Lavinia, what are you thinking of!
How can you have such thoughts about a girl?
She tried to cheer herself up, then turned and walked towards the court door.
""
After Lavinia returned to the court, she saw her colleagues talking about the recent social activities.
A group of people gathered in the hall which was decorated in a simple and elegant style. When Lavinia came forward, the clerk asked her if she wanted to go with him to consult.
"Didn't Alyssa say she met a good guy? Let's go and help him out."
"The one who owns the fabric store?"
"How do you know?"
"Well, I've had some dealings with her family before when I was investigating a case."
"Ah, Judge Lavinia, you're not going?"
Since the other young man is a member of the family, and Lavinia has thoroughly investigated his family, if Lavinia shows up, the scene will be very ugly.
"I have other things to do. Please give them my regards."
Lavinia understood this. In the years since she became a judge, she had offended countless family members.
Because of her pursuit of fairness, many colleagues who were afraid of getting into trouble basically alienated her, which made Lavinia have no way to vent her grievances.
In Syracuse, she could not find anyone who shared her ideals.
"By the way, do you remember the disappearance case on Como Street, a family of five?"
Before leaving, Lavinia asked the secretary again.
This is a missing person case under her name. She had originally planned to make a verdict today, but just now, she discovered that the case file was missing.
"Where are the files? I've found a possible witness and am trying to convince him to testify in court."
"file?"
"But yesterday evening another judge announced the case was closed."
The secretary shook his head.
"He said the family of five had simply moved to another city. He said we had many other things to do and didn't have the time or energy to invest in a case like this."
"If I remember correctly, I was the presiding judge in that case."
Lavinia felt her heart skip a beat.
"This was decided at yesterday's in-hospital meeting. You happened to be away at that time," said the secretary.
""
Lavinia was silent for a moment.
"is it?"
"This case is really not worth investing any energy in, a family of five."
"The husband drives a taxi in the city, the wife picks tomatoes on a farm, and they have three children. The oldest is only thirteen years old, and the youngest is still breastfeeding."
"Neighbors won't say anything. I've asked everyone, and they say they have to go on with their lives."
"There were no screams in the night, no cries by the lake, and there wasn't even a trace of blood on the clean floor."
"Well, life has to go on. If you want to blame someone, blame them for what they deserved. They insisted on getting involved with the family, or they were too stupid to even realize when they provoked the family."
Lavinia understood that the family had taken advantage of her absence, and that the five members of that family had been killed long ago, with no one to clear their name.
There was nothing she could do.
Many judges in the court were always called to have tea by their families. Some of them returned exhausted, some even hurt.
"After all, the families claim that they will never take action against ordinary people."
"And we judges always have more important things to do, right?"
Lavinia closed her eyes.
""
"Judge Lavinia, I have always held you in high esteem."
""
Lavinia opened her eyes slightly wearily.
In order to protect themselves, people can turn a blind eye to anything, but Lavinia does not blame the judges who become puppets of the family. Isn't she one of them?
She just wanted to stay in this city as long as possible so that ordinary people who extended a helping hand would not feel helpless and desperate.
"I just think I just wish I could have kept my eyes open."
The word "justice" was like an icy poisonous snake coiled around her heart, making her feel uneasy. She just wanted to find a place to get drunk and temporarily forget about the puppet mask called "Judge" that was controlled by her family.
Syracuse is just a small country without the bright lights and nightlife of big cities. Syracuse on a rainy night is extremely depressing.
Lavinia pushed open the heavy door of a bar, and the smell of alcohol hit her face.
She walked straight to the bar in the corner, her high heels sounding heavy on the wooden floor. She took off her rain-soaked coat and casually draped it on the high stool, then casually ordered a glass of liquor.
The bartender looked at her and obviously recognized the "Judge Falcone" who was well-known in the city. Mr. Lupo silently pushed a glass of clear amber vodka to her.
Lavinia raised her glass and took small sips, trying to let the alcohol numb her tense nerves. Her golden eyes stared unfocused at the dazzling array of bottles behind the bar, which reflected the lights and her own tired silhouette.
Just as she was about to raise her hand to have another refill, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure at the other end of the bar out of the corner of her eye.
Her movements froze.
Just a few meters away, in the place illuminated by the retro lights from overhead, sat a pretty white-haired woman.
She was still wearing the well-fitting suit she had worn this morning, and the graceful curves beneath the clothes showed off her well-proportioned and perfect figure. The white-haired woman was facing Lavinia sideways, one hand supporting her cheek, and the other hand was boredly grabbing the wine glass from top to bottom, which she had not yet drunk.
She didn't seem to notice Lavinia's presence. The white-haired woman's expression revealed a hint of sadness, as if this beauty, like Lavinia, was also troubled by something bad. Her casual posture carried an invisible sense of distance. The astonishing profile that was eye-catching even in this dim and noisy bar made Lavinia open her eyes slightly.
Yu Yachen's face has an almost unreal exquisite beauty, like a beauty who walked out of a storyteller's fabricated story.
Lavinia's heartbeat inexplicably accelerated under the catalysis of alcohol. She couldn't help but cover her chest, her fingers unconsciously tightened together, and she pursed her lips.
Yu Yachen is really beautiful.
Just as Lavinia was looking at her attentively, Yu Yachen seemed to notice her gaze, and the white-haired woman slowly turned her head.
Lavinia was startled, and she almost instantly wanted to back out, perhaps because she didn't want the other party to see her losing her composure and drowning her sorrows in alcohol, even though they were just strangers who had only met twice.
But Lavinia just didn't want to, and she didn't understand why.
She quickly turned her head and buried her cheek in the bar, trying to avoid the other person's sight.
But it's too late.
"Miss Lavinia?"
The white-haired woman's cold voice sounded.
Chapter 133 Yu Yachen: I have too many girlfriends
"I'm not Lavinia, you got the wrong person, thank you!"
Lavinia buried her head in her arms and let out a faint whimper.
"?"
Yu Yachen slowly typed a question mark.
"What happened? Why are you hiding from me?"
The white-haired woman slowly stood up, then came and sat down next to Lavinia. She asked curiously.
After giving Lappland some money, Yu Yachen parted ways with her. Since she had nothing important to do at the moment, she planned to return to Lappland.
The unconscious clone she left in Rutland would be easily exposed if it stayed there too long.
Originally she wanted to go back now, but on the way, the system suddenly asked her to come to the bar, so she came here early.
"No, no, you really got the wrong person!"
"Miss Lavinia, is there something bothering you?"
Yu Yachen asked. She knew that the other person was a judge by profession. Obviously, she was not suitable to appear in such a place where down-and-out people used to drink to drown their sorrows.
""
Feeling Yu Yachen approaching, Lavinia wanted to bury her head in the bar.
But seeing that she had no way to avoid it, she raised her head with a blushing face.
"Yes, I'm sorry, Miss Yu, I do have some bad things, but I'm embarrassed to say them because they are quite ridiculous."
"is it?"
Yu Yachen supported her chin with her hand, leaned against the bar and glanced at the Lupo woman out of the corner of her eye.
"I have something to worry about, Lavinia."
"Really? Someone like you also has unsolvable troubles?"
Lavinia's voice was slightly hoarse from being tipsy, and there was a hint of barely perceptible curiosity. She relaxed her guard a little due to the wine she had just consumed, and turned her head to look at the beautiful woman with unique temperament beside her.
Lavinia's question caused Yu Yachen to fall into a brief silence. A rare hint of helplessness flashed across the white-haired woman's pale blue eyes, which usually appeared distant and indifferent. She picked up the glass of wine that had been untouched, and gently stroked the cold wall of the glass with her fingertips, but did not drink it.
"Of course."
Yu Yachen's voice was still cold, but beneath that calmness, there seemed to be a hint of imperceptible fatigue.
In fact, she was a little worried that the clone left in Rutland would be exposed. After all, the golden experience in the original book could only be used to create small animals. It was very difficult to use this substitute to create a living person.
If the clone she created was exposed, it would be difficult to explain to Archangel Exiah. After all, she had lied to Archangel Exiah more than once, and the other party would be more or less suspicious.
What a hassle.
For the first time, Yu Yachen felt regretful about why she confessed to Exia.
If she remained single, theoretically there wouldn't be so much trouble, but on the other hand, Exia's favorability wouldn't rise to over ninety points.
Because of the system, she has come into contact with too many girls this month.
Yu Yachen almost didn't dare to list them one by one. There should be about seven or eight of them, right?
The system provided a strategy panel for the main characters with more than a hundred people in total. Although the number of seven or eight was not that exaggerated, it only took her a month.
Yu Yachen already felt that her energy was limited. She couldn't take care of every girl she had conquered one by one, just like she had temporarily left Frost Star, Alina and Tallulah.
Their favorability was all above 70 or 80 points, but none of them had broken 100 points. Seeing that there was really no progress, Yu Yachen gave priority to the tasks of Syracuse and Lateran.
"Sometimes, having too many girlfriends can be quite troubling."
Lavinia blinked, not fully understanding for a moment: "Isn't it a good thing to have many friends?"
"A good thing? In theory, yes, but once the number gets out of control, it will become a problem."
"When more people gather around you, their thoughts, emotions, and expectations are like countless invisible threads, weaving into an invisible web. You care about each and every one of them and hope they are all well."
Yu Yachen's voice was calm. "But sometimes, you find yourself being pulled in all directions. My time and attention are very limited, and I can't take care of everyone."
"Balancing these relationships, responding to every sincere emotion, or handling the subtle emotions that may arise between them because of caring, these are not things that can be solved by strength or personal charm."
Yu Yachen looked a little worried.
If it were her old self, she would probably treat these girls as disposable tools, but now she thinks that if she really uses any means to reach the so-called 100 points of favorability, it will make everything boring.
The key point is that after getting to know those beautiful girls in depth, Yu Yachen became a little reluctant. As long as they were the targets of the strategy given by the system, they were basically good girls that ordinary people could not compare to. The only case in which she really cheated on them and ran away was when she was in high school and used Chen Huijie to kill time.
However, her purpose at that time was not to capture the enemy. She did not agree when Chen Huijie confessed his love to her.
"Interpersonal relationships are indeed very complicated."
Lavinia sat beside her, muttering dejectedly.
"Friends?" Her voice was hoarse, alcohol-soaked, and tinged with a subtle fragility. Her gaze was unfocused as she stared at the dazzling array of bottles behind the bar. "Miss Yu, all your worries are wrapped in care. And my worries, huh?"
As Lavinia drank a few glasses of cold wine, her complexion began to turn rosy.
She took a deep breath, as if she had finally made up her mind to pour out the haze that had been accumulating in her heart for a long time. Perhaps it was Yu Yachen's cool but inexplicably reassuring temperament that made her make such a decision.
Just like a frustrated middle-aged decadent man, he confided his experiences to strangers in the bar.
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