In the name of love

His appearance has improved a lot, and his complexion has also turned rosy. Yulu couldn't help but think that it was due to Sam.

"Hello, witness, who is your identity?" the female judge on the right confirmed.

"My surname is Wu, and I am my son...I am the victim's mother."

"Well, according to the provisions of the Victim Protection Law, victims of sexual assault and their relatives do not need to disclose their full names in court. Now, please look at the declaration in front of you and declare to testify, okay?"

Ms. Wu looked down at the document in front of her, and read in a low voice, "I swear: today... I will testify in court today about Ye Chang's case of forced sexual intercourse. No pretense, if I violate the above oath, I am willing to accept the penalty of perjury, just by... this oath."

"Thank you, Ms. Wu."

The female judge nodded slightly: "Then Prosecutor Ai, you can start questioning your witnesses."

Ai Ting strode out of the prosecutor's seat.Yulu noticed that Ji Lan on the defense stand straightened her back, and the striker battle began.

***

"Ms. Wu, let me ask you some personal questions first, why are you in a wheelchair?"

Ai Ting walked up to the witness and asked in a low and pitiful tone.

"I...eight years ago, I was in a car accident. At that time, my husband had just died of nasopharyngeal cancer. I had to drive my son to a hospital fifteen kilometers away for a regular checkup. The fog was very thick that day, and I I didn’t pay attention for a while, and ran into a big truck that violated the red light, and the roof caught my leg. Although I was rescued smoothly, the doctor said that my nerves could not recover.”

Ms. Wu answered more fluently than Yulu imagined.He thought that Ai Ting must have rehearsed it. With his shrewdness, it is impossible for the witness's eloquence to affect his evidence.

"What a sad story, Ms. Wu, we all know how difficult it is for single parents."

Ai Ting sighed empathetically.

"After becoming a wheelchair user, what activities have you done?" He continued to ask.

"I... I was very depressed for a while, and felt that my life was over. My husband was gone, and I was incomplete, and I even had the idea of ​​suicide."

Witnesses spoke out.

"But then... I joined a women's Rotary Club and participated in many of their activities, and later planned activities myself. These activities included cooking classes for mothers, parenting classes, and more specialized classes such as calligraphy, art, and music. , which rekindled the candlelight in my life."

"In addition, my son is growing up day by day. He is a well-behaved and obedient child, and he is very considerate of me. Having him in my life makes me feel that everything has hope. My disability can no longer make me Tears, I hope my children can see my smile every day, for this reason I have to live stronger than him."

Although it was obviously a well-rehearsed line, Yulu saw that Ms. Wu looked excited when she said these words, and her eyes were slightly red, showing her true feelings.

He moved his crippled leg calmly, telling himself that it was a hostile witness, don't be led by the nose.

"It's really an admirable life. So Ms. Wu, the reason why you came to the Youth Activity Center on July [-]th this year is also to participate in the activities of the Rotary Club you mentioned?"

Ai Ting continued to ask, Ms. Wu nodded, and tightened her hand holding the skirt cloth.

"Yes...it was an art classroom that day, and I had to be there as a planner, but that class was from noon to afternoon, and my son's class was only in the morning, so I had to take him to the classroom as a last resort. And that day was the first In one class, there are many detailed procedures to go through, and I was in a hurry, so I forgot to take care of him and let him go to the atrium on the second floor to play rope skipping."

"I'm afraid it's hard for a child at that age to stay by his mother's side obediently?" Ai Ting asked.

"Yes, he... that kid is very lively and likes to run around." Ms. Wu nodded, her eyes turned red again.

"What happened after your son came to play in the atrium?"

Ms. Wu suddenly grasped the skirt cloth tightly.

"After we had a class in the art classroom for a while... the sky suddenly began to rain heavily, which is the afternoon thunderstorm that often occurs in summer. At that time, it rained heavily and thundered again. I wanted to call my son back. In the end, I held on Umbrella went to the atrium to see, my son...my son has disappeared."

Ms. Wu bit her lip, as if recalling the situation at that time, Yulu saw that her upper body was trembling slightly.

"Then where did your son go?"

"I... I thought he had gone to another place to play, or to hide from the rain, but I didn't pay much attention to it at first. Because I was in a wheelchair, I was a little inconvenient, so I entrusted a security guard from the activity center. Some activities, so I am familiar with the guard there, I asked him to help me find it nearby."

"What's the name of that guard?" Ai Ting asked.

"I... I don't know his name, I just know he is a guard." Ms. Wu said.

"The guard went to find your son for you, what happened?"

"I pushed the wheelchair back to the classroom and chatted with the ladies for a while. I think it took about three, four, 10 minutes! Suddenly a guard ran over in a hurry, shouting loudly while running. I remember him Said: No, lady! Your son passed out in the toilet, covered in blood!"

"How do you react when you hear such news?"

"Of course I was in such a hurry, my mind was dizzy for a while, and my eyes were blank. I didn't care that it was still raining heavily, so I slid my wheelchair and rushed to the toilet on the second floor."

"As soon as I went in, I could smell the strong smell of smoke, and I saw my son lying in a big pool of blood, his trousers... his trousers were taken off and thrown aside, his upper body clothes were still there, and all around him were Scattered toilet paper, I called his name loudly, but his face was pale... No matter what I called him, he didn't respond..."

Ms. Wu began to sob, and covered her cheeks with the toilet paper handed over by the bailiff.Yulu saw the sound of sympathy in the auditorium, and the eyes of several women followed suit.

"Such a distressing thing has happened, and you must be wondering why?"

"Yes, it is."

Ms. Wu took a few deep breaths, closed her eyes slightly, adjusted her mood and continued:

"Several friends from the Rotary Club came up with me. We were all surprised. One of the friends called an ambulance for me, and the guard called the police for me. After the police came and looked at it, they said it was probably suffered When it came to the sexual assault, I was completely stunned at the time, as if a thunderbolt hit my head..."

"What happened afterwards?" Ai Ting asked in the gentlest tone Yu Law Firm has ever heard.

"Later...the police immediately checked the surveillance video at the door of the toilet, and found that only my son and another man in a guard uniform had entered the toilet at that time."

Ms. Wu said, "His colleague also said that just after seeing the guard running out in a hurry, the police mobilized people from the entire police station to search around the event, and finally found the man on a chair in a nearby park. It is said that he was sitting in a state of despair. Then, when I saw the police coming, I panicked and got up and wanted to run away, but several policemen rushed to catch the man."

"Is the man you speak of now in this court?"

Ai Ting pressed the witness table and asked earnestly.Ms. Wu nodded.

"Yes, he is."

"Would you please point out who he is?"

Ms. Wu raised her head, and her flushed eyes suddenly became firm.Yulu saw her raising her finger and pointing at the dock, Ye Chang was absent-minded as if she was asleep.

"That's the man," said the witness.

"Thank you, I have no more questions."

Ai Ting walked back to the prosecutor's seat.Seeing his complacent look, Yulu even looked that the abdominal muscles under his shirt were firmer than usual. He straightened his suit jacket vigorously with his hands and sat down on the chair.

"Attorney for the defense, you can start objecting to cross-examination." The judge in the center said flatly.

Seeing Ji Lan take a shallow breath, Yulu stood up from the defense bench, but did not move forward.He reached out to the table, picked up a stack of thin documents, and pushed his glasses.

"Hello, Ms. Wu, I am the lawyer of the defendant Ye Chang. I am deeply sorry for everything you have encountered."

Ji Lan bowed deeply towards the witness stand. Yulu found that although Ji Lan's voice was still hoarse, she suddenly became energetic and her eyes were surprisingly sharp.

"But there are a few questions. For the sake of my client's innocence, I have to clarify with you. Please forgive me. And please understand that any words that make you feel uncomfortable are not from my original intention."

The woman on the witness stand glanced at him and said nothing, but Yulu noticed that her hand holding the skirt was trembling slightly.Yulu can completely understand her mood. The opponent is Ji Lan, and he would feel oppressed sitting in that position.

"Let me ask you some personal matters first, Ms. Wu, after your husband passed away, what will your son-in-law and you do for a living?"

Ms. Wu's lips were pursed into a line, her expression was very stiff.

"In the beginning... At the beginning, I received my husband's pension. He used to do legal work in a government agency and was regarded as a state employee."

"At the beginning? Does that mean it's not after that?" Ji Lan asked.

"The amount of the pension...the amount is not large. After my son started primary school, it was a bit insufficient, so I...I had to borrow money from my parents..."

"Ms. Wu."

Ji Lan interrupted the witness, showing the smile that Yulu was familiar with, the kind that Ji Lan would only show in court.