A pair of hands slowly climbed up Xiao Xia's neck.

The hands were tangled and cracked like dead tree trunks, but they were unusually heavy and hard, with the eerie cold of hell, and they insisted on pulling little Xia down on the couch.

She couldn't see the owner of the hands, but she could feel that the hands were brown with a faint red thread, like a scratch of blood.

Outside the window, I don't know if I am passing by on stilts or I am having a classical Chinese wedding, and the drum music is noisy and lively. Only her surroundings were quiet, so quiet that she could hear her own heartbeat, as if the whole world didn't know about her struggle.

The office is on the 19th floor of the office building.

That is, at this height, she could not hear anything other than the wind, and she could not see out the window at all from her position. Even if you can see and hear, there will be no such procession passing by on such a busy traffic artery. Therefore, although she is still deep in a nightmare, she also clearly understands that she has encountered a ghost pressing the bed again.

She knew that she would be fine as long as she sat up, but her hands became tighter and tighter, and she was pulled down again. She clearly 'saw' herself staggering like a tumbler on the couch, and this teasing aroused a trace of stubbornness in her weak heart, so she resisted more fiercely.

But it didn't work! The withered hand had already grabbed her neck, and kept clutching until she was about to lose her breath.

Suddenly, she shouted inexplicably, 'Nan Mu Ji Zao King Bodhisattva'!

The hands shrank back as if they had been burned by the heat, with a sharp moan. This relieved Xiao Xia, but before she could get up, the tree hand that had not completely left reached out again as if retaliating, although hesitant but firm, very painful but sure to take her into the dark. Xiao Xia was startled, and hurriedly read a few words out loud before struggling to break free.

The clock pointed to 12:45.

At this noon time, Yue Xiaoxia, a female lawyer at Changkong Law Firm, woke up from the fake sleep of the ghost pressing the bed. There was no sign of a fierce fight, she was just lying on her desk, and the experience of taking a nap with her mouth open made her drool on the file in shame.

The well-timed knock on the door made her more awake, and the person who appeared next made her more relaxed. It is Xiao Wang, a trainee lawyer of the firm. She was going to meet with the client of the new case in the afternoon, because she was a female lawyer and could not meet with the criminal suspect alone in the criminal case, and she must be accompanied by a male lawyer, so Xiao Wang would accompany her.

The road to the detention center is relatively long, so it is necessary to walk early to save time in the afternoon.

When the afternoon sun shone on her, she felt as if the horrible nightmare had happened in the distant last century.

After graduating from law school, Yue Xiaoxia wandered for several years before taking the national judicial examination in desperation, and became a professional lawyer after passing. Others envy her good work, but everyone knows that everyone has their own hardships, and only she herself understands that she is not suitable for this profession at all. Her personality is sloppy, soft-hearted, impulsive and emotional, and she does not have a shrewd, vigorous, and business-like temperament. So, her disadvantage is unceremoniously reflected in her performance, and since she began practicing law through her internship, she has been the lawyer with the least success rate at the city's largest law firm. If it weren't for the fact that the chief lawyer was her college teacher, she might have been swept away a long time ago. She knew that her colleagues said behind her back that she was wasting social resources by staying here because of nepotism, but she could only endure it.

Originally, for such a bloody criminal case, the firm would not normally send a female lawyer to take over, and she has never won a criminal case. However, the suspect in this case did not hire a lawyer and could be sentenced to death, so according to the principle of legal aid, the court appointed Changkong Law Firm to fulfill this obligation, and such cases with no economic benefits must of course be handled by a latecomer like her.

The case is very simple, the facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive, and the key lies in the psychological state of the suspect at the time. However, this case is also very cruel and bloody, which makes her can't help but feel creepy.

The suspect's name is Li Jingming, 42 years old, a mathematics teacher at the No. 3 Middle School of the city's key school, who lives with his wife, son, divorced aunt, and parents-in-law. The family is a family of teachers, and everyone except for their 15-year-old son, who is still in high school, is engaged in the teaching profession, and Li Jingming and his wife teach in the same school.

According to the reactions of colleagues, friends and neighbors around him, Li Jingming is usually quiet, gentle and cautious, and has no quarrel with things. However, more than a month before the case, Li Jingming suddenly seemed to be a different person, repeatedly had fierce disputes with his family on various occasions, and even had violent physical conflicts, which was very different from his usual personality, as if he was possessed by a ghost.

At midnight on the night of the incident, Li Jingming had another confrontation with his wife, after which he brutally killed his wife, his wife, sister-in-law, and parents-in-law who had been dissuaded after waking up with a Cuban-style machete that he had prepared long ago.

The scene of the crime was extremely bloody and tragic.

When the police arrived, they heard a burst of creepy laughter, and the scene of the incident was bloody, and there was almost no place to put your feet in the living room, and four bodies were 'sitting' side by side on the sofa. One of the corpses had a head on its lap, and it was not known if it was his own; The head of the other corpse was slumped over its chest, and it was crooked at an eerie angle as it had been cut so that only a little skin was left to connect it; The head of the third body simply rolled to the side of the door, almost knocking down the police officers who rushed through the door, while Li Jingming himself sat on another couch, holding his wife's head and muttering 'yes-no-yes-no'.

He didn't seem to notice the break-in and was completely unattended, so the police subdued him without much effort. After that, he began to struggle desperately, shouting: "No! Not at all! There are ghosts - there are ghosts! The mournful wail sent chills down the spine of the entire community.

During interrogation, he refused to talk about any related issues and attempted suicide several times, but after being rescued, he began to face the whole incident in silence. The suspicion of his mental problems was also eliminated after he calmly and rationally faced the appraisal of relevant experts, so only a trial awaits him at present.

It is said that some of the rookie police officers who went to the scene fainted on the spot, some were nervous for a long time, and even those veteran police officers who had seen some things could not keep calm. And until now, the neighbors of Li Jingming's family have not dared to go out after dark, so you can imagine the horror at that time. In this regard, Xiao Xia does not think it is difficult to understand. She had seen a few photos of the scene, just a few photos, and just a cursory glance made her feel a chill that went straight to her bones, and she didn't want to have anything to do with it anymore.

But even though she wanted to stay away so much, even though she was scared to death, she still had to pretend to be calm and shrewd, and forced herself to come to the detention center to meet the parties and makers of this terrible incident.

Today she finally understood why some people say that lawyers are - people who deal with the devil.

"Mr. Li, my name is Yue Xiaoxia, and I am your defense lawyer appointed by the court." Xiao Xia pretended to introduce herself calmly, but still didn't have the courage to look the other person in the eye.

And Li Jingming's eyes stared straight at the ground, without saying a word.

"As your defense lawyer, my duty is to protect your legal rights, so I will do my best to help you." Xiao Xia continued to talk as she observed the situation. Seeing Xiao Wang sitting on her left, there was a solid table between her and Li Jingming, and a police officer standing not far to the right, which made her feel a little relieved. But she immediately found that she was like a fledgling rookie who said the opening sentence conventionally, explaining the rights and obligations of the suspect, but it was like playing the piano to a cow, and the other party did not react at all, which only highlighted her nervousness.

How can this be!

Anyway, she is also a lawyer who can practice alone, although her business ability is poor and the winning rate is low, she can't show her timidity in front of the junior brother who is still in the internship period! And this is only the first time she has met, so it stands to reason that she should listen, understand, and build a sense of trust with the person concerned, so how can she be flustered?! Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! There are police here, be stronger. Thinking like this, Xiao Xia forced himself to develop a shameful rat guts, hoping to find a channel to communicate.

It was the first time she had taken a closer look at her client.

He's skinny, and he's skinny. Perhaps by nature, or perhaps from the infrequent sunlight of the post-incarceration period, his skin was abnormally pale, faintly tinged with a faint bluish, and one could almost feel the veins wriggling under the skin. He sat there motionless, and although he appeared quiet and harmless on the outside, he revealed an eerie aura to Xiao Xia's eyes. Like his body buried deep in a large wooden chair, even the shadow curled up in the shadows, as if watching something. If it weren't for someone to accompany her, Natsu almost suspected that she was not facing a living person, but a wax figure from the movie "Horror Wax Museum".

"So, can you tell us about the day?" Xiao Xia swallowed her saliva and had to use a narrow question to get straight to the point, otherwise she knew that she would talk to herself until dark.

Li Jingming's eyes finally moved. Then, his neck turned as well, from staring intently at the ground to staring at Natsu. But his reaction didn't make Xiao Xia feel better, but instead made her cold hair stand on end.

Didn't anyone notice? His neck twisted at a strange angle, his eyes were clear but full of meaning, this person was not normal all over his body, how could he be considered to have the capacity for criminal responsibility and be prosecuted?

"I didn't kill anyone." Li Jingming suddenly spoke without warning, as if the voice was coming from a distant place. "I didn't kill anyone." He repeated softly, "There's a ghost who has become my family. He seduced me. It was he who killed people. It's him! Not me! I didn't kill anyone! ”

Speaking of which, Li Jingming suddenly stood up and reached out to grab Xiao Xia's wrist.

"I didn't kill anyone! It's him! It's him! It's the devil! Help me! Help me! ”

For a moment, everyone was stunned by this sudden change. Then, the police who were present and who rushed in later stepped forward to suppress Li Jingming, who was already out of control. And before he was subdued, he shouted at Xiao Xia, who was already frightened when he was squeezed into the corner, "There is a demon! Believe me, he killed! It's him! There's a demon—"

After his hoarse shouts disappeared, Xiao Wang said to himself with a white face: "God, this is the ghost body!" ”

Whether it is a ghost or not, whether she will be ridiculed by her colleagues or blamed by Director Pan, she really doesn't want to continue to take on this case. She's going to quit.

Xiao Xia looked down at her hands and wrists, she knew that black blue would appear on them soon. She believed that it must be a ghost paw print, because she really felt the heart-pounding sense of oppression transmitted from Li Jingming's body just now.

This may not be as simple as it seems, and it is not just ordinary horror.

Therefore, she is quitting!