Chapter 9: Cold and Soft
"Huh?" Before Ji Si'an could react, three or four 7 or 8-year-old children had already surrounded them.
Luo Li carefully protected her white shirt and hid behind Ji Si'an. "It's begging in the subway." She whispered in Ji Si'an's ear.
Ji Si'an looked at the children pitifully, but the embarrassment was that she had no cash in her hand.
"Brainless thing, who still carries cash these days." The immature voice sounded in the darkness, and Ji Si'an realized that there was a little girl older than them in the darker corner of the wall. She sat on the ground with her legs spread out, her big eyes shining in the darkness.
"I'm sorry, I ......." Ji Si'an wanted to explain, but was interrupted by the girl's cold voice.
"Come back with me, don't be embarrassed here."
Her voice was not loud but very majestic, and the other children bowed their heads when they heard her words, and although they were unwilling, they did not dare to speak back.
The girl stood up and patted the dirt on her skirt, came to the front of the children, and said with a straight face, "Follow me."
The appearance of the young man made Ji Si'an a little stunned, and the words reminding her to pay attention to her sitting posture were stuck in her throat and couldn't be spoken.
The rumbling subway came close with a flickering light, and Ji Si'an watched her walk in front of him blankly. Her long sticky hair and slightly dirty little face faded away in front of her eyes.
The subway had arrived, and Luo Li pulled the somewhat stunned Ji Si'an into the carriage. Ji Si'an reflexively stood in front of the subway door, watching a few children climb the steps and slowly disappear into the depths of the crowd.
Luo Li was visibly relieved, "Fortunately, the subway is here."
"It's just a bunch of kids." Ji Si'an was a little puzzled by Luo Li's nervousness.
"This is no ordinary child, you see the way they look at people...... I'm afraid they'll push us off the subway aisle if they don't agree. β
Although Ji Si'an didn't think so, but considering that there was indeed such news, he shut up with humor. After what happened today, she suddenly felt that the Luo Li in front of her was a little unfamiliar.
It seems that she is still too naΓ―ve, she silently compared their personalities, and felt that only being cautious in words and deeds, and being silent and reluctantly interesting was an advantage.
The episode at the subway station did not affect their mood for shopping at all, but Ji Si'an firmly remembered Yuan Mu's reminder and returned to the rental house before dark.
She sat in the room and looked at the "mechanism" in the room, feeling a sense of security like a cage. However, this feeling did not make her feel better for long, and the expiring probationary period overwhelmed her. Even the seemingly remote and dilapidated semi-underground rental house is supported by money, and in order to continue her life, she has to consider apologizing to lawyer He.
The thunder came in the early morning of Monday, and Ji Si'an woke up in a nightmare as usual, and the little girl suddenly opened her eyes to look at her, and those eyes were exactly the same as the little girl in the subway station....... I really confuse reality with dreams...... Ji Si'an poured cold water on her face, and she had to cheer up, because today was the day she appeared in court with Lawyer He.
A year ago, it was also such a spring day, Yang Ningning got off the night shift and took the bus home as usual. It was a double-decker bus, blue, very new, and she always liked to sit at the front of the top floor, by the window, looking out through the clean and bright glass over the scenery.
She had been on this train for two years, and two years was enough time for her to completely memorize the stations she had passed, and even her brain had formed a biological clock, and she could wake up from her fugue every time before arriving at the station.
But this time the driver was also attracted by this spring day, and he was distracted, and he didn't notice that Yang Ningning, who was walking behind, closed the car door and started the car ....... The defenseless Yang Ningning's thigh was caught ...... the car door, and the tragedy happened. Her life suddenly took a turn in a different direction......
She was in a wheelchair with her hands unnaturally at her sides, and after all this time, she still couldn't get used to the stiff prosthesis. I am afraid that I will not be able to adapt to some things for the rest of my life, just like this trial, repeating my demands again and again, and picking up the wounds on the bottom of my heart again and again, but still no agreement has been reached.
Ji Si'an looked at the girl in front of him who was stout, had greasy hair, a fierce face, was unkempt, and even gave up on herself, and her heart hurt slightly. So after the trial, she came to her.
"What do you want to say?" Yang Ningning seems to be very repulsive to people.
"I'd like to take you to get a new pair of glasses." Ji Si'an said softly.
"Am I ugly like this?" Her fierce eyes stared straight at Ji Si'an like a beast through her square black-rimmed glasses.
"Do you want more compensation?" Ji Si'an avoided her question.
Yang Ningning looked at her and didn't speak, but her eyes that gradually softened still revealed her thoughts. Things have already happened, and all she has to do is to fight for more benefits for herself.
She's a smart girl. When Ji Si'an saw her like this, he knew that she agreed with his idea.
"Then you'll do as I say." Ji Si'an said.
Lawyer He didn't know what Ji Si'an was going to do, but he chose to support it silently. Lawyer He's cooperation made Ji Si'an breathe a sigh of relief, this middle-aged man is much better than himself in terms of professionalism, experience, and handling things.
Before she could speak that day, Lawyer He suddenly contacted her. "I thought about it that day, and maybe I was wrong. After working for a long time, the lawyer has become completely legal, thinking only about how to use the law, but ignoring human nature. Simple morality is the foundation of the law, and we must never turn our backs on this, otherwise it will be very dangerous. β
Ji Si'an's stunned expression made Yang Ningning very dissatisfied: "What do you want me to do?" β
"I have referred to some practices of American lawyers, although the legal systems of our two countries are different, but human nature is the same, and I believe I can fight for more benefits for you." Because of Mr. He's encouragement, Ji Si'an is full of confidence in the next work.
Yang Ningning looked at her suspiciously. Ji Si'an said softly: "Don't be nervous, I just want you to become the same you again." β
When the court was held again, Ji Si'an pushed Yang Ningning and slowly walked into the courtroom. Her long fluffy hair hangs down just right next to her pink cheeks, and her long curly eyelashes can even reach the lenses of her gold-rimmed glasses, making her gentle and tough eyes very charming. The light blue dress was blown by the breeze with Ji Si'an's push, and the empty legs made people's hearts slightly sour. This is a girl in the flower season, and she has to endure such a disability.
When she stated her demands again, Yang Ningning did not carry resentment and accusations as before, but slowly talked about the weather, scenery, beautiful bus, and her vision for the future.
"Before that door closes, I look forward to the day when I can find my crush, have another cute baby, take him on this double-decker bus, and sit in the front of the top floor...... and walk with him the way I have walked, and see the scenery and ...... I have seen. But that day, he closed the door, and so did the door of my life....... β
The judge was still able to control his emotions, but the jurors next to him had quietly wiped away tears .......
At this time, Ji Si'an put a large bag on the table in front of the judge, and when it was opened, the judge and the jurors were startled.