The two girls who were chatting looked very young, and they looked like students.

They looked at Zhu Shan, stunned for a few seconds before bursting into laughter.

Then emphasized, "It's Satan, not 'Sadan'!"

Zhu Shan smiled awkwardly and turned around.

Satan?

Devil?

In her mind, she can't help but nod her head and agree with Ling Xiao's face, which is quite an image!

It was the first time for Zhu Shan to come to the Trial Court, and it was bigger than she had imagined.

In the courtroom, the field of vision is dark tones, and the national emblem in front of the high hanging created solemn atmosphere.

Ling Xiao and Li Shang from the right into the Trial Court, straight to the defendant defense lawyer seat.

He put on black trousers, a white shirt over a large black robe, matching the red bow tie worn by the lawyer, and a blue double-ring badge on his chest.

He grabbed his hair, revealing his forehead and wearing a pair of thin-framed glasses.

After they sat down, they began to sort out a series of documents.

A girl's soft voice came from behind. "He's so handsome."

Zhu Shan rolled her eyes and curled her lips.

Pretentious!

Soon the prosecutor entered the courtroom and sat down at the prosecutor's seat.

Prosecutor was a young woman who was wearing a full set of black uniforms. There was a badge on the left side of her head decorated with buttons.

She had a low ponytail, and her facial features were elegant and dignified.

Zhu Shan thought, this must be the two girls in the mouth of Shu Qiwen Prosecutor Shu.

As the presiding judge and the jurors entered, the gavel fell.

"Criminal Trial Division 1, Yuhe Intermediate People's Court is now in trial."

The defendant was brought out, a young male, mid-twenties, good looking, but haggard and loosened.

He was even in a daze.

It was hard to imagine that he was the defendant in this rape case.

After the prosecutor finished reading the indictment, the presiding judge asked the defendant, "Do you have any objection to the indictment?"

The defendant looked up and said in a slightly flustered tone, "I have an objection! I didn't rape Zhuo Yue!"

They had long heard that he would reverse the confession, so they were not surprised at all and directly into the prosecutor's evidence.

Prosecutor Shu first asked to play a phone recording, and then said: "This call is the night of the crime, the victim said to call the police, after the defendant called, in the phone, we can clearly hear that, the defendant said that as long as the victim does not call the police, he can give a satisfactory monetary compensation to the victim." If the defendant didn't break the law, why did he make this call?"

The presiding judge asked, "Do you have any objections to this evidence?"

"I…I..." The defendant hung his head and hesitated to speak.

At this time, Ling Xiao stood up and faced the evidence calmly. "Presiding judge, from beginning to end, the victim hysterically threatened my party to send him to prison."

Ling Xiao looked at the defendant, the mood increased: "My party, a young man who has just graduated from college and has no social experience, and his family is wealthy, heard such threats, was terrified and wanted to use money to stop an unnecessary trouble, although I do not agree with his behavior, but this is really his immature idea at that time, and does not prove that my party was charged with a crime!"

Prosecutor Shu said, "At the first trial, the defendant admitted to sexually assaulting the victim against her will."

Ling Xiao adjusted his glasses and turned around. "Presiding judge, please allow me to show you the evidence."

After getting permission, Ling Xiao raised his hand and a paper report. "My party, Ren Xingyan, came from a wealthy family. He relied on his parents to work hard day and night. Therefore, he lacked parents to accompany him since he was a child. He was timid, not sociable, and even had a psychological illness. This is a diagnosis certificate from the hospital. My party has suffered from mild depression since high school. So in the last trial, in the face of the strong stimulation of the judges, it caused him to be in a very panic and even collapse…"

Prosecutor Shu stood up, "Objection!"

Ling Xiao calmly added, "Presiding judge, my party fainted before he even walked out of the Trial Court, which is enough to show that he was under a lot of psychological pressure and out of control at that time. Therefore, I suggest that this should limit his behavior and ability. He can't be responsible for his own words and deeds."

Speaking of this, Ling Xiao put his hands on the table, looked at Shu Qiwen sincerely, and said gently, "Here, I also ask the public prosecutor not to ask any questions to stimulate my party's mood. He should say that in order to avoid being questioned, my party has to admit that he has not done anything wrong."

After two seconds of silence, the presiding judge asked, "Does the public prosecutor have any objections?"

Prosecutor Shu shook her head to show that she didn't.

Although Prosecutor Shu temporarily Ling Xiao will be an army, but completely not panic, she produced a medical test report, which clearly proves that the victim's body belongs to the defendant's semen.

Ling Xiao stood up calmly and said in a sharp tone, "I have an objection to this! This only proves that my party and the victim did have sex that night, but it can't prove that this sex behavior goes against the will of the woman."

Prosecutor Shu said, "The victim and the defendant are not a couple."

Ling Xiao looked at the judge and said, "Presiding judge, please allow me to ask my party a question."

After getting permission, Ling Xiao turned to look at the defendant and asked, "Mr. Ren Xingyan, what's your relationship with the victim, Miss Zhuo Yue, and why did you have sex that night?"

Ren Xingyan lowered his head and explained in a stiff tone, "I worked overtime that night. After all the employees left, I planned to send her home, but she said she wanted to see the stars and go to the top of the mountain. So I took her, and she said she liked me, and she asked if I wanted to be with her. I thought, we haven't known each other long, and I'm new to the company, so my parents would think I'm not serious about my job..."

Ling Xiao asked, "So, you refused to date her?"

"Yes." Ren Xingyan nodded. "Then she…she suddenly pounced on me and kissed me. She untied my belt…I…I…"

The defendant suddenly became agitated. "She took the initiative! I didn't lie! I really didn't lie!"

The presiding judge said, "The defendant, please calm down!"

"All right, all right." Ling Xiao raised his hand and comforted him in a gentle tone. "Mr. Ren Xingyan, no one said that you were lying. You don't have to be nervous. Take a deep breath and adjust your emotions."

Ren Xingyan nodded and slowly calmed himself down.

Ling Xiao turned to look at the judge and said, "Presiding judge, I want to apply our attendance of witness."

Ling Xiao had three witnesses.

The first witness was an employee of the same company as the victim and the defendant. He said that he had seen the victim buy breakfast for the defendant and the defendant personally send the victim home after work.

The second witness was the ex-boyfriend of the victim. He said that last month, the victim proposed breaking up without warning.

The third witness was Wang Ting, the roommate who rented the house with the victim.

Ling Xiao asked, "Wang Ting, do you know the relationship between the victim and the defendant?"

Wang Ting scratched her head. "Zhuo Yue and I are just regular tenants. We're not that close, but I've seen her being sent home by the defendant a few times."

Ling Xiao asked, "Did they do anything intimate?"

Wang Ting said, "They shook hands and then…kissed."

Prosecutor Shu stood up, "Objection!!!"

Ling Xiao tilted his head and said in a helpless tone, "What do you object to?"

Shu Qiwen said, "The lawyer has the intention to guide the witness that the victim and the defendant are a couple."

"I didn't say they're a couple." Ling Xiao took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Presiding judge, please allow me to continue questioning."

With the permission of the presiding judge, Ling Xiao continued to ask, "Excuse me, has the victim been having any financial problems recently?"

Wang Ting said, "Definitely not."

Ling Xiao asked, "Why are you so sure?"

Wang Ting said, "Because she told me that the joint rent will expire next month. She doesn't intend to rent it with me and wants to live in a big house."

After the witness withdrew from the court, Ling Xiao said, "From the mouth of the above witnesses, the victim and my party are in the stage of ambiguous relationship, and she even did not break up with the ex-boyfriend in the early stage of ambiguous relationship with my party."

Speaking of this, Ling Xiao curled his lips. "Of course, I don't want to criticize the feelings and morality of the victim here. What I want to say is that after the victim had an ambiguous relationship with her ex-boyfriend, she first chose to break up with her ex-boyfriend and then said to she rented roommate that she wanted to live in a big house."

Prosecutor Shu asked, "What does this have to do with the case?"

Ling Xiao took a piece of paper report from Li Shang and held it up. "Presiding judge, these are the victim's online loan records, which prove that she is currently in financial distress and is…very strapped. She needs a lot of money to pay off her debts, but she says she wants to live in a bigger house. She seems to have found a way to pay off her debts. My party graduated from college and worked as a vice president in his own company. It is difficult for me not to suspect that the victim was purposeful…"

"Objection!" Prosecutor Shu stood up and was a little excited. "Counsel for the defence is making baseless speculation!"

The presiding judge said, "Counsel for the defence, pay attention to your words."

"All right." Ling Xiao withdrew his expression. "Then I'll continue to explain the objective facts. The objective facts are that, based on the current financial situation of the victim, it's very reasonable for her to want to confirm her relationship with the defendant. Moreover, it's not strange for young men and women to have sex when they have an ambiguous relationship."

After a round of debate, Prosecutor Shu continued to show evidence.

It was photos of the victim's hands, feet, and many scars on her body.

Prosecutor Shu said, "If the victim did it voluntarily, how could there be these scars? Moreover, the victim is still in a bad mood and is staying in the hospital."

Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows and was not nervous at all in the face of such strong evidence. "These scars can only prove that the victim was injured, but it can't prove that the injuries left because she had sex with my party. Moreover, the public prosecutor should not have found any evidence to prove that these scars were left behind."

Ling Xiao lowered his head and said in a low but audible voice, "If you had any evidence, you would have taken it out long ago."

His tone was really annoying.

Shu Qiwen lowered her head and continued to flip through the documents on the table, but she was no longer as calm as she was at the start of the trial.

Later on, she continued to present evidence, but Ling Xiao rebutted them every time.

The judge said, "According to the witnesses provided by both sides, the Full Court will conduct the deliberation. Now the court will adjourn until a further notice."

As the gavel fell, everyone began to pack up.

Zhu Shan looked at the back of Ling Xiao as he left the court, with her heart beating wildly.

He is even more formidable than when he was a child!

How am I supposed to get along with him tonight?

The conversation between the two young women came from behind her again.

"Only Mr. Ling could turn the table!"

"Awesome! This trip was not in vain. I want to write it in the thesis."

"I admire him so much."

Zhu Shan turned to look at them, but one of the girls suddenly asked, "Wow, you're also a lawyer? I didn't expect that."

Zhu Shan frowned. "Why do you say so?"

"You got a lawyer's badge on your chest. It's rare to see someone wearing a lawyer's badge when not in court. You must be a good lawyer who always remembers the duty of a lawyer."

Zhu Shan looked down at her chest.

Ling Xiao was wearing a coat with a round gold badge on his chest, with the words "ZG lawyer" on it.

Zhu Shan followed the crowd to leave the court and saw that Ling Xiao had already changed into his original grey suit.

He was not wearing a tie, and his collar was slightly open, so you could see his collarbones.

He put down his hair to cover his forehead, and took off his glasses.

Sure enough…you're just putting on an act.

Zhu Shan immediately changed her attitude the moment Ling Xiao looked at her. She trotted over with a smile and gave him a thumbs-up. "Fabulous defend, Ling Xiao!"