The prosecutor did not have a very kind attitude when he was interrogating Zuo Weiyi and recording her statement.
“Miss Zuo Weiyi, we will conduct some inquiries and investigations regarding Miss Tengtang Xi’s accusations of manslaughter.”
Zuo Weiyi was very calm and composed as she faced the prosecutor standing in front of him.
“Okay, sure.”
“First of all, I would like to ask you, if this was the vase that was on your bedside table the other day?”
Zuo Weiyi looked down as she glanced at the vase in the plastic bag. After that, Zuo Weiyi raised her head before she replied, “Yes.”
“Then, did you use this vase to smash Tengtang Xi’s head and tried to murder her with it?”
“Yes, I used the vase to smash her head but I was not trying to kill her. There is also a legitimate reason for my behavior. I was simply acting out of self-defense.”
As soon as he heard her words, the prosecutor frowned as he looked at her and said, “Justified defense? How are you going to prove all of this?”
Prove?
Zuo Weiyi frowned slightly. At that time, apart from her and Tengtang Xi, there was no one else in the ward. Therefore, she did not have any eyewitnesses at all.
Zuo Weiyi suddenly thought of something and subconsciously raised her hand as she tried to remove the gray scarf around her neck. However, she stopped mid-action.
There were originally traces and marks of Tengtang Xi’s fingerprints left on her neck when she tried to strangle her in the hospital ward. However, since some time had already passed, it seemed as though those marks had already faded with no traces at all.
In other words, could she really established and justify her legitimate defense?
Zuo Weiyi raised her eyes to look at the prosecutor sitting in front of her before she replied calmly, “There was no one else in the room with us at that time. Therefore, I cannot provide you with the evidence that you want. However, I want to emphasize the fact that I did not try to murder Tengtang Xi. If you really want to charge me with manslaughter based on this so-called evidence, then I would also like to press charges against Tengtang Xi for attempting murder in Room 307 of the Central Hospital at nine o’clock in the morning on November 29th! That was when I smashed her head with a vase out of self-defense!”
The prosecutor was stunned for a moment when he heard Zuo Weiyi’s words.
However, he had received direct orders from his superior. He was told to get a confession out of Zuo Weiyi, and his superior had told him that he would have to get Zuo Weiyi to plead guilty to manslaughter today. However, Zuo Weiyi was trying to press charges against Miss Tengtang Xi for manslaughter now? This case… was a little too complicated, right?
The prosecutor looked at Zuo Weiyi briefly before he chose to completely ignore her words. After that, he picked up another document before he placed it directly in front of Zuo Weiyi as he said, “The investigation results show that the fingerprints on this vase match your fingerprints exactly. Furthermore, it has also been confirmed that the blood on the vase belongs to Miss Tengtang Xi. Do you have anything else to say about this?”
Zuo Weiyi could not help but frown when she heard the prosecutor’s words. The prosecutor was obviously ignoring everything that she had just said earlier. Their focus was on getting her to confess and plead guilty to Tengtang Xi’s accusation of murder.
It seemed as though there was something amiss about this matter. Zuo Weiyi stood up before she said, “I have already told you that I did not try to kill Tengtang Xi. I also told you that I want to press charges against Tengtang Xi for attempted murder. However, it seems as though your focus is only entirely on getting me to plead guilty to the charges that Tengtang Xi has filed against me. Are you telling me that the prosecutors in the prosecutor’s office do not need to look at evidence when they are handling a case?”
“Who said that we are not looking at the evidence? The fingerprints and bloodstains on the vase are all the evidence that we need!”
“If you are going to act in such a dodgy and sloppy manner just to convict me, then I think that you should be talking to my lawyer instead!”
After she was done speaking, Zuo Weiyi turned around as she proceeded to walk out of the interrogation room.
“Stop right there!” the prosecutor wanted to continue speaking but Zuo Weiyi did not pay any attention to him at all. Instead, she simply opened the door and walked out of the interrogation room.
After walking out of the room, Zuo Weiyi instantly saw Shi Yuting waiting for her outside the interrogation room.