The Genius Sweetheart of the Abstinent Goblin Boss

Prosecutor: "Witness Cheng Yao, what is your relationship with witness Yuan Yamei?"

Cheng Yao didn't dare to look up at Zeng Nian, and stammered with his head down:

"She is me... I... We've known each other since we were little."

Upon hearing this, Zeng Nian already sensed that something was amiss.

Aren't they cousins? What's there to hide?

The prosecutor pressed further, "Are they relatives?"

Cheng Yao trembled, but having come this far, he dared not lie.

"No... not..."

Zeng Nian was completely puzzled. He stared intently at Cheng Yao's lowered face and saw his guilty conscience and fear. He had a vague guess in his heart, but subconsciously he denied it as if trying to escape.

impossible! !

Yamei could never betray him!! She's so obedient, so sensible, so submissive, and loves him so deeply, how could she...?

It's ridiculous!

Prosecutor: "Oh? Not relatives, just grew up together, so you're childhood sweethearts?"

Cheng Yao kept his head down: "Yes..."

The prosecutor took a forceful step forward:

"Can a childhood friendship sustain you in maintaining close contact with your childhood sweetheart even after they get married and have a family? Do you think that reason alone is convincing enough?"

Cheng Yao tensed up. He could feel the gaze coming from the defendant's seat, like a long sword that could take his life at any moment. He was so terrified that his legs began to tremble.

The prosecutor, however, gave him no chance to back down and asked again:

"Witness Cheng Yao, I'll ask you one more time, what exactly is your relationship with the other witness, Yuan Yamei?"

Cheng Yao swallowed hard, and beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Witness Cheng Yao! Please cooperate with my answers!" The prosecutor raised his voice again.

Cheng Yao trembled violently, "She is... the biological mother of my child..."

"What did you say?!" Zeng Nian was truly enraged this time. If he hadn't been locked in the dock, he might have pounced on Cheng Yao and strangled him right now.

Cheng Yao was so frightened that he began to tremble violently.

The prosecutor pressed his advantage: "Witness Cheng Yao, the child you mentioned is Zeng Qian'er, right?"

Cheng Yao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, trembling. "...Yes."

"Ah ...

But what's even more unacceptable is that Zeng Qian'er is actually Cheng Yao's daughter!!

Doesn't this mean that he not only raised his wife's illegitimate daughter, but also her lover?

And Cheng Yao has been right beside them the whole time, doesn't that mean they've maintained that relationship all along? Right under their noses?!

"Defendant Zeng Nian!! This is my last warning to you. If you continue to disrupt the court proceedings with your emotional outburst, the court will force you to leave the courtroom. The trial will continue in your absence, and your performance in court will be taken into account when making your final judgment. Do you understand?!"

Zeng Nian's chest heaved violently, and the whites of his eyes were already bloodshot. He withdrew his murderous gaze and forced himself to take several deep breaths.

"I understand, I will control it."

He must remain calm now; he cannot be forced to leave the courtroom, or he will have no chance at all.

The prosecutor, having received instructions, continued with the questioning:

“Witness Yuan Yamei, according to the investigation, Zeng Qian’er was born six months before you and Zeng Nian got married. Why did you choose to marry Zeng Nian at that time?”

Yuan Yamei appeared much calmer than Cheng Yao. She feigned deep sorrow and began reciting her pre-arranged lines.

"It was Zeng Nian who forced me. I was living a good life with Cheng Yao. Although we didn't get a marriage certificate, we had a de facto marriage and had been living together for a long time. We even had a child."

But that day, Zeng Nian suddenly had me kidnapped. I don't know what got into him, but he insisted on marrying me. I refused, so he forced himself on me..."

Zeng Nian stared wide-eyed in disbelief, unable to believe that Yuan Yamei would spout such nonsense.

She still looked frail, but usually her frailty was meant to make him smile; now, her frailty was meant to kill him…

The prosecutor didn't overlook any key words:

"You mean, he raped you that day?"

Yuan Yamei bit her lip, "Yes!"

The prosecutor nodded. "And then?"

"Then he forced me to marry him, otherwise he would hand over my sex photos to the newspaper, and said he would kill everyone I cared about... I was so scared that I had no choice but to agree..."

Towards the end, Yuan Yamei even started sobbing.

The prosecutor turned to Zeng Nian and asked, "Defendant, do you have any objections?"

Of course Zeng Nian had it!

"Ya Mei! How can you talk nonsense? You clearly married me willingly in the first place!!"

Yuan Yamei showed no fear, raising her head with tearful eyes to confront him.

"Did you give me a choice?! You forced me to marry you without even asking if I wanted to!"

“You…!” Zeng Nian wanted to retort, but suddenly fell silent.

He didn't ask her; he simply informed her that he wanted to marry him.

But he was absolutely certain that he saw the excitement and longing in her eyes at that moment!

And how could she have been so proactive on their wedding night?!

Yuan Yamei then pressed her advantage, crying out to the judge's bench:

"Your Honor, please do justice for me! Zeng Nian forced me to marry him, separating me from the man I love, and forcing my biological daughter to live as my adopted daughter! For so many years, I have lived with guilt towards my daughter and husband, and fear towards Zeng Nian. Please, I beg you to give me justice!"

At this moment, Cheng Yao couldn't care less about anything else and hurriedly joined Yuan Yamei in crying and complaining:

"Yes! Your Honor! He took advantage of his status and position to forcibly seize my wife and children!! Is there no justice or law left?! Can a general do whatever he wants?!"

Zeng Nian's mind was filled with Yuan Yamei's words, "You made me separate from the man I love." He shook his head violently, unable to accept it.

"No! Yamei!! The man you love is me! You've told me so many times that I'm the one you love most, that you'd do anything for me! At the very least..."

At the very least, she should love Qi Mu, not this complete nobody.

"How dare you love such a piece of trash? Absolutely not!!"

Hearing this personal attack in public, even the timid Cheng Yao was enraged.

"Of course my Yamei loves me! What do you, a middle-aged man like you, have that makes her love you?"

He and Yami have been together since birth, so he knows her very well.

She likes money and power, but her genes dictate that she is a looks-obsessed person.