"Of course that's not what I meant. Lawyer Gu, don't overthink it."
Cai Shengnan quickly glanced at the judge. Seeing that the judge was still calm and expressionless, her heart calmed down slightly.
Gu Nianzhi smiled and stopped there. She stopped mocking Cai Shengnan and continued to interrogate Huo Guanchen.
"Mr. Huo Guanchen, you still haven't answered me. Who is your older brother?"
Huo Guanchen said in a low voice, "My older brother, Huo Guanyuan, was also a soldier and a martyr. He died in that experimental accident."
Gu Nianzhi glanced at Luo Jialan. "May I ask what your brother, Huo Guanyuan, has to do with the defendant?"
"He is Luo Jialan's father."
The judge looked up at Luo Jialan.
Luo Jialan's heart missed a beat.
What did Gu Nianzhi mean by dragging her father into this?
Gu Nianzhi ignored her and asked Huo Guanchen directly, "Then why is Luo Jialan's surname Luo and not Huo? Isn't she Huo Guanyuan's daughter? "
Luo Jialan gritted her teeth.
Wasn't he asking the obvious?!
Act! Keep pretending!
Huo Guanchen replied calmly, "Her name used to be Huo Jialan. She's always been my eldest brother's daughter and my niece. After Bai Jinyi's case last year, we found out that she wasn't my brother's biological daughter. This year, she moved her household registration out of the Huo family and changed her surname to her mother's, Luo Xinxue's. "
Gu Nianzhi nodded. "Do you know why?"
Huo Guanchen glared at Gu Nianzhi and had the same thought as Luo Jialan.
Wasn't he asking the obvious?!
However, Gu Nianzhi was the prosecution's lawyer, and Huo Guanchen was the witness. Even if Gu Nianzhi knew about this, she couldn't say it out loud. It had to be said by a witness for it to have legal effect.
Huo Guanchen frowned. After a while, he shook his head and said, "I'm sorry. I don't know why she changed her surname, nor do I know why she moved out of the Huo family's household registration. But she is already of age and has the right to do such a thing. "
He could guess why, but Luo Jialan had never admitted it, and he couldn't tell her his guess as a fact.
Gu Nianzhi looked at him deeply. "Mr. Huo Guanchen, do you really not know?"
Luo Jialan clenched her fists, and her fingernails dug into her palms.
She looked at Huo Guanchen nervously, afraid that he would reveal that she wanted to fake their marriage.
Although it had nothing to do with the case, it was too embarrassing. She didn't want too many people to know about it …
Huo Guanchen didn't look at her, but he didn't mention it either.
Gu Nianzhi saw that Huo Guanchen didn't say anything, but she didn't mind and continued to ask.
"Mr. Huo Guanchen, you said that in that experiment accident, everyone else died, and only Madam Song Jinning survived. I heard that your brother could have escaped, but in order to save Madam Song and Madam Song's father, he gave them hope of survival and left the consequences of death to himself. Is that true?"
Huo Guanchen pursed his lips even more tightly.
Cai Shengnan almost burst out laughing when she heard Gu Nianzhi's question.
What kind of problem was this?
Even Cai Shengnan, who had just arrived in Huaxia not long ago, knew the details of Bai Jinyi's lawsuit. She also knew that Huo Guanyuan had a crush on Song Jinning. This matter was a sore point for Huo Guanchen, and Gu Nianzhi still asked him this question in public. Tsk tsk, she really didn't know how she had won all those lawsuits in the past …
At that moment, Cai Shengnan even thought that Gu Nianzhi had won all those lawsuits because He Zhichu had helped her behind the scenes, right?
This time, He Zhichu had let it go, and Gu Nianzhi had revealed her true colors.
Cai Shengnan tilted her head and looked at Gu Nianzhi. Her eyes were like searchlights, and she wished she could see through Gu Nianzhi's appearance and see through her heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.
Gu Nianzhi saw that Huo Guanchen didn't speak, so she said gently, "This matter is very important. It's so important that we are seeking justice for Madam Song Jinning."
"She has been severely mentally abused for ten years, and the goal was to kill her right under your nose. Such a blatant provocation and blatant malice. Don't you want to seek justice for her? "
Huo Guanchen couldn't refuse this request.
So even though that matter was a thorn in his heart, he still spoke.
"When the experiment accident happened, there was surveillance video that proved that my older brother pushed Song Jinning and her father, Song Haichuan, out of the experimental building." Huo Guanchen told the truth, "Then my older brother continued to go back to save people. Academician Song Haichuan also ignored the danger and returned to the experimental building, but was killed by the explosion at the entrance of the building."
"Song Jinning was pushed even further. She fell to the ground and was quickly knocked out by the huge explosion that followed. It was later confirmed that the explosion still affected her brain and caused physical damage. After she woke up from her coma, she began to lose her memory. Every day, she would forget what happened the day before, and every day, she only remembered that she was 18 years old. "
"That's why Huo Guanyuan sacrificed himself to save Song Jinning and Academician Song Haichuan. You just have to answer yes or no. "
Gu Nianzhi's expression was very serious.
Huo Guanchen choked on her words and replied resentfully, "… Yes."
This was irrefutable.
At that time, there were many security measures around the experimental building. Not only were there security personnel and armed soldiers on duty, but there were also cameras everywhere, which recorded the situation at that time.
A few cameras located far away were "spared" and captured the scene of Huo Guanyuan pushing Song Jinning and Song Haichuan out at the entrance of the experimental building. Behind them was black smoke, flames, and mushroom clouds …
"May I ask who knows about Huo Guanyuan's sacrifice?" Gu Nianzhi continued to ask.
"Very few people know."
Gu Nianzhi thought about it. "Specifically, does anyone know? For example, Bai Jinyi? For example, your father, Huo Xuenong? "
Huo Guanchen looked down. "These two people know."
Gu Nianzhi looked down at her information and concluded, "In Bai Jinyi's case, Luo Jialan also admitted that she had always known that her father wasn't missing at all. You were all lying to her and her mother. She said that her father died trying to protect that 'bitch'. Not even his bones were left. "
Gu Nianzhi emphasized the word "b * tch".
"From Luo Jialan's reaction in Bai Jinyi's case, she hated Song Jinning deeply and hated her for causing her to lose her father. This was the first fuse that Luo Jialan intended to kill Song Jinning. "
When Cai Shengnan heard this, she couldn't take it anymore. She stood up and said, "Objection. The prosecution lawyer is making senseless accusations. Huo Guanyuan died to save Song Jinning, but that doesn't constitute a reason for my client to kill Song Jinning. "
Gu Nianzhi laughed. "Lawyer Cai, don't be in a hurry to object. I said that this was the first fuse. I didn't say that this was the direct reason for Luo Jialan's killing intent."
Of course, it wasn't easy to kill someone.
However, a great deal of killing intent was formed from the accumulation of daily dissatisfaction.
The judge was silent for a moment, then said, "Objection overruled. The prosecution lawyer continues. But, prosecution lawyer, please watch your pace. Don't talk too much about unrelated things. "
Gu Nianzhi smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Honor. I will soon prove that this matter is related to murder. "
The judge raised his hand and gestured for her to speak.
Gu Nianzhi pulled up the information on her laptop and connected it to the audio-visual equipment for the court.
The large projection screen on the wall on one side of the courtroom slowly descended.
Gu Nianzhi put up the powerpoint she had made.
This was her summary of Bai Jinyi's case.
"Everyone, please take a look. This is the transcript and result of the trial where the Imperial Capital Procuratorate accused Bai Jinyi of intentional homicide last year."
"In that lawsuit, there was evidence that Luo Jialan wasn't Huo Guanyuan's biological daughter, and that she didn't help her dying mother."
Gu Nianzhi paused and stared at Luo Jialan. "Why would Luo Jialan, who claimed to love her mother very much and didn't hesitate to torture another innocent person in order to avenge her mother, leave her dying mother in the lurch?"
"In other words, what exactly happened at that time that made Luo Jialan not even help her dying mother?"
Gu Nianzhi slowly looked at Luo Jialan with a faint smile on her lips. She looked very infuriating.
Luo Jialan trembled so much that her teeth ached. She couldn't restrain herself.
If she hadn't been in the dock and being stared at by the bailiff, she would have pounced on Gu Nianzhi and beaten her up!
The smile on her face was really asking for a beating!
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This was the second update of the day: Chapter 1355, "Really Asking for a Beating".
There was a third update at 9 pm, and an additional update of 5,400 for the monthly ticket.
PS: There were minor changes to the details of the previous chapters 1353 and 1354.
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