Huo Jialan paled at Gu Nianzhi's words. She nodded slowly, her voice growing weaker, "… The night my mother passed away, my … my mother suddenly called me on the internal line and asked me to go downstairs to see her."
"And then?"
"It was already late at night and I was already asleep. I was woken up by her call, but her voice sounded very weak, so I quickly went downstairs to see her."
"Wait, you said it was late at night?" Gu Nianzhi confirmed again, "You said you found your mother dead in bed early in the morning? Did you go to your mother's room before that? "
Huo Jialan pursed her lips in pain and closed her eyes, her voice choked, "Yes, I went to my mother's room the night before."
Bai Jinyi's heart pounded violently, blood coursing through her veins, even her eardrums were pounding.
She never imagined that Luo Xinxue would have the energy to call her daughter that night!
She had been playing dead before that!
Gu Nianzhi asked Huo Jialan as she observed Bai Jinyi from the corner of her eye.
Bai Jinyi's change in expression did not escape Gu Nianzhi's eyes.
She nodded inwardly, knowing that she was on the right track.
There was almost no direct evidence in the case from ten years ago, so they could only look for possible witnesses.
Huo Jialan was the first person to discover Luo Xinxue's death, so she was either the murderer or the one who knew the most.
Gu Nianzhi had called Huo Jialan as a witness, killing two birds with one stone.
She asked calmly, "Then tell me what you saw the night before."
Huo Jialan pursed her lips and looked at Bai Jinyi sitting at the defendant's stand, she said slowly, "That night, my mother called me on the internal line and asked me to go to her room. When I got there, I saw my mother lying on the floor … "
Her tears finally flowed.
Although it had been ten years since the incident, her heart was constantly tormented.
"Lying on the floor? Why was she lying on the floor? Did you see anyone else in the room? "Gu Nianzhi pressed on.
"… There was no one else in the room. I don't know why she was lying on the floor. When I went down, she was already unconscious. The telephone receiver is hanging from the bedside table, the room is turned upside down, and there are letters scattered on the floor. " Huo Jialan wiped her tears. "I helped my mother up and put her on the bed. She looked like she was asleep. I pushed her, and she opened her eyes to look at me, then went back to sleep. "
"Your mother called you on the internal line and asked you to go to her room, but she didn't say anything?" Gu Nianzhi asked suspiciously. It didn't make sense.
"Yes, perhaps she was speechless then. If I'd known that my mother had died the next morning, I would have woken her up that night and asked her what she had to say … "Huo Jialan buried her face in her hands and sobbed." I really didn't know that night was the last time I would see my mother. "
Gu Nianzhi waited quietly for Huo Jialan to stop crying before asking, "So you're saying that your mother's room was broken into the night before she died?"
Huo Jialan nodded. "Yes, someone must have broken into my mother's room. I originally thought it was just my mother who saw the love letters and smashed the room in a fit of rage. Now that you're saying that my mother didn't commit suicide, I remember what happened that night. My mother probably didn't do it herself. "
"That's strange." Gu Nianzhi spread her hands. "With the Huo family's status and security, how could it have been broken into? Huo Jialan, think again, what was the situation at the time? "
Huo Jialan's eyes flickered with uncertainty. After a while, she finally said slowly, "… With the Huo family's status and security, there's no way an outsider could have gotten in. But what if the thief was a member of the Huo family, or someone familiar to the Huo family? "
Gu Nianzhi was waiting for Huo Jialan to say this.
She had thought about this question carefully when researching the case.
To find clues of Bai Jinyi's crime, Huo Jialan had to testify against her.
Huo Jialan was the only lead in the case.
But it wasn't easy to get her to talk. Huo Shaoheng even used a lie detector, but the results were minimal.
Gu Nianzhi, with the help of the evidence expert, Director Wang, had located a birth certificate among Luo Xinxue's belongings.
From this birth certificate, Huo Jialan had no choice but to expose Bai Jinyi in order to clear her name.
Gu Nianzhi followed up on Huo Jialan's words. "From what you're saying, you seem to know something about this person? Do you know who it is? "
Huo Jialan hesitated.
Lawyer Jin immediately shouted, "Objection! The plaintiff's lawyer is deliberately inducing a confession! "
"Objection sustained." The judge banged his gavel. "The plaintiff's lawyer is not allowed to induce a confession."
Gu Nianzhi immediately changed her tune. "Huo Jialan, there's no such thief. You made everything up! The real culprit who killed your mother is actually you! "
"It wasn't me!" Huo Jialan screamed in panic. She pointed at Bai Jinyi in the dock. "It was her! It was her! I saw her just leaving my mother's room when I went downstairs to look for her! "
There was a deathly silence in the courtroom. Then there was a splash, like a drop of water falling into a pan of boiling oil. Sparks flew everywhere.
"She really saw it?!"
"How is that possible?!"
The 15 lawyers from the Bai family looked at each other in dismay. They questioned each other, afraid that they had heard wrong.
Bai Jinyi's entire body was trembling. Her face was ashen, but she quickly sat up straight and closed her eyes. She sneered. "Lies and slander! Huo Jialan, you're making up a ridiculous story to get yourself off the hook. Don't you know that giving false testimony in court is a felony?! "
"Is that so?" Gu Nianzhi walked over to Bai Jinyi's dock. She clasped her hands behind her back and looked her up and down carefully. "But Huo Jialan's words are very logical, and fit the situation perfectly. Bai Jinyi, do you want to explain what you did in Luo Xinxue's room that night ten years ago? She was almost unconscious at the time. Did you feed her sleeping pills? Bai Jinyi, don't forget, you're a psychiatrist too. You can prescribe sleeping pills too, right? "
Bai Jinyi refused to open her eyes to look at Gu Nianzhi. Her voice was calm and sharp. "So I went to Luo Xinxue's room just because she said I did? Would you believe me if I said she killed her mother? Besides, I'm a psychiatrist. Of course I can prescribe sleeping pills. Are you saying that every psychiatrist who prescribes sleeping pills is a murder suspect? "
"Of course not every psychiatrist who prescribes sleeping pills is a murder suspect." Gu Nianzhi wagged a finger at Bai Jinyi. "But you were the only psychiatrist who was related to Luo Xinxue and had free access to the Huo family. Physicist Bai? Or should I call you Psychiatrist Bai? "
Bai Jinyi wanted to retort, but Lawyer Jin had already pressed her hand down and shook his head at her. He stood up and said to the judge, "Your Honor, in light of the new testimony from the plaintiff, we request a certain amount of time to investigate this new witness."
The judge nodded. "Agreed. Court resumes in three days. "
The gavel fell, and the second round of the trial was over.
Bai Jinyi was taken back to the detention center by the bailiff. Her situation was special, and bail was not allowed for the time being.
Huo Jialan was emotionally unstable and also suspected. Huo Shaoheng's men escorted her back to the Huo family home. Of course, she was also heavily guarded. It was even tighter than the detention center.
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This was the first watch. Just a reminder for monthly votes and recommendation votes!
It was two o 'clock in the afternoon.
PS: Thank you "Guanghan Palace Master A" for the gift from the President yesterday.
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