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"It's okay to eat, but I can't afford to pay for the shoes." Shen Lie held the folder with a half-smile, "You can go to the water pipe that flooded the technical department to claim compensation. It will be very happy."

Dino: "..."

I might as well buy myself a pair.

Casey always wanted to reach out and steal the folder from Shen Lie, but Shen Lie glanced over and he was honest, but his heart was still itchy.

Dino took it back and gave it to Shen Lie directly. He didn't even see it, so he was really curious!

Ning Yuan saw Casey's expression, and instantly felt the same way.

I really want to see it too!But he actually scratched me with a folder!

Must sneak into his bed tonight and freeze him to death.

Humph.

Shen Lie took the folder and walked out. Before leaving, he remembered something, and turned back to ask Casey, "Where's Jerry?"

Casey turned around and searched around the office, but didn't see Jerry, "I should be out on the job, Gloria isn't here either."

"I don't care if Gloria is here or not. Tell Jerry to get the hell out of me before he gets off work at night. He is going to testify in another trial. Prosecutor Raven hasn't confirmed his testimony with him yet." Shen Lie said coldly.

Casey responded, picked up the phone and was about to call Jerry, Shen Lie said: "If you can get through to Raven, prosecutors can't afford a phone, do you need to find me?"

Casey: "..."

Then how do I get in touch!

After Shen Lie threw the problem to Casey, he turned his head and walked away.

Ning Yuan followed behind Shen Lie and clicked his tongue twice.

The real murderer.

Three seconds of silence for poor Casey.

After returning to the office, Ning Yuan still looked at Shen Lie pitifully. Shen Lie looked at Ning Yuan's wide-open black dog eyes, and threw the folder to him in a heartbeat.Ning Yuan caught it in a hurry and opened it impatiently.

The feeling of being satisfied with curiosity is great, so Ning Yuan decided to let Shen Lie go to sleep alone tonight.

After Ning Yuan opened the folder, his face was stunned for a moment, and Shen Lie couldn't help laughing because his expression changed so quickly: "Happy?"

Ning Yuan was so shocked that his hand holding the folder was shaking.

Shen Lie gently pulled back the folder in Ning Yuan's hand, thoughtfully, "In this way, Sarah's so-called post-traumatic stress disorder is all bullshit."

Ning Yuan also touched his chin: "If I were Sarah, I would be mad."

"So now the question is, does Sarah know about this?" Shen Lie flicked through the document, and suddenly stopped when he turned a page, sliding his finger along the page from top to bottom, and slightly raised the corners of his lips .

Ning Yuan saw Shen Lie's slightly curved smile, and suddenly felt that the beating heart in his chest missed a beat.

Such a smile is really...so seductive.

Trial Court No. 4.

"Dr. Luke," the black female lawyer began to cross-examine the witness she invited: Luke, the psychiatrist, "through your diagnosis of my client Sarah and your professional opinion, does my client have post-traumatic stress disorder? Symptoms of the disease?"

Dr. Luke said: "When talking about the experience 14 years ago, Sarah has been avoiding and avoiding talking to me about it. This is a typical symptom of PTSD-avoidance symptoms. And she also showed She showed early symptoms of depression. She even showed self-harm."

The female lawyer smiled: "Doctor Luke, can you give the jury a definitive professional opinion?"

"Yes," said Dr. Luke, facing the jury. "Sarah Blair did suffer from PTSD. And it had a huge influence on what she did."

After the female lawyer thanked Dr. Luke, Shen Lie stood up: "Dr. Luke, have you been Sarah's only psychiatrist for the past 14 years?"

"I have no right to interfere with whether my clients seek additional medical attention."

"Let me rephrase the question. When did you first see Sarah?"

Dr. Luke moved his body uneasily, "Two weeks ago."

"Well," Shen Lie smiled, "It happened to be a coincidence that you saw Sarah when he was suing Sarah."

"Objection!" The female lawyer stood up, "Malicious speculation!"

"Take it back." Shen Lie responded immediately, glanced at Ning Yuan, Ning Yuan nodded at him, and began to ask the next question, "Dr. Luke, have you seen the defendant during the past 14 years?"

"……No."

"So all your judgments are based on that meeting two weeks ago?"

"It's possible to have PTSD for 14 years," Dr. Luke said. "The last time I saw Sarah, she was still suffering from PTSD, which is also true." From the side, it reflects that her pain has continued in the past 14 years."

Ning Yuan said to Shen Lie: "Ask him if Sarah has any other symptoms besides avoidance symptoms."

After Shen Lie told the story, Dr. Luke pondered for a while, "The avoidance symptom is the most typical, and it is also the most obvious one displayed by Sarah."

Shen Lie smiled but said, "You didn't answer my question, Dr. Luke."

Dr. Luke choked, and said, "...No."

Ning Yuan thought for a while, then said, "Let him explain the consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder."

Shen Lie gestured towards the jury with his right hand: "Please explain to the jury the consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder."

Dr. Luke crossed his hands, looked at the jury, and said: "Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder will reduce important activities and interests, be pessimistic about the future, lose the ability to love, and can no longer have a successful career and marriage. and children."

This time there is no need for Ning Yuan, Shen Lie also sensed something was wrong, "Doctor Luke, you know that Sarah still had a happy family and a smooth job 14 years later, before she personally killed her own child ?"

Dr. Luke was speechless.

Shen Lie pressed her further: "Do you think Sarah's life is the consequence that PTSD should bring to her?"

It took Dr. Luke a while to respond: "This is not a common phenomenon—"

"Thank you doctor," Shen Lie interrupted him, turned around and returned to his seat, "I have no other questions."

Judge Donovan pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said to Dr. Luke, "The witness can retire."

After Dr. Luke stepped back, it was Sarah's turn to sit on the witness stand.

The black female lawyer asked her softly, "Sarah, do you remember what happened 14 years ago?"

Sarah flinched and said nothing.

The female lawyer softly comforted: "It's okay, you should have said it."

Sarah whispered, "14 years ago... I was raped."

"How does that make you feel?"

"The whole world has collapsed." Sarah covered her head with her hands. "I really want to die. I really want to kill that scumbag, but I can't do anything. I don't even have the courage to report the crime."

"What about after that?" The female lawyer was still very gentle, "What's your life like after that?"

"I just got married, I love my husband, I can't let him know about it, I'm afraid of him..." Sarah choked up, "I'm afraid he will leave me, then I will really have nothing."

Hearing this, Ning Yuan subconsciously looked back at Eric who was sitting in the open seat behind the courtroom. The latter kept his head down and fiddled with his fingers without looking at Sarah.

"So I can only keep it a secret, from Eric, from my family, from everyone," Sarah's eyes were already flushed, "I am still the same Sarah Blair in the daytime, only in the night I am I just tossed and turned, had nightmares every night, and I couldn’t even close my eyes. Those hideous images always flashed before my eyes.”

The female lawyer continued to ask, "When you found out that your daughter, Rebecca, had suffered the same thing as you, how did you feel?"

Sarah sniffled, "I don't know. At that time, I didn't seem to feel the existence of reason. I couldn't imagine that the nightmare that happened to me would also happen to my baby. This shouldn't be the nightmare of her life too. .”

"So you killed her by mistake?"

"I don't know! I don't..." Sarah's tears rolled down her cheeks, her voice sobbing, "If she will bear the same shadow as me for the rest of her life, she will wake up every night and live a Life is worse than death, it is better to be freed earlier!"

The female lawyer sighed softly to the jury, reached out and patted Sarah on the shoulder, and said to the judge, "There is no problem."

Shen Lie was about to stand up and ask a question, but Ning Yuan said, "Sarah may really suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder."

Shen Lie frowned, and looked at Ning Yuan who also frowned slightly.