Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 273 - 271: Meeting with the Silly Investigator, Two Suspicious Points

Chapter 273: Chapter 271: Meeting with the Silly Investigator, Two Suspicious Points

(Today’s the fourth round, the fourth round, even the village entrance is blocked off, emmm, and there’s the Tomb-Sweeping Day preparations, sigh...)

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Saturday, investigation day.

Zhang Wei walked out of the Lin Mansion gate early in the morning, looking up at the sky.

The weekend sky was beautiful, the sun shining cheerfully, displaying the warmth and comfort of the Southern Region in June.

But a nice weather didn’t mean Zhang Wei was in a good mood.

Just the thought of yesterday’s events soured his mood completely.

Especially yesterday, when the entire media landscape of Dongfang Capital erupted as if collectively popping blue pills, all abuzz with activity.

Every newspaper, big and small, and all news outlets spared no resource in reporting the same incident vehemently.

Yang Chuanfang assaulting innocent bystanders!

Right at the crucial moment of the trial, he actually hit a woman.

And after hitting a woman, he went on to strike a man, who even bled and fell to the ground, injured.

The ins and outs of the whole event, these people didn’t understand.

Who struck first, these people also had no intention of investigating.

They saw only the photos of Yang Chuanfang hitting people, and that was enough for them.

Whether it was the media newspapers, news headlines, or social media, they all began to publish the story extensively.

Not only that, the address of the hotel where Yang Chuanfang was staying was also leaked.

Reportedly, demonstrators had gathered at the hotel entrance all night.

And they hadn’t dispersed even now.

Very late that day, Zhang Wei sneaked back through the hotel’s rear door.

By the time he got home, it was nearly 2 a.m.

These machinations, he, Zhang Someone, didn’t need to guess; he knew they were the doing of Cheng Lisha.

Only this woman had the power to mobilize the news media of Dongfang Capital to launch an internet witch hunt against Yang Chuanfang.

This woman’s heart was ruthless; when she utilized all media resources to slander someone, that person naturally had no way to refute and didn’t have the strength or energy to argue.

Because the cyber army under her command wouldn’t reason with you.

Luckily, Yang Chuanfang had long adapted, facing the online onslaught with silence, suffering no significant psychological burden as a result.

Unfortunately, as a defendant, his situation was still not looking good.

So after Zhang Wei came back, he spent the whole night considering ways to break the impasse.

But the testimony of the last witness for the prosecution was just so impeccable.

He saw Yang Chuanfang take Wen Xiaoyun away, who didn’t refuse, not even showing a hint of resistance.

The one who could take Wen Xiaoyun away must be an acquaintance.

And who could be familiar with Wen Xiaoyun, besides Yang Chuanfang?

Her friends, her besties, or maybe her family members?

Unfortunately, the investigative department back then didn’t find any evidence.

No matter how long he thought alone in his room, he couldn’t possibly find any new evidence.

The only option left was to go out and look for clues himself...

...

Noon time.

United Financial Building, 41st floor.

Inside Jessica’s Office.

"Zhang Wei, have you been under a lot of pressure lately?"

"How did you tell?"

"Usually, you enjoy and are happy with my knee pillow, but today you’re frowning, huh~"

"Ah, don’t mention it, if it weren’t for your knee pillow, I feel like this weekend would’ve felt like an eternity!"

Zhang Wei sighed, leaning his head back further, his neck and the back of his skull sensing the softness and elasticity of the cushioning.

Comfortable~

"By the way, how’s your case going?"

"It’s tough!"

"Any breakthroughs?"

"Still searching!"

"Do you feel a sense of crisis?"

"Yes, and it’s substantial!"

"So is that why you’ve arranged to meet with Xia in the afternoon?"

"Of course, one person’s power is eventually limited. Silly is not only a human hunting dog, but also my unleashed tiger, my ancient Tyrannosaurus!"

"Are these words you use to describe a girl?"

Jessica was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the wall clock above.

"Time’s up, you only booked an hour today, and after finishing your head massage, that’s all for now."

Zhang Wei quickly got up and checked the time on his phone.

"Thank you, Jessica. If it wasn’t for your massage, my head would still be a mess!"

"So, have you figured anything out now?"

"I still need inspiration, and the person who can give me that is already on their way!"

Zhang Wei said, then hurriedly waved goodbye.

"Then I’m leaving first. Can’t keep Silly waiting!"

"Bye~ Oh, by the way, I happen to be free next Monday. I’ll come to watch your court appearance~"

"Doesn’t that just add to my pressure?"

"Hmm?"

"Okay, I’ll do my best!"

Seeing Jessica’s expectant eyes, how could Zhang Wei refuse?

Even if the situation were dire, he couldn’t let down a beauty!

After leaving Jessica’s Office, Zhang Wei headed straight for Dongjiang Yipin.

Meanwhile.

At the in-laws’ home.

Xia Qianyue had a rare weekend off and finally wasn’t busy with the major crimes unit.

"What’s with this kid, taking on such a case and having our daughter assist him, isn’t that clearly throwing our girl into the fire?"

Li Qinghua sat in the spacious and huge living room, cracking melon seeds and complaining.

Sitting beside her, Xia Donghai also picked up a few melon seeds and put them in his mouth, "What are you rambling about? Zhang Wei needs our daughter’s help, and you want to refuse?"

"But he’s been in the news. It doesn’t look good!"

Li Qinghua was still worried.

It was mainly because the case Zhang Wei got involved with recently was so high-profile, known throughout the city.

"How can you be like this? When Zhang Wei helped Xia Qianjun back then, did he hesitate?"

"That case wasn’t widely known back then. Do you remember how much pressure Qianjun faced, how much pain we went through? And wasn’t it thanks to Zhang Wei’s help that we pulled through in the end?"

Xia Donghai was unhappy. What’s with you, Li Qinghua? What’s wrong with Zhang Wei asking for Xia Qianyue’s help? He’s our son-in-law, a member of our own family.

And what about Xia Qianjun’s issue back then? Have you forgotten all that, Li Qinghua?

"Alright, alright, stop talking. I’m just complaining a bit!"

Although Li Qinghua’s mouth was complaining, her demeanor was completely relaxed, sprawled on a sofa worth hundreds of thousands, looking utterly comfortable.

There was no helping it; when one no longer has pursuits and has everything one could want, complacency sets in.

She admitted she was now complacent, yet she also liked the feeling.

"Mom, Dad, what time did Zhang Wei say he’d come?"

Suddenly, their daughter’s voice rang out.

"The kid said he’d be here by one o’clock; there’s still about fifteen minutes to go!"

Xia Donghai looked at the time, then took the tray of melon seeds from Li Qinghua’s hand.

"Daughter, did you change your clothes? Remember to dress low-key when you go out with that kid and wear a mask, sunglasses, and a hat to cover your face. I’m worried about reporters catching you, and we don’t want any negative impacts!"

Li Qinghua also chimed in with a reminder, then snatched back the tray of melon seeds and glared at Xia Donghai.

A warning in her eyes!

Xia Donghai smacked his lips; he was the one who went out to buy those seeds, why wouldn’t she leave some for him?

"Welcome home, Mr. Zhang Wei!"

Suddenly, the house’s front door opened, and the electronic housekeeper announced in its gentle mechanical voice.

With that announcement, the three people in the room knew Zhang Wei had arrived.

"Yo, father-in-law, mother-in-law, you’re at home!"

Zhang Wei greeted Xia Donghai and Li Qinghua in the living room with a smile.

"Daughter, are you ready? That young man is here!"

Li Qinghua, without getting up, just called out.

"Here I come, here I come!"

After that came Xia Qianyue’s slightly excited voice.

But today, Xia Qianyue was dressed in loose sportswear, her black hair tied into a ponytail, her beautiful face hidden behind a mask, sunglasses on her face, and she was preparing to put on a cap.

"What’s this, full combat mode?"

Seeing Silly almost completely covered up, Zhang Wei was taken aback.

You’re not a female celebrity, and there aren’t any paparazzi waiting outside, do you really need to do this?

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I’m taking Xiao Yue Yue from your family away, haha!"

Zhang Wei didn’t care about these things and quickly left with Xia Qianyue.

Watching the two leave, Xia Donghai and Li Qinghua waved their hands.

"Wife, these sunflower seeds..."

Seeing Xia Donghai eying the bowl of sunflower seeds eagerly, Li Qinghua said irritably, "Fine, fine, it’s all yours. Look at you, getting all worked up over a few seeds."

"Right, that kid came over early, and the other ladies in the neighborhood invited me for tea this afternoon at one-thirty—I have an appointment to keep too!"

Saying so, she stood up and left the house for herself.

For a moment, Xia Donghai looked at the bowl of sunflower seeds in his hands and the empty house, his figure quite forlorn.

Back in the days at the family residential building, Li Qinghua had nowhere to go on the weekends, mostly staying home watching TV, and the couple would talk together.

Who would have thought that after moving to a bigger house, Li Qinghua would often go out and socialize with the rich ladies next door, leaving Xia Donghai alone to look after the empty house.

Old Xia’s heart was filled with sorrow~

...

Elsewhere.

As soon as they left the community, Zhang Wei took Xia Qianyue with him and squeezed into the subway.

Once out of the house, Xia Qianyue immediately removed her facial disguise, revealing her fair and lovely face.

"Zhang Wei, where are we going today?"

"To your Martial Association’s archives!"

"Ah?"

Hearing where Zhang Wei planned to go, Xia Qianyue was stunned for a moment.

That place seemed to be off-limits to outsiders.

And there was something else, she had to ask clearly.

"Zhang Wei, you are from the defense, and strictly speaking, I am from the prosecution. Are we...?"

"Simpleton, let me ask you, are you working or off-duty now?"

"I’m off-duty!"

"Then strictly speaking, off-duty means you’re not part of the major case team; you’re my person!"

Zhang Wei’s arm swept around Xia Qianyue’s waist and pulled her into his embrace.

Although Xia Qianyue had the power to resist, she didn’t, and her delicate face even blushed.

"What are you saying... Who is your person..."

"What’s the matter, if your in-laws had no objections, could it be that you object?"

Zhang Wei teased her with his tone.

"No, I have no objections!" Xia Qianyue immediately fell for it and rushed to defend herself.

"Then that settles it, doesn’t it?"

Zhang Wei chuckled slyly, as if his scheme had succeeded and his right hand gave Xia Qianyue’s waist a squeeze.

This brazen move made Xia Qianyue blush with shyness but also enjoy it.

Soon, they arrived at the Martial Association Headquarters.

Zhang Wei and Xia Qianyue went straight for the archives.

The archives of the Martial Association were vast and required multi-factor identity verification; ordinary people couldn’t get in.

However, if the major case team needed to investigate a case, they were allowed to observe for a while.

Of course, files could not be taken away, and the archive had 24-hour surveillance.

At the entrance of the archives.

"I am Xia Qianyue from Investigation Science Major Case Group 7, here is my ID!"

"And the person behind you?"

"I’m her boyfriend. I was afraid she’d get too tired looking through documents alone, so I came to check on her."

Hearing Zhang Wei’s explanation, the internal affairs staff at the entrance of the archives was stunned.

"Non-Martial Association personnel must have a guarantor to enter, do you have one?"

"This... naturally, I do!"

Zhang Wei took out a document and handed it to the other party.

"A letter of guarantee from Captain Wu of Major Case Group 7?"

Seeing the letter of guarantee, the internal affairs person finally nodded.

"The archives close at 8 o’clock. There have been members of the major case team who forgot the time and got locked inside before, even if you’re here for case investigation, don’t forget to set an alarm clock as a reminder!"

"Don’t worry about that; we have plenty of time!"

Zhang Wei gave an "OK" sign and led Xia Qianyue into the archives.

The archive was a massive warehouse, the end of which could not be seen at a glance.

Inside, rows upon rows of file boxes were placed, marked by the staff with letters and numbers. The quantity was terrifying when viewed in succession.

"Zhang Wei, when did you get Captain Wu to write you a letter of guarantee, and what are we looking for here anyway?"

"The letter of guarantee was something I had Captain Wu prepare at his desk yesterday. As for why we’re here, it’s naturally to find the original files!"

Looking at the mountains of files in front of him, Zhang Wei said with furrowed brows, "Because this case is a retrial, which is to say an appeal, a lot of evidence that was admitted during the first trial will not be re-examined, so many things have been directly marked with the result. And I have some doubts about the results of the first trial!"

"Take, for example, the year when the investigation department reviewed the hotel’s surveillance footage but did not find any trace of Wen Xiaoyun, so they marked in the result that Wen Xiaoyun did not leave the hotel that evening. I need to watch all the footage from that night again to ensure nothing was overlooked!"

"And then there are their statements, for all the employees of the hotel, the result was that no one saw Wen Xiaoyun leave, but this time a new witness has emerged, and I need to make sure if they missed anything else!"

As he spoke, Zhang Wei found the computer room in the archive, which had a system for searching.

"Let me see here, input the case information to search for the results. The victim’s name is Wen Xiaoyun, the defendant is Yang Chuanfang, and that’s good... here it comes, here it comes, in position D-45!"

Soon, at row D-45 in the archive, Zhang Wei and Xia Qianyue found the files for the Wen Xiaoyun case, several large boxes full of documents and evidence.

"Let’s get started. I’ll handle sorting the files and watching the videos. Silly, you just need to pour me a coffee!"

"Ah, is that all I need to do for you?"

"Yeah, give me some personal space by staying away from me while I search the files. That’s the best help you could give!"

"Well, okay then..."

Xia Qianyue left the archive to prepare coffee for Zhang Wei, who then spread out the files in front of him.

"Luckily, not many people come to this archive room. I just need to avoid the cameras and create a private space, then maybe I could use my ability?"

Looking at the files in front of him, Zhang Wei also glanced at the nearby surveillance, thoughtful.

The investigation begins...

...

p.m.

Just as the archive was about to close, Zhang Wei and Xia Qianyue made it out just in time.

"Phew, that was close. That stack of documents is really not meant for human eyes—thousands of pages of case records are already off the charts, not to mention the statements of all the hotel staff, tens of thousands of pages in total! Granted, the surveillance footage from that evening was a bit better, just over a dozen hours. Otherwise, it would have been a real struggle!"

Zhang Wei said this while leading Xia Qianyue out of the Martial Association Building.

After having dinner outside, the two parted ways.

When Zhang Wei returned to Lin Mansion, what he saw was Zhao Xiaoxiao’s resentful gaze.

"Second daughter, my bad, my mistake. The investigation took too much time, and I forgot to finish cooking for you!"

Since he still needed the second daughter’s skills later, Zhang Wei quickly apologized with a sincere attitude, almost ready to kneel.

This low posture, of course, was met with a roll of eyes from Zhao Xiaoxiao.

After making a lavish dinner for Zhao Xiaoxiao, Zhang Wei slickly approached her as she was chomping down her meal.

"Xiaoxiao, look at this dinner I made for you, help me with something, will you?"

"Mmmhm... Mmhmm?" Zhao Xiaoxiao, with a chicken leg stuffed in her mouth, could only respond indistinctly.

"Check out Yang Changqing and Yang Chuannan for me, the younger brother and father of my client!"

Zhao Xiaoxiao froze for a moment, then swallowed the chicken leg in her mouth.

"You suspect they have a problem?"

"Indeed!"

Seeing Zhang Wei nod seriously, Zhao Xiaoxiao did not refuse.

That evening, Zhao Xiaoxiao started her investigation, while Zhang Wei fell into deep thought.

"If Young Master Yang wasn’t lying and he really was drunk that day, then another person must have taken Wen Xiaoyun away."

"This person was familiar with Wen Xiaoyun and could take her out of the hotel without her resisting."

"Likewise, there are two other matters that puzzle me. One is what Wen Xiaoyun’s parents said— their daughter was very sad for a while and would come home crying every day. The other is what Young Master Yang said, that Wen Xiaoyun was in a bad mood during that period, and they were even close to breaking up, which was why they fought on his birthday party."

"But according to Young Master Yang, he felt that Wen Xiaoyun was a really rare good girl, and to be worthy of her, he even forced himself to cut ties with other girls he knew previously—such a man would likely not dare to upset the girl!"

"So, if Wen Xiaoyun’s sadness wasn’t because of Young Master Yang, who could it be because of?"

"Wen Xiaoyun might have started as a summer intern at Changqing Hotel, working part-time to fund her studies, but after being with Young Master Yang, it’s doubtful anyone at the hotel would dare to bully her...or to put it another way, a person who would bully her need not care about Young Master Yang’s status!"

"I can assume there’s someone who is the source of Wen Xiaoyun’s sadness, a person who needn’t care about Young Master Yang’s identity, and this person must definitely have a connection to the Changqing Hotel."

"Who could this person be?"

"And there’s another point—why was Second Young Master Yang so eager to rush back? I heard his contract in the northwest was worth several billions, and a delay of a few days wouldn’t have really mattered."

"Besides, he would certainly have legal advisors who would tell Second Young Master Yang that having family members as character witnesses is ineffective, so why did he insist on it?"

Zhang Wei’s mind was filled with many doubts, all waiting to be solved and dealt with.

Ding-dong!

Just then, an email arrived.

It was the investigation results from Zhao Xiaoxiao.

"Here it comes!"

Zhang Wei couldn’t help but praise the second daughter’s work efficiency!