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

where are you?

Three words, and a question mark.

From Su Qingying.

Chen Ye stared at the three words on the screen, as if he could see through the screen.

I could feel the chilling aura emanating from Su Qingying, a aura that kept people at arm's length.

He was stunned for a moment.

[Checking up on someone?]

[This little bitch, even after the divorce, she still cares where I am?]

But... hey, they're quite attentive.

His scoundrel heart, damnably, stirred with a hint of smugness.

I tapped my fingers on the screen, making several edits and deletions.

In the end, he only replied with four words.

In Qinghe County.

He didn't want to dwell on the topic any longer.

Put the phone back in my pocket.

The fleeting change in Chen Ye's expression vanished without a trace in an instant.

He turned to look at Wen Yi, who was standing to his side with her head down and seemed to be in low spirits.

"Is it possible to contact Hao Bin's family?"

Wen Yi trembled and suddenly looked up, seemingly not expecting Chen Ye to ask this question.

"Yes...yes! I have his father's phone number!"

He frantically pulled the old cell phone out of his pocket.

The call was made.

Wen Yi held the phone tightly to her ear and held her breath.

In the entire alley, only her faint question remained.

"Hello, is this...is this Uncle Hao?"

"I...I am Wen Yi..."

"Where...where are you now?"

The sound on the other end of the phone was very noisy.

An Ran and Li Zhe subconsciously moved closer together.

A few seconds later, Wen Yi hung up the phone and looked at Chen Ye.

"Attorney Chen, they...they're setting up a stall at the Nanguan vegetable market..."

vegetable market.

"Okay, let's go see them."

So Wenyi led the way, and the group walked through the old alley.

I walked towards the direction of the South Gate Vegetable Market.

Nanguan Vegetable Market.

The sounds of hawking, haggling, and children crying filled the air.

An Ran and Li Zhe were clearly uncomfortable and subconsciously frowned.

They were used to bright, clean offices and solemn courtrooms.

The environment here is different for them.

Too vibrant, and too... chaotic.

Damn, this smells familiar.

The smell of everyday life, it's enough to make you feel poor.

Chen Ye mentally complained, but his steps did not falter in the slightest.

In his past life, when he was delivering food, he would go through places like this eight hundred times a day.

Wen Yi led them through the crowded streets with difficulty.

The further she walked, the paler her face became, and the slower her steps grew.

Finally, she stopped in a corner.

There was a small vegetable stall there.

Several baskets of wilted green vegetables and a small pile of radishes covered in soil.

Behind the stall sat an elderly couple with gray hair.

The man silently sprayed water on the vegetables, while the woman kept her head down.

Using a small needle, he painstakingly picked out the strings from a handful of green beans.

Their faces bore the numbness and weariness left by the repeated blows of life.

"Uncle Hao...Auntie..."

Wen Yi's voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

The elderly couple looked up, saw Wen Yi, and were taken aback.

Then, the woman referred to as "Auntie".

Tears welled up instantly in his cloudy eyes.

"Xiaoyi...you...why are you back?"

Wen Yi's tears also fell, and she pointed to Chen Ye behind her.

"Auntie, I...I've hired a lawyer for you."

Chen Ye stepped forward and looked at the couple behind the stall, who instantly became tense.

The elderly man, in a hurry, stated his purpose directly.

"I am Chen Ye, a lawyer from Juncheng Law Firm."

"Wen Yi told me everything about Hao Bin's case."

"I came here today to ask you some questions."

We want to help you overturn this case.

Overturn the verdict.

These two words are like a bomb dropped into stagnant water.

The silent man stopped spraying water.

And the woman with her head down.

The green beans in my hand fell to the ground with a "whoosh".

next second.

"Wow--"

A suppressed, heart-wrenching cry exploded from her throat!

That wasn't crying.

That was the release of all the grievances, pain, despair, and longing that had been suppressed for more than a decade.

She covered her face and collapsed onto the small stool.

She cried her heart out, her liver and intestines were breaking.

The hustle and bustle of the entire market seemed to be paused by this shout.

The surrounding vendors and passersby all turned to look.

Hao Bin's father also suddenly turned around, his back to everyone.

Those broad shoulders were heaving violently.

A series of murky tears fell onto the cement ground beneath my feet.

An Ran's eyes instantly reddened.

She wanted to go up and comfort her, but she didn't know where to begin.

Li Zhe clenched his fists, his face turning ashen.

A family was destroyed just like that.

Chen Ye stood quietly, waiting.

The crying, from its initial outburst to its exhaustion, finally turned into intermittent sobs.

He then spoke again.

"Auntie, I know you're feeling bad."

"But crying won't solve the problem."

His words were cold, devoid of any warmth.

But it effectively stopped Aunt Hao's crying.

She lifted her tear-streaked face, revealing eyes swollen and red like walnuts.

Looking at Chen Ye, he was filled with confusion.

Chen Ye crouched down to be at eye level with her.

"I need to know what you're really thinking."

"Going to court is not an easy thing. Especially this kind of case."

"They will tear open your scabbed wounds again, leaving them bloody and raw in front of everyone."

It will make you relive the pain you experienced more than a decade ago.

"We might even lose in the end."

"Have you all thought these things through?"

He looked at the elderly couple before him, their lives hanging by a thread.

It raised the cruelest, and most realistic, question.

Hao Bin's father slowly turned around.

This man, whose back has been bent by the weight of life.

She stared intently at Chen Ye with her bloodshot eyes.

His lips trembled, and after a long while, he finally managed to utter a few words.

"I've made up my mind."

"We've already thought it through!"

He wiped away his tears, his voice suddenly rising in pitch, carrying a sense of resolute determination.

"We're not afraid! We're not afraid of anything anymore!"

"We just want justice for our child!"

He died at the young age of twenty! He had never even had a girlfriend!

In the end, I couldn't hold on any longer.

He squatted on the ground, holding his head, a man in his sixties, crying like a child.

"We just want him to leave this world with a clear conscience... Only when we die and reach the underworld will we have the face to face him..."

enough.

Chen Ye stood up.

[Yes, that's desperate enough, and resolute enough.]

This case is worth pursuing.

He looked at the human tragedy before him, but his mind was calmly calculating.

"it is good."

"I'll take this case."

"From today onwards, I will be your defense attorney."

A promise, made with conviction.

The two elderly people were still crying.

She froze, staring blankly at him.

The high-speed train sped along as dusk fell.

By the time the group returned to Juncheng Law Firm, it was already completely dark.

An Ran and Li Zhe's faces showed excitement and nervousness.

The suffocating oppression of Qinghe County had long since washed away all traces of that feeling.

All they could think about was Wen Guodong's withered back.

And the desperate cries of Hao's parents.

This is no longer just a case on the file.

This is a living, breathing, bloody story of life.

In the office of the public welfare department.

Qin Kexin and Wang Hao were already waiting there, both of them looking tired.

Upon seeing Chen Ye and the others return, they immediately stood up.

"Attorney Chen!"

Chen Ye didn't waste any words with them and went straight into the empty conference room next door.

An Ran, Li Zhe, Wen Yi, Qin Kexin, Wang Hao.

Everyone followed them inside.

The conference room lights were turned on, and the bright white light illuminated everyone's faces.

Chen Ye walked to the head of the conference table and took the black USB drive he had brought from Wen Guodong's house.

With a "thud," it was thrown onto the center of the table.

All eyes were focused on the small USB drive.