Che Linwan drank his 11th cup of coffee all night and opened a copy of the local forensic file for the third time.
This copy was hard to come by. The defense lawyer Ma Jiaxunyi found for her son must be the best and must be a local. Although she herself prefers to trust people from the same country, people from a family like Ma Jiaxunyi have never been around. There is no shortage of think tanks. The unanimous opinion of all think tanks is that the defense lawyer must be a local lawyer from the place where the case occurred, otherwise he will be at a disadvantage in the court defense.
And Ma Jiaxunyi, who has always believed that money can make the world go round, also firmly believes that as long as he spends his money to the bone, there is no lawyer he cannot bribe.
She has made up her mind that if the lawyer is unable to prove her son's innocence, she will use her own methods.
The little girl named Anya was forced to admit all the criminal motives and masterminds. Her son was just a helper, and he was mentally insane, so she asked for medical parole.
Ma Jiaxunyi and Xia Dongqing are now living in a country that has no extradition provisions. She firmly believes that her son can live the same life as herself.
When she remembered the knock on the door, she suddenly felt her heart beating in a disorderly manner. She quickly ran into the bathroom and retched for a while, washed her face with cold water, then wrapped her coat tightly and ran to open the door.
Ma Jiaxunyi was accompanied by a girl who looked like an assistant, and they each carried a large bag.
Ma Jiaxun took a bag from the girl's arm and stuffed it into Che Linwan's hand, then turned around and dismissed the assistant beside him.
Che Linwan couldn't help but think of Jiafeng, whom he had met once before. I don’t know what happened to that girl now.
"They are some daily necessities." Ma Jiaxunyi closed the door and lit a cigarette, without asking Che Lin Wanjie if she minded visitors smoking in her suite.
In Ma Jiaxunyi's view, the suite was prepared by her for Che Linwan, which meant that it was her own and not Che Linwan's.
"I don't need..." Che Linwan glanced at the bag and realized that he was completely wrong. How could she be so naive as to think that these daily necessities were given to her by Ms. Ma Jia? For her son, of course.
The question is, "Shouldn't these be handed over to Xia Mingzhi by the lawyer?"
Through the layers of smoke, Ma Jiaxunyi looked sideways at Che Linwan, "That German guy said that nothing can be sent into the detention center where I am now." As he spoke, he spat, " Useless liar! The asking price is the highest among all the lawyers on the market, but the result is that he has no skills at all.”
Germans are famous for their rigor. All the procedures of this lawyer were flawless. Che Linwan couldn't tell yet whether he was really capable or not, but looking at the preferential treatment this lawyer obtained for Xia Mingzhi, it was considered a success. Pretty good.
Everyone has different habits, and maybe lawyers just don't want to spend money on the hilt. It just so happened that his employer was someone who liked gold knife handles inlaid with diamonds.
"Ms. Ma Jia, I can't bring so many things in alone. And there are restrictions on my visit. As a family member, why don't you go in by yourself?"
Ma Jiaxunyi suddenly pinched the cigarette butt under the sole of his shoe. The floor of the hotel was covered with suede carpet, and a hole was immediately burned out. Che Linwan couldn't help feeling disgusted anymore, and her face became unhappy.
"It's not like you don't know why his father and I left the mainland. Germany is one of the countries with the most complete extradition treaties in the world. If I can show up less, it's better to show up less, otherwise I'll spend so much money to hire you to do it. What? Traveling?"
Che Linwan probably didn't sleep all night. He sent countless emails requesting to personally inspect the body that had not yet been enshrined. Time was very tight. The family of the deceased may want the body back for cremation at any time.
The local police have concluded that regardless of whether the man was a thief or not, there is no doubt that he died in Anya's home and was murdered.
"Sorry, I am indeed here for a trip. I stay here not because of your money, Ms. Ma Jia, but because I really want to help Xia Mingzhi. I hope to find out the truth. Why did he suddenly I don’t remember anything, do you still need me to explain it to you?”
Ma Jiaxunyi almost jumped and stood up, "What did you say! What do you mean? What are you insinuating?"
"There is no need for me to remind you that Xia Xiyuan is still living alone in China. She is living like a bereaved orphan. Didn't you ever consider taking her with you when you left?"
"Don't think that you are special just because you have seen her. I am her mother! Don't I feel uncomfortable when I see my daughter like this..."
"So you don't want to take a look again?"
"She doesn't know anything anymore! This is good now. As long as she has food and someone to take care of her, she can live a healthy life. She is now the happiest in our family."
Che Linwan couldn't help but sneer. But looking at it from another angle, what Ma Jiaxunyi said is correct.
From God's perspective, no one can make decisions for others, not even biological parents.
Therefore, taking the life of a biological child is also considered murder.
After smoking and blowing the cold wind, Ma Jiaxunyi gradually regained her consciousness and began to show her social skills to Che Linwan.
"My child, you haven't become a mother yet. Those complicated and tangled emotions cannot be understood by those who have not experienced it." Although Che Linwan hated such words in her heart, she had no way to refute, because there were indeed many things in the world that she People who have no right to speak, such as PTSD or DID, and those who have not experienced it will always sound like the propaganda slogans of the mainstream media.
Ma Jiaxunyi saw that she was gradually persuading the other party. Che Linwan was not a stubborn person. As long as she could be persuaded logically, she was a person who was easily dismissed. This was also called the "sadness of civilized people".
Because they are reasonable, they are easily swayed and persuaded, and are ultimately exploited by politicians with scheming intentions, shady businessmen, and extremists.
"Xiyuan and Mingzhi are both my children. From a mother's point of view, I will not love anyone less. But this world cannot survive only by love. If Dr. Cha, you are the kind of person who believes that you can stand in the world If your center calls for love, love will come to you, and if you think the world will be peaceful, I won’t stand here and say this to you.”
It’s unknown.
"So between two children, even if the parents will favor the smart one, the promising one, the loyal one, the one who is more conducive to the family... As a boy, it is understandable. Since ancient times, it has been It has developed like this, and it will continue to develop like this in the future. Like you, we are both women, and I also graduated from college. At that time, I thought that equality between men and women would be a matter of time, but I am no longer so naive now. ”
"Dr. Che, you are not naive. You just have the most naive illusions. The illusions that only young people have. But I have no time for illusions. I have to rescue Xiaozhi. His father and I only have this one Son, and he is also the one you love. Li Zongwu said that wherever my heart goes, you will definitely help me, because we are in the same boat. "
Che Linwan didn't know whether she was moved by the other party's speech or by his emotions. It was impossible for an elderly person to say heart-to-heart words, but Ma Jiaxunyi's words were what she really thought, and she was even blinded by them. A layer of dark obscurity.
Dragging large and small bags, she begged in embarrassment and humbleness, and used various methods to finally deliver the things Ma Jiaxun had brought with her to Xia Mingzhi's hands.
But at the small conference table where the interview was held, Xia Mingzhi's expression showed no sign of relief.
He was wearing a gray prison uniform, which was different from those prisoners in orange prison uniforms who were sentenced to prison.
With rough iron handcuffs on his wrists, he walked into the interview room. The guard locked the door, then turned around and took off the handcuffs, hung them back on the belt around his waist, and walked to the compartment of the small transparent glass observation room. There was a single sofa chair that was so dim that it was difficult to see clearly and a small wooden board mounted on the wall, probably used as a table.
The guard glanced at them, looked up at the electronic clock, and signaled that the visiting time had begun.
Che Linwan immediately took out the folder from her handbag and pulled out a pile of photos, all of which were photos of the scene. When she noticed that Xia Mingzhi glanced at the photos from the corner of her eye, she immediately frowned in displeasure. Averted his gaze.
She guessed that the lawyer must have questioned him about these photos countless times, as well as the local police and prosecutors.
If he could remember, he would have said all he could, but now she had to ask again.
He first folded his hands and placed them on the table, then slowly and tentatively moved a little towards Xia Mingzhi, and glanced at the guard behind the observation room warily, but there seemed to be no movement on the other side.
So she leaned over and took his hand.
"I know it's difficult. It's very difficult these days, but you have to see clearly now. Your memory system is a little different from others... "
"Why is it different?"
Che Linwan was stuck.
She didn't know whether she should say it or not. She didn't know that Ma Jiaxun, the instigator at this time, did not agree with telling him the whole story of her son's amnesia.
"My mom came in once. Just once."
"I know...she..."
"I said three sentences in total. Lawyers are expensive. No confession is allowed. Anya killed the person."
Che Linwan suddenly took a breath, feeling a little unable to express herself to this mother.
"I saw the things that were brought in. She asked you to bring them in. She asked the lawyer to bring them in several times before. I threatened the lawyer. If he brings things in for my mother again, I will plead guilty directly."
"Ah..." So that's it.
"I'm not here for a vacation. I have to think clearly. But now damn... I can't remember anything."
He grabbed her wrist with his backhand, and Che Linwan noticed that the guard behind the observation room had a hand on his waist and was about to stand up. She immediately broke free from his hand, but fortunately Xia Mingzhi didn't use any force.
In short, she must take the initiative in all actions in this small visiting room. Once Xia Mingzhi has any active physical collision, it will be regarded as dangerous and the visit will be interrupted.
"Xia Mingzhi, take another look at these photos, please!"
There are limits to human mental hypnosis. Although Che Linwan did not study psychology, she has been involved in a lot of professionalism in the past few days. As long as you recreate the stimulation on the spot repeatedly, I believe you can remember some of it.
It's just going to be very painful for me.
"I have already talked with the lawyer. If the death is caused by excessive defense, the sentence will not be very long. Instead of finding out who is the real murderer between me and Anya, it is better to change the direction and prove that the deceased was a burglar. thief, it would be much easier for either party.”
"You want to plead guilty?"
"Whether it's me or Anya, it doesn't matter anymore. Everything Anya said was to protect me, she wanted to protect me... But I can't let her go to jail. As a girl, her life in jail will be even more difficult. So I Decide… "
"Wait! Don't tell me your decision yet. Have you considered other people? Have you considered... your mother. Those who believe you are innocent."
He suddenly stared at her coldly, "Am I innocent? Why does an innocent person have a memory gap? An innocent person... why does he know you but doesn't remember you at all? It must be something I did. . When memory loss first occurred, I had a vague feeling. This is not the first time.”
"But this does not prove that you are guilty!"
"Dr. Che, a person died alone. There were only two people at the death scene: me and Anya. Do you want to say that the person committed suicide and we are all innocent? Or are you, like my mother, ready to push Anya to murder? Is your seat up? ... Che Linwan? Are you really compromising with my mother?"
"She said she would take good care of Anya's family."
"Why don't you just spend a few dollars to spend it. You can't do this. Anya will be completely ruined by you. She worked hard to study in college. She is a second-generation immigrant and her treatment in her country is not good. If she has a criminal record again, she will be in trouble in the future. I can’t live here anymore.”
"What about you? Don't you care? There is a criminal record."
"I'm different from her..."
"You want to run away forever like your parents. Living on the money from corruption and living without any sense of social responsibility, right?" Che Linwan stood up, "I was wrong. It seems that I was wrong this time. , you are not the Xia Mingzhi I know. I’m sorry. We don’t know each other at all.”
"Doctor Che...?"
"You know that I have studied and practiced forensic medicine for so many years and have never given up on forensic medicine. I have been desperately trying to find out the truth about the death of the deceased. Is it all for the sake of the dead? What is best for the dead? The method is to bury the corpse under the soil. Whether it is the murderer burying the corpse or the family member burying it in peace, this is the root of Buddhism. But what I did was to dig out the buried corpse. , dissection, analysis, and constant experimentation, for fun? No, for those who continue to live, so that some people can continue to feel guilty. , If you are not guilty, you are not guilty. You don't care about the feelings of others. Xia Mingzhi - I recognized the wrong person. Sorry to bother you."
"Che Linwan!"
She got up and walked to the door and pressed the exit button.
Xia Mingzhi got up and chased after him, but the guard who ran out slammed him down on the table.
The door to leave opened. As long as Che Linwan walked out, there was nothing he could do. Now she was free and he was not.
"I took the initiative to participate in this autopsy examination. So I will not give up. But all the results will be handed over directly to your defense lawyer. I will not bother you again in the future."
"Che Linwan... come back..."
The guard took the handcuffs from the leather buckle on his waist and cuffed Xia Mingzhi again, grabbed the clothes on his back and pulled him up.
They all spoke in Chinese, which the guards could not understand, but all the guards were good expression readers. Because they could not actually hear any conversation behind the observation room. The prisoners wearing gray prison uniforms were only suspects and had not been actually convicted. Therefore, for the privacy of these suspects, the conversations in the visiting room were kept secret.
The guard mocked in East German, "My little girlfriend is breaking up with you? Ha! If you stay in prison for a few more years, your girlfriend's children will be old enough to come visit you."
Xia Mingzhi jerked his head back and almost hit the guard's nose.
"Damn it! The sick man of East Asia, are you looking for death?"
In the corridor in the blind corner of the surveillance camera, there was a beating with a stun baton.
It wasn't until a mouthful of blood spat onto the guard's black leather boots that the guard wiped the prisoner's clothes with the instep of his foot.
He dragged and threw the person back into the detention room.
"What's wrong with this kid?" Another guard who opened the door asked in surprise. He secretly received a lawyer's fee and promised to help look after Xia Mingzhi so that he would not be tortured to death by other real prisoners.
"My girlfriend broke up with him, and I couldn't figure it out. When I came back, I banged my head against the wall." He said it in a serious manner.
The bribed guard took a look at the injuries on Xia Mingzhi's body, and it was clear that they were just beaten.
"Are you okay?"
Xia Mingzhi walked back to his cell without raising his head.
"Wipe it! This guy's head is quite hard."
"That's enough."
(End of chapter)