In the name of love

Any legal condition for refusing to testify, if you don't speak up, the court can punish you and your mother, do you understand, witness? "Ai Ting suppressed his voice.

Suddenly there was no sound from the radio.After a while, it sounded like the speaker had left the microphone.There was silence in the courtroom, Ai Ting's face was so blue that it could be used as paint.

"Prosecutor Ai, the witness is only ten years old."

Seeing that Judge Zhang on the bench spoke, looking at Ai Ting's livid pooping face, Yulu felt that she must be holding back a smile, "Maybe you can try to guide the witness to give the answer in a gentler way. Under the circumstances, I believe the defender will have no problem with the appropriate inducement."

Judge Zhang glanced at Ji Lan, and Ji Lan nodded in return.Yulu now knows why the victim's testimony in this case is so weak.Most of the women's and children's teams in the court are women, and most of them are married women. Thanks to a tough guy like Ai Ting, he can wait for Yingyingyanyan's women and children's team leader.

"Witness, continue to answer my questions." Ai Ting had no choice but to lean closer to the microphone again, "...I'm sorry, Uncle was too aggressive just now, Uncle didn't mean it."

Finally, there was sound again on the other end of the radio.

"...um." It was Xiaoxin's voice, "It's okay, I'm not angry."

Yulu watched Ai Ting stroke the blue veins on his forehead with his hands.

"We won't ask your new friend anymore. Now you tell Uncle, do you remember why you came to the youth activity center on July [-]th this year?"

"I don't want to say it because I promised him not to say it."

Xiao Xin suddenly said that the answer turned out to be the previous question.Yulu feels that Ai Ting is about to raise the white flag, children tend to be immersed in their own world, and the order of adults is still very strange to them.

"Who did you promise not to say?" Ai Ting had no choice but to turn around and ask.

Xiao Xin fell silent again, and Ai Ting seemed to have learned his lesson this time, and immediately changed the question, "Your friend told you, what will happen if you tell others?"

"...Mom will be angry." Xiaoxin finally answered this time.Yulu saw Ji Lan straighten up, he could hear Ji Lan's throbbing heartbeat just like his own.

"Mom will be angry? Why will your mother be angry when you make new friends?" Ai Ting asked, his head was obviously running at high speed, "Because his age is very different from yours?"

"No, I can't say..." Xiaoxin still insisted, and Ai Ting continued to ask, "Because he is a girl? Or a boy?" This time Xiaoxin kept silent.

Ai Ting asked again: "Or because he is a bad guy?"

"He's not a bad guy!"

Unexpectedly, this question aroused a big reaction from the child. Yulu heard Xiaoxin almost roaring, and the loudspeaker was buzzed by this roar, echoing in the courtroom.

Ai Ting seemed to be stunned, but as expected of his old experience, he quickly went on to ask:

"He's not a bad guy, so what kind of guy is he?"

But Xiaoxin seemed very angry, and Yulu vaguely heard a soothing voice from the radio.

"He is not a bad guy, you are not allowed to say he is a bad guy, you are not allowed to say he is a bad guy! He is not a bad guy, he is not a bad guy...!"

Xiaoxin began to shout mechanically, and eventually it was almost screaming, and there was a faint sound of kicking something from the broadcaster, it seemed that the child seemed to lose control of his emotions.Several judges in the court stood up straight.

"Social worker, please help stabilize the victim's emotions." The old judge in the middle said calmly.

Yulu thought that Ai Ting must not be able to figure out what touched this little friend. He stood by the testimony platform and raised his forehead hair in annoyance.

"Okay, Uncle knows he's not a bad person." He softened his voice as much as possible, "That's why I asked you, what kind of person is he? Tell Uncle, okay?"

But suddenly there was no sound on the other end of the radio, and despite Ai Ting's questioning, he put down his body and coaxed him nicely, Yulu thought that this father had never been so low-key in his life except for his own daughter, "It's uncle's fault." , can you continue to chat with me? 'But no matter how soft and forceful he is, the other party no longer appreciates it.

The clerk put down the phone call from the isolation room.

"The social worker said the victim would no longer sit in front of the microphone and refuse to speak to the prosecutor."

Seeing that Ai Ting's face turned blue, Yulu looked as if he had been betrayed by his first love and was robbed of the 2000 yuan in the drawer.Just now, he used the attitude of a professional father to teach Ji Lan in court, but when he turned around, he kicked the iron board.

Yulu watched Ji Lan stand up from the defense seat.

"In court, Prosecutor Ai." Ji Lan also saluted first, "Can you let the defense try it first?"

Sanliu in the name of love

"In court, Prosecutor Ai." Ji Lan also saluted first, "Can you let the defense try it first?"

Ai Ting glanced at Ji Lan, Ji Lan's eyes were unusually calm, shining like she had realized something.

"Will the prosecutor continue to cross-examine this witness?" asked the old judge.

Yulu heard Ai Ting sigh rarely.

"Forget it, the prosecution has no objection." Ai Ting walked back to the prosecutor's seat and sat down with his chest in his arms. "I don't have any other questions. Defenders please."

Ji Lan cast a grateful look at Ai Ting, and then walked to the testimony stand.

"Witness, can you see me? I'm lawyer Ji, the one who visited your house once before."

There are screens in the isolation room, which are connected to the cameras in the courtroom, and have the same function as the screens in the witness preparation room.Ji Lan pressed the injured eye with one hand, and sincerely faced the camera.

Probably because the handsome guy really has his unique charm, there was a slight sound from the radio, but Xiaoxin still didn't speak.Yulu thought that there must be something in Ai Ting's words that completely pissed him off. From the fact that he had a falling out with his dependent mother over rope skipping, Yulu knew that this child must be bigger than they imagined. stubborn.

In some ways, this is kind of like him, Yulu thought.He fully understood his sexuality when he was in elementary school. At that time, his mother seemed to be aware of it and tried to talk to him about it, but Yuli refused anyway.

I always feel that if I talk about it, I will be persuaded by adults, as if I compromised something.He didn't like the feeling of being influenced, of being forced to compromise.

Yulu feels that Xiaoxin is the same now, tenaciously and almost desperately insisting on something.

Xiaoxin didn't say a word, and Ji Lan was also silent for a long time, stroking her lips with her fingertips in front of the broadcaster.Just when Yulu thought that even he had nothing to do, Ji Lan suddenly spoke.

"it's not your fault."

He suddenly said, every word and sentence was very clear, "It's not your fault, little friend, you were not punished because you did those things, and you were not punished because you were happy. If there is something wrong, it is our fault as adults. Our adults didn't protect you well, so you don't have to blame yourself at all."

Ji Lan's words caused a commotion in the courtroom, and many people were whispering.Yulu looked at Ai Ting who was facing him for the first time with puzzled eyes, his expression seemed clear and at a loss.Until finally the human voice came out from the broadcaster again.

"Really?"

It was Xiaoxin's voice, so soft it was almost a whisper.But enough to silence the court for an instant.

Yulu watched Judge Zhang straighten up, staring intently at the broadcaster.Ji Lan's tone was gentler than usual, "It's true, you're not wrong at all." There was a nearly whimpering voice from the radio, which grew louder and louder after a long while, and then Xiaoxin's choked up child's voice .

"You... how do you know? Everyone doesn't know, I... I lied to my mother, I did something wrong, I was a bad boy... If I didn't do something wrong..."

Ms. Wu's panicked and confused voice came faintly from the broadcaster.The court was full of uproar, including the judge, everyone embraced Ji Lan's question with "?".The only one who was calm was Ji Lan. Yulu watched him turn to the judge's bench.

"In court, I would like to ask the victim's mother, Ms. Wu, to temporarily withdraw from the isolation room."

The old judge hesitated for a moment, and just as he was about to say something, Judge Zhang on the side spoke up.

"Do you think that with Ms. Wu present, the witness will not be able to speak freely, defender?" Judge Zhang asked seriously.

"Yes, although I can't make a specific statement now, I think it is necessary to let the victim's mother leave temporarily." Ji Lan looked at Judge Zhang with the same serious eyes, "Please allow it in court."

"I understand." Judge Zhang nodded, "It is the defendant's right to separate witnesses from those who are easily influenced by him for cross-examination. The presiding judge should allow it, right?"

Seeing the judge choke, Yulu sighed helplessly for a while.

"Since the appointed judge said so, please ask the witness's mother to leave first, and ask her to return to the witness preparation room first, is that okay?"

Xixisu's voice came from the other end of the radio, obviously the bailiff on the other end was explaining to Ms. Wu.After a while, the voice came out again from the radio, it was the social worker accompanying Xiaoxin:

"This side is ready."

Yulu saw Ji Lan standing there, her uninjured eye was faintly red, and the hand holding the testimony platform was trembling slightly.The child who was kidnapped and molested more than ten years ago, and the child who was sexually assaulted in the toilet more than ten years later, the figures of the two seem to overlap, talking to see the future.

"Mom can't hear what you said now, we can have a good chat."

Ji Lan spoke again gently, "You are not a bad boy. This kind of thing didn't happen because you made a mistake. You are very brave,