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"So, is this Gavin willing to testify in court?" Shen Lie asked after a long silence after listening to Gavin's experience relayed by Casey and Dino.

"I don't know," Kathy sighed, "wouldn't it be cruel to remind him of those dark days?"

"Maybe," Shen Lie rubbed his temples, "but I want to remind you that the case in hand is very difficult to fight, and there is no solid evidence. If Gavin cannot testify in court, then we will not even have one witness If there is none, the case will be blown."

Casey kicked the vending machine next to her irritably.

Dino squeezed his shoulder, and suddenly had an idea: "This addiction rehabilitation center has been in operation for so many years, it is impossible that there are only two victims of Visa and Gavin, maybe someone else is willing to stand up."

"I think Xuan," Ning Yuan shook his head, "Let me analyze the psychology of these victims for you. First of all, they left the addiction rehabilitation center alive. They definitely don't want to experience that unpleasant memory again, so they never Will be willing to come forward and admit that they have been abused. Secondly, even if they are willing to stand up and confront their abusers in court, there is no guarantee that they will not be affected. If they are accused by the defense in court If the lawyers stop asking, we really lose the case - but if there is no other way, we can only try."

Dino was a little surprised when he heard that: "I didn't expect Dr. Ning to know a lot about court trials."

Ning Yuan opened his mouth, and said dryly: "Ah, I'm still... quite interested in the trial."

"Really?" Dino bent his dark brown eyes, and looked at Shen Lie who was leaning against the wall in a suit and leather shoes meaningfully, "I thought it was because of other reasons."

Shen Lie watched Ning Yuan's face turn red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He coughed lightly: "Go on, what are you going to do?"

"If you analyze it according to Dr. Ning, it's useless even if Gavin testifies in court," Casey said in a deep voice, "His condition is also very unstable, and I'm afraid it will affect the outcome of the trial."

"But we have no choice," Shen Lie retorted, "If there is not even a single witness, the case may simply be dropped."

Kathy ruffled her short blond hair.

Dino said, "Then let's continue looking for physical evidence?"

Shen Lie nodded: "Give me some more evidence, both personal and physical evidence, and I will go to the office to get them to agree to sue."

After speaking, he turned around and left, Ning Yuan also followed him to eat, and after walking two steps, he turned around and made a fist at them: "Come on!"

Dino laughed.

After entering the downward elevator, Ning Yuan touched his chin: "Why do I think Dino knows something?"

"It's normal for him to know." Shen Lie rubbed his soft hair, "In this group, no one is more careful than Dino."

"Really?" Ning Yuan was shocked, "I thought it was Gloria, at least she was a woman."

Shen Lie shook his head with a smile: "Sometimes we even forget that she is a woman."

"Oh!" Ning Yuan pointed at him and smirked, "I'll secretly tell Gloria tomorrow!"

"Oh?" There was no one in the elevator, Shen Lie hugged him into his arms and squeezed the flesh on his stomach, "Who gave you the courage?"

Ning Yuan pinched his face: "Dare to touch my stomach, who gave you the courage?"

Shen Lie squinted his eyes, pushed his nose up to his face, squeezed Ning Yuan's chin and leaned forward. As soon as he touched it, he heard the ding of the elevator arriving.

The elevator opened, and Gloria looked up and saw Ning Yuan and Shen Lie in the elevator. The former was blushing, while the latter was expressionless. The two walked away from her side by side as if they hadn't seen her.

Gloria: "..."

No, what's going on?

Auston wandered out from his separate office, a cigarette still dangling from his mouth: "What's going on with this case now?"

Casey looked up at him: "Puff the cigarette, let the auditor smell it for a while, and this month's salary will be deducted from you again."

Oston waved the cigarette in his hand indifferently: "E-cigarettes, if they are tasteless, it's fine, just keep those grandchildren from seeing them-so what do you think about the next step?"

Dino put the lid on the expensive-looking pen on the table, and said, "We don't have any other witnesses except Gavin, so we still have to pin our hopes on him."

Alston hummed, and sat down on Gloria's table: "Apart from this witness, is there any other physical evidence?"

Casey said; "The bottle of counterfeit medicine that was seized from Visa's last time."

Auston looked at him: "What else?"

Casey spread her hands: "It's gone."

Alston: "...then what are you still doing sitting here?"

Casey and Dino glanced at each other, grabbed their coat and cell phone and left the office.

"Do you think Alston has a bad temper recently?" Passing by a roadside food truck selling sandwiches, Casey stopped to buy one, eating salad dressing all over his mouth.

Dino declined this indecent behavior of walking and eating, in exchange for a blank stare from Casey: "I think he will be weird after he comes back from undercover."

Kathy shrugged and swallowed the sandwich in his mouth: "So what do we do now?"

Dino's eyes fell on the corners of his lips, he held back, but he still couldn't hold back, and raised his hand to gently wipe off the white salad dressing on the corners of his lips.

Casey was startled, looking at Dino's dark brown eyes and didn't know what to say.

Dino smiled, moved his hand from the corner of his lips to his short blond hair and rubbed it: "Let's go, go to the rehab center."

Casey suddenly thought of something: "...Did you rub salad dressing on my hair just now!"

Ning Yuan, who finished eating with Shen Lie, strolled back to the office again. After thinking about it, he walked to Auston's office and knocked on the door: "Captain, are you there?"

"Come in," Auston's vague voice came from the room. After entering, Ning Yuan realized that he was biting a raw cucumber, "What's wrong with Dr. Ning?"

"I want to ask, are we still detaining You Xin?"

"Well," Alston swallowed the cucumber in his mouth, "we still have twelve hours before his lawyer comes, and if the District Attorney's office doesn't decide to prosecute after twelve hours, we can only let him go .”

"No," Ning Yuan smiled, "I trust him."

Auston took another bite of the cucumber: "I also believe that since Shen came to our department, the conviction rate has remained high." After speaking, he asked again, "You came to me for more than that, right?"

Ning Yuan nodded: "Can I talk to You Xin?"

"Okay." Auston threw the cucumber tail into the trash can next to the desk, looking at Ning Yuan with blue eyes as deep as the sea, "Do you suspect that You Xin has a mental or mental illness?"

"To be honest, I don't know," Ning Yuan sighed, "I need to talk to him before I can judge."

Auston took out a tissue and wiped his hands: "Come on, I'll take you there."

"Thank you," Ning Yuan rolled his eyes with a smile, "Oh, by the way, can I just talk to You Xin directly like this? Doesn't Shen or the police officers need to be present?"

Alston shrugged: "As long as Yusin's lawyer doesn't come, there's no need to—"

Before the words were finished, someone knocked on the open office door again: "Excuse me, are you Inspector Xia Zuo, the leader of the Homicide Squad?"

Auston heard the sound and looked: "I am, may I help you?"

After seeing the person coming, Ning Yuan always felt familiar, and frowned slightly.

The man came with a big belly in a suit and leather shoes, and he stretched out his right hand towards Auston: "I am Yusin Kirk's defense attorney, you can call me Gary-no offense, but if the district attorney does not prosecute my client, I will I'm going to take my client away."

Auston whispered to Ning Yuan: "We need to call Shen over now."

homicide squad interrogation room

"So, I would like to ask the prosecutor of Shenyang University, has the local prosecutor's office decided to charge my client with any crime?"

Shen Lie sat down opposite Gary and You Xin with a cold face: "It's nice to meet you again, please send my greetings to Joanna, your last client, and hope she's doing well in Rex Prison."

Gary: "..."

You Xin: "..."

Ning Yuan endured the pain with a smile.

The way You Xin looks at Gary has changed a little. After all, no one wants a defense lawyer who has lost to the prosecutor who sued him.

Gary was so angry that his liver hurt, he patted You Xin on the shoulder to signal him to calm down, and then looked at Shen Lie with a fake smile: "It seems that the prosecutor's memory is very good, it was almost a year ago Yes, people are making progress."

The implication is obvious, it is to give You Xin a reassurance.

Shen Lie also responded with a smirk: "Yeah, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, I hope we all have some changes."

The implication is also obvious, you improved this year because you didn't meet me.

Ning Yuan covered his lips with his hands and couldn't help the smile.

Gary didn't want to continue talking with Shen Lie, and repeated the question again: "What crime did the District Attorney's Office decide to prosecute my client?"

Shen Lie folded his fingers on the table: "How about illegal detention, illegal medical practice, first degree non-premeditated murder?"

"What?" You Xin was startled.

"Unbelievable," Gary said coldly, he stabilized You Xin, and leaned towards Shen Lie: "I'm curious, have the trumped-up charges you mentioned passed through the district attorney's office?"

"This has nothing to do with your Excellency," Shen Lie said with a faint smile, "I will pass the grand jury and meet you in court."

Gary smiled sarcastically: "Looks like we have nothing else to say."

"In fact, there is," Ning Yuan said at this time, "I want to ask you a few questions about the client?"

"No," Gary held his breath, and turned his gaze to the gentle and good-looking Chinese man beside Shen Lie, "And who are you?"

"The psychological counseling and appraisal doctor of the Homicide Squad," Ning Yuan said quietly, "You can call me Doctor Ning."

"Psychiatrist?" Gary repeated. "Do you think my client has a psychological problem?"

"You can't say that," Ning Yuan frowned slightly. He didn't like people like Gary very much. "I only have a few questions that I'm curious about."

Gary stared at Ning Yuan for a few seconds, and said to You Xin: "You don't need to answer his question."

"It's okay," You Xin looked at Ning Yuan with interest, "I want to know what you want to ask me."

Ning Yuan looked at You Xin's cloudy eyes, and asked word by word: "Why did you do these things?"