She had been wronged in this way, and at that time, all the evidence pointed to her, making it impossible for her to explain.
"If it's really impossible, I'll go investigate at that factory again. Maybe I can find evidence that is beneficial to your friend. Don't lose hope until the very end."
"I hope their setup has loopholes," Gu Susu said helplessly.
Su Kangxi said, "Sister Susu, we should believe the evidence. People can lie, but evidence cannot. If no evidence can be found to benefit your friend, perhaps your friend is lying."
Gu Susu looked at Su Kangxi, who was full of righteousness and sunshine, and did not continue discussing the evidence with him. Instead, she asked, "Can you find Guo Mei's current home address?"
"That's not difficult. Please wait a moment." Su Kangxi got up to check.
Su Kangxi quickly found Guo Mei's address, and by the time he returned, the lawyer had also arrived.
The lawyer asked the police officer in charge of Guo Mei's theft case, stating that regulations only allowed lawyers to see the client, and others were still not permitted to see Guo Mei.
Gu Susu had no choice but to wait outside, with Su Kangxi accompanying her.
"Don't you have work to do? I can wait by myself. You should go and get busy," Gu Susu said, afraid of delaying his work.
"There's nothing important today, it's fine," Su Kangxi wanted to stay by Gu Susu's side whenever he had the chance.
Gu Susu smiled at him, "Thank you."
They waited for over two hours, and finally, the lawyer emerged from the detention center. The situation he described was similar to what they had heard.
"Can you help her clear her name?" Gu Susu asked.
The lawyer pushed up the glasses on his nose and said, "Unless there is evidence to prove that what she said was not taking the box of diamond buttons into the warehouse privately, but acting on the instructions of her superiors. Otherwise... otherwise..."
The lawyer hesitated. Gu Susu eagerly asked, "What will happen to her if there is no evidence to prove it?"
"The police will prosecute her for theft. In court, she will basically be convicted."
Gu Susu couldn't believe how easily those people could send an innocent person to prison. "But aren't you the most experienced lawyer in handling such cases? You must have a way, right?"
"There are ways, and I've asked the client, Ms. Guo, but she hasn't agreed," the lawyer said with difficulty.
Gu Susu asked, "What way?"
"Plead guilty. Plead guilty now. Fortunately, none of the diamond buttons were lost and all were returned. She has two children, and her husband is in prison, one of whom is ill. Winning sympathy with these circumstances and allowing the judge to consider it will surely result in a lighter sentence or a suspended sentence."
Gu Susu also found it unacceptable. "But she is innocent, why should she plead guilty? Even with a lighter sentence, this charge will follow her for life, and she will never be able to clear her name!"
"Whether one is innocent is not determined by words, but by evidence," the lawyer said helplessly. "Besides pleading guilty, there is another way, which is to have Yimei not pursue the matter. After all, they did not suffer any real losses. If they don't sue Ms. Guo, the punishment will only be within the factory."
Gu Susu lowered her head, knowing that it was impossible to make Yimei not pursue the matter. They deliberately framed Guo Mei, which was even more difficult to achieve than pleading guilty.
Seeing that Gu Susu had no further questions, the lawyer said, "Without evidence, there are only these two methods. What do you plan to do? If you choose to plead guilty, you'd better persuade the client. If she doesn't plead guilty voluntarily and the judge makes the ruling, the amount of theft is huge, and the sentence will be very heavy."
"Okay, let us think about it again. Thank you for your trouble." Gu Susu exchanged contact information with the lawyer and learned that his surname was Zhou.
After Lawyer Zhou left, Gu Susu saved Guo Mei's address and prepared to leave the police station.
Su Kangxi followed her and asked, "Sister Susu, are you planning to go to Guo Mei's house now?"
Gu Susu hummed in response. Su Kangxi quickly said, "Wait for me to change my clothes, and I'll go with you."
"Alright." Gu Susu saw that he also wanted to go and did not refuse him.
Before going to Guo Mei's house, Gu Susu and Su Kangxi first went to a supermarket and bought a lot of food and daily necessities.
Fortunately, Su Kangxi helped her carry a lot of things, otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to carry them all by herself.
They carried large bags and packages to an old-fashioned adobe house. It was only two stories high, and Guo Mei's family lived on the second floor.
The wooden stairs creaked as they went up. The house looked like it was built at least fifty or sixty years ago, and it was already considered an old residential area in this city.
When Gu Susu knocked on the door on the second floor, a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties, with her hair already streaked with white, opened the door and asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you looking for?"
Gu Susu smiled and saw that the woman's appearance was somewhat similar to Guo Mei's, so she must be Guo Mei's mother.
"Auntie, hello. We are Guo Mei's colleagues. She was temporarily assigned to go on a business trip out of town and will only be back in a few days. We were specifically asked to deliver some things and inform you."
At this moment, a boy of about five or six years old also ran out from inside the house and stood timidly beside Guo Mei's mother, looking at them.
Gu Susu saw that this little boy was not much older than Xiao Xingxing, and his complexion was a little pale. He must be Guo Mei's sickly younger son.
Guo Mei's mother said strangely, "If she's going on a business trip, she could have called back to let us know. Why send you here?"
"She must have left in too much of a hurry, and it's inconvenient to make calls on a business trip," Gu Susu said vaguely.
Guo Mei's mother said, "Did something happen to her? I've been trying to call her mobile phone, but it's been turned off."
"No, no," Gu Susu said, looking into the house. "Why don't you let us in to put these things down first? She'll be back in a couple of days."
Guo Mei's mother looked at Gu Susu and Su Kangxi again. Seeing that they didn't look like bad people, she opened the door and let them in.
Gu Susu saw that the house was only about forty square meters, but it was divided into three rooms with wooden boards. Even without any appliances or furniture, it already looked very crowded.
She couldn't imagine how Guo Mei's family managed to squeeze in and live there.
Gu Susu was about to leave after putting down the bags in her hands, but Guo Mei's mother poured them tea and said, "Thank you for your trouble. You brought so many things, did she ask you to?"
"Yes, it's not much, not much," Gu Susu said, taking the teacup.
"These things are enough for a week. Where is she on this business trip? She won't be back in a day or two, will she?" Guo Mei's mother asked uneasily.
Gu Susu said vaguely, "That depends on the leader's decision and the situation. They say two days now, but something might come up temporarily, and she might not be able to come back. So Sister Guo asked us to buy more food and daily necessities, otherwise, she wouldn't be at ease."
"That's true. The whole family relies on her meager salary to live. We can't help her much, we can only take care of ourselves so that she can work outside with peace of mind," Guo Mei's mother said, stroking her child's head.
"You're right, no matter what happens, taking care of yourself is the most important thing," Gu Susu agreed.