I had the cheek to have another meal with Sheng Minou and the others, but because I just ate there before, I actually couldn't eat much, so I drank tea and listened to their chats.
I tried to explain my relationship with Mo Qiu, and repeatedly stated that we are just, and will only be, old classmates. When I said this, I looked at Sheng Minou, but he just ate his meal, as if he was not interested in what I said.
I don't care if other people believe it or not, even if they make up fifty-eight episodes of miserable little movies in their brains, I don't care. But Sheng Minou is different, no matter from which angle, I hope he will not misunderstand that I am the kind of person who eats from the bowl and looks at the pot.
If there are only two of us at this time, this misunderstanding is actually easy to explain. But why should I choose the most difficult one when there are other ways to go? If I don't change my mind towards him, that is the best self-proof.
After the second meal, Sheng Minou and I went down to the basement in silence, and got into the car together in silence.
After finally entering the small, quiet space, while waiting for the red light, I observed his reaction from the corner of my eye while considering how to speak.
And at this moment, Sheng Minou took the lead and said, "You don't have to come tomorrow."
My heart tightened, and I looked at him: "But the agreement..."
"I know we have an agreement. My bad feet are not my brain." He interrupted me with a frown, rubbing his thumbs repeatedly on the top of the antlers. "My promise is always valid, but I don't need a driver anymore."
The news was so sudden that it caught me off guard.
I searched my stomach and thought a lot, thinking that I haven't offended him in the past few days, and even offered him a small favor last night, why did he want to break up with me without warning
Is it wrong for me to help
"Is it because of yesterday's incident?" I tentatively asked, "You don't have to be so nervous. I said you won't be self-indulgent, and you will never be self-indulgent. Your feet are not fully healed yet, so it's inconvenient to drive by yourself?"
Sheng Minou's lips curled into a sarcastic smile, and he looked at me like a fool: "Do I still need you as a driver? Without you, I can find someone else to drive for me. I keep saying that I won't be sentimental, why do I have to ask the bottom line now? "
I was suffocated in the chest by his rhetorical question, as if being hit by a heavy boulder, I was almost suffocated and out of breath.
The red light has already turned green, and I have not moved for a long time, causing the car behind to keep honking at me.
I took a deep breath, and while shifting gears, I smiled at Sheng Minou and said, "Because I can never be as ruthless as you."
After speaking, she quickly turned cold and didn't look at him again, and went all the way to the downstairs of his apartment in silence.
After the car stopped, Sheng Minou opened the door and got out of the car.
"Be kind as a donkey's liver and lungs." I muttered to the heavily closed car door, I turned off the engine, and got out of the car.
Throw the key back to Sheng Minou, and then he walked towards the apartment building, and I walked towards the gate, and the two parted ways without saying goodbye.
After walking more than ten meters, my steps stopped, and I finally couldn't help but look back, but I only had time to catch up with a corner of Sheng Minou's clothes behind the transparent glass door.
I walked slowly home along the road, because I wanted to smoke a little, so I didn't call a car.
The night sky was clear, but there were few stars. I couldn't stop smoking. I smoked one after another. I didn't feel my legs were a little tired until the fifth one. I stopped a taxi on the side of the road and went home.
I don't know when the days when Sheng Minou and I hurt each other will end.
I am not happy when I give up, and I am not happy when I persist. Why is it so difficult for me
The next day, because Ms. Yang's family's traffic accident claim case was held at 1:00 p.m., it was rare for me to sleep in for the first time during this period. I didn't get up until ten o'clock.
This time it was not a big case that attracted much attention, and there were not many people present to observe it, so I sat in the first row and could clearly see the subtle expressions of everyone on the prosecution and defense seats.
There were two defendants sitting in the dock, a middle-aged man with a stooped figure and miserable face, who seemed to be the driver who caused the accident; and a man with glasses in a neat suit, who should be a representative of an insurance company. Strangely, there is only one lawyer.
Is it a shared attorney? Thinking this way, the trial began after the jury and the judge were seated one after another.
Sheng Minou, as the plaintiff's lawyer, made an opening statement first, advocating that the insurance company, as the first defendant, pay Ms. Yang 1.4 million according to the insurance contract, and the driver Wang had the right to pay 100,000.
"After Xu Yong passed away, Ms. Yang had to raise her daughter alone. The 1.5 million is an amount calculated based on the prices in Qingwan, excluding funeral and other expenses, and also includes child support for Xu Na who lost her father until she became an adult. "
The total compensation of 1.5 million made the insurance company representative's eyebrows twitch and he kept shaking his head. The driver who caused the accident clenched his hands, lowered his eyebrows, and his face was full of confusion.
After Sheng Minou finished his statement, the defendant's lawyer changed to make a statement.
The insurance company's attorney looked ridiculous, bluntly saying that they acted in accordance with the terms of the contract and under the premise of legality and reasonableness. It is simply inexplicable that the plaintiff listed them as the first defendant.
"According to the terms, Anqi Insurance has the right to deduct compensation for traffic accidents caused by the insurer when the insurer violates laws and regulations. Wang has the right to know that overloading does not pay compensation since he signed the contract. Dear judge and jury, the plaintiff's lawyer's compensation The demands and amounts are completely unreasonable, and I ask you not to support them."
When it was the turn of the second defendant, the lawyer representing the driver who caused the accident, Wang Youyou stood up by himself.
"I, I don't have the money to hire a lawyer. They said they want to find one for me, but I don't need it after thinking about it." Wang Quan went around the dock, walked to the middle of the court, and suddenly knelt down in front of Ms. Yang, "I'm guilty, I I admit that you put me in jail. I really have no money. I still have hundreds of thousands of loans to pay for my car. The car has been impounded for the past few months and I can’t do work. I can only borrow money to repay the loan. I have borrowed them all."
He bowed to Ms. Yang and kowtowed: "I really didn't kill your husband on purpose..." He burst into tears, and suddenly started to slap himself, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."
Such behavior is simply a farce in court. The jury looked at each other, Sheng Minou frowned, and the judge couldn't help but beat the hammer again and again.
"The defendant, Mr. Wang, please pay attention to controlling your emotions. Your current behavior has already affected the trial. If you don't stop..."
"I'm sorry, I will compensate you if I have money, but I really don't have any money. I don't even have any money if you drive me to death. Please let me live!"
"I will arrest you for contempt of court!"
Ms. Yang's eye circles gradually turned red during Wang Youquan's constant begging. Finally, when the bailiff took Wang Youquan away, she turned her face away and silently shed two lines of tears.
A tragedy, but in the end, completely innocent victims have to bear all the consequences.
It may not be easy for the king to have the power, but who is easy in this society
Xu Yong was caught under the wheel just as he was walking on the road; Ms. Yang was living a happy life, but suddenly lost her husband; Xu Na lost her father even at a young age.
It is not easy for anyone, so everyone hopes that others will understand themselves.
Due to the emotional agitation of the second defendant, the judge announced that the court would be adjourned for the time being, and the trial would be held in half an hour.
In the discussion room, without the stalking of the judge and jury, Ms. Yang also collapsed.
She covered her face and walked back and forth in the room: "He told me to let him go, who will let me go? My child is only six years old, six years old! Ten years later, she may not remember what her father was like The person who once loved her so much!"
Sheng Minou was not a comforting character, he just leaned behind the door, turned his cane, and silently let her cry. His deputy, a young female lawyer, was much more humane, and hurried forward to hug Ms. Yang and comfort her softly.
The atmosphere is too depressing, and Ms. Yang can easily remind me of my mother. The same helpless and sad woman was played by the unfair fate and the world.
In the end, my mother didn’t get back her own justice. She was awarded 200,000 in compensation, but the other party couldn’t pay it off in one lump sum. She paid back 10,000 a year like squeezing toothpaste, and 20,000 in another year. When I went to jail, there was still 100,000 Not paid off.
Later, when my mother came to see me, she mentioned the other party inadvertently, saying that the money was finally paid off, and I don’t know if the other party’s conscience discovered that she even sent her an extra 100,000 yuan.
"It should be a sudden luck to make a fortune. Hey, it's really a bad life for a good person, and the disaster will last for a thousand years. If God opens his eyes, he should kill these demons and ghosts with a thunderbolt."
There was something in her words, and she meant something, I just pretended that I didn't understand, so I quickly skipped the topic.
"There are still five minutes for the court session. If you can't hold on, Ms. Yang, I can apply for an extension." Sheng Minou glanced at his watch, "But in this way, the time for you and your daughter to receive compensation will also be delayed .”
When Ms. Yang heard the words, she clenched the tissue tightly in her hand and shook her head hastily: "I can, I can, there is no need to postpone it!"
Sheng Minou didn't want to postpone it at first, and was even very impatient with Ms. Yang's crying. He gave the choice politely, and lightly threw out the pros and cons, just to let the other party follow his train of thought.
Ms. Yang was startled by him, her tears stopped shedding, she threw away the tissue, took a few deep breaths, and tried to calm down.
When the court was held again, Wang Youquan's mood also returned to calm after the legal education of the judicial police. The judge asked him if he had anything else to say, and he just shook his head.
As soon as the judge struck the hammer, he announced that he had entered the proof link.
Sheng Minou stood up: "Your Excellency, apply to summon the No. 1 witness Li Junshan. He is also a truck driver like the defendant Wang Youquan in this case."
The truck driver named Li Junshan sat in the witness stand under the guidance of the judicial police, and was guided by the judge's assistant to take the oath.
After making an undeceitful oath, Sheng Minou questioned him.
"Excuse me, is your occupation a truck driver?"
The rough-looking man nodded: "Yes."
"Have you insured your truck with Anqi Insurance?"
"I bought it, and the insurance coverage is two million."
Sheng Minou leaned on a cane and came to the witness stand: "Have you read the insurance terms carefully?"
"I took a cursory look."
"Do you know that if your car has an accident when it is overloaded, even if it is one kilogram, the insurance company has the right not to pay?"
Li Junshan was stunned: "I'm not sure. Our business is quite special. As long as we transport goods, there are very few people who are not overloaded. You say that we can't exceed one kilogram, which is too harsh for us..."
The defendant's lawyer suddenly stood up: "Objection..." It took him a long time to find the reason for the objection, "The situation asked by the plaintiff's lawyer cannot be applied to this case! The witness is not a party to this case, and his words are not informative."
Sheng Minou seemed to have been prepared for a long time, looked at the judge, and said smoothly: "He is indeed not one of the parties, but every word he said represents a common phenomenon in the industry that one of the parties is engaged in. By letting the jury understand this industry With the details, we can sort out the key issues of this case more quickly."
The judge thought for a moment and said, "The objection is invalid."
The defense attorney was reluctant to sit down.
If this wasn't a serious trial, I would have cheered and applauded Sheng Minou's strong performance.