Gu Nianzhi was looking straight ahead at the judgment seat, and not in Wen Shouyi’s direction.
But as soon as Wen Shouyi made her move, Gu Nianzhi knew that Wen Shouyi was indeed a strong opponent.
It all depended on the angle she argued from. If Gu Nianzhi had been in her shoes, she would have argued the same way.
They only had one note as evidence, and it was circumstantial.
This note confirmed that Gu Xiangwen had nothing to do with the kidnapping and disappearance case eight years ago, but it was not certain that it had anything to do with Qin Yaoguang.
And when they tried to investigate and collect evidence, all the lab workers had died.
This method was simple, crude, and exposed suspicion.
But this method was very effective, because it cut off the entire chain of evidence.
Unless they could catch the person behind the car accident and prove that the person behind the accident was directly connected to Qin Yaoguang, it would be really difficult to convict Qin Yaoguang based on a note.
Even though Gu Nianzhi knew that Old Master Qin had personally visited Qin Yaoguang two days ago to get her to confess, in court, everything depended on evidence and logic.
It wasn’t that if one said one was guilty, one was guilty.
It wasn’t that if one said one wasn’t guilty, one wasn’t guilty.
Gu Nianzhi’s mind was replaying the point of entry that she had been thinking about for the past two days. She sighed slightly and a faint smile appeared on her face.
As Wen Shouyi spoke, she glanced at Gu Nianzhi and unexpectedly saw a smile on her dainty little face. She paused for a moment before continuing, “So I’m going to plead for my client’s innocence.”
Qin Yaoguang’s eyelids twitched. She glanced at Wen Shouyi from the corner of her eyes and secretly curled her lips.
This child, she really didn’t dote on her for nothing…
Qin Yaoguang’s heart calmed down. She couldn’t help glancing at the side of the gallery behind Gu Nianzhi.
Behind her, He Chengjian and He Zhichu sat upright in the gallery in a standard military posture.
The father and son were very similar. He Zhichu had inherited his father’s good looks. He looked like a younger version of He Chengjian.
Qin Yaoguang sighed in her heart. She looked away and looked at Gu Nianzhi, who was in the plaintiff’s seat.
She was tall and slender. She had a beautiful face, and her big black eyes were shining like bright pearls.
She looked really different from when she was fat and short when she was young…
As Qin Yaoguang’s thoughts ran wild, the presiding judge began to speak. He looked at Gu Nianzhi. “Plaintiff’s lawyer, do you agree with the defendant’s lawyer?”
Gu Nianzhi stood up and stopped smiling. She said seriously, “I don’t agree.”
Wen Shouyi nodded, and she said calmly, “Lawyer Gu, please don’t let your emotions get the best of you. You and my client are biological mother and daughter. The two of you haven’t seen each other for many years, and there is estrangement between the two of you. These are all problems that can be solved. But to sue your own biological mother based on a mere guess, and have so many people follow you around, is a waste of social resources.”
A hint of mockery flashing in her eyes, Gu Nianzhi turned to look at her. She lowered her eyes and said calmly, “Your client and I are biological mother and daughter. Is there a direct logical connection to me suing her? Or do you think that parents have power over the life and death of their children? If parents let their children die, their children have to die, and parents don’t have to bear any legal responsibility?”
“If parents directly cause the death of their children, of course they have to bear legal responsibility. But the question is, do you have any evidence to prove that my client was responsible for the kidnapping and disappearance case back then?” Wen Shouyi laughed. She suddenly felt that she had overestimated Gu Nianzhi.
It was obvious that the other party was powerless in front of her.
Gu Nianzhi took a deep breath and clenched her fists. She walked out of the plaintiff’s box and stood in front of the defendant’s box. Facing the smiling Qin Yaoguang, she calmly asked, “Mrs. Qin Yaoguang, is this the note that Gu Xiangwen wrote to you from 14 years ago?”
She still held the only piece of evidence, which was the note that Gu Xiangwen had written. “You don’t have to look for her anymore. I’ve taken my daughter away!”
Qin Yaoguang nodded. “It was written by Gu Xiangwen to my lab staff 14 years ago.”
This had been confirmed in the last Imperial City Intermediate People’s Court’s court trial, which was why the Imperial City Intermediate People’s Court had issued an arrest warrant and the military had taken Qin Yaoguang and her lab staff away to assist in the investigation.
Gu Nianzhi placed a copy of the note on the dock in front of Qin Yaoguang. She leaned forward and asked with a smile, “… May I ask why my father wrote this note 14 years ago?”
Qin Yaoguang looked up and smiled. She raised her chin at the plaintiff behind her and said, “Because your father wanted to take you away from me and send you to the He family.”
“Really? If I was by your side, why did my father write a note to your lab? Why didn’t he just write it to you?”
Gu Nianzhi tilted her head and smiled, but her eyes were devoid of warmth. She looked at Qin Yaoguang with immense intimidation.
Qin Yaoguang was stunned. She had not expected Gu Nianzhi to ask this question.
Wen Shouyi saw that the situation was not looking good and immediately said, “Objection! The questions asked by the plaintiff’s lawyer have nothing to do with this case!”
“Your honor, my question is directly related to this case. I will prove it to you immediately.” Gu Nianzhi quickly turned to refute Wen Shouyi.
The presiding judge raised his hand. “Objection overruled. However, the plaintiff should get to the point as soon as possible.”
Gu Nianzhi was very grateful. “Thank you, your honor.”
She turned to look at Qin Yaoguang. “You said yourself that I was living by your side at the time, so why didn’t my father write a note to you? Why did he write it to everyone in your lab?”
Qin Yaoguang was forced to answer Gu Nianzhi’s question. She quickly glanced at the defendant’s gallery and happened to meet Old Master Qin’s gaze.
Gu Nianzhi had been watching her movements the entire time. She turned her head to look at Old Master Qin and smiled. “What’s wrong? Dean Qin doesn’t know how to answer this question? Must you ask the chairman, Old Master Qin? Is Old Master Qin also in the know?”
This accusation was a little too much.
Old Master Qin was so angry that his face turned red. He said, “Outrageous! Outrageous!”
Wen Shouyi quickly stood up and said, “Objection! The plaintiff has repeatedly testified against unrelated bystanders without any evidence. This is against the conduct of a lawyer.”
The presiding judge nodded. “Sustained. Plaintiff, please watch your words.”
Gu Nianzhi had said it on purpose, because she knew that the person who was most pressuring Qin Yaoguang was Old Master Qin.
Since Qin Yaoguang listened to Old Master Qin in everything, and Old Master Qin had even persuaded her to admit her guilt two days ago, it would be a waste of time to cut to the chase.
Under Gu Nianzhi’s aggressive attitude, Qin Yaoguang gritted her teeth and looked Gu Nianzhi straight in the eye. “Do you really want to know?”
“Of course.” Gu Nianzhi leaned against the defendant’s table and tapped her hand on the table. She smiled faintly. “Lawyer Wen said that this note alone is not enough to prove that you were involved in the case. I’m proving it now. This note alone is enough to prove that you were involved in the case.”
“If it’s not, then please answer me. Why did my father, Gu Xiangwen, write a note to your lab saying that he wanted to take me away from you?”
Qin Yaoguang’s breathing gradually became unstable. She glared at Gu Nianzhi. She had never thought that she would dare to bring out something from the past. Had she really lost her memory, or had she regained it?
Qin Yaoguang stared at her for a long time before she said through gritted teeth, “Because I was busy with work at the time, I stayed in the lab all day long. So, you’ve been following me around in the lab.”
Gu Nianzhi looked at her meaningfully, “Really? So you’re saying that you used the lab as a nursery? You let me to play in your lab? You’re letting a child under the age of six play in your biomedical lab. Have you thought about the safety of your child?”
Qin Yaoguang said with a fake smile, “You’re worrying too much. Don’t you remember? My lab has round-the-clock surveillance. It’s very safe.”
“Round-the-clock surveillance? How strict could the surveillance from 14 years ago be?” Gu Nianzhi shook her head with a smile. “I don’t believe it.”
“It’s the truth. You have to believe it.” Qin Yaoguang pursed her lips, “Our lab has always been doing high-end experiments. In order to monitor the progress of the experiment, we have been monitoring it round-the-clock and synchronizing it with the cloud storage. How could it not be safe? How could it not be strict?”
“Oh, so that means there was a synchronous cloud storage technology 14 years ago?” Gu Nianzhi asked casually.
Qin Yaoguang laughed and said softly, “Of course, our technology here is very advanced.”
Gu Nianzhi instantly understood what she meant, but did not respond. She changed the subject, “So this note was actually written for you, not for the people in your lab, right?”
“Because you’ve already admitted that you were the one taking care of the child at the time. You just left the child at your workplace.”
Feeling that something was wrong, Qin Yaoguang hesitated for a moment.
“Defendant, please answer yes or no.”
Qin Yaoguang had no choice but to reluctantly answer, “Yes.”
“So this note was in your hands the whole time?” Gu Nianzhi asked again.
Qin Yaoguang shook her head again and denied, “No. I put this note on the lab table after I read it. I don’t know where it went after that.”
“Really? You put such an important thing on the lab table?” Gu Nianzhi looked surprised.
“What’s so important about that?” Qin Yaoguang couldn’t help rolling her eyes. “Why would I take something written by a madman seriously? Besides, he was your father. What can I do if he wants to take you away? Can I object?”
Wen Shouyi smiled triumphantly. “Lawyer Gu, it’s obvious. Someone stole the note my client left on the lab table. Six years later, they took it out to cause trouble. It has nothing to do with my client.”
Gu Nianzhi immediately said, “Is that so? Since the defendant’s lawyer said that someone stole her client’s things, I want to investigate the surveillance footage of Qin Yaoguang’s lab from 14 years ago.”
“If someone really stole the note, as a lab with 24-hour surveillance and cloud storage, not only can we find out when the defendant placed the note on the lab table, but we can also find out who stole the note back then!”
