Chapter 1305: A Gimmick
Bai Jinyi looked at Gu Nianzhi in surprise. “A co-conspirator? A fish that slipped through the net?!”
“Yes, I’ll say it again. You think you were using someone as a weapon, but have you ever considered that you’re actually someone else’s weapon? ”
Gu Nianzhi smiled airily, and appeared as beautiful as a Queen of the Night flower.
Bai Jinyi frowned and said uneasily, ” … That was a long time ago. With Huo Jialan, I was also accidentally… ”
Gu Nianzhi corrected her, “Luo Jialan, she changed her name now.”
” … Luo Jialan, I also happened to tell Luo Jialan about her past… ”
“When and where? Who was there at the time?” Gu Nianzhi asked carefully.
” … Is that important? ” Bai jinyi looked at Gu Nianzhi in confusion. “It’s been so long.”
“Of course it’s important. Did you think I came here to reminiscence over the past with you?” Gu Nianzhi raised an eyebrow and was a little impatient. “You’ve already experienced the consequences of not telling your lawyer the truth, haven’t you?”
In the case of Luo Xinxue’s murder, Bai Jinyi had hidden some facts from her defense lawyer, so Gu Nianzhi found a loophole in her defense and had pursued her until she was defenseless and finally convicted.
“What substantive benefits would that give me?” Bai Jinyi wasn’t someone easy to take advantage of. The expression in her eyes calmed down. “Can my verdict be overturned?”
Gu Nianzhi lowered her eyes and didn’t comment. “That depends on how much you reveal and what the truth is.”
“Then can you prove that I’m innocent? ! I demand immediate release from prison!” With great emotion, Bai Jinyi stood up. ” … Can you?! I won’t tell if you can’t! ”
Gu Nianzhi’s well-defined lips curved upwards. She looked up at Bai Jinyi. “Did you intentionally or unintentionally reveal to Luo Jialan that Song Jinning knew about her background after she took over Song Jinning’s care?”
Her mind racing, Bai Jinyi’s eyes darted around. Finally, she sneered, “No comment! ” Then she turned to leave the reception room and was taken back to her cell by the prison guards.
Gu Nianzhi stood up slowly and waited for a while before walking out of the reception room. She said to the other prison guard at the door, “Excuse me, can you show me Bai Jinyi’s cell?”
The prison guard froze. “You want to see Bai Jinyi’s cell? Do you have a visitation certificate?”
“Does her verbal promise count as a visitation certificate?” Gu Nianzhi raised her chin and gestured towards the spot where Bai Jinyi had disappeared from. “I have a phone call recording.”
The prison guard called his superior and confirmed it before saying, “Please come with me.”
Gu Nianzhi followed the prison guard to Bai Jinyi’s cell.
The Green City women’s prison is for felony inmates, and only inmates serving sentences of at least fifteen years are housed there.
All along the way, everything was heavily guarded, with cameras everywhere.
The doors of the cells with iron bars were tightly shut. The inside and the outside of the door were like two different worlds.
Gu Nianzhi walked quietly until the prison guard stopped in front of a single cell. He pointed and said, “This is Bai Jinyi’s cell.”
Gu Nianzhi walked up to him. “Open the door. ”
The prison guard pressed a few pa.s.swords on the screen beside the door, and the door opened quietly.
Of course, the iron bars outside were still tightly shut.
Gu Nianzhi looked up and saw what was happening inside the cell. She smiled and quickly took a photo with her phone.
Bai Jinyi’s single cell was really well equipped.
The room was not small, at least twenty square meters.
There was a desk under the south-facing window. There was a laptop on the desk, and beside the desk was a small three-story bookshelf. It was densely packed with books.
On the East Wall, there was a single bed covered in snow-white sheets. The lamp at the head of the bed was exquisite and cute.
On the West Wall, there was a curved LCD TV. Below it were two single sofas. In the middle of the two sofas was a small coffee table.
On the other side of the Single Sofa was an elliptical machine that could run, stretch, and monitor the heart rate.
Gu Nianzhi clicked her tongue. “Are you here to go to jail or to retire? ”
She turned to look at the prison guard, “I never knew that our country’s felony prison could have such good facilities. It’s comparable to Norway’s Oslo’s felony prison cell. I think this place should be called a retirement home instead of a women’s prison. ”
“When the law-abiding commoners are still struggled to buy a room, our felony prisoners are already living in developed countries’ retirement homes. ”
“I think the public will be very happy to know that. ”
Gu Nianzhi did not say much and turned to leave.
The faces of Bai Jinyi inside the cell and the guards outside the cell both had suddenly changed.
Bai Jinyi understood her meaning and rushed to the door to stop Gu Nianzhi from leaving. She said anxiously, “Don’t leave! I’ll tell you everything you want to know!”
She knew very well that Gu Nianzhi was threatening her. If she didn’t tell her, she would spread news about “treatment” she had received in prison. When that happened, not only would she be at a disadvantage, but more importantly, her eldest brother, Bai Jiancheng, who had just become prime minister, will suffer as well!
Gu Nianzhi, on the other hand, had noticed from the phone call that Bai Jinyi had received an unusual treatment in prison.
She had already made several preparations. If Bai Jinyi had cooperated obediently, she wouldn’t have made things too difficult for her.
After all, they were people who were about to be sentenced to death. It was considered magnanimous of them to live well and eat well before they died.
But if she didn’t know what was good for her and went overboard, Gu Nianzhi wouldn’t be merciful either.
She was the best at dealing with the prime minister.
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The first few sentences in the single cell completely suppressed Bai Jinyi’s arrogance.
She was much more obedient during the following interrogation.
Gu Nianzhi was still holding her recording pen in her hand when she returned to the surveillance room. She began to question Bai Jinyi.
“Bai Jinyi, when and where did you tell Luo Jialan that Song Jinning knew about her past?”
“Seven years ago, when I had a breakthrough in my experiment.” Bai Jinyi said this as she gave Gu Nianzhi a resentful look. “If your car hadn’t barged in that day, my experiment would’ve been a success!”
Gu Nianzhi: ” … ”
Alright!
As if this was her fault?!
Gu Nianzhi didn’t back down and said coldly, “You really know how to pa.s.s the buck. You couldn’t pull yourself out so you’re blaming the lack of gravity, aren’t you?”
The ridicule made Bai Jinyi’s face redden, but she forced herself to remain calm. “That was how it was.”
Gu Nianzhi chuckled lightly and continued to ask, “Was that before or after I appeared?”
” … After. The experiment was a failure, so I went back to the imperial capital to have dinner with the Huo family… ” Bai Jinyi’s lips twitched. “Then I spoke a little with Luo Jialan.”
Bai Jinyi was furious when she saw that Song Jinning was in good spirits and looked like she was about to recover.
“What did you say? You definitely don’t remember, right? ” Gu Nianzhi purposely said, “I don’t have high expectations regarding your IQ and memory.”
“Of course I remember.” Bai Jinyi looked at Gu Nianzhi mockingly. “Since I’ve agreed to tell you, I won’t hide it anymore.”
“Then tell me.”
” … I was pruning the flowers in the small garden when Luo Jialan stood beside and chatted with me. I… I accidentally mentioned that Huo Guanyuan wasn’t her biological father, and that Song Jinning knew about it…”
“What did Luo Jialan say? ” Gu Nianzhi asked calmly without her tone being imposing.
Bai Jinyi followed up, “She told me that she already knew.”
It was just as Gu Nianzhi had expected, so she immediately asked in confirmation, “What did she already know? Did she already know that Huo Guanyuan wasn’t her biological father, or that Song Jinning knew about it? ”
Bai Jinyi was baffled. ” … I didn’t think about it that deeply. I a.s.sumed she already knew about everything.”
Obviously, Luo Jialan used a gimmick regarding this matter. Even the usually sharp Bai Jinyi was fooled by her.