Gu Nianzhi's thoughts went astray for a moment, but she quickly became alert.
Now wasn't the time for her to investigate her past. It was Gu Yanran's time to perform, and she couldn't "steal the spotlight."
Gu Nianzhi collected her thoughts and quietly waited for Ye Xuan to finish speaking before nodding at him. "Thank you."
She then summarized what Ye Xuan had just said. "Mr. Ye Xuan just said that the person who chatted with him anonymously should have been someone else, but Gu Yanran pretended to be that person. Is that right?"
Ye Xuan replied, "Yes."
Why did it sound so strange?
Ye Xuan added, "The person who chatted with me anonymously was Miss Gu Nianzhi when she was young. I know you lost your memory due to trauma and can't remember what happened when you were young, but it was indeed you at that time. "
Gu Nianzhi squinted, her bright eyes thoughtful. She turned around and stood in front of Gu Yanran. She suddenly said in a low voice, "Defendant Gu Yanran, why did you pretend to be me and chat with Ye Xuan? Why did you lie about how you were the one who picked Ye Xuan at the orphanage?! "
Gu Yanran was shocked by Gu Nianzhi's question.
She originally thought she could stop Ye Xuan from testifying in court, but she didn't expect to succeed.
How could she accept the things that Ye Xuan had revealed?
Gu Yanran looked at Ye Xuan on the big screen with deep resentment and remained silent with a blank expression.
Gu Nianzhi turned to look at Jin Wanyi, who was standing beside Gu Yanran. "Lawyer Jin, your client isn't speaking. Isn't it your turn to speak?"
Jin Wanyi looked at Gu Yanran hesitantly and whispered in her ear, "Yanran, do you want to answer, or should I? But I don't know anything about your past … "
"Must I answer?" Gu Yanran frowned. "What does this have to do with the estate dispute?"
"It's too important." Jin Wanyi couldn't even ask for a pause. "Gu Nianzhi is trying to prove that you're lying, so …"
"Lie?!" Gu Yanran's fists instinctively clenched, and her arms jumped. "I'm not lying! Why would I need to lie?! "
At that moment, she thought of Gu Xiangwen, who was still lying in the Special Operations Forces base hospital, and immediately calmed down.
She looked up at Gu Nianzhi and said dryly, "Gu Nianzhi, you chatted anonymously with Ye Xuan? Show me the evidence. As for me, I have all the evidence to prove that I was the one who chatted anonymously with Ye Xuan. Also, I was seven when I first met Ye Xuan at the orphanage. "
Her thoughts went back to that day more than a decade ago, when a hurricane mixed with seawater struck the island nation of Barbados.
The island was filled with palm trees that had been blown down by the hurricane, houses that had been flooded by the sea, destroyed roads, and tall lampposts that had been snapped in the middle, blocking the roads.
Her plane was the first one to land after the disaster.
Her mother held her little hand and led her down the high spiral staircase. Looking at the scene of the island being ravaged by the hurricane, she murmured, "Yanran, mother will take you to find someone."
That year, she was seven.
…
Gu Yanran closed her eyes and suppressed her emotions before opening them again to look at Ye Xuan on the big screen. She said dryly, "Ye Xuan, the first time I saw you, I was indeed seven years old. You were only four at the time. You definitely don't remember, but I still remember that day. It was raining heavily, and the wind was so strong that it blew many roofs off. I saw you first among all the orphans, but you ignored everyone at the time and sat in the corner alone, hugging a little bear pillow. "
Ye Xuan froze.
"… Do you still remember Little Sister Ranran who played house with you when you were four?" Gu Yanran's voice softened. "Our relationship is even deeper than what you remember …"
"Little Sister Ranran?!" Ye Xuan lost his composure and stood up. He almost rushed in front of the camera, his breathing heavy and his voice nervous. "You're really Little Sister Ranran?! How do you know Little Sister Ranran?! Why have you never mentioned that you're Little Sister Ranran?! "
The thin and delicate Little Sister Ranran from back then was actually Gu Yanran?!
She really didn't look like a seven-year-old girl at the time!
Gu Yanran smiled miserably. "I thought you already knew …"
Ye Xuan was shocked beyond belief.
What had he done?!
Who was the person he should be grateful to and protect?!
Ye Xuan's bewildered gaze darted between Gu Nianzhi and Gu Yanran. He was confused for a moment, and it felt like a swarm of bees had entered his brain. Not only were they buzzing, but they were also constantly stinging him!
He let out a short cry of pain and collapsed in front of the camera with his hands around his head.
Gu Nianzhi turned to look at the big screen and reminded Ye Xuan. Her voice was calm and clear, and it had a calming power. "Ye Xuan, please calm down. The person who played house with you back then might want your life now. "
Her words made the slightly confused Ye Xuan instantly sober up.
Haha, yes, she was as beautiful as she was back then, and now she was as ugly.
After a beautiful relationship was destroyed, it was best for two people to never see each other again for the rest of their lives.
Gu Yanran was angry as soon as she heard that. "Gu Nianzhi! Don't slander me! This is in court, and I will still sue you for slander if you speak nonsense! When did I want Ye Xuan's life?! "
"Did I say it was you?" Gu Nianzhi snorted. "I don't believe that you were the only one who played house with Ye Xuan back then. Why are you in such a hurry to jump into the picture?"
Jin Wanyi had no choice but to speak up for Gu Yanran. "Just now, my client said that she played house with Ye Xuan when she was young, and the plaintiff immediately said that the person who played house with him back then wants his life now. Such an obvious hint and reference can be understood by anyone with a brain. The plaintiff, please don't deceive yourself. "
Gu Nianzhi was silent.
She didn't expect these two people's combat power to rise again.
Ye Xuan's experience in the United States was indeed very difficult to directly link to Gu Yanran.
Even if they knew deep down that this matter was inextricably linked to Gu Yanran, they couldn't bring this matter to court because they didn't have evidence.
Gu Nianzhi reminded Ye Xuan to wake up his slightly confused thoughts. She didn't want to accuse Gu Yanran of hiring someone to kill him.
From this angle, Gu Yanran's accusation that she was "slandering" was not groundless.
However, because Gu Nianzhi's wording was vague, and she only said "possibly," she didn't insist that Gu Yanran had hired someone to kill him. Therefore, even if they really wanted to sue her, it would be difficult to file a case.
However, the judge still warned Gu Nianzhi fairly, "Plaintiff, please watch your words."
"Ok, Your Honor." Gu Nianzhi nodded and gave in.
Jin Wanyi and Gu Yanran breathed a huge sigh of relief. They looked at each other, and their confidence increased.
Gu Nianzhi didn't give them any more time to breathe and immediately asked the next question, "Defendant Gu Yanran, you just said that you picked Ye Xuan when he was four, but why did Ye Xuan only find out that he was picked after three years? And it was picked by a four-year-old girl? You still haven't explained who that little girl was. "
Gu Yanran opened her mouth, and Gu Nianzhi immediately said, "Please don't continue to insult our intelligence and insist that the four-year-old girl was you. You were already ten at that time, so you couldn't pretend to be a four-year-old girl. "
Gu Yanran glared at her fiercely. "That was another orphan. Yes, it was you, Gu Nianzhi. That time, your father adopted you. And Ye Xuan was picked not because you pointed him out, but because I had my eyes on Ye Xuan for a long time! "
Gu Nianzhi didn't care about the resentment in Gu Yanran's words. She organized the two people's words and slowly sorted out the two clues.
"In other words, Mr. Gu Xiangwen actually went to the orphanage twice. The first time was when defendant Gu Yanran was seven and Ye Xuan was four. According to Gu Yanran, she picked Ye Xuan at that time. Three years later, Gu Xiangwen went to the orphanage again. This time, he adopted Gu Nianzhi … "Gu Nianzhi paused when she said her name. She felt it was a little strange. It was like she was talking about someone she had nothing to do with.
"Only this time, Ye Xuan saw Gu Nianzhi and saw Gu Nianzhi point at him, and then his life was turned upside down. Is that so? "
Ye Xuan was silent for a while before saying, "I remember this time three years later. The time three years ago, I only remember Sister Ranran … I don't remember seeing Uncle Gu."
Ye Xuan felt that he needed to see a psychiatrist when he went back now that he knew the petite "Sister Ranran" was actually Gu Yanran, who was three years older than him.
"At that time, my father was standing outside the window watching us play. It's correct that you don't remember him," Gu Yanran added softly.
Gu Nianzhi smiled, her big, black eyes turning to look at Gu Yanran's face. "The defendant is quite good at adding details."
"I'm telling the truth." Gu Yanran shrugged. "You're biased against me."
"I'm biased against you?" Gu Nianzhi laughed and folded her hands behind her back. "But you just said yourself that you could only eat one meal a day before you turned seven. Did I make that up?"
Gu Yanran's expression changed. "What do you mean?!"
"Gu Yanran, you still haven't explained why you could only eat one meal a day before you turned seven. What's going on?" Gu Nianzhi refused to let go of this loophole. "Let's say you're Mr. Gu Xiangwen's biological daughter and the little princess he doted on. Then may I ask why he only gave you one meal a day before you turned seven?!"
Gu Yanran's mind raced, but she realized that no matter what she said, she couldn't explain it clearly.
She wanted to say that it was a slip of the tongue, but "Sister Ranran" had just come out, so she couldn't deny that she was severely malnourished at that time.
In the end, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and say, "Did I say that my father only gave me one meal a day?!"
"Then who was the one who only gave you one meal a day?!"
"Before I turned seven, I wasn't with my father. I was with my mother!" Gu Yanran's expression turned completely cold.
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