The devil affectionately calls me a bad guy

What caught my eye was a huge bookcase that reached the ceiling on all four sides. There was no bed, no wardrobe, only a desk in the middle filled with various files, and two chairs.

Li Lin's smile gradually froze.

"No, there is no bed..."

"Of course there is no bed, please make way——"

Xiyu used her head to push Li Lin, who was standing at the stairs, forward. She held a paper cup in her left hand and a kettle in her right hand, walked to the desk, put the kettle on the desk, and pointed at the chair opposite the desk.

"sit down."

"Uh - Lawyer Xiyu, where do you usually sleep?" Li Lin's eyes twitched.

This extremely oppressive environment made him very uncomfortable. Although he had not yet entered society, he was the type who would never bring work home. At school, he would never bring home homework that could be completed outside.

But Xiyu is obviously the complete opposite of him. Not only does she bring work home, but... she is very keen on bringing work home.

"Sleep on the sofa," Xiyu blinked, "The floor is also fine."

Damn it, is it so casual?

Li Lin held his forehead and sighed, then pulled out a chair and sat opposite Xi Yu. He picked up a file and flipped through it. "By the way, where did you get all this?"

"Various causes and conditions, but most of them are study and reference materials, used as examples in court, although..."

Xiyu opened the file bag containing Ma Qing's confession of the crime, placed the file flat on the table, her eyes empty.

“I never used it.”

"Is there any evidence of your former clients' crimes here?" Li Lin smiled meaningfully.

"If you can find it, please take it away," Xiyu pouted and pushed Ma Qing's file in front of Li Lin. "It's time to take out your recorder. This kind of thing can't be used as evidence. We must find suspicious points that can be investigated as soon as possible."

"Before that, Lawyer Xiyu, I have a question. What is your purpose?" Li Lin took out a recorder from his pocket and shook it gently.

"Purpose?" Xi Yu was stunned. "To be a good lawyer."

"Ah - that's not the purpose," Li Lin rolled his eyes, "but what do you want to get for Su Qiqi?"

"Of course, this is to help Su Qiqi get as much compensation as possible," Xiyu answered without thinking, "Didn't I say this before? Although it is very realistic, I think compensation is more meaningful to Su Qiqi's future than some confession. Don't worry, although it is very unpleasant, I know how to increase the compensation as much as possible."

"I've said that, but do you think Ma Qing looks like a rich man?" Li Lin held his chin with his left hand and played with the recorder in his right hand. "What if he insists that he has no money to pay and would rather spend a few more years in jail?"

Xiyu's eyes widened slightly.

"I say, Lawyer Xiyu, although I'm sorry, think about it, are your previous clients the ones who are in need of compensation?"

The sound of the recorder tapping gently on the desk brought Xiyu back from her daze.

"If something doesn't exist, it doesn't exist. As for money, the amount is what's in the records. There's only one reason why we keep increasing the compensation that the other party probably can't repay," Li Lin raised his finger and tapped the recorder in his hand. "It's nothing more than wanting to send the other party to jail, or make him compromise in some aspects."

Xiyu took a breath of cold air.

Li Lin's words made her realize that Ma Qing's current situation was visibly bad. He had already been sentenced, and it was very heavy. Even if they dug up the case and kept increasing the compensation...even if the court executed it, they couldn't really let someone who had been in jail and most likely would not be able to get out in his lifetime pay that amount of money.

"Lawyer Xiyu, the clients you met in the past who kept trying to increase the compensation were just trying to use the threat of 'If you don't pay, you will go to jail' to threaten the other party to compromise or shut up on certain issues. But Ma Qing is already in jail, so this threat is meaningless. Of course..." Li Lin paused, and his smile deepened. "Of course, you do have other threats, such as 'If you don't cooperate, you will be sentenced to death'."

Looking at Li Lin's profound smile, Xiyu felt a chill coming over her.

Indeed, for normal people, going to jail is something that must be avoided at all costs, but the Ma Youth who have already been to jail are not afraid of this. Therefore, the only thing that can threaten the Ma Youth is death.

And the man in front of him really wanted to make things so that Ma Qing would be sentenced to death, in order to threaten Ma Qing to cooperate.

“But unfortunately, Ma Qing surrendered himself and had a good attitude, so he avoided the death penalty,” Li Lin spread his hands with a look of regret on his face.

Chapter 205 There is no justice here

Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now she was still worried that Li Lin might be the kind of person who could sentence the other party to death in order to achieve his goal.

But then again...

Xiyu's heart skipped a beat.

Didn’t Li Lin say just now that he was very sorry, because Ma Qing had already surrendered himself, so there was no way to sentence the other party to death, which was a pity.

"Lawyer Xiyu, don't you think this is unfair?" Li Lin tapped the recorder lightly with his fingers. "Su Qiqi's mother was a good person, but she died in that way. Ma Qing, who committed this crime, was a bad guy, but he was spared the death penalty because he turned himself in. Don't you think this humanitarianism is inhumane?"

"This..." Xiyu's eyes flashed and she clenched her fists subconsciously.

Of course she understood this kind of thing, and she also felt that no matter whether Ma Qing surrendered himself or not, Ma Qing who did such a thing deserved to die and should be sentenced to death.

But she is just a lawyer. All she can do is to try her best to get the most fair verdict for the victim in court. And once the court makes a verdict, she can do nothing.

"From a legal point of view..." Xiyu stammered and turned her face away.

"The law is only the lowest bottom line for people. People who never break the law often don't even have basic humanity," Li Lin flicked the recorder to Xiyu's hand, "The value of a living person is always higher than that of a dead person. The victim is already dead, a woman in her thirties. She has no value to them in terms of public opinion. Ma Qing is at least a reformed criminal. If it was Su Qiqi who died tragically, Ma Qing would be a corpse now. After all, she was a minor. The social impact is really extremely bad. Unfortunately, it can't be changed. The person who died is a woman in her thirties."

"That's not the case!" Xi Yu stood up suddenly and slammed her hand on the table. "The court will not use the value of a person to measure a case! The reason why Ma Qing was not sentenced to death is only because he turned himself in and confessed his guilt sincerely!"

"That's true. After all, the law doesn't say that a dead person has no human rights. The murderer is a living person after all, and a living person is always more valuable than a dead person," Li Lin yawned.

He was not surprised at all that Xiyu had such a violent reaction.

After all, no matter what people say outside, no matter how much Xiyu looks like Kong Kong from hell or the devil's evil lawyer on earth, Xiyu is essentially still a lawyer who wants justice.

The place where a lawyer enforces the justice she believes in is the court. As long as the court is absolutely fair and can reach a fair outcome, her justice can be achieved.

Therefore, if the court is unfair and biased, Xiyu's justice cannot be achieved, and all the efforts and persistence so far will be meaningless.

Of course, it is easy to dismantle the concept that the court is a place of absolute justice. Just give a few examples. I believe that those veteran lawyers are also aware that there is no fairness in the court.

but……

Looking at Xi Yu who was looking aggressive in front of him, Li Lin turned his eyes away and raised his hands above his head.

I believe that the court is just and there is nothing wrong with this matter. It should be said that it is correct.

"Okay, okay, you have a point, so what do we do now?"

"Compare Ma Qing's confession in the recorder with the confession I wrote down back then," Xi Yu sat back down, crossed her arms over her chest and snorted coldly, "see if we can find any tricks."

"What if you don't find it?"

Xiyu’s expression froze.

It seemed like a problem. If there was no trick, the result would be that Ma Qing would continue to be in Ma Qing's jail, and she would have done nothing. But, she did do one thing, which was to dig up Su Qiqi's sad things that she might have already gotten over, and give the other party hope.

At this time, Su Qiqi was slumped on the sofa, clutching her stomach and watching a movie.

"I, I will find out what's fishy, ​​absolutely, absolutely!" Xiyu snatched the recorder and the file, swallowed hard, and was extremely shaken.

This is the first time in her life that she has been a righteous lawyer!

"Then come on."

Li Lin waved his hand, stood up and walked towards the stairs.

"Hey! Where are you going?!"

"Watch TV, you are the professional. I will only cause trouble for you if I stay here. Please, Miss Lawyer, you must find the doubts as soon as possible."

Li Lin paused, turned his head and showed Xiyu a bright smile, then jumped down the stairs, leaving Xiyu alone with her hands stretched out in despair.

"No, no problem, I, I'm a professional!" Xiyu slapped her face hard and tremblingly pressed the play button of the recorder.

"Aren't you going to help her?"

Lu Qin appeared beside Li Lin silently.

"That Ma Qing, there's really something wrong with him."

"Isn't this natural?" Li Lin grinned, picked up the remote control on the coffee table, turned on the TV and muted it. "In this world, there is no one who would turn himself in directly after killing someone in that way. Even if he really regretted it and was afraid, there must be a process."

"But the court and the lawyers don't care why there was no such process. In fact, Ma Qing killed someone, and Ma Qing did not cause them any trouble and cooperated very much in admitting the incident," Lu Qin spread her hands, "They have already obtained the desired result. There is no reason to continue to dwell on this matter and make themselves unhappy. After all..."

After a pause, Lu Qin grinned with a malicious smile.

"The prisoner has admitted all his crimes and has no objection to the court's verdict. What else do you want, right?"

"That's what I mean," Li Lin snapped his fingers. "There's only one reason why people would doubt the result and investigate the process, and that's because the result doesn't suit their wishes. Ma Qing killed someone and was sentenced to life imprisonment. For most people, there's nothing to argue about, so they don't care about the process and just let it go. Of course, if it was Su Qiqi who died instead of Su Yu, there might be a lot of people clamoring for Ma Qing to be executed."

"Hey...from the tone of your voice, it seems like you really hope that it's Su Qiqi who dies~"

Lu Qin smiled meaningfully, floated in front of Li Lin with her hands behind her back, and moved her delicate face closer and closer. Her pupils, which were so deep and constantly changing, were almost fitting into Li Lin's eyes, as if she was eager to see something in Li Lin's eyes.

"Ah~ Because in your eyes, no matter whether it was Su Yu or Su Qiqi who died, Ma Qing's crime was the same, but because it was Su Yu who died, Ma Qing escaped the death penalty, which made you very dissatisfied, and now you have such thoughts in your mind."

"Why wasn't Su Qiqi the one who died at that time?"

Chapter 206: Minors are a buff

Those who are involved in the matter are often confused, while bystanders can see things clearly. However, bystanders are not necessarily right. There are too many things in this world that are not correct just because you see them clearly. It is better to say that sometimes it is because you see too clearly and measure too decisively that they seem a little creepy.

Lu Qin smiled brightly, but there was no trace of laughter in her smile. She looked at him with disdain and a little annoyance.

She could see that Li Lin did have that thought for a moment.

Even though the crime was the same, because the person who died was Su Yu, a woman in her thirties, the court considered Ma Qing's surrender and only sentenced her to life imprisonment. It would have been better if it was Su Qiqi who died. At that time, Su Qiqi was only about thirteen or fourteen years old. If Su Qiqi died in the same tragic way, even if Ma Qing knelt on the ground crying and shouting, he would have died under public opinion.

After all, underage is really a very useful buff in many senses.

While being the weak, they are also the most terrible persecutors.

"I didn't say anything~" Li Lin raised his finger to his lips and smiled slightly, "Rather, what I hope is that not only Su Yu, but also Su Qiqi is safe and sound."

Lu Qin narrowed her eyes and stared at Li Lin's eyes, hoping to see something in his eyes.

"Well, as a bystander, one always weighs the pros and cons," Li Lin raised his hands above his head, "or thinks of something else, like, Ma Qing is such a bastard, a life sentence is too easy for him, he should be sentenced to death, if Su Qiqi dies, Ma Qing will be dead too."

"Your true face is finally revealed!"

Lu Qin suddenly jumped back and pointed her hand at Li Lin's nose.

"Yeah, I think this kind of thinking is quite normal," Li Lin spread his hands to both sides, "Anyway, the result is that Su Yu died, and Ma Qing, that bastard, was only sentenced to life imprisonment because he turned himself in. Since the result cannot be changed, and there are some uncomfortable and regretful parts in it, I always think about extending it to other places, such as what if, what would happen. Anyway, I am just a passerby after all. Whether it is Su Yu or Su Qiqi who died has no effect on me. And I am disgusted that people like Ma Qing live in this world."

Lu Qin was stunned for a moment, then she put one hand on her waist and floated backwards.

"So, since people are dead anyway, you care more about sending the people who caused the tragedy away than sympathizing with them?"

"I think this is human nature," Li Lin raised his finger and shook it, "Life sentence becomes fixed-term sentence, fixed-term sentence becomes short-term sentence, short-term sentence becomes suspended sentence. Well, a prisoner who killed innocent people in that way has returned to society. Do you want a guy like that to return to society?"

Lu Qin was silent for a while and then turned her face away.

Of course, she couldn't possibly hope that such a person would return to society. It didn't matter whether Ma Qing surrendered himself or not, and it didn't matter whether he had turned over a new leaf or not. What mattered was that Ma Qing was someone who would do such a thing.

There are not many people in this world who are magnanimous enough to think that Ma Qing is already a good person, of course, except for those who think that even if Ma Qing is released, he will not live next door to them.

"This is just the ugly dark side of society, don't take it seriously," Li Lin raised his hand and waved, "Of course, I said this just to make you feel very upset, and then go to the prison and kill Ma Qing."

Lu Qin's mouth twitched, "You, a man, really don't hide your thoughts at all."

"Are you feeling very upset and want to kill Ma Qing?"

……

Facing Li Lin's direct gaze, Lu Qin crossed her arms over her chest and floated back uncomfortably.

"You want to use me? Because you think that lawyer Xiyu can't possibly dig out anything from this already settled matter."

"It's only natural. Ma Qing has already admitted his crime, and the criminal process is basically consistent. He is now sentenced to life imprisonment. If Xiyu insists on changing this matter, it would be to sentence Ma Qing to death. Unfortunately, Ma Qing was exempted from the death penalty because he surrendered himself and had a good attitude," Li Lin raised his finger and bent it towards Lu Qin, "so Xiyu can't change anything."

No, there are other possibilities...

Lu Qin gritted her teeth and glared fiercely at Li Lin who was smiling casually in front of her, as if saying, "Ah, all my work has been in vain."

Although the Malaysian Youth League has been sentenced to the most severe punishment other than the death penalty, there are still other possibilities, such as the court ruling that the surrender is invalid, or that this was not an impulsive crime, or that there is actually a mastermind behind it.

Whoever benefits from the case may be the real murderer in a normal case.

If you follow this line of inquiry, it might lead to a very terrible ending.

This man definitely knew which direction to investigate, but he just didn't say it, wanting her to say it herself.

"Tsk - this is definitely not a spur-of-the-moment murder," Lu Qin scratched the back of her head angrily, "The murderer was Ma Qing, but there must be another planner, and even if that planner appeared at the crime scene, he would be invisible and would not be discovered."

"Wow, what you said makes sense!"

Damn it, why are you pretending to be enlightened?

Lu Qin sighed unwillingly in her heart.

"So, who could be the person who would appear in Su Qiqi's home, leave traces, but not be discovered by the police?" Li Lin touched his chin and fell into deep thought.