827 The Diary
"I am Prosecutor Hu, the person in charge of this case. Two months ago, Ming Zhi Yi's n attacked the Victory Banquet and the XX Tang building which resulted in sixty-eight deaths and over a hundred people injured. Ming Zhi Yi had successfully kidnapped-"
The tall and handso Prosecutor Huo Dian stood in front of everyone as he presented Ming Zhi Yi's case.
Prosecutor Huo Dian already had a good reputation in the industry. His na becos more reputable after Xiao i's case. He was the most trusted prosecutor in this case and the person who cooperated with the source- mainly Xiong Zhi's team.
As the most trusted prosecutor, the Supre Court decided that he would take this case. For an important case like this, a prosecutor with a big na should be the one who would present it to the public.
As Prosecutor Huo Dian started his opening statent, the onlooker's eyes were not on his handso face but on the wheelchaired man.
Earlier, when the main character appeared, the lively hall filled with whispers regarding the incident suddenly turned quiet. It was even quieter than the ti when the Judges appeared.
They watched with wide eyes as Ming Zhi Yi was seating on the wheelchair. Soone had to push him forward. Amidst the loud shatter of caras and its lightning, the still silence was overwhelming the no one dared to speak.
Most people in the room had t the once-powerful Ming Zhi Yi. The man who could make people tremble by his presence was now paralyzed. His striking appearance had waned. If he was not wearing the prison uniform, no one would associate this sorry-looking man to Ming Zhi Yi.
"-charges of First and Second- Degree Murder, Kidnapping, Possessing and Using of Illegal Firearms, Drug Cultivation, and Manufacturing, Drug Distribution..."
Ming Zhi Yi's cris list goes on. His cris were not any less than a terrorist leader.
"...Embezzlent, Identity Theft, Destroying Evidence, Extortion with threats, Falsification of docunts..."
The cri list was so long that the people had lost count.
So people who were not aware of Ming Zhi Yi's other cris were stunned.
The prosecutor even ntioned bribery and extortion of power with so authorities.
There was nothing new about Ming Zhi Yi's involvent in drugs and the underground world, but to think that he also had his branches on the top and even in the governnt made the quiet audience gasp in disbelief. When Prosecutor Huo finished the list, they exclaid loudly.
"Heavens! So greedy officials are accomplices of Ming Zhi Yi?! No wonder Ming Zhi Yi could do these cris without fear!"
"Those bastards are servants of money and power. Since this confidential information is ntioned in this case, those people might be under investigation without them knowing. They are surely panicking right now."
Outside the TV screen, the people who had once been in cahoots with Ming Zhi Yi was also watching the live trial with a nervous heart. When the Prosecutor stated Ming Zhi Yi's extortion of power through bribery with officials and authorities, the people involved paled.
As the people guessed, if this was ntioned in public, the national police must be on their heels right now. It would be only a matter of ti before their connections with Ming Zhi Yi were exposed. Even if they cut off their connections with Ming Zhi Yi before, there would be traces left.
The officials involved shuddered. Not only their careers would end, but they would surely be dragged down together with Ming Zhi Yi while facing the public's wrath!
They imdiately contacted their personnel. So of them had an inclination of what was about to happen and already made preparations in advance to hide abroad.
However, they just had finished their phone calls when the door was forcibly opened. The national police had arrested them with a warrant in hand.
On the live trial, the people involved were not ntioned specifically. However, the national police had a list of people. They tid it perfectly and catch the people on the list on that sa day.
On that day, the world outside the court was in chaos. The streets were filled with police cars running to and fro. The people inside the court were not aware of the domino the case had made. Their attention was on the people at the front.
The examination of evidence was still going through. Many of the witnesses who were threatened by Ming Zhi Yi before such as Doctor Jas ca up and testified. Their testimony made the public look at Ming Zhi Yi with more disgust and apprehension.
Who would kidnap an already disabled child and switched him with another child? Not to ntion he trained the other child to be a monster like him.
The subject of their aversion just remained still. He acted like the world around him had nothing to do with him. He ignored the people's disgusted eyes and the prosecutor's words.
He just remained seated with an expressionless face. His head was slightly lowered and his eyes looked a bit blank. However, the hand on his side remained fisted.
"The next evidence was a diary written personally by the deceased wife of the defendant-" Ming Zhi Yi who pretended that everything around him did not exist, turned stiff. His head that did not move ever since he ca here looked up at the screen where the diary of his deceased wife was shown.
The handwriting was extrely familiar. That old notebook that he personally gifted to her twenty years ago was there. Prosecutor Han raised the old notebook in a plastic bag that Ming Zhi Yi had searched for many years. The reason why Ming Zhi Yi chose to lock up Lu Yin Ze was to get this diary.
After Lu Fanrong died, Ming Zhi Yi looked over her things. He knew that Lu Fanrong had a habit of writing a few words about her daily life. They might be so hint of how Lu Fanrong learned his connections in the underworld market.
That diary needed to be disposed of.
However, he wasn't able to find the diary. Lu Fanrong treated it so preciously when she was alive, she would never lose it. She must have hidden it in so place he did not know.
Ming Zhi Yi bet that Lu Fanrong hides it with Lu Yin Ze.
And his guess was proven true.
Ming Zhi Yi's pair of blank eyes stared at each letter on the screen. Prosecutor was still presenting the evidence and summarizing the content of the diary in which Lu Fanrong found out Ming Zhi Yi's connection to the underground market.
But those did not matter to Ming Zhi Yi.
He read the content which was dated sixteen years ago. Prosecutor Huo's voice disappeared together with the background. 'Fool...I wasn't cheating on you.'
09:02
In front of Ming Zhi Yi, only the letters existed.
He rembered that date. It was three months before he found out that Lu Fanrong had been keeping tabs on him.
[My husband is definitely cheating on ...]
[He always sneak out at midnight and ca back before morning. Did he think I would not notice? Is he visiting a woman every night? Is that why he always wanted to sleep alone?]
These letters...these words...they contained Lu Fanrong's tone and her ddling character.
[Did he....not like anymore? What was there to not like about ?]
Ming Zhi Yi opened his mouth. He wanted to answer but no voice ca out.
'Fool...I wasn't cheating on you.'
'I was...'
[I followed him yesterday night. I thought....I thought I would find where he hid his mistress but...it's a place full of n. Does he have so hobbies I don't know about?! Oh good lord. We have two sons. I hope I was wrong.]
Ming Zhi Yi was stunned. His eyes turned wide.
His deceased wife...have that kind of thoughts?
She was really...foolish and naive.
[I was wrong. I don't know if I should be relieved or more disturbed. I don't know what is going on. I am afraid to ask. If I confronted him, would he leave ? I want him by my side. But I don't like what he is doing. What should I do?]
Ming Zhi Yi stared at those letters. Sowhere part of him that he hid deeply was surging and struggling. His heart that he thought had died beat painfully.
His dark eyes glowed nacingly. He closed his eyes and did not dare to read the rest.
He knew what happened that day. Despite controlling that surging emotion, he could not help but rebuked the woman inside.
'You should not have asked that day....'
'You should have played ignorant...'
Ming Zhi Yi tasted the bitter iron in his mouth. He swallowed his own blood as he forced down whatever emotion was resurging.
Whatever it was, it all happened ages ago. There's no need to revisit it. Or be emotional about it.
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