Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 507 - 503: Not Mr. Li, Someone Else?

Chapter 507: Chapter 503: Not Mr. Li, Someone Else?

The next day.

Thursday morning.

At a dock in Dongfang Capital.

Zhang Wei and Mo Yuzhu stood at the forefront of the dock, waiting.

"Speaking of which, after I left yesterday, how was your mom..."

"She ate dinner and went to bed early, but when I got up at night, I heard some noises. She seemed to have trouble sleeping."

Mo Yuzhu said and then muttered, "I guess she’s not used to not going to work at the First Forensic Office every day."

"What about you?" Zhang Wei looked at Mo Yuzhu.

"I’m also not used to it. Normally at this time, I would have already started preparing scalpels, saws, and cutting equipment, but now I can’t do anything."

Weak, pitiable, and helpless, that was Mo Yuzhu at this moment.

Right now, she was eager to return to her office to resume her usual work, such as performing autopsies on several corpses, cutting open the chest cavities of the deceased, or perhaps removing their kidneys!

"By the way, how did you forensic people get used to it at first?"

"I was okay. In junior high, my mom took me to the First Forensic Office for the first time, and I still remember that time..."

"Junior high?"

Zhang Wei was stunned.

Your mom took you to the morgue in junior high?

Wow, what a good~mother~she is, grooming you to be her successor from a young age?

"The boat’s here!"

Just then, Mo Yuzhu looked out to the sea and spotted a splash.

The boat to Iron Island Prison was coming, to be precise, it was a speedboat.

Once the speedboat docked, the two could board and head to Iron Island Prison.

Iron Island Prison still looked the same, standing in the near sea, a lonely island in the midst of the waters.

However, this dark island was not a safe place at all, as it was filled with ruthless criminals.

Since this wasn’t Zhang Wei’s first visit, he was quite familiar with the procedures here.

After going through numerous checks, they finally arrived at an open visitation room.

The visiting hall was not small, and prison guards were stationed around the room, providing a space for private conversations.

Zhang Wei had expected Mr. Li to be alone, but unexpectedly, he met a "familiar face" here.

The brown-haired lawyer who had visited Zheng Fenyong’s office before him yesterday.

"You must be Lawyer Zhang Wei, I am Black, a lawyer from William International, nice to meet you!"

The brown-haired man greeted Zhang Wei in halting Dragon Country language.

"Hello, Lawyer Black!" Zhang Wei naturally responded with a smile.

"Lawyer Black?" The brown-haired man was taken aback; he clearly had white skin, so why was he called black?

"Black, Black, black," Zhang Wei joked with a cold pun.

Black’s face changed slightly, but he soon burst into laughter, "Hahaha, no wonder Miss Campbell says you’re a formidable person!"

"Miss Laura, right? If you see her, Lawyer Black, please pass on my regards."

"Certainly, certainly!"

After exchanging pleasantries, they each took their seats.

Black sat next to Mr. Li, while Mo Yuzhu sat next to Zhang Wei.

After shifting his gaze from Black, Zhang Wei’s eyes locked onto Mr. Li.

Once upon a time, Mr. Li might have been a handsome and dashing young man, but after spending 20 years in jail, he had become a grim middle-aged man.

The years had left their marks on his face, turning the once handsome young man into a slightly bald middle-aged person.

"Hello, Mr. Li."

Zhang Wei was the first to offer a greeting.

But Mr. Li wasn’t very interested in Zhang Wei. Since entering the visitation room, his eyes had been fixed on Mo Yuzhu.

"Little sister, where do you work?"

"Mr. Li, you should know how many murder cases are on you, right?"

Zhang Wei raised his hand, used his arm to block Mr. Li’s line of sight, and then reminded coldly.

This action caused Mr. Li to reluctantly shift his gaze from Mo Yuzhu and turn to look at Zhang Wei.

However, he had no interest in Zhang Wei. After glancing at Zhang’s face, he immediately moved his eyes away to look at Black beside him.

"Lawyer Zhang, the murder cases my client is accused of are actually instances of false accusation. The investigation unit didn’t catch the real culprit back then, my client was framed and sent to prison by the evidence forged by your client, Forensic Yang. So, your allegations actually have some problems!"

"Then how do you explain that the serial killer, who committed crimes every three months on average and continued for two whole years, suddenly vanished without a trace after your client was arrested? It’s as if your client really was the murderer."

"That can only be chalked up to coincidence!" Black shook his head in denial and then laughed, "You can’t deny that such a possibility exists!"

"Besides, it’s also possible that the real killer realized that the investigation unit had found a scapegoat for him, so he completely stopped."

The probability of this was actually quite slim.

A serial killer who could restrain themselves from killing for over twenty years, suppressing their most primal urge to murder, was indeed a difficult feat.

But, as Black said, while the probability is very small, it can’t be said it’s absolutely impossible.

Fortunately, Zhang Wei came here, not to argue with Black about this.

"Mr. Li, I would like to ask you, what do you think of Forensic Yang?"

"Forensic Yang?"

Mr. Li glanced at the person beside him.

Black immediately leaned in to Mr. Li’s ear and whispered a few words.

"Oh, that woman who framed me?" After knowing Yang Chunyuan’s identity, Mr. Li reacted retrospectively, "Of course, I hate her. If it weren’t for her, I might have been able to go out and see my parents for the last time!"

"Is that all?"

This time, it was Zhang Wei’s turn to be astonished.

Is that all the feeling you have? Your hatred is so mild?

Yang Chunyuan caused you twenty years in prison, yet you can’t even remember her name, you don’t seem like someone whose hatred is bone-deep.

Plus, when you talked about your parents, there was no trace of sorrow in your tone. Do you still think of yourself as a dutiful son?

Just from these few words, Zhang Wei could determine that this Mr. Li was indeed the serial killer itself.

His behavior also equally informed Zhang Wei that he really didn’t care much about being caught, nor did he have any hatred towards Yang Chunyuan.

As for so-called parents, and freedom, he stopped caring about those the moment he started killing.

Mr. Li is a classic case of antisocial personality!

"Lawyer Zhang, do you have any other questions? If not, I need to take my client away," Black said, seeing that Zhang Wei was stunned and hurriedly spoke up.

Currently, Mr. Li was a suspect and a plaintiff, who might be called to testify in court later on.

During the trial, it wasn’t appropriate to keep him confined in the heavily guarded Iron Island Prison.

"Oh, I have no more questions for Mr. Li," Zhang Wei said, waving his hand to indicate that Mr. Li and Black were free to leave at any time.

True to his word, the two notified the guard and soon Mr. Li was escorted out.

"Zhang Wei, why didn’t we ask more questions?" Mo Yuzhu asked, seemingly puzzled, while pointing in the direction Mr. Li had left.

"He is not the mastermind behind the scenes!"

However, Zhang Wei shook his head, a hint of disappointment on his face.

Sure enough, there are some secrets hidden within this case, but Mr. Li is definitely not the pivotal element.

"The mastermind behind the scenes?"

"Yes, the mastermind behind the scenes!"

Zhang Wei explained to Mo Yuzhu, "I originally thought it was Mr. Li who had bribed a lawyer, filed an appeal, and questioned the false testimony given by your mother twenty years ago, thus instigating this investigation."

"If the false testimony given by Forensic Yang could be proven, then he would gain his freedom once more."

"But what I didn’t expect was that Mr. Li doesn’t care at all about gaining his freedom. In fact, he had even forgotten who your mother is."

How could such a person be the mastermind?

He is just a pawn, a pawn used against Forensic Yang.

"However, to prove this, I still need to check something!"

As he spoke, Zhang Wei found an official from Iron Island Prison.

"Mr. Li is leaving the prison today, so I would like to take a look at his cell!"

The official had no objection to Zhang Wei’s request. After all, the cell was going to be vacated, and the guards were going to check all the items anyway.

Mr. Li’s room soon arrived.

The guards with assistance dogs were searching the room, where they found a lot of fan letters.

"These were sent by fans. After he was imprisoned, he suddenly became famous, and I don’t know how many TV stations wanted to interview him."

"Once someone appears on TV, even if they are a murderer, they can still gain fans, many of whom are young girls."

This could be understood, as some young girls found Mr. Li very handsome and became fans of his appearance.

Even though he did things that were outrageous, those young girls only saw him on television, being interviewed by reporters, chatting and laughing, and even showing psychopathic and sinister tendencies.

To some young girls, such a man was cool, and they started writing letters to Mr. Li, expressing their admiration.

And Mr. Li even replied to many of the girls’ letters.

Of course, these letters would be reviewed by the guards in charge to ensure there were nothing problematic before they helped him mail them out.

Lawyer Zhang Wei also saw these letters and even took photos of several that were sent out, looking through them one by one on his phone.

Mr. Li’s personal belongings were quickly approved by the review, and the assistance dogs did not detect any contraband.

Mr. Li and Black left the prison with some clothes for changing and some daily necessities.

Following closely behind him, Lawyer Zhang Wei and Miss Mo Yuzhu headed straight for Lin Mansion, Lawyer Zhang Wei’s residence, after leaving Iron Island Prison.

Miss Mo Yuzhu followed Lawyer Zhang Wei for two reasons: one was to facilitate the follow-up on the case, and the other was because she disliked her gloomy home.

"Second miss, time to eat!"

"We have visitors at home today, so be mindful!"

At the door of the second-floor bedroom, Lawyer Zhang Wei reminded Zhao Xiaoxiao, signaling that there were guests downstairs.

"Oh~"

Zhao Xiaoxiao responded nonchalantly and yawned as she came downstairs, her eyes still rimmed with sleep.

Naturally, Lawyer Zhang Wei cooked lunch, a simple meal of four dishes and a soup.

But both Zhao Xiaoxiao and Miss Mo Yuzhu relished the meal, eating delightfully.

After lunch, having tidied up the dishes, the three of them sat in the living room to debrief.

"By the way, Lawyer Zhang Wei, why did you want to look at those letters?"

"I needed to confirm whether Mr. Li was really the mastermind. His attitude when he met us before could have been an act, but after reading these letters, I knew he wasn’t pretending!"

Lawyer Zhang Wei said assertively, "He truly doesn’t care about getting out of prison and has never even thought about the possibility of being released."

"Why’s that?" Zhao Xiaoxiao and Miss Mo Yuzhu exchanged glances, somewhat puzzled.

If he could be free, why wouldn’t he want to leave and prefer to stay in prison instead?

"It’s simple, because he had a way to communicate with the outside world, which was through writing letters. If there was anything fishy about the letters, I would have noticed."

Lawyer Zhang Wei indicated that he was an old hand at this and quite familiar with such matters.

He had seen too many criminals in prison managing to contact their associates outside.

The contact person would make up an address, send letters to the criminal, who would write back.

The contact person might claim to be a fan of the criminal, a distant relative, or even an elementary school classmate, etc., and the content of the letters might revolve around trivial daily matters or seem pointless.

But these were all distractions. The letters could contain secrets, such as acrostic messages starting from a specific line or special decryption methods to reveal hidden information within the letters.

However, after looking over the letters, Lawyer Zhang Wei did not find any hidden secrets.

This meant that Mr. Li was truly replying to his fans, and these fans were just momentarily idolizing Mr. Li without intending to help him escape.

Furthermore, there was no mention of Yang Chunyuan or public prosecution cases in the letters.

In that case, Mr. Li was no longer a suspect.

"Now I can be sure that the one who targeted your mother is not Mr. Li but someone else!"

Lawyer Zhang Wei analyzed with certainty and looked towards Zhao Xiaoxiao.

"Xiaoxiao, why don’t you check how many people Forensic Yang has offended in her 20 years of practice?"

"Oh, got it!"

Zhao Xiaoxiao quickly ran upstairs and started to get busy.

Soon, an email arrived in Lawyer Zhang Wei’s inbox.

"The email contains records of the cases Forensic Yang has been involved in over the last 20 years, take a look yourself."

From upstairs, the second daughter’s perfunctory voice came through.

Lawyer Zhang Wei opened the email and was immediately overwhelmed by the dense information of the cases.

Forensic Yang was indeed Dongfang Capital’s top forensic expert, having assisted the investigation department in evidence collection for thousands of criminal cases over the past two decades.

With thousands of cases, there could be thousands of enemies.

The workload was simply too great.

And searching for the mastermind among these thousands of cases was like looking for a needle in the ocean.

"I will look at the case information later, let’s see if your mother has offended anyone recently,"

Zhang Wei then turned to Mo Yuzhu. When it came to knowing Forensic Yang best, it had to be her own daughter.

"I don’t think so. Before being investigated, my mother always commuted just between the office and home, even spending much more time living in the office than at home. Even on Saturdays and Sundays, I could hardly ever see her."

"That exaggerated?"

"I think it’s not too bad..."

Hearing such a response from Mo Yuzhu, Zhang Wei felt that he needed to pay a visit to Forensic Yang’s office.

...

Forensic Yang’s office was named the First Forensic Office.

It was located in an office building in the city center, with its accompanying laboratory also situated there.

The second basement level of the office building was a car park, and the first basement level was a morgue, where the mortuary was located.

Zhang Xinyan was responsible for driving and brought the two to the place.

Even though it was supposed to be the weather for September, they felt chillingly cold as they walked in the car park.

In the midst of chilling breezes, it seemed as if they could hear people’s wails in their ears.

"Zhang Wei, I’m a little scared..."

Zhang Xinyan clung to Zhang Wei’s clothes like a little girl.

"Stinky brother, for someone who practices martial arts, can’t you be more like others?"

Zhang Wei was speechless. If I’m not afraid, what are you afraid of?

Can’t you see how steadily Mo Yuzhu is walking?

"It’s not the same, she is a professional coroner, dealing with corpses every day. I’m different, I’ve been afraid of ghosts since I was a kid!"

Zhang Xinyan hurriedly pleaded his case, but unfortunately, Zhang Wei and the others didn’t pay him any mind.

The three took the elevator to the forensics laboratory.

As soon as they entered, they were met with another draft of cool air.

Mo Yuzhu pulled out an access card and swiped it to enter the office area.

"My mom has taken me here a few times. She got this access card for me."

After flicking the access card she was holding, Mo Yuzhu pointed to the laboratory in front.

"However, my clearance doesn’t allow me into the lab, I can only move around in the office area."

"That’s enough for us; our main goal is to inquire with the living. The corpses in the lab won’t be of any help to us."

Zhang Wei joked, but unfortunately, neither Mo Yuzhu nor Zhang Xinyan laughed.

This made Zhang Wei quite embarrassed; he had thought his level of deadpan humor was pretty high.

Soon, under the representation of Mo Yuzhu, all the staff of the First Forensic Office had gathered.

Apart from Yang Chunyuan, who couldn’t be present, everyone else was there, about 10 staff members.

"Hello everyone, I’m Zhang Wei, the attorney commissioned by Yang Chunyuan. I believe you are all aware that Forensic Yang is currently undergoing a temporary investigation by the investigation department and may face legal prosecution in the future. Therefore, I would like to ask you some questions about Forensic Yang and hope you can answer me,"

The staff exchanged looks, but no one objected.

"Alright, then let’s take turns. Please line up in an orderly manner, sister, let’s start with you!"

Zhang Wei said, pulling out pen and paper and leading a woman into the office to start the inquiry.

The questioning continued until evening, and after Zhang Wei organized his notes, they finally left the office.

"The situation is still not good. I asked the colleagues in Forensic Yang’s office, but the clues they provided were limited, and they were also unclear about who Forensic Yang might have offended."

It could only be said that Yang Chunyuan devoted herself entirely to work, not involving herself in interpersonal communications at all.

Zhang Wei asked many questions, but many people were stumped by them, as they also didn’t really know what kind of person Yang Chunyuan was.

Her own subordinates didn’t understand their boss. Yang Chunyuan was really something else.

Zhang Wei flipped through a note in his notebook, "The only clue might be that Forensic Yang once had an argument with a colleague, but that colleague had long since retired. This is really..."

The case once again hit a bottleneck, and Zhang Wei still couldn’t determine who was secretly targeting Yang Chunyuan.

Who exactly did Yang Chunyuan offend? If it wasn’t Mr. Li, then who could it be?