Harvey may be a shady lawyer who is greedy for money.
But he is not an irresponsible person, but more like an old fox with a keen sense of smell.
He realized something was wrong from a few casual conversations with Anya's attorney.
This guy is well-known for his bad temper in the industry, but when he asked on the phone if he had the whereabouts of his child Che Linwan, the other party patiently explained to him.
They broke up at the door of the detention center. The Asian female forensic doctor was very monotonous and withdrawn. She left him alone and left.
His behavior was indeed in line with Che Linwan's character, but it was not in line with the other party's lawyer's character.
So old Harvey made another very touching decision.
He did not give up on the girl after randomly looking for Che Lin Wan a few times. Instead, he explained the entire incident to Xia Mingzhi who was in custody, and then conducted his own analysis.
"Your trust in this forensic doctor is obviously much higher than that of your mother."
This was also one of the ways he won Xia Mingzhi's trust. From the first meeting, he vaguely realized that this Asian international student was very smart, and it was more difficult to fool him than his employer, Ms. Ma Jia.
However, the relationship between mother and son is not very open. Although the son has good judgment, the mother does not trust her son.
There have to be trade-offs in any relationship, and making choices is an all-too-frequent thing for Harvey.
He has never had difficulty choosing and can always make the fastest and most advantageous choice within a second.
Just like a mother who chooses her children, she chooses her partners, she chooses her clients, she chooses her community. Even though he sometimes makes mistakes, he is not someone who is unwilling to admit his mistakes. Of course, only behind no one's back, not in front of everyone.
Xia Mingzhi immediately understood Harvey's hidden worries. Because Che Linwan had clues even outside the local police, she was very likely to be in danger!
"Harvey!"
"Here you are. You can't go out now, so you need me."
Xia Mingzhi became entangled. He didn't know who else could help him now.
"Can't you contact the police?"
Harvey shrugged his shoulders, "I have no evidence. I can't say that old Charlie took away the female forensic doctor. But the person disappeared after coming out of the Women's Detention Center. Although I am not familiar with her, she doesn't seem to be A character that can disappear anytime, anywhere.”
"She's really not. She's a very reliable person."
"Do you have any other ways or contacts to find her? Or will she go to a friend's house if she is in danger?"
Xia Mingzhi's mind was working rapidly.
"Bai Shoudao."
"Who is he? Can he be trusted?"
"As long as you can contact him, you must be trustworthy."
Harvey showed strong distrust when he learned that the other party was a hacker, but under Xia Mingzhi's strong recommendation, he took the initiative to contact the hacker who had traveled across the entire earth.
The hacker asked him in surprise, "Who did you say you were? What did you say? Xia Mingzhi killed someone..."
"It's still in the trial process, and there is no conviction. But we need the female forensic doctor, but she disappeared."
"Disappeared? What do you mean disappeared? Her location is obviously still in the same city as you."
"where is she?"
"Wait... I can send you the coordinates."
"By the way, after we contact you, you won't hack my phone and personal computer, right?"
"Why should I do this?"
"Don't you Chinese hackers all rely on these to blackmail foreigners?"
"...Yes. I will blackmail you, just wait for my blackmail email."
"I'm warning you, I have friends in International Security."
"Yes, that's right. I have friends from the Mars Survey Bureau. I can leave Earth at any time."
"Really? You China can already leave the earth?!"
"... That's right. Don't forget, a certain base of Atlantis is in XZ."
"Are you kidding me?"
"Who says it isn't?"
Before Harvey hung up the phone with a bang, he had already received an email with the words "blackmail email" written on it, which only contained a coordinate address.
When he found Che Linwan and gangster lawyer Old Charlie, the two were sitting in a 24-hour coffee shop drinking coffee.
The surroundings are very remote, with only dark roads and a dim streetlight 200 meters away. And some street lights are still broken.
Before arriving, Harvey indeed shared his location with his friend who worked as a civilian in the Ministry of Security.
He also told him to use the password to contact him every 15 minutes. If he did not reply on time, notify someone immediately to rescue him.
If the police are not quick enough, hire mercenaries.
Anyway, we must save him!
When Harvey opened the door, the red-haired middle-aged waiter gave him a dissatisfied look. Several homeless people were already sitting in the cafe, and they seemed to be preparing to spend the night. They huddled in the sofa seat near the corner, their heads buried low.
From time to time, a pair of black and sinister eyes would appear from under the woolen hat, glancing at the entire hall.
Under the surprised looks of old Charlie and Che Linwan, Harvey walked over and sat on the sofa next to Che Linwan.
I waved for a cup of black coffee.
"The coffee machine is broken, only instant coffee."
"Uh. That's okay."
"Only mocha."
"Alright alright."
He looked at the two steaming cups of tea placed in front of the other two people.
"How did you find it?" Old Charlie asked first.
Harvey poked Che Linwan's direction with his thumb, "As a dedicated lawyer, I have the obligation to protect my important witnesses."
Charlie smiled, "In your eyes, everyone else is scum."
"In the eyes of every good lawyer, his opponents are always scum."
"Harvey, did your witness tell you her wild guess about the murderer?"
Harvey looked at Che Linwan, and he understood why they were here.
Che Linwan told Charlie.
Although he repeatedly reminded that before the case was clear, he must not tell the other party's lawyer to avoid causing temporary incidents that he could not handle.
But after glancing at Che Linwan's slightly red and swollen forehead, he instantly became furious, "Did you hit her?"
Charlie showed his yellow teeth, "This is also one of the important means that a scumbag lawyer must have."
Harvey leaned over suddenly and held out a finger. "I'm going to ask for witness protection. Don't you ever come near her again."
But Charlie leaned back in his chair, "We had a good chat before you came here."
Che Linwan snorted, it was pretty good. If not, she might have been thrown off the cliff.
Harvey touched Che Lin Wan's arm, signaling her to be ready to leave at any time.
"Harvey, Harvey, don't always think about leaving me behind. We are involved in a case. And if what this female forensic doctor said is true, this is a premeditated case of hiding a corpse and setting up trouble, and we can become famous! "
"I just have to prove that my client is innocent."
"mine too."
"No, yours probably isn't. Because I'm the only one with amnesia."
"I want to try to remind him..." Che Linwan interrupted.
The two old lawyers stared at her with deep meaning. It seemed that the little forensic doctor had something.
Harvey prepared the medicine and inadvertently stuffed it under Xia Mingzhi's hand during the interview.
"What is it?"
"Don't worry about it. Just find a chance to eat it."
"He won't die."
"Not really. But enough for me to guarantee you go out for medical treatment."
"My mother's idea?"
"no."
In fact, it was Che Linwan's idea.
She also provided the name of the drug, and Harvey found some friends to get it through secret channels.
Medical treatment in the detention center is limited, and doctors in the detention center's medical room do not dare to easily make diagnoses for cases that require large-scale equipment to diagnose. Especially faced with a foreigner.
As a forensic doctor, Che Linwan knew better than anyone that those symptoms would affect the doctor's initial judgment.
Xia Mingzhi was handcuffed to the guardrails on both sides of the stretcher and transported all the way to the downtown central hospital designated by Harvey.
When he saw Che Linwan in a white coat walking in among the doctors, Xia Mingzhi's pupils narrowed, never expecting that she would agree to such a risky plan.
No matter how you look at it, this looks like the method of your mother, Ms. Ma Jia.
After the doctor finished the examination, Harvey cleared everyone out and whispered in Che Linwan's ear, "I've left you 20 minutes, which should be enough."
In fact, Che Linwan herself didn't know for sure. She had never done any psychological hypnosis breaking training, and she didn't know whether it would be dangerous. She only heard that hypnosis was somewhat similar to sleepwalking, and it would be dangerous to wake up a sleepwalker midway. Causes brain damage.
I hope I don’t turn Xia Mingzhi into an idiot in the end...
"Doctor Che? I never thought it was you..."
Che Linwan silently knelt down and looked level with Xia Mingzhi on the hospital bed.
Look cautiously.
"Now, listen carefully to what I say."
"Okay. As long as you don't lead me out of prison. I don't want to become a wanted criminal for the rest of my life."
"Latch."
"ah?"
"Uh..." Could it be that the way of opening it is wrong
"W-what? What do you want to say."
"Hey, wait! I'll study it when I go back?"
"Didn't Harvey just say that you only have 20 minutes? So what on earth do you want to do to me?"
He looked down at his body, reminding her that he was still handcuffed to the hospital bed. She'd better do something reasonable.
"You... don't know... the lock?"
"What is..."
"Like, a safe word?"
"It's like an SM game."
"..." It's over!
Che Linwan regretted it. He should at least ask Dr. Smith how to use this word.
It seems that it is not enough to just say it casually.
Otherwise, if it happens in daily life, no matter how low the probability is, it will still be a terrible event.
"The sound of a clock..." When the two of them stared at each other, Xia Mingzhi suddenly said, "There is a sound of a clock."
Che Linwan didn't know what was going on. But she suddenly understood something, but there were no clocks around. She thought of the high-end Jaeger-LeCoultre watch on Harvey's wrist.
"Hypnosis needs guidance." Seeing the sweat on the tip of Che Linwan's nose due to her eagerness, he could not raise his hand to comfort her, so he had to slow down his volume and tone, hoping to help her calm down.
Amidst the ticking of the clock and the gentle background music, he worked hard to adjust his breathing and let himself enter a stage of relaxation.
There was no need for any precautions, because she was the only one in the room now.
And she would never hurt him.
Then he heard the sound of opening Pandora's box in his ears, "Lock".
Then Xia Mingzhi slowly woke up.
"Isn't it still possible?" Che Linwan's tone was a little impatient.
"What do you want to know?"
"What happened that day..."
"I didn't kill the person. Haven't you already been convinced? Do you have to tell you personally before you will believe me?"
Xia Mingzhi's rhetorical question made her feel uncomfortable. It didn't mean that she just believed him. They needed evidence and self-certification. This is a criminal case now, not a child’s play of you are right and I am wrong.
"Anya killed the person." Seeing that Che Linwan was silent, Xia Mingzhi continued, "Didn't you come to a conclusion a long time ago. It was Anya who killed him, and then carefully planned it and framed the blame on me."
"Xia Mingzhi, what are you talking about? Is your blood pressure too low now? Let me ask the doctor to check it for you."
"I didn't kill the person. You will save me, right? No matter what, you will save me. You love me, right? Just like before."
Che Linwan took a step back suddenly.
"What are you afraid of?"
"You are... are..."
"Xia Mingzhi. I am the one, the real Xia Mingzhi. I can't remember it so quickly. It seems that women are really forgetful."
There was a strange light in his eyes, bright and shining like a night spirit.
Che Linwan suddenly became afraid.
What if that time... that time it was him
It was he who woke up, because the sudden appearance of the other party caused a stress reaction, and his true personality suddenly emerged.
So...
"Are you starting to doubt me now? You can't doubt me, it's already at this time. Shouldn't my mother and I try our best to rescue me... Well, you can find a way to break it now Handcuffs, let’s escape together.”
"Go crazy!"
"Because of you. It's all because of you. That guy destroyed himself. Don't you feel bad at all?"
"What did you say."
"The personality of Xia Mingzhi you know will never appear again. Never again!"
"No. He and the doctor prepared a safe word to indicate that he is still there."
"Safe word? Shouldn't it be him who wakes up? But I can't feel him anymore. He abandoned you. Ha!"
Che Linwan endured it for a while.
He rushed over, grabbed his prison uniform, and strangled his neck forcefully, "...Give him back to me. You are a bastard! Give him back to me!"
Hearing the noise, Harvey opened the door and came in to remind them, but he was frightened by the scene in front of him.
"Forensic Doctor Cha! Doctor Cha, calm down. What is this?"
"It's this person! It's this person who killed someone. It's not Xia Mingzhi, it's not... it's not!"
"What?"
"Xia Mingzhi has DID, an acquired split personality. He had a very bad personality when he was young, so his parents used hypnosis to reshape an acquired personality. But... the innate personality developed violent tendencies due to repression... "
Harvey was stunned, "So, he is really the murderer?"
"No, I do not know."
Harvey looked at Xia Mingzhi on the hospital bed. He was smiling!
He is smiling weirdly!
The smile was sinister and smug.
He was completely different from the Xia Mingzhi that Harvey usually knew.
His pores tightened.
After so many years of working in the industry, I have seen many murderers and gangsters, and it is not that I have never seen mentally ill prisoners.
However, they are all different from the young man in front of me.
"If it is really split personality, in our Western law, we will not identify the criminal. Even if the same person does it, as long as it can be proved that it is under the control of different personalities, we cannot combine other personalities in the same body. and imprisoned. Because the other personalities are innocent.”
After Harvey finished speaking mechanically, he looked at Che Linwan with a hint of despair.
This was not the answer he ultimately wanted.
The answer he wants is the same as the answer Charlie is waiting for at this moment, the truth behind the death of the habitual burglar. The authorities muddle through and respond, but defense lawyers seek justice and deliver justice.
This is what he wants.
Instead of having to defend a mentally ill prisoner!
(End of chapter)