Guarding you in the fleeting years

  He burst out laughing, grasped her hand and looked at her with a smile all over his face.

  "Sit beside me."

  She slightly pouted her mouth, and her face was still flushed with embarrassment, but she obediently sat down beside him.

  He said: "We'll go back to our parents' home in two days."

  She said: "Okay."

  He paused for a moment and then said: "If you don't want others to know about what happened between us..."

  She interrupted him, glaring at him with a bad temper, twisting his meaning into strange shapes. "Lu Yiheng, why do you have to hide from me? Do you think I'm not good enough for you?"

  Lu Yiheng couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, immediately correcting himself, "I'm afraid I'm not good enough for you."

  She smiled, looking rather pleased with herself, and said: "This is more like it... Now, let's get down to business, shall we?"

  "Ah, right! You're in court today, I'm going to go watch. I've never seen you annihilate your opponent in court before!"

  It must be very majestic!

  "Do you really believe me?"

  She nodded repeatedly and said with a flattering tone: "Take me there, Lawyer Lu!"

  The night is dark and deep.

  Under the bright lamp, they spoke in low voices, one gentle and soft, the other smiling brightly, occasionally with a faint laughter floating in the air, like a delicate painting of drizzle and clear breeze, warming up the most beautiful night scene.

  Nie Zhen didn't think he would one day step into a courtroom again.

  The last time she walked into this majestic building was because of her father's car accident lawsuit. She, who had just turned 18, personally took the perpetrator to court. She clearly remembered the defendant's disbelieving, indignant and hateful gaze at that time, completely unable to believe that he would fall under the hands of a little girl.

  She stood in the plaintiff's seat, accusing him of hit-and-run, resulting in her father's death. The lawsuit made her already disheartened heart even more desperate. The defendant was a collateral relative of the head of C County Public Security Bureau, and the case ended with Nie Zhen's defeat.

  That was the first lawsuit, more than a dozen days later, she went to the municipal court again to sue the perpetrator, and finally put the defendant in prison. She knew that Luyu Heng's father had made a lot of effort in this matter.

  Memories of the past flooded out, Nie Zhiyan took a deep breath, calmed his own heart, and looked up at Lu Yiheng who was wearing a black suit.

  This is a criminal case in which defendant Zhang Ting was prosecuted by the procuratorate for murdering his ex-girlfriend Xie Wen.

  The prosecutor is named Li Jun. Lu Yiheng has said that he had clashed with him many times in court, and that Li was a very formidable prosecutor.

  The prosecution presented a photo of Xie Wen lying on the ground after being killed, with her eyes wide open and staring.

  Nie Zhiyan had already covered her eyes before they were about to do this, preventing herself from seeing such a shocking scene. She had promised Lu Yiheng that she wouldn't look, which was why he agreed to bring her along to observe.

  She heard Li Jun say: "This is a photo of Xie Wen after she was killed. The forensic identification determined that the time of death was around 10:30 that night, and the cause of death was strangulation by a thin rope."

  The presiding judge on the platform asked: "Zhang Ting, do you admit to the prosecutor's accusations?"

  Zhang Ting's eyes stared at the photo, her face unable to conceal a painful expression, shaking her head and replying: "I don't admit it."

  Nie Zhiyan felt his phone vibrate slightly and opened his eyes just as the photo was taken down.

  Li Jun started asking questions: "Zhang Ting, on the night of the incident, Xie Wen had called you and asked to meet at her home, is that right?"