Chapter 329 - The Trial

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Mike Qian has been attending Jeffrey Leng's trial from the first day it began. Because of Jeffrey Leng's reputation, the public has been following his case closely. The family and friends of the victim had come over to watch the trials. The media was following this high-profile case. Everyone wanted to see him punished and not get away with his crime. 

As there were many victims, in this case, it was expected that the trial would take months before the jury will come up with the verdict.

At the beginning of the trial, the shameless man had pleaded himself not guilty against all accusations. Jeffrey Leng stood in the court with his expression devoid of emotions.

As Mike was leading his team to investigate the murders in Z Town years ago, he was called to give his testimony. Years ago, Jeffrey was aware that Mike was investigating him and could recognize the old man when he showed up at the court.

The pictures of the women that he became his victim appeared on the screen one by one, but Jeffrey saw no remorse in his expression. However, his gaze shifted the moment the picture of Rachel Qian appeared on the screen.

Among the victim that he had caught, Rachel was the only woman who had managed to escape.

Fortunately for him, the woman was later hit with a car and the rain had destroyed any evidence that will lead anything to him. That year, after Rachel had escaped, Jeffrey had to restrain himself from having fun with the women. Every time he was almost close to killing those women, his assistant would remind him not to make any move as they were in hiding. 

Later, those women were released before he could kill them and they were given a large sum of money as compensation. Jeffrey had threatened those women not to go to the police. The women understood that against someone with a lot of power and influence like Jeffrey, there was no way that they would be able to get justice. Thus, they chose to keep their mouth shut.

It was only a few years ago when he was transferred to L City did the habit came back. At first, he could still restrain himself not to be too rough. However, he had accidentally killed a woman, and his blood began to boil again. 

Jeffrey did not think that Mike would be able to link Rachel's death to him.

It was only after learning Rachel's name that he was able to figure out that the woman who had escaped from that time was Mike's daughter. 

A chuckle escaped him.

No wonder Rachel was very defensive towards him. No matter what he tried to do, no matter how much he would torture Rachel, that woman would always fight back. It turned out that her father was a police officer. 

Jeffrey seemed to recall his intention to keep Rachel's lives longer because of her fighting spirit. Usually, those women would give up once they could no longer tolerate the pain, but Rachel was different. The more Rachel had resisted him, the more exciting it was for Jeffrey. Perhaps it was because of that that Jeffrey would remember Rachel even after years has passed.

His lips curled into a faint smile as Jeffrey recalled that woman's daughter. 

He had always thought that Edith Qian seemed a little familiar the first time he saw her. It was not until his former assistant had reminded him that Edith resembled that woman who had escaped that Jeffrey was able to figure out that the two were related.

No wonder he had felt a certain connection when he saw Edith. Whenever he saw her, Jeffrey always wanted to talk to her. When Edith was in front of him, he would start to imagine a lot of exciting things.

It was fate that led him to meet Rachel's daughter, wasn't it? It would be a waste if he did not take his chance.

Unfortunately, he was a little too late. He found out that Edith was married to President Mo. Even if he wanted to mess up with that woman's daughter, it would be too much of a problem considering Edith's status as Neil Mo's wife.

Jeffrey continued to stare at Mike who was answering the prosecutor's questions and narrowed his eyes. At this time, he still refused to believe that no one among his friends would not help him. He was still confident that he would be able to get out of this situation with only a slap on the wrist. 

After four hours of the court session, the judge announced the court to be adjourned and the people started to leave.

The officer escorted Jeffrey to leave the court. As he was nearing the crowd, Jeffrey slowed down and stopped. His eyes were looking straight at Mike until the man was looking back at him.

Mike was discussing some matters with his friends when he noticed that Jeffrey had stopped in front of him. He looked up and frowned upon noticing the disgusting smile on Jeffrey's face.

"Officer Qian," Jeffrey nodded.

The officer who was escorting Jeffrey pushed him forward, asking him not to delay their time. 

"Slow down," Jeffrey turned to the escorting officer. "I have something to say to an old friend."

The escorting officer glanced at his friend and spoke, "Make it quick."

"I really did not expect you to be Rachel Qian's father," Jeffrey said. His tone was low. In the noisy court, the others would not be able to hear their exchange unless if they were near the two of them.

Hearing the man spoke his daughter's name made his blood boil. Mike clenched his hands into fists as he tried to suppress his anger. Fortunately for him, Aaron and George were accompanying him. George put his hand on Mike's shoulder, to stop him from making any move that he would regret later.

Jeffrey sneered when he saw that the old man was not going to reply to him. "Officer Qian, please send my regards to your granddaughter."

"You!" Mike lurched forward to beat the person in front of him, but George had once again restricted his movement. 

"Mike! No!" George whispered. "He's only trying to provoke you."

"When the charge against me is dropped, I will come and find her," Jeffrey said.

"Don't listen to him," George continued to whisper. "He won't have a chance to get out. We have worked so hard to get this far. Don't give that man a chance to anger you. It's not worth it."

Jeffrey laughed before he continued to walk away with the escorting officers guarding him closely.

As soon as that person had disappeared from his gaze, Mike turned around to his group of friends with a dark face. "We cannot let the judge go lenient on him. Unless if that person is sentenced with a maximum penalty, I cannot be at ease."

"Don't worry." Jennifer Jiang, who was seated with Mike earlier during the trial, spoke. "He is delusional. There is no chance that he will escape his punishment.. We will fight until he is sentenced to death."

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