companion ghost

"So I'm going to court soon?" Ning Yuan walked up and down Shen Lie's office at a loss, talking to himself, "Okay, okay, I—"

Shen Lie looked at him a little funny, took him by the hand and frowned slightly: "Why are your hands so cold?" After speaking, he wrapped Ning Yuan's hands in his palms and rubbed them, "It's cold in the office. ? Shall I turn the air conditioner up a little higher?"

"No, no, no," Ning Yuan's restless fingers moved back and forth in Shen Lie's palm, making Shen Lie itch, "I'm nervous, and when I'm nervous, my fingers get cold."

Shen Lie hated iron for being weak: "You are so promising, how many court trials have you seen this year, why are you still nervous?"

Ning Yuan glared at him: "Can it be the same? I used to be watching from the sidelines, but now it's my turn to sit on the witness stand. If I make a mistake and ruin the case, I still have to die to apologize! "

Shen Lie laughed, stretched out his hand to hook his chin and drew him closer to him. Ning Yuan was caught off guard and lost his balance. He staggered, and two-thirds of his body fell on Shen Lie. Shen Lie was still holding his right hand. His chin, his left arm wrapped around his waist, he leaned over his face to hold his lips, and then let go after a brief bite, and whispered in his ear: "Don't be nervous, I believe you."

Ning Yuan felt his face flushed, he turned his head and kissed Shen Lie's earlobe actively: "Thank you."

Casey, who was sitting in the corridor, glanced at his mobile phone. He guessed that the court session was about to start in the afternoon. He turned around but didn't see Shen Lie. He probably was in the office. He got up to look for him and called him while walking, but no one answered it. The cell phone was on silent during the court session and has not been turned on yet. He had no choice but to walk to Shen Lie's office. He was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, but accidentally caught a glimpse of the undrawn window.

The window was not very big, and the curtains on both sides were not tightly closed in broad daylight. From the small gap between the curtains, Casey saw Shen Lie holding Ning Yuan in his arms and kissing.

Casey froze immediately.

It turns out that they are in this relationship...

Casey thought in his heart, Shen Lie was quick enough to strike.

Since they didn't want to make it public, Casey naturally wouldn't rush in rashly. He hesitated at the door for a while, and then he heard a sound like an alarm clock coming from inside, and left in peace.

Shen Lie is still very measured, he set a temporary alarm clock, the alarm clock rang, he took the phone and pressed it a few times, Ning Yuan took a few deep breaths, feeling much calmer than before, today he was wearing black to testify in court Shen Lie had never seen him wearing such a formal suit. Ning Yuan was already good-looking, but under the background of the suit, his outstanding temperament became more and more obvious. Looking at him, the phrase "a gentleman" suddenly appeared in Shen Lie's mind. Like jade.

Shen Lie stretched out his hands to smooth out Ning Yuan's slightly wrinkled clothes when he was rubbing against his temples just now, and gently stroked his back: "It's okay, let's go."

Before entering the court, Shen Lie and Ning Yuan saw Casey and Dino in the corridor. Casey looked at him with indescribable eyes. Goosebumps all over.

Shen Lie gave Casey a warning look, and the latter showed that meaningful smile again, Shen Lie was really baffled.

Dino elbowed Casey and whispered, "It's almost done, it's time for Shen to make a move."

Kathy put the smile back.

After entering the courtroom, the twelve jurors had already sat down in their seats. Ning Yuan sat in the viewing booth first, and seeing Shen Lie walk to his seat, he raised his head and said to Judge Lambert: "Good afternoon Your Excellency, all the jurors," he turned to the jury and nodded, "the prosecution requests to call the next witness, a psychiatrist witness, Dr. Yuan Ning."

Judge Lambert nodded: "Allowed to appear in court."

Ning Yuan took a deep breath, stood up, walked slowly to the witness stand and sat down, and smiled gently at Judge Lambert and the jury.

But right under the table, his hands that had just been warmed by Shen Lie started to become cold again.

Since Ning Yuan is a witness for the prosecution, according to regulations, the prosecution should start asking questions first.

So Shen Lie stood up and gave him a slightly encouraging smile. Even though that smile was fleeting, Ning Yuan still gained some confidence from that pretty smile.

Shen Lie started to ask the first question: "Dr. Ning, you are a psychological counselor of the Homicide Division of the Manhattan Police Department in New York City, right?"

Ning Yuan nodded, then reacted, and hurriedly said: "Yes."

"So after the defendant Flint was arrested, you did the psychological evaluation of him?"

"Yes."

Shen Lie left his seat and walked in front of him, then asked: "As far as I know, at the beginning of the investigation, Flint pretended to be a patient with split personality—"

"Objection!" The defense attorney, Seaton, stood up, "Hearsay evidence."

"Let me put it another way." Before Judge Lambert could speak, Shen Lie changed his words first. "At the beginning of the investigation, Flint acted as a patient with split personality. What do you think of this matter?"

Ning Yuan thought about his words: "Flint showed himself signs of split personality, but in fact, this is just what he showed."

"Can you briefly explain to the jury?" Shen Lie looked at him with dark eyes.

Ning Yuan looked sideways at the jury, trying his best to explain the difficult terminology: "At the beginning of the case, Flint showed three personalities, including his master personality. This discontinuity of personality, There are two types in psychology. The first is schizophrenia. There are many clinical manifestations of this disease. Typical manifestations include association disorders, emotional disorders, hallucinations, etc., but I found that Flint did not obviously show these symptoms; the second The second is split personality in dissociative disorder, and he showed mild clinical manifestations, such as trance and hazy state, so at first I thought he belonged to the latter."

Speaking of this, Ning Yuan paused to observe the jury's reaction, and he was relieved that the jurors were not as confused as they imagined.

At this time, Shen Lie asked again: "Then how did you judge that he does not belong to these two situations?"

Ning Yuan raised a finger: "First, his clinical manifestations are too unclear," he raised his second finger, "Second, if it's the second type of dissociative disorder, there is a gap between his several personalities. Independent, plus according to him, his personality circles do not overlap and do not interfere with each other, but Shariel—that is, the second personality he showed, met someone she should not have known, that is, Flint's teacher, and Stephanie, the first personality's boyfriend's mother, this kind of chance is very rare in real patients."

After listening to him, Shen Lie smiled at him: "Thank you doctor, there is no other question." Before turning around, he winked at Ning Yuan cryptically.