Just after being thrown into the lake, seven beautiful women blocked the door calling him "husb

Chen Ye tossed the flimsy photocopy back onto the table.

"You call this evidence?"

This rhetorical question struck Wen Guodong like a heavy hammer blow to his heart.

The entire room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The air seemed to freeze at that moment.

An Ran and Li Zhe, two young people still immersed in Chen Ye's reasoning, were completely dumbfounded.

They looked at Chen Ye, at the man who only had a few photocopies.

The man who dismantled the skeleton of a long-standing cold case.

[The teacher... he didn't even look at the case file!] An Ran's heart was filled with turmoil.

Wen Guodong's body curled up on the sofa.

It felt like being injected with an electric current, and I shuddered violently.

That deathly gray face instantly turned a deep liver color.

It's not anger.

It was excitement! It was the immense excitement of finally finding an outlet after suppressing it for ten years!

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound.

He suddenly stood up from the sofa, making a big movement.

It knocked over the enamel mug on the low table next to him.

"Clang!"

The dark brown Chinese medicine spilled out, instantly soaking the black and white photo of Hao Bin on the table.

The medicine slowly dripped down the bewildered face of the young man in the photo.

Wen Guodong, however, acted as if he hadn't seen it at all.

He rushed to a dilapidated drawer in the corner, trembling, frantically rummaging through it for something.

He pulled a black USB drive from the deepest part of the drawer.

The withered hand, strained so hard, caused the veins on the back of the hand to bulge out, becoming frighteningly knotted.

He turned around and rushed back to the table.

He slammed the USB drive onto the table.

His voice was as hoarse as a broken gong.

"This is the video recording of Wang Yunjin identifying the scene!"

"He could walk to the place where that sandal was buried with his eyes closed!"

His chest heaved violently, and every word he uttered sounded like blood being squeezed from his lungs.

Where is Hao Bin?!

On the day he was arrested, he couldn't even tell whether the cornfield at the crime scene faced east or west!

"I've been guarding these things! For ten years! No, for a full seven years!"

"I watched Hao's parents grow up, their hair turning completely black, until it turned completely white!"

"I'm fucking not satisfied!"

Wen Guodong's eyes were so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

He pointed to the USB drive, then to the ceiling.

"I'll take these to the higher-ups! I'll go find them!"

"What did they say?!"

"They said I 'obtained evidence illegally'!"

"They say the real culprit is Wang Yunjin, but he did it to gain merit, to steal credit and seek death!!"

"Trying to steal credit and then court death? Hahaha... What a fine example of trying to steal credit and then court death!"

He laughed, a shrill laugh, more unpleasant than crying.

He laughed until tears streamed down his face, and he swayed unsteadily, as if he might collapse at any moment.

An Ran and Li Zhe were completely overwhelmed by the atmosphere of despair.

For the first time, they felt it so vividly.

Behind those cold legal provisions in the books lies the bloody reality of each family.

Chen Ye did not move.

He quietly looked at the man in front of him who was on the verge of collapse.

Wen Guodong's laughter gradually turned into violent coughing.

Only then did he slowly reach out and pick up the USB drive on the table that held the weight of more than a decade of injustice.

He didn't put it away immediately.

Instead, she looked up, her eyes, hidden behind her gold-rimmed glasses, staring directly into Wen Guodong's eyes.

"Violation of regulations?"

"They dare to trample on the principle of 'presumption of innocence,' so what rules are they talking about?"

Chen Ye put the USB drive into the inside pocket of his suit.

"Director Wen, you've got one thing wrong."

"What you've been looking for has never been a lawyer."

Chen Ye stood up, looked down at him, and spoke each word clearly.

What you need is someone who dares to present these so-called "evidence of violations"

It was smashed intact onto the judge's bench in the Supreme Court.

These words were like a thunderbolt, exploding in An Ran and Li Zhe's minds.

mad!

That's fucking insane!

But damn, he's so damn handsome!

An Ran looked at Chen Ye's back.

That delicate little face was filled with almost fanatical adoration.

This is the person she wants to be!

That's the whole point of her studying law!

Li Zhe clenched his fists tightly, feeling his blood boiling.

Those who trample on the rules are never those who seek the truth.

Rather, it is those who distort the rules wantonly in order to cover up the truth!

Wen Guodong has stopped coughing.

He stared blankly at Chen Ye, his cloudy eyes filled with tears.

That stagnant pool was finally stirred up completely.

A ray of light burst forth from the deepest part.

He looked at Chen Ye, his lips trembling, and after a long while, he managed to squeeze out a few words.

"It's all...it's all up to Attorney Chen..."

His body slowly bent down.

"I...I might not live to see the day the truth is revealed..."

Chen Ye did not help him up.

He simply accepted the bow in a lighthearted manner.

They're praising me and flattering me.

I'm just a scoundrel, don't fucking worship me like a saint.

Wen Guodong straightened up, then suddenly turned to look at his daughter.

"Xiao Yi".

"Dad," Wen Yi replied and quickly stepped forward to support him.

Wen Guodong held his daughter's hand, but his eyes were fixed on Chen Ye.

"If you want to be a lawyer after you graduate... go to Attorney Chen's office."

"Follow his lead and learn properly, do you hear me?"

Wen Yi nodded heavily, tears welling in her eyes.

Chen Ye's face twitched almost imperceptibly.

What the hell?!

What's going on here? Entrusting his orphan to someone?

I'm here to solve a case, not to be a sucker!

This little girl is alright looking, but she's as quiet and reserved as a mule.

What's the point of carrying it around? Just as a decorative vase?

A million grass mud horses galloped through Chen Ye's mind.

His face, however, remained calm and unfathomable.

Wen Guodong also seemed to have exhausted all his strength.

He was helped back to the sofa by Wen Yi.

But the light in his eyes never went out.

"Attorney Chen, many details of the case handling back then weren't recorded in the case files..."

He began to recount the events of that year in fits and starts.

"The person in charge of interrogating Hao Bin was the deputy captain of the criminal police team at the time, named Liu Bo."

This person was the nephew of the bureau chief at the time.

Notoriously ruthless, he'll stop at nothing to increase his crime-solving rate.

"Later, because of this case, he was promoted all the way up."

Now... he's the deputy director of the municipal bureau...

"And there was also Lao Liu, the forensic doctor who was in charge of the autopsy at the time, who brought it up then."

The direction of the ligature marks was strange... but his report was quickly returned, and he was asked to rewrite it.

"Old Liu refused, and was later transferred to guard the gate. He died in despair less than two years later..."

Each name, each story buried in the dust of the past.

These words came from Wen Guodong's mouth.

This pieced together a massive black curtain woven from power, interests, and lies.

An Ran and Li Zhe took notes quickly, their hearts sinking as they wrote.

What they are facing is not a simple miscarriage of justice at all.

Instead, it is a deeply entrenched interest group that has been operating for over a decade.

Finally, Wen Guodong, panting heavily, made one last request.

"Attorney Chen... if the trial goes to court... if I... if I'm still alive..."

"I must appear in court in person as a witness!"

He wanted to use his broken body to make a final stand.

Chen Ye nodded.

"it is good."

He glanced at the time; he had gotten everything he needed, and there was no need to stay any longer.

"That's all for today. We need to go back to the law firm to organize the materials immediately."

He stood up, ready to take his leave.

"Wen Yi, you stay here and take good care of your father."

Anran said considerately to Wenyi.

Wen Yi had the same thought; she was worried about her father being home alone.

Before she could even speak, Wen Guodong became anxious.

He pushed Wen Yi away.

"Nonsense! What use are you if you stay?!"

He glared at his daughter and roared at her with all his might.

"You'll work with Attorney Chen! He needs help! You can be of assistance!"

"Dad..." Wen Yi's tears fell again.

"Go!" Wen Guodong's attitude left no room for argument.

"Your brother will be back soon! I have him here, I don't need you!"

"Helping Attorney Chen figure out the case a day sooner is more important than anything else!"

Looking at her father's unyielding face, Wen Yi could only nod through her tears.

As Chen Ye watched this scene, the last bit of impatience in his heart disappeared.

He didn't say anything, he just nodded to Wen Guodong.

He turned around, led his men, and walked out of the suffocating room.

The door slowly closed behind me.

It also isolated me from the strong smell of Chinese medicine and the endless despair.

Walking back into the old stairwell, sunlight streamed in from outside.

An Ran and Li Zhe felt like they had come back to life.

Just now, inside the house, they were even breathing very carefully.

The atmosphere was so oppressive.

Wen Yi followed at the very back, head down, without saying a word.

The four people walked out of the residential building.

Chen Ye's phone suddenly vibrated.

He took it out and glanced at the screen.

The above is a new message.

Sender: Su Qingying.

The content is very simple, consisting of only three words and a question mark.

"Where are you?"