Hearing this, Jiang Weimin quickly asked, "What did Lawyer Wei tell you?"
"Ah..." Jiang Zhen shook his head in a feigned sadness, which piqued Jiang Weimin's curiosity. "What's the matter?"
"Lawyer Wei told me that he chose to study law because of his sister. Lawyer Wei's parents passed away early, and his sister raised him as both a mother and a mother. When his sister was 24 years old, she was raped and murdered on her way home from get off work at the factory, and her body was dumped in a pond."
Jiang Zhen lowered his head, a deep sadness covering his face. "That's why Lawyer Wei never defends rapists."
Jiang Weimin, having heard the whole story, could understand Lawyer Wei's difficulties. But he still refused to give up and continued, "Your firm has several other very good lawyers. They..."
"Dad." Jiang Zhen interrupted Jiang Weimin. "The other lawyers all had close relationships with Lawyer Wei. After hearing about what happened to Lawyer Wei, they all refused to take the case."
Jiang Weimin narrowed his eyes and wanted to get angry.
He endured it again and again before sneering angrily, "With such a big firm like yours, are you not going to defend rapists anymore?"
Jiang Zhen smiled faintly and nodded to Jiang Weimin, saying, "Yes, they even proposed at the meeting today that our Bi Hai Law Firm will never defend rapists."
Jiang Zhen ignored Jiang Weimin's furious expression. He sneered and said with disgust, "Many criminals in this world have their grievances redressed, but only rapists deserve the death penalty! Even murderers can be charged with manslaughter, but what about rapists? Who can force them to take off their pants to hurt others?"
"Gu Qinchuan deserves to die and go to jail! Dad, don't try to persuade me about this. It's useless." Jiang Zhen had an unyielding attitude, which directly disrupted Jiang Weimin's plan.
Seeing that Jiang Zhen was really angry, Jiang Weimin had no choice but to soften his attitude.
Since the hard approach doesn’t work, he can only try the soft approach.
Jiang Weimin changed his approach to a conciliatory one and said in a gentle voice, "The Gu family and our Jiang family have a close relationship. You've met Gu Qinchuan before, and he has a very good relationship with your brother. The year you returned to the Jiang family, he even gave you a watch as a gift."
"That kid did something shameful, but we are outsiders, so we don't know if there's any hidden agenda behind this."
"Bi'er, for the sake of our friendship, you..."
Jiang Zhen suddenly slammed his hands on the table, making a loud bang!
Jiang Weimin immediately shut his mouth, looked up in surprise, and stared at his always well-behaved daughter.
"You..." Jiang Weimin said angrily, "Why are you losing your temper?"
Jiang Zhen stood up and looked at Jiang Weimin disappointedly. Jiang Zhen frowned and said, "Dad, you used to study medicine. They say doctors have a kind heart. I thought you were also a kind-hearted person. It seems that I misunderstood you."
Jiang Weimin's face looked even uglier.
Just when the two were about to have a quarrel, Jiang Guchuan finished giving the dog a bath, changed him into home clothes, and walked down from upstairs.
He stood on the corner landing of the corridor, staring at the tense father and daughter in the restaurant for a moment, then made some noise and walked downstairs.
"Father, Bi'er, what are you two talking about?"
Jiang Weimin's expression softened. "We're talking about Gu Qinchuan."
Jiang Guchuan sat down next to Jiang Weimin. Seeing Jiang Zhen's indignant expression, he guessed what Jiang Weimin had just said to Jiang Zhen.
Jiang Guchuan began to advise Jiang Weimin. "Father, this Gu Qinchuan incident has become a big deal and there's no way to stop it. So many eyes are on him across the country. Even if the Gu family had all the power, they couldn't wash away Gu Qinchuan's sins."
"If we persuade Bi'er to take over this lawsuit at this time, wouldn't that be harmful to her?"
After Jiang Guchuan's guidance, Jiang Weimin suddenly realized that the request he had just made was too selfish for Jiang Zhen.
He looked at Jiang Zhen apologetically, and softened his voice, "Bi'er, Dad is confused. Just treat it as nonsense."
Jiang Weimin raised his left and right hands, holding Jiang Guchuan and Jiang Zhen's hands respectively. He patted the backs of the two children's hands and said with a smile: "Guchuan knows how to feel sorry for his sister, but I, as a father, pushed my daughter into the fire pit. I was confused."
"Bi'er, look, your brother is so good to you."
Jiang Zhen glanced at his brother who was "good to him", and suddenly turned around to get a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet beside the dining table.
Jiang Zhen filled everyone's glass with wine, then raised his own glass and extended it to Jiang Guchuan. "Brother, I toast you."
Jiang Guchuan couldn't figure out what Jiang Zhen's intention was, so he carefully held the glass and clinked it with Jiang Zhen.
The two cups were placed close together, and Jiang Guchuan asked with a smile: "Why are you toasting me?"
Jiang Zhen's usually cold face suddenly broke into a touching smile.
Jiang Guchuan was confused by that smile.
Jiang Zhen said: "I just want to thank you, brother. Thank you for understanding my difficulties. I feel honored to have such a brother who protects me in every way."
Jiang Guchuan looked at Jiang Zhen's charming smile, and there was only one thought in his mind -
Don’t believe her!
Seeing that Jiang Guchuan hadn't responded, Jiang Weimin called out to him, "Guchuan?"
Jiang Guchuan came back to his senses, gave Jiang Zhen a forced smile, and then said, "We are a family, we should take care of each other."
Jiang Weimin was pleased to see this scene of brotherly love and sisterly respect. But he didn't know that the two had long since fallen out over their relationship and were willing to utter any harsh words.
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