After thinking it through, Yu Tianji calmed down.
"I want to see a lawyer."
After saying those five words, he never spoke another word.
The trial will begin in a week.
Ruan Chen, as a witness, sat to one side, holding an electronic pen, quietly writing and drawing on the tablet with her eyes downcast.
Completely immersed in her own world, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.
She just needs to answer truthfully when the judge asks her a question.
Minors are normally allowed to apply to not testify in court, but it is difficult for Hsu Hsiao-lan to treat Yuen Chen as a minor.
Yu Tianji was accused of attempted murder.
However, it did not cause any substantial harm to Ruan Chen. In addition, his parents emptied their savings to bribe officials, so the verdict was quite optimistic for him. He would only stay in prison for ten or eight years before being released.
Yu Tianji remained remarkably composed in the dock.
Just before the verdict was to be announced, the prosecutor suddenly stood up and said, "We have new witnesses who testified that the defendant, Yu Tianji, murdered Yu Tianjiao!"
Ruan Chen paused, looked up, and her probing gaze fell toward the doorway.
Yu Tianjiao's family was indeed unwilling to swallow this insult.
But the person who walked in did surprise Ruan Chen slightly.
It turned out to be Yu Tianjiao, the one who made Yu Xiaoya cry her eyes out that day, and who died despite all efforts to save him!
Yu Xiaoya, who was in the audience, was clearly not expected to do so. She stood up excitedly, but after realizing her lapse in composure, she sat back down awkwardly.
With bandages still on her arms, legs, and head, Yu Tianjiao stood in the witness stand, glaring venomously at Yu Tianji. "That day, the car accident happened because Yu Tianji was chasing me from behind, causing me to be hit by a passing sightseeing bus! When I hadn't completely lost consciousness, I saw with my own eyes the driver trying to help me, but Yu Tianji stopped him!"
A small murmur arose in the audience.
"Furthermore, while I was being treated in the hospital, Yu Tianji bribed a nurse to switch my medication. If my parents hadn't been wary of him, he would have succeeded!"
Yu Tianji remained silent for a long time without offering any explanation.
Since Yu Tianjiao dared to testify during the court hearing, he must have possessed complete evidence.
Being able to get into the First Military Academy, he could be considered a prodigy, and his prominence in the Yu family once overshadowed Yu Xiaoya.
And so he naturally began to secretly cultivate his own power, intending to take his place.
He couldn't understand why the situation, which had been so promising, had suddenly taken a turn for the worse, and why he had ended up as a prisoner!
A soft, delicate voice rang out in the courtyard.
"Tianji, just admit it. Tianjiao has prepared a lot of evidence. Even the details of the car accident that day were filmed by tourists who were sightseeing nearby, and have been submitted to the jury."
It is Ruan Yunhan.
She pushed Yu Tianjiao's wheelchair into the courtroom.
Ruan Chen thought that she now understood why Yu Tianji had ended up in this state.
I just don't know if Yu Tianji himself understands this.
Yu Tianji was able to get into the First Military Academy, so he must be quite intelligent. When he saw Ruan Yunhan appear in court, the whole story became clear in his mind.
"It's you! It's all because of you!"
Ruan Yunhan had deliberately made her makeup look haggard today. She looked at Yu Tianji in surprise and asked softly, "Tianji, what are you talking about?"
"You told Yu Tianjiao and his family about my next move, and you must have informed Ruan Chen that I hired people to deal with him!" Yu Tianji no longer cared about his words, which were tantamount to confirming his crimes. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared fiercely at Ruan Yunhan.
"You approached me on purpose from the very beginning, didn't you! You wanted to push me out to deal with Ruan Chen, and when you realized things weren't going well, you immediately turned around and betrayed me to Yu Tianjiao! You're such a cunning and scheming person!"
"You even helped them collect the evidence, didn't you! Let me tell you, Ruan Yunhan, as long as I don't die in jail, you won't have a good life for the rest of your days!"
Yu Tianji knew he was finished, but even if he died, he would expose Ruan Yunhan's intentions!
Ruan Chen turned her pen, sighed, and a rare hint of pity appeared in her usually indifferent and aloof eyes.
This fool finally realized his mistake, but it was too late.
The judge stopped the raving Yu Tianji, and the trial was temporarily suspended due to the emergence of new evidence.
As the bailiffs dragged him toward the door, Yu Tianji kept turning his head to look at Ruan Yunhan, who was sobbing.
Xu Xiaolan leaned against the side, waiting for Ruan Chen to pack her schoolbag—in just this short time during the court hearing, a stack of drawings was spread out messily on her desk. She wondered how this girl could be so busy every day.
She joked, "Your older sister is quite shrewd."
Ruan Chen absentmindedly replied, "It's very troublesome. She's done so many evil deeds, yet her own hands are still so clean."
As Ruan Chen stepped outside, Yu Xiaoya was waiting for him at the door.
Because of family matters, she has been on leave this week, accompanying her father to various high-level meetings in an effort to minimize the negative impact of this incident.
The first thing Ruan Chen thought when she saw her was that she had lost weight.
She casually asked, "Haven't you been eating properly lately? You haven't been to class this week either. I'll help you catch up on your notes when I have some free time."
Yu Xiaoya came to apologize on behalf of her cousin.
He had prepared a whole host of apologies, but Ruan Chen's casual yet genuine concern silenced him.
"Um... I'm sorry about what happened with Yu Tianji. It's our Yu family that has wronged you."
Ruan Chen shrugged indifferently and said casually, "It has nothing to do with you. Anyone who messes with Ruan Yunhan will end up badly. Your cousin is blind."
At that moment, a muffled thud suddenly came from the street corner.
The two rear tires of the car carrying Yu Tianji went flat, and the whole car suddenly overturned!
If someone were to access the street surveillance footage at this moment, they would find that the surveillance cameras covering a radius of two square kilometers have all turned into white, snowy noise.
One of the bailiffs in the car was unconscious, while the other took out his walkie-talkie to call for help, but found that he could not get a signal no matter what he did. He glanced at Yu Tianji, who was handcuffed to the car, warned him not to move, and then struggled to climb out of the overturned car to look for help.
He didn't notice that Yu Tianji's pupils had shrunk to a tiny point and his whole body was trembling slightly—because of immense fear.
Yu Tianji knew that he had still come.
The mysterious person behind Ruan Chen.
He wanted to tell the bailiff that someone was trying to kill him, and that he shouldn't leave.
But the immense fear caused his throat to spasm, rendering him unable to utter a single word, as he watched helplessly as the bailiff's figure grew smaller and smaller.
The deformed door, which had overturned, was forcefully pulled open by one hand, detached from the vehicle, and thrown far away.
The one who possessed this terrifying power was a teenage boy. He stood quietly outside the door, watching the disheveled Yu Tianji.
The hand he used to open the car door was clad in a strangely designed mechanical exoskeleton.
Yu Tianji noticed that his eyes were exactly the same as Ruan Chen's—a haughty, indifferent look, as if they were born to be the holders of power.
The last thing he saw was the mechanical exoskeleton on the boy's hand suddenly flowing and transforming into a sharp dagger, exuding a chilling killing intent.
"Anyone who wanted to kill her deserves to die."
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