Chapter 54 Reversal of the Verdict: A Bright Ending

"Fang Rui, we can't stop Lin Qianjie's lawyer from acquitting Lin Qianjie, and we can't stop Nie Yan from acquitting Lu Tian." Mu Mian comforted him, "This is fair. All we can do is restore the truth."

"Mu Mian, you don't understand. Sometimes prison is a safe place." Fang Rui sighed, "Do you think the Lin family will let Lu Tian go? Only those with power and influence can exploit loopholes in the law. Nie Yan is still too naive." Mu Mian

really didn't understand. She felt that this world was so complicated. Why are there laws, but many people don't abide by them? Is it so difficult to abide by the law?

However, she soon figured it out. If there were no criminals, she and Fang Rui would be unemployed. If you are unemployed, you will have no salary and no money to spend, and you will have nothing to do every day. How boring and painful it would be.

"Okay, don't think about such complicated problems," Fang Rui touched Mu Mian's head, "otherwise your brain will short-circuit again."

"Fang Rui, my brain is normal, it won't short-circuit."

The Judicial Appraisal Center organized a team of experts to conduct a comprehensive diagnosis of Lu Tian. In the end, they issued a written report confirming that Lu Tian did suffer from dissociative conversion disorder.

One expert even scanned Lu Tian's brain and found that there were organic changes in her brain, which further proved that Lu Tian suffered from a mental illness.

Shen Xiyin was also a member of the expert team. She raised objections, but they were not accepted.

Previously, their Judicial Identification Center had issued a report that Lu Tian suffered from dissociative conversion disorder. If they issued another report saying that Lu Tian did not have this disease, then their Judicial Identification Center would be discredited.

So Lu Tian must be sick!

The Lin family also tried to intervene, but they gave up later.

If Lu Tian went to prison, there would be little they could do, but if Lu Tian went to a mental hospital, then they would have plenty of ways to make Lu Tian's life worse than death!

Lin Qianjie was killed by Lu Tian, ​​and they didn't want Lu Tian to just go to jail, that would be too easy for Lu Tian.

Under the influence of many factors, the court finally made a verdict: "... Because the defendant is a complete mental patient and has no civil capacity, this court declares that the defendant Lu Tian is not guilty of intentional homicide... Lu Tian needs to be imprisoned for life in Jiangzhou Qingshan Mental Hospital..."

After receiving the verdict, Nie Yan breathed a sigh of relief. She felt extremely happy. She finally won once!

When Nie Yan left the court, she saw Fang Rui and Mu Mian waiting for her at the door.

"Fang Rui, Mu Mian, if you are here to condemn me, please leave! If you are here to congratulate me on winning the lawsuit, then you are welcome to attend my celebration party."

Fang Rui sighed, "Nie Yan, you used to hate such despicable means."

"Fang Rui, justice belongs to the victor. I won this lawsuit, so I represent justice." Nie Yan's tone was a little arrogant and complacent, "In the process of pursuing justice, it doesn't matter if some means are used. I will use despicable means to reach a bright ending." Nie Yan looked up at

the blue sky, and she only felt that the sunlight was dazzling. She seemed to have finally become the kind of person she hated the most.

But so what, those powerful people can manipulate the law to exonerate themselves, why can't she manipulate the law to save a poor girl who should not be guilty.

The law is no longer sacred in her heart, and justice will only belong to the victor.

"Is the ending bright? Lu Tian will have to live in a mental hospital in the future, which is a very scary place. In prison, people are not free, but at least the spirit is free. But in a mental hospital, people are not free, and the spirit is not free. What's more, the Lin family will not let Lu Tian go. Nie Yan, you know very well what Lu Tian is about to face." Fang Rui reminded her, "The only winner is you!"

Nie Yan's body froze.

Shen Xinyin also reminded Nie Yan not to plead not guilty, because the consequence of doing so would be that Lu Tian would be locked up in a mental hospital for life, which would be even more terrible than Lu Tian being locked up in prison.

She suggested that Nie Yan could use Lu Tian's mental illness to apply for a sentence reduction. But Nie Yan refused. She even prevented others from seeing Lu Tian.

Was it really just to exonerate Lu Tian? Nie Yan found that she couldn't answer this question.

Nie Yan quickly regained her smile, "It wasn't me who put her in the mental hospital, it was you. If you hadn't insisted on finding out the truth, Lu Tian wouldn't have been prosecuted. You are the ones who should feel guilty! Didn't a scum like Lin Qianjie deserve to die? Why did you have to catch the murderer? Can't you be powerless again for once?"

"Tragic experience is not an excuse to commit a crime," Fang Rui retorted, "If you commit a crime, you should bear the corresponding price."

"What about Lin Qianjie? What price did he pay?"

Fang Rui didn't know how to answer this question. This world is inherently unfair. Different people have to pay different prices for the same thing.

Nie Yan is too extreme. She used to be too jealous and believed too much in justice. When her justice collapsed, she went to another extreme.

"He was poisoned to death." Mu Mian answered in a low voice, "This is the price he paid for his bad deeds. If he didn't exploit loopholes in the law, he would only have to serve a few years in jail and would soon be able to get out and continue to do evil."

This time it was Nie Yan's turn to be speechless. Mu Mian didn't understand anything, her thinking was very simple, and she simply couldn't understand this complicated world.

Fang Rui tried to comfort Nie Yan, "There is something wrong with your mentality now, you need to adjust it."

"Forensic Doctor Mu, Officer Fang, I hope we won't see you again," Nie Yan said with a hint of sadness in her tone, "I'm a criminal defense lawyer now, I think if we meet again next time, we will be opponents. I don't want to meet opponents like you. But if I do, I will still win!"

Fang Rui looked at Nie Yan's back as she left, and felt a little sorry. Nie Yan used to be a very good prosecutor.

At this moment, he found that he was suddenly hugged by Mu Mian, and she hugged him very tightly.

Fang Rui looked down at Mu Mian, "What's wrong?"

"I think you are very sad. But I don't know how to comfort you." Mu Mian sighed, "I'm not good at comforting others."

Mu Mian remembered the night they drank together. That day was Nie Yan's darkest moment, but she still said that she would become the best prosecutor.

Nie Yan couldn't realize her dream after all.

When did Nie Yan change? Maybe it was because she lost to Lin Qianjie's lawyer one after another, or maybe it was the night she committed suicide. She didn't kill herself, she killed that naive self, and changed her way to deal with this complex world.

"I just feel a little sorry, but this is Nie Yan's own choice. I think that high-spirited Prosecutor Nie will always remain in our memories."

Those who stare into the abyss must also be wary of being swallowed by the abyss.

"Fang Rui, aren't you sad so soon?" Mu Mian's tone was a little regretful. She felt that it felt good to hug Fang Rui, but she didn't expect Fang Rui to be comforted by her so quickly.

"Do you want me to be sad because of Nie Yan?"

"Of course not, I don't want to see you sad." Mu Mian reluctantly left his arms.

She suddenly thought of a serious question. If Fang Rui died, she would only be able to hug a cold corpse. She didn't like hugging corpses. It seems that she doesn't want to get his body so much now.

Mu Mian immediately drove this strange idea out of her mind. How could she not want Fang Rui’s body? Her brain wouldn’t really short-circuit because of overthinking, right?

“Fang Rui, I lost another friend.” Mu Mian murmured aggrievedly, “I made two friends with great difficulty, and they’re all gone at once. Oh, making friends is so difficult. Fang Rui, I’m so sad.”

“Then do you want me to hug you and comfort you?”

“If you sign here, I won’t be sad.” Mu Mian quickly took out a donation agreement from her bag, and then handed the pen to Fang Rui, “Sign it, just write the two words Fang Rui here.”

“Mu Mian, it seems you are not sad anymore.” Fang Rui stuffed the agreement back into Mu Mian’s bag, “Let’s go, we’re going back.”

Mu Mian was dumbfounded, and she compromised, “Fang Rui, then hug me. Then I won’t be sad anymore.”

"Sorry, I've withdrawn that hug. You don't need comfort now!"

Mu Mian showed a bitter face. One should not be too greedy.

After Nie Yan finished the lawsuit, she became famous instantly. For a while, many parties in criminal cases asked her to defend them. She restarted her brilliant career in a new field.

But she never went to see Lu Tian again.