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The surrounding people who hurriedly walked past subconsciously followed the voice and threw a few glances at them.

"Let's go." Xia Fucheng went with him to the toilet, his face rigid.

Just then, Gu An Xia turned around and bumped into Xiao Boming, the two of them continued to chat as they walked in.

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Xia Fucheng and Zhang Daxi arrived at the men's restroom. Zhang Daxi hurriedly entered by himself.

When he was done with the bathroom and had just lifted his pants, he suddenly stuffed an envelope into the gap in the bathroom next door.

"Who?" Zhang Daxi shouted in a low voice, but there was no sound from the other side. The entire toilet was eerily quiet.

After waiting for a while, he realized that the other side had not opened the envelope yet. He lowered his voice and said, "Open the envelope and take a look."

"Who are you?" Zhang Dazhou asked, not daring to make a sound as he was afraid that Xia Fucheng might know that something was amiss.

However, there was no sound from the other side. No one opened the door and left the room.

Zhang Dazhao hesitated for a moment before picking up the envelope and opening it.

The thin envelope only contained a photo and a slip of paper, but the moment Zhang Dazhao saw it, his face immediately turned pale. The hand holding the photo started to tremble uncontrollably.

It was the picture of his wife and son tied up.

Opening the note, there were only a few words: Be careful what you say.

Zhang Da Fu immediately knew the reason for the other party's visit, this was threatening him, preventing him from saying anything that would harm Gu Huai Ming in court.

What should he do? On one side was the threat that came from Gu An Xia, and on the other side was Gu Huai Ming threatening his wife and children, Zhang Da Fu was at a loss on what to do, he did not know what to do.

Right at this time, the sound of footsteps came from outside, followed by Xia Fucheng's impatient voice shouting, "Zhang Dazhao, are you done? "Hurry up and come out. The court is about to begin."

"That's … that's all." He tore up the photo and the piece of paper in his hand and rushed into the toilet. He straightened his clothes, patted his face, and nervously paced back and forth in the small bathroom. Finally, he took a deep breath, adjusted his face, and opened the toilet door. He pretended to rush to the sink to wash his face, in an attempt to wake himself up.

Xia Fucheng didn't pay much attention to this. He turned around and walked in front and said, "Hurry."

"Got it." Zhang Dazhao hurried to catch up, and couldn't help himself as he glanced back at the closed toilet door. The door was suddenly opened, and a man in black made a slashing motion with his hand, coldly staring at him with a warning look.

Zhang Dazhao subconsciously shivered as he quickened his pace.

The two rushed to the venue and bumped into the witness caller. He looked around outside the door and quickly asked, "Who's the witness, Zhang Dafu? You can go to court now."

Zhang Daxi could not help but panic. He never thought that he would be appearing in court so soon. He did not even have a few more minutes to think. Now, his mind was completely blank, and he did not know what to do.

Before he could say anything, he heard Xia Fucheng answer for him, "He is."

"Fine, come with me. I've been waiting for you for a few minutes now." The man walked in front and led the way into the quiet courtroom. Hearing the sound of footsteps, everyone turned to look at him. This kind of feeling made Zhang Da Fu even more flustered.

"Please stand there." The man stopped and pointed to where the witness was standing.

Zhang Da Fu nodded, he anxiously moved his heavy footsteps, his back was drenched in perspiration, he did not even dare look at Gu Huai Ming.

"Next is the witness, Zhang Daxi?" the judge asked in a serious voice.

Zhang Dafeng quickly nodded. "I am."

"Then please begin your testimony." The judge was still meticulous and his dignified gaze fell on Zhang Daxi.

Zhang Da Fu raised his head hesitantly, but after he received the judge's gaze, he felt a wave of guilt. He stiffly turned his head to look at Gu Huai Ming, who had a sneer on his face and a profound warning, causing him to uncontrollably clench his fist.

Thinking about his wife and children, he felt conflicted. He definitely wouldn't let them die innocently just because of a few words. That would cause him to suffer for his entire life, but …

Zhang Da Fu turned and looked at Gu An Xia, her eyes clearly showing that she was in a hurry, as though she was urging him to quickly confess everything and bring Gu Huai Ming to justice.

"Witness, please start your testimony and tell me the truth. You are not threatened by anyone here and the law will severely punish those who break the law." The judge repeated his words again. He seemed to have noticed Zhang Da Fu's predicament and seemed to have assured him by saying a few more words. The underlying meaning of his words was for him to not worry too much.

Even so, Zhang Dazhou's current dilemma could not be solved. His own life, the lives of his wife and children … if they had to be compared, then Zhang Dazhao would sacrifice his own.

Yes, under these circumstances, he would indeed sacrifice himself to help his wife and children, and there was nothing to make him abandon the heart of a beloved son as a father.

Zhang Da Fu opened his mouth, his thick lips moving up and down as he stammered, "This, everything …"

Everyone unconsciously held their breath.

After a long while, he finally bit out a sentence, "Everything was caused by Gu An Xia's mother, I don't know anything about it."

After he finished speaking, Zhang Da Fu's nails were digging into his palms, he did not dare look at Gu An Xia.

To Gu An Xia, these words were undoubtedly unexpected, and exploded in her mind like a thunderclap. Originally, as long as Zhang Da Fu successfully testified against Gu Huai Ming, then all of this would have ended successfully, but why was it like this?

She could not accept this. How could she accept this!

Gu An Xia's face turned white, she could not control herself and immediately slammed the table and shouted, "You're lying, you did not say that earlier, Zhang Da Fu, how can you do that!"

She was so excited that she broke the silence of the court. The surrounding police quickly stepped forward to stop her.

Xiao Boming, who was sitting in the audience, also hurriedly stood up. He wanted to go up, but after receiving the confused looks from the surrounding police officers, he realized he had lost his composure.

He was the prosecutor, yet he almost lost his composure in court because of a woman. He was not at all like the usual calm and collected person he was. It was both surprising and bewildering. What was going on with him?

Xiao Boming slowly sat down.

"The prosecutor, calm down. This is a court. We'll deal with it in the light of the facts." The judge tapped the chopping board.