Chapter 297 - An Open Book (1/2)

Chapter 297: An Open Book

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Before Gu Nianzhi could launch her counterattack, the judge rapped his gavel against the sound block “Request granted Court will be adjourned while ait for both parties to agree on a neutral third party for a second autopsy”

Huo Shaoheng nodded in agreement “I have no objections to that I just hope that it won’t take too long”

Once the court had been adjourned, Gu Nianzhi followed Huo Shaoheng and his ot into a military-use minivan and returned to the Special Ops base

In the car, Director wang, who had re, suddenly spoke up He praised Gu Nianzhi “I hadYou truly are as intelligent and as quick-witted as they say you are You have what it takes to be a good lawyer, and I believe that you will help us win this lawsuit”

Gu Nianzhi’s reply wasout whatever ca how to fly—I still have a long ways to go”

She sounded huhty look in her eyes betrayed her

Huo Shaoheng shot her a disapproving look, before turning to Director wang to say: “She’s just a young girl Don’t praise her too ”

Gu Nianzhi i on her face She lowered her face in e her slender, snohite neck The elegant curve of her delicate neck was enough to cause Huo Shaoheng’s breath to catch in his throat He lapsed into silence after that, not trusting himself to be able to speak in his usual impassive tone

…

As soon as they were back at the military base, Gu Nianzhi rushed into her room for a quick shower When she stepped out of the shower and into her bedroo room, his eyes fixed upon her laptop He seeht

“Huo Shao, I… I locked the door” Gu Nianzhi scratched her head, feeling utterly confused and helpless Had she so did not look up from his computer “You did I opened the door with my key”

Gu Nianzhi was speechless Hoas she supposed to react to that?

She aardly seated herself beside Huo Shaoheng She shook her head slightly when she saw that he had opened up her folder on Director wang and was now going through the photos of the evidence inside it

“This case happened too long ago Most of the evidence have already been destroyed What we’re looking at now are the second-hand—or even third-hand—evidence”

“It really is a pity” Huo Shaoheng sat up straight and stretched his legs; they were long enough to reach under the coffee table “The scene of the crime, Luo Xinxue’s bedroo has been refurbished—we can’t use anything in it as evidence now”

Gu Nianzhi re’s soundproof suite in the Huo Residence “Huo Shao, was your suite refurbished around the saht about then” Huo Shaoheng began toying with a gold coin “After I left home, the Huo Residence underwent a series of renovations”

“In that case, we may not have direct evidence, but circumstantial evidence would serve our purpose just as well,” Gu Nianzhi said thoughtfully as she rubbed her chin with a hand She grasped her al docuh they had no direct evidence or witnesses”

“What kind of circu to?”

Gu Nianzhi found the record of the case she was thinking of, and opened it She quickly looked it over, and muttered half to herself: “For example, who asked for the deceased’s room to be refurbished? And who took the job? Any kind of renovation done in the Huo Residence would have to be carried out by ainst military protocol to have a civilian construction tea understood what she was getting at “I’ll get Little Ze to look up the construction tea He’s the expert when it co evidence”

Gu Nianzhi smiled She looked at the evidence displayed on her computer monitor, and said cheerfully, “These evidence may not be first-hand evidence, but they help explainthe expert—the first thing he did was look up Luo Xinxue’s psychiatrist”

“Oh? Is that right?”

“The medical records fro pills to sleep after the death of her husband She was a habitual user of sleeping pills” Gu Nianzhi opened up Luo Xinxue’s medical record “But the prescription records also tell us that only a s pills were prescribed to Luo Xinxue Of course, it’s possible she saved her sleeping pills with the intention of eating them all at once to commit suicide”

“And that means that this lawsuit is a lot htened hito prove that Luo Xinxue hadn’t voluntarily sed the sleeping pills The autopsy report had proved that was the case, but Bai Jinyi’s legal tea for another autopsy

And now they had to prove that Luo Xinxue, who had a long history of using sleeping pills, was A) not suicidal, and B) had not saved her sleeping pills with the intention of killing herself That was virtually impossible to prove

And even if they were able to pull off the two aforementioned “mission impossible”s, they still had another obstacle to clear: they would have to prove that Bai Jinyi had so pills It was one hurdle after another, each one more difficult than the last

Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Shaoheng with sympathy in her eyes

It was a lot easier to prove that Bai Jinyi was guilty of delaying Song Jinning’sher condition al e to the interests of the nation, than it was to prove that Bai Jinyi had murdered Luo Xinxue

But the forive Bai Jinyi the punish on to be the chief defense lahen you first thought of charging Bai Jinyi with the cri Luo Xinxue?” Gu Nianzhi asked quietly

“One of the lawyers in the old coin across his knuckles “Luo Xinxue was my uncle’sHer death is related to my uncle’s death, which makes sense for the military lawyers to take up the case”

Gu Nianzhi thought of someone “What about Director Bai? She’s the director of the Special Ops Legal Departs very aard for her, doesn’t it?”