Chen Zhang shook his head: "I don't know."
His expression was extremely sincere, but it was a pity that Yan Suizhi never took the other person's expression seriously when he asked, so he just glanced at him and said calmly, "Continue."
Ordinary people always want to seize a trace of trust when they are not relying on to calm themselves down. But he couldn't catch anything on Yan Suizhi. He couldn't grasp the other party's thoughts, so he couldn't help but panic a little, "I really don't know."
"Well, I heard you, you can continue." Yan Suizhi smiled.
"Really." Chen Zhang emphasized it again, looking a little helpless, but he had to continue, "The timing of those people's appearance made me think that their so-called help should be at Mr. Qiao's party, And since I was a diving instructor, I guessed that it was related to diving in all likelihood. So when I got to Yaba Island, I was always nervous, afraid that something might go wrong during the diving process.”
"Other coaches usually took two guests by themselves that day. When they were assigned to me, there was just one more guest, so I brought three." Chen Zhangdao, "To be honest, I was already in a state of shock at that time. If you are a little different from others, just take your heart..."
After all, his nature is not bad. Although he promised to help under coercion and inducement, he still subconsciously wanted to prevent things from happening. So he planned to tell the butler in charge of the arrangement that he could not bring three people, and the other coach was more skilled and safer. He wanted the butler to rearrange it. It is best to let him only bring two people like most people. Even bring only one.
Sometimes people are so contradictory. It is obvious that he urgently needs money, and it is also because of money that he agrees to help the other party. When it comes to this kind of time, he would rather bring one less and take less money in exchange for safety.
"But the housekeeper told me that he didn't make such an arrangement, but to show the list of coaches to the guests. The guests discussed and chose by themselves. It's not good for him to go against his will." Chen Zhang said.
"Have you verified this later?" Yan Suizhi asked.
"Yes. In fact, after the diving accident, when Sheriff Kane asked me to record a statement, he also asked this kind of question." Chen Zhang said a little embarrassedly, "But I didn't say anything too specific to him at that time. In fact, I When I got to Yaba Island, I was suspicious. Everyone seemed to be one of the people who asked me to help. Of course I didn’t believe it when the housekeeper said that. Later, when I saw the guests, I asked a question, they really chose it by themselves.”
"The lawyer Jason Charles, who was wearing the wrong clothes and caused the accident, said that he had visited the Hardmont Club a few times. He didn't like the coach assigned to him at the time, and he always asked him to adjust his body shape. He felt that the other party was very uncomfortable. Long-winded. Later, when the coach was absent, I temporarily replaced him, and he had a good impression on me. Maybe because I don't like to chat very much. I am ashamed that I have no impression of lawyer Jason Charles... "
However, this did not prevent Jason Charles from choosing him without hesitation when he saw him on the list.
And Zhao Zemu chose him, and Chen Zhang knew the reason. After all, Zhao Zemu was a frequent visitor to the Hardmont Club, and Chen Zhang used to be his diving buddy.
George Manson may be the only one who didn't give any reason. He just sent Chen Zhang perfunctorily and willfully with a sentence: "There is no reason, I just picked one that is pleasing to the eye from the list."
This young master has a well-known personality, and it is difficult for him to change his mind whether it makes sense or not when he decides.
And at that time, Chen Zhang was a little selfish...
"This is the second wrong thing I did." Chen Zhang said, "I didn't know that I would meet Mr. Manson at Mr. Qiao's party before. I changed my name and appearance, and he didn't recognize me. Maybe not. He didn't know him either. After all, at the Champagne Club, I was just a substitute coach and I was not familiar with him. But I do know him. Although it has been more than ten years, I have to admit that I still have no idea what happened back then. I have a lot of grief and resentment. So when Mr. Manson said he was too lazy to change coaches, I accepted it without persuading me."
Chen Zhang's angst is not what he wants to do to Manson, but he is trying his best to prove in front of Manson that if it hadn't been intercepted by the bodyguards back then, if he had been allowed to follow him into the water as a coach, he would never have caused any accident to Manson. .
"I was very emotional at the time. If I insisted on transferring a client to another more experienced coach, at least lawyer Jason Charles and Mr. Zhao would be spared a crime." Chen Zhangdao.
Yan Suizhi listened calmly throughout the whole process, occasionally recording some simple words with the special pen and paper provided by the detention center. Even Gu Yan next to him couldn't understand what kind of book he wrote, let alone Chen Zhang.
But when he heard Chen Zhang say this, the pen in Yan Suizhi's hand stopped for a while and raised his eyes to look at Chen Zhang.
I don't know why, the lawyer in front of him is obviously a newly graduated intern, and he may be less than half his age, but when Chen Zhang glanced at him, he seemed to be back in school. He was like a student who smashed another paper in the exam, tremblingly waiting for the teacher to give his grades.
But this time, Yan Suizhi said something to him: "If what you said just now is true, you have been complaining about Manson's accident for so many years, and when you meet again, you don't think of causing trouble for him. , but more attentiveness to keep him safe, whether it be out of self-evident or whatever, which is laudable and admirable."
Chen Zhang was stunned for a moment, and his heart that had been uneasy suddenly took root.
This was the first time he showed a little smile after the incident, with a little guilt and dread, and it was fleeting, "I didn't actually... um, thank you."
Yan Suizhi's expression was like encouraging a student, and Chen Zhang's performance was like a praised student.
Gu Yan: "..."
With such an inadvertent affirmation, Chen Zhang immediately felt at ease, and even without Yan Suizhi's reminder, he poured out everything he could think of, just like a reservoir that had its gates opened.
Yan Suizhi listened to two sentences, and then wrote two words on the page.
After writing, I glanced from the corner of my eye, and found that Gu Yan's expression was a bit... um, I don't know how to describe it.
Professor Yan Da took a self-examination—
Is there anything wrong with your performance just now
no.
In addition to "like an intern" taking notes honestly, did you talk nonsense
no.
It also moderately soothes the emotions of the parties involved.
very perfect.
"What's wrong with you?" Professor Yan Da decided to take care of Gu's physical and mental health. In order to prevent him from mocking, not mocking, and the poisonous juice surging under the still water, he will scare the courage of the client back up again.
Gu Yan said lightly: "It's nothing, you continue with the class."
Yan Suizhi: "???"
Chen Zhang: "..."
Professor Yan Da felt that Gu's physical and mental problems might be due to chronic illnesses that could not be cured for a while, so he had to silently turn his eyes back and said to Chen Zhang, "Continue."
"Oh..." Chen Zhang nodded, then continued after being interrupted, "I always felt that I was wronged by Mr. Manson's accident more than ten years ago. But this time, lawyer Jason Charles appeared underwater. The accident is really my fault. This is the third mistake I made…”
After he met George Manson, because he wanted to prove something too much, he focused all his attention on Manson's safety, staring at Manson far more than staring at Zhao Zemu and Jason Charles. time.
Although his original intention is not bad, even good, but the attitude in the process is a bit magical. The first time he dived, he was always in an uneasy mood. Whether it was the dive or the subsequent ascent, he was a little nervous.
But the first dive was successful and safe, but it didn't let him relax.
So even if Manson and the others landed halfway, Chen Zhang would not leave. Followed them to the locker room, and followed them out to rest on the shore drinking ice wine. Manson really didn't seem to remember him. He talked to him even more than Zhao Zemu and Jason Charles, praised his diving skills, and even said that he would go to Hadmont to find him diving in the future.
On the one hand, Chen Zhang still couldn't be relieved of the accident and the subsequent down-and-out life, on the other hand, he felt that Manson was not the same as the domineering and unreasonable young master in his impression, although he still could see willfulness and dissoluteness.
The difference between the new impression and the original impression made Chen Zhang a little absent-minded, which led to the second dive, when he checked the diving suits for Jason Charles and Zhao Zemu, and did not notice any problems.
Of course, only he knew best whether the diving suit fit. Jason Charles only mumbled on the shore and didn't mention it again, and Zhao Zemu didn't notice anything wrong. This is also one of the reasons why Chen Zhang did not realize the problem when he checked.
"I'm ashamed. My attention was still on Mr. Manson's side when I was underwater." Chen Zhang said, "When I saw the sea snake, my heart skipped a beat. Because sea snakes are not common in that sea area. I thought this must be that. The purpose of helping people."
Chen Zhang subconsciously thought that this was the purpose of those people looking for him. Sea Snake ran towards Manson at first. At that time, Chen Zhang was very fortunate that he was always keeping an eye on Manson's safety, so he was able to solve the trouble for him as soon as possible.
Among them, Zhao Zemu also contributed greatly.
"His reaction was even faster than mine. When the sea snake came over, he was stunned for a moment and then swam over. But he didn't know how to deal with as little damage as possible, so I went over to help. Although the process was a bit difficult , but luckily they all went ashore.”
What happened after that is what Yan Suizhi and the others knew, because Chen Zhang and Zhao Zemu were entangled by sea snakes, and there was an accident on Jason Charles' side.
"I was very confused for a while after I went ashore." Chen Zhangdao, "I thought that after the sea snake was resolved, I would be all right. I didn't expect lawyer Jason Charles to have an accident again, which made me wonder if I was wrong. Maybe lawyer Jason Charles is the target of the opponent."
But anyway, he and Zhao Zemu were out of danger, and Jason Charles' physical index returned to normal. This made Chen Zhang really relieved, because he thought that what should have happened has already happened, and no one was killed. The incident was classified as an accident, and everyone was happy.
For the day and night after the diving accident, he waited for news that the two would contact him.
He felt that no matter what the outcome was, there would always be a break. But the other party's information was delayed, and he became more and more restless.
"I didn't even think at that time that things were not finished. What I was worried about was that I might ruin their plans, and the family members at the welfare hospital might be implicated." Chen Zhang said, "So I made a few calls to the welfare hospital one after another. Go back to the newsletter and ask the nurses to take good care of them. They're nice to my family, but they've always had a bad attitude towards me…”
He said with a wry smile, "I know why, and I can understand it."
"I waited for a long time and didn't move until that afternoon." Chen Zhang said, "It was the afternoon when most of the people were cleared of suspicion, you left Yaba Island first, and the police also withdrew the marking officers from the villa area. I was told that I might need to go to the police station to make a record in the next few days. Other than that, everything seemed to be over. The wind was calm. The guests in the villa began to discuss a celebration reception. I could hear the following from the upstairs room. The noise. That afternoon, towards the evening, I went downstairs to the kitchen, and when I went up again, I found that there was a communication machine and a black bag in the room. "
"Communication machine?" Yan Suizhi asked, "The old-fashioned kind?"
"Yes, the old-fashioned communication machine that can be found in the black market cannot find the user, and the information does not even go through the current communication network." Chen Zhang said, "There is a message in the communication machine, which tells me to stay in the bedroom at night and not go out. Not even the building. I felt a little stunned at the time, I was very nervous and worried, but I didn’t dare not to do it.”
"That black bag?"
"The black bag... contained the sleeping pills that were later found scattered around Mr. Manson's hand." Chen Zhang said, "There was only one at the time, which is the normal dosage for an adult."
Yan Suizhi stared at him, "Did you take the medicine out of the bag to see?"
Chen Zhang nodded, "Yes, because the bag is black, I... I opened it subconsciously, took out the medicine bottle inside and took a look. Because I didn't know what to do at the time, I put it back again, I didn't dare to do more. bump."
"So that's how the fingerprints left on the medicine bottle came from?"
"should be… "
"and after?"
Chen Zhang thought for a while and said, "I spent most of the night sitting by the door holding the communicator and listening to the voices downstairs."
He heard all kinds of laughter and laughter downstairs, and it seemed that no trouble had happened, so he felt a little more at ease.
"During this period, Miss Laura and Mr. Qiao came up to knock on the door of me and Mr. Zhao Zemu. I had a good excuse because I was bitten by a sea snake before, so I told them that I was tired and couldn't go downstairs, and they didn't doubt it. In addition, Mr. Zhao has the same situation as me, so it doesn't make me too abrupt."
"Until midnight, I received a second message." Chen Zhang said.
The content of the message told him to put the black bag on the garbage disposal bin downstairs and told him to go down through the window.
The windows on the second floor are not high from the ground, and there is a small platform on the second floor. It is not difficult for Chen Zhang to go down quietly without disturbing others.
"What slippers did you wear at the time?" Yan Suizhi asked.
"Yes, I was too nervous when I went down, and I didn't think too much about it, but I paid special attention to only stepping on the windowsill, not the mud in the garden." Chen Zhang said.
However, it is precisely this that makes it more convenient for people to make fake evidence.
"I stepped on the window sill, and I just stepped on the window sill of Manson's bedroom." Yan Suizhi praised, "You are really talented."
Chen Zhang frowned, like a concubine in mourning.
After that, when Chen Zhang put the black bag away, he received another message asking him to leave the communicator.
"He said ten minutes later, I will be free." Chen Zhang said, "No matter what happens after that, just keep silent. Let me think about the family members in the orphanage. Don't talk nonsense when you shouldn't talk. The ten minutes are about I had the toughest ten minutes because I didn't know what was going to happen."
At that time, Chen Zhang was really counting the seconds, staring at the time and walking away minute by minute. As a result, just eight minutes later, Glenn who had been drinking too much and the others went upstairs, noisily insisting on pulling Chen Zhang and Zhao Zemu down.
Although it had not been ten minutes, Chen Zhang was eager to get rid of that anxiety and wanted to make sure that nothing happened, so he opened the door and walked out before the drunk young masters slammed the door.
Glenn is an unreasonable person. He went upstairs to drink and even grabbed the spare key of the villa. After slamming it twice, he directly opened Zhao Zemu's bedroom door.
"Mr. Zhao is also really unlucky." Glenn said, "The dark lights in the room were obviously already asleep, but they were just thrown out by Glenn. At the time, it could be seen that he was not particularly happy, and the drunk young masters dragged him. Apologize to him hilariously. I was in a cold sweat at the time. Although I didn’t do anything, I was already frightened. My face must be ugly. Fortunately, they were all surrounded by Mr. Zhao next door, so no one noticed that something was wrong with me.”
After Chen Zhang and the others were harassed by the drunks, they didn't find anyone missing in the hall where the demons were dancing.
He drank a few glasses of wine with everyone and took a video.
"It's probably more than an hour." Chen Zhang said, "Glenn and the others remembered that Mr. Manson was not brought out, and then... You will all know what happened after that."
Chen Zhang finished talking about everything that happened to him that night on and off, and the meeting time was coming to an end.
Yan Suizhi wrote down some things and looked calm.
From his face alone, it is difficult to tell whether he is confident or unsure about this case, whether the content of the existing information is enough for him to defend in court, whether he will lose or win...
Chen Zhang tried his best to see some information from him, but in vain, he could only say: "I... Now telling all this, I have violated the transaction with those two people... My parents are in the welfare hospital, and they are not. knowledge… "
This time, Yan Suizhi reassured himself: "Don't worry, there are police guards recently. I have dealt with the police in the third district, and they are very responsible. As for the case, if you need it, I can help You contact the wine city."
When he heard this, Gu Yan glanced at him.
Yan Suizhi asked Chen Zhang a few more detailed questions, then packed up and prepared to leave.
Chen Zhang is a bit of a sharp-headed character. If something doesn't come to fruition, he will always be thinking about it and can't let it go. So before Yan Suizhi left, he remembered something and added, "The recording where those two people asked me to talk about a deal—"
"What?" Yan Suizhi turned to look at him, thinking that there would be a good turning point.
Chen Zhang said solemnly: "I may not have recorded it completely, but the other party also recorded it. I watched them record it, and it happened twice."
"… "
Professor Yan Da looked at him kindly with the look of a mentally handicapped student, and after deliberation for a moment, he chose a less damaging sentence, and said with a smile, "Are you suggesting that we find the real murderer to record? You are so smart."
Chen Zhang: "..."
Yan Suizhi opened his mouth, maybe he wanted to say something more euphemistically, but before he could say anything, Gu Yan pressed his shoulders and turned around, and made a "please" gesture at the door of the meeting room.
Yan Suizhi: "..."
He was a little dissatisfied, and tilted his head to say something, but Gu Yan who was behind him lowered his head slightly, and said in a calm voice in his ear: "I suggest you suppress your nature and say a few more words, intern. I can't wrap my skin around it."
His voice was very nice, and it made the ears feel a little uncomfortable when it sounded close.
Yan Suizhi tilted his head to the side, but the amplitude was extremely small and imperceptible. In this way, he did not forget to put Gu Yan's words back: "Who has taken it seriously."
Gu Yan said coldly, "...Are you still proud?"
Yan Suizhi: "Tsk—"
However, in the end, Lawyer Gu still took advantage of his height and physique to ask someone out of the interview room to save Chen Zhang from the fire and water, so as not to be run down and look stupid like the students of the law school back then. good.
After coming out of the detention center, Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan went to Chen Zhang's house again.
Even though the recorder may not have recorded any important information, they still have to get it.
The policeman guarding the house and the notary they contacted halfway entered the house with them, and then according to what Chen Zhang said, they removed one of the ceilings and found the voice recorder from the top of the partition.
The audio files inside were immediately backed up, they took one, the police took one, and the other was notarized by a notary and went through the evidence submission process.
As Yan Suizhi and the others estimated, the recorder didn't last long, and even lasted for most of the day because of the lack of initial power.
A part of the first conversation that Chen Zhang said was recorded, because it was blocked by a partition, it was not very clear. However, even if it is clear, it does not have much effect, because the other party's way of speaking is very particular, and there is no sense of coercion from the recording alone, and even with a smile, the words are euphemistic and polite, at first glance it sounds like talking about the most ordinary 's transaction.
If you interpret this conversation as a child from a rich family who wants Chen Zhang to take over a private diving career, and intends to give him a very generous reward, it is not too bad.
But even if there was nothing important, Yan Suizhi listened carefully three times that night until his smartphone received a new message.
The information came from the court's official account for the court session in the third district, reminding him again that the date of the court session is not far from the day after tomorrow.