In the name of love

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Yu Lv nodded as if understanding. In fact, the verdict is usually just ceremonial, and the official verdict will be uploaded on the Internet after a while, and anyone can easily check it.

Huaiyu's cell phone rang again, but this time Yulu saw him glance at the screen and reached out to press him off.He couldn't help asking: "What's the matter?" Huai Yu shrugged.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm getting married early next year, and my mother called to urge me about the wedding dress."

Yulu was taken aback, "Married?!"

Huai Yu glanced at him, with a calm expression on his face, "Well, actually, my mother has planned this for a long time. I'm going to be 35 this year, so I can't just keep being a dude like this. My mother is not in good health. I have been undergoing chemotherapy since I was a child, I knew about it a long time ago, but I am self-willed since I was a child, and this kind of thing will become natural."

"But Ye Chang...uh, I mean, I thought you couldn't accept women..."

"Ah Chang has his family, Xiao Ge, and his children. No matter from which angle I look at it, it is impossible for me to intervene in his future life."

Huaiyu said calmly, "As long as he needs help, I am willing to lend a helping hand at any time, but this is different from my marriage, this is my life. Me and Ah Chang, since he decided to leave me eight years ago , it is destined to be a parallel line.”

As he spoke, a smile suddenly escaped from the corner of his lips. "Speaking so openly, I'm still hesitant until now. I thought maybe the result of this judgment can be sorted out for me, so I'm sitting here. You know, uncle, it's like a period. "His eye sockets were slightly red.

Yulu looked at Huaiyu's silhouette, but he didn't expect that someone had the same thoughts as him.Falling in love with a man with a family, and finally choosing to return him to his family, Yuli found that people's fates are surprisingly similar in unexpected places.

So he can also be like Huai Yu, and after eight years, he will be enlightened. He will find a woman who can spend the rest of his life with him, write their names on the wedding post, and then bring it to that young man and smile openly. He said: 'Ji Lan, welcome to our wedding'?

The courtroom was extremely quiet, as if some grand papal succession ceremony was about to be welcomed, Yulu looked around the auditorium, and found that almost no one was talking, and even the bailiffs seemed particularly quiet.

Yulu also saw Li Fu in the auditorium, followed by his Vietnamese wife. The two of them held hands nervously, staring at the empty judge's bench, as if there would be a divine light coming there later.

Mrs. Ye never showed up.Yulu understands her feelings. Most of the parties are unwilling to go to the court to hear the verdict, which is the same as he dare not look at the list during the national examination.

The sound of a wheelchair came from outside the courtroom. Yulu saw Ms. Wu coming in from the door in a low-key manner, and was arranged to sit in another corner of the courtroom by the bailiff.Her eyes did not meet Yulu's. Yulu saw that she was not nervous as she expected, but instead felt a peaceful sense of fatigue, as if no matter what the verdict was, it didn't matter to her.Yulu felt that what she needed was a good night's sleep.

Ai Ting also came in through the back door without anyone noticing, and sat in a corner of the prosecutor's seat.Wearing a serious suit, he nodded to Ms. Wu, sank into the seat like an old monk in meditation, and didn't even raise his head.

Yulu looked around the court, Huai Yu, Ms. Wu, Ai Ting, Li Fu, and Mrs. Ye, Ye Zhi, Ye Ji, Ai Cao, Xiao Xin, Lu Xing and Ye Chang who were not here, this case was tied With the fate of so many people, Yulu remembered that he once asked why Ji Lan wanted to become a lawyer.

He remembered that Ji Lan answered him at the time: "Sometimes it is very interesting to stand in court and look at all kinds of people. A court session may only last less than an hour, but you can see the lives of many people in it." . '

'It's because of this...that I find the courtroom very charming, so I chose to become a lawyer! '

Now looking at those faces and thinking about the past six months, Yulu suddenly felt that he could understand a thing or two.

Although after today, he and these people may never see each other again.But Yulu knows that this case and these people will definitely leave something in his life, until his whole life.

Someone patted him on the shoulder, Yulu turned his head and saw the calm figure as usual.

"senior."

Ji Lan stood behind him, the mirror on his face was backlit, blocking the young man's sight.Yulu didn't know how long he stood there, but maybe because he was too nervous, Yulu didn't pay attention.

"Ji Lan..."

"Jize originally wanted to accompany me in, but I refused. I asked him to wait near the court."

Ji Lan said again, and it was only then that Yulu found out that the two brothers came together.He also understood the reason why Ji Lan mentioned this matter at this time, "After hearing the verdict, I will go abroad with him. Ji Ze will take over Ji's company next spring. We have a big case to deal with, about Take a month or two."

He kept his voice steady and said, "If there is anything going on in the follow-up of this case, I will trouble Senior."

Yulu let out a "hmm", faintly hearing Ji Lan's meaning of saying goodbye.From this point of view, no matter whether the verdict is good or bad, he and Ji Lan are destined to walk on two different paths from now on, and they will never reunite together.

That's good too, Yulu thought.clean.

The door behind the judge's seat opened, and several figures in legal robes came out slowly.

Yulu heard the sound of deep breathing coming and going in the courtroom, and the three judges sat down in order as they did during the trial, and straightened their bodies on the chairs.In the middle is the old judge. Yulu feels that he seems to have aged ten years within half a month, although there is probably no difference between the age of 60 and 70 for a man.

He saw Judge Zhang sitting on the right. Her expression was extremely serious, and Yulu felt that she was somewhat nervous.

Judge Zhang's status in the collegial panel is "appointed judge". The so-called appointed judge is actually the person who actually writes the judgment, although the judgment of the collegiate case needs to be approved by three judges before it can become a formal judgment.

But a judgment, like an article, more or less reveals personal thoughts and values, which is unavoidable, so the judge who writes it is still the person who has the most profound influence on the judgment.

The presiding judge struck the gavel and coughed twice.

"Defendant Ye Chang's forced sexual intercourse case, today is the sentencing date."

The old judge glanced around the courtroom, and Yulu couldn't help swallowing.Ji Lan didn't sit down all this time, she grabbed the chair handle behind him, and all eyes were on the judge's bench.

"I was supposed to read out the judgment, but the appointed judge said that she wanted to say something to the parties in this case anyway. She was the judge who wrote the judgment in this case. Her judgment also caused great controversy in the collegial panel. So I think, today's sentencing should be handed over to Judge Zhang."

He nodded to the right head, "You can start now, Judge Zhang."

Seeing that Judge Zhang sat up straight, Yulu put her elbows on the judge's bench and spoke in her usual soft and bright voice.

"Thank you, presiding judge. Thank you, everyone, for coming to the court to hear the verdict in such a storm."

Yulu saw that her eyes turned to the court, looked at Ji Lan standing behind him, and then turned her head to look at Ai Ting, who was sitting with her chest crossed, as if she was resting with her eyes closed.She pressed her hand on a stack of papers on the table, looking full of emotion.

"During the trial, based on the position of the judge, we can't say much to you, although the prosecution and defense in this case are the best defenders and prosecutors I have seen in the 12 years in this seat."

She nodded to Ji Lan, and Ji Lan returned the salute solemnly.

"But I think there are some things about this case that should not be conveyed to the parties, the prosecution and the defense, or even to the society as a judge. Otherwise, this judgment is meaningless and just a form on paper. That's all."

"I have stood here many times in the past to read out the verdict, but this is the first time I hold the verdict written by myself, but I am still hesitant in my heart. Although the verdict cannot be changed, in my heart, until The moment before I stand in this position, I still cannot be sure that the judgment I made is correct."

Judge Zhang smiled faintly.

"As a judge, it seems ridiculous to say such a thing. We should have confidence in the decisions we make. This is what most people think of us judges. Just like prosecutors prosecute the defendant, they are based on [-]% confidence in the defendant's guilt. , we need the same conviction of steel to convict a person."

"But no one seems to have thought that such steel-like certainty is actually impossible to achieve."

"No matter how beautiful the words are, the presumption of innocence, the slightest doubt, and beyond reasonable doubt, what can't be done is impossible. At least in my 12 years of judge career, I have never given a sentence. I can Look at it firmly and say, it is the final and unshakable result of my heart."

Yulu saw that the presiding judge glanced at Judge Zhang, and seemed to be quite critical of her statement, but in the end he still didn't say anything.Judge Zhang's five palms were still covering the thick stack of verdicts, and he continued to speak eloquently.

"As for this judgment, I will do as usual. If you ask me, whether the defendant Ye Chang committed the crime of sexual assault in this case. I ask myself, and I can only tell you one thing: I am not sure."

Yulu saw Ji Lan slightly opened his lips, and Judge Zhang looked at him tacitly and smiled.

"And at times like this defenders always say: Anyone who