Huo Jialan's testimony stated that she had seen Bai Jinyi leave in a hurry before she arrived at Luo Xinxue's room.
After entering the room, she saw that it was a mess, and Luo Xinxue was lying on the floor, unconscious.
She thought Luo Xinxue had fallen asleep, so she carried her to bed and tidied up the room before leaving.
However, the video showed that Huo Jialan did not have the opportunity to see Bai Jinyi leave.
If Bai Jinyi had never been to Luo Xinxue's room, then she could have just lied.
But the strange thing was, Bai Jinyi had indeed come, and had left Luo Xinxue's room just before Huo Jialan arrived. It had been less than five minutes.
That was interesting.
"Huo Jialan, what are you hiding? What did your mother say to you before she died?! "Gu Nianzhi asked again and again. Huo Jialan almost couldn't take it anymore.
Her eyes wandered around the courtroom, and finally landed on Huo Shaoheng's solemn face.
She looked at him, and finally made up her mind. She closed her eyes and said to Gu Nianzhi, "Yes, I lied, but I didn't kill anyone! I didn't kill my mother! "
"You can tell the truth, and I'll plead for leniency with the judge." Gu Nianzhi leaned forward slightly with both hands on the wooden railing in front of the witness stand.
Her gaze was calm, and her expression was solemn, but it didn't make people feel pressured. Instead, they felt that she was trustworthy.
"She killed her mother!" Jin Dazhuang seized the opportunity to divert everyone's attention.
One of the most important strategies in prosecuting a murder suspect was to find a new suspect.
This was usually done by the defense lawyer, and Jin Dazhuang had not expected Gu Nianzhi, the plaintiff's lawyer, to help them complete this difficult task.
Gu Nianzhi looked over with her watery eyes, but Jin Dazhuang only spread his hands at her and shrugged as though he had an unfair advantage over her.
Gu Nianzhi smiled faintly, they were celebrating too early.
"Huo Jialan, look, what happened to you when you didn't tell the truth?" Gu Nianzhi was very tall, about the same height as the tall and curvy Huo Jialan, but she was much thinner than Huo Jialan. Standing in front of her, she looked fragile.
But when she leaned forward and whispered in Huo Jialan's ear, Huo Jialan trembled. It was as though the fragile person was Huo Jialan, not Gu Nianzhi, who was thinner than her by a size.
Zhao Liangze and Yin Shixiong watched as Gu Nianzhi handled herself in court. Although it was her first time appearing in court and she didn't even have a lawyer's license, she had the Bai family's elite lawyers in her hands.
This is what you call a genius …
They thought in their hearts.
Only Huo Shaoheng didn't look surprised at all. He just sat there calmly.
Reminded by Gu Nianzhi, Huo Jialan finally opened her mouth and told her the truth about what happened that night.
"… Yes, I came to my mother's room, but I didn't see anyone go out. My mother wasn't unconscious either. She leaned against the bed and said to me weakly, "Jialan, Bai Jinyi stole your father's phone. You have to get it back! We owe a great debt of gratitude to your father. We must repay him! You have to tell your second uncle! Get the phone back … your father … your father … "
Huo Jialan recalled the situation expressionlessly. "I was shocked when I heard that, and quickly asked her, 'What on earth happened? Mom, what are you talking about? "
"My mother was probably under the effects of the sleeping pills, but she had been taking sleeping pills for years, so she had developed a certain resistance to them. She tried to hold herself together and told me that I … I wasn't my father's daughter … I couldn't take it anymore. I started screaming at her, and in the end, I pushed her away and ran back to my room."
I was upset all night. The next morning, I went to my mother's room to apologize to her, only to find that she was already dead … "
Huo Jialan finished her story and started sobbing again.
Gu Nianzhi nodded.
That was a reasonable explanation.
At most, Huo Jialan had turned a blind eye to someone dying. She wasn't a murderer.
She had even revealed her past, so Gu Nianzhi didn't continue to make things difficult for her.
"Bai Jinyi, Luo Xinxue kept calling you a few days before she passed away. What was it about? Was it because she found out you had a crush on her husband, but became his brother's girlfriend, so she despised you? Did she keep calling you to scold you? "Gu Nianzhi asked deliberately to provoke Bai Jinyi.
Bai Jinyi couldn't take it anymore the moment she heard it had something to do with Huo Guanyuan.
She ignored Lawyer Jin's order to keep her from speaking and sneered. "Gu Nianzhi, are you that narrow-minded? Do you only see jealousy in your eyes? You'd kill for a man? "
"Oh? Is there a higher pursuit in Physicist Bai's eyes that's worth killing? "
"Of course. I'm not as narrow-minded as you women. " Bai Jinyi snorted. She was so focused on arguing with Gu Nianzhi that she didn't realize what she had said.
Lawyer Jin broke out in a cold sweat. He glared at Bai Jinyi, then stood up and said to the judge, "Objection! The opposing defense lawyer is trying to induce a confession from my client! "
"Lawyer Jin, you can't accuse me of inducing a confession every time your client speaks her mind. I'm not a psychiatrist, I can't control her mind. "Gu Nianzhi chuckled." Why can't you face reality? Your client is a murderer who doesn't hesitate to kill for the sake of stealing data! "
"What data? Lawyer Gu, if you keep slandering and framing me like this, I can report your unprofessional behavior to the Bar Association! " Lawyer Jin had been a lawyer for so many years, his connections and status were not something a fresh graduate like Gu Nianzhi could compare to. One word from him, and Gu Nianzhi would never be able to get a lawyer's license.
"Lawyer Jin, if you keep threatening a newcomer like me with my career, I can also report you to the Bar Association for abusing your power for personal gain!" Gu Nianzhi puffed out her chest, her eyes sparkling. Her aura suddenly grew stronger.
"Lawyers on both sides, please remain calm and return to the case." The judge couldn't stand it anymore and banged his gavel to warn both Lawyer Jin and Gu Nianzhi. However, he was even more displeased with Lawyer Jin. "Lawyer Jin, please watch your words. Use the language of the law and logic to defend your client."
Gu Nianzhi turned around and suppressed the anger in her heart. She raised Huo Guanyuan's personal phone. "Everyone, please take a look. This is Senior Colonel Huo Guanyuan's personal phone. This phone model was old. Looking at the model, it was probably more than 20 years old. After so long, Director Bai of the Institute of High Energy Physics still coveted this phone to the point where she was willing to kill to steal it. Have you all thought about why? Could it really be because of the powerful battery in this phone? "
Bai Jinyi's heart was in her throat, her hands trembling uncontrollably …
What did Gu Nianzhi mean? Did she know something? How did she know? Or … did the military … already know?
Bai Jinyi looked at Huo Shaoheng and thought to herself, although Gu Nianzhi was smart, she had no foundation.
The person behind her was Huo Shaoheng, and Gu Nianzhi herself was just Huo Shaoheng's puppet.
Bai Jinyi felt that she could see more clearly than anyone else.
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This was the first watch. Remind me about the monthly votes and recommendation votes!
The second watch will be at 1 PM.
PS: Thank you, I am Master Roshi, for the Heshibi yesterday. Muah!
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