Chapter 299 - Remembered It for 16 Years (2/2)

“As you can see, Luo Xinxue was not the only one who signed on the list Huo Guanyuan’s father, Huo Xuenong, and his younger brother, Huo Guanchen, both signed on the list too Back then, Huo Xuenong was the deputy chairman of the military’s Supreme Council Huo Guanchen was only a captain at the tieneral, and also the director of the military’s Political Departnatures should be enough to dispel your doubts Surely you concede now that every single item on the list had been handed over to Luo Xinxue?” Gu Nianzhi quickly said before Lawyer Jin could raise any objections She turned to the judge to put in a formal request: “Your Honor, ould like to ask the court to send a subpoena to the telecommunications company, and have them hand over the communications record for this reed” The judge brought his gavel down upon the sound block

The court clerk began typing up a subpoena to send to the telecommunications operator

It would take some time for the telco to comply with the court order and hand over the records

Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Jialan “Huo Jialan, you said that you were unable to find the mobile phone Let’s assume that you lost it—do you at least re?”

Huo Jialan frowned as she thought about it She shook her head “To be completely honest, I’ve never seen the phone, not even once After s, which included what s were in a box, and I’ve sorted through the items, but I’ve never seen the mobile phone described on the list”

“Did you check to see whether everything on the list had been handed over to you?” Gu Nianzhi suddenly asked, catching Huo Jialan by surprise

Gu Nianzhi did not really know Huo Jialan But she had seen how Huo Jialan had been excessively particular about ned her parents’ belongings, and her instincts told her that Huo Jialan must be a miserly person

Hoould aher inheritance?

Gu Nianzhi guessed that someone like Huo Jialan would be extres She seeh the list herself and put a check next to every iteain, it was just a mobile phone It was hard to believe that Huo Jialan would be upset or concerned if it was

The phone wasn’t exactly a priceless artifact If it was gone, it was gone No sense worrying about it

Gu Nianzhi had tossed out the question carelessly, not expecting it to be important To her surprise, she saw Huo Jialan hesitate for aher head “…No, I did not”

She’s lying

The thought flashed across Gu Nianzhi’s mind

Gu Nianzhi was sure that Huo Jialan had checked the list of ite for so it? For what reason?

Gu Nianzhi cal on to the next question

“Director wang said that there’s also a birth certificate in the bank safe that you did not hand over to the court Care to explain?”

Huo Jialan shook her head again “I couldn’t find it How aain?” Gu Nianzhi frowned “Why is it called a ‘bank safe’ if it isn’t even safe? We should ask the bank for a copy of the surveillance camera tapes, and see who removed the birth certificate from the safe”

Panic flickered across Huo Jialan’s face, but she quickly collected herself She said cals, and took out everything that had been in the bank safe”

“So you’re saying that the document is with you?” Gu Nianzhi had to stress the importance of the docued to “So why didn’t you hand it over? Are you deliberately choosing to go against the court order? That counts as an obstruction of justice”

“Oh no, I wouldn’t dare” Huo Jialan lifted her chin slightly “I’ that when I went to the bank to re rese a certificate There were only jewelry and deposit receipts inside”

Huo Jialan insisted that the birth certificate had not been in the safe because she knew that Gu Nianzhi had no way of proving otherwise