Looking at the contemptuous expressions of Si Mingda, Wang Mudan, Zhao Haitang, Lin Moli and others, Luo Yingtao couldn't help but feel scared. She hid behind Jiang Nanmu with her head lowered, not daring to look directly into the angry eyes of her old classmates.
Lin Moli looked at Luo Yingtao with disdain and said coldly, "She deserves this day. A troublemaker has dragged a group of people into trouble. I don't know how she has the nerve to show up here."
Zhao Haitang said: "She is a key witness in this case. The court notified her to come here."
Wang Mudan took over the conversation and said, "She looks so sick now, she seems so pitiful. Did she ever think that this would be the result when she harmed her?"
Lin Moli sneered, "Who can escape the punishment of heaven? She deserves it. The immoral things she did will surely be punished by heaven."
Lan Dujuan listened to the classmates insulting Luo Yingtao one after another. She felt really sorry for them. After hesitating for a moment, she walked over, nodded to Jiang Nanmu, then pulled Luo Yingtao aside and asked softly, "Yingtao, are you feeling better?"
Luo Yingtao replied sadly, "The air and environment in the countryside are good, and my health is much better than before."
"Oh, that's good. I'm worried about your health." Luo Yingtao was very touched by Lan Dujuan's thoughtful concern. At this time, Luo Yingtao had become the target of public criticism. Although Lan Dujuan sympathized with Luo Yingtao, she was not in a position to ask too many questions in front of Wang Mudan and Si Mingda, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Now that things have come to this, there is nothing she can do except sigh.
After all, Luo Yingtao did do many things that harmed the interests of Si Mingda and Wang Mudan. Both publicly and privately, she was a sinner who was condemned by everyone.
"Du Juan, thank you for remembering me. I'm really touched. It's God's retribution for me to have come to this point." Luo Yingtao said with a sob.
"Oh, Cherry, don't think too much and take care of yourself." Lan Dujuan comforted the weak Luo Yingtao with heartache.
During her time back home, Luo Yingtao reflected deeply on her actions. If she hadn't been so vain and obsessed with buying a house in Nanyou City, how could she have ended up like this? Otherwise, Gao Huai wouldn't have taken advantage of her situation to frame Si Mingda, causing her to be scolded and suffer.
After a while, she raised her head and looked at Lan Dujuan humbly, and asked sadly: "Dujuan, do you all look down on me?"
At this time, Luo Yingtao is no longer the beautiful woman who could charm everyone with a smile. The changes in life and the torture of illness have long made her lose the beauty she was proud of. Now her face is withered and her expression is haggard. She is no longer the shadow of the young and beautiful girl she was back then.
At the same time, due to her involvement in the fraud case, the middle-aged woman not only lost the work resources she had accumulated over the years, but also lost her circle of friends she had made for many years.
In order to survive, she had to live in the countryside and open a small shop for a living. Obviously, this kind of life was not what she pursued back then. She was young and beautiful, and had assets that many girls could not match. She always thought that the next boyfriend would be better, so she abandoned one boyfriend after another at will. Little did she know that the price of indulgence not only did not make her get what she wanted, but instead plunged her life into endless hardship.
Now she can no longer control the tricks of fate and can only helplessly accept the miserable living conditions. The only thing that makes her feel at ease is that Jiang Nanmu takes care of her meticulously, allowing her to recuperate in the countryside with peace of mind.
"Cherry, don't think too much. We will always be good friends. What's there to talk about looking up to or looking down on each other? Once this case is over, you can resume your normal life and take good care of yourself. Everything will be fine. You have to be confident in yourself." Lan Dujuan patiently comforted Luo Yingtao, which brought great comfort to her traumatized heart.
"Well, I know that once the case is over, Si Mingda and Wang Mudan should believe in my innocence. I never had the idea of framing them. All this was done by Gao Huai." Luo Yingtao palely defended her actions. She simply didn't want her classmates to call her a femme fatale.
"Okay, Cherry, don't blame yourself too much. Let's go through security and go in. We can have a good chat after the trial."
"OK."
Lan Dujuan helped Luo Yingtao and Jiang Nanmu pass through security check and enter the courtroom.
Si Mingda, Wang Mudan, Zhao Haitang and others had entered the courtroom and sat down in the audience. They didn't say anything when they saw Luo Yingtao. Luo Yingtao knew she was boring and didn't dare to get too close to them, so she pulled Jiang Nanmu to sit in the corner of the last row.
After the trial officially began, Si Mingda and others met Gao Huai again, who had been detained for nearly a year. He was a little fatter than before and his face was a little pale. Perhaps because he had less sun exposure in prison, he looked very haggard and seemed much older than before.
After Gao Huai took his place in the judge's seat, he subconsciously glanced at the audience. When his gaze fell on the sorrowful Xiaomei, he immediately lost control of his emotions and shouted, "Xiaomei, are you okay? Where are the two children?"
The mournful cries suddenly broke the silence in the courtroom, and the audience seats were buzzing with discussions.
The presiding judge quickly reminded Gao Huai: "This is a courtroom. The defendant must control his emotions."
Xiaomei choked up and replied, "The child is at my mother's house, they are all doing well."
At the repeated reminders of the presiding judge, Gao Huai tried his best to suppress his boiling emotions and keep himself calm. When his eyes swept around the audience, he was surprised to see more than a dozen old classmates. In addition to his old rivals Si Mingda and Wang Mudan, he also saw Zhang Muquan, Zhao Haitang, Lan Dujuan, Lin Moli, Luo Yingtao and others.
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