Chapter 622: Apologizing is secondary, I want to propose to her.
"Since one of the witnesses for the defense is the hotel manager, I assume the hotel manager would know better than anyone about the surveillance situation at Kasi Hotel?"
Lawyer Fu said, having already proactively submitted a USB drive as evidence.
Soon, the courtroom’s video evidence was projected onto the big screen.
On the screen, Zhongli Wuzhi entered the main entrance of the Kasi Hotel at 7:42 PM, holding a huge bouquet of flowers, which seemed to have close to a hundred, if not ninety.
The flowers almost completely obscured Zhongli Wuzhi’s face.
Lu Xiaoer watched this scene in stunned disbelief...
From the moment Zhongli Wuzhi entered the hotel, to taking the elevator, then exiting it, and afterwards walking towards room 520, until Zhongli Wuzhi entered room 520, the video then ended.
"Your Honor and members of the jury, ladies and gentlemen present here, from the video, we can clearly see the time Mr. Zhongli entered the hotel and the hotel room,"
"Mr. Zhongli Wuzhi held a large bouquet of flowers. Was he planning to apologize to Miss Lu Xiaoer?"
Lawyer Fu looked towards Zhongli Wuzhi and asked.
Everyone thought that was the obvious reason, but Zhongli Wuzhi hesitated again. After a long while, he displayed his trademark sly fox’s smile, frivolous and carefree, and said,
"Apologizing was... secondary. I wanted to propose to her."
"..."
At that moment, Lu Xiaoer’s brain went blank.
She looked at Zhongli Wuzhi, whose face bore that smile unique to him, a smile that made it impossible to tell whether his words were true or false.
His smile gave no sense of security.
It was this exact smile that made countless women kneel before him.
"I just didn’t expect... that things would happen so suddenly,"
Zhongli Wuzhi shrugged,
"I guess, maybe Xiaoer and I were destined to meet but not fated to be together. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you may not end up with a lifetime partner."
"..."
Song Lili, sitting in the last row auditing the trial, was completely unaware that Zhongli Wuzhi had intended to propose to Xiaoer with such a large bouquet of flowers that night...
For a moment, Song Lili started to feel regret.
Only now did she realize that even though Zhongli Wuzhi had indeed made a mistake, it lay in his too great expectations, caring too much, valuing her too highly, and fearing too much the loss.
If she had gone to check the surveillance at Kasi Hotel after Xiaoer had confided everything to her, perhaps she would have known... the mood and determination with which Zhongli Wuzhi had gone to the meeting.
Such a misunderstanding was too hurtful, distressing for Lu Xiaoer, and equally so for Zhongli Wuzhi.
But what Song Lili could not understand was why, even though Zhongli Wuzhi already knew the truth, he still insisted on marrying Chinian?
Now, speaking these words in court was tantamount to a confession to Lu Xiaoer, yet on the other hand, he was preparing to meet the King of M country, planning his wedding with Chinian...
The hearts and minds of Zhongli Wuzhi, why were they so inscrutable?
"Since Mr. Zhongli did indeed go to Kasi Hotel that evening, you just mentioned that Miss Lu Xiaoer was drugged with sedatives by my client. Do you have any evidence?"
The face of the defense lawyer turned sour, as Song Jing had not told him the whole truth, at least not about Zhongli Wuzhi, whom she had never mentioned.
That he could still logically find loopholes in Zhongli Wuzhi’s words was purely professional integrity.
"No evidence,"
Zhongli Wuzhi stated bluntly, "But... in M country, there’s a special kind of airborne aphrodisiac that, once vaporized in the air, leaves no trace."
"..."
Song Lili furrowed her brows.
Airborne aphrodisiac... it was that kind of substance!