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Sun Yong shook his head. “No.”
The lawyer seated at the defense table kept winking at him, trying to signal him to say something that might earn leniency, but Sun Yong never even looked his way.
What he did was wrong. He had no wish to excuse his crime. He was ready to accept the judgment of the law.
Seeing the defendant had nothing more to add, the judge prepared to announce the verdict.
Just then, a voice came from the audience. “Your Honor, I’d like to say a few words for my soldier…”
Wrench, who hadn’t planned to speak, couldn’t hold himself back any longer, but the moment he rose, a stern rebuke rang out nearby.
“Commander of the First Army, mind where you’re standing. This is the New Alliance’s courtroom, not your barracks! No one except the defendant’s attorney is permitted to speak for him.”
Wrench turned to the source of the voice. It was Charlie, who was also seated among the audience.
Faced with Wrench’s look of surprise and confusion, Charlie simply met his eyes calmly, not even frowning.
Others might be too intimidated by Wrench’s position to speak...
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