Chapter 316: Another nationally renowned barrister

A Buick sedan passed through the old Harvard University gates. This car was Zhou Ming's car, and Zhou Ming and lawyer Alan were sitting in it.

'Although I don't know what Brooke Sr. is going to do, since he sent his butler out to warn us, it shows that he cares about his son and will do whatever it takes to protect Brooke Jr. So I believe that when the case goes to court, it will be a tough battle. After all, our opponents could come from all sides. To ensure victory, we need to do more preparation before the trial.' Alan said to Zhou Ming.

Despite Alan's confidence, Zhou Ming still asked him, 'How sure are you?'

'I'm very confident!' Alan said, and then added, "Of course, as long as your teacher Jie La doesn't change her testimony.'

Alan suddenly became surprised when he said this: "Wow, look what I see, Mr. Zhou Ming, your most powerful testimony.'

Jie La was waiting in front of Zhou Ming's car, waving at it. Zhou Ming told ** to park in front of Jie La. Alan got out of the car first and said, 'Zhou Ming, I'm going to go collect some other evidence. Good luck!'

Alan winked at Zhou Ming, which was obviously not just encouragement, but something with an impure meaning.

Zhou Ming felt a little speechless. He scratched his head and came to Jie La and asked, 'Jie La, is there anything I can help you with?'

Jie La did not answer but instead asked, 'What is it? Zhou Ming, I'm asking you, do you know what day it is today?'

Zhou Ming felt a little puzzled by Jie La's rhetorical question: 'Is there any special day today? I'm sorry, Miss Jie La, you know I'm Chinese and I haven't been in the US for long, so I don't know.'

'This morning's first and second classes were finance, and the third and fourth classes were economics. The teacher told me that you didn't come to class again. Do you remember that you promised me that you would come to class? You liar!'

Jie La questioned loudly, her words full of anger. In fact, she did not fail to see Alan's wink, and she also knew how ambiguous it was for her to find Zhou Ming like this, but she just couldn't control herself. Because before, when Zhou Ming promised her, she had been so happy, but today when she came to check on the situation in class, she found that Zhou Ming had not come again. At this time, Jie La deeply felt that she had been deceived, so she was here waiting for Zhou Ming to ask him, regardless of the consequences.

Zhou Ming then understood why Jie La was doing this, but did Jie La really wait here for him because she felt responsible as a class advisor, or did she really like him?

Zhou Ming didn't know, but Jie La's actions were giving him a headache. After a moment's thought, he said, 'Ms Jie La, I'm sorry I didn't come to class, but I did have something to do. I'm sure you're aware that the convenience store in my dormitory was smashed. Now the case has been taken over by the procuratorate, and I need to cooperate with the procuratorate's work to better investigate the case, so that the suspect can finally be brought to justice.'

Finally, Zhou Ming added, 'Of course, your cooperation is also needed here, because you are the only witness who testified against Brooke.'

Jie La asked with a start, "Really? So I'm that important? So what if I say I refuse to testify?'

'Teacher Jie La, why is that? Do you have any conditions?" Zhou Ming asked.

Jie La smiled very happily. She said to Zhou Ming, 'Zhou Ming is smarter than the sea. My condition is that you need to come to class on time every day. If I find out that you have been absent without a reason, I will definitely refuse to testify in court. I will definitely do what I say!'

Zhou Ming felt extremely frustrated. He really didn't understand what this beautiful teacher was thinking. Testifying in court and attending class on time had nothing to do with each other. God knows how she linked them together.

But no matter what Jie La was thinking, Zhou Ming could only reply, 'Okay, Miss Jie La, I understand, I will definitely attend class on time in the future.'

'If only you had done this earlier! But not now. If I see you skip class again in the future, I will definitely go to court to reverse my decision. I hope you remember that!'

Jie La threatened Zhou Ming, and Zhou Ming's nod made her very happy. In fact, she didn't know what the connection was between attending class and testifying in court, or rather, she had never considered this question. She simply wanted Zhou Ming to come to class, and in the end, Zhou Ming's compromise made her feel that she had Zhou Ming's weakness in her hands, and this feeling made her very happy.

'Zhou Ming, there are no compulsory classes in our class tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is a very important introduction to economics. You must be there, otherwise I will definitely not testify in court, do you understand?'

Jie La left after saying this to Zhou Ming, leaving Zhou Ming feeling helpless in the same place: it seems that this woman is really troublesome to deal with, but I didn't want to provoke her in the first place, but who knew she would insist on hanging onto me? It seems that I didn't tell her that I was very rich, and I didn't show off either. In the end, Chinese people don't look good in Westerners' eyes. Why is she doing this?

If Zhou Ming made his helplessness public, I believe that many people would want to fight with Zhou Ming, because Jie La is the goddess of many people, and many people have expressed their affection to her. She doesn't care if you like her or not. Now she is so proactive in looking for you, and you still dislike her. Pretending to be cool will get you struck by lightning!

Fortunately, there is no device in the world that can reveal one's thoughts, so Zhou Ming escaped. Time quickly passed, and two days later, at 8:30 a.m. on the third day, Zhou Ming led the finance class to the economics building. Jie La was waiting for him at the classroom door.

Zhou Ming saw Jie La, and Jie La naturally saw Zhou Ming too. She was very happy and came over to Zhou Ming and said, 'Zhou Ming, you're very motivated today, which is what a Harvard student should do. Do well, and I'll help you!'

After she said that, Jie La turned around and left. At this time, Ye Ning said discontentedly, 'What kind of teacher is Jie La? She doesn't teach at all, she's just like a hostess in a bar, disgusting!'

Then Ye Ning said to Zhou Ming, 'Teacher, you are a very important pillar of the country, don't be fooled by these Western women, they may have ulterior motives.'

If Jie La's performance before had left Zhou Ming at a loss, then Ye Ning's words now made him feel a headache. A pretty female teacher and a simple female student, how did these two such taboo relationships catch up with him? He just hoped that he was overthinking it and that they didn't really like him, but simply had a good impression of him.

During the day's class, apart from the relationship between Jie La and Ye Ning, which made Zhou Ming feel a little difficult to handle, there was also one thing that Zhou Ming could not help but notice, and that was Brooke being released on bail.

In fact, this did not surprise Zhou Ming. After all, under the bail system, even drug lords have the right to be released on bail, let alone Brooke, who had only committed a minor crime. In addition, Brooke's family was very wealthy, and this time his father stepped forward and it was too easy to find a lawyer to post bail for Brooke. What Zhou Ming did not expect was that on the first day after being released on bail, Brooke came to see him.

'Zhou Ming, you Chinese motherfucker actually dared to call the police to arrest me, but unfortunately, I will never go to jail! And that bitch Jie La, you pair of dog and bitch, I will not let you go!' Brooke shouted at Zhou Ming, as arrogant as ever.

Zhou Ming didn't pay him any mind. After all, there was no point in arguing with him. Zhou Ming just told him, 'Brook, you can talk about it when you walk out of the courtroom.'

Time quickly passed. Half a month later, on the day of the court hearing, Zhou Ming and his lawyer Alan came to Brighton City Court together.

'Mr. Zhou Ming, this time I have collected the testimony of five of your Harvard classmates, three of whom have agreed to testify in court, as well as the testimony of the responsible teacher Moore and the warden Kohler. They have also agreed to testify in court.'

As soon as they met, Alan said to Zhou Ming, 'But the most important thing is still the testimony of Teacher Jela. If she cannot testify in court, then it is very likely that Brooke will not be found guilty.'

'Attorney Alan, don't worry, I have already spoken to Teacher Jela, and she will testify in court,' Zhou Ming said.

Alan was relieved. At that moment, they heard someone call out to them from behind. Zhou Ming and Alan turned around and saw Clark, the deputy prosecutor of the Brighton City Prosecutor's Office. It was obvious that he was the one representing the prosecutor's office in the court debate this time.

'Hello, Mr. Zhou Ming and Mr. Allen. I am very happy to see you here. As a small deputy prosecutor of a small city, I am actually able to meet two nationally renowned barristers in a small tort lawsuit. I think this is quite rare,' Clark said.

Zhou Ming heard the weakness in Clark's words and asked, 'Wait a minute, Deputy Attorney General Clark, you just said that you are two nationally renowned barristers. I know that one of them is Lawyer Allen, but what about the other one?'

This time, it was Clark who was confused. He looked at Zhou Ming and Allen and asked, 'My God, don't you know yet? Of course I'm talking about the defence lawyer for Junior Brooks, he is New York's most famous barrister, Sapir.'

'What Sapir? My God, this Congressman Brook is truly worthy of being a wealthy tycoon and is truly resourceful. He has actually hired such a great lawyer in order to protect his son.' Alan let out a gasp and said, 'This lawyer Sapir is a very formidable lawyer. He is very good at finding and seizing every possible loophole and then relentlessly pursuing it, not giving his opponents any chance. He has successfully defended many people who were unlikely to be acquitted.'

Alan concluded, 'I met him once a long time ago, and he won a resounding victory that time.'

Zhou Ming frowned, partly at what Alan had said, and partly at the sudden appearance of Attorney Sapir. As Deputy Attorney General Clark had been surprised, due to the excellent prior secrecy work on that side, Zhou Ming and the others really had no idea that Sapir was appearing in court to defend Brooke Jr.

'It seems that this trial will not be as easy as we thought,' Zhou Ming said.