Chapter 32: Enlightenment

The office was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The sound of paper being flipped, and the occasional sound of keyboard typing.

There was also the sound of swallowing saliva that could only be heard by Zhu Shan herself.

Zhu Shan sat in the chair and looked at the arrogant man opposite who was busy with his own business.

Ten minutes have passed since he said nothing.

Silence is the attitude of a loser.

Zhu Shan discovered for the first time that she had won the confrontation with Ling Xiao.

If the pleasure of conquest is like having a dry mouth, suddenly being moistened by fine wine, Zhu Shan feels it.

After a while, Zhu Shan coughed slightly and showed more obvious weakness, "Can I cook for you tonight?"

Ling Xiao didn't react at all, not even the slightest hint of frustration from the sound of typing on the keyboard.

If you can't brush it along with the hair, is it possible...

Zhu Shan rolled her eyes and turned slightly to pose, "Then I'm leaving?"

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

The aura of no one else there instantly made Zhu Shan feel like she was acting in a one-man show.

Zhu Shan pursed her lips, held the armrest of the seat with her little hands, and was about to get up.

"A divorce lawsuit with a similar situation came to me once." Ling Xiao raised his eyelids, "However, I didn't answer it."

Zhu Shan sat back down slowly, pinched her palms, controlled her expression, and said, "Why? Is it because the money I gave you is not enough?"

Ling Xiao gave him a look that said, "Enough is enough."

Zhu Shan was raising her tail, unable to understand what Ling Xiao meant. She frowned and sounded like a nouveau riche, "I'll pay you any amount of legal fees you want!"

"Because I can't win."

Can't win?

Still don’t want to put in the effort?

Zhu Shan was silent for two seconds and deliberately provoked him, "You also said that there are no undefeated lawyers. It turns out that they don't take cases that they can't win. What a false reputation!"

"Otherwise? Do you think I opened the court? I have the final say in the code? I just think about the evidence and it appears?" Ling Xiao's pride showed in his brows, and he said disapprovingly, "It is also my ability to judge whether a case can be won. "

Zhu Shan turned her face away and said "cut".

Ling Xiao continued, "They are husband and wife. It is difficult to define whether they are seeking excitement or sexual abuse. Without any evidence to support it, there is no doubt about the guilt. Do you understand?"

"..."

"Therefore, it is basically impossible to convict someone of domestic violence based on the woman's self-report."

Zhu Shan added, "He also has controlling behaviors, such as not letting her go to work and not letting her socialize."

"Where is the evidence? Wang Huili has a mental evaluation report, there are bruises on her body, and a neighbor testified that the relationship between the couple is not good. The police also found a broken mobile phone in her home, and a tool of violence with her blood stains and her husband's fingerprints. Fang Xinnuo have what?"

Zhu Shan was speechless when asked.

"As far as I know, Yang Maoxue and Fang Xinnuo are a loving couple recognized by their neighbors." Ling Xiao looked up at Zhu Shan, "Yang Maoxue is now recognized as a good person with high quality. How can anyone believe Fang Xinnuo's words out of thin air? word?"

Zhu Shan lowered her head and twirled her fingers, and the voice star was out of breath, "So is it really like Fang Xinnuo said, no one can save her?"

"Based on everything we have seen so far, this is the result."

Zhu Shan's whole little face collapsed.

Fang Xinnuo said that as long as she was good, Yang Maoxue would not torture her.

Like other victims of domestic violence, she slowly found a balance with her abuser and accepted it.

But Zhu Shan knew that this was just a choice that Fang Xinnuo had no choice about.

She doesn't want to be trapped, she still longs to be free.

She longed for freedom, so she left home and came to this strange city with Yang Maoxue.

She came with hope and beautiful vision, but she didn't expect it to be another prison.

Because the psychological defense line is suppressed layer by layer, it reaches a point that ordinary people cannot understand.

Fang Xinnuo made it clear that she wanted a divorce, but she was afraid that if she didn't succeed, it would anger Yang Maoxue, which would lead to his revenge, or even death...

In fact, Zhu Shan had seen it more or less in the news. Not everyone who fought hard could see the light of day. There would also be people who lost their lives because of their stubborn resistance before the truth was revealed.

Fang Xinnuo couldn't make a mistake. People couldn't accuse her of weakness from a God's perspective. She was just clumsily protecting herself within her own ability.

Because when she was facing death, she couldn't hold on to any rescue hand.

die?

Zhu Shan suddenly raised her eyes, "Yang Maoxue once wanted to kill Fang Xinnuo."

Ling Xiao paused with his fingers, raised his head, and asked sternly, "What should I say?"

"The reason why Fang Xinnuo didn't dare to resist was because she had resisted before and mentioned divorce. Yang Maoxue wrapped her in a quilt, threw her into the bathtub, and flooded her with water. She almost died."

This time, Ling Xiao's expression became serious.

One is sexual abuse, and the other is torture techniques.

Neither seemed like a passing impulse or a last-minute idea.

In addition, the good deeds that Yang Maoxue has done are indeed real. Facing such an extreme person is more like a psychological distortion.

Ling Xiao's intuition is very dangerous!

He looked at Zhu Shan and said in a low voice, "Don't worry about this."

"Why?"

"You have to know that Yang Maoxue's image of a good person was promoted by your column team. Now that you want to reveal his other side, aren't you going to slap yourself in the face?"

Zhu Shan bit her lip and frowned more and more.

The next second, she stood up and said, "Ling Xiao! We are the media. The media wants to tell everyone the truth. So what if we are wrong? We must have the courage to admit our mistakes and not make the same mistake again and again!"

Ling Xiao sighed and leaned back on the chair. He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. She had really grown up and was getting harder to fool.

After a few seconds, Ling Xiao opened his eyes.

He looked at the righteous and angry little face opposite and said straightly, "Yang Maoxue may be in danger. I'm afraid that you are in danger, so please leave it alone. I will contact Officer Song and leave it to him to investigate, okay?"

Zhu Shan hadn't suppressed the unhappiness in her heart, and she didn't think twice before speaking. She spoke directly from her heart, "Then just say you're worried about me, wouldn't it?"

As soon as the words rolled out of her throat, Zhu Shan noticed something was wrong, and felt quite flirtatious.

The ambiguous atmosphere came over, but Ling Xiao still looked at her extremely seriously.

Zhu Shan was too embarrassed to look away, as if whatever she was doing now was an act of deception.

Ling Xiao chuckled lightly, and responded with a dragging tone, "Okay."

With a smile on his lips, he slowly added, "I'm worried about you."

"!!!" Such a straight shot?

Zhu Shan's psychological defense collapsed and she looked away, "I'm going back to the TV station."

"It's already five o'clock. Are you going back to watch others get off work?"

In fact, before coming out, Qu Lianjie said that Zhu Shan did not need to go back this afternoon.

Zhu Shan didn't respond, her face was drooped, and the hair on both sides fell over the plaid hairband, which made her face fair, so the rosiness of her cheeks was particularly obvious.

"Wait for me for another half hour." Ling Xiao said, "Let's go home together."

"oh."

Ling Xiao chuckled silently, "You can go to the lounge and wait for me."

Zhu Shan understood that the lounge was the small room just now. She stood up and walked out.

Ling Xiao buttoned the table, causing Zhu Shan to turn around.

Ling Xiao raised his arm and pointed back, "You can go to my lounge."

Following the direction of his finger, Zhu Shan saw that there was an invisible door on the vertical striped background wall at the rear right.

She suddenly remembered the gossip she had just heard, saying that Ling Xiao didn't go home very often and always lived in the office.

Then isn't this an extremely private realm?

The equivalent of his room?

Ling Xiao looked at Zhu Shan, "There is a bed, you can sleep for a while."

Zhu Shan's eyes widened a little, and she turned around and walked out.

"What are you going for?"

Zhu Shan started to run, "Urgent urination!"

She bumped into Li Shang as soon as she went out. She ran away before Li Shang could say hello to her.

Li Shang came in with the documents and pointed outside, "Why are Shanshan running away?"

"Be shy."

Li Shang was confused, "Why are you shy?"

Ling Xiao chuckled, "She has become enlightened recently."

"ah?"

Ling Xiao sighed softly and his smile faded, "I just don't open it much."

Li Shang, "...What are you talking about?"

"Said I still need to work harder."

"..." Li Shang didn't understand and didn't want to ask anymore.

He put the papers down.

"That's right." Ling Xiao looked serious, "Check Yang Maoxue's information and then hand it to Chief Yu of the Criminal Psychology Department."

****

Zhu Shan did not go to the toilet, but went to the waiting room where she was just now. She ate a few snacks and suppressed her random thoughts with sweetness. Then open Notepad and start writing.

Soon it was half past five, and Zhu Shan packed her things before going to Ling Xiao's office to find him.

She opened the door and just stepped in.

"I thought you fell into the toilet."

"..." Zhu Shan made a silly excuse, "You don't have a good rest room, so you don't have any snacks."

After speaking, Zhu Shan changed the subject, "Can you get off work? I don't see anyone leaving the big office."

Ling Xiao just turned off the computer, stood up, grabbed the suit jacket hanging next to him, and said calmly, "I am the boss."

Zhu Shan followed him and rolled her eyes several times.

Passing through the large office, Ling Xiao suddenly stopped.

Zhu Shan almost bumped into her, her eyes rolled in confusion, and she just looked up.

Her wrist was already clasped by Ling Xiao, and she walked forward.

Why are you so crazy?

Zhu Shan twisted her arm, but it was no use.

There were people around her, but she didn't dare to question him directly.

She subconsciously looked at the people next to her, and happened to catch a few eyes that were lowering their heads and couldn't help but peek.

Zhu Shan's ears are a little red.

After leaving the law firm, she jumped on her feet and shook Ling Xiao away, "What are you doing? You were all seen."

"Didn't you say that the company has gossip about you?"

? ? ?

Zhu Shan couldn't believe it. This was Ling Xiao's method of solving gossip?

The elevator door opened and the two of them walked in.

Zhu Shan and Ling Xiao each leaned against the elevator wall, and there was no distance between them.

Ling Xiao leaned against the elevator wall and stared at Zhu Shan with determination. He crossed his arms across his chest and tilted his head slightly, looking carefree.

Coupled with the fact that he is dressed in formal attire, he looks like a bad guy with different appearances.

Zhu Shan leaned against the elevator wall, looking at her toes, and subconsciously clasped her fingers on the smooth elevator wall.

She could feel that he had been looking at her.

The elevator that seemed to be going very fast when I arrived was now as slow as if it was out of order.

Zhu Shan's heart beat like a drum, but she could do nothing.

Ling Xiao looked at her blatantly, and even slowly turned his head in another direction meaningfully.

Her eyelashes were curled up, shining brightly when illuminated by the light from the top of the elevator, and her little mouth pouted slightly, as if she was dissatisfied with what he just said, but was holding back and unable to vent.

As if she couldn't bear it anymore, she looked over with her big eyes, and then quickly looked back the next second.

That kind of attitude that is pretentious, naive and cowardly.

Ling Xiao's Adam's apple rolled and he softly uttered one word, "Say."

"They don't know about our relationship. Maybe they think I'm your new...new..." Zhu Shan's thoughts turned and she whispered, "They thought I was your mistress."

The elevator was sealed, and Ling Xiao laughed angrily.

He thought he had eight mind apertures, but he still couldn't keep up with Zhu Shan's brain circuitry.

In her mind, it seemed that a hundred plots of different styles could be played at the same time.

Ling Xiao licked his lips, "Then I will go back now and say, you are my wife, and you have not cheated?"

"I'm not."

"What are you not?" Ling Xiao raised his chin, narrowed his eyes, and stared at Zhu Shan intently.

"..."

Zhu Shan was hesitating when the elevator door opened in response.

She breathed a sigh of relief and walked out immediately, feeling that the air in the parking lot suddenly became clearer.

Of course, this is compared to the situation just now.

After getting in the car, the space was small, and Zhu Shan felt cramped again.

Her little face was pressed against the car window.

The vehicle slowly climbed the hill and then exited the parking lot.

Ling Xiao looked at her several times before speaking, "What are you planning to make for dinner tonight?"

Zhu Shan's little head was full of question marks, and then she suddenly remembered that she wanted to cook.

She picked her fingers, "You want to eat...ah——"

Sudden braking, Zhu Shan rushed forward, her butt moved half an inch forward.

Fortunately, the chest belt restrained her in time.

And Ling Xiao's arm suddenly crossed over.

Before Zhu Shan could recover, her suit jacket came over and wrapped her entire head.

Her vision went dark, and the tip of her nose was filled with the familiar smell of cologne.

Ling Xiao put his big hand on the back of Zhu Shan's head and whispered, "Don't pull it down, don't move!"