In the name of love

It's embarrassing.

"Ai Jian's wife died of cancer and other reasons not long after giving birth to wormwood. Ai Jian raised his two daughters as a single father. After Miss Ai committed suicide, only Ai Jian and Ai Cao's father and daughter depended on each other, but my friend said that since then, Miss Ai Cao didn't like to stay at home very much, she always went out and worked as a volunteer everywhere."

"It's very heavy! Staying in that kind of home...staying with that kind of father." Yulu said empathetically.

Ji Lan gave a "hmm" and continued:

"What's even worse is what Ai Jian said in court. After nearly ten years of litigation, the defendant was still found not guilty because of his lack of responsibility. Because Ai Jian was the victim's relative who had to avoid it, he couldn't take it personally. The defendant was sent to prison. Afterwards, Ai Jian joined the newly established Maternal and Child Special Group to deal with those sexual assault criminals."

Yulu felt even more emotional when he heard it, so, for Ai Ting, this job was like revenge for his daughter.

Every time one more defendant is prosecuted, it is like stabbing that defendant in the past. Although it cannot replace the lost things, at least it can relieve some anger.

He couldn't help being a little shaken.For a long time, he followed Ji Lan and stood on the side of the defendant. He always felt that looking across the court, the family members of the victim and the prosecutor were all like hysterical strangers who insisted on sending innocent people to the court without distinction. Go to the guillotine.

But from another point of view, when this happened, it was the pain of the victim's life, and the pain was not only the child, but also all the people who loved him and took care of him.The pain will never go away, it can only be relieved, and the only antidote is to see someone punished for it.

The antidote is not healthy though.But just like a person drifting on the sea, when he is extremely thirsty, even if he knows it is sea water, he will gobble it down.

"So, this incident..."

Yulu suddenly woke up, and Ji Lan nodded, looking at the headlights of the car facing the hotel gate.

"It's very similar to what happened to Prosecutor Ai Ting back then. The same child was sexually assaulted, and the child's digestive system was also severely damaged. The child's mother was also a single parent. Ai Jian always believed that what happened back then was because he didn't take good care of it. Happens, somewhat projected!"

Ji Lan pushed down the glasses with her middle finger, her eyes became deep, "I think Ai Jian will not let the real culprit of this case go, even if he tries his best."

Yulu suddenly remembered something, "But it seems that the real culprit should be that Lu Xing, right? Although there are still many doubts...but it still feels a bit strange. According to Ye Chang's description, that Lu Xing usually behaves very ordinary Ah, can ordinary people really do such a cruel thing?"

"Senior, what do you mean, Mr. Ye is more likely to do it?"

Ji Lan caught the meaning of Yulu's words, and Yulv lowered his head a little embarrassedly.Ji Lan didn't say much, just put her hand on her jaw again.

"In terms of mental state, Ye Chang is indeed relatively unstable. But after hearing Mrs. Ye's testimony in court, that Lu Xing may not be as cheerful as he looks on the outside. There is something we don't know about it. uncertain."

Yulu heard Ji Lan sigh suddenly, and said in a poetic tone:

"'Men should not rely on rhetoric, especially in courts of law. He who flatters the judge with words, like a slave who pleases his master, can only convey a false belief. For no good man will deliberately frame another good People, the courtroom is a place of justice and piety, and it is knowledge of truth, not false belief, that should be sought after.” Now it sounds a bit ironic.”

Yulu was startled, "What is this?"

"A passage in Plato's "Apology", I read it before when I was studying jurisprudence at Cornell, and it was still a designated textbook. Don't you have an impression on me, senior?" Ji Lan looked at him unexpectedly.

Yulu scratched his cheek, he was really embarrassed to say, because the professor of jurisprudence was a beautiful woman in her 40s, Yulu had no interest at all, so either skipped class or made friends with Zhou Gong, of course, he would not have any impression.

"No kind person would intentionally frame another kind person..." Yulu murmured.

***

The car finally arrived at the entrance of the hotel. Yulu looked up and saw that it was indeed the place where Ji Lan and Jize held their wedding on the same day.It's just that after three months, the situation between him and Ji Lan is quite different, Yulu thought with emotion when she was led by the waiter into the innermost garden hall.

Ji Lan seemed to have no awareness or memory of that kiss that day.This made Yulu feel a little complicated, and he didn't know whether he wanted Ji Lan to remember it or not.

If Ji Lan could remember, maybe he could be forced to make a breakthrough.

But in the current situation, on the one hand, he is completely unconscious, and on the other hand, he is hesitating. Yulu doesn't even have the courage to go out and be a mistress, so he can only stand still in the end.

The charity reception was exactly as Yulu had imagined, it was packed with gentlemen and celebrities like canned sardines.Looking around, Yulu can see several familiar faces in the legal circle, all of whom are presiding lawyers of well-known big firms, and there are some elegant demeanors, who say on their faces that I am a group of noble ladies from Mrs. Savage.

Several people who knew Ji Lan came over to chat with him, and Ji Lan also put on a standard social smile and shook hands one by one.

When they saw Yulu standing next to Ji Lan, many people showed slightly surprised expressions.

"Didn't Mrs. Ji come with you?" At least a dozen people asked.

Hmph, Mrs. Ji is my future self!Have an opinion?In the end, Yulu replied in such a self-defeating way in his heart.

But Ji Lan was very patient, explaining the past one by one, until all the people around were dismissed, it was already half an hour after entering the arena.Someone had already started performing on the stage, it was the violin. Yuli saw a young man in his early twenties playing the violin gracefully, and there was a lot of admiration from below.

"Xiao Lan! You're here!"

A familiar voice came from behind Yulu.He saw Ji Lan turned around, and it turned out to be Ji Ze, the eldest brother of the Ji family.

"I have prepared the costumes and musical instruments for you. Xiaotao is looking forward to it! Ever since I heard you play at the last party, I have been clamoring to hear you perform again. It's great that you agreed. It's a pity today Miss Minnay didn't come."

Ji Ze showed a candid smile as usual, Ji Lan only gave a shallow "hmm", then turned to Yu Lv and said, "Senior, I'll go to the back and change clothes, and I'll be right back."

Jize seemed to have only discovered his existence at this time, and looked at him with the same slightly surprised eyes as A, B, C, and Ding in front of him, "Ah, isn't this lawyer Yu? Why are you here too?"

After watching the verification video, Yulu had to admit that he was a little embarrassed, especially after Ji Ze and Ji Lan met, his big hand rested on his younger brother's shoulder very naturally.This seems like an ordinary brother's behavior to ordinary people, but Yulu thinks it is tricky no matter how you look at it.

"Oh, I happen to be free, let's stop by." Yulu could only say this, and looked away from the brothers.

After Ji Lan left, Yulu wanted to get two glasses of wine to sip.When he approached the food table, he turned around and bumped into a person, the champagne glass in Yuli's hand almost flew out, the other person was also startled, turned around and apologized,

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, did you..."

But Yulu froze as soon as the other party spoke, because the voice was so familiar no matter how it sounded.He looked up, and sure enough, he saw Huai Yu's big face exuding pheromones, probably because he attended such a high-end party, Huai Yu even shaved off his beard, and the whole chiseled face could only be described as ostentatious. describe.

He was wearing a dark green tie-less striped suit that was worth a lot of money just by looking at it, the same ostentatious white leather shoes on his feet, and the same silver earring on his right ear.Yuli had to take two steps back to escape his pheromone influence.

"Uncle? Why are you here?" Huai Yu also seemed quite surprised, looking at Yulu's shabby outfit, as if he saw a Dongshan duck head among the swans.

"I came with Ji Lan." Yulu could only tell the truth.There is also a female companion beside Huaiyu, wearing a gorgeous sequined dress, holding Huaiyu's arm intimately with one hand, Yulu saw that he whispered something to the woman, the female companion showed a coquettish look , said something to Huai Yu, "Then hurry up later!", and then left in high-heeled shoes.

"So, the two of you are finally together?" Huai Yu immediately turned around after dismissing his female companion.

Yulu froze for a moment.

"You are, you finally decided to fall into the arms of the D cup?" He talked about it from left to right.

Huai Yu pursed her lips in disdain, "It was forced on me by my idiot mother. I said that it's okay not to have a female companion. She has to find me some congressman's daughter. It's difficult enough, you see Have you ever seen a creature that can put on makeup for two and a half hours? I originally wanted to find wormwood, but she seems to be in a bad mood recently."

"Not in a good mood?" Yulu asked.

"Well, it's about the court, she seems to be still angry with her father." Huai Yu paused, and then said: "Ai Cao's family seems to have had a very serious thing before, after that incident Her father has become a different person, pushing himself so hard that even the wormwood can't breathe."

Yulu remembered what Ji Lan said to him in the car just now, nodded understandingly, and Huaiyu said again: "She told me that she felt that her father hadn't let go and was still living in the shadow of that incident, that's why she decided to give up. I will not hesitate to force her to read that kind of letter, and I will also drive Ah Chang to a dead end."

Huai Yu shrugged, "Rather than being angry, I think she is more distressed.