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The judge asks the prosecution and defense to go to the inner court to deliberate.

Fu Zhengye had to leave the courtroom for the time being, and before being taken away by the court police, he gave Tang Xien a thumbs up and smiled at her very kindly.

Tang Xien smiled at him awkwardly, turned his head to look at Fu Shiyu, who was sitting in the back seat, nodded to him, and followed the chief lawyer to the judge's inner court.

Closing the door, the judge took off his robe, and after taking his seat, beckoned everyone to sit down.

The judge looked at the prosecutor: "In this case, do you want to consider re-collecting evidence?" ”

The prosecution was silent at first, obviously a little difficult to ride, and after a while, he said, "We'll discuss it with the defense lawyer later." ”

The judge looked at him and nodded, "Go ahead and tell me the result before the trial tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The group was about to leave the inner court, when the judge suddenly called out to Tang Xien: "Tang, you wait a minute." ”

Tang Xien turned around and pointed at himself: "Are you talking about me?" ”

The judge nodded, and the lead lawyer closed the door for them.

Tang Xien returned to her seat, feeling very special, no one had called her Tang for many years.

Most American women have their husband's surname after marriage, so according to American habits, everyone's normal name for Tang Xien should be MrsFu, but because there is no such set in China, Tang Xien still retains her surname "Teng" after marriage, so when she comes to Los Angeles, everyone calls her surname directly, and calls Teng if she is cordial, and MrsTeng if she is official.

At the moment, the judge suddenly shouted "Tang", which made Tang Xien a little unaccustomed, and at first he was not sure that he was calling himself, but her English name when she studied in the United States was Tang was correct. In fact, she should have taken a formal English name, but she felt troublesome and didn't know what to choose, so in those years, her classmates called her Tang directly, because the Chinese name is written abroad is TangXien, according to the tradition of American names in front of the past, everyone habitually takes Tang as her name, and this shout is several years.

The judge smiled at her kindly: "I heard that you will return to your country after graduation, and now you are going back to Los Angeles to become a lawyer?" ”

Tang Xien was stunned: "Do you know me?" ”

Although his face was kind, the judge was also more serious in court and in court, and he always had a kind smile on his face at this time: "You rejected my offer back then, and I have been sad for a long time." ”

Tang Sheen was stunned for a while, and finally remembered that in his third year at Harvard Law School, he had an offer from a career judge assistant in a California court. She didn't expect that after all these years, the judge would still remember her.

"You are capable of more than just being a secondary lawyer." The judge lamented, "If you don't hate the low wages of the court, how about you consider coming back as my assistant?" When the opportunity comes, you may be able to become a judge. There aren't many Chinese-American female judges in California. I believe you can be a great Chinese female judge. ”

This remark made Tang Xien excited.

She had just missed the post of deputy director of the Treaty and Law Division, and she was frustrated and regretful, but now, the judge's affirmation was simply injecting a steady stream of fresh water into her dry career field.

In addition to the surprise, she also felt very moved, relieved her emotions, stood up, and bowed to the judge: "Thank you for your appreciation of me, but I already have a job in our country, and the reason why I became the second lawyer in this case this time is because the defendant is my family." ”

When the judge heard this, he was slightly surprised, but he didn't break the casserole and ask to the end, just smiled and nodded: "You are very good, no matter where you are, you will be noticed, you will become a great legal person, believe in yourself!" ”

"Thank you!"

"When this case is over, you have time, let's have a meal together." The judge smiled and tapped the door behind her, "The prosecution is still waiting for you, go quickly." ”

Tang Xien pursed his lips and smiled: "Goodbye!" ”

The door was closed, and the lead lawyer was still waiting outside, and they went to the prosecution's office together.

The prosecution took out a plea agreement, saying that Fu Zhengye pleaded guilty now, which would be a five-year sentence, deducting vacation and parole, and actually only needed to spend three years in prison; If he does not plead guilty, once the jury finds Fu Zhengye guilty, then Fu Zhengye will be sentenced to more than 20 years.

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the prosecution proposed a plea agreement at this time, because the prosecution has little confidence in this case, so Tang Xien and the chief lawyer want to reject the plea proposal, but according to the procedure, they still have to go back to discuss with Fu Zhengye.

It was already late when he came out of the prosecutor's office, and Fu Zhengye had already been escorted back to the detention center, so Tang Xien and the chief lawyer set their itinerary for tomorrow morning, and then they and Fu Shiyu went directly back to the hotel from the courthouse.

She was very nervous all day, and at the moment she just wanted to rest and relax, and she didn't even bother to eat dinner in the restaurant outside. After returning to the hotel, I took a shower, ate some dinner from the hotel, and then lay back in bed to rest.

Fu Shiyu took care of the work, came in after taking a bath, touched the darkness into the quilt, and touched the warm big hand on her lower abdomen, which became flat when she lay down, for a while, and then kissed her deeply.

She sensed that he seemed to be interested, rolled over and put her arms around him, and let him go in silence.

……

Afterwards, she nestled into his arms, wrapped her arms around his waist, stroked his cheeks back and forth with her hands on his stubble, and asked softly, "You seem to be in a good mood today?" ”

He held her in one hand, rubbed his big palm on her smooth shoulder, and with the other hand, he picked up the mineral water on the bedside table and poured a few sips, and said with a smile: "The child is almost four months old, I am happy." ”

She knew that he was happy because Fu Zhengye's case had progressed, but she couldn't bear to debunk him, after all, even if Fu Zhengye was acquitted, there would be a lot of follow-up trouble.

She turned to tell him about what happened in the inner court in the evening, and after listening to him, he was quite emotional, and asked her, "Do you regret it?" ”

"Of course not!" She rubbed her cheek against his hot bosom and said firmly, "Because I love you, I will only feel glad and will not regret it at all." ”

He sighed, hugged her tightly, buried his face in her fluffy hair, took a deep breath, and muttered, "The sacrifice you made for the Fu family, I will remember it for the rest of my life......"

Although she didn't mention to anyone that she missed the post of deputy director, how could Fu Shiyu not expect it? He didn't mention it, but he didn't want her to bother to comfort him in turn.

He knew her too well......

He didn't stop her from coming to the United States this time, because he knew that it was useless to stop her, she would still come over, and he was clear about her sense of responsibility to him and the Fu family.

Tang Xien nestled in Fu Shiyu's arms, she was about to fall asleep in a daze, Fu Shiyu hugged her, and was ready to close her eyes and rest...... The surroundings are quiet and warm, and there is a lot of love in the air.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of mobile phone vibrating shattered the silence of the night.