an outstanding elite, Chris is also proud of her.
During the trial defense, Yue'er summoned the witnesses she had already arranged.
"Julian, what did you want to do when you went to college with the plaintiff that night?"
The girl who was questioned looked a little nervous, and she swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva before finally speaking.
"The better the two of us go to college to transfer a handsome guy, and want to learn from others to have a one-night stand."
As soon as he heard the witness's words, the prosecution's lawyer immediately stood up and objected. The judge ruled that the objection was invalid and the witness continued to speak.
"What I said is true. We usually have too much pressure on our studies, and we are managed to death by our families. That's why I have this crazy idea. β
"Then what evidence do you have to prove that you have such thoughts?" Yue'er asked calmly.
"I haven't deleted the previous chats between the two of us."
After the witness finished speaking, Yue'er turned to look at the judge, "Your Excellency, this is the chat record I said, please take a look." All the chat logs have time, and these times can prove that this happened before the crime. Although the plaintiff kept saying that he was forced to have sex by my client, these chat records can prove that the purpose of his trip to the prom that night was to have a one-night stand. β
After Yue'er handed over her phone, she took out a magnified photo at the same time.
"This photo was taken by accident by a student attending a prom. I believe you can clearly see that the plaintiff and my client are dancing in the photo, they are dancing veneer very affectionately, and at the same time the plaintiff's hand is touching the sensitive parts of my client, I think this is a very obvious signal of sexual invitation, so the relationship between them is by no means forced by one party. β
The plaintiff's girl screamed hysterically, "No, you're lying." β
"I'm a lawyer and I'm responsible for everything I say. All that I have stated is the truth. On the contrary, it was the plaintiff who tried to judge my client from the moral high ground from beginning to end. β
"Dear Judge, jury, when I took on this case under tremendous pressure, I didn't feel like I was just defending the client in front of me."
"Like everyone in this room, I have zero tolerance for sexual crimes. But zero tolerance does not mean that the judicial process is just as emotional. Sexual offences are extremely serious charges, so we should be more cautious. β
"In 2016, a 10-year-old girl in Russia's Sverdlovsk region claimed to have been molested by a neighbor whose angry parents lynched her neighbor to death before the police could find out the truth. Even those who helped to persuade the fight were severely injured. β
However, the final result was that because parents always emphasize such things, the children want to take advantage of the things that their parents care about, so it is just a prank...... The child lacks the concept of right and wrong, so he uses the care of his parents to direct the whole prank, and then the ending is a human tragedy. β
"As we are in the information age, there are more and more channels for women to speak out. However, the convenience of information is a double-edged sword, and the horror of this era is that society has increased the speed of access to information for us without putting a seat belt on it. There are many, many cases of sexual assault exposed on social media, and when the investigation continues to deepen, a social problem more serious than sexual assault has actually quietly emergedββββ sexual assault has become an invincible reason to arbitrarily judge men. β
When a woman says "I was sexually assaulted" to public opinion, almost the vast majority of people instinctively believe that she is really the victim and that it must have happened. β
"Just like my client, the court has not yet pronounced a verdict on this matter, and the school has unilaterally punished him for expulsion. Even before the court convicted him, our whole society had already convicted him, and he was a sinner. What's even more terrifying is that no matter whether he is convicted in the end of this case, as long as he is involved in such a dispute, the man will be forced to endure overwhelming online violence, lose his school, job, lose his reputation, and almost die in society. And even when it turns out that women are falsely accused, they are often not punished severely. β
"The logic of the masses is very simple, if a woman can ignore her innocence, then she must be a victim. This is our habitual thinking, however, this habitual thinking is contrary to the spirit of the law. Justice looks at evidence, and evidence about sexual crimes is still quite easy to collect, if the woman can't submit relevant evidence, then in the spirit of the law that there is no doubt about the crime, we should also return these people to innocence. β
"The people's sense of justice is sometimes too cheap and too easily instigated. They can't distinguish between facts and opinions, and naturally have no resistance to inflammatory language with malicious speculation. This is the responsibility of the media. I think there are too many media outlets that are very, very irresponsible. Therefore, after the verdict of this case is announced, I will sue three media outlets for malicious speculation about this case on behalf of my client. β
Yue'er's words caused a commotion in the crowd in the audience.
After the judge asked for silence, order and silence were restored.
"Over the years, women's awareness of self-protection has become stronger and stronger, which is a very good social progress. I also strongly encourage the awakening of women's self-awareness, but this does not mean that I support women abusing their gender advantage to mislead public opinion and obstruct the administration of justice. β
"I don't know exactly what the plaintiff is trying to do to frame my client. Without evidence, I don't speculate. But I'm very grateful to Julian for being able to withstand the pressure to testify in court, and before that, she was pressured to testify, but she eventually found the courage to stand on the side of truth and evidence. β
"I hope that this case will become a symbol that the public and the media will not irresponsibly and maliciously speculate in order to gain attention and attract attention before such cases are clarified, and they will be responsible for their words and deeds, otherwise they will bear legal responsibility."
"To sum up, I hereby implore the judge and all jury members to seriously consider the relevant facts and evidence in this case and acquit my client of the charge of sexual assault."
Yue'er's generous speech won the nod of most people in the audience. The judge adjourned the trial until the trial reopened, and the defendant was acquitted after a unanimous verdict by the jury.
Hearing the verdict, Yue'er's face showed the joy of victory, and when the judge announced her retirement, Chris silently walked behind her and hugged her into his arms, sure enough, his woman was the best... No one can take her away from him...