My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 21: Investigation
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The investigation at the New Era Department Store did not reveal any useful clues. Staff who were familiar with Deng Hongmei, accompanied by department store managers Lu Ming, belittled Deng Hongmei as useless.
Lu Ming privately chatted with the two staff members who had the closest relationship with Deng Hongmei. Although the two people's narrations had changed, they all commented on Deng Hongmei as "beautiful", "simple", "not talkative" and so on. There were no valuable discoveries.
From the two people’s mouths, they learned that Deng Hongmei was newly married and very much in love with her husband.
Finally, Lu Ming decided to go to the place where Deng Hongmei lived to conduct an in-depth investigation.
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In a black punk car, Lu Ming and Pan Mira were sitting in the back seat.
The driver in front was a young man who was dressed in a hip-hop style. He wore baggy gray bag trousers and a jacket with many pockets. He looked like a decadent young man after World War II in his previous life.
This world has not had a major war for a thousand years, but decadence has prevailed even earlier.
He is Liu Kexing, the second son of Liu Laocai. He doesn't talk much, is taciturn, and is completely different from what he wears.
Lu Ming originally wanted to come with Pan Mila by himself, but Liu Laocai insisted that his second son send them both.
Sitting in the co-pilot is a pretty girl in a floral dress. She is Deng Hongmei’s good friend in the department store, named Yang Yanran.
Soon the car entered the narrow alley from the broad avenue.
In the maze-like courtyard area, the black car made twists and turns, and finally stopped at an intersection in an alley, in front of a row of small shops.
Liu Kexing pointed to an alley to the east, "It should be in here, this should be Gaoping Lane."
Deng Hongmei lives at No. 4 Gaoping Lane, which is one of the large courtyards in Gaoping Lane.
"Let's go to the store first!" Lu Ming was about to get off the car with Pan Mira.
The small shops in the lanes are all neighborhood businesses and are well-informed.
"Hey, my eldest brother, why is he here?" Liu Kexing suddenly said in surprise, pointing to a tea restaurant in the row of small shops, "Is the person sitting opposite him Deng Hongmei?"
Lu Ming looked in the direction of Liu Kexing's finger. It was a very simple tea restaurant with dirty glass, but he could see that there was a man and a woman at the table by the window, but Lu Ming didn't recognize Liu Kexing. The eldest brother, Liu Keyue, has only seen photos of Deng Hongmei. Looking from the side, it is not clear whether the woman in the red dress looks very similar to the photo of Deng Hongmei.
Yang Yanran looked at the tea restaurant and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.
"It's Deng Hongmei." Pan Mila said.
"Oh?" Lu Ming looked at the beautiful young woman with blond hair and blue eyes.
"There is a small black mole on Deng Hongmei's nose. Moreover, the height of her nose, the shape of her eyes, and the distance from the tips of her eyes to her temples are all the same as in the photo."
Lu Ming rubbed his nose, he didn't expect Pan Mira to be capable of this.
Different from prosopagnosia, she probably has face sensitivity. Of course, it may be that she pursues too much perfection in her face and requires excellence in her own makeup. She also first observes others from these perspectives, and slowly An acquired talent.
Men generally cannot understand this kind of talent.
After thinking about it, Lu Ming said: "Well, Xiao Yang, get off the car and let's go to Deng Hongmei's house first." He said to Pan Mira: "You attract too much attention, so don't go with me. Wait in the car for a while.”
Yang Yanran said oh, opened the door and got out of the car.
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Yang Yanran has been to Deng Hongmei's house many times and is very familiar with the other families in the courtyard.
A large courtyard similar to a courtyard house is home to several households of tenants. The courtyard is extremely noisy, with children running and making noises, parents shouting and cursing, and a couple fighting each other to the death, all intertwined together. It has a "flavor of life".
Yang Yanran also said hello to a woman who was rinsing her mouth with tooth powder next to the water well in the courtyard. The woman's mouth was full of white foam and she said vaguely: "Yanran, Xiao and Deng don't seem to be at home. Go in and wait!”
"Okay, thank you Aunt Wang." Yang Yanran agreed and led Lu Ming into the east chamber.
Basically, if you live in a large courtyard for a long time and are familiar with the neighbors, you won't have the habit of locking the door. Not to mention, Deng Hongmei is in the tea restaurant at the entrance of the alley, so she should be planning to come back soon.
This is a simple rental house with two rooms inside and outside. The outer room is the kitchen with stove and small table, which is also the dining room, and the inner room is the bedroom.
The bed with floral sheets is very neat, with black bedside tables and neatly folded quilts placed beside the bed.
"Lawyer Lu, am I sorry for Hongmei in this way..."
Yang Yanran looked at Lu Mingdong looking around with a complicated expression. She was very reluctant when she brought the lawyer, but if she didn't want to lose her job, she could only listen to the big boss.
Lu Ming said nothing and reached out to open the drawers on the bedside table.
Since you chose to betray your friend, there is no point in saying these regretful words now.
I would not say such hypocritical words that if Deng Hongmei framed Director Liu, then we are just.
As a defense lawyer, since he agreed to take the case, even if Liu Laocai is actually the perpetrator, from now on, he must protect the interests of the client.
If the abuser is safe and sound, it is the prosecution's responsibility. It is the prosecution's failure to collect enough evidence to convince the judge and jury.
The prosecution failed to do its job.
The defense does its best to protect the parties. In fact, it requires the prosecution to investigate the case more carefully and conscientiously, thereby reducing unjust, false and wrongful convictions.
This is the meaning of the existence of the prosecution and defense.
Huh?
Under the newspaper in the drawer, there was a bankbook just like this. Lu Ming took it out, looked at it, and then put it back.
There are also several identical medicine bottles. The empty medicine bottles are all carefully preserved and arranged neatly.
"Let's go! Go out and talk to the tenants here!" Lu Ming walked out.
Yang Yanran immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The longer she stayed here, the more she felt guilty.
Lu Ming chatted with the tenants of this large courtyard, and then went to several nearby courtyards to chat with the lords and ladies.
Deng Hongmei and his wife did not turn around until they left the alley and returned to the car.
In the black car, Liu Kexing's face was gloomy. Seeing Lu Ming get into the car, Pan Mila leaned over slightly and whispered: "Liu Keyue and Deng Hongmei never left. Moreover, the two were very close. Liu Keyue even held Deng Hongmei's hand. Hands are coming..."
"Did you find anything? Lu Bian?" Liu Kexing turned to ask Lu Ming.
Yang Yanran immediately flattered her and said: "I heard from Uncle Wang from one of their hospitals that Sister Deng's husband recently changed jobs. He used to pull a rickshaw and now works as a clerk in a small company."
Liu Kexing snorted coldly, "It seems that there is no shortage of money, and there is someone to arrange work!" As he spoke, he glanced at the tea restaurant with hatred.
Pulling a rickshaw is a physical job, and it is relatively flexible. If you work hard, you can earn a lot. If you work hard, you can get 180 yuan a month, but it is tiring and dirty, the work is not decent, and you are looked down upon. .
Staff in small companies earn less. In Beiguan, a monthly salary of forty or fifty yuan is the norm. Those with low incomes may only earn thirty or forty yuan a month.
But clerk jobs are more respectable and leisurely. Some jobs also require letters of introduction from celebrities.
So, Deng Hongmei's husband changed from a laborer to an employee, which is a sign that the family is no longer short of money.
Yang Yanran said in surprise: "Second Young Master, do you still know these things?"
Lu Ming looked at Liu Kexing thoughtfully.
"Lu Bian, look, where else do we need to go?" Liu Kexing asked.
"Send me back to the law firm." Lu Ming smiled.
On the way back, Lu Ming went to a drugstore and bought two cold medicines, chatted there for a while, and then bought a few books in a bookstore.