Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Elders, Friends and Lovers
Throughout my 23 years of life, I have never encountered a situation where I couldn't communicate.
Even that psychopath Olvera could understand exactly what I wanted to express.
But the situation is different now, it’s really different!
Looking at the beautiful fool in front of me with a stubborn and self-righteous expression, I felt the folds of my brain become smooth at that moment, and something slid out of my brain smoothly.
So, very confused.
I am not afraid of smart people racking their brains, but I am afraid of stupid people taking it for granted.
"Why aren't you talking again?" The fool began to mutter impatiently and wanted to lose his temper, but he didn't dare to do so because his elders were here, so he could only quietly kick people with his feet hidden under the table.
Unfortunately, his little movements were all seen clearly by the other two women present.
I took a deep breath and comforted myself not to be afraid.
Isn't he just an idiot? Even idiots have ways to communicate, and it works if you master it.
So I pretended to be hurt by his kick and let out a soft "hiss", but I didn't dodge.
Hearing my cry of pain, he became even more excited and kicked harder.
It didn't hurt at first, but it got more and more painful later on.
My calves under my pants must have been kicked all over with bruises.
After letting him kick for a while, Kanoka felt tired and stopped to catch his breath.
Drops of sweat slid down his forehead, following the smooth curve of his face, gathering at his chin, and then falling on his collar.
Just as Kanoka was about to take out his handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face, a clean white tissue appeared before him.
I looked at him shyly, put the tissue in front of him and said softly, "Use this."
Then he tried to make amends by saying, "Don't worry, I just bought the tissues today, they're not dirty."
Kanoka was a little stunned.
After a while, he curled his lips in disgust and said, "It's so dirty! I won't use such low-quality tissues."
I put the tissue back into my pocket and decided not to offer any more sweet words to the idiot. Instead, I asked directly, "Are you still angry?"
"What?" Kanoka, who was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief, was stunned again and didn't understand what I was saying.
I pointed to my trouser legs covered in dusty footprints, the smile on my lips shy and helpless, "I accidentally offended Yosir, and you're his friend, so you're venting his anger for him."
"Are you still angry now?"
Kanoka's brain seemed to have short-circuited, and he was unable to react.
I am very patient.
Just think of it as a single-celled paramecium. It's normal for a paramecium to forget its own purpose and need others to remind it to think.
After about three or four seconds, Kanoka's tail was stepped on again, and he jumped up with his fur standing on end. "You are totally unreasonable! How dare you talk to me like that!"
His cheeks became hot, and his tongue was tied, not knowing how to find words to curse, so he could only look for help at Carter who had finished a pot of tea on the other side.
"Mother!"
Cutler finally remembered that there were two people beside him, and he comforted him with a smile, "Noka, don't worry."
"Look at you, always so impatient. And this young man has already apologized to you."
"That's not an apology at all!" Kanoka was furious. "She's clearly making fun of me!"
I immediately defended myself innocently, "I'm not making fun of you."
"Ah! You did!" Kanoka became even angrier. "You used Yosir to laugh at me! You even laughed at me for being angry about him! In short, it's all your fault!"
It’s unfair. I really didn’t do that.
I don't need to borrow your little plastic brother to make fun of you. I'm just cursing you in my heart.
So I acted even more innocent, lowered my head and started to use my skills, "Okay, as long as it makes you happy, you can say whatever you want."
Kanoka: ...
"Ahhh! This is so annoying! You bastard!" Kanoka broke down and cursed.
Realizing he could get no support from Cutler, he stormed up and kicked me in the leg again.
He kicked me and I stumbled and fell to the ground. When I looked up at him again, my eyes were full of confusion and astonishment.
"Ha! Just wait and see! I'll tell Yosir about your terrible deeds when I get back, and I'll even make sure his father never cooks for you again!" Kanoka looked down at me smugly, his chin held high. "I won't let you have an easy time in the future!"
After saying these harsh words, he left the pavilion quickly for fear that Carter would get angry.
I grimaced and climbed up from the ground. "Captain, his kicks were incredibly powerful."
"I thought you were going to cheer him up," Cutler laughed.
I rubbed my aching thigh and sat back on the stool. "If he doesn't like me, then he won't be happy no matter what I do."
Cutler smiled but said nothing.
The atmosphere seemed to have returned to the beginning.
In fact, she and I know it very well.
If I earned Cutler's trust, Kanoka would be my "olive branch."
If it was Korialon who won the trust, then whether Kanoka was willing or not, he would be sent to the Hori family.
As for what Kanoka himself thinks, no one cares.
I guess Corialon doesn't like to please omegas, otherwise it would never be Yosir's turn to be attentive to Kanoka.
"It's getting late." Kotler put down his teacup. "Go on, young man. Let me see what you can do."
I smiled faintly, as honest and simple as ever, and said, "Yes."
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The second time I stood in the witness box, my left eye felt a little itchy under the gauze.
The deputy head of the group sat expressionlessly in the plaintiff's seat, while her lawyer had a bruised face and looked dejected.
In the dock, Sin Luoya's eyes were hazy, as if she had just woken up. Her lawyer was still as carefree as ever, sitting in his chair with the rude posture that Upward City people despised, flipping through the documents intermittently.
"Your witness is useless. Restate your testimony."
I swallowed, touched my left eye which still hurt, and looked at the deputy commander who was suppressing his anger.
If I leave the court tonight, I will definitely be assassinated.
"On the 21st, I met Sinluoya with blood on her hands while relaxing in the square. She gave me a box that she said was from the slums." I began to state my testimony.
"I'm from the slums, and I want to know why Ascend City issued an order to blow up the slums for no apparent reason. There were over a hundred thousand people there, and all of them died except me. Sinroya said this box contains evidence of the culprit who ordered the bombing, and she told me to hide the box."
"Bastard!" The deputy commander glared at me viciously.
This time she didn't pull out her gun, I guess it was put away by the bailiff.
Her lawyer calmed him down and asked me, "So where did you put the box?"
I scrambled my hands together. "I threw it into the artificial lake in the square."
The plaintiff's lawyer seized on the situation and excitedly told Levin, "Judge, she has no evidence! That place is a blind spot for surveillance. It's entirely possible that the defendant and she were in cahoots!"
"Plaintiff's lawyer, you have no evidence either!" the defendant's lawyer activated his skill. "When you claim my client is the mastermind behind the murder, can I reasonably suspect you're just trying to find someone to blame?"
"You're talking nonsense!"
"I think you are talking nonsense! Not only are you ugly, but your mouth is also ugly. Just shut up." The defendant's lawyer began a personal attack.
The plaintiff's lawyer choked, his face flushed with anger.
Xin Luoya laughed without hesitation, "Hahaha, it's really ugly."
"Silence!" Levin banged the gavel and then asked me, "Witnesses are useless. Give your testimony objectively."
"I'm objective!" I explained anxiously. "I've said everything I need to say! I really want to know why the slums were destroyed. As for why Sinroya got this box, I have no idea!"
"When did you get the box?" The defendant's lawyer stopped the others from speaking.
"The 21st," I replied.
The defendant's lawyer stood up from his seat and asked, "I would like to ask the jurors present here, when was Sinloya arrested?"
He asked himself and answered, "It's also the 21st."
"So is it possible that Xinluoya obtained the box related to the explosion from the mastermind on the 21st or even earlier, but was forced to hide it due to some circumstances? Perhaps she encountered some difficulties, or perhaps there was some other reason that forced her to kidnap the deceased!"
"She didn't anticipate the victim's intense struggles, and she accidentally lacerated his gland. Afterwards, she tried to leave the scene to seek help, but encountered an innocent passerby, Miss Bai, and handed the box to her!"
The deputy leader couldn't stand it any longer and stood up and slammed the table. "Enough! There is no box! That bitch Xinluoya is the real murderer who killed my child!"
"She's the mastermind behind this incident, and this bastard who inexplicably popped out of the slums is Sinroya's accomplice!"
"I had never seen her before the 21st!" I defended anxiously.
The defendant's lawyer followed up on my next question, "May I ask the plaintiff, how is it that someone who recently escaped death from the slums could know such an outstanding student from a medical university?"
"How could I possibly know!" the deputy leader cursed. "Sinluoya is just a special student in the Keya District! The Keya District and the slums are so close, why couldn't they have known each other before the 21st?"
Sinluoya retorted slightly, "There's never been any reports of slums in the Keya District. Everyone thought it was a new industrial area."
"That bastard's testimony said that your box was taken from the slums!" The deputy captain was furious.
As soon as the words fell, the plaintiff's lawyer's face suddenly turned pale, "Deputy Head!"
The deputy leader also realized what he had said in a fit of rage, and his eyes turned red. "You guys..."
Sinluoya raised her brows. "So you admit that the testimony of witness Bai Wuyong is correct?"
The defendant's lawyer laughed heartily and said to Levin on the podium, "Judge, you heard it yourself. The plaintiff voluntarily admitted that Miss Bai's testimony was correct. My client didn't know about the slums before coming to Uptown to attend school. How could he have known the witness?"
"The witness only arrived at the slums earlier this month and has been working as an intern at the court since then. During this time, she had no chance to meet Sinroya!"
"Then there's only one possibility. Sinluoya learned about the existence of the slums after arriving in Ascending City, and that the explosion in the slums was related to the deputy leader! That box is the evidence Sinluoya gave to the witness to protect herself!"
He opened his arms to everyone, "This isn't just a simple murder and dismemberment case! There's a much bigger conspiracy behind this, and my client is just a small pawn in this vast conspiracy. If she dies, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the slums will be buried in the shadows!"
There was a long silence.
The gavel struck, and the judge's voice echoed in the courtroom.
"Adjournment!"
When I left the court, I could still feel the deputy head's gaze piercing me like a poisonous snake.
She suppressed her anger and got into the car, put on a forced smile, and slowly rolled up the window.
I just felt like there was a gun hanging over my head, ready to blow my temples apart at any moment.
I'm so sad. Just thinking about it makes me know what kind of life I'm going to live next.
Cutler won't lend a hand until I've proven my worth. Levin, the judge in the case, has to go on the defensive. And the Horrys are clearly targeting me. If I were dead, they'd be able to close in even faster.
Do I really have to count on them to protect me?
Hiss——It’s not impossible!
I'm a member of the organization, or an undercover agent they're training to be put in the open! If I die, where will they find the next suitable candidate?
So I started to feel happy again.
"Miss Bai."
I looked to the side and saw the defendant's lawyer.
"It's you, the personal attack lawyer."
The flamboyant lawyer's eyes flickered for a moment, "That doesn't sound nice at all. I prefer you to call me Lawyer Ge."
"Lawyer Ge?" I caught his last name. "What's your relationship with Ge Xin?"
"Friends who grew up together." Lawyer Ge replied.
He smiled like a fox, a fox that had just run into the city. He was not only beautiful, but also had a rough and wild nature.
It's very exciting.
I stared at his pretty face for a while, but before I could say anything, I heard him say, "You are really lustful."
"Me?" I asked in a puzzled tone. "Ge Xin told you that? He's talking nonsense. I'm obviously a gentleman!"
I'm not starving and will eat anything. Is being picky about food considered lustful? That's called enjoying the good life!
"Oh, I believe you." Lawyer Ge laughed. "If you were really lustful, he would definitely be tricked into bed by your words."
After hearing this, Ge Xin thinks that I didn't trick him into having sex or that it was my fault?
What on earth does Ge Xin mean? Do you believe I will make things difficult for him in the future?
"useless."
I was originally indignant and ready to curse, but in the blink of an eye, I changed my expression to a simple and honest one, "Mr. Weisha, Yosir."
Lawyer Ge was amazed.
Weisha walked over slowly, without even looking at Lawyer Ge, and said to me with a gentle and tolerant smile: "Were you scared just now?"
"I, a little." I lowered my head in embarrassment. "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself, Mr. Weisha."
"Hehehe." Weisha smiled even more gently, "She shot you, and you still had the courage to face her. You are very powerful, useless."
"Really?" I raised my eyes hopefully and gestured to Lawyer Ge to get out of here.
Lawyer Ge turned his back to the two Horries, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands at me, then left.
"Of course, it's useless." Weisha wanted to touch my head, so I lowered my head obediently and let him touch it.
After he finished touching me, I carefully asked Weisha, "Mr. Weisha, I have something to say to Yosir, is that okay?"
Weisha's smile froze for a moment, then recovered in an instant, "Well, of course. You young people are better at chatting."
This time I didn't comfort him. Instead, I gave him a grateful smile, walked around him and went straight towards Yosir.
The beta boy seemed to be frozen in place, looking at me helplessly.
This was probably the first time he faced such a situation where his father ignored him and confronted him directly, so his face turned pale.
Did he remember the memory of talking nonsense in front of Kanoka before?
"Josier, let's talk alone."
Yosir looked at Weisha reluctantly for help.
Weisha didn't move.
So he followed me to a place a little further away, where Weisha could be sure that she couldn't hear anything.
Then I stood in front of him, blocking Weisha's view.
"What do you want to say?" Yosir was on guard.
"Sorry." I said.
Yosir didn't hear clearly, "What?"
I put on a helpless and tolerant smile, "Yosier, I apologize for offending you last time. I should have pulled you up from the ground with a handkerchief or tissue."
"I came from the slums and was used to a rough life. I didn't realize that touching a well-educated child like this would be offensive. If I hadn't met the leader's child today, your friend Kanoka, I wouldn't have known I had made a mistake."
Speaking of the captain's child, I showed a pained look and pointed to my leg, "He said you were angry because of my offense. So I let him kick me to vent his anger."
As I spoke, I rolled up my trouser leg in front of him, showing him my bruised calf. "But this kind of thing has to be done in person. I've left a spot for you to kick."
She tolerated him like an elder and comforted him like a friend, but her tone was so intimate as if she was coaxing a lover.
No one can tell what kind of mood is hidden behind this action.
Someone pressed the pause button on Yosir, and he stared at the only piece of intact skin, his throat dry and painful.
A certain emotion gathered in the chest, then struggled to climb up to the throat, blocking it in the narrow mouth.
"you……"
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