Because of the injury to one hand, Joshua Daller's life has become very inconvenient. If he is the only one, he will deal with it, but there is still a sister Rosie Daller who has not yet recovered. This is a bit stretched.
In order to prevent the tragic death of siblings starving to death in the old house, they stayed in the hotel where Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan stayed for the past two days.
During the bail period, Joshua Daller will be subject to many restrictions, such as not being able to leave the urban area where he lives, and not being able to meet victims and witnesses to prevent collusion.
Even the relatives of Mrs. Kitty Bell, the victim, such as the teenager who poured boiling water that day, could not meet him without authorization.
But the connection between him and the lawyer is unrestricted.
bang bang bang —
Yan Suizhi's room door rang.
Such a rude and noisy knock on the door, I knew it was Joshua Daller.
Yan Suizhi was sitting in the sofa chair by the window, relaxing the injured leg, resting his chin, and looking at the case data with a calm face.
Hearing the sound, he said without looking up, "Come in."
This state is almost the same as when he was in the dean's office.
Gu Yan, who was sitting across from him, was replying to an email when he heard this and raised his eyelids.
Yan Suizhi turned the page again, only to notice Gu Yan's eyes, "What?"
After he said this, he finally reacted. He picked up the remote control on the desktop with a dry laugh and pressed the door button. He added an explanation: "I thought I was still in Decama, and I forgot that the hotel room here is not voice-activated."
Gu Yan withdrew his gaze coldly and continued to return the mail in his hand.
Professor Yan Da felt fortunate in his heart, but fortunately his explanation was quite natural.
"What did you call me for?" Joshua Daller began to complain as soon as he entered the door, grabbing his hair and saying irritably, "Ask me again about what happened that night?"
He doesn't have a high-end gadget like a smartphone. Fortunately, the hotel room has internal communication, so Yan Suizhi's "arraignment" only needs to move his fingers.
"What do you think? Otherwise, what else can I ask you?" Yan Suizhi put down the holographic page in his hand.
"It's just such a passing, you have asked upside down 800 times in the past two days." Joshua Dalle was very reluctant, and even the steps he walked were a little heavier.
"Come on, stop struggling, it's useless." Yan Suizhi patted the third chair with the corner of his mouth up, motioning him to sit down obediently.
Asking Joshua about the incident and his movements at the time is what Gu Yan has been doing for the past two days.
According to the regulations of the alliance lawyer industry, a third party must be present when a trial lawyer meets a client. The identity of the third party is not limited, and it can be an assistant, an intern, or a solicitor. The original intention is to beware of some lawyers who use less legal means in order to win the case.
Of course, there's no real fart.
Because Yan Suizhi's leg was injured, it was inconvenient to move, and Gu Yan didn't want to be blinded by his limping tortoise, so the place to ask Joshua was simply set in Yan Suizhi's room.
Gu Yan answered the three work emails neatly, raised his eyes and stared at Joshua and said, "Even though I have asked 800 times, I still need you to assure me that everything you said is the truth."
Joshua snorted, rolled his eyes and raised his hand: "Of course it's the truth. What did I lie to you for? I didn't steal other people's things. If I said it wasn't me, it wasn't me."
Yan Suizhi thought for a while and added: "I think it is necessary to remind you that according to industry regulations, lawyers have a duty of confidentiality. We have the right and obligation to keep what you say confidential."
How confidential is it? For example, if the client is accused of intentional homicide, the police have been slow to find the murder weapon. Even if the client confesses to the lawyer how the murder weapon was handled, the lawyer cannot tell the police about it.
This thing sounds very unreal, and in the eyes of ordinary people, it is extremely bad.
Some people have no obstacle in carrying out this stated responsibility, while others struggle and feel uneasy all the time.
Yan Suizhi used to joke with people that this is a law of the devil, black, dark, contrary to the most simple morality, and disgusting. But the reality is that it is only within the framework of this law that the devils will tell the truth.
Yan Suizhi gave Joshua Dale a reassurance pill for the 800th time, and said slowly, "So—"
"So I hope I don't have any scruples. If I say anything, even if it involves some very bastard content, it will be kept secret." Joshua finished for him in an endorsement-like tone without hesitation, and muttered: "I see. , I can hear calluses in my ears and can answer."
Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan were calmer than the other, and it was common for him to have such an impatient attitude.
"So from the afternoon to the evening of the 21st, what did you do?" Yan Suizhi asked, referring to the existing information on the case.
"I had a conflict with someone when I was working that day. I was injured on my cheekbone. I received 100 West extra compensation. I was able to leave the construction site ahead of schedule, and I got a half-day vacation..."
His face was swollen, and he was holding the money again, in a delicate mood. It can't be said that there is more depression and irritability, or more surprises with more money.
Or maybe the contradiction itself is sad.
He touched his cheekbones and licked a mouthful of blood. He went home to make up for a short sleep, and took the money to the streets. He went to the jewelry wholesale store in the alley to buy a pair of pearl earrings for 68 cents.
Then he went up to Kitty Bell's wall with those cheap but still pretty pearl earrings.
"Why did you spend 68 West to buy that pair of earrings?" Gu Yan asked.
Even though this question has been answered many times, Joshua will be silent for a few seconds before answering each time.
"...because I dreamed of my grandmother when I slept in the afternoon." Joshua said.
"Why dream of grandmother?"
"… Who knows."
Maybe the beaten cheekbone suddenly hurts more than every wound in the past, or the 100 West compensation suddenly makes him feel wronged and boring...
In his short sleep, Joshua dreamed of his grandmother who had been dead for several years.
He dreamed that he was standing in a small kitchen, stewing vegetable porridge for his sister.
My grandmother stood under the eaves outside the kitchen window, sheltering from the rain, looking at him kindly.
He pushed open the window and said to his grandmother, "It's raining heavily outside, and the eaves can't stop it. Why are you standing here, hurry in."
The grandmother touched the wet corner of her clothes, glanced at the house again, smiled gently and said, "I won't go in, I just want to see you."
Joshua was a little anxious, "Come in, come in quickly, the rain is going to hit you."
The grandmother still smiled and did not enter the door.
In the dream, he didn't know why he was so anxious to let his grandmother into the house, and he didn't know why he was so sad.
He woke up in that intense sadness, lay on the bed for a while with red eyes, and suddenly wanted to buy a pair of pearl earrings.
Because many years ago, before my grandmother died, she said that she always wanted a pair.
"Why climb the wall of Kitty Bell's house?" It was still Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan who took turns asking.
"Because when she was sitting in the armchair and knitting a scarf against the light, she looked a lot like her grandmother..." Joshua said. "The reading glasses are very similar, the movements are very similar, and the profile is very similar."
Sometimes he suddenly thinks of his grandmother, so he will squat on the fence and watch silently for a while under the shade of the night and the water vapor on the window.
He bought pearl earrings on an impulse that day, and only when he walked home did he realize that he had no grandmother to give him these earrings.
So he took advantage of the darkness to climb the wall of Kitty Bell's house again, this time not only watching, but quietly jumping into the yard. He hung a small black velvet pocket with pearl earrings by the door.
Who knows how good it is, there happened to be a robbery at Kitty Bell's house that night, and the flannel pocket with earrings was blown to the ground by the wind.
On the premise that there is no other conclusive identity clues, the flannel pocket just happened to be an important criminal evidence. The alley was cluttered and old, and there were no cameras available, but the police tracked down the store selling pearl earrings and called up the store's surveillance cameras. The process of Joshua's buying earrings was clear in the surveillance.
Later, it was determined that he had entered Kitty Bell's house through the remaining mud marks on the soles of Joshua's shoes...
In short, the evidence points to Joshua one by one.
"Let me confirm again, when did you leave the yard?" Gu Yan said.
Joshua: "Not before 7:30."
The robbery took place around 7:50 to 8:10 and it would be nice if the time difference could be proven.
This is also their best breakthrough, as long as it can prove that Joshua left the yard ahead of schedule.
Unfortunately, there were no cameras installed in the alley, no one passed by at the time, and no one could give Joshua an alibi at that time.
"It would be nice if there was a camera." Yan Suizhi's fingers pointed at his fingertips, a little regretful, "Unfortunately..."
Joshua looked desperate, "So after asking 800 times, you still can't do anything, right?"