companion ghost

Feeling the soft touch on his lips, Shen Lie couldn't help but hold Ning Yuan tighter and deeper into his kiss. After the kiss was over, Shen Lie let go of him, and whispered in his ear: "I'll tell you everything when I get home at night. , tell you all."

Ning Yuan rewarded him by kissing his cheek: "I'll cook something delicious for you tonight."

Shen Lie looked like he was smiling, and he hooked Gou Ningyuan's chin: "You are the best food."

Ning Yuan: "..."

This is in the office you calm down!

Although the police officers did not have the deep affection of the prosecutors in the procuratorate's office and Dr. Ning, they also had a rare rest time.

The forensic team collected DNA and some on-site evidence at the scene, but it took time for them to take it back for testing before they could get the results. Before that, the police officers had nothing to do but wait.

Auston came out of his office, checked the situation, raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "It's useless for you to stay here until the results come out, so go home and have a good rest."

Everyone led away, and Dino asked Casey: "Did you bring Carl back?"

"Of course," Kathy said, "he's in kindergarten now."

Dino asked again, "What about Bobby?"

Casey thought for a while: "At home, I've moved back all of Bobby's outfits you left at Shen's house." After finishing speaking, he was a little bit dumbfounded, "Dino, Bobby is just a cheap little Dog, why are you making such a big fight?"

Dino didn't take it seriously: "The most important thing is that Carl likes it." He picked up the car keys, "Come on, let's pick up the little angel and go home from school."

Casey shook her head helplessly, picked up her clothes and walked with him.

Gloria lives alone there, and it doesn't matter if she goes home or not. She plans to ask Emma to go shopping; Jerry is rarely free, and plans to pick up his daughter from his ex-wife to watch a movie.

Soon the office was empty. Auston thought about the empty home, and he had no desire to go back.

Not all people are like this. If you have been alone all the time, you will feel that such a life is not a big deal.But if in your long lonely life, there was a period of time—even just one day, when you felt the warmth of companionship, you would realize how numb the previous days were, and you would not be interested in living alone in the future.

Auston was sitting on the swivel chair in the office, playing with the phone in his hand. After 10 minutes, he still couldn't hold back and swiped open the screen, entered a number, and pressed the green call button with trembling fingertips.

The beeping sound echoed in the empty room, even with a little echo.

No one answered all the time, and Auston didn't know whether he was regretful or grateful.

Just when he reached out to hang up, it was connected over there.

A gentle voice rang on the other end of the phone: "Hello?"

Auston's throat rolled, but he didn't make a sound.

The people over there were very strange and asked again.

Auston pressed the hang up button.

He threw the phone aside, ran his hands through his hair, and sighed deeply.

When they got home from get off work in the evening, neither Ning Yuan nor Shen Lie mentioned leaving the office, they ate and worked out as usual.

It is worth mentioning that, under the stimulation of Shen Lie's daily exercise, not only did Ning Yuan lose his belly, but even his abdominal muscles showed initial results, but the strange thing was that his whole body still looked limp.

Until it was time to go to bed at night, Ning Yuan dimmed the bedside lamp, the orange color made people feel very warm and at ease.When Shen Lie also went to bed, he rubbed into Shen Lie's arms: "Where do you plan to start?"

Shen Lie lowered his head and kissed the top of his hair: "Do you still remember that I told you before that I became a prosecutor as soon as I graduated from law school?"

Ning Yuan nodded.

"When I just graduated, I was a criminal defense lawyer. At that time... I was very sharp. It's a good way to say it." Shen Lie laughed at himself, "I'm a foreigner, and I still practice law in the United States. It’s really hard to fit in. It’s just the beginning, I’m so strong and unyielding, I offended a lot of people.”

"One time later, I was forcibly assigned to a case by a judge who had offended me, and I became a legal aid【Note】. That case was very..." Shen Lie said, "Disgusting and perverted. The defendant is a Doctors, who specialize in stealing unwanted children at the gate of the hospital, and conduct private sales on the dark web.”

Ning Yuan got out of his arms in shock, his eyes widened: "What?! I seem to have heard about this case on the news before. Wasn't it because there was a problem with the prosecution's chain of evidence? So you were the defense at the time. lawyer?"

Shen Lie nodded silently: "I tried to refuse, but it was useless. If I firmly disagree, the judge will report to the Bar Association to revoke my license. I..." Shen Lie wiped his face irritably, "I can't lose my lawyer's license. It took me four years to get my license in the United States. I paid so much. I can't ruin it all at that time. So I accepted it."

When Shen Lie said this, he didn't dare to look at Ning Yuan.

Ning Yuan touched his face: "It's okay to continue, I won't judge you."

Shen Lie held his hand backhand: "Sophia, Les, was the mother of a baby at that time. She didn't lose her child, her child was stolen. When I won the lawsuit, I felt terrible , I began to wonder what my original intention of becoming a lawyer was. I remember that a group of reporters surrounded the court at that time. I didn’t want to be interviewed. Justice. I was going to go through the back door when Sophia stopped me."

"I still remember that sentence she yelled at me at that time."

Shen Lie closed her eyes: "She said 'Are you proud of yourself? Are you proud of what you said and did in court?' I really wanted to answer, no, I feel sick. But I Didn't say anything."

Ning Yuan didn't answer, he knew he shouldn't say anything at this time, just listen quietly.

Shen Lie went on to say: "Because I am a defense lawyer, I have access to many secrets of the defendant. He thought I was just a criminal lawyer, so he didn't hide some things from me, but in fact I also know some business law. When he was defending, I secretly collected a lot of evidence of his tax evasion, and then sent it to the prosecutor at the time—that is, Matt—and then he sued the doctor again in the name of tax evasion. Because of the huge amount, he was arrested Sentenced to 180 years in prison."

Ning Yuan said softly: "So that's why you can't sleep well at night?"

Shen Lie nodded: "At the beginning, I couldn't sleep every day. As soon as I closed my eyes, I could see Sophia's face and her accusation. Later, I felt that I should make a change. I paid for the mistakes I made, and at this time Matt invited me to be a prosecutor in the homicide unit, and I agreed. At least," he smiled wryly, "prosecuting the murderers is the right thing to do."

"But you still feel that it's not enough," Ning Yuan hit the nail on the head, "You still feel that you owe Sophia, so you pay attention to her, and you help her every time her life is not going well, and you think this can alleviate your guilt."

Shen Lie didn't speak, because Ning Yuan was completely right about his psychology.

Ning Yuan slowed down his voice: "I can't say that what you did was right, because no matter what the reason, you are wrong to defend him. I can't comfort you, and I can't say that you couldn't do anything at the time, because It's all your choice. You made a bad decision between being a lawyer and refusing to defend yourself."

Ning Yuan could feel the tense muscles under his hands, and he continued: "But I can say that you have done everything you can. Since you started to deliberately collect evidence of his tax evasion when defending him , it proves that you have not lost your conscience, you just uphold the law and justice in another way within your ability. And I heard about this case at the time, and I knew that there was a problem with the chain of evidence at the time, and a lot of physical evidence was Excluded from the court, so any lawyer would win if it wasn't you, and the doctor would get away with it, but you still made him pay."

Ning Yuan gently raised Shen Lie's face, allowing him to look into the depths of his eyes: "I'm still proud of you."

[Note] Legal Aid: Legal aid lawyers.This is the one in the Miranda Declaration, "If you can't afford it, the court will assign you a lawyer." It is a legal aid lawyer.But in fact, I can’t refuse the appointment of a judge. I made it up... I vaguely remember that I vaguely heard someone say in an episode of the American drama "Law and Order": "You can't refuse a judge's appointment of legal aid. "But I'm not sure, so don't be serious about this, and friends who know it are welcome to educate me!