Chapter 301 - Someone Saw Her (2/2)
She had carefully considered this possibility when researching the case
In order to collect incriet Huo Jialan to accuse her of the crime
Huo Jialan was, to put it si the case
But she was a tough nut to crack Huo Shaoheng had used a lie detector on her, with little to no success
Gu Nianzhi, with the help of the forensic expert Director wang, had noticed that there was a birth certificate listed as part of Luo Xinxue’s belongings
She decided to use the birth certificate to force Huo Jialan into a corner Huo Jialan would then have to charge Bai Jinyi with the cri Luo Xinxue to clear her own name
Gu Nianzhi immediately pounced on what Huo Jialan had just said “You sound like you knoho ht have done it Who do you have in mind?”
Huo Jialan hesitated
Lawyer Jin immediately shouted: “Objection! That is a loaded question!”
“Objection sustained” The judge brought his gavel down “The plaintiff’s lawyer shall refrain fro loaded questions”
Gu Nianzhi iy “Huo Jialan, there wasn’t a burglar that night You ! In fact, you were the one who killed your mother!”
“It wasn’t me!” Huo Jialan shrieked out in panic She pointed towards Bai Jinyi, standing in the dock “It was her! When I went downstairs to look for my mother, I saw her come out of my mother’s room!”
This unexpected outburst was met with dead silence in the courtroom Then suddenly, like a drop of water that had fallen into a pot of hot oil, the courtroo and chatter
“Someone saw her?!”
“How is that possible?!”
The 15 lawyers working for the Bai falances as they questioned each other They wondered whether they had misheard
Bai Jinyi trehtened herself and closed her eyes as she said with a sneer: “Lies and slander! Huo Jialan, I know you’re desperate to wriggle out of the cri your ownup wild stories I hope you realize it’s a felony to give false testimony in court!”
“Oh?” Gu Nianzhi walked over to the dock She clasped her hands behind her back as she scrutinized Bai Jinyi “But what Huo Jialan said just now is logically consistent hat happened that night Bai Jinyi, would you care to explain what you were doing in Luo Xinxue’s rooht, and according to Huo Jialan, her mother was already more or less out of it when she saw her Were you the one who fed her with sleeping pills? You’re a psychiatrist, after all, whichpills”
Bai Jinyi refused to look at Gu Nianzhi She kept her eyes closed as she said scathingly: “What proof do you have that I was in Luo Xinxue’s room? All you have is Huo Jialan’s clai her of killing her own mother There, why don’t you takepills because I’ every psychiatrist on this planet who have sleeping pills at their disposal should be suspected ofevery psychiatrist is a er at Bai Jinyi “I’ you’re the only psychiatrist we knoho has a connection to Luo Xinxue and can enter the Huo Residence without triggering suspicion, Physicist Bai—or should I call you Psychiatrist Bai?”
Bai Jinyi wanted to continue arguing the point with Gu Nianzhi, but Lawyer Jin put a warning hand on her are: “Your Honor, the plaintiff’s witness has given us new information in her testiate the credibility of the witness”
The judge nodded “Agreed Court is adjourned The next hearing will be in three days”
The gavel fell upon the sound block, indicating that the second hearing was now over
Bai Jinyi was escorted back to the detention center by the bailiff She could not be released on bail for theher out of the country
Huo Jialan was still a suspect, but she was currently too emotionally unstable to be kept in the detention center She was escorted back to the Huo Residence by Huo Shaoheng’s men, where she remained under close surveillance The security measures around her were now even stricter than the ones she had been subjected to at the detention center