"Reckless! Xu Yi, who gave you the right to bellow in the courtroom?"
Deputy Director Zhao thundered.
Xu Yi's words were too sharp. The little air of sorrow and mystery Feng Ting Shu had just managed to build up was shattered in an instant.
More alarming still, Xu Yi had casually turned the flames of suspicion toward him.
He hadn't said outright who Feng Ting Shu had given the Hidden Spirit Pearl to. But with Zhao standing right here, repeatedly speaking up for Feng Ting Shu, Xu Yi didn't need to spell it out. Anyone would suspect Zhao.
Xu Yi didn't even look at Deputy Director Zhao. He clasped his fists toward Director Qin, seated in the place of honor. "Director Qin, if I remember correctly, you're the presiding judge."
He and Deputy Director Zhao had been sworn enemies for a long time. There was no reason to go out of his way to spare Zhao's feelings.
Deputy Director Zhao's face turned livid. He was about to shout Xu down when Director Qin hurriedly tried to smooth things over. "Everyone, calm down. Director Xu is trying to stick to the facts, too. Don't make baseless accusations. Director Xu, you haven't finished, have you? Please continue."
Xu Yi said, "The two points I just made can be summed up as follows. First, Director Feng used my enmity with him—and the fact that I had visited Director Zhu—as an excuse to frame me when he was backed into a corner. Second, contrary to what Director Feng claimed, he did have a motive."
"What I'm going to do now is refute Director Feng's accusation against me. Based on the facts of the case, successfully luring Director Zhu out required two conditions. First, the person had to know the details of Director Zhu and