Luo Xinxue had rented a safety deposit box from the bank.
The bank didn't care what you stored inside. As long as it didn't violate bank rules, you could store anything you wanted.
You only needed to use the bank's certificate to withdraw it.
As for Gu Nianzhi's claim to pull up the footage of the safety deposit box, that was just to trick her.
The footage could only prove who had taken something, but not what it was.
Director Wang had regretfully shrugged at her and sighed, "… Missing pieces of evidence are often the key pieces of evidence."
Gu Nianzhi wasn't willing to give up. What she needed to do was to find other ways to supplement the two missing pieces of evidence.
"Ok, I'll believe for now that Huo Jialan didn't see this birth certificate when she went to the safety deposit box to withdraw Luo Xinxue's belongings." Gu Nianzhi began analyzing. She displayed Luo Xinxue's will list on the big screen so everyone in the courtroom could see it.
"But this will list was notarized. Everything should have been checked by the notary before being signed and stamped." Gu Nianzhi continued, "That proves that this birth certificate really exists. Let's think about it. Why would Luo Xinxue put a birth certificate in a bank safety deposit box? Why would she list it in her will? "
Gu Nianzhi's eyes were fixed on Huo Jialan as she asked this question. She was just short of saying that the birth certificate had something to do with Huo Jialan.
Huo Jialan didn't say a word and only sneered inwardly.
She wasn't easily intimidated. Besides, she was called to be a witness, not a suspect …
"Lawyer Gu, I don't know what your question has to do with this case." Huo Jialan pouted disdainfully, "What are you trying to prove?"
Gu Nianzhi cocked her head and smiled, "You still don't get it? I'm looking for something that your mother, Luo Xinxue, lost. She was murdered in the heavily guarded Huo family home. This is enough to prove that she couldn't have been killed by a stranger on a whim. This also means that the murderer must have murdered her for some purpose. In order to find that purpose and convict the murderer, I have to find these missing pieces of evidence. "
"Then I'm sorry. Lawyer Gu should really change careers and become a detective. "Huo Jialan mocked Gu Nianzhi," You're obviously still looking for evidence, but you're already suing someone. I don't understand this logic either. "
"Yes, if you understood, you wouldn't have asked these questions that would chill your mother's heart in the underworld." Gu Nianzhi turned to look at the judge. "Your Honor, we can prove that this missing birth certificate is very likely to be closely related to Luo Xinxue's death."
The judge looked at Gu Nianzhi for a while and shook his head reluctantly. "Please prove what you said is significant."
The Bai family breathed a sigh of relief again.
In fact, they hadn't expected this change either.
Huo Jialan was a witness, but she was also suspicious.
Lawyer Jin was very satisfied with this change. He smiled and said to his jury, "… Do you understand? It was a daydream for a rookie to win this lawsuit. Don't hand over such a great victory to us. "
Bai Jinyi, on the other hand, was silent. Her expression was even uglier than before.
Gu Nianzhi expressed her understanding of the judge's question and bowed slightly to all the relevant people in the courtroom. She began to explain the relationship between them. "First of all, have you thought about it? Why would Luo Xinxue put a birth certificate in a bank's safety deposit box? And this birth certificate disappeared after she died? "
There was silence in the courtroom.
"Lawyer Gu, you don't even know whose birth certificate it is. How are you going to convince the judge and all of us that this certificate is relevant to this case?" Lawyer Jin didn't want to be led astray by Gu Nianzhi in court, so he took the initiative to attack her.
Gu Nianzhi was very quick-witted and often thought in a different direction than everyone else because she was very good at thinking in reverse.
Hearing Lawyer Jin's words, she immediately said disapprovingly, "I did this to find out why Luo Xinxue died. Logically speaking, the birth certificate that she put in the bank's safety deposit box must belong to the person closest to her, or even herself. But because this certificate disappeared, I can rule out the possibility that it was Luo Xinxue's own birth certificate. After all, she's already dead, so no matter how complicated her birth was, it has nothing to do with her. It's not worth someone tampering with this birth certificate.
So there's only one possibility. This birth certificate is the birth certificate of a living person. And this living person didn't want anyone to see it, so they 'disappeared' it. " Gu Nianzhi looked directly at Huo Jialan as she said this. It was obvious that the birth certificate had something to do with Huo Jialan.
Huo Jialan's face was livid. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, "… Why are you looking at me? I've never seen this birth certificate! "
"I didn't say it had anything to do with you. I was just making a logical deduction." Gu Nianzhi tapped on the computer, and the big screen changed to another picture. This time, it was three identification photos of Huo Guanyuan, Huo Jialan, and Luo Xinxue.
The moment the three photos appeared, everyone was in an uproar.
The Huo Jialan in the photo did not look like either of her parents.
"Gu Nianzhi, what do you mean?! You're saying I'm not a Huo just because of these photos? "Huo Jialan was furious, but she was also very nervous.
"I didn't say anything." Gu Nianzhi raised her eyebrows, a faint smile already on her face, "Besides, what day and age are we in? How can you determine blood relations based on photos alone? If you need to check blood relations, you can just check DNA. It's not like this is ancient times, where blood tests are riddled with loopholes. "
The judge looked at Gu Nianzhi expressionlessly, "You mean … you want to check your witness, Huo Jialan's DNA?"
"Yes." Gu Nianzhi looked at her laptop and changed to another set of photos, "Your Honor, please allow us to check Huo Jialan's DNA."
Bai Jinyi, sitting in the dock, looked up in shock and stared at Huo Jialan as if she had never seen her before.
The judge considered it for a while, his face expressionless, and did not speak for a long time.
Perhaps the silence in the courtroom was too heavy, and Huo Jialan could not stand it anymore.
Even Huo Shaoheng's lie detector had not been able to pry open her mouth, but Gu Nianzhi had used a "missing" birth certificate to pry open her mouth.
Huo Jialan's pupils contracted, her lips parted, and she finally gave in to Gu Nianzhi, "… Lawyer Gu, you keep bringing up my parents' lost evidence, and I remember something."
"What is it?" Gu Nianzhi asked with interest, "Is it related to your mother Luo Xinxue's death?"
Gu Nianzhi remembered Huo Jialan saying that she was the first to find Luo Xinxue dead in her bed …
So if Huo Jialan was not the murderer, then she must be the one who knew the most about the murderer.
But for some reason, she would cover up for the murderer.
Gu Nianzhi had a hunch that Huo Jialan did not seem to care about how her mother, Luo Xinxue, died. She only wanted to find someone to hate, to take responsibility for her mother's death, as if … that was the only way she could face her mother's spirit in heaven.
This feeling was very unusual, and Gu Nianzhi could not help but speculate that Huo Jialan knew much more about her mother's death than she was letting on.
So Gu Nianzhi's strategy for court debate was to pry open Huo Jialan's mouth.
All the previous actions, searching for the remains, and checking the list, were all for this one purpose.
She was very lucky that her goal had been achieved.
Gu Nianzhi was a little excited, but she hid it well, so no one could tell what she was feeling.
Except for Huo Shaoheng.
He had taken care of her for six years, and she had been by his side from the age of 12 to 18. He was all too familiar with her every move, every smile.
For example, he could see that Gu Nianzhi must be very excited, because whenever she was really excited, the tips of her fair ears would turn slightly red …
Huo Shaoheng's eyes lingered on the tip of Gu Nianzhi's ears for a moment, then calmly looked away.
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