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【Not Guilty Defense-17】

Hearing that Li Huijuan was going to testify at the scene, Zhu Xiaoting's eyes suddenly lit up. Among the four people in the 703 dormitory, her favorite roommate was Li Huijuan. Li Huijuan is a top student in the School of Biological Sciences. She receives scholarships every year. She has an independent and assertive personality.

Zhu Xiaoting turned her head to look at the door, and saw a pretty girl in a white shirt and black short skirt being brought to the court by the staff. Her face was calm, and she walked to the witness stand to stand. Although she is the same age as Zhu Xiaoting, she looks much more mature in the dress of a working woman.

She nodded politely towards the tribunal and looked at Yue Xingwen calmly.

Yue Xingwen stepped forward and asked, "You are Li Huijuan, a student in bed 703-4 of Beishan University's female dormitory, and a senior in the School of Biological Sciences. You are currently intern at Beishan Jinxin Bio-Pharmaceutical Group, right?"

Li Huijuan said, "That's right."

"Xie Xiangqin and Mao Yue from the Law School and Zhu Xiaoting from the Translation School are all your roommates?"

"Yes."

"On October 26, the day Xie Xiangqin died, weren't you in the 703 dormitory?"

"Well, I have been working as an intern in the company since October 7th. Our company provides accommodation for interns, so I have not been living in the school dormitory recently. I was not present on the day of the crime, and I don't know what happened."

Yue Xingwen nodded at her and continued to ask: "You two lived in a dormitory for 4 years, how is your relationship? Whoever has a better relationship with whom among the four, and who has conflicts with whom, can you explain in detail? ?"

Li Huijuan said: "Xie Xiangqin and Mao Yue are both from the law school. They are classmates and have a relatively close relationship. Zhu Xiaoting and I are in different colleges and were stuffed into the 703 dormitory by the logistics office. The usual time for class is different from theirs. I and the other three Personal relationship is not close, Zhu Xiaoting and Xie Xiangqin quarreled several times."

Yue Xingwen concluded: "That is to say, among the four people in the 703 dormitory, Xie Xiangqin and Mao Yue have the best relationship; you are neutral and don't get close to anyone; Xie Xiangqin and Zhu Xiaoting have the worst relationship, which has happened many times. Quarrel, right?"

Li Huijuan: "Yes."

Yue Xingwen: "When Zhu Xiaoting and Xie Xiangqin quarreled, would Mao Yue subconsciously stand on Xie Xiangqin's side and reject Zhu Xiaoting with her because of the same and better relationship with Xie Xiangqin?"

Li Huijuan fell silent.

This question of Xingwen is very important.

It is also very common for 2 people in the girls' dormitory to hold a group. Once Li Huijuan can confirm that Mao Yue and Xie Xiangqin have a closer relationship and reject Zhu Xiaoting together with Xie Xiangqin, then the credibility of Mao Yue's testimony as an eyewitness will be greatly reduced—— It is very likely that she deliberately poured dirty water on Zhu Xiaoting because she rejected Zhu Xiaoting!

Offstage, the teammates all pricked up their ears and waited for the answer.

Li Huijuan looked at Yue Xingwen and met the boy's calm and calm eyes.

She thought for a few seconds, and then said: "Mao Yue does often help Xie Xiangqin to speak, and when Zhu Xiaoting accidentally broke Xie Xiangqin's mug, Xie Xiangqin scolded Zhu Xiaoting in person, and Mao Yue helped by the side, and the two made Zhu Xiaoting cry, I went back to the dormitory to persuade them to fight, and in the end they asked Zhu Xiaoting to write a guarantee letter in front of me."

Audience in the auditorium: "..."

Yue Xingwen asked in a low voice, "Xie Xiangqin and Zhu Xiaoting have quarreled many times, and Mao Yue often helps Xie Xiangqin to speak, resulting in a poor relationship between Mao Yue and Zhu Xiaoting?"

Li Huijuan didn't hesitate this time, she nodded and said, "Yes."

Yue Xingwen looked at the presiding judge: "Mao Yue, as a witness, is the first witness in this case, because the deceased Xie Xiangqin was her friend, and the defendant Zhu Xiaoting had a very bad relationship with her. Out of disgust for Zhu Xiaoting, he subconsciously shouted 'Zhu Xiaoting killed someone'!"

Yue Xingwen paused and said calmly: "People tend to have subjective emotions in their judgments about what they have seen and heard, especially when the person who makes the mistake is someone they hate, they will subconsciously magnify the mistake. , which is the so-called 'falling into the hole' mentality. Mao Yue has helped Xie Xiangqin to scold Zhu Xiaoting many times, but she has always disliked Zhu Xiaoting. Therefore, in the case of Xie Xiangqin's death, she insisted that she witnessed Zhu Xiaoting's murder - her testimony is not valid letter!"

When the teammates in the audience heard this, they wished they could applaud Xingwen.

The eyewitness Mao Yue is one of the key factors in whether Zhu Xiaoting can be convicted. Once her testimony becomes unreliable, then Zhu Xiaoting is more likely to be wronged.

The court debate is like a scale. They have no clear evidence and can only use a little bit of chips to tilt the scale in Zhu Xiaoting's direction. The more chips in Zhu Xiaoting's favor, the higher the probability of Zhu Xiaoting being acquitted in the end!

Lan Yarong and Yue Xingwen knew this well, so they racked their brains to start from various details and prepared a lot of questions to reveal the doubts of this case.

Sure enough, after Yue Xingwen finished saying this, the prosecutor frowned. He seemed to want to interrupt, but he held back.

Yue Xingwen continued to ask, "Based on what you know about Xie Xiangqin, what kind of person is she?"

Li Huijuan said: "In my opinion, she is a beautiful and delicate girl. She has good family conditions and usually pays attention to dressing. She has a little vanity. It is expensive to love to show off her things to us. Apart from showing off, I haven't done anything particularly bad, so I usually don't pay much attention to her."

Yue Xingwen changed the subject and asked, "Are there many boys chasing her?"

Li Huijuan thought about it and said, "She told us a lot. After all, she is very beautiful, and she can be regarded as a classmate in law school. However, she will be with Zou Yijia in the second semester of her sophomore year."

Yue Xing Wen said: "After she was with Zou Yijia, did she mention that other boys were pursuing her?"

Li Huijuan said: "Yes. This year, on her birthday, there was a boy who gave her a gift package of snacks. She took it back to the dormitory and shared it with us, showing off that it was given by the boy who was chasing her."

Yue Xingwen said to the presiding judge, "Presiding judge, please allow the defense assistant to submit some photo evidence."

The presiding judge nodded, Lin Manluo immediately stepped forward and opened the photos prepared in advance in the USB flash drive. Some photos of lipsticks and perfumes appeared on the big screen on the side of the courtroom. The screenshots were taken from Xie Xiangqin's circle of friends.

Yue Xingwen pointed to the photo and asked, "Has Xie Xiangqin said who gave her these things?"

Li Huijuan nodded: "It was given by her boyfriend Zou Yijia. Zou Yijia especially likes to give her lipstick and perfume. There is a dressing table on her table, and all the cosmetics are collected from her boyfriend."

Yue Xingwen gave Lin Manluo a wink, and Senior Sister Lin immediately opened the next photo: "What about these?"

There are several anime character figures in the photo.

Although these are simple dolls, they are actually very expensive, especially this kind of figure with a delicate shape and a height of more than 30 cm, which can easily sell for thousands of dollars.

Li Huijuan froze for a moment: "I don't know these, she didn't mention who sent them."

Yue Xingwen changed the subject and asked, "How is the relationship between Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia? Have there been any quarrels?"

Li Huijuan said: "On the surface, they have a very good relationship. Xie Xiangqin often shows affection in the circle of friends. However, on September 30 this year, because I was going to the company for an internship, I went back to the dormitory to pack my luggage, and when I entered the door, I heard Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia arguing fiercely. , Xie Xiangqin yelled at Zou Yijia and said things like 'how can you doubt me'."

"Are you sure the person who quarreled with her was her boyfriend Zou Yijia?"

"Yes, I saw the caller ID on her phone, which is Zou Yijia's picture."

"What about the result of the quarrel?"

"She saw me coming in and threw the other party 'too lazy to explain to you', then hung up the phone and lay on the table crying. I thought it was a misunderstanding between young lovers, and went to persuade her a few words."

"The two words she said to Zou Yijia were—how can you doubt me, and don't bother to explain to you." Yue Xingwen increased his tone, looking straight at Li Huijuan, "Are you sure you heard correctly?"

"My memory is very good, what's more, this happened half a month ago, I can't remember it wrong."

Yue Xingwen gave Lin Manluo a look, and Senior Sister Lin switched to the next photo.

"Do you know this person?" Yue Xingwen asked with a smile.

In the photo, a girl in anime costume is standing next to the poster of the comic exhibition, smiling brightly at the camera. Her skin is very white, her face is beautiful, and her lips are red and moist, just like the delicate porcelain coming out of the cartoon. baby.

"Cosplay? I don't know much." Li Huijuan said.

Lin Manluo immediately released the next photo, Yue Xingwen said, "What about her?"

"This is Xie Xiangqin." Li Huijuan said affirmatively.

The next one is a group photo of Xie Xiangqin and the "anime girl" just now.

Li Huijuan looked at the photo with a puzzled face, and Yue Xingwen said: "From the photo, Xie Xiangqin and this person have a very close relationship, holding hands and back to back. Did she mention in the dormitory that she has a cosplay lover who likes anime? friend?"

Li Huijuan shook her head: "I never mentioned it."

Yue Xingwen pointed to the photo at the back: "Is this figure the same one that Xie Xiangqin put in the dormitory?"

Li Huijuan looked at the doll in the photo and nodded, "It's the same model."

Yue Xingwen: "Did she bring this figure back to the dormitory during the May Day period?"

Li Huijuan said: "Yes, when I went back to the dormitory, I found a very cute doll on her table. I took another look. She said it was bought during May 1st."

The public prosecutor suddenly stood up and interrupted: "The defense lawyer's question is not directly related to this case, and deliberately disrupts the audiovisual, please stop the meaningless questioning!"

The presiding judge said: "The defense lawyers should be careful not to ask questions unrelated to the case."

"Presiding Judge, these questions are closely related to this case." Yue Xingwen insisted, "Please allow us to invite the next witness, the president of Beishan University Animation Club, Qi Xinyu, the answer will be revealed soon. ."

The presiding judge thought about it for a moment, then nodded and said, "There are witnesses."

Yue Xingwen thanked Li Huijuan, and she left, followed by another girl who was invited up.

Qi Xinyu stood on the witness stand and saw Yue Xingwen in a suit in front of her. She was surprised - isn't this Jiang Pingce, a student from the Mathematics Department? Why is he in court?

Yue Xingwen added her as a friend just to inquire about the news, and casually made up that she was Jiang Pingce from the Mathematics College. Unexpectedly, this girl became an important witness in the case. In order to avoid the other party's doubts and unable to concentrate on answering the question, Yue Xingwen voluntarily retreated and whispered in Lan Yarong's ear: "Senior sister, ask this witness."

Lan Yarong nodded, walked quickly to the witness on high heels, and asked with a smile: "Qi Xinyu, hello, I'm Zhu Xiaoting's defense lawyer Lan Yarong. You are the president of Beishan University Animation Club. ,Is it right?"

Qi Xinyu quickly came back to her senses, took her doubtful eyes away from Yue Xingwen's face, looked at the smiling female lawyer in front of her, nodded and said, "Yes."

Lan Yarong pointed to the photo on the screen and asked, "Do you know this person?"

Qi Xinyu followed her fingers to look at the screen, and nodded quickly and said, "I know, he is Ji Xiaohui, a junior at the Translation College, a member of our animation club. He likes cosplay and often plays anime characters."

Lan Yarong released another daily photo of Ji Xiaohui wearing men's clothing: "That is to say, the person who looked a lot like a girl just now lives in 105, Building 5, the boys' dormitory. Zou Yijia's roommate, Ji Xiaohui? "

Qi Xinyu nodded decisively: "Yes."

There was an uproar!

Just now, Yue Xingwen had set the stage for a long time, and both the presiding judge and the audience were at a loss.

Xie Xiangqin once participated in the comic exhibition, took a close photo with a "beautiful girl", and also held the exquisite figure sent by the other party. What does this have to do with the murder of Xie Xiangqin? The prosecutors objected that these issues had nothing to do with the case, and everyone felt the same.

Until the next witness came out and confirmed - it was a boy.

Is it a boy? !

On the big screen, there is a beautiful girl dressed like a porcelain doll on the left, and a handsome boy in a white shirt on the right. If you look carefully, you can really see that the eyebrows and eyes are the same person. The contrast of such a picture is too stark. There was a burst of discussion in the auditorium, and the onlookers were stunned. The presiding judge had to pick up the hammer and knock it down again: "Silence!"

The place quieted down.

Then Lan Yarong smiled and asked: "Ji Xiaohui likes men to dress up as women, and usually cosplayers often wear women's clothes, so there is no sense of disobedience. Except for people from your animation club, it is difficult for ordinary people to recognize him as a boy, right? "

Qi Xinyu said: "Yes, he is the most powerful women's clothing boss in our animation club, and we girls are all ashamed. When he wears women's clothing, unless he is a very familiar person, most people can't see it."

The audience: "..."

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【Not Guilty Defense-18】

Women's clothing boss, this word is like a thunderbolt thrown on the lake, making the already suspicious case more complicated. Even the prosecutor frowned at this time, no longer raised any objections, and seemed to want to listen.

Lan Yarong continued to ask: "In the photo, Xie Xiangqin and Ji Xiaohui took a photo of this comic exhibition, is it the Beishan Firefly Comic Exhibition held at the Chengnan Convention and Exhibition Center on May 1 this year?"

As the president of the animation club, Qi Xinyu can see the environment of this photo at a glance, and immediately said: "Yes, Beishan City will hold a Firefly Comic Exhibition every May 1st, and Ji Xiaohui often goes to comics to exhibit various characters. Cos."

"Xie Xiangqin is a classmate of your law school. How is her personal relationship with Ji Xiaohui?"

"I don't know this. I only know that Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia are boyfriend and girlfriend. They seem to have a good relationship. She never mentioned Ji Xiaohui to us, and Ji Xiaohui never mentioned that he knew Xie Xiangqin."

"On the weekend of October 25-27, the Law School's beach barbecue event, you are the initiator, right?"

"Yes, it's a party event initiated by our student union."

"Why didn't Xie Xiangqin participate?"

"She said she wasn't feeling well, so she didn't sign up."

Lan Yarong smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your answer. Please allow us to call out the next witness."

Onlookers: "..."

There are too many witnesses for the defense, one after another?

The presiding judge motioned the staff to open the door. The next person to appear is the dormitory aunt in Building 6 of the girls' dormitory. Lan Yarong returned to the defense table, and Yue Xingwen immediately took her place. Following the topic just now, she continued to ask, "Hello, may I ask, are you the dormitory in Building 6 of the female dormitory of Beishan University?"

Auntie said, "Yes."

Yue Xingwen: "How long have you been the dormitory in Building 6?"

Auntie: "It's less than a year." "Then can you recognize all the girls in Building 6?"

"This..." Auntie hesitated before answering: "Building 6 has 10 floors in total, with 30 dormitories on each floor. There are thousands of people living in the whole building. I can't call out every girl's name. Some are still recognizable."

Yue Xingwen nodded at Lin Manluo, and Senior Sister Lin immediately released a photo of Ji Xiaohui wearing everyday women's clothes: "Have you seen this 'girl'?" He deliberately emphasized the word "girl".

The dormitory aunt said without hesitation, "I have seen it."

There was a neat pumping sound from the auditorium, and the onlookers widened their eyes in surprise. Even the prosecutor frowned and looked at the photo in disbelief.

Yue Xingwen continued to ask, "Does she often go in and out of the girls' dormitory?"

Auntie thought for a while and said, "I don't pay attention to the crowds usually, but she has a habit of coming back late and going out early on weekends. Once I stopped her and asked her why she went, she said I work outside, so I come back late."

"On October 26, from 4:00 to 5:30 in the morning, do you have any impressions of anyone entering or leaving the dormitory in Building 6?"

The aunt shook her head awkwardly: "I was sleeping, I don't know what happened, I was woken up by screams."

"In other words, you don't know who has been in or out of the dormitory building during the time Xie Xiangqin was murdered? At that time, the access control system of the dormitory building was broken, and the door could be opened with a single push, right?"

Auntie bowed her head, very ashamed: "Yes, my work is indeed negligent, I have written a review..."

Yue Xingwen: "Thank you for your answer."

He immediately looked at the presiding judge and said, "I have the next witness."

The next person to appear is Zhang Bin, a boy from the 105 dormitory.

The boy's expression was a little dazed. He didn't know what happened at the court scene, nor did he understand why he had to testify in Xie Xiangqin's case. He originally thought that the lawyer would ask questions about the relationship between Zou Yijia and Xie Xiangqin, but as a result, Yue Xing Wenyi He asked, "Is Ji Xiaohui your roommate?"

Zhang Bin was stunned for a moment: "Yes."

Yue Xingwen: "Do you know that he joined the animation club and likes Cos women's clothing. He is a women's clothing boss?"

Zhang Bin was shocked: "Women's clothes? I don't know! I only heard that he joined the animation club, but I've never seen him wear women's clothes."

"Is he very good at playing games?"

"Indeed, he is the most powerful in our dormitory."

"Xie Xiangqin is Zou Yijia's girlfriend. At Zou Yijia's request, you often take Xie Xiangqin to play games. Xie Xiangqin also got to know the three of you because of this, and added everyone's friends privately, right?"

"That's right, she's relatively good at playing games, and the four of us usually take her with her."

"On May 1st, you played games with your roommates Zhong Jian and Zou Yijia at school for a whole day?"

"It seems so..." He scratched his head and thought for a moment before confirming, "That's right, it was just at the beginning of the season, and we played qualifying together with three of us for a whole day in order to rush."

"Ji Xiaohui wasn't in the dormitory that day?"

"He said he had something to do, as if he was going to a comic convention."

"Did Zou Yijia mention what his girlfriend was doing that day?"

"Oh, he said, his girlfriend went to the movies with his best friend, we don't need to bring them, we will play qualifying together with the three of us."

Yue Xingwen released an intimate group photo of Xie Xiangqin and Ji Xiaohui holding hands on May 1.

"Can you recognize this is your roommate Ji Xiaohui?"

"...This woman, woman?" Zhang Bin was stunned, his mouth was so wide that he could swallow an egg, and he was shocked again, "Wait, didn't Xie Xiangqin go to the movies? Why are you with Ji Xiaohui, Zou Yijia is wearing a green hat?"

His subconscious reaction made the audience finally sort out the irrationality!

Xie Xiangqin told her boyfriend that she was going to the movies, but she showed up at the comic exhibition. On the same day, Ji Xiaohui also appeared in the comic exhibition disguised as a woman. It's actually a man, isn't it too much for a man and a woman to hold hands and take pictures? !

What's even more frightening is that the dormitory aunt confirmed that Ji Xiaohui, who "disguised himself as a woman", returned late on weekends many times!

Entered the girls' dormitory many times!

A man wearing women's clothes and entering the girls' dormitory. Since everyone doesn't know he is a man, they will not be suspicious of him. If he secretly takes pictures of girls taking a bath... I can't imagine it.

Yue Xingwen motioned him to adjust his mood, and then asked: "On September 30, Xie Xiangqin made a mistake in the game and caused you to lose. Did Zou Yijia and Xie Xiangqin ever have a fierce quarrel?"

Zhang Bin recovered from the shock of "one roommate was wearing a woman's dress" and "another roommate was wearing a cuckold", nodded and said stiffly: "Yes, he looked very bad that day, took his mobile phone and went to the corridor outside to talk to him. Xie Xiangqin has been on the phone for a long time, and the voice sounded fierce, it should be a quarrel. After returning to the dormitory, he also told us that we don't need to bring Xie Xiangqin in the future."

Yue Xingwen nodded at him, and continued, "Please call out the last witness."

Witnesses appeared in court one by one, and from their oral accounts, the doubts about Xie Xiangqin's case became more and more serious.

until the last one comes out.

The bearded uncle smiled brightly, and Yue Xingwen asked directly, "You are the owner of the hardware store in front of the school. Have you seen this person come to match the keys?"

A group photo of Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia appeared on the screen.

The boss nodded: "Yes, this young couple came to my store to match keys. The girl complained that her boyfriend lost her dormitory key and asked me to match it again."

"What was her boyfriend's reaction at that time?"

"Apologize next to him, saying that he was wrong. Go back and look for it again. Maybe he will land in the dormitory when he changes his clothes; the girl said impatiently, don't look for it, and get a new one."

"You gave them a new key and gave it to this girl?"

"Yes, 10 yuan a piece."

Yue Xingwen nodded: "President, my question is over."

The witnesses left, and the audience fell silent.

Zhu Xiaoting's tears kept swirling in her eyes, and she resisted that it didn't flow down.

The prosecutor frowned and seemed to be sorting out the logic.

Yue Xingwen looked at the presiding judge and said seriously: "My client, Zhu Xiaoting, is not the only suspect in the Xie Xiangqin case in the 703 dormitory. The keys to the 703 dormitory have been lost, and Zou Yijia and Ji Xiaohui may have them in their hands. Holding this key; Zou Yijia and Xie Xiangqin had a fierce quarrel, mentioning words such as suspicion and unwillingness to explain, indicating that there was a deep misunderstanding between the two. Ji Xiaohui and Xie Xiangqin have a close relationship. Xie Xiangqin's expensive figure; Ji Xiaohui's mother was a medical student. He probably knew the structure of the human body and could pierce the heart artery with one knife. After a detailed investigation, we believe that Zhu Xiaoting was framed and the murderer in this case was another. There are people."

"The legal network is extensive, and there are no omissions. We believe that the law will definitely give justice to the innocent!"