Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Shen Nian came back to her senses and continued answering, "Alright."

"They were detained for three days for deliberately making trouble, and the police also warned them. They won't come to bother you again before the next court session," said Lu Lingchuan as he picked up the knife on the plate and started cutting the sandwich.

It took Shen Nian only one second to react before she realized that the "they" Lu Lingchuan was referring to were Wang Yong and Hao's wives.

"Okay..." Shen Nian's voice was noticeably softer this time.

Her gaze fell on Lu Lingchuan's hand, watching his hand holding the knife. For some reason, she was drawn to pay attention to that knife.

Seeing the blade of the knife, for some inexplicable reason...she felt a strange urge welling up inside to snatch over the knife and slash her own hand fiercely with it.

"What's wrong?" Noticing her absent-mindedness, Lu Lingchuan's eyes followed her line of sight and fell on his own hand.

Hearing the man's voice by her ear, Shen Nian came back to her senses and retracted her gaze, "Nothing, I just want to eat the sandwich."

Lu Lingchuan looked at her again before handing her half of the sliced sandwich.

Shen Nian took a bite with lowered eyes. There was no more conversation between them.

After the meal, Lu Lingchuan went to the airport while Shen Nian also tidied up a bit and went to the company.

At the company, she first handled the work on hand, and categorized the work that Lu Lingchuan needed to handle according to urgency.

After busy working for two to three hours, everyone else had already gone for lunch, but she was still busy working.

Sitting at her desk, Shen Nian's hair was casually tied up with a rubber band, and a stray lock that wasn't tied up by the rubber band hung down, covering her side profile.

Jiang Lingling came back from lunch and saw that Shen Nian was still busy. She immediately walked over.Discover new chapters at novelhall.com

"Sis Nian, how come you haven't gone for lunch yet?"

Hearing the voice, Shen Nian looked up and forced a smile, "I haven't finished handling the work on hand."

Jiang Lingling frowned, "Work can never be finished. You can't starve your stomach just because the work isn't done."

After saying that, she pulled Shen Nian along, "Go eat quickly. You'll be even less efficient in the afternoon if you work hungry."

Shen Nian helplessly said, "I'm really not hungry..."

"Whether you're hungry or not, you have to eat. Sis Nian, Sis Nian..."

Jiang Lingling knew Shen Nian had a soft personality and wouldn't refuse her coquettish antics. Therefore, she deliberately acted cute, just to make Shen Nian unable to bear rejecting her.

Jiang Lingling didn't notice Shen Nian's abnormality and was still thinking about the scene she witnessed just now, feeling somewhat terrified in retrospect. "The water was so hot it was steaming. If your hand had touched it, you would definitely have gotten scalded."

"..." Shen Nian curved her lips. "I was thinking about work just now and didn't pay much attention. It's nothing, don't worry about it."

"Mm-hmm." Jiang Lingling nodded.

Shen Nian smiled at her and the two turned to head back.

After taking two steps, Shen Nian looked back again at the hot water button on the dispenser.

Just now...she did have the urge to stretch her hand over.

She couldn't explain why either. At that time her mind went blank, and she only had that one directive.

To stretch her hand over...

Shen Nian shook her head. She recalled looking at the knife in Lu Lingchuan's hand this morning, and she also desperately wanted to snatch it over to slash her own hand viciously.

She wasn't stupid. Her current state was clearly abnormal.

After work, she might need to go to the hospital for an examination.

...

On the other hand, Lu Lingchuan received a call from Xu Lawyer, and the two briefly discussed the case first.

Xu Lawyer flipped through the documents Lu Lingchuan had brought and frowned deeply.

"The problem is quite serious. The lawyer they hired has very high prestige in the industry. If there isn't more evidence, the probability of them being acquitted is still quite high."

The main issue was that the requests from both sides differed too greatly.

The Lu family strongly demanded the death penalty, while the other lawyer kept pleading not guilty.

The existing evidence could only prove the other party was guilty. Violent rape usually carried a sentence of 3 to 10 years, but with Lu Lingrui's suicide, the situation was more complicated.

According to Article 236 of the Criminal Law, whoever rapes a woman by violence, coercion or other means, causing serious injury or death to the victim, or causing other serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death.

The sentence depends on the specific circumstances.

The other party kept insisting they were drunk then, and their brains and bodies were totally out of control. It was purely an accident, and even if they really did something wrong, it was absolutely not intentional. Even if they were wrong, it was not a crime deserving death. So they didn't agree with the Lu family's demand for the death penalty.

The two sides were deadlocked, so it had dragged on for four years without a verdict.