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In the dark, the blue light of the mobile phone screen is unusually dazzling.

"Who?" Don Sheehan woke up.

Fu Shiyu patted her back a few times: "You continue to sleep, I'll go out and answer the phone." ”

He picked up his mobile phone and went out, Tang Xien lay on the bed for a while, got up and put on his nightgown, and went out with him.

There was only one floor lamp on in the living room, the environment was dim and dim, and Fu Shiyu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with his sturdy upper body. The night scene of Los Angeles outside the window is like an inverted interstellar scene, and the colorful starlight reflects on his resolute and deep face, which makes his serious expression even more obscure.

He was now leaning on the glass with one hand and holding his mobile phone in the other, frowning and listening to the call quietly.

Tang Xien walked over lightly and sat down on the sofa.

The other end of the phone talked for a long time, Fu Shiyu didn't say anything, and finally hung up the phone, and the person stood there and thought quietly for a while. But he quickly came back to his senses, walked to the sofa and picked up Tang Xien, bowed his head and kissed her: "Sleep." ”

Tang Xien looked up at him, and found that his expression was more serious, and he was in a good mood when he came back in the evening.

She pressed her face back to his chest, her hand upstairs on his waist, and sighed faintly.

The two of them lay back in bed, and they no longer felt sleepy.

Tang Xien nestled in Fu Shiyu's arms, holding him, while he held her body with one hand and pillowed the back of his head with the other, staring at the void and thinking about things.

Without waiting for Tang Xien to ask, he said to himself: "I found the woman in my father's room." ”

"Huh?" Tang Xien was startled and raised his head from his arms, "On the night of the crime?" ”

Fu Shiyu closed his eyes and nodded.

Tang Xien saw his weakness and asked carefully, "...... Who is it? ”

"Mrs. Ambassador."

Tang Xien was speechless for a while, and he had no intention of nesting in Fu Shiyu's arms to keep warm, and sat up a few times.

Fu Shiyu helped her pull up the pillow behind her, cushioned her lower back, and then sat down beside her a little more, and took her into his arms again.

"No wonder your dad didn't tell who that woman was, and would rather take a risk than let us find the other party to testify in court." Tang Xien still finds it incredible, "because it is impossible for that person to testify in court for him." ”

But she thought that after today's trial, Fu Zhengye told her that there were some things that Fu Shiyu and Liang Shuyi couldn't know, which was like not allowing a third party to testify in court, just for the integrity of the family......

What Fu Zhengye thought in his heart, Tang Xien didn't know very well.

She hugged Fu Shiyu, thinking about how to comfort him, thinking about it, and didn't know how to explain this kind of thing, so she asked: "The ambassador shouldn't know about this matter, right?" ”

Fu Shiyu shook his head: "I shouldn't know." I heard that my dad and the other party's wife have a very secret relationship, for example, this time I chose to go to the hotel for a tryst. ”

"How did your dad know the ambassador's wife?"

"My dad and the ambassador are friends."

"Friend's wife......" Tang Xien couldn't go on any more.

Fu Shiyu was also silent.

Tang Xien didn't ask Fu Shiyu how he found out about this matter, she thought, Fu Shiyu wanted to know some things, there should still be a way.

She actually had a lot of questions in her heart, why did Fu Zhengye ask the ambassador's wife to go on a date in the room that night, and still do intimate things with the victim in the men's bathroom at eight o'clock?

Fu Zhengye cheated on two people this time, not one person. It's scary to think about, if Liang Shuyi knows about it, he doesn't know how to make trouble......

……

Early the next morning, Mr. Tang and his chief lawyer went to see Mr. Fu and asked him if he had accepted the prosecution's recommendation to plead guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence, and Mr. Fu asked them what the success rate was.

"50 percent," said Don Sheehan, "the jury's thoughts are uncontrollable, we have done our best in the trial, and the rest is left to luck." ”

Fu Zhengye nodded: "Then I'll take a gamble!" ”

Because they still had to go to the prosecutor's office, Tang Xien and his party left quickly. After negotiating with the prosecution, the prosecution is responsible for notifying the judge, and the afternoon trial continues.

The defense applied to summon the victim's ex-boyfriend, who was the current boyfriend of the victim's roommate, to testify in court.

The prosecution objected to the call-out of the witness, arguing that it was irrelevant to the case, but the defense gave a screenshot of the video of the victim's ex-boyfriend entering and leaving the hotel on the night of the crime, and the judge agreed.

Witnesses are seated at the witness stand.

Tang Xien looked at the other party carefully, it was a very tall and strong European, and he was looking at Fu Zhengye with a very angry expression at this time.

No matter how she looked at it, she felt that this person had a fierce look in his eyes.

After the prosecution's routine questioning, the defence crosses the witnesses.

Tang Xien got up, walked to the witness, smiled on his face, and asked in a cold voice: "Where are you from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. on January 17, 2023?" ”

Witness: "Forget. ”

The judge glanced at the witness and said in a serious tone: "Witness, please answer!" ”

Don Sheehan repeated the question again.

This time, the witness said: "Sleep at home." ”

Tang Xien picked up the remote control and played a video clip on the electronic screen to remind the witnesses to watch. The witness was reluctant to turn his head to look at the screen, and kept staring at Fu Zhengye.

Tang Xien: "Witness, at nine o'clock on the night of the crime, is this person who entered the hotel gate?" ”

Witnesses don't say anything.

The judge reminded the witness to answer.

Witness: "...... I went to Carly to pick up something and left the hotel very quickly. ”

Tang Xien: "What time do you leave the hotel?" ”

Witness: "...... Half past nine. ”

A video appeared on the electronic screen again, showing that the correct time when the person left the hotel should be 2:10 a.m.

Tang Xien: "Please tell everyone what you happened to be doing in the hotel during the four hours when the victim in this case was tortured?" ”

The audience was in an uproar.

Witnesses don't say anything.

Tang Xien emphasized again, loudly: "On the night of the crime, during the four hours when the victim in this case was raped and beaten, the witness was in the hotel!" In yesterday's trial, it has been confirmed that it is impossible for the victim in this case to enter the defendant's room at the time of the crime, which is the so-called crime scene! Who did the victim meet with in those four hours, who beat him with the injuries on his body, and where was the real crime scene? I hope that the prosecution can give us an explanation after the re-investigation and evidence collection! ”

The jurors bowed their heads and took notes.

Don Sheehan returned to his seat, and the witness was taken out of the courtroom, where the police were already waiting for him.

The judge rang the gavel and announced the closing arguments of the prosecution and defense.

The closing argument was handled by the chief lawyer, and Tang Xien listened quietly.

In the end, the jurors withdrew from the court to discuss, Fu Zhengye was taken away again, and Tang Xien and the chief lawyer returned to the law firm to wait for the result.

Everyone waited nervously at the law firm, secretly praying that the jury's results would not come out so quickly, because the sooner the results came out, the more likely they were to be found guilty, and vice versa.

In the evening, the court called and said that the jury had decided the verdict.