After being reborn, I decisively broke off my engagement and married a cold-faced military young mas

Chapter 674 Progress

Attorney Nie met with Fang Qing at the time agreed upon.

The two sides have exchanged evidence, and it all looks very unfavorable to Fang Qing.

Fang Qing and Wang Jianguo's lawyers were both provided free of charge by the court; they themselves were unwilling to spend money to hire lawyers and did not understand the importance of lawyers.

In fact, everyone in this circle is an acquaintance. Their defense lawyer is actually Nie's junior colleague. They even had drinks together last night. They had already reached an agreement on how the case should be judged.

Fang Qing felt a surge of resentment the moment she saw Attorney Nie appear; she remembered him.

"Are you Lin Yuyao's lawyer?"

Attorney Nie smiled and said, "Ms. Fang is joking. Our law firm handles cases for everyone, and I, Attorney Nie, am not anyone's personal lawyer."

Fang Qing breathed a sigh of relief. "You're someone who does things for money?"

"correct."

"Lu Jiangting didn't come to see me, but sent you to see me instead?"

Attorney Nie calmly said, "He actually really wants to see you, but there's a rule to everything. The court hearing is about to start, so you two can't meet."

"He wants to see me?" Fang Qing sneered. "I went to see him the day he came back, and he really... he's so heartless. He refused to see me no matter what, and the next day he even came straight here and brought me in. You say he wants to see me? Do you think I'm easy to fool?"

"Why would I lie to you? The investigators are back. They looked at the evidence and realized you're actually quite pitiful and have had a tough time. Your family favors boys over girls and treated you badly. You were sent to the Wang family before you were even an adult. Comrade Wang Jianjun wasn't well-liked in the Wang family, let alone you? Comrade Wang Jianjun went to school, and you became the target of that family's bullying, didn't you?"

Fang Qing was taken aback, but then her emotions calmed down.

Thinking back to those years, my nose started to sting.

"I heard that Wang Jianguo is the most spoiled child in that family, the little emperor of the family. If the little emperor wants to do something to you, you have no way to resist, and you don't dare to resist."

Fang Qing sniffed and nodded, "My family doesn't care about me, and Jianjun isn't around, I..."

Fang Qing began to cry softly.

What hadn't Attorney Nie seen? Seeing this, he didn't urge her, but just sat quietly to the side.

Of course, my mind was constantly working on what to say, what not to say, and how to say it – it was all a skill.

After all, there are people supervising you, and if you say something wrong, you'll be kicked out.

Fang Qing was upset for a while before she calmed down.

"I silently endured a lot in order to make life a little easier, and I didn't dare to say anything about the many grievances I suffered."

"Then why don't you leave?"

"Leave? That's in the mountains, not the city. Where can I go if I leave? Don't tell me to come to the city to sweep the streets. Back then, many policies weren't open up. Going to the city to make a living was simply impossible."

"And then? You had a relationship with Wang Jianguo so that you could have an easier life?"

Fang Qing's face turned pale, and she shook her head, saying, "No...no."

Attorney Nie smiled faintly and did not pursue the matter further.

Whether she had a relationship with Wang Jianguo in those years is a matter for the next case.

"Well, I just want to know about your fidelity during your marriage with Mr. Lu Jiangting."

Fang Qing bit her lip, her cheeks flushing red.

She thought to herself, "These people are really something. They have all the evidence right in front of them, yet they keep asking me questions, as if they're deliberately trying to embarrass me."

"I heard you got beaten up by thugs the day Wang Jianguo came?"

Actually, her lawyer has already discussed this matter with her.

The lawyer made it very clear that if she was coerced, then the meaning would be different.

If she can obtain a letter of forgiveness from Lu Jiangting during the mediation process, she may receive a lighter sentence, or even be acquitted.

Everyone has to look out for themselves.

Wang Jianguo, your family has bullied me for so many years, it's time for you to pay me back.

"No, saying I was beaten up by drunk thugs was just an excuse I made up."

"Oh?"

“I wasn’t beaten by thugs, I was raped by Wang Jianguo. Lu Jiangting knew I had been raped at that time, but I didn’t dare tell him that I was raped by Wang Jianguo, so I made up a story about thugs and said I didn’t see the other person’s face clearly…”

She recounted what happened, including some details.

"What about the child?"

"What child?"

"The child you had during your marriage with Mr. Lu Jiangting was not Mr. Lu Jiangting's child."

"Well, what I told Lu Jiangting was that I was raped by a stranger, but that was also a lie. I wasn't raped by a stranger, I was raped by Wang Jianguo..."

She cried and told me how difficult things were for her. She had originally planned to take Chenchen back to her hometown, but unexpectedly, Wang Jianguo came to her room in the middle of the night, dragged her out, and had sex with her in the cellar where they stored sweet potatoes. Two months later, she found out she was pregnant.

Attorney Nie chatted with her for a while and expressed his sympathy for her plight.

Finally, Fang Qing asked, "Lawyer, could you ask Lu Jiangting for me if he's willing to issue a letter of forgiveness? Tell him that I really know I was wrong, but it wasn't intentional. I didn't want to end up like this. I'm just unlucky and have been forced to suffer so much injustice."

"Okay, I will pass your message on to my client."

"And another thing," Fang Qing called out to Attorney Nie again, then stammered, "I'd also like to trouble you to explain to Lu Jiangting for me not to listen to the rumors. Chenchen really is Jianjun's child. That blood test for kinship is unscientific and unreliable."

“Wang Chenchen’s background is unrelated to this case.”

"I know, could you please pass on a message for me?"

"can."

After leaving, Attorney Nie went to find Lu Jiangting.

He had just returned from the cafeteria carrying a freshly washed lunchbox.

Upon seeing Attorney Nie, they invited him into the dormitory.

"How did the talks go?"

Attorney Nie smiled and said, "There's no need to do any ideological work on a selfish person like her. Even if it didn't benefit her, she would still do it. She keeps saying how helpless she is and that everything she did was out of necessity."

Lu Jiangting was somewhat taken aback, then nodded.

Yes, that's the kind of person she is.

She's always been this kind of person.

"Oh, right, she said she wanted me to put in a good word for you and get you to write her a letter of forgiveness."

"A letter of understanding?" Lu Jiangting shook his head. "Impossible."

"Okay, but if the court finds that she really had no choice but to take this path for various reasons, she may not get a very heavy sentence."

"It doesn't matter. Sometimes, the high walls of a prison are not a cage that confines a person."

Attorney Nie didn't understand the deeper meaning of his words, nor did she think about it in detail; she only talked to him about the case.

An hour had passed by the time he finished speaking, and he had to leave.

"That's all for now. I'll contact you again if there are any new developments."

After saying that, he stood up and left.

“Attorney Nie,” Lu Jiangting stopped him again.

Attorney Nie: "Mr. Lu, is there anything else?"

"I..." Lu Jiangting stammered, took a deep breath and asked him, "Are you... are you very familiar with Lin Yuyao?"

Attorney Nie smiled and said, "Ms. Lin has nothing to do with this case."

"I know it's not about the case."