Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch17 - Dormitory Inspection

Note: There's one bolded word, I bold words when they were originally in English in the raws.

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When they were leaving the station, Yu Hao stayed back by himself and asked Huang Ting, "Can this case be brought to court?"

"Yours should be fine. I'll make everything clear at the meeting later, you can't be wronged any further. But the premise is that Shi Liang has to admit to his crimes......"

"I meant her case." Yu Hao didn't know if he should laugh or cry as he said, "Mine isn't even worth mentioning."

"It's hard to say." Huang Ting stated, "The medical report is strong evidence, but it can't prove that it was done by her father. We need to wait for the prosecution to raise an indictment; Shi Liang's an extremely cunning guy, if he's dead set on insisting that he didn't do it and he manages to get an amazing lawyer, the case could be locked in a stalemate for a long time."

Yu Hao frowned as he pondered. Huang Ting said, "The only thing we can do now is to protect her well. Yu Hao, I would strongly advise you against staying at her house tonight......"

Yu Hao interrupted, "I know. I just wanted to set her mind at ease, I won't stay at her house."

Yu Hao knows that Shi Ni must be filled with a strong sense of insecurity right now, and probably never fully trusted the police as she was afraid that this matter would just go back and forth. Also, he was still worried about the demonic eye in the dreamscape.

"And if there's any surveillance in Nini's house......" Yu Hao said.

"No surveillance." Huang Ting said, "I'm very sure about that, or else we wouldn't have been bogged down by your case for so long."

After thinking about it, Yu Hao asked, "What about the nanny?"

Huang Ting said, "Her nanny is only around on Mondays and Thursdays, she won't be around tomorrow or the day after."

Then......what exactly does the demonic eye represent? The nanny? Yu Hao kept thinking.

"In any case, you should advise her well. Tomorrow night, I will get a colleague to stay with her for one night to wait for the day after tomorrow. We can only detain him for 24 hours, if she's willing to confront Shi Liang, there may be progress......"

Yu Hao interrupted, "She doesn't want to see him ever again. Can you judge him if she doesn't see him?"

"This is a criminal case." Huang Ting suppressed his voice as he said sternly, "Not a civil dispute. If the witness is absent, a certain amount of credibility will be lost. I understand that you want to protect a minor, but it would be better if she can attend the court session."

Zhou Sheng was waiting in front of the restaurant, and when he managed to get some seats, he shouted at Yu Hao.

"The most you can do right now is to adjust her frame of mind. As of now, you're the one she trusts the most." Huang Ting continued, "I told her that I'll let a colleague follow her home to stay the night, but she insists on asking you to accompany her back or else she wouldn't go home. She has always had a very strong guard up, but right now, she's willing to listen to and consider whatever you say."

"Easy for you to say." It was rare for Yu Hao to talk back.

Yet Huang Ting smiled. He took his cap off and scrutinized Yu Hao.

"You're a healing lad." Huang Ting said, "How're you faring as a Glory healer1? Wanna join our party?"

Yu Hao, "......no time, final exams are coming up!"