Quiet again.
Luo Zhengyun seemed to be very satisfied with the commotion he had caused, he couldn't help nodding and smiling at the auditorium, and sat down on the dock with a relaxed expression.
The prosecutor in charge of this case, I checked the information on the Internet, as Mo Qiu said, she is an exceptionally capable and elegant woman named Meng Xuanjun, thirty-six years old this year. With an outstanding resume and a brilliant record, the prisoner who claims to be unable to convict without her is comparable to Sheng Minou.
After the trial begins, the prosecutor will make an opening statement.
Wearing an iron gray suit, Meng Xuanjun got up from his seat and said: "I must first explain that this is a very bad case of sexual assault, but because our country's laws are not perfect, I can only characterize it as a compulsory crime." Obscene." Her first words were quite forceful and caused some small commotions in the auditorium.
In the dock facing her, Sheng Minou turned his head sideways and explained something to Wu Yi beside him, his face was calm and composed, without any anxiety.
When the defense lawyer made a statement, Sheng Minou denied all the allegations, claiming that Luo Zhengyun was completely innocent, and that the relationship with Mo Qiu was all voluntary, and there was no coercion.
The judge quickly announced mutual evidence, which is the cross-examination stage.
According to the usual practice, the prosecution still goes first.
Meng Xuanjun cited a series of evidence, including but not limited to some chat records and video interceptions, to prove that Luo Zhengyun had planned and premeditatedly set up a six-month trap, just waiting for Mo Qiu to step in and trap him. Lured to a hotel for sexual assault.
"Do you know PUA? It is commonly known as the 'art of picking up girls'. Some people will pretend to be the type of opposite sex that women like on the Internet. They are humorous, mature and handsome, gentle and rich, and full of energy. They rely on these settings to cheat money. The purpose of deceiving sex. Luo Zhengyun is also a PUA master. He relied on his appearance and professional advantages to build himself into a gentle, refined, delicate and sensitive man, and deceived Mo Qiu's trust. In the end, he not only hurt him It hurt his mind, and it hurt his body."
Her stern eyes shot straight at Luo Zhengyun in the dock, but Luo Zhengyun just smiled at her, calmly.
Meng Xuanjun frowned in disgust, and then asked to summon Mo Qiu.
Mo Qiu seemed a little embarrassed in court. Every time he answered Meng Xuanjun's question, he buried his face deeply, wishing he could hide under the chair.
"Did he beat you in bed?"
Mo Qiu shrank, his face extremely pale, as if he was about to be killed by these endless questions.
He rubbed his arms anxiously, his voice trembling: "Yes."
"Can you tell everyone how you got the scars on your hands?"
"I... I couldn't stand his coercion anymore, so I tried to commit suicide at home, but... I was discovered by my friends in time, and I didn't die. This scar was left by cutting my wrist at that time..."
When Meng Xuanjun said that he had nothing to ask, Mo Qiu and I both breathed a sigh of relief.
Originally, I thought that Meng Xuanjun's problems were enough to kill me, but when Sheng Minou came on stage, I realized that I was wrong.
Sheng Minou got up and walked to the witness stand, holding a stack of copies in his hand, and showed it to Mo Qiu: "In the past two years, you insisted on privately messaging Mr. Luo's social account every day, sharing your daily life, and expressing your love for him. Loved. When Mr. Luo was touched by your sincerity and gave you his personal number, you quickly reached out to him. Obviously you enjoyed it, and you were excited to associate with your idol, didn't you?"
Mo Qiu pressed his lips together and nodded weakly: "Yes, but..."
Sheng Minou interrupted him roughly: "The day Mr. Luo invited you to the 'Garden of Saint Eden', you were completely voluntary. He didn't force you to go, did he?"
"Yes… "
Sheng Minou changed the copy from the back to the front: "Do you remember this work?"
The large hanging screen behind the dock began to display the evidence simultaneously. It was a colorful four-panel cartoon. The wife dressed as a nurse was holding a syringe and jokingly wanted to give it to her husband after a long day of work. energy". The story has no beginning or end, and should be just a small scene in a complete work.
"Remember, this is my work." Mo Qiu obviously didn't understand why Sheng Minou suddenly took out his work, "It was a long time ago, and it's about the warm and funny daily life of a young couple..."
"You like role-playing, don't you?"
"… what?"
"In this work, you have described the role-playing routine between wife and husband many times. Sometimes the wife is a nurse, and sometimes the husband is a pirate. These works are completely completed by you. It seems that you are very yearning for such role-playing. "
Meng Xuanjun objected loudly: "This has nothing to do with this case!"
The judge glanced at her, said that the objection was invalid, and asked Sheng Minou to continue.
"You and Mr. Luo are completely voluntary, normal communication, and having a relationship is just a part of normal communication. If you don't want to, you can call the police after the first time, but you didn't. You chose to continue, because this is not at all Forced, it's just a role-playing between my client and you." Sheng Minou pressed forward with every step, with his hands on the witness stand, "He likes you, so he is willing to fulfill all your fantasies and pretend to be a violent woman. Molecule, take a video with you to please you. He is the best actor, it is easy for him."
"No, it's not like that!" Mo Qiu grabbed the skirt of his shirt tightly, his face was pale, as if he would faint out of breath in the next second, "It's because he said he would post the video on the Internet..."
"Who has the greater loss after releasing the video? You, an unknown illustrator who doesn't need to show his face, or him, a big star with countless glory and praise?"
Mo Qiu was stunned, unable to speak: "Yes..."
Meng Xuanjun stood up abruptly from his seat: "Objection! Opposition to induced speech!"
The judge announced that the objection was valid this time, and asked Sheng Minou to pay attention to the questioning method, saying that this may cause a bad impression on the jury.
Only then did Sheng Minou withdraw from his aggressive offensive state, and slightly nodded at the judge, expressing that he had nothing to ask.
At this time, Meng Xuanjun's face was more solemn than at the beginning, and she seemed to finally understand that today's battle, or every battle in this case to come, is not easy to fight.
Afterwards, Meng Xuanjun began to question Luo Zhengyun. It was okay at first, Mo Qiu just seemed a little lost, but when Meng Xuanjun started to take out those videos and repeatedly asked if Luo Zhengyun had used violence against Mo Qiu on the bed, Mo Qiu who was sitting on the prosecution seat suddenly lost control. He began to sob uncontrollably, covering his face and screaming. He was crushed and there was simply no way he could go on.
Meng Xuanjun had to apply for a temporary adjournment, and the judge agreed of course.
Everyone left the court and retreated outside. Many people began to whisper to each other. The media people were busy calling their own magazine platforms to report first-hand news.
"That man is so cheap. He thought he was a fairy. How could we, Zhengzheng, force him? To see him is to give him face, okay?"
"That's right. He also said that we Zhengzheng beat him. If he didn't want to, he called the police. I think Zhengzheng wanted to break up with him. He bit back out of revenge and framed Zhengzheng for raping him. What a vicious man!"
"And I don't believe that someone who was in love with her one moment would die and die the next moment because the other party took a video of him on the bed, and her actions were a little rough. This is too hypocritical..."
"It feels like someone is behind the scenes, otherwise why would he suddenly jump out and call the police?"
"Our Zheng Zheng is too difficult..."
Leaning against the wall and smoking a cigarette, my ears are full of obscenities from Luo Zhengyun's fans, as if I am in an absurd and weird space. Everyone in this space is very reasonable, and they feel that they have grasped the truth of the facts, and they don't need to go through a trial, and they already know who is the guilty party. Afterwards, no matter how they refuted or defended, they all believed that this was a long-planned plan and intentional frame-up.
I don't know if in a few years, looking back on the past, these little girls will regret and feel ashamed for their credulity, or they will still stubbornly stick to their own opinions and believe in Luo Zhengyun's innocence. —
After smoking a cigarette, the bailiff summoned everyone to go back, but the trial did not continue. Because Mo Qiu was emotionally unstable, he could not persist in the trial, and the judge announced a retrial at another date.
Outside the court, the media who didn't get the audition papers saw Luo Zhengyun come out, and they all went up to interview and take pictures like a swarm.
Yi Dazhuang took two pictures and was squeezed out of the encirclement, stumbled to me.
"Damn, do you want to be so fierce?" He checked his DSLR equipment while cursing, and when he looked up and saw me, he was very happy, "Brother Feng, tell me about the situation inside!"
It has stopped raining, but it is still gloomy and uncomfortable.
I touched the cigarette in my pocket, looked at the group of people walking away and said: "The situation is not good."
Yi Dazhuang and I looked at Luo Zhengyun and his party who were surrounded by the crowd and got into the nanny's car in the distance, and sighed: "Actually, when the court adjourned just now, I heard from some media buddies that the opposing lawyer went all the way. After chasing and fighting fiercely, the victim was destroyed in the first round, it seems that the momentum of the prosecution is not ideal."
He was not only chasing and beating fiercely, he was vicious and shameless.
Sheng Minou in the distance seemed to look at me before getting into the car.
It was too far away, and I couldn't see his face clearly, but I could tell with my toes that there must be a mocking and condescending expression on that excellent face. It’s like yelling at me: “How can I fail completely? You are the one who will fail completely.”
I turned around without saying a word and walked into the court again. Yi Dazhuang kept calling my name behind me. I waved to him without looking back and let him go first, saying that I still had something to do.
Walking back to the court, just in time to see the door of the discussion room next to the trial room opened, Meng Xuanjun and Mo Qiu stepped out of it, Meng Xuanjun put his hand on Mo Qiu's arm lightly, comforting him in a low voice, while Mo Qiu Every now and then he nods at her.
"It's okay, don't stress..."
Because of my sudden approach, Meng Xuanjun stopped talking vigilantly, frowned and asked me: "Who are you?"
Mo Qiu quickly explained: "Ah, he is my friend."
Meng Xuanjun frowned slightly, and was about to say something, but I pushed him back to the discussion room without stopping. I was also driven in by Mo Qiu, who was at a loss and didn't understand the situation at all.
After pushing the person into the discussion room, I closed the door behind my backhand.
Meng Xuanjun took a step back to stay away from me, and raised his guard: "What are you doing?"
I ignored her and asked Mo Qiu: "Did you show Luo Zhengyun my video?"
Mo Qiu cried a lot just now, and now his eyes are as red as a rabbit. When he heard my question, he was shocked and shook his head quickly.
"No, no... I don't want to involve you."
"Excellent." I took out my phone from my pocket, called up the high-definition uncensored version of the video I shot that day, put it on the table, and pushed it in the direction of Meng Xuanjun, "Ms. Meng, come and take a look at this, you should be interested of."
Mo Qiu was in a hurry to grab the phone, but I quickly stopped him.
"Lu Feng, what are you doing?" He sounded like he was about to cry again, "I, I can do it by myself... You don't have to do this..."
I took his hand away and stood in front of him, until Meng Xuanjun hesitantly picked up his phone and clicked on the video, then continued: "We all know that Mo Qiu cannot be the only victim. If there is the first, there will be the second. Unless caught, he'll go on forever."
Meng Xuanjun looked more and more shocked watching the video, glanced at me, went to watch the video again, then looked back at me, and confirmed: "Are you the other one?"
"Not exactly, but you could say that." I pulled out a chair and sat down in front of her.
Meng Xuanjun looked at Mo Qiu, then at me, and also dragged out the chair and sat down.
"I need to know more details."
The next day, the media in Qingwan city reported the new progress of Luo Zhengyun's case - a new victim appeared.
Luo Zhengyun's former lawyer had to withdraw from the case because of a conflict of interest with the victim. Luo Zhengyun had to hastily seek help from a large law firm, Belton, and hired their senior partner as the attorney representing the follow-up litigation.
When I saw the report, I almost laughed wildly at the angry expression of Sheng Minou I imagined.
He probably never thought that I would end up in this muddy water myself.
Up to this point, it has nothing to do with justice. This is more like a contest between me and Sheng Minou, a one-sided contest.
"Lu Feng, are you crazy??"
During the phone call, Wei Shi roared loudly, and I was so frightened that I almost fell off the swivel chair.
I moved the phone some distance away, picked out my ears, and said, "Give me a hint, why are you scolding me?"
Wei Shi was so angry that he continued to yell: "Shen Xiaoshi and the monkey told me everything, and I said that you have been mysterious recently, and you have been absent from work all day and night. You come here immediately and explain things clearly..." Suddenly his voice changed direction, "Did I ask you to sit down? Stick to the wall and stand up for me!"
I just said that it must be no good for him to call me suddenly. It seems that our blind participation has been completely exposed...
Wei Shi is usually a nice person, but when he gets angry, he is like a Tyrannosaurus rex whose tail has been stepped on.
"Calm down, I'm a victim..."
"One or two of you are hiding such a big matter from me, how can you let me calm down?" Wei Shi's voice was even louder, "You die to me immediately, or you won't be a brother!"
I thought about it, and felt that if we passed by now, it would be really ugly to die, and I might be beaten up by him, so I suggested: "Well, let's have a hot pot together at night? I'll address it later Send you, let's chat while eating."
With such a deployment, on the one hand, he is too embarrassed to do it in public spaces, and on the other hand, I always believe that there is nothing that cannot be solved with a hot pot meal, and if there is, it will be two meals.
I didn't give Wei Shi a chance to refuse, so I hung up the phone decisively, and then searched for a hot pot restaurant with a good reputation on the Internet, and sent the address to it.
That hot pot restaurant is in the shopping mall downstairs of Sheng Min'ou's law firm. Actually, I don't know why I chose this restaurant, but I always feel that it would be a pity if I couldn't see Sheng Min'ou's deflated appearance with my own eyes.