I don't know the East is white

Chapter 43

"Chang'an fell into a coma due to acute renal failure caused by blood acidosis, and has now been pushed into the operating room." Wei Wan hugged Ding Changle's shoulders to force her to stand up.She never took her eyes off the operating lights that were on.

Dongfang Bai wanted to comfort her, but he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.People who don't know how to comfort others, not to mention life and death, no matter how nice the comfort is, it is futile.

Tang Jibai rushed to the hospital almost at the same time as the doctor came out.Dongfang Bai and him looked at each other, but didn't have time to speak.The crowd has already embraced the doctor and walked up. "How about it?"

"The operation was a success, and the person will wake up after anesthesia. But the patient has long-term kidney failure, and this blood acidosis has caused irreversible damage, and it may happen at any time... Sigh. Anyway, the family members should be mentally prepared .”

The doctor patted her on the shoulder, and Ding Changle lost his strength and fell backwards, leaning into a warm chest.For a moment, she suddenly wanted to throw all the burdens on Wei Wan, without thinking about anything.She was terrified of her sudden dependence.

As if feeling her inner voice, Wei Wan caressed her hair and said, "Don't be afraid."

The atmosphere suddenly became a little sad.Tang Jibai pulled Dongfang Bai aside, "Take a step to speak."

"Do you have any thoughts about the next court?"

Regarding the current development of the situation, Dongfangchai was a little frustrated. "Everyone is leaving, what's the point of saying this now? Can we get justice for Chang'an?"

Tang Jibai folded his arms and looked at her with a smile, "Xiaochai, you seem to have become more humane. Before, you never really cared about the person involved. You always said that you could fight for money and fame. A lawsuit, but never for an illusory sense of justice."

"Justice is too subjective. Everyone only sees what they want to see. I have seen many people commit injustice in the name of justice, and the sense of justice becomes meaningless. I am still the same I think so, but the Changle siblings have a deep relationship with us, whether as a friend or a lawyer, I can't be indifferent to their fate."

"Xiaochai, because of your father's influence, you have always been ashamed to admit that you have a soft side. In fact, you are also very cute with a human touch." Tang Jibai paused for a moment, restrained his warm smile and said seriously, "But if These human feelings will make you lose your pursuit of the truth and your insistence on yourself, then I would rather you be that invulnerable 'invincible goddess' forever."

Dongfangchai was taken aback, he didn't expect his always gentle brother to express his thoughts so fiercely.Like a middle school student who was criticized by the teacher, she lowered her head.But Dongfangchai has always known his shame before being brave, let alone in front of Tang Jibai. "The presiding judge is biased against Chang'an, and he obviously favors Ma. I don't have enough evidence to prove that they intend to manipulate public opinion and slander Chang'an. I don't know how to do it now..."

"You are too obsessed with paying attention to external factors. You want to open gaps from reporters, parents, and the presiding judge, but you ignore the subject of the incident itself."

"You mean... those children?"

In this country, children are regarded as appendages of their parents from birth.Strictly speaking, it is not even considered as an independent "person." So there will be common words such as "what does the child know", "you can believe what the child says", "he is just a child".

Dongfangchai was also influenced by this kind of thinking invisibly, and never thought of finding clues from these children.It was clearly a case closely related to these children, but in the end they became invisible marginalized people.No one asked what they thought.

"Adults can tell lies, and children can of course, but based on life experience, even if they lie, they can be easily exposed. This is the reason for the so-called children's words. You might as well look for clues from them. I heard that among the witnesses of the plaintiff There is a parent surnamed Xu..."

Li Changan was transferred to the ward. After waking up from the anesthetic, he yelled at Ding Changle in pain.Wei Wan found a gadget and stuffed it in his hand, Chang An immediately started playing with it cheerfully, forgetting that there were people standing around him.

Because Dongfangchai sued the parents of the child, he caused public outrage.Many people gathered under the hospital where Changan was hospitalized for a sit-in demonstration, demanding that Li Changan be severely punished and that the child be given a safe environment.

After what happened last time, the hospital has long learned to be smart.A large number of security guards were sent to maintain order and pay close attention to the situation in Chang'an. If Chang'an died in the hospital due to an accident, they would be sued.

Tang Jibai stood in front of the window of the ward, opened a corner of the heavy curtain and looked at the people sitting quietly downstairs, with a look of compassion in his eyes.No matter what era, there is no shortage of a group of people who think they are righteous, this cheap sense of justice.

"Changan, I promise, you came to this world innocently, and I will let you go innocently." Dongfangchai looked at the older child playing with toys on the hospital bed and swore, even though he couldn't understand at all.

After learning that Chang'an's condition was stable, the court chose a date for the hearing.

Xu Xiaobei's father was the first to testify in court as the plaintiff's witness. "I didn't really care about this at first. It's normal for children to fight and have physical contact. Although Li Changan is a young man in his twenties, his mind is not as mature as my Xiaobei's. So I never thought that there would be Such a nasty thing."

"What made you change your mind to try to understand the facts?"

Father Xu glanced at Dongfangchai. "Xue Pingping and Zhang Fan's parents took me to Wang Lanlan's house for a meeting. A lawyer came and scolded me. I realized that I didn't care much about Xiaobei, so I had a deep talk with him."

"What about the result of the in-depth discussion?"

"Li Changan didn't... bully him, it was my son who snatched Wang Lanlan's pocket money once and he saw him. He took off Xiao Bei's pants and slapped him a few times on the buttocks."

"That's it?" Dongfang Bai asked intentionally.

"That's it. I asked carefully, and they have no other contact. On weekdays, my child can't see anyone, and Li Changan only walks around the Tongzilou."

"So, based on what you know about this neighbor, do you think it is possible for him to commit indecent acts on other children?"

Under Xu's consideration, he used very cautious words. "I personally don't think it's possible."

"I have objections, presiding judge." Ma Ze'an stood up. "The witness has no right to answer on behalf of other parents, and his speculation has no reference value."

"The objection is valid. Witnesses please speak carefully." Wu Yan warned Xu's father.

Dongfang Bai frowned slightly. "Presiding Judge, I was the lawyer who the witness said scolded him head and face. At the beginning, I was as angry with you and everyone who followed the case at a scumbag who attacked a child, so I said But in the end I didn't take this case because they couldn't produce any real evidence against Li Chang'an. Nowadays, even the parents of one of the so-called "victims" are willing to stand up and testify for Chang'an. I think what he said It's not as meaningless as the defense lawyers said."

"Then what is the occupation of this witness?" Ma Ze'an turned to Xu's father.

"After I was injured and retired from the steel pipe factory, I have been waiting for work at home."

"How long?"

"ten years."

"That is to say, you have been unemployed since before Xu Xiaobei was born. You haven't looked for a job yet. As far as I know, the reason why your wife died young was also because of working three or four jobs at the same time, resulting in death from overwork. After your wife died, you have been negligent in supervising Xu Xiaobei."

"What do you mean?" Xu's father became furious because his dead wife was mentioned, and stared at Ma Ze'an with red eyes.

"I don't mean anything. It's just that such a husband, such a father, may not be able to fully understand what happened to the child, let alone communicate effectively. And because Xu Xiaobei has been on the streets all year round, he may have long been concerned about such careless things. Behavior is normal”

The words not only questioned Xu's father, but also directly attacked Xu Xiaobei as a little rascal who is not worth mentioning.

Dongfangchai stopped Xu's father who was about to explode with his eyes. "Lawyer Ma is right. So in order to understand what happened to the children more directly, I specially applied for the three children Wang Lanlan, Xue Pingping, and Zhang Fan to testify in court in person."

"What can these children understand?" Ma Zean said this sentence smoothly.

Dongfangchai once again showed Ma Zean's familiar smile, it was a well-thought-out plan to invite you into the urn. "Tongyan Wuji. They may not understand anything, but they know the truth. Judge Wu himself has a daughter of a similar age. You should know that although children of this age are not as fluent and organized as adults, as long as they are patiently guided, they can give A very logical answer."

The daughter of Wu Yan's family is ten years old this year. Outsiders look smart and she is good at studying.But Wu Yan and her husband have an unspeakable scar in their hearts. When the child was six years old, he was almost defiled by a crazy homeless man on the side of the road on the way home from school.Fortunately, she learned a few self-defense techniques with her father and managed to break free. When she ran home and told her parents about it, she was still trembling with fear.

Wu Yan knew in her heart that at this age, children who had been sexually assaulted and molested could tell the whole story clearly.But she didn't know if it was too cruel for a weak child to stand in court and fight with experienced lawyers.After thinking for a while, she said: "There is no legal limit on the age of witnesses. Anyone who knows what happened can testify in court. However, considering that the children are young, in order to protect their spiritual growth, the court and its guardians have the right to stop testifying at any time. .All spectators present are not allowed to disclose the child's real name, age, school and other personal information in any way."

Wang Lanlan was the first child to appear in court, and her parents were also the first to attack Li Changan. She was the only child in this case who could be said to have some real evidence. If she was defeated, others would be fine.

Dongfangchai tried his best to keep his voice as soft as possible, and asked in the way he would talk to a child: "Lan Lan, you mentioned Li Chang'an in the video recorded by your parents, that is, the person upstairs in your house whom you called foolish brother touched your ass, did you?" ?”

"Yes." Fortunately, there was no haze over this matter in the childish answer.

"How did you touch it? Is it like this?" Dongfang Bai asked his assistant of the same sex to stand up in front of the presiding judge and all the spectators, and then stroked her buttocks in a very ambiguous posture.

The little girl pondered for a while, then shook her head. "no."

"Is that so?" She changed into another obscene posture.The child still shook his head.Dongfangchai changed several postures one after another but was denied by Wang Lanlan.

"Then can you teach my sister how he touched you? Now I am Lan Lan and you are Brother Chang'an. How did he touch your ass?"

Wang Lanlan walked out of the witness stand, stepped forward hesitantly, and patted Dongfang Bai's buttocks a few times.Rather than touching, the force was more like slapping.

"Did brother Changan hit you?" Dongfangchai confirmed to her again, because the force was obviously not the result of force.

"Yes, I did." Wang Lanlan shook her head. "Dirty, pants."

"You mean the pants are dirty, so Brother Chang'an patted the pants for you..."

Ma Zean quickly interrupted her. "Presiding judge, we have applied to stop testifying immediately. The plaintiff's lawyer is deliberately leading the child!"

"Presiding judge, I'm just helping the child organize her discourse. If the defense lawyer thinks there is suspicion of leading, I can stop summarizing for her, but please let the child continue to testify. She has already told part of the truth at that time. And this part The truth is that we will never know it, only they know it."

Wu Yan thought for a moment and decided to allow the witness to continue to testify.Ma Zhe'an couldn't believe how the judge who always supported him would not speak for himself.

"Lan Lan, tell yourself slowly, why did Brother Chang'an 'touch' your ass?"

"Xiaobei robbed me of money, and I fell to the ground...Brother Chang'an beat him and slapped my ass." Wang Lanlan was a little bit difficult, but she still explained what happened at that time.

"Then why does Lan Lan say in the video that brother touches your ass?"

"Dad asked me, did he touch my butt?" When Wang Lanlan said this, the audience was in an uproar.Wang Lanlan's father's face was ashen.

"Many children can't tell the difference between touching, touching, patting, and beating. If you ask her if she is touching, she will say yes when the action is obviously patting just now. If you ask her if she is beating, she will say yes." Will say yes. It all depends on the adults' words. And Wang Lanlan's father picked the most sensitive words among them."

"No. It's not like this. The child has scars on his legs, that's why I said that. You look at the photos, and the stars and red spots look like they were pinched by someone. We consulted the doctor. It's not an allergy, it's a trauma. Me and Her mother never beat her!" Father Wang excitedly held up the photos of the scars he took at that time.

"Everyone, please watch this slide." Dongfang Bai put an environmental map on the screen. "The shape of this scar is very special, and it does not seem to be caused by allergies. I went to the tube building where the incident happened, and there was construction nearby, and there was a pile of gravel picked up by the children from the construction site on the ground. The size and shape of the overall distribution of the gravel It is highly consistent with the scars on Wang Lanlan's body. It is very likely that the child fell heavily on the stone at that time. "

"You're irrational! I'm not the only victim. Pingping and Xiaofan, they can't all fall down by chance, right?" Wang Lanlan's mother shouted excitedly in court, and was warned by Wu Yan.

"Just this question, I also want to ask Xue's father, Xue's mother, and Zhang's father, Zhang's mother. It was you who took the initiative to find Wang Lanlan's parents and said that your child was treated in the same way, and then Lanlan's parents instigated the child to say that in the video, right? "

Xue Pingping's mother was in a cold sweat and was speechless.Zhang Fan's parents still managed to maintain the image of "high-ranking officials" and kept silent.

Under Dongfangchai's attack, Zhang Fan and Xue Pingping, who had memorized their "lines", were immediately exposed to lies.Xue Pingping cried and said she rushed towards her mother. "Mom, Dad told me to say that. Why did my sister want to kill me!" Zhang Fan angrily threw the toy in his hand at Dongfangchai.

Wu Yan finally terminated this farce-like testimony.

When Xu Xiaobei appeared in court, he had the unique aura of a demon king in chaos.He was not as cautious and afraid as other children at all, and even looked around everyone in the court with some complacency.He has bragged with his friends who hang out on the streets, and he is going to be a witness today.

"Does the witness know? The kind in Hong Kong movies. I'm not young and Dangerous, I'm a witness!" Xu Xiaobei turned up the collar of his old jacket, looking very imposing.

"Ms. Wang is right. Regardless of whether he has attacked other children or not, at least your children are real victims. No matter how you say it, he is not wronged. And we don't need to name the other children, You only need to use ambiguous words like 'heard', 'children from other classes', 'maybe have', and it's not a lie. As for the next thing, enthusiastic media friends will help you spread the word."

He repeated what Ma Zean had said at Wang Lanlan's house verbatim, and pointed at Ma Zean with a proud face, smiling innocently. "That's what this uncle said!"

(End of this chapter)