Lawyer: Start with legal retaliation against infidelity!

Chapter 254 Account Book

Zhao Qian was suspicious.

Zhao Qian squinted.

Zhao Qian's spirits lifted!

What did he see?

"What's wrong with you?" Yue Feng was taken aback when he saw his colleague standing next to him. He asked suspiciously.

Zhao Qian didn't say anything, but his face was a little dark. He lifted his foot and continued walking... but he changed direction and walked towards the other side of the road.

Yue Feng initially didn't think much of it, but when he saw a figure standing at the end of the path... his eyes twitched, and he couldn't help but follow.

"clatter."

Zhao Qian stopped in his tracks and stood in front of Xu De, looking him up and down.

Xu De raised an eyebrow, looking at the two people who had approached him. Although he didn't know what they were up to, he still put on a warm smile and said, "Hello, Prosecutor Zhao... Have you had dinner yet?"

Have a meal?

It would have been better if he hadn't said it, because as soon as he did, Zhao Qian suddenly showed an expression of being amused and annoyed.

He didn't even finish lunch, let alone dinner!

I had planned to just grab a quick bite of boxed lunch for lunch, but because of the other person, I kept thinking and missed my mealtime.

I was planning to continue eating after the court session ended, but who knew...

"Zhu Dali recanted his confession in court, so he didn't have time to eat."

Zhao Qian's tone held a hint of sarcasm as he looked at the person in front of him and sneered, "As for Attorney Xu..."

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"Aren't you going to go to the detention center and thoroughly investigate Zhu Dali?"

"After all, the other party recanted their testimony in court, catching everyone off guard!"

When he said "everyone," Zhao Qian emphasized the words and stared intently at the other person.

"Attorney Xu...it seems like you already guessed it?"

Did you guess it?

Hey, of course I guessed it, and I was the one who orchestrated it.

"I don't know, I was actually a little surprised too."

Xu De's face showed bitterness, and he sighed deeply.

"As for the detention center... sigh, the police will definitely look for Zhu Dali. Even if I, a small-time lawyer, go there, I won't be able to see him."

"So, I didn't even have time to eat before coming straight to the construction site, hoping to find some clues."

The words were spoken.

The two prosecutors in front of him narrowed their eyes and looked at him with distrust in their eyes.

Make sense.

If the other party had said these things to him before interrogating Zhu Dali, they would definitely have believed it.

But after the trial, they said...

The two people are represented by a single word... no, not a single character!

Providing father-son test reports before the trial, offering the defendant a perfect defense during the trial, and incidentally attacking allies—using teammates as pawns...

Are these all just coincidences? Zhao Qian would never believe it!

In short...

"That's quite a coincidence."

"We're also here to find evidence."

Zhao Qian smiled and looked at the lawyer in front of him, then reached out and touched Xu De's shoulder.

"Since it's such a coincidence that we've all come together... shall we go together?"

"Attorney Xu, you shouldn't stay outside. Let's go inside the company together and investigate."

talking.

The hand touching the shoulder conveyed a subtle force, as if trying to pull the person away.

Xu De's heart sank, but he said outwardly, "Prosecutor Zhao, this isn't a very proper thing to do. The defense attorney's fee was paid by Sun Hu, and I went there without their consent..."

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Zhao Qian laughed in exasperation.

He hasn't even said he's here to arrest Sun Hu yet...

These words from the other party reveal that the current state of the case is almost certainly orchestrated by them!

"Heh, what are you afraid of when you're with law enforcement officers?"

"Since we're already here, let's eat together!"

The words were spoken.

Zhao Qian grabbed Xu De and instantly refined him... Then, he led him and Yue Feng into the company.

Wang Chao, Lin Yue, and the others were left standing there, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Um...is the director in danger?"

Lawyer Li Jian couldn't help but hesitate as he watched the other party's departing figure.

"Hmph, everyone gets their shoes wet eventually," Lin Yue said, crossing her arms. "It's alright, he has experience dealing with these kinds of situations."

experience?

Li Jian was surprised.

What do you mean by "experience"? So, they've even cheated other prosecutors before?!

Wang Chao didn't think much of it. After all, Zhao Qian and Yue Feng were prosecutors, and those three words were enough to restrain them. No matter how angry he was, he couldn't take action.

"So what are we going to do?" Wang Chao looked around at his surroundings and scratched his head.

"Let's investigate first."

Lin Yue turned around and looked at the workers on the construction site who were preparing to go home and rest. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Ask them..."

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"What exactly happened to the company three years ago?!"

Inside Hongyang Company.

"Prosecutor Zhao, you're too kind... Haha, you can loosen your grip a little."

"That won't do. What if Attorney Xu runs away and pulls some dirty tricks behind our backs?"

"Look at what you're saying! I'm the victim's legal counsel, and you're the victim's prosecutor. We're on the same page. In some games, that's like being teammates. How could I possibly do something like that..."

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"Attorney Xu, are you joking?"

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Inside the company.

Xu De was led inside by two people, one in front and one behind, and the three of them talked as they walked.

finally.

Zhao Qian rolled his eyes at the other person.

He found the man in front of him to be unusually shameless; he clearly knew the details of the case, yet he could still lie through his teeth.

He simply stopped talking and focused all his attention on his surroundings.

Sun Hu is still at the company.

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Yue Feng looked inside the Hongyang Civil Engineering Company and around the police officers, and exchanged a few words in hushed tones.

Zhao Qian nodded.

Police have taken control of the company and are investigating the allegations made by Zhu Dali through surveillance, interviews, and on-site investigations.

To be honest, though, surveillance is basically useless.

A month and a half has passed since the incident, and the surveillance footage has long been deleted.

That's right. Although the law generally stipulates that surveillance videos in public places should be retained for several months or even half a year.

However, in practice, they are usually deleted after half a month.

However, even if it wasn't deleted, it wouldn't make a difference. After all, the police didn't retrieve any valuable surveillance footage in the early stages of the incident, so even if it were kept until now, it would still be useless.

But it doesn't matter.

After all, their target is... Sun Hu!

The fourth floor of the company building.

At the office door.

As the group appeared at the office door, the lead police officer nodded in acknowledgment.

"Prosecutor Zhao, Prosecutor Yue."

"Um."

The two nodded, then paused, looked up, and shifted their gaze to Sun Hu, who was being handcuffed by the police in the office.

Sun Hu didn't run away.

The other party has been working inside the company premises.

Not long ago, even when he was raided by the police and prosecutors, he didn't show any signs of panic; on the contrary, he was very cooperative.

At that moment, I noticed footsteps outside.

Sun Hu turned his head and saw the person who had come. A slight smile appeared on his face.

"Prosecutor Zhao, Prosecutor Yue, is this... an unexpected turn of events in the case?"

talking.

He raised his hand, gesturing to the iron chains and handcuffs binding his hands, a hint of helplessness on his face.

"If you need anything, just give me a call and I'll come. Why make such a fuss?"

"Ha, I'm afraid that after one phone call, they'll say they're coming, but their feet will go in the opposite direction, and they'll disappear in a few steps."

Zhao Qian spoke sarcastically.

"What...what do you mean by this?"

Sun Hu looked somewhat taken aback, his bulky body trembling slightly. He then turned to Xu De beside him and said, "Attorney Xu...Is there...some misunderstanding?"

Xu De didn't reply, but instead looked around.

The office is spacious.

It has bookshelves, a waiting area, a desk... it looks like a small living room.

Apart from Sun Hu.

Inside the room, there was another person, a woman in her thirties, dressed in business attire and high heels. She was beautiful and was huddled in a corner, trembling, clutching a document.

There is nothing else besides that.

Xu De followed Yue Feng around, occasionally standing next to the police to check on the progress of the scene investigation.

Zhao Qian, however, did not give the other party time to think and began interrogating him on the spot.

"Sun Hu, right?"

"Where were you on May 7, 2003, at 1:30 PM?"

The words were spoken.

Zhao Qian stared intently into Sun Hu's eyes, waiting for his reply.

Sun Hu paused, frowned, and a thought flashed in his eyes. After a long while, his voice finally rang out, "This... I remember, it should be at the company."

"Did Kiyama come to me asking for money back then?"

As he spoke, Sun Hu seemed to remember something, and quickly added, "Didn't the police ask me about this before?"

"Oh.

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Zhao Qian sneered, ignoring the other party and offering no reply, and continued, "On May 7th, between 1:30 PM and 6:00 PM, what evidence do you have to prove you were at the company?"

Sun Hu asked, "Can we have a contract?"

"I remember signing a few contracts that afternoon."

Zhao Qian asked, "Is there a registration and signing time?"

"This..." Sun Hu shook his head, "The contracts are all filled in with the date of the day, there's no specific time."

Zhao Qian paused slightly, scanning the other person up and down, exerting maximum psychological pressure. In a daze, he suddenly asked, "What was the relationship between Zhu Dali and Zhang Mushan like before May 7th?"

This is a tricky question.

Zhu Dali explicitly stated that before the incident, although he and Zhang Mushan were at the same construction site, they did not know each other at all.

If Sun Hu were to give a response that the relationship between the two is "good" or "bad"... then neither of these would be the correct answer.

pity.

"I..."

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Sun Hu hesitated for a moment, frowned, racked his brains to recall, and finally smiled bitterly, "I... don't really know much about this."

"Prosecutor Zhao, you can ask their contractor; maybe you can find out."

Don't know?

Zhao Qian paused, staring intently at the man before him, at his rough face. For a long time, he couldn't fathom what the other was thinking.

beside.

Yue Feng, Xu De, and the female secretary stood in the corner, rummaging through a pile of documents.

"These are the names of the construction workers on site; most of them are from the company's construction team."

"There are also some small contractors who cooperate with companies and are responsible for part of the construction work on the site... Well, Zhang Mushan is one of these workers."

"Besides that... there are basically no outsiders on the construction site... do you count the temporary workers?"

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The female secretary held a list filled with names and ID numbers.

There are both men and women here; most of the construction workers are here.

Yue Feng glanced at the documents and quickly identified the contractors, then wrote them down after some thought.

Xu De glanced at it twice, then lost interest.

After thinking for a long time, he finally asked, "How should I address you?"

"My surname is Liu, you can just call me Assistant Liu," Assistant Liu said.

"Okay, Assistant Liu."

Xu De nodded, then paused before asking, "I'd like to ask, what construction projects did the company undertake three years ago?"

As they were talking.

He deliberately emphasized the phrase "three years ago".

Xu De immediately turned his gaze to Sun Hu beside him, but unfortunately, the other party did not react at all.

Assistant Liu thought for a moment and then said, "Three years ago... the company mainly undertook highway expansion projects. The company was responsible for many highways in Lingshui County."

Xu De suddenly asked, "Have any workers died?"

Perhaps the question was too abrupt, for Assistant Liu was a little taken aback. After regaining his composure, he shook his head.

"no."

It's not surprising that people die on construction sites.

For example, when building skyscrapers, digging tunnels, or constructing sky bridges, almost every time construction starts, one or two people will die on every two or three construction sites.

However, their accidents mainly occurred because the engineering work was quite dangerous, while highway expansion... is really not a place where many people die.

only....

"No one died?"

Xu De paused, feeling somewhat suspicious and even surprised.

If no one had died back then...

Who is the "worthless life" that Zhu Dali mentioned three years ago?

Are they workers? Or are they individuals who are impacting the company's operations?

Xu De was completely baffled. After a long while, he slowly asked, "Back then, were there any sick people on the construction site?"

Those who risk their lives are basically people who have reached a dead end.

If one can live a good life, no one would be willing to sell their life.

So, if there really was another "Zhu Dali" three years ago, then... that person must have had some health problems as well.

Assistant Liu hesitated for a moment, "This..."

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"It's okay, just tell me."

Prosecutor Yue Feng lowered his head and spoke while looking at the list.

"To be honest, it's hard to avoid getting sick when you work on construction sites all the time, but even if you do, the construction site won't know."

Assistant Liu shook his head, "I know even less about things like terminal illnesses."

Problems can definitely arise when working on a construction site.

For example, when cement ash is frequently mixed, some of the powder will inevitably be inhaled into the lungs as people breathe.

Over time, it's hard to imagine that nothing will go wrong.

However, even if an accident occurs, it would not be considered a work-related injury, and the construction site would not be responsible. Besides, the probability is very small, since they wouldn't let one person work on the mortar all the time.

"Okay, I understand."

Xu De nodded.

Then, he wandered around Sun Hu's office.

Assuming Sun Hu is indeed the murderer, then the current state of the office is the last place where information might be exposed.

After all, the police's actions were aimed at a "raid," and Sun Hu didn't have time to deal with the aftermath before he was detained.

Unfortunately.

Xu De searched through many documents, but found nothing.

until..

Just as Xu Degang was about to pick up a booklet from his desk.

In a daze...

"This...this won't work."

Xu De paused, then looked up.

Assistant Liu suddenly stopped Xu De, a look of hesitation on her face.

Not far away, Sun Hu, who had just finished receiving the questioning, turned to look in this direction and then frowned slightly.

"Why not?"

Xu De paused, looking at the booklet on the table with interest on his face.

"What is this?"

Assistant Liu thought for a moment and then said, "These are some of the company's accounting books... well, they involve some core projects of the company and cannot be viewed by outsiders."

Ledger?

Xu De looked down at the booklet on the table and raised an eyebrow.

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