Chengdu, Sichuan.

Afternoon time slot.

Inside the municipal people's procuratorate.

Director Deng, who was about to leave work, turned around and looked at the prosecutor who had called him back, a look of confusion on his face.

Director Deng is a veteran of the procuratorate.

He is fifty-two years old this year, with less than ten years until retirement. He has worked in this position for thirty years and handled countless cases. ... Even so, the number of cases assigned to them by the Yanjing Police Station is very limited.

"What case?"

Deng Shijie frowned and looked at the prosecutor behind him, his face full of suspicion.

The prosecutor behind him walked up to him and said:

"The Supreme Court assigned the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court to handle a criminal case that originally came from Lvsen City, Qingwu Province."

"Yes, the defendant is a repeat offender."

"As for the reason for the assignment... you should remember him, his name is Liu Guofu, he's mentally ill, and I interrogated him in Chengdu before." Liu Guofu...

Deng Shijie pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered something.

"That rapist?" Deng Shijie frowned.

The other person nodded.

"That's right, he committed another crime in Green Forest City, this time it was rape... and according to the police, the witnesses in the case have given the same testimony as him." The man in front of him sighed helplessly, shaking his head as he spoke:

"Hmm. This case is rather sensitive."

"The procuratorate is informing you in advance that, if you're willing... you'll be in charge of the prosecution after the police case is transferred to them." "Director Deng, regarding this..."

Deng Shijie fell into deep thought.

Generally, the selection of personnel is only done after the procuratorate has filed a case.

But it's different when it comes to special cases.

Such as minors, self-defense, or current mental illness.

It's common for people to be contacted in advance and then informed of the case details beforehand.

As for whether Deng Shijie is willing or not...

"this."

"What's the current status of the case?" Deng Shijie asked.

The prosecutor began, "Besides the witnesses I mentioned above, there is no surveillance footage, no other witnesses, the person involved is unconscious, and the defense attorney argues that this was a mutual fight, specifically two people attacking one..."

"Is the victim still unconscious? What's his condition?"

"He suffered a severe skull fracture and brain hemorrhage, and is currently on his way to West China Hospital."

Deng Shijie fell silent, judging solely from the other party's account...

This matter is indeed complicated, with a complex and sensitive background. If it were handed over to someone else, the chief prosecutor would probably not feel comfortable with it.

Thinking of this.

Deng Shijie frowned slightly and said, "Okay, follow me after the case is filed."

Upon hearing this, the prosecutor raised an eyebrow and breathed a sigh of relief. "Good, it's wonderful that Director Deng is willing to take this on."

"I'll contact you again if there are any new developments in the case. I won't disturb you any longer."

"Here's the information about the case; you can take a look first."

The other party handed some documents and materials to Deng Shijie.

The above information contains details about Liu Guofu, such as files from the mental hospital, information about the previous case trial, and news forwarded from Lusen City.

Deng Shijie reached out and took it.

He looked at the information in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and pondered for a while.

finally.

Deng Shijie didn't rush to leave work. Instead, he went back to his office and began to carefully study the information about the case.

One minute...

Ten minutes...

A quarter of an hour...

As the sun sets and dusk falls, the moon gradually rises high in the sky, and a few twinkling stars adorn the dark night.

Evening had quietly arrived.

This night... is a little hard to get through.

Xu De from Lusen City, after completing Zhang Er's transfer application, sat by the bedside, looking at the unconscious Zhang Er, and fell silent. His eyes revealed a hint of weariness, but the thought of giving up never crossed his mind.

He pondered how to target Liu Guofu or Liu Jie.

half an hour.

He lay down on the bed made of chairs and drifted off to sleep, exhausted.

On the Chengdu Expressway.

Zhou Ning embarked on his journey back to the law firm. Now, after the New Year, the firm has reopened, and the team of lawyers has returned.

The police transferred the case to the prosecutor's office within three days.

After the transfer, the trial date will be set for the first instance.

He needs a team... he needs a team to defend the defendant, Liu Guofu.

But when they passed a service station, Zhou Ning couldn't hold on any longer and could only fall into a deep sleep.

Inside the procuratorate, Deng Shijie's office was still brightly lit.

The office was very quiet; the only sounds were breathing and turning pages.

Sitting in his chair, Deng Shijie, who was in his fifties, put on his glasses and carefully read the information word by word, his mind racing. Exhaustion was evident on his face.

After a long while, he braved the darkness and began walking towards home.

Even after arriving home, washing up, and lying in bed with my eyes closed...

Information about the case still lingered in Deng Shijie's mind.

in the hotel.

At this moment, lawyer Yang Bing, who relied on personal connections, could no longer bear the exhaustion and fatigue.

As a lawyer who acts out of personal connections, flying nearly 2,000 kilometers to Sichuan and communicating with the police is enough to demonstrate his character and spirit. But the body is not made of iron.

If he hadn't been holding on, he would have fallen into a deep sleep long ago, and has been enduring this ordeal until now.

at this time.

Yang Bing didn't wash up or even take off his clothes before lying down on the bed and falling into a deep sleep.

This night.

under night.

Everyone is asleep.

The entire city fell silent. There were no lights, no one spoke, and no one walked on the streets. The only sound was the howling wind. Quiet, very quiet.

The streets, alleys, and roads seemed deathly silent.

until..

One o'clock in the morning.

"Squeak~"

Inside the hotel, a door suddenly opened, and a petite figure stepped out, walking silently down the quiet corridor. "Tap tap tap."

The footsteps continued into the hall.

Upon seeing this, several service staff members gave polite smiles but did not ask any further questions, watching the person leave.

"Squeak~"

The hotel's main entrance was opened.

A cold draft suddenly rushed into the hall, then the door was shut again.

Her figure disappeared into the cold wind. She lowered her head and vanished into the darkness. Invisibly, it seemed as if there was only a blurry black shadow wriggling on the desolate street.

She walked and stopped intermittently, as if checking the road ahead.

Not long after.

Then they disappeared into the street.

Chengdu, Ninth General Hospital.

in the dark.

The enormous cross emitted a red halo above the hospital, eerie yet alluring, like a terrifying place straight out of a ghost story.

The inpatient building.

On the 6th floor, in single room 611.

"Tsk, what a pity, it didn't work..."

Liu Guofu, who had come back from getting up in the middle of the night, was wearing a hospital gown. His bloated body was slumped on the bed, and he was still savoring the taste of food.

Two figures flashed through his mind.

One is Liu Jie, and the other is Zhang Er.

Thinking of Liu Jie's smooth skin and Wu Xiuli in her police uniform, Liu Guofu couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

He felt that he shouldn't have acted directly at that time.

Regardless of which one it is, you should just force it on!

As for the sentence for rape being heavier than that for attempted rape?

joke.

He's mentally ill!

Mental illness does not incur legal responsibility during an episode, much like the second-generation leaders of the founding of the nation thousands of years ago who had immunity from death and were all incredibly dissolute.

Just as Liu Guofu was about to fall asleep...

In a daze.

In his half-asleep state, he seemed to see a blurry figure standing at the head of his bed.

Suddenly.

Liu Guofu suddenly woke up, his eyes widened, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

next second.

A hand instantly covered his mouth.

"Hmm!"

The next second, a voice reached my ears.

"Tell me, what exactly have you done?!"

That voice... sounds familiar.

Liu Guofu was slightly taken aback when he was pressed down on the bed, but he immediately realized who the voice belonged to.

He stared at the blurry figure in the darkness for a long time, and then his eyes lit up.

Someone come here...

It was Zhang Da!

At this moment, Zhang Da covered his mouth with one hand, stood at the head of the bed, his face contorted with rage, staring intently at the person in front of him.

"Mmm."

Liu Guofu made a series of sounds.

Zhang Da raised his hand from his mouth, then suddenly gripped the other man's neck, clearly intending to strangle him if he showed any sign of distress. "I...I didn't do anything..."

Liu Guofu's face showed fear, and his tone was full of innocence.

"I've told the police everything I needed to say, I really didn't do anything."

"It was her... that child hit me with a stone first, I still have scabs on my head!"

The words were spoken.

The ferocity on Zhang Da's face deepened.

"Impossible, impossible!"

"Zhang Er is so gentle, she never gets into conflicts with anyone, you must have something going on!"

"No...that's not right."

"Didn't you say you were having a seizure at the time? Why do you remember it so clearly!?"

Liu Guofu said:

"It wasn't me, it was Liu Jie. She's a witness; she saw the whole scene."

Speaking of Liu Jie...

Zhang Da lost control of her reason instantly. She tightened her grip on the other person's neck, and her tone became slightly more manic.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

"Did you pay her? Her torn clothes were there; how could this have nothing to do with her?!"

"It's you...you wanted to rape her!?"

I could feel the pressure squeezing my neck.

Liu Guofu's face gradually turned red, but he still struggled to speak:

"I didn't rape her. How could I have raped her when I was having a medical episode?"

"I'm telling the truth!"

"That child...yes, it's Zhang Er. She kept hitting me, and I had no choice but to fight back."

I'm telling the truth.

"Look, even the police couldn't find anything wrong with it, why don't you believe me!?"

After saying that,

Her pupils dilated and trembled wildly; her breathing became rapid, and she became completely absorbed in her own world.

She murmured to herself.

"No...impossible."

"impossible.. ..."

And just as she murmured, in a daze...

Liu Guofu's eyes narrowed, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. Without the slightest hesitation, he took advantage of the other person's momentary distraction and immediately pulled his hand away from his throat.

"Snapped!"

Followed by.

Zhang Da felt a strange force press her down on the bed, and a hand reached into her pocket.

"Hehe, a voice recorder..."

With one hand pinning Zhang Da down, Liu Guofu took out Yang Bing's recording pen with the other, and looked at the flashing light indicating that Yang Bing was recording something, his face showing disdain.

"Snapped!"

The recorder was turned off, and then he smashed it to pieces.

Followed by.

Liu Guofu's expression changed, transforming from cowardice and fear to greed and lewdness. He stared at Zhang Da in the darkness and chuckled.

"Trying to trick me into telling me..."

"Hehe, you delivered yourself to my door, so don't blame me."

He covered his gaping mouth with one hand and began unbuttoning his clothes with the other.

Liu Guofu's breathing became rapid, his eyes turned bloodshot and red, and he was extremely excited.

Liu Guofu, breathing heavily, began to speak:

"Hehe, didn't you want to know what happened...? I'll tell you."

"Back then, it was like this!"

"I pinned her down... just like that, and she couldn't do anything about it. She was like a rat that had been stepped on, all dirty and smelly. I just wanted to play with her, but who would have thought she would dare to bite me."

"Then, I took the stone and, little by little... smashed it on his head!"

Liu Guofu's heart was racing.

He looked at the man pinned beneath him, his eyes bloodshot and his body trembling as he opened his mouth wide...

His tone grew increasingly frantic, his expression contorted, and he trembled with excitement.

"But now I regret it."

"I regret it. I was only thinking about fighting... I wasted such a good opportunity!"

"But now look what happened, you chose the path to hell when there was one available."

He unbuttoned his shirt, his voice filled with excitement.

"That's your sister, right... Hey, you wait, I'll play with you first, and then I'll go find her after I get out of the mental hospital..." he said.

Liu Guofu paused, his words abruptly ending.

A warm current suddenly surged from my abdomen and flowed downwards.

Liu Guofu lowered his head.

Zhang Da, beneath him, stared intently at him with eyes like those of a wild beast, while she held a knife in her hand.

A dull, unsharp dinner knife... was forcibly pierced through the thick layer of fat and inserted into the stomach.

"Gurgle~"

Liu Guofu's eyes were fixed, and when he opened his mouth, a metallic taste suddenly rose in his throat.

"Sizzle!!!"

The knife was pulled out.

"Hmm!"

Liu Guofu's lips moved, and his body suddenly felt weak and limp.

"Go to hell, go to hell, go to hell, go to hell..."

Zhang Da appeared deranged, muttering incoherently as if in a dream.

Her eyes were slightly vacant, and her pupils were unfocused and undivided!

Zhang Da rolled over and got up.

Liu Guofu shakily stood up from the ground. He didn't press the call button for a nurse; pressing it would have meant certain death for him, at least ten times over. Liu Guofu straightened his legs, intending to run outside.

"Sizzle!"

His facial muscles suddenly twitched violently.

Zhang Da, standing behind him, plunged the knife into his waist again, then pulled it out once more.

Warm currents flowed from my body.

Liu Guofu opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

He wanted to run, but he was too weak to take another step... He couldn't run even one step.

He wanted to turn back and press the call button by the bed, but as soon as he turned, the next second...

"Thump!"

Liu Guofu's vision blurred, and he immediately collapsed to the ground, his breathing becoming weak.

Zhang Da squatted down. She had no expression, as if she were autistic and trapped in her own world, only muttering incomprehensible words, her expression somewhat deranged.

She mechanically repeated the actions in her hands.

"Sizzle!"

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