Chapter 8: The Closing of the Coffin
Xu Xiaxi looked at Long Kun with burning eyes.
Without saying a word at first, her serious and focused attitude is enough for anyone to boast of her intentions.
Long Kun was very satisfied in his heart, and he sprinkled a long paragraph, and finally concluded: "Although Li Chen asked you to sort out the previous files, it can help you get familiar with the case.
However, litigation cases still have a certain statute of limitations, and with the revision and formulation of the law, cases that have been too long ago do not have much guiding significance. If you have time, let's study more litigation cases in the past three years! ”
In just a few words, Xu Xiaxi's attention was diverted.
Xu Xiaxi nodded and expressed his gratitude to the director for his guidance.
"Then if it's okay, you can go back to work!" Long Kun said lightly, as if Xu Xiaxi really just came to ask about the study of archives.
"Thank you, Director, but there's one more thing I want to ask the Director."
Xu Xiaxi changed his words and played a straight ball, "It stands to reason that the archives have all the paper files since the establishment of our law firm, but after I checked all the files, there is no case of Chen Jing's traffic accident three years ago, where is the file of this case now?" ”
Long Kun made a plan to respond to Xu Xiaxi's various questions, but he didn't expect Xu Xiaxi to ask directly.
The kind that didn't have any tactfulness at all, but made him not know what to say for a while.
Xu Xiaxi waited for a while, and seeing that Long Kun did not answer, he continued: "Two days ago, I found some materials in the archives, which recorded some materials about Chen Jing's suspected traffic accident three years ago. However, the content of the materials is not complete, and it just so happens that Mr. Fu asked me to sort out all the cases from three years ago, so I would like to learn from you about the situation of this case.
Oh, Mr. Chen Jing is one of the original senior partners of Wanzong, so you probably don't know about this case! ”
Long Kun smiled bitterly, thinking that this girl was talking about it, but the last sentence blocked all his excuses.
There is no room for lying.
What's more, Xu Xiaxi named her to investigate the case in order to complete the task assigned by Fu Lichen, and Long Kun couldn't dismiss the other party's questions on the grounds that the other party was not doing her job.
Long Kun sighed secretly: Look at him, a junior brother, what trouble he has caused himself!
He reluctantly told Xu Xiaxi, "Xia Xi, lawyer Chen Jing's case was closed three years ago. ”
Xu Xiaxi blinked and looked at Long Kun suspiciously, not understanding the other party's intention to say this.
Long Kun then said: "The court has made a ruling to terminate the trial of the case. Do you know what that means? ”
"What?" Xu Xiaxi subconsciously asked.
Long Kun's expression was serious, and he emphasized word by word: "It means that this case has been decided!" ”
Immediately, he prudently and earnestly persuaded Xu Xia Xi: "In our line of work, don't discuss so many things that are conclusive in the coffin, so as not to get into trouble."
If you are really interested in this type of traffic accident case, I have a lot of new cases of the same type here, and I will let Wan Xiao ...... later."
For a newcomer who has just joined the law firm for a few days, the director of the law firm is willing to assign the new cases at hand, which shows how much Long Kun attaches importance to Xu Xiaxi.
It's just to the point of preference.
However, Xu Xiaxi didn't speak since Long Kun said the words 'closing the coffin', and just shook his head silently at this time, and said: "Thank you, Director, but I am currently inexperienced and not able to handle your case, I should first follow Lawyer Fu's requirements and thoroughly study the old case before considering the next step!" ”
If it were any other time, Long Kun would definitely praise this girl for being sober and rational enough, and there was no benefit in her hands - if she could be confused by his next case, the agency fee would definitely not be less.
But at this time, he only felt anxious - with his current status, this kind of emotion is very rare - worried that Xu Xiaxi's work was arranged by Fu Lichen, he just waved his hand, "Okay! Then you should first sort out the file according to Lawyer Fu's requirements! ”
Long Kun comforted himself: The dossier materials of Chen Jing's case are long gone, and Xu Xiaxi has no way to find out even if he is curious.
Thinking so, seeing the back of Xu Xiaxi simply leaving, Long Kun felt a little uneasy in his heart.
He picked up the phone and dialed Fu Lichen's internal phone.
'Beep, beep' rang twice, and the phone was picked up.
"What's wrong?" Fu Lichen's cold voice came from the other end of the phone.
Long Kun smiled bitterly, "You see what kind of trouble you gave me back!" ”
Fu Lichen was silent, obviously ignoring Long Kun's witticisms, and quietly waited for Long Kun's words.
"Tsk, it's not cute!" Long Kun muttered, retracted his hip-hop attitude, and said, "It's Xu Xiaxi!" ”
Fu Lichen immediately asked, "What's wrong with her?" ”
"You're really not going to take care of her, aren't you? Chen Jing's incident three years ago was already a foregone conclusion, this is the consensus of all of us, but now she is rampage like a hairy boy, and she has no shying away from it at all, aren't you worried about her causing any trouble? ”
Fu Lichen was silent for a longer time this time, so long that Long Kun was a little uneasy, "Li Chen, you ......"
"Anyway, the materials of that case have been destroyed, even if she is curious, she just listens to some gossip and rumors, what trouble can she cause?" Fu Lichen said lightly, seemingly indifferent.
Long Kun originally thought like this, but now that he heard Fu Lichen also have the same opinion, he was a lot more relieved.
But I still couldn't help but be verbose: "In short, since you have recruited people into the law firm, you can't really let them go!" She has no professional foundation at all, and she is alone in the archives, isn't this a waste of time? ”
"Got it, I still have something to do, hang up first." After that, there was only a 'beep' sound on the other end of the phone.
Long Kun looked at the phone that was hung up, and only a wry smile remained.
Although Fu Lichen was calm from beginning to end just now, he and Fu Lichen had cooperated for so many years, how could he not hear the indifference and alienation implied in the other party's words.
In the case three years ago, Fu Lichen was probably still haunted, but he didn't show it.
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Xu Xiaxi didn't get an answer from Long Kun, so he didn't give up, and searched all the file cabinets in the secret compartment of the archive room.
Nothing related to Chen Jing's traffic accident case was found.
However, she found many cases of the same type.
Xu Xiaxi was surprised to find that among the so many criminal cases accepted by Wanzong Law Firm, traffic accident cases accounted for a lot of proportion, accounting for almost one-tenth of all criminal cases.
And most of them are based on the premise that the crime has been convicted, and the dispute between the driver and the victim about the cost of compensation.
This is also easy to explain with common sense, after all, surveillance cameras can now be found everywhere on major thoroughfares.
Who hit the person, at a glance, there is basically nothing to quibble.
"So, the driver who caused the accident three years ago was Chen Jing?!"
Xu Xiaxi muttered to himself: "Then why did he commit suicide in the office?" And the recording in the pocket watch......"
It's also very concerning!
If it is really just an ordinary traffic accident case, even if Chen Jing may lose his qualification to be a lawyer because of this case, he will not commit suicide in fear of crime, right?
Also, who is the voice in the recording?
What does he mean by "truth"?
One question after another lingered in Xu Xiaxi's mind until her phone rang again.
"Hee, Hee, tomorrow is Saturday, I'll take you to a fun place, tomorrow at six o'clock in the morning, I'll pick you up downstairs at your house, that's ......"
As soon as Xu Xiaxi picked up the phone, Ye Qian's cheerful voice came from the other end, and after a long list, without waiting for Xia Xi to say a word, the other party hung up the phone directly.
It took less than a minute.
Xu Xiaxi looked at the screen of his mobile phone, his face full of disbelief.
Ye Qian just asked her out to play, and he used to talk like he was fighting, and he didn't give her a chance to speak at all!
In view of Ye Qian's behavior of cutting first and then playing, Xu Xiaxi's original plan to indulge in work was about to be shelved.
Xu Xiaxi's mind was full of Chen Jing's case, and she was not very interested in the so-called rock climbing, so when Ye Qian drove her to the rock climbing club located in the suburbs, she was still a little uneasy.
Grabbed Ye Qian's clothes and whispered: "I don't know how to climb rock at all, what a shame it is to come to such a professional place!" ”
Ye Qian said magnificently: "It doesn't matter if we don't, someone will!" You wait, I'll find you an expert! ”
She said, her big eyes looking around, and then when she saw a target, she waved her arms excitedly, "Junjie, here, here!" ”
Her voice was not small, and many people around her looked at her.
Then, they saw a tall and muscular man looking at them, stunned for a moment, and then smiled and waved at them.
"Hee-hee, let me introduce you. This is Xiao Junjie, an information technology engineer at Zhao Yu's company. Ye Qian introduced the man in front of him to Xu Xiaxi seriously, and then explained Xu Xiaxi's identity to Xiao Junjie.
Xu Xiaxi was pulled over by Ye Qian early in the morning, his mind was still wandering in the sky, and when he heard the words 'information technology engineer', his eyes immediately lit up, staring at Xiao Junjie, and asked happily: "Are you an engineer?!" So do you have a way to make a blurry recording clear? ”
As soon as he mentioned his professional field, Xiao Junjie showed a smug smile, raised his chin slightly, and said: "This technology is my housekeeping skill, of course I can do it!" ”
"Really? That's great! Xu Xiaxi was so happy that she was about to jump.
The clues that were originally going to be given up are now bright, and there is a new turnaround.
If it weren't for Xu Xiaxi's sanity, I'm afraid he would have taken out the pocket watch and handed it to Xiao Junjie in the next second.
She restrained the impatience in her heart a little, but she couldn't help but ask Xiao Junjie: "Can I ask for your phone number?" I want to ......"
Ye Qian was very satisfied with the interaction between the two at first, and was secretly praising his foresight, when he heard that Xu Xiaxi and Xiao Junjie asked for contact information, he was immediately anxious.
"Eh, wait, Xixi, don't ...... yet" Ye Qian hurriedly pulled the person aside, and said with hatred: "Even if you are very optimistic about him, you can't ask him for a phone number now!" ”
Girls have to be reserved, otherwise they won't be worth much!
Xu Xiaxi was confused, and said honestly: "I am indeed very optimistic about him!" If you don't ask for the phone now, what if he runs away? ”
"You, you, you!" Ye Qian was almost angry with Xu Xiaxi.
She didn't know how to teach Xu Xiaxi a lesson, so she had to say strongly: "Anyway, in short, you can't ask him for a phone number now!" ”
Xu Xiaxi: "......"
How did she know that Ye Qian introduced herself to a blind date that the other party specially found for her, and she couldn't understand the other party's 'good intentions' at all, but the person was brought by Ye Qian, so she could only hold it even if she was in a hurry.
Resignedly, he asked, "Then how can I get his contact information?" ”
If it weren't for the fact that this was really not a place to talk about business, Xu Xiaxi would have wanted to ask Xiao Junjie directly.