Difficult office romance

Sun Youde frowned and thought for a while, "Is asking so many questions helpful to this case?"

Ke Ran didn't speak, but kept staring at Sun Youde, with his hands on his lap, his fists clenched tightly.

Not wanting the situation to become even more uncontrollable, and not wanting to make the defendant feel distrustful, Cen Jing had no choice but to bite the bullet and help Ke Ran explain.

"I'm afraid that there will be some traces left by the police. If we want to investigate, the situation will definitely be very unfavorable to our side."

He could only pray that Sun Youde didn't know much about it.

Fortunately, the trust, care and professional image of the past few months cannot be destroyed by a few words. Sun Youde was only slightly puzzled. When Cen Jing said this, he thought it made sense and accepted it.

"No one was killed. It was hit a few times. There were thighs, lower abdomen, and shoulders. But you can rest assured that no traces were left. We evacuated very cleanly, and the brothers passed away at that time."

"That's good, we understand the situation."

Cen Jing firmly held Ke Ran's arm while speaking, "We're almost here for this meeting."

Ke Ran felt a little uncomfortable, and moved his arm lightly, but in exchange Cen Jing clenched it even harder, so he didn't move.

Anyway, I know what I want to know.

Seeing from the city, no one spoke on the way back and forth to the office, until Cen Jing couldn't control his emotions and slammed the door of the office heavily.

As soon as Cen Jing entered the door, he threw the briefcase on the office chair, took off his coat and threw it on the desk casually, took out the cigarette case and lighter from the drawer, stood by the window and opened the window, wanting to smoke a cigarette a few times On the point, but considering the rules of the firm, he finally threw the cigarette case back on the table.

The three actions in a row were "throwing", and Ke Ran obviously noticed them all.

Only conflicts at work can make Cen Jing express his anger so clearly, and he is completely different from him in life.

Ke Ran didn't say anything, since he dared to ask those questions that exceeded the rules, he dared to bear the consequences.

Silently, he put Cen Jing's briefcase where it was, and hung Cen Jing's coat on the hanger. After putting away the things that should be put away, he returned to the reception sofa and sat down.

On the way back, he was uneasy, his thigh and arm still hurt a little, considering Cen Jing's calm personality, being able to stop him with his movements can be regarded as very angry.

But now my mood has calmed down a lot, I think I and Cen Jing had so many conflicts because of work or life, this time is not too bad.

It's just that they are people who work overtime all day and have no time to exercise, so why is Cen Jing so strong.

He still has the brains to think about these things, what a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water is talking about Ke Ran.

"What were you thinking just now?"

He didn't look at Ke Ran when he was talking, and Cen Jing's figure standing by the window didn't move.

What am I thinking?

Ke Ran found that he did not have a standard answer to this question.

Want to know if Sun Youde has kept his bottom line?

And now what?

In his previous vision, knowing whether Sun Youde had a bottom line could force him to make a choice.

Choose between Sun Youde and Zhou Renyang.

But when the matter developed to this point, he realized that he had no choice at all. He was already Sun Youde's defense lawyer. Should he abandon his professional ethics because of this matter?

"I do not know."

Ke Ranyu answered honestly.

"do not know?"

Cen Jing was almost about to laugh angrily at Ke Ran's words, "You told me a few days ago that you wanted to ask yourself a question, which is the one you just raised, right? Now you say you don't know something that you have planned for a long time? "

"Yeah." Ke Ran lowered his head.

It's a good question, but it's also true that I don't know.

After asking the question, I became even more confused.

Taking a deep breath, Cen Jing stepped forward and sat on the opposite side of the reception sofa, seeing Ke Ran sitting on the sofa dying, feeling very depressed.

It was a distressing look at first, but now in Cen Jing's eyes, no matter how you look at it, it makes people angry.

"Don't you think about the consequences before doing something? Or do you think it doesn't matter to you whether the case will fail? Is this your case alone? Take a step back, even if it's yours alone, Do you think criminal defense lawyers are irresponsible?" Cen Jing asked a series of questions.

I don't think so.

Ke Ran thought in a panic in his heart.

But what he did gave people such a sense of irresponsibility, Ke Ran, unable to refute, could only bow his head.

What Cen Jing said may be too extreme, but there is always overlap with Ke Ran's psychology, even though Ke Ran himself did not realize it.

After all, most people always subconsciously beautify themselves.

"Okay, now that you've asked, what are you going to do next?" Cen Jing said.

After being silent for a while, Ke Ran didn't seem to understand the meaning of Cen Jing's words, and asked in a low voice, "What should I do?"

"Yes, Sun Youde fired a gun at the police." Cen Jing said sarcastically, "Even if he didn't hurt his life, the gunshot wounds in those parts are serious enough to make a person permanently disabled."

"Now that you know this, what are you going to do?" Cen Jing said.

Ke Ran didn't answer.

"Revenge?" Cen Jing was aggressive.

"I..." Ke Ran opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Calm down, he knows that he really did something wrong this time. If the relationship of trust established between the lawyer and the defendant is broken because of his few problems, then whether it is for the advancement of the case or for the lawyer himself It's a risky thing to say.

If the defendant conceals part of the truth or even fabricates lies because he does not trust the lawyer, and the lawyer formulates litigation strategies based on these "criminal facts" and then submits relevant materials to the court, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Now you know you regret it?"

"No."

Ke Ran said without hesitation.

Cen Jing just calmed down a little, but Ke Ran got angry again, "Then what are you—"

"I don't regret it." Ke Ran repeated, "I don't regret it, I really want to know. But my direct cultural approach is indeed wrong, I should be a little roundabout."

"But knowing it will only have a bad influence on you." Cen Jing said coldly.

"At least this way I can see the facts clearly." Ke Ran pouted.

Although it is indeed wrong and wrong to do so, he does not feel regretful at all, and if he is asked to choose again, he will ask whether Sun Youde is what he thinks in his heart.

"Why do you still think this way?!" Cen Jing said with a strong sense of powerlessness in his voice, "From the beginning to now, no matter what case you take, you always have to 'see the facts'. But where are the facts? I can see clearly? You only have one pair of eyes, and you can only look in one direction!"

"Then I'll look at it from a few more angles." Ke Ran also held his breath in his heart.

"Then what? When you change your perspective, you also have a different view, right?" Cen Jing was completely irritated by Ke Ran, and he discussed and reminded him of this problem with him again and again, why Ke Ran couldn't face up to this point.

"Defend as you please after changing your mind?"

After finishing speaking, Cen Jing sneered.

Ke Ran, who had kept his head down all the time, raised his head, frowning tightly and looked at Cen Jing, whose mouth was slightly raised.

"What do you mean?" he said.

"Didn't you find out?" Cen Jing raised a hand and put it on the back of the sofa, "I won't talk about the previous case, let's just look at the drug trafficking case of Sun Youde, your mood towards Sun Youde has changed several times?"

Cen Jing was right, and Ke Ran admitted, "Indeed, my state of mind has changed to some extent after what happened to Zhou Renyang, I don't deny it. But Cen Lu, what do you mean by 'several times'?"

"It's just because you are in this mountain, Ke Ran." Cen Jing and Ke Ran looked at each other, "When you first received this case, you treated Sun Youde with the most ordinary attitude. The person sitting in front of you is a death row prisoner , The excitement, nervousness, and even a little defensiveness of a criminal lawyer when he comes into contact with death penalty defense for the first time, this is your most common attitude. Then you follow my arrangement step by step and do your own work."

Indeed, I was like this at the beginning, Ke Ran didn't interrupt, waiting for Cen Jing to continue.

"Then you get to know more about Sun Youde other than the suspect through meetings and contact with Sun Youde's mother. He is also a filial son and loving father in life, and he will give the most basic kindness to ordinary people and prison inmates." , so you think that Sun Youde is not completely bad, he just made a big mistake in one aspect, and neither we nor the society should directly deny the overall existence of a person because of his mistakes in one aspect. Sun Youde Guilty is very serious, but the crime does not lead to death. Then you emphasized again and again that you want to save this person, your enthusiasm for work is unprecedentedly high, and you devote yourself to it. The time spent studying the case has exceeded that of lawyer Yan and me. This is a reaction change."

Yes, Cen Jing said that Ke Ran discovered that he had another emotional change at that time.

"The next thing is Zhou Renyang's sacrifice. I regret and admire the way he left, but we will feel resentful when a person of flesh and blood has experienced a living person leaving for such a reason, not to mention you two. We grew up together, and our relationship is closer. If you say you want to kill that drug dealer to avenge Zhou Renyang, I can understand that this is the most natural emotion of a person, and you and I can't control it. But you actually put your emotions Passed on to Sun Youde, who is also a drug dealer? It is true that this is difficult to control. But you are Sun Youde's defense lawyer, and the last thing you should do is to let your emotions affect your attitude towards him. Sun Youde is a drug dealer. In fact, you should do a good job of psychological construction from the very beginning! No matter how filial and generous he is, he is a criminal who has repeatedly wandered below the bottom line of morality, a serious criminal. And after so many days, you Suddenly dropped the discussion of this case, and the attitude towards Sun Youde changed again. Let me guess, if you can refuse to defend, you don't want to defend this 'scumbag' anymore? This is your A reversal."

Ke Ran looked at Cen Jing and said expressionlessly: "So being a lawyer means that I have to give up my own feelings? Isn't this a thing against human nature? Thousands of defense lawyers are like this Is it?"

"I can't be sure." Cen Jing said, "But at least a qualified criminal defense lawyer will not let his emotions affect the defendant and the progress of the case, nor will he have excessive compassion for the defendant after the compulsory measures are taken. .”

Ke Ran couldn't take it anymore, and interjected: "Why do you have to use your rules to regulate me?!"

Ignoring Ke Ran's words, Cen Jing continued to calmly say, "As a sober adult, I will not try to find out the whole truth of a matter that I have not participated in by myself."