Chapter 434 - The Trial Began

Xia Yu had won the competition. Many of her friends and senior brothers had to celebrate for her. She didn’t have to worry about anything in her own restaurant together with Shen Yan and drank like a fish. As a result, she got drunk at the celebration and didn’t know how she got back at all.

Waking up the next day, she felt lassitude in her waist and legs. Seeing Shen Yan smirked at her side, she immediately understood what had happened. Thinking about the madness last night, her face was hot.

“You can sleep for a while.” Shen Yan said gently and then got off the bed.

Now he knew that he should be considerate. Why didn’t he know it last night?

Xia Yu couldn’t fall asleep again since she woke up. She asked Shen Yan while rubbing her waist, “My father told you yesterday that you two were about to go to T city today. What time is your flight?”

“Nine o’clock.”

“You have to eat breakfast and then leave! I will do it for you now.”

Xia Yu climbed up from the bed and put on her pajamas. However, Shen Yan came to press her on the bed again and pulled up her pajamas.

Xia Yu was suddenly shocked and caught his hands. “Darling, no. I really can’t have sex now.”

If they did it one more time, she could never get up from the bed today.

Shen Yan smirked twice, and a glimmer of amusement came into his deep eyes. “Don’t be so nervous. I just want to give a massage to your waist. You have a backache, right?”

“Oh, huh-huh…” Xia Yu smiled twice with her red face. It turned out that she misunderstood him. Then she lay down on the bed obediently and then enjoyed Shen Yan’s massage.

Shen Yan had a big palm and clear joints. He rubbed Xia Yu’s waist with his warmth. Every inch of her skin touched by him had a sense of burning. She couldn’t help groaning since she had a backache and it was numb as well as hurt.

“Stop groaning, my wifey. I may have sex with you one more time if you continue to groan in this way.” Shen Yan’s hoarse voice with a trace of tolerance came from her back suddenly.

Xia Yu was freaked out and gritted her lips tightly at once so that she would not make a sound anymore.

After a while of massage, she felt the ache of her waist reduced a lot, so she let Shen Yan stop immediately. And then she got off the bed and made breakfast for him.

“Aunt Ma is making it already.” Shen Yan didn’t let her get up and continued doing the massage for her. They didn’t stop until Aunt Ma knocked on their door to ask them out to have breakfast.

Aunt Ma made some soy milk, noodles mixed with scallion, oil and soy sauce, and a few pieces of omelet. Although Shen Yan had studied abroad for years, he still had a preference for the breakfast of Celestial Empire, especially the traditional breakfast.

After breakfast, Xia Yu and her father sent Shen Yan to the airport. Second Brother arrived earlier than they did, but he looked a little haggard.

“Hey, Junior Sister!” He greeted Xia Yu with no spirit and energy.

“Second Brother, are you uncomfortable?” Xia Yu asked.

“I didn’t get sick. But I went to send Eldest Brother after I had dinner with you guys, and then I had another meal. So, I had a stomachache for that.” A glimmer of pain and embarrassment appeared on Second Brother’s face.

Although he didn’t finish his words, they understood him instantly and looked at him with compassion. Shen Yan curled up the corners of his mouth at the side, which showed his schadenfreude.

Xia Mingde asked him, “Do you know where your Eldest Brother has gone?”

“He said that he would go back to his hometown first and make a plan in the future.” Second Brother reported to his master roughly.

Xia Mingde didn’t continue to speak. Xia Yu looked at her watch and found that it was already 8:10. At this time, the airport broadcast went off. “Ladies and Gentlemen, may I have your attention? Flight XXX to T city is now boarding. Would you please have your belongings as well as your boarding passes ready and board the aircraft through gate NO. 3? We wish you a pleasant journey. Thank you.”

Shen Yan gave Xia Yu a hug and kissed her on her lips gently after lowering his head. He said softly, “Uncle Xia and I will come back soon.”

“Okay, call me when you come back. I will wait for you here and pick you up.” Xia Yu hugged and said goodbye to his father and Second Brother one by one. She didn’t leave the airport until the flight took off.

Xia Yu’s phone rang on the road, and she picked it up.

“Xia Yu, when will you arrive at the court?” Wanru’s voice came from the phone.

The trial of Bao Na would begin today, and Xia Yu almost forgot about it. She was the witness. She noticed that the time was enough for her to hurry to the court, so she said instantly. “I am going to take the taxi there right now.”

The relatives of the Bao Family as well as the dead were all on the scene when Xia Yu arrived there. A life was involved in this case, after all. The two families quarreled from the outside to the courtroom and almost fought with each other. Later, lawyers for both families persuaded them for a long time, and then they stopped quarreling.

Bao Na’s mother was supported by someone. Xia Yu hadn’t seen her for a few days, but she had already grown some white hair on her head. Tears were in her eyes as well as in the dead’s mother’s eyes. The dead’s mother was repeating something in a low voice. She couldn’t hear clearly what she was repeating because of the distance, but telling from the mouth, she was calling the name of his son.

Father Bao had almost the same situation. He kept wiping the tears on his face, who seemed to be ten years older than before and was filled with sorrow. Xia Yu sighed heavily. The most painful people in this tragedy were the parents of both sides.

At ten o’clock, the trial began officially. Bao Na was brought out with handcuffs around her wrists. Her face looked calm but very pale. She silently cried out after she saw her parents.

Bao Na was brought out, which then caused a big stir. The dead’s relatives who had just calmed down began to curse on her instantly while gritting their teeth and rage. The relatives of Bao Na then cursed back on them. The courtroom fell into a mess and was filled with continuous dirty words in an instant.

“Silence! Silence…” The judge’s face was obviously unpleasant. “Stop quarreling! You will all be driven out by the judge if you continue to quarrel. All of you should calm down.”

Xia Yu kneaded between the brows and quickly followed their lawyers to persuade the family members of the Bao Family to calm down.

So did the dead’s family. Neither side wanted to be driven out of the courtroom, so they both refrained from shouting. However, their eye contact was still very sharp and didn’t get to stop. The scene was highly explosive, and the whole atmosphere was very depressing.

Only after the scene was completely quiet did the trial begin officially.

Xia Yu found a place to sit down, and she was about to testify later. Shortly after, Kang Lan came over with the company of President Kang and her lawyer. She was also the witness of this case.

Seeing Xia Yu, she was not so unscrupulous as before. She just gave her a quick look and then lowered her head. President Kang and Attorney Zhang nodded their heads towards Xia Yu and then sat down beside her.

Xia Yu was the first to testify. After she finished, she did not leave. It was the turn of Kang Lan soon.

The trial lasted from the morning to the afternoon for several hours. The judge didn’t announce the sentence in the court. Walking out of the courtroom, the lawyer of Bao Na, Lawyer Wang, let out a long breath, and there was a faint smile at the corners of his mouth.

Seeing his smile, Xia Yu asked him, “Lawyer Wang, do you think Bao Na will be sentenced to death?”

“Bao Na doesn’t know that man, and it is he who started the fight. She killed him for self-defense. The judge will notice these factors.” A man popped up from the side and spat at Lawyer Wang just after he finished his words.

“You are a black-hearted lawyer! How could you defend a murder for money? You will get what’s coming to you and not die in peace!” The person who popped up was the dead’s mother. Her face was twisted, and she looked at Lawyer Wang outrageously and angrily. It seemed that she wanted to kill him very much. She kept cursing on Lawyer Wang viciously and saying that he was very black-hearted.

Lawyer Wang’s face was cold. There was not much expression on his face. He ignored her directly and kept walking forward calmly.

“Bah! A black-hearted lawyer! You will be hit to death by the car when you cross the road later…” Swearing and cursing didn’t stop behind him.

Xia Yu followed Lawyer Wang while frowning. They didn’t get rid of the cursing like a magic spell until they got on the car.

Xia Yu looked at Lawyer Wang with worry. He turned back to her and gave her a helpless and calm smile. “You don’t have to worry about me. I paid no heed to the old woman’s words at all.”

As a lawyer, he always came across this kind of thing. If they cared about it much, they could do nothing else.

Xia Yu was relieved after she heard the words of Lawyer Wang. She admired his indifference and calmness. If it was her, she wouldn’t have such a good temper. Although she could understand the old woman’s sorrow of losing her child, the curse and swear like that were too much indeed. Venting the hatred in the mind on the innocent people was both pathetic and hateful.

Lawyer Wang went directly back to the lawyer’s office and said that there was still something to be dealt with. Xia Yu originally wanted to invite him to dinner but gave up when he said so.

Xia Yu went directly back to her home. She checked the time. It was already past five o’clock in the afternoon. She wanted to call Shen Yan and her father but thought that they might be working now, so she didn’t do it. She put the phone which had been taken up down on the tea table.

Aunt Ma went to see her fellow-villager at night. So, Xia Yu had an easy meal for dinner and then took a shower. After that, she sat on the sofa and watched TV. But in fact, all her attention was on the phone. The phone finally rang more than nine o’clock.

She talked with Shen Yan for about half an hour. She told him about today’s situation in the court and some other things. Then she talked with her father for a while. She didn’t talk for a long time with them and wished them a good rest, knowing that they were busy with their business as soon as they got off the plane and they must be very tired.

Lying on the bed at night, she was not so used to sleeping without Shen Yan by her side, but she could still fall asleep. She just felt a little empty in her heart.

Not until now did Xia Yu find that she relied on Shen Yan so much, which was not a good phenomenon. Too much dependence on him would make her lose herself and put much pressure on him.

During her imagination, Wanru called her, and Xia Yu picked it up. “Are you still up at this late hour?”

“I just came back with Zhou Yan after seeing a patient.” Wanru talked with her on the phone while changing her shoes. “How is the trial of Bao Na? I heard that the relatives of the dead made a big scene and said that the court must sentence Bao Na to death for their kid’s death.”

“Indeed, their family is too unreasonable.” Xia Yu could understand the feeling of the dead’s family because someone of their family died, after all. But why couldn’t they think that their child was hired as a thug? If Bao Na had not resisted at that time, she might have died already. She did it for defending herself.

And Kang Lan was the chief culprit of the whole case. It was her narrow mind that killed their child. If someone was supposed to be sentenced to death, Xia Yu thought Kang Lan and Chen Wenxuan should be sentenced most.

But the reality was that although Kang Lan was accused by Shen Yan of fighting with Xia Yu in public, she was released on bail after a short while. So, in this case, she would not take much responsibility. They might give a large amount of money to the dead’s family at that time and reached an understanding. She even would not be sentenced to jail.

“I was about to see the trial today, but I had something to deal with temporarily, so I didn’t go to see it. I did hate Bao Na very much before, thinking that she was too unscrupulous, but compared with Kang Lan, I think she is much better.” Wanru sighed with emotion. Bao Na was one of the few she knew here. She didn’t want anything to happen to her naturally.

“The verdict was not announced in the court at that time, but I asked Bao Na’s lawyer about this when I left. And he told me that he had great confidence to win the debate for Bao Na. The witness and the video all proved that Bao Na was defending herself at that time, after all.” If the judge thought that Bao Na was defending herself, her crime would be light, or she would be even innocent. Xia Yu thought so optimistically.