You’re My Belated Happiness

After dinner, Xu Huaisong called Liu Mao to confirm whether the colleague in charge of Zhou Jun's case was in the law firm. After receiving a positive reply, he drove there.

Liu Mao turned his head to tell the news. In the hall, the lawyers who were about to leave work stretched out in twos and threes, and all stopped, as if they were choked by fate.

The one who had just turned off the lamp was the first to turn the lamp back on and said: "Suddenly I remembered that there is still a file that hasn't been sent. You go first.

Immediately afterwards, the one who had just closed the laptop also patted his head: "Hey, look at my memory, I missed a report and didn't do it." Then he sat down.

In an instant, the whole hall passed by the wind and grass.

After a minute, everything returned to the orderly state of half an hour ago, but the crackling keyboard and the sound of flipping books were more passionate and full.

Liu Mao, who was standing at the door carrying a bag, sighed and went back to the office.

The two young girls at the front desk followed suit.

"What do you think Xu Lu likes to drink?"

"coffee?"

"Condensed? American? Latte? Mocha?"

"If you have prepared everything, you can't go wrong. Why are you so excited?"

"Oh, when Xu Lu returned to China last time, you were definitely not there? I saw him, you won't be so calm now!"

I appeared after half an hour.

The two of them were ready to go, they were about to greet them warmly with the perfect smile of eight teeth. They grinned halfway through, and froze after only four of them were revealed.

At the front door of the law firm, their Xu law took a girl, and the wind came under her feet.

The girl who was led didn't look at the way the whole time, she turned her head and smiled and talked to him. When he went up the steps, he squeezed his hands, tugged at her, and said, "Walk and look at your feet."

The girl curled her mouth, withdrew her hand from his palm, with a trace of irrational posture, and muttered: "I want to see the foot...Is the hand pulled for you for nothing?"

Then, when they saw, their Xu Lu smiled and snatched the girl's hand back and said, "Let me see."

The two of them lost even the four-tooth smile, and they regained their normal expressions after cheering. Xu Huaisong and Ruan Yu said in unison when they passed the front desk, "Good Xu Lu!"

Xu Huaisong stopped and said to them, "Send someone to my car to share the supper for everyone."

The two hurriedly responded to "Okay", and after he left the hall, he collapsed and said, "The furthest distance in the world is when the first one fell, the next one fell in love..."

"I am here who prepared concentrated American-style latte mocha for him, but he brought me heavy dog ​​food..."

The two screamed with headaches.

Ruan Yu, who had just turned up the stairs, heard this slight abnormal noise, looked back in the direction of the hall, and asked, "What happened to them?"

Xu Huaisong thought for a while, and smiled unclearly: "Maybe it's a pleasure to have supper."

The two of them went to the hall on the second floor, and Xu Huaisong led Ruan Yu to stand outside the door and look inside.

Immediately a group of people stood up and greeted: "Xu Lu."

Xu Huaisong nodded at them, then explained to her: "This is the office of the general hall, and the meeting room is upstairs."

Ruan Yu also nodded to the people who looked at her, and then pulled Xu Huaisong's cuff to signal him to leave quickly.

He looked down at her hand, smiled, turned his head upstairs, and asked her on the way: "Find a rest room for you, or do you want to go to the meeting room with me?"

"meeting room."

Xu Huaisong nodded.

When the two arrived, Liu Mao, Chen Hui and another female lawyer were already waiting inside. After a few people said hello, an assistant came in to deliver coffee.

When Ruan Yu saw it, he glanced at Xu Huaisong while hesitating to speak.

Meeting her gaze, he took the coffee with his hand and waved his hand to indicate not to drink: "Give me boiled water."

Liu Mao looked at Ruan Yu and then at him: "Finally I know that I'm nourishing my stomach."

Xu Huaisong flew over with an eye-cutting knife: "What are you a civil lawyer doing here?"

"Hey? Then here are the ones you haven't taken the exam..."

Xu Huaisong's face turned black, and Liu Mao stopped instantly, taking into account his face and did not say anything.

Ruan Yu pursed his mouth and looked up at the ceiling to stop laughing.

The boiled water is in place, and a few people enter the topic.

The criminal lawyer in charge of this case is called Zhang Ling, who looks very capable in her early forties.

Ruan Yu heard Chen Hui call her "Sister Zhang". After thinking about it, he remembered that this was probably the day Xu Huaisong returned to China for the second time. The female lawyer who came to the law firm.

Zhang Ling handed Xu Huaisong a stack of documents and said: "After discussing with the client, you have sorted out this information, you have to look at it first." She turned her head and said to Chen Hui, "Xiao Chen tells me about the details."

Chen Hui walked to the whiteboard, picked up a marker, and while writing key information on it, he said: "According to the client, when the victim was killed, he was not at the scene. About twenty minutes before the incident, he was driving. He had a verbal conflict with the victim, so he parked the car on the side of the mountain road and got off to breathe."

"The reason for the conflict?" Xu Huaisong asked.

"The victim checked the client's mobile phone in the car and found several ambiguous text messages, which were suspected to prove his derailment."

"Infidelity does exist?"

"It does exist." Chen Hui nodded. "The client said that it was a one-night stand that he made a drunken impulse after a fierce argument with the victim once a month ago. After that, he broke contact with the other party, which is a one-night stand. But the other party from time to time. Will come to communicate with him."

Xu Huaisong nodded: "Continue to talk about the situation at that time."

"The client said that after he got out of the car, the victim followed him out of the car, and the conflict with him evolved from a verbal conflict to a physical conflict. The piece of flesh in her nails was rubbed off his forearm at that time."

"Then the victim said cruelly,'There must be a way to make you regret it', and returned to the car and drove away."

"Fifty minutes later, the client on the side of the road received a call from the victim's father. It turned out that the victim's father was unable to contact her daughter again after receiving a call for help from his daughter. During this time, he reported to the police and moved several times. The channel obtained the client’s mobile phone number."

"The victim's father was very excited and asked him what happened to his daughter. Through dialogue, he learned that half an hour ago, the victim had asked his father for help on the phone and said,'Zhou Jun, let me go'. His first reaction was Lenovo. To the sentence'There must be a way to make you regret it', I mistakenly thought it was she who made trouble."

"So, he dialed the victim's cell phone. The phone was connected by the police who had arrived at the scene of the crime. He judged the victim by the sound of the sirens. It was also in that noisy call that the dash cam chip was missing. Found a claw hammer' such words."

"The client hung up the phone in a hurry. In combination with the above, it is suspected that the victim retaliated against him with death, and intends to use the flesh in his nails, the fingerprints of the claw hammer, and the call for help to attribute his death to him. Therefore, he chose In the middle of the night, I was forced to hide, and borrowed the phone of the owner of the night snack stall on the roadside to ask Song Ge and Miss Ruan for help."

Xu Huaisong frowned, "What caused him to firmly believe that this was the victim's revenge? Just a threatening remark would not lead to this conclusion."

"Yes, this is the key point of this case." Chen Hui nodded, "According to the client's statement, the reason why he thinks so is because the victim had done similar acts."

"Just before the quarrel a month ago, before the two broke up, the victim made the same threat to him, and indeed posted a photo of his wrist cutting in the Moments, although it turned out to be a petty fight to scare him. But it still left a shadow on him."

"This is evidence that is beneficial to the client. Is the circle of friends still there?" Xu Huaisong asked immediately.

"Deleted, but there may be witnesses, or there may be a chance to recover."

"How about the police's progress?"

"The second suspect has not been found for the time being. The police tend to suspect that the suspect has adapted the real situation. They believe that the victim's driving away is a relatively safe act, and the murder is more likely to occur in the physical conflict described by the client."

Ruan Yu frowned upon hearing this.

Xu Huaisong caught the change in her expression and asked, "What's the matter? I have some opinions."

She whispered "Ah": "It just feels that although it is reasonable to say that it is relatively safe to drive away, it is not very reasonable. Under normal circumstances, the driver is of course a strong group, but in this case, driving must be considered. She is a woman who first learned of her boyfriend’s cheating."

Xu Huaisong nodded: "You keep talking."

"According to the client's description, I think the victim should be an impatient and impulsive person. After such a person drives away in a rage, how far can he really drive the car? If I were her, I knew her boyfriend..."

Xu Huaisong coughed, winking questioningly.

The originally serious occasion suddenly became weird, and Liu Mao let out a chuckle.

Ruan Yu dialed bangs and cleared his throat: "I mean, in that case, the victim may have drove a distance and stepped on the brakes and stopped to calm herself. Maybe the accident happened after she stopped?"

Zhang Ling nodded: "I agree with this speculation."

Xu Huaisong also said "um". In addition to substituting yourself into this example, it is quite worthy of recognition.

Zhang Ling continued: "That's what we have learned so far. Follow-up investigation and evidence collection will have to wait one month before the case enters the review stage."

Xu Huaisong nodded, flipping through the information and discussing the details with her, until nearly ten o'clock, he saw Ruan Yu covering his mouth and yawning. He closed the file: "It's getting late, it's like this today, it's hard work."

Zhang Ling and Chen Hui went downstairs together.

Seeing the two come back, the lawyers in the lower hall are like amnesty.

Someone sighed: "Well, it's over before ten o'clock. I thought that according to Xu Lu's work and rest, you have to talk until midnight."

Chen Hui "tsk" while packing up the information, "You don't understand, do you know what is called the'short-board effect'? Xu Lu sleeps in the middle of the night, but Miss Ruan is sleepy, so you can't press it. Does your girlfriend's work and rest come?"

Someone made a "wow": "The one just now, really is Xu Lu's girlfriend?"

"Hey, why do I hear this surname so familiar? A while ago, did our law firm pick up a client surnamed Ruan?"

"That said, it seems that I have seen it before. Just now I felt familiar."

"What's the matter? Can lawyers and clients turn out to be able to get things done? Why have I received so many cases for so many years, but none of them have succeeded?"

"Hehe, don't look at it either. What kind of divorce cases are you accepting."

"Can you ask Xu Lu to tell us about the experience of chasing a client?"

"Just like Xu Lu's cold temperament, it is estimated that other girls are chasing them desperately?"

When Xu Huaisong and Ruan Yu went downstairs, they happened to hear these last words.

Ruan Yu hadn't reacted yet, Xu Huai Song, who was about to turn downstairs, was silent, let go of her, and turned his head into the hall.

A group of gossips turned serious in seconds: "Xu Lu is good!"

Xu Huaisong let out a "um" and stood silent at the door for a long time. When everyone thought he was going to get angry because of these gossips, he smiled and said, "First, the basis for the complete fulfillment of the duties and obligations of a lawyer. In the innocuous link, the client’s request can be appropriately accommodated."

Everyone was stunned and confused.

Xu Huaisong continued to talk freely: "Secondly, we can use the case to discuss the case. Additional appointments with the client on the grounds of official business, it is recommended to choose a meal time to meet."

Someone whispered, and understood what he was answering.

"Third, you can lie occasionally. For example, in order to disburse a colleague downstairs, ask a colleague to answer an emergency phone call, saying that something went wrong with the law firm, and then it is logical to enter the client's house alone to discuss matters."

I don't know who brought his head to applaud, and there was thunderous applause in the hall: "Xu Lu, Gao!"

Xu Huaisong nodded at them and smiled: "Get off work early." When he turned around, he looked at Ruan Yu on the side of the stairs with an expression of "about to cry".

He took her by the hand and walked downstairs: "Why, knowing that I deliberately distracted Chen Hui and deceived you were very wronged?"

"It's not important anymore..." Ruan Yu shook his head with a flat mouth, "I don't care about being talked about by people I don't know. They are your subordinates. Your face is more important. Why..."

Why do you deliberately explain who is chasing whom in order to protect her face?

Xu Huaisong smiled and lightly scratched her nose: "I like it."