Chapter 031: Thallium Poisoning Case, the First Lawsuit of the Law Firm!

"Reported by our correspondent."

"Breaking emergency news."

"Ms. Zhu Lin, the victim of the thallium poisoning case at Huaqing University 30 years ago, has passed away."

Review of the Case

This case once attracted tens of millions of views on the Internet back then.

Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye, but the truth has never come to light, and the investigation of the case has come to nothing.

The victim's father, Zhu Jiangguo, is now already in his seventies, but he is still traveling all over the country, hoping to bring the criminal to justice.

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After going off air, Lin Chuan watched the evening legal news segment.

This is his habit. As a lawyer, one should not be indulged in legal provisions only but also pay attention to real-life cases. Only in this way can legal knowledge be applied flexibly.

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Seven days later, Lin Chuan's Mingjing Law Firm opened.

At the same time, the law firm welcomed its first employee, Qin Xuan.

She had long hair, white stockings, fair skin, and a well-proportioned figure, being slim where she should be and having curves where appropriate.

At this moment, she was standing shyly in front of Lin Chuan, pulling her suitcase.

"Welcome to join Mingjing Law Firm, Miss Qin Xuan. From today on, we are colleagues." Lin Chuan extended his hand enthusiastically.

"Um... I will work hard!" Qin Xuan still maintained a slow speaking pace.

Such a slow speaking pace would drive the judge crazy if she were to present defense arguments in court.

Therefore, Lin Chuan first arranged for Qin Xuan to be a legal assistant.

Qin Xuan was very happy. In fact, compared with being a lawyer, she preferred to be Lin Chuan's assistant.

Because whenever she thought of Lin Chuan bringing the criminal to justice in court, she felt that she had made a contribution and had a sense of honor, so she gladly accepted this task.

Meanwhile, Mingjing Law Firm also received its first lawsuit.

"Excuse me, is Lawyer Lin Chuan here?"

An old man with a head of white hair and a hunched back came to Mingjing Law Firm.

"Grandpa, are you here to consult legal issues?" Qin Xuan greeted this customer.

Currently, there were a total of seven employees in Mingjing Law Firm. Except for Qin Xuan, the rest were lawyers.

Qin Xuan's job was to judge whether the lawsuit to be filed was difficult or not by receiving visitors.

If it was a minor lawsuit, there was no need to bother Lin Chuan. It could be directly handed over to other lawyers in the law firm.

But if it was a difficult-level lawsuit, Lin Chuan would step in.

"Miss, I want to find Lawyer Lin Chuan in your law firm and ask him to take on my case!" The old man with a head of white hair had a glimmer of hope in his eyes. The lawsuit he wanted to file was extremely difficult!

He had hired many well-known lawyers before, but the results were not satisfactory.

Hearing that a genius lawyer had emerged in Lvzhou recently, he came all the way from Jinghai to Lvzhou.

"Grandpa, please tell me about the case first, and then I'll report it to Lawyer Lin Chuan." Qin Xuan poured a cup of tea for the customer.

However, just at this moment, Lin Chuan happened to come out of his office to go to the toilet and glanced at the old man. He felt a bit familiar.

"You are Zhu Jiangguo? Zhu Lin's father."

"Yes, you are Lawyer Lin Chuan! I have seen your photo on the Internet." Zhu Jiangguo reached out his hand excitedly, tears streaming down his face.

"Please help me fight this lawsuit. Although my daughter has passed away, the criminal is still at large. I want to give my daughter an explanation!"

"Ah... Come into my office and talk." Lin Chuan invited Zhu Jiangguo in.

Regarding Zhu Lin's matter, because of her passing, there had been hot searches about her on the Internet these days. Lin Chuan had some understanding of the case.

The general process was that Zhu Lin was admitted to Huaqing University with excellent grades back then.

This was originally a huge piece of good news.

But in her second year, the healthy and lively Zhu Lin suddenly fell ill frequently.

After multiple hospital examinations, she was diagnosed with thallium poisoning.

It should be noted that in that era, thallium, a chemical element, was very rare and not accessible to everyone. Only the laboratory of Huaqing University had a stock of it.

And after police verification, Zhu Lin had not been to the laboratory storing thallium during her time at school.

Therefore, she could only have been poisoned by someone.

However, after the police investigation, although they had identified suspects, they had not found conclusive evidence.

Therefore, the case was left unsettled back then.

"Lawyer Lin Chuan, you are my only hope."

"In the past 30 years, I have traveled to law firms in various provinces across the country. Many well-known legal experts have taken on this lawsuit for me."

"But they all lost."

Zhu Jiangguo was emotionally agitated. Although the police had identified suspects, they just couldn't find evidence.

Therefore, even though Zhu Jiangguo had repeatedly accused the suspects of intentional poisoning and murder, the lawyers were unable to win the lawsuits due to lack of evidence.

However, Zhu Jiangguo did not give up. For the sake of seeking justice for his daughter, he had been running around for 30 years.

This time, he turned to Lin Chuan.

This was his last hope because he was already 70 years old this year. Having experienced the pain of losing his child, both his body and spirit had been severely hit.

If this lawsuit was not successful this time, he, an old man with white hair, really couldn't hold on anymore!

"Don't worry, I'll take this case," Lin Chuan agreed without hesitation.

The reason why he was so decisive was twofold. First, he knew there were some peculiarities in this case. It was said that the suspect had a powerful background, and there might be some behind-the-scenes protection.

Second, this case had high attention online.

Because Zhu Lin was an outstanding student and was admitted to the best domestic university, Huaqing University. Originally, she could have become a pillar of the country after graduation.

But because someone deliberately poisoned her, this budding talent of the motherland was thus ruined. How could people not be angry?

These two days, with Douyin leading the way, the heat of Zhu Lin's thallium poisoning case remained high on various media platforms. Netizens were eager for someone to step forward and bring the truth of that year to light and bring the suspect who was at large to justice.

Therefore, for these two reasons, Lin Chuan had no choice but to take this case.

As a legal professional, upholding the legal bottom line and rectifying the situation was his unshirkable duty!

"That's great, Lawyer Lin Chuan. You really took this case!" Zhu Jiangguo was about to kneel down to Lin Chuan.

Before this, Wang Qiyuan, the star lawyer from Jinghai's No.1 Law Firm, Han Qingyuan, a famous lawyer from Liangzhou, Wan Changyun, the vice president of the Lawyers Association of Longguo, and many other well-known lawyers in China had taken on this lawsuit.

But the results were very consistent, ending in defeat.

Therefore, law firms across the country had put Zhu Jiangguo on the blacklist.

No one dared to take on this lawsuit as it was too difficult!

Although the police had identified suspects, they had no evidence, so the charge of intentional poisoning could not be established.

Therefore, no law firm was willing to let its lawyers take on this lawsuit as the chances of winning were too low.

But once defeated, it would affect the reputation of the law firm, which would be a loss-making proposition!