investigative chronicle

Chapter 9 Cold and Soft

"Huh?" Before Ji Si'an could react, three or four children aged 7 or 8 surrounded them.

Luo Li carefully protected her white shirt and hid behind Ji Si'an. "It was begging in the subway." She whispered in Ji Si'an's ear.

Ji Si'an looked at the children with pity, but she was embarrassed because she had no cash in her hand.

"No brains, who still carries cash these days." An immature voice sounded in the darkness, and only then did Ji Si'an realize that there was a little girl who was older than them in a darker corner of the wall.She spread her legs and sat on the ground extremely indecently, her big eyes gleamed faintly in the darkness.

"I'm sorry, I..." Ji Si'an wanted to explain, but was interrupted by the girl's cold voice.

"Come back with me, don't be ashamed here."

Her voice was not loud but extremely majestic. The other children lowered their heads after hearing her words, and although they were unwilling, they did not dare to speak back.

The girl stood up and patted the dirt on her skirt, came to a few children and said with a straight face, "Follow me".

The young and mature appearance made Ji Si'an a little stunned, and the words to remind her to pay attention to her sitting posture got stuck in her throat and she couldn't say it.

The sound of the rumbling subway brought the flickering light to the front, and Ji Si'an watched her pass in front of him blankly.The sticky long hair and the slightly dirty face gradually drifted away in front of her eyes.

The subway had already arrived at the station, and Luo Li dragged Ji Si'an, who was a little dazed, into the carriage.Ji Si'an stood in front of the subway door reflexively, watching the children climb up the steps and slowly disappear into the crowd.

Luo Li obviously breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, the subway is here."

"It's just a group of children." Ji Si'an was a little puzzled by Luo Li's nervousness.

"These are not ordinary children. Look at the way they look at people... I'm really afraid that they will push us down the subway tunnel if they disagree."

Although Ji Si'an didn't think it was possible, but considering that there was indeed such news, he shut up wisely.After what happened today, she suddenly felt that the Luo Li in front of her was a little strange.

It seems that she is still too naive, she silently compared their personalities, and felt that only being cautious in words and deeds, being silent and witty is barely an advantage.

The incident at the subway station did not affect their shopping mood at all, but Ji Si'an firmly remembered Yuan Mu's reminder, and returned to the rental house before dark.

She sat in the room and looked at the "organs" in the room, feeling a sense of security like a cage.But this feeling didn't make her feel better for long, and the probationary period that was about to expire made her a little out of breath.Even the semi-subterranean rental house, which seems remote and dilapidated, is supported by money. In order to continue to live, she had to consider apologizing to Lawyer He.

The morning of Monday came unshakably, and Ji Si'an still woke up in a nightmare. In the dream, the little girl suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her. Those eyes were exactly the same as those of the little girl in the subway station...I really confuse reality with dreams...Ji Si'an poured cold water on her face, she had to cheer up, because today is the day she and lawyer He will appear in court together.

It was the same spring day a year ago. Yang Ningning got off the night shift and took the bus home as usual.It was a double-decker bus, blue and very new, and she always liked to sit on the top floor by the window and overlook the scenery along the way through the clean and bright glass.

She has been on this train for two years, which is enough time for her to memorize the stations she passes by. Even her brain has formed a biological clock, and she can wake up from the fugue every time before arriving at the station.

But this time the driver was also attracted by the spring day and was distracted. He closed the door and started the car without noticing Yang Ningning who was walking behind...Unsuspecting Yang Ningning's thigh was caught by the car door... and the tragedy happened like this.Her life suddenly turned in a different direction...

She sits in a wheelchair with her hands unnaturally at her sides, and after all this time she still can't get used to the rigid prosthetics.There are some things that I can't get used to for the rest of my life. Just like this court session, I repeated my demands again and again, and tried to open the wounds in my heart again and again, but I still didn't reach an agreement.

Ji Si'an felt a slight pain in his heart when he saw this girl in front of him with a thick body, greasy hair, fierce face, slovenly appearance, and even a little self-destructive.So after the trial, she came to her.

"What do you want to say?" Yang Ningning seemed to be very repulsive to people.

"I want to take you to get a new pair of glasses." Ji Si'an said softly.

"Am I ugly like this?" Her ferocious eyes stared straight at Ji Si'an like a beast through square black-rimmed glasses.

"Do you want more compensation?" Ji Si'an avoided her question.

Yang Ningning looked at her without saying a word, but her eyes that gradually softened revealed her thoughts.Things have already happened, all she has to do is to fight for more interests for herself.

She is a smart girl.Seeing her like this, Ji Si'an knew that she agreed with him.

"Then you will do as I say." Ji Si'an said.

Lawyer He didn't know what Ji Si'an was going to do, but he chose to support him silently.Lawyer He's cooperation made Ji Si'an heave a sigh of relief. This middle-aged man is much better than himself in terms of professionalism, experience, and handling of things.

Before she spoke that day, Lawyer He suddenly contacted her. "I seriously thought about what happened that day. Maybe I was really wrong. I have been working as a lawyer for a long time, and I have become completely legalized. I only think about how to use the law, but ignore human nature. Simple morality is the essence of the law. Fundamentally, in our business, we can never abandon this point, otherwise it will be very dangerous."

Ji Si'an's daze made Yang Ningning very dissatisfied: "What do you want me to do?"

"I refer to some practices of American lawyers. Although the legal systems of our two countries are different, our human nature is similar. I believe I can win more benefits for you." Because of Lawyer He's encouragement, Ji Si'an is full of enthusiasm for the next work confidence.

Yang Ningning looked at her suspiciously.Ji Si'an said softly, "Don't be nervous, I just want you to be the original you again."

When the court session was held again, Ji Si'an pushed Yang Ningning into the courtroom slowly.The fluffy and slightly curly long hair hangs just right next to the pink cheeks, the curled long eyelashes can even touch the lenses of the gold-rimmed glasses, and the gentle and tough eyes are very charming.The light blue dress was blown up by the breeze with Ji Si'an's push, and the empty legs made people feel slightly sour.This is a young girl who has to bear such a disability.

When stating her appeal again, Yang Ningning didn't bring resentment and accusations like before, but slowly talked about the weather, scenery, that beautiful bus, and her vision for the future that day.

"Before that door closes, I still look forward to finding my ideal one day, giving birth to a cute baby, and taking him on this double-decker bus, and sitting in the frontmost seat on the top floor... , and walk with him on the road I have walked, and see the scenery I have seen... But that day, he closed the door, and the door of my life was also closed..."

The judge can still control his emotions, but the jurors beside him have quietly wiped away their tears...

At this time, Ji Si'an put a large bag on the table in front of the judge, and when he opened it, the judge and jurors were startled.

(End of this chapter)