When I walked out of the courthouse with Zhou Yu, I was in a very low mood. Although the judge did not make a ruling in the first instance and did not announce the results of the trial until a week later, it can be judged from the demeanor of everyone in the final trial seat that they are all on Xiao Dong's side. It can be said that the book city is currently being forced into a corner, just waiting to be tried.

Instead, Zhou Yu came to me and said, "What's the matter, so you admit defeat?" Isn't there still a week before the second trial? ”

I can't deceive him on this issue: "As far as the situation just now, the first trial has actually been decided. The judge suggested that the second instance was just a procedure, and a week later it was basically a direct announcement of the outcome of the trial. ”

He raised an eyebrow, "And what if I have new evidence within a week?" ”

"Ordinary new evidence will only pass through the court, unless there is direct evidence that can overturn the case."

But if this evidence has been available for a long time, why do we only have limited circumstantial evidence today, none of which is the most directly conducive to the reversal, and the reason why it is easy to be hit by the other party.

Suddenly, a burning gaze shot on my face, I turned my eyes and saw Xiao Dong also walking out of the courtroom. He was followed by Qian Huijuan and her husband Chen Daxing, with smiles on their faces. And He Xiangjie was about to be a few steps behind, and he buried his head in his own eyes.

Seeing that they were about to come, Zhou Yu took my hand and turned around to leave, but I heard Xiao Dong's deep call behind him: "Jia Ru, take a step to speak." The people around him almost immediately whispered: "No." "And the hand that was holding me tightened, and tried to take a big stride, but I grabbed it.

Turning around, I asked Xiao Dong, "Lawyer Xiao, is there anything wrong?" ”

At this time, Qian Huijuan took two quick steps, raised her hand and pointed at me and scolded: "You mercenary, is it that the boss of the other family gives too much money, you dare to do anything black, you are not afraid of ......"

"Qian Huijuan!" There were two people who scolded in unison, one from Zhou Yu and the other from Xiao Dong.

In the afterglow, Zhou Yu's face showed anger, and Xiao Dongfang turned his head and said to Qian Huijuan with a gloomy look: "Ms. Qian, I have already issued an order more than once, don't insult anyone wantonly, everything is up to the law." ”

Qian Huijuan's eyes shrank, and she didn't dare to scold me again.

He Xiangjie walked up, and he said to Xiao Dong: "Lawyer Xiao, I'll go back first." After Xiao Dong nodded, He Xiangjie walked over quickly, and when he passed past me, his eyes drifted to me, and he was not as hostile as Qian Huijuan just now.

After He Xiangjie walked away, I whispered to Zhou Yu: "Let me talk to him." ”

"What are you talking about?" He looked unhappy, "Do you want him?" I'd rather lose than you beg someone. ”

I looked him in the eye and asked, word by word, "Do you think it's possible?" Am I someone who bows to people? ”

He looked at me for a while, and finally smiled, "You're not." After a pause, he said, "You refuse to bow your head even to me, let alone others." Okay, I'll give you five minutes, I'll wait for you in the car, and if you don't come in five minutes, I'll arrest someone. ”

Zhou Yu finally let go of my hand and walked straight towards the car, and Qian Huijuan and his wife had already walked away after being deflated just now, so outside the courthouse of Nuoda, Xiao Dong and I were left standing three or two meters apart.

Xiao Dong broke the silence first: "If you look at this lawsuit from an ordinary perspective today, your performance after not being in court for four years is quite remarkable, and the circumstantial evidence is also very accurate." But I am the one who fought against you, I wonder if you underestimated me or misestimated yourself, and thought that the circumstantial evidence you set up could defeat me? ”

In the face of Xiao Dong, even if you lose, you can't lose the battle, so I raised my head and said to him: "How do you know that the circumstantial evidence is not the main evidence?" Whether it's primary or secondary to look at the setting, often sometimes what you think is the primary evidence is simply irrelevant from another point of view. Of course, there's also the possibility that all of this is just a game of chess for you, and that's another story. ”

Xiao Dong narrowed his eyes, his eyes were heavy: "What are you alluding to?" Want to say that I arranged this matter? ”

"I didn't say that, you said it yourself. Yes or no, no one knows better than you, and I can only speculate at best. It's just Xiao Dong, do you still use this thing less? ”

Those originally calm eyes suddenly appeared angry, and he took two steps closer to me, "What am I doing this for?" ”

"Purpose?" I also raised my voice, "Has your hostility towards Zhou Yu ever been less than a point from the past to the present?" Even if it's no longer because of me now, your old feud with him has always been there, so you just targeted him in court. ”

The space suddenly fell silent, Xiao Dong looked at me, the anger in his eyes was dissipating little by little, and finally calmed down, he said lightly: "In the court, I just talk about things, but if there is no evidence that directly points to him, I can't do anything even if I want to." Jia Ru, all your legal awareness and judgment are taught by me, in the court, if you want to win, I can only say that the chance is zero. I advise you not to go to extremes this week, even if Tang Jin plays in person, it is impossible to turn the tide under the current conclusive evidence. ”

Xiao Dong gave me another deep look, then turned around and walked back to the courthouse.

I watched his sturdy back walk on the steps of the gate of the courthouse, and my heart was full of emotion.

Just now I deliberately provoked Xiao Dong and wanted to get the message from his words, but I was not only impressed by this person's control of emotions, but also admired. Even if he didn't reveal useful information when he was angry, and he adjusted his mentality in a short period of time, he may be right in saying that even if Tang Jin is replaced, he may not be able to turn the tide in the next time.

I walked to Zhou Yu's car on the side of the road, absentmindedly opened the car door and sat in, and then heard Zhou Yu say beside me: "You have calculated the time accurately, just five minutes, are you afraid that I will really run over and arrest someone?" ”

I didn't have the heart to pay attention to his words, and my mind was filtering the trial process just now. But Zhou Yu is a person who is willing to be quiet easily, he saw that I was silent and asked: "Then what did Xiao Dong say to you?" How can you not belong to your mind? ”

I turned my eyes to look at him, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Zhou Yu, I may be in the wrong direction." ”

"What's going in the wrong direction?"

"When I bumped into He Xiangjie and Xiao Dong in the gym before, I once judged that Xiao Dong set up this game because he had a grudge against you, and he was about to pull you off. He confronted you in court, and I was even more adamant about that. But judging from Xiao Dong's attitude just now, I may have made a wrong judgment. ”

Zhou Yu sneered when he heard this: "What kind of soup did that kid pour into you, and five minutes of conversation can let you eliminate your suspicions about him?" Jia Ru, I think you subconsciously don't want to treat him as a bad person. ”

I didn't say anything, because my thoughts were very confused at this time, and I couldn't be sure whether it was from Xiao Dong's attitude or my own subconscious judgment. In short, I have a deviation from the assumption of this layout person.

It seems that even if the wrong direction is judged, it will not help the case, but if you change the point and change the person who shuffles the game, then all the evidence you are looking for will not be so limited. There will be a new point of evidence, or a new situation may be opened, rather than the current backwater dilemma.

Zhou Yu was afraid that he would take my silence as a default, so he drove with a calm face and didn't ask again.

On the way, I received a call from Tang Jin, who had gone back to Kyoto two days ago, so he did not come to the trial that day. He didn't ask whether he won or lost, but asked what the other party was about the point of argument and what the evidence was presented, and after I finished speaking, his tone was a little heavy: "Jia Ru, this battle seems to give you a week's time, but in fact, the verdict has been made, if you don't have direct evidence that can turn the tables around within this week, I'm afraid that the second instance will go through the procedure of pronouncing the verdict." ”

I had already thought of this, and I asked with a little apprehension: "If you are replaced in the second trial, how sure are you?" ”

But without waiting for Tang Jin to answer, the person who was still driving next to him interjected dissatisfiedly: "Who is going to change the lawyer?" Jia Ru, you have eaten Xiao Dong's defeat and want to leave it alone, right? Even if you lose, I won't allow you to drop the chain and have stage fright at this time. ”

His voice was not small, and it was next to me, so it naturally reached Tang Jin's ears through his mobile phone. Tang Jin laughed sullenly when he heard this: "It seems that Zhou is still very confident in you, why don't you have confidence in yourself?" I mentioned to you before that the most important thing in court is aura, first of all, even if the evidence you hold in your hand is not enough to argue with the other party, but your aura must be sufficient, to make the other party feel that you have a lot of cards in your hand, and they are unknown when the cards are not completely revealed, rather than letting the other party see through your hole cards at a glance, which is naturally suppressed by him. ”

It's always easier to say than to do, I can keep in mind Tang Jin's mention, but when it really came to that occasion, I found that the aura is not something that can be pretended, it needs to be held in your own hand enough to deter the other party.

And the void aura will only be vulnerable.

"Eh, everyone has hung up the phone, what are you doing with your phone all the time?"

Zhou Yu's reminder interrupted my empty thoughts, and I put down my phone only to find that the car had stopped at some point. Looking out the window, it was in the open-air parking lot in the business district, and he was going back to the book city?

But after getting out of the car, he said, "Let's go, find a place to eat." ”

I suddenly remembered that it was noon at the end of the trial, and by this time it was almost a little more than enough and I hadn't eaten yet.