Niu Ying

Chapter 136 Detention

When Wu Peng received Jia Wenjun's call, he was at the law firm reporting progress to Attorney Liu.

Hearing that she had been detained, Wu Peng's expression changed. He immediately told her the key points over the phone. He had already told her these things before, and he knew that he couldn't say too much at this time, so he only touched on the important parts.

Jia Wenjun understood and told him the detention information the police had just given her.

Wu Peng was afraid she would be too nervous and subconsciously comforted her, "Don't worry, I'll come to see you as soon as possible."

At this time, Jia Wenjun had adjusted her mentality: "Okay. When you come, I have something to tell you." She paused and then said, "Also, Attorney Wu, I'll have to trouble you to take care of my parents."

Wu Peng agreed immediately: "Okay, I'll go see them when I have time."

Hearing him say this, Jia Wenjun felt a little relieved. She thanked him and hung up the phone.

"Attorney Liu, should I go to the police station now?"

Seeing Wu Peng's flustered appearance, Attorney Liu poured him a cup of tea: "Can you calm down? Don't have too much hope for this case. Besides, she's in the bureau, you can't see her even if you go now."

"She just told me to go see her. She has something to tell me. It might be something important related to the case."

Attorney Liu picked up his teacup: "She didn't say anything for so many days, why did she suddenly remember to tell you now that she's been detained?"

"I don't know, maybe she just remembered?"

Attorney Liu just drank his tea without saying a word.

Wu Peng was worried about Jia Wenjun, whose foot was still injured, and asked, "Then what should we do? Just let the client stay in there?"

Attorney Liu laughed in anger and finished his tea in one gulp: "What, do you want to go in and stay with her?"

Wu Peng thought his boss had connections and said with a naive look, "Can we do that?"

Attorney Liu wanted to knock him with the cup: "Don't say you're my apprentice when you go out."

Wu Peng dodged: "Master, I was wrong. I know they'll transfer her to the detention center within twenty-four hours. We can only meet her then, but the problem now is that her foot is injured. I'm afraid something will happen to her then."

Attorney Liu didn't understand how this usually clever kid could be so muddle-headed today: "What could happen? Why do you think the police arrested her at this time? They must know that she's not in any danger before taking her away. If her life was in danger now, they wouldn't have taken her away directly. They will definitely interrogate her at the bureau today and send her to the detention center tomorrow. Go to the bureau and find Officer Zeng to learn about the case."

"Okay, I'll go now." Wu Peng took his documents. As a lawyer, he could communicate with the police to learn about some of the inside information. But how much information he could get depended on his ability. Although he was still new to the profession, his master had a lot of face. His master actually told him to find Officer Zeng, so he would definitely get a lot of news today.

At this time, Jia Wenjun arrived at the police station and was sent directly to the backyard. She first had her fingerprints recorded, and then she was taken to the interrogation room by the policewoman who had questioned her last time.

After Jia Wenjun sat down, the policewoman signaled to the male police officer next to her: "Brother Lin, we can start."

"Jia Wenjun, explain the whole process of you pushing Zhao Di into the water on the boat."

Jia Wenjun looked at the serious-looking male police officer. Although the atmosphere was oppressive, she looked calm: "I have nothing to explain. That person wasn't me. I didn't push Zhao Di."

The male police officer frowned, stared at her, and said sternly, "You said that person wasn't you, then who was it?"

"I don't know."

The male police officer had seen many suspects who stubbornly refused to admit their guilt, thinking that they could get away with it: "Jia Wenjun, if you confess now, you can still get a lighter sentence. If you don't confess, you won't even have the possibility of a lighter sentence, and you will be punished more severely. Think carefully."

"I've thought it through very clearly. I didn't push anyone. Someone deliberately framed me."

"Who framed you?"

"I don't know."

Seeing that she was still stubborn, the male police officer slammed the table: "If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? Tell the truth, did someone ask you to do it, or did you do it on your own initiative?"

Seeing the other party's affirmative questioning, Jia Wenjun felt a little uneasy. Could it be that the police had obtained some new "evidence"?

She knew that she hadn't pushed Zhao Di, but she couldn't stand the mastermind behind the scenes who wanted to frame her deliberately sending "evidence" to the police. If there was any more solid evidence, then she wouldn't be able to clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

She didn't know what evidence the police had now, so she directly confronted the aggressive male police officer: "You said I committed a crime, then show me the evidence."

The reason why Zhang Lin said that just now was a way of interrogation, using a direct offensive to make the criminal suspect think that the police had important evidence. People with weak psychological defenses often couldn't resist it.

He didn't expect Jia Wenjun to ask back. Before he could think about how to answer, the new policewoman next to him said, "Now is not the time to show evidence. When we think the time is right, we will naturally show you the evidence."

As soon as she said this, Jia Wenjun knew what was going on: they hadn't found any new "evidence" yet. In this case, keeping silent and letting a lawyer speak for her might be the only way to avoid saying too much.

Zhang Lin signaled to the policewoman with his eyes not to speak and to keep quiet and take notes.

He continued to ask several more questions. Jia Wenjun only said "I didn't commit a crime" or used silence to answer.

Zhang Lin looked at her: "Jia Wenjun, you need to know that a confession is not the only evidence for conviction. Witness testimony, on-site inspection, and third-party evidence such as physical evidence are important components of a complete chain of evidence. Don't think that you'll be fine if you don't open your mouth. If you don't speak, you'll only waste the policy of leniency."

Jia Wenjun still didn't speak, using silence to represent her attitude. Wu Peng had told her before that if she was taken away by the police, she might be sent to the detention center immediately, or she might be sent in within 24 hours. Only then could Wu Peng see her.

She didn't immediately tell the police about the things she remembered in the dream because she wanted to discuss it with her lawyer first. If Anna was the mastermind behind the scenes, Anna wanted to see if this matter could prove her innocence.

Thinking of that dream, Jia Wenjun still felt terribly real at this time. She remembered every detail of the dream vividly, especially the things in the hole in the floor tiles under the bed and the words written in blood.

She had a vague premonition that this dream must be some kind of hint, and that Anna's house probably still had something hidden. But the police must have already searched her house when they arrested Anna. If there was a problem with that carpet, it must have been taken away. If they had already searched and couldn't find anything, would they still believe her?