If the world had no daylight

The chaos in the court lasted for nearly a minute before gradually subsiding.

The presiding judge frowned, and after the auditorium returned to silence, he looked at Lawyer Shi and said, "Defender, please continue."

Although the middle-aged woman was not given a second warning by the presiding judge, the bailiff stood in front of her and supervised her all the time, which made her terrified, and finally calmed down.

Without the interference of a third party, lawyer Shi's inquiry went smoothly.He presented the evidence step by step, asked Wei Zheng questions, and gave everyone in the court a rough picture of the night when the crime happened.

On the prosecutor's seat opposite him, the young prosecutor frowned, ready to go.

Lawyer Shi was not in a hurry, he looked at the presiding judge: "My questioning is over."

The presiding judge nodded, then looked at the documents, and said in a deep voice, "Do the prosecution and the defense need to ask additional questions?"

"Need." A voice sounded from the prosecutor's seat.

The prosecutor stood up, looked at the documents in his hand, and said: "According to the inspection and investigation of the crime scene by the North District Criminal Police Brigade of S City, a large number of bloodstains were found at the scene. After identification by the Judicial Appraisal Center, these bloodstains They are from the victim Zhang Zhipeng and the defendant Wei Zheng."

He looked up at Wei Zheng and continued, "Judging from the amount of blood left by the defendant at the scene and the identification of the wound on the defendant's body, this knife is enough to cause blood loss to death."

"Defendant, how did you fight back when you were stabbed in the body and the wound was almost fatal?"

The young man was sitting on the dock. Hearing this, he raised his head and met those sharp eyes.

He replied: "I was lying on the ground with the knife still stuck in my chest. Zhang Zhipeng thought I was going to die soon, so he came over and tried to pull out the knife. I was afraid that if he gave me another knife, I would definitely die. So when he bent down I pulled out the knife first, blood spurted out and splashed all over his face, he couldn't see, so he stretched out his leg and wanted to kick him."

There was a commotion in the auditorium behind him.

Wei Zheng didn't seem to hear, and continued: "I grabbed his leg and pulled it hard, and he fell backwards. But he reacted very quickly, and he didn't forget to kick me when he fell. I lost too much blood at that time. He couldn't stand still at all, so he fell on him."

"When I got up, I found that the knife in my hand had cut his throat."

The voice fell, and there was an uproar in the court.

Even the reporters, who were about to doze off, perked up and sat up straight.

what is this?

Manslaughter?justifiable defense?Or was it too defensive?

The peers looked at each other, but they couldn't get the answer from each other's faces.

The prosecutor was very calm. He picked up a document and continued: "The case file shows that there was an underage girl at the scene at the time of the incident. Who is she? Why is she here?"

The young man moved his fingers, but no one noticed.

"It's my landlord. That night we made an appointment to meet in Old Street to pay the rent, but we didn't expect her to be involved."

The prosecutor looked at his every slight expression, and said again: "According to her testimony, Zhang Zhipeng mistook her and you as companions on the night of the incident, so he shot her, causing her to be seriously injured and unconscious. When you arrived at the scene, did you Have you seen this scene?"

The young man nodded to him.

"According to the investigation, the scene of the crime was not monitored. The only witness present did not witness the incident because he was in a coma, which means that the entire incident can only be inferred from the defendant's confession."

The prosecutor took the document and took out a photo from it, which was the photo of the wound that Lawyer Shi had shown earlier.

"Judging from the results of the wound appraisal, the defendant's injuries at that time were very serious, and it was not enough to support him in this state to kill the victim who was stronger than him in height, weight and strength."

Lawyer Shi, who was sitting on the defense bench, frowned, but didn't show any more expressions.

"I object." He stood up and said.

The judge motioned for him to speak.

Attorney Shi looked at the prosecutor and said: "The prosecutor's statement is based entirely on the premise that the defendant intentionally harmed the victim, which is not objective. My point of view is exactly the opposite. I think that because there are no surveillance and witnesses, the defendant's confession It is the most direct way to restore the case, and his testimony also enjoys the same rights and cannot be regarded as invalid testimony."

"The objection is valid." The presiding judge nodded.

The atmosphere fell into a stalemate for a while.

Lawyer Shi ignored the prosecutor's complicated eyes. He looked at the presiding judge and continued: "President, based on the above questions, I have sufficient evidence and logic to make a reasonable claim."

Wei Zheng raised his eyes and looked over, just in time to meet lawyer Shangshi's gaze.

"In my opinion, on the night of the incident, the victim Zhang Zhipeng carried both blunt and sharp weapons and deliberately sought revenge on the defendant Wei Zheng. However, the defendant Wei Zheng killed the victim Zhang Zhipeng by mistake after being stabbed with his bare hands. This is justifiable self-defense. According to Article No.20 of the Criminal Law of the Republic, he shall not be held criminally responsible and shall be acquitted."

The prosecutor said loudly: "I object!"

He did not look at the commotion in the gallery, but raised his voice and said: "Whether the defendant Wei Zheng was stabbed first and then fought back, there is not enough evidence to prove it. Justifiable defense cannot be established!"

Lawyer Shi refused to give an inch: "There is no evidence or witnesses, but there is a motive. The defendant Wei Zheng did not expect to be sought revenge, but the victim Zhang Zhipeng was well prepared, and he had enough motives to take the initiative to hurt the defendant Wei Zheng! The unconscious man at the scene The victim can also testify to that."

The prosecutor paused, he took a breath, and finally said: "Inferences without evidence can only be inferences. If the defense insists on asserting self-defense, please show valid evidence."

The presiding judge pondered for a moment, then said: "Defendant and defender, do you apply for new witnesses to appear in court, collect new physical evidence, and re-examine and examine?"

Lawyer Shi cast a comforting look at the young man in the dock, then turned to look at the corner of the auditorium.

"us……"

The inch-cut young man stood in the corner with a white face, stared at lawyer Shangshi stiffly, and then slowly shook his head.

This action is like being slowed down five times by someone, and it is infinitely elongated in Lawyer Shi's eyes.

His voice faltered, and he understood something.

There was a terrible silence in the courtroom for a while, and everyone was waiting for the defense lawyer who had always been confident to give a reply.

Finally, he turned his head, looked at the calm young man, and then looked at the presiding judge again.

Lawyer Shi pinched the information on the table, sighed in his heart, and spoke again.

two days ago.

When Liu Ran walked to the hospital door with the fruit basket in her arms, Zhao Yuelan had already arrived first.

I don't know how long she waited, Liu Ran scratched her head in embarrassment, and trotted over.

The girl in the navy blue down jacket smiled at him: "Let's go, let's go up."

Zhao Yuelan had never been here before, so Liu Ran walked quickly to lead the way, not knowing what to say along the way.

Fortunately, this road is not long.

When the short-haired girl opened the door, she saw two big smiling faces, so bright that they could melt the winter snow.

"Who's here?" Bai Laosan put down the porridge bowl and asked.

Zhao Yuelan and Liu Ran walked in and said hello to him: "Hi Uncle Bai, I'm Bai Tian's classmate, Zhao Yuelan."

Liu Ran put the fruit basket on the head of the bed and said hello: "Uncle San, how are you feeling today?"

Bai Laosan laughed, his voice was low and hoarse, not very nice.

"Come as soon as you come, buy something. Tian, ​​find a stool for your classmate to sit on."

Bai Tian has already moved two stools over, put them gently on the ground, and gestured to the two of them for the person sleeping in the next bed.

They understood and immediately lowered their voices.

Zhao Yuelan was very close to Bai Laosan, they chatted in a low voice for a while, Bai Laosan never stopped laughing from beginning to end.

Liu Ran felt at ease, walked to Bai Tian's side, and glanced at the book in her hand.

"Boss, my mother said that she will not go back to her hometown this year. I will deliver meals to you and third uncle on New Year's Eve, so don't worry about it."

Bai Tian raised his head and wanted to say something, but saw his serious eyes, so he swallowed the words in his mouth.

She nodded: "Thank you, Aunt Li."

"What are you polite about?" Liu Ran laughed cheerfully.

There were other patients in the ward, both of them tactfully did not disturb them, after saying goodbye to Bai Laosan, they were escorted out of the ward by Bai Tian.

The three of them walked in the deserted corridor and fell silent for a moment.

Liu Ran suddenly said, "I'll go downstairs and make a phone call."

He quickly went downstairs, leaving two people standing in the corridor.

The smell of disinfectant in the hospital made Zhao Yuelan feel a little uncomfortable, but she looked natural and even seemed to be in a good mood.

"Have you had a good rest recently? You seem to have lost a lot of weight."

Bai Tian stood in front of her, didn't turn his head to look at her, and only said, "It's okay."

Zhao Yuelan took every detail of her body into her eyes with her eyes, she obviously had a lot of words on her lips, but she didn't have the stance to say them.

"No matter what, Liu Ran and I are your backing. As long as you speak, we will do our best."

Her voice was soft and not as sunny as usual.

Bai Tian didn't want to understand the changes and doping in it.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." She said, walking forward to the stairs.

The people standing there watched her gradually walking away, their hands that had not been raised were like some thoughts, and everything receded like a tide.

The short-haired girl stopped at the stairs, Zhao Yuelan looked away, put her hands in the pockets of the down jacket, and walked forward.

Liu Ran who didn't have a phone to call stood at the door of the hospital. After blowing the cold wind for a while, she saw Zhao Yuelan walking out alone.

This was certainly not a good signal, but he couldn't say anything, he just turned around and walked down the steps as if he didn't notice anything.

"Liu Ran."

The girl in the navy blue down jacket called out to him.

So he turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Yuelan glanced at the sunlight piercing the dark clouds in the sky, squinted slightly, and smiled at the boy.

Until many years later, when things changed and people changed, Liu Ran still remembered this smile.

It was only Zhao Yuelan's smile that made his heart beat again, his head was hot, and he was reckless about the consequences.

"Do me a favor," she said.

When Ye Wan returned to Ye's house, it was already late at night.

She was exhausted all over, and she couldn't hide the tiredness and fatigue in her eyes. After stepping into the house, she just wanted to go upstairs to take a shower and sleep.

It was rare that Xu Lin hadn't rested yet, she seemed to be waiting for her sitting in the living room.

"Wanwan, have you eaten yet? Soup is stewed in the kitchen." Xu Lin walked up, under the light of the living room, her complexion looked good.

Ye Wan shook her head: "No need, Aunt Xu, I've eaten."

The other party nodded in disappointment. Seeing that the girl was about to turn around and go upstairs, he hurriedly said, "Oh yes, I have a letter from your classmate today."

letter?

Ye Wan thought she had heard wrong.

In this era when everyone communicates on mobile phones, who will write to themselves?

Xu Lin returned to the living room, picked up the letter, and walked over to hand it to Ye Wan.

She took it, but didn't see any signature on the envelope.

"Who brought it here?" She asked casually.

Xu Lin smiled: "It's a boy."

Ye Wan lowered his hand disinterestedly, and threw it away when he was about to go upstairs.

"He said his name was Liu Ran, and he told you to read this letter."

Xu Lin's tone carried a little good-natured smile, but Ye Wan didn't bother to explain her wrong meaning.

"I see, thank you, Aunt Xu."

She turned and walked upstairs, very fast, and disappeared down the stairs in a short time.

Xu Lin completed the task, turned off the headlights in the living room, and prepared to go upstairs to rest.

After returning to her room, Ye Wan sat on the balcony. Although her body had reached its limit, she didn't plan to take a shower and sleep immediately.

The envelope in her hand was very light, she weighed it, and after a long period of distraction, she slowly tore open the envelope and took out the letter paper inside.

There are only two short sentences on this letter.

"Let's talk about it openly and honestly.

See you at the door of my restaurant at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. "

Ye Wan looked at these two lines of familiar handwriting, her pure black eyes were moistened by an unknown color.

She raised her head, lowered her hand holding the letter, and let out a slow breath.

A gust of cold wind blew outside the window, but it was more like a spring rain, dispelling the fog buried deep in the girl's heart.

"Is there anything to say there? There are not many people on duty in the hospital today, so I can't leave."

What the person on the other end of the phone said, Bai Tian frowned, and said after a while: "Okay, but don't be late, I can't leave the hospital for too long."

Liu Ran fully agreed, and then hung up the phone.

He looked up at the person standing aside, and asked in a daze, "Is this really useful?"

Zhao Yuelan lowered her head, swept the white snow on the ground with her toes, and replied softly: "Who knows, maybe not."

Liu Ran wanted to say something, but she raised her head and patted his shoulder reassuringly.

"But what is certain is that what she needs now is not us."

For some reason, Liu Ran could hear some sense of loss in this tone.

He lowered his head, unwilling to think about it, only replied: "I hope we can reconcile."

The 28th of the twelfth lunar month is a rare sunny weather.

Xu Lin was learning how to make egg-filled pancakes with Zhang Ma in the kitchen, when suddenly a figure quickly passed by the living room and walked out the door.

She was stunned for a while, then raised her head and asked Zhang Ma: "Did you go out late at night? So early?"

There was no one else in the house but them, and the results were obvious.

Xu Lin glanced at the time on the wall, was puzzled for a moment, and quickly put her mind on the things in her hand.

The snow on the street hadn't melted yet, and the black-haired girl in a white coat was walking briskly towards the station.

On the other side of the city, the short-haired girl's black down jacket has been washed white. She carefully avoids the snow sweepers and walks slowly towards the street.

Every tree on the street is hung with small red lanterns, fluttering gently in the wind, like red cherry blossoms dotted in the silver world.

The black-haired girl raised her head, stood at the station and looked at the swaying red, and rarely felt the joy conveyed by itself.

Or, it feels irrelevant to them.

The bus stopped in front of her, she looked away and stepped on the bus lightly.

The empty interior of the car is always warmer than the exterior. She sat down by the window, and then watched the scenery outside the window slowly pass by.

There is a train coming from another direction, towards the same destination.

The short-haired girl sat by the window in the last row, looking at the red on the branches in a daze.

They became a red line as they passed by quickly, reflecting on the girl's eyes, as if a knot was tied in the bottom of the eyes.

This sunny morning, because of the desertedness, lacked a lot of fireworks, which made people feel empty.

The short-haired girl came back to her senses, touched her stomach, and felt a little hungry.

So empty is the stomach, not anywhere else.

On the intricate streets of the city, there are two shuttle buses crossing again and again, gradually approaching the same end point.

The bus that arrived first stopped at the opposite side of the street, and the black-haired girl stepped down from it, taking a breath of icy air to lower her temperature.

She crossed from the other side of the zebra crossing and walked to the sidewalk on this side.

Not far away is the bus stop sign. Compared with the deserted place near home, there are many people at the station here.

The girl walked over step by step, and the bus driving ahead also slowed down a little bit.

When the bus stopped, the person in the white winter coat accidentally stepped on a shallow pit.

She lowered her head to make sure that her shoes hadn't gotten into the water before continuing to walk past the billboard at the station.

The bus came to a steady stop, and the short-haired girl who had already been prepared walked to the back door with the lever, ready to get off.

Before the rear door was opened, she first saw a white figure from behind.

The short-haired girl blinked, the car door just opened, and she took a step forward.

When the familiar ringtone of the mobile phone came faintly, the black-haired girl subconsciously turned her head to take a look, but only saw the crowd surrounding the bus.

She withdrew her gaze, turned around and crossed the street, and stepped into this familiar street.

She completed the 10-minute journey in 5 minutes and reached her destination.

The door of the small shop that had been demolished was locked tightly. The black-haired girl stood at the door, put her hands in her pockets, stood straight on the spot, and began to wait.

This wait is a whole day.

At first she could stand up straight, but gradually, as the sun faded, she had to walk back and forth in front of the door, moving her body.

The setting sun is slanting, the dusk is passing away, and the colorful lights are beginning to come on.

The girl was bouncing around in place, as if playing hopscotch without a pattern.

People passing by gave her strange looks, but she didn't realize it.

As the night darkened little by little, tiny snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

The girl in white had to hide under the eaves to avoid getting her hair wet with snow.

She got up very early, washed her hair carefully, and blown it with a hair dryer. As long as the wind came, it would float in a soft arc.

And a nice smell.

There was an aroma from somewhere, and my stomach growled in due course.

Standing under the eaves, looking at the snowflakes flying in the sky, she couldn't help exhaling hot air.

Maybe in the next second, the person she was waiting for would come.

So she has to wait.

The girl was squatting on the ground when the cell phone rang in her pocket.

She was stunned for a moment, and after realizing that it was her mobile phone, she immediately stood up and took out the mobile phone.

The small screen on the lid let her down.

But she still picked it up and said, "Hui Ru."

The voice on the phone is always distorted, making the other party's words floaty and inaudible.

"Ye Wan, I'm home."

The girl in white paused, and said with some hesitation: "Your parents..."

"They didn't blame me, they cooked me a table of delicious food, all of which I love. By the way, I still have a lot of new clothes."

The people under the eaves laughed: "That's good, Huiru, you will be fine."

The other party was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Can you come to my house? Parents want to thank you...I also have something to think..."

Ye Wan stomped her feet on the spot, stopped when she heard the words, and said with some embarrassment: "I still have something to do."

"Then wait until you're done, can you?" The girl's voice raised a little.

The girl lowered her head, thought for a while, and said, "Huiru, I helped you because I didn't want you to be hurt. I didn't remind you earlier and stop you, so I'm also responsible for your affairs."

She paused and said in a slow tone: "This has nothing to do with anything else. As long as you go back to your previous life, I can feel at ease."

The other party was quiet for a moment, but still said: "What about tomorrow? Do you have time tomorrow? I really have something to say..."

Ye Wan replied seriously: "I have work tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow."

This time, there was complete silence on the other side.

But Ye Wan was just telling the truth, and didn't intend to be euphemistic.

Chen Huiru's voice sounded after a long time: "Can you tell me what you are busy with?"

There was some helplessness in the girl's eyes, she sighed and said, "I can't."

The phone was hung up, she looked down at the phone, but put it back in her pocket.

The snow was still falling, and the person she was waiting for hadn't come yet.

Maybe it was forgotten, maybe it was delayed, or maybe it was just punishing her.

But she accepted it willingly without complaint.

Just, just this last chance.

When the phone rang again, Ye Wan quickly took it out, but was again disappointed.

She picked it up and asked, "Aren, what's the matter?"

"Zhou Xiaoxing ran away! That bastard made a phone call at the front desk before he ran away, Ye Wan, he called Chen Huiru, I suspect he is going to die..."

Ye Wan shook her hand, but tried to restrain herself, and asked again: "When did it happen?"

"Over an hour ago... Hello? Hello?"

A girl in a white winter coat gallops in the middle of the night, and the deserted streets are like silent beasts, with their bloody mouths wide open and ready to go.

While she was running, she was on the phone, but she could only hear "The user you dialed has turned off the phone".

The snow fell harder, and the snowflakes wet the girl's long hair, and her ears were red from the cold.

But she couldn't feel anything, she just ran forward desperately, looking for a vehicle that could take her for a ride.

However, before New Year's Eve, there are very few cars on the street, let alone taxis.

The girl ran and searched all the way, and the time passed by every minute and every second, hanging above her head, like a sword that would fall at any time.

When she was about to lose strength, a car stopped beside her, and the driver asked, "Girl, where are you going? Brother will give you a ride."

She didn't have time to think about whether it was dangerous or not, so she got into the car and said the name of the place, and then continued on the phone.

One is shut down, and the other is not answered. There is nothing more hopeless than this.

Probably seeing her anxiety, the enthusiastic driver stepped on the accelerator and drove her at high speed to the gate of the old teacher's apartment.

Ye Wanfei delivered a note by courier, and jumped out of the car before the other party refused.

The doorman at the apartment recognized her and let her go.Don't forget to ask: "Do you want an umbrella?"

She didn't have time to answer, she ran all the way into the apartment, and ran towards the direction she remembered.

The number that had never been answered was suddenly connected when Ye Wan was about to run to the front of the building.

Ye Wanwan asked out of breath, "Aunt Chen, is Huiru there?"

The other party said strangely: "Sleeping in the room, what's wrong?"

"Check again to see if she's here."

Although she breathed a sigh of relief, she still said something worried.

"Wait a minute." The man over there replied.

Ye Wan slowed down, trotted to the front of the building, and heard a rustling voice on the phone.

She took a breath, looked at the unit door not far away, and walked over at a faster speed.

The snow had already fallen heavily, gradually confusing her vision, so she had to stretch out her hand to wipe her face.

Putting down her frozen fingers, the girl lifted her sore legs while listening to the phone, and was about to walk into the door of the unit.

Something pierced the air and fell not far behind her.

There was a loud "bang", which made the girl tremble suddenly and stopped in place.

Holding her phone, she slowly turned around and looked behind her.

The most beautiful red in the cold winter blooms on the ground, blooming coquettish flowers.

The phone in the girl's hand slipped and fell to the ground.

A voice came faintly from the ground: "This child, why is the door locked? Huiru, Huiru, open the door quickly, Ye Wan is here."

It was snowing heavily, and the whole world was as cold and silent as hell.

Someone slowly knelt and sat on the ground, looking at the devastated "red snow", curled up and crawled on the snow.

The heart-piercing shout resounded through the snowy night in the next second.