Apart from the small episode of co-renting with Qian Heng, Cheng Yao's work has been progressing very smoothly recently. Bao Rui found the registration records of Chen Qingmei Pregnancy Hospital, and Dong Shan had filled in the information and signed it.
If you have a signature, it's easy to handle, and you can apply for a handwriting identification. In addition, Bao Rui also extracted the monitoring of Dong Shan and Chen Qingmei's inseparable inseparable, as well as various other details. The full chain of evidence is out.
And I don't know if it was God's help, Chen Qingmei's cord blood DNA test did not cause any risk to the fetus, and she almost completed the paternity test quite smoothly.
"The report shows that the child in Chen Qingmei's womb belongs to the same paternal line as Mr. Dong's."
Although it was a great thing for her case, Cheng Yao felt a little complicated in her heart.
People always say, if you don't believe me, look up and see who is bypassed by the sky. But many times, Cheng Yao found that these words were just self-comfort, and more often, those good people who had a good life were not good people.
Just like Chen Qingmei, she is an absolute refined egoist, selfish, shrewd, and knows the rules of a patriarchal society. She shapes herself into a shape suitable for patriarchal aesthetics. She is delicate and tender, as if she cannot live without a man, gentle Be obedient and obedient. However, she is clearer than anyone else in her heart. She lowers her posture because she is not really thoughtless, willing to be a man's subordinate, and obeys him in everything; on the contrary, she knows what she wants and how to do it better than anyone else. achieve this purpose.
I'm afraid she not only doesn't love Dong Shan, but also doesn't love the bloody child in her stomach.
She has never been a victim and a dependent in a patriarchal society, but a vested interest in feminism.
What impressed Cheng Yao even more was that after the paternity test, Chen Qingmei did not go back alone.
It was raining that day, and while Cheng Yao was waiting for a rental, she saw a man about Chen Qingmei's age walking towards her holding an umbrella.
"Why are you so careless? The next time you order inside, it will be raining. You are still pregnant with your child. What if you catch a cold?"
The man looked ordinary, but the focused expression on Chen Qingmei between his brows and eyes made his whole body shine.
When there is love in a person's eyes, it is always dazzling.
He only had one umbrella in his hand, but he carefully protected Chen Qingmei with one hand, and the umbrella was almost completely tilted on Chen Qingmei's head. The left half of his body was completely exposed to the rain.
Chen Qingmei looked at the other party weakly, and snuggled into the other party's arms: "Xie Ming, it would be great if I met you sooner."
The man called Xie Ming blushed a little shyly: "It's not too late to meet you now. You lived too hard before, so you met Dong Shan who was kind to you. You mistook gratitude for love, and it didn't work out." Thinking that Dong Shan's singleness is a lie to you, he and his wife haven't divorced at all, which caused me to fall into this situation now... I will protect you well in the future."
The corners of Chen Qingmei's eyes were a little wet: "But...but now everyone is calling me a mistress, a vixen who seduces Dong Shan, and a shameless woman."
"Others don't understand the truth of the matter at all, and I don't care what others say about you." Xie Ming smiled gently, "Don't care about those bad remarks, the public is already generalized, and public opinion is easy to be misled. It is enough for me to believe in you. How could such a timid person like you do such a thing. "
…
The two said something before leaving together holding hands. And as the two left under an umbrella, Cheng Yao could no longer hear what they were still talking about.
Not long after Dong Shan died, she had already found a fresh next "host".
Although this man doesn't look rich, but with the child in his belly as a bargaining chip, Chen Qingmei can share wealth that will never be used up in her lifetime. She doesn't have to care about money anymore, even though she can find an honest person who makes her happy. Really treat her well, love her, protect her, tolerate her and trust her. Like any girl her age, into a normal, consensual relationship.
So realistic, yet impeccable.
Maybe in this world, people with thick skin and no lower limit live better? Killing and setting fire to the golden belt, repairing bridges and repairing roads without corpses
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As if to verify Cheng Yao's ideas, the first instance of Dong Shan's inheritance dispute case was held without any suspense. Under Qian Heng's agency, in front of the chain of evidence, Jiang Wenxiu and Dong Min had nothing to say, and the first instance verdict, The 210 million yuan in Dong Shan's inheritance will belong to the child in Chen Qingmei's womb.
Where the protection of the interests of the fetus, such as inheritance and gift acceptance, is involved, the fetus is deemed to have the capacity for civil rights. Therefore, this part of the inheritance share will be reserved. Once the child is born alive, the formalities of inheritance will be formally handled. If the child is born dead, the reserved share will be taken back and continue to be handled again according to the legal inheritance.
At the end of the trial, although Jiang Wenxiu was pale, she was still capable and generous, but Dong Min couldn't help but break down emotionally, and questioned Mr. Dong in tears.
The facts were clearly in front of my eyes, it was precisely because Mr. Dong agreed to the paternity test that Chen Qingmei turned defeat into victory.
Before this, Jiang Wenxiu and Dong Min must have trusted Mr. Dong wholeheartedly, so they never thought that he would become Chen Qingmei's breakthrough.
Jiang Wenxiu and Dong Min never guarded against Mr. Dong, thinking that he was standing in the same trench with them, but unexpectedly, they were sniped behind the back by this "comrade in arms" in the trench.
This feeling of trusting someone wholeheartedly but being completely betrayed, probably no one else can empathize except the person concerned.
"Grandpa, how have my mother and I treated you all these years? Is your heart grown? You keep saying that your mother is the only daughter-in-law you recognize, but behind your back, you have secretly stood by the mistress!" Dong Min felt that her feelings had been deceived by her grandpa, her eyes were full of disappointment and disbelief except for tears.
"When your legs and feet were inconvenient after a stroke, you had a bad temper at first, and you didn't let the nurses get close at all. Think about who wiped you, changed your body, served you tea and delivered food every day? Mom would rather give up several companies' foreign mergers and acquisitions. A good opportunity, and I have always been by your side, waiting on you, and occasionally tolerate your bad temper. Has mom ever complained?"
"I keep saying that I am your only granddaughter, but what about the reality? Grandpa, this is the last time I call you grandpa. From now on, I, Dong Min, will not have a grandpa." Although Dong Min is arrogant, but at critical moments, he also has Mother Jiang Wenxiu's demeanor, she refused with a strong tone, "I will change my mother's surname. From now on, there will be no Dong Min, only Jiang Min." She laughed at herself, "Anyway, you don't care about Dong Min. Is there a girl like me in your family, after all, your Dong family already has a descendant."
"And you, you lawyers who speak for this kind of mistress, don't you have a conscience?" Dong Min looked at Qian Heng, Bao Rui and Cheng Yao, "I curse you all to be cheated and cheated, and you will never be happy forever! You have no morals at all for money! The law?! The law is a joke! There is no fairness and justice at all, and the law is just a fig leaf for you bastards! The "Marriage Law" does not protect marriage at all, it protects the children of those mistresses! "
"Minmin, stop talking."
Dong Min's emotions were intense, but Jiang Wenxiu's expression was still calm despite her complexion. She nodded slightly to Qian Heng to express her apology, and then pulled Dong Min away.
She is very clear that being a lawyer is just a profession, and representing someone does not mean expressing the lawyer's own personal position, so the distinction is clear, and until the end, she never expressed any anger towards Qian Heng and Cheng Yao.
"It was me who was careless, misjudged human nature, and misjudged family affection. But if I am more vigilant and stop you, so that you have no chance to get in touch with my father-in-law, or play emotional cards with my father-in-law, maybe this is not the result."
"But no matter what happens, people should bear the consequences for their actions. This matter is my negligence, and I am willing to admit defeat." After Jiang Wenxiu finished speaking, she lowered her gaze, "Minmin, this class is also a part of your life. A lesson from here. Mom can’t always overprotect you, you should grow up too.”
Even at this moment, she is still decent and generous, which makes Cheng Yao feel admiration, sympathy and indescribable shame.
The first-instance judgment proved the existence of parent-child relationship in court. As long as the child Chen Qingmei survives, she will receive a rich inheritance no matter what. Even if Jiang Wenxiu and Dong Min appeal, they can only survive on the inheritance share It's just a fuss.
Although this case is only the first trial, the overall situation has been decided.
But as an agent for someone like Chen Qingmei, even if she wins, she doesn't seem to be happy at all, and she doesn't feel any sense of accomplishment.
Is this what lawyers do? What is the meaning of my job? What is the value of a lawyer
On the way back to the law firm, Cheng Yao was a little unhappy. Qian Heng seemed to have been used to this kind of scene for a long time, and he was quite calm. He just looked at Cheng Yao thoughtfully, and Bao Rui was the most excited.
"In our case, we used the paternity test and the chain of evidence to prove the parent-child relationship when the biological father's body tissue was completely lost. I think it can be a classic case of last year's family affairs case... In addition, the lawyer's fee this time is quite generous. I I’m going to change my car, what car do you think is better? I want to buy an Audi, but people say Audi owners are the most likely to cheat, so I don’t think it’s a good luck, so why don’t you buy a Volvo?”
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Cheng Yao's sense of loss lasted until she got off work.
In the past two days, Qin Qin went out and came back, and Megatron returned it to her. Now that she returns home, she doesn't even have a dog to pet. Thinking of this, Cheng Yao just feels even more despondent...
On the other hand, Qian Heng politely declined Chen Qingmei's thank you dinner very coldly. Then an intercom call called Cheng Yao into the office.
Cheng Yao was trembling, fearing that Qian Heng would teach her a lesson if she did something wrong.
As a result, as soon as he sat down, Qian Heng opened the drawer and threw a large piece of chocolate over. He turned his eyes sideways, and said in an unnatural tone, "Eat quickly."
Cheng Yao:? ?
What happened to Qian Heng? Why are you suddenly giving yourself chocolate
"It's about to expire, and it's a waste if you don't eat it."
"..."
However, Cheng Yao soon discovered the problem, she turned to the outer packaging of the chocolate: "No, it's still a year before the expiration date."
Qian Heng's expression turned from embarrassment into anger: "Don't question the boss easily, has no one told you? The boss says what he says."
"Hey..." Cheng Yao said cautiously, "Because you said before, boss, as a lawyer, you can't do whatever others say. Language and other things are not evidence. You have to verify it yourself before you can believe it..."
"I'll give you chocolate and you're still online?"
"..."
Qian Heng cleared his throat: "I see that you look dejected when you come back from the court, eat some chocolate and adjust your mood. Otherwise, this kind of negative energy will be contagious, and when the time comes, all the colleagues in the big office area will be confused." Everyone is downcast, is Junheng still open or not?"
Cheng Yao was holding the chocolate, feeling quite moved in her heart. Although Qian Heng had a poisonous mouth, he actually observed the fluctuation of his emotions very subtlely, which was quite unexpected. Although there is only a small piece of chocolate in his hand, Cheng Yao feels that this is a friendship that is as important as Mount Tai.
"You take this."
As a result, when Cheng Yao was moved, Qian Heng handed over a small piece of paper.
Cheng Yao was very puzzled: "This is?"
"An invoice for chocolate."
Cheng Yao:? ?
"I'll deduct it directly from your salary."
Cheng Yao: WTF? ?
Qian Hengli said bluntly: "I condescended to buy you chocolates myself, I suggest you keep this invoice well as a souvenir."
Qian Heng, are you a devil? ! ! I'm already so devastated that I have to pay for the chocolate myself? ! !
Although Cheng Yao's heart was full of roars, she still obediently said: "Thank you boss! Then I'm going out!"
"Eat it here." Qian Heng insisted, crossing his hands in front of his face, staring at Cheng Yao, "I still have something to say."
Cheng Yao:? ?
"In this case, you have a lot of opinions on me."
"No... no..."
"Really do not have?"
Cheng Yao shook her head again and again: "Really not."
"Then let me inform you that since Bao Rui is in court in this case, your contribution is relatively small, so your share will not be counted."
Cheng Yao exploded: "If I knew that there was no share, I would not want to participate in this case at all! Acting for Xiaosan, I have not promoted any legal fairness and justice at all! If I have the right to choose, as long as there is no case source, I will starve to death immediately I won't take this kind of case! You have to be principled when you are alive! There must be a bottom line!"
Qian Heng raised his eyebrows: "Look, you really have an opinion."
"..."
"The share will be given to you." Qian Heng pursed his lips, "Now let's talk about your opinion of me."
"..."
Qian Heng had obviously dug the hole, and was waiting for Cheng Yao to jump in without hesitation. Now he was looking at Cheng Yao with all his leisure, obviously he was going to fill in the earth and bury him alive...
The matter has come to this point, and there is no point in covering it up, Cheng Yao simply let it go: "Acting Chen Qingmei, is she fighting for justice and calling for the disadvantaged?! Is it promoting truth, goodness and beauty?! Is it in line with the core values of socialism? !"
"Cheng Yao, this is your biggest mistake."
"Lawyer is a job. Shouldn't you think ideally that you have to fight for justice? As long as you accept the client's representation, you should fight for the client instead of hypocritically thinking about justice or injustice." Cheng Yao said in a low voice. head, "I know that when a lawyer represents me, I don't have a preset position, and the profession of a lawyer is not so idealized and glamorous. As long as you accept the agency, you must be serious and responsible to the end, but you obviously have the right to choose clients. If she is a client, she will starve to death. Why did she pick up Chen Qingmei? There is no excuse for her being a mistress, not to mention that she doesn't love Dong Shan, and the extramarital affair with Dong Shan is purely because she wants to make money …”
There were too many doubts in Cheng Yao's heart. She didn't understand why Qian Heng wanted to accept this kind of client: "Besides, if you accept a case like Chen Qingmei's, it will also have a great adverse effect on your reputation. Why do you want to do this? So many people say that it is a cancer in the industry, but you are obviously not!"
Qian Heng was stunned for a moment, this was the first time someone said this to himself.
Cheng Yao's eyes were too bright, Qian Heng subconsciously avoided his gaze: "You are fighting for justice."
Cheng Yao thought she heard it wrong: "What?"
Qian Heng's voice was deep and sexy, and he repeated word by word: "In every case you do, as long as you extract evidence to defend your clients within the legal scope, you are fighting for justice."
"Your understanding of justice is too narrow, and your eyes are only on the justice of individual cases. But for legal progress and the process of the rule of law, procedural justice is more important than substantive justice. Because of substantive justice, sometimes you have no way of knowing, What is true and what is false, what is right and what is wrong, lawyers are not judges, lawyers are not at the scene of every dispute, lawyers are not responsible for judging right from wrong, and in view of the imperfect development of law In many cases, no matter how good the judge is, absolute justice will never be possible."
Cheng Yao pursed her lips and stared at him.
However, Qian Heng just glanced at Cheng Yao lightly: "Like the case of Dong Shan's legacy, today's first-instance verdict is obviously not just for Jiang Wenxiu and Dong Min, but for the child in Chen Qingmei's stomach In other words, it is justice. Although his mother is a mistress and is synonymous with immorality, he cannot choose his own birth. Although a third party is not eligible for inheritance, as an illegitimate child, he also has the legitimate right to inherit He is innocent, and as a human being, he should not be deprived of his legal rights just because of the stain of his birth."
Cheng Yao was silent, she was too jealous, but she calmed down, what Qian Heng said was right, there are all kinds of disputes in this world, each has complex and changeable facts, there is no absolute justice that can be achieved.
"What is procedural justice? It is justice that is more visible than substantive justice. It is the justice of the adjudication process and the justice of legal procedures."
When it comes to procedural justice, Cheng Yao is not without doubts: "However, over-emphasis on procedural justice will lead to trials like the Simpson murder case in the United States. Because of procedural justice, so many bad guys have escaped legal sanctions."
"Although the emphasis on procedural justice sometimes allows some guilty people to escape sanctions, but more often it protects more innocent people from being wrongly identified as guilty. Because of procedural justice, there will be no more Nie Shubin cases." Qian Heng's eyes were dark, and his tone was calm, "And every case you are working on is protecting procedural justice and justice in the legal sense, and making the country's legal system a little better. Every law-abiding lawyer can only do a little bit, but twisted into a force, it is the normal operation of this society and the law.”
Is your work so great
Cheng Yao didn't say anything, but Qian Heng seemed to see through her thoughts at a glance: "The job of a lawyer is to support the family, it is for money, and it is for a better life. To put it bluntly, it is really not that noble."
"But if you work in this position with a clear conscience, uphold the dignity of the law, and stick to the belief in procedural justice, then in the future, there will be one less innocent person who will be wrongly held accountable by the law and be mistaken as a criminal in the eyes of the public. 'Bad guy', in the future there will be one less 'Nie Shubin' who lost his life because he was unable to defend himself. Cheng Yao, protecting others is also protecting ourselves, because each of us lives in the current legal system."
Cheng Yao lowered her head, her agitated emotions just now gradually calmed down.
Qian Heng took a sip of tea: "You are still too young."
Cheng Yao suddenly found that she couldn't refute at all. Her heart was full of shocks and complicated emotions. Maybe every job is small and ordinary, but it is precisely because so many ordinary people stick to their ordinary posts that society can function and progress.
"I know why the outside world calls me a cancer, because since I am not short of money, I can obviously choose those rich 'good guys' as clients, but I still defend 'bad guys'." Qian Heng paused, "But isn't that What does it mean to be a lawyer?"
"Even if he becomes a bad person, it is necessary to investigate whether there are factors that are understandable and sympathetic to his bad deeds, such as beheading and killing her husband's wife under the final suppression of domestic violence for a long time, or self-defense, or even surrendering, subjective viciousness and so on; even the worst villains, the murderers who have no excuses or sympathetic reasons at all, have the right to be punished by the law with dignity. The law will punish these villains, but in the process of judging, You can’t torture him to extract a confession, and you can’t kill him when you punish him. You should punish him and let him know why he was punished like this, so that he can learn a lesson and reform himself.”
Qian Heng took a deep look at Cheng Yao: "What the law protects has always been everyone's basic rights and dignity, even if it belongs to bad people."
When Qian Heng said these words, his eyes were clear, and it was rare that there was warmth in those cold eyes. In the deepest part of the pupils, there seemed to be a cluster of small flickering flames, coupled with his extremely lethal face, Cheng Yao only felt that it was difficult to look directly at him for a while.
The handsome man is really charming when he is serious.
"Cheng Yao, lawyers protect good people as well as bad people, because the greatest meaning of the law is fairness."
A strange emotion surged in Cheng Yao's heart, fiery, hot, and eager to try, as if holding a newborn chick in his arms, testing and preparing for the first time to spread its wings and fly.
It was as if someone had firmly pushed away the dense fog that had been lingering in her chest with both hands, forcefully swept away her confusion and hesitation, and finally she was able to see the sun again.
Yes, this is what it means to be a lawyer, the interests of the client and procedural justice, which is the basis of social justice, and the meaning goes far beyond narrow individual case justice.
"If the society can run normally by relying on good morality, the law will indeed not appear. But morality is too subjective. Your morality may be immoral in the eyes of some people, so social governance will never exist. There is a unified standard, and everyone clamors that their own morality is the norm, what is the result?"
Qian Heng blinked his eyes: "As a result, this society will only get worse and become a mess because of these morals. People don't know what can be done and what is 'moral', and those who claim to stand on the moral side People in the highlands use their own morality as a benchmark, and can suppress and punish dissidents in various ways."
"Today, I killed a person, but because the other person was a heinous child sexual abuser, then from a moral standpoint, I am completely right, then my killing should be legal. But have you ever thought about it, if everyone It’s all like this, and people are directly punished with morality. Those who are labeled as bad people don’t have a legal procedure to verify whether they are bad people or not? As long as we condemn him to death morally, he should die? Without all rights? But is he really a bad guy?"
He looked at Cheng Yao: "Do you want to live in such a society?"
"You are a lawyer. What you uphold is not the narrow fairness and justice of individual cases, but the dignity of the law and the justice of the procedure."
"Since there is no problem in professional ethics for lawyers to represent 'bad guys' and 'immoral people', why should they refuse cases with large amounts of money? We represent these people, not letting ourselves be morally flawed." Qian Heng looked at Cheng Yao, "That is to say, our work not only upholds the dignity of the law, but also uses our professional skills to win a better life for ourselves. If we can earn money legally, why not earn it? You Do you think there is too much money?"
Cheng Yao lightly raised her head and glanced at Qian Heng, the other party still had the cold look that strangers should not enter, and what she said just now seemed like a one-sided lecture, but Cheng Yao felt—
It's great to be a lawyer.
It's great to be Qian Heng's assistant lawyer.
"Boss, one day, when I become a well-known lawyer, I will pay you today's consulting fee according to the hour!"
Qian Heng raised his eyes: "Don't think too much, eat the chocolate first."
Cheng Yao realized that she hadn't thought about eating chocolate at all just now, and the piece of chocolate that she held in her hand was softened by the heat in her palm at the moment. She was quite moved and opened the package and took a bite.
Bah bah bah!
When the taste melted in her mouth, Cheng Yao almost spat it out.
Her voice changed: "Coriander flavored??? Coriander flavored chocolate???"
What kind of devil's taste is this? ? ?
"Imported from Japan, Morinaga "BAKE" coriander-flavored chocolate, I heard that it is also released in limited quantities. Qian Heng finally had some expression on his face, showing some concern, "I've always been curious about this taste, and I don't want to be the first to try it, so I just let you try it, how about it?" Does it taste dark? How curious? Will you die if you eat it? "
"..."
At this time, Cheng Yao really wanted to find a "poison in shit" emoji to paste on Qian Heng's face.
Go to yours! You give me this kind of poisonous stuff? !
Qian Heng obviously didn't feel Cheng Yao's killing intent, he touched his chin thoughtfully: "Actually, there is another snack that I'm also curious about, just the old godmother ice cream, I'll buy it for you to try next time .”
"..."
Cheng Yao thought angrily, the day I become a well-known lawyer, I think I should send you to prison for reeducation through labor and reform! This is really poisonous!
Qian Heng, will you die if you move me so much? !