Lawyer: Send the Judge to Prison-Chapter 326 - 325: The Missing Daughter Case [Part 1]

Chapter 326: Chapter 325: The Missing Daughter Case [Part 1]

In the office.

Lawyer Gu is livestreaming legal advice.

Even after opening a law firm in Capital City, Gu Chen didn’t forget to livestream legal advice for his online followers.

His livestream sessions now easily attract over 150,000 viewers, sometimes even surpassing 200,000!

Many college students across the country join Gu Chen’s livestreams to attend his sessions.

Whether they are law students or from other disciplines, they all flock to Gu Chen’s livestream channel.

Gu Chen’s popularity during livestreams is now comparable to a top-tier influencer on Douyin.

While providing legal advice, Gu Chen habitually opened the live connection feature.

[Finally, it’s the live connection segment. Been waiting for this.]

[Let’s see if any users will come up with some quirky questions.]

[I look forward to this segment every day, hahaha, with all kinds of quirky questions from users, I can hardly wait.]

[I’ve already thought of a question! Let me join the live chat!]

The first person to connect was a middle-aged man.

Gu Chen appeared quite relaxed; joining live chats during livestreams is usually very laid-back for him.

After all, the number of people who actually need to file a lawsuit isn’t that many.

Since Gu Chen’s services are quite expensive, not everyone can afford him for a lawsuit.

If Gu Chen wants to take on a case, he can do so from his own law firm.

Xue Qingqing poured Gu Chen a cup of tea as she stood by.

After the connection was successful, Gu Chen said, "Hello."

The middle-aged man’s voice was somewhat hoarse, "Lawyer Gu, I’m begging you, can you help me out with a favor? Please, I’m really out of options, desperate to the point of losing everything."

Gu Chen took a sip of tea and said, "Tell me what’s going on. If there’s anything I can do to help, I will definitely try to help."

The middle-aged man said, "My daughter is missing."

Gu Chen: "How long has it been?"

The middle-aged man said, "A month, it’s been exactly a month, and I still haven’t been able to find my daughter."

Upon hearing about a missing person, Gu Chen’s expression turned serious.

The viewers in the livestream were just as concerned.

Generally speaking, a missing person case has only three outcomes.

First, they left home on their own and refuse to contact their family.

Second, they were taken by someone, kidnapped, subjected to unlawful restraints.

Third, they’ve died.

If they were kidnapped, there are three possibilities.

First, the kidnappers want money.

Second, the kidnappers want the person.

Third, they were taken to Northern Myanmar, living a life of extreme suffering.

No matter which scenario, it’s deeply concerning.

At this point, the middle-aged man began to cry.

Gu Chen said, "Don’t cry just yet; let me ask you a few questions."

"How old is your daughter? What’s her name? Where did she go missing?"

The middle-aged man said, "Lawyer Gu, my name is Xia Qing Country, my daughter is Xia Ling, she is 20 years old, and in her third year of college."

"About a month ago, she said she was going out to have fun, planning with her classmates to go camping."

"It happened to rain that day, so there weren’t many people around."

"My daughter got in a cab after she left, but halfway through, the driver said he had a big fare, left to pick it up, and dropped my daughter by the roadside."

"She then hailed another cab at the roadside, a van came by, and they forcibly took my daughter into the van and drove off."

"After that, she disappeared."

"Her phone’s off, there’s been no message, it’s been a month, an entire month without a trace, I can’t reach my daughter at all."

"Where’s my daughter?"

Upon hearing this case, Gu Chen felt a chill down his spine.

His daughter was forcibly taken into a van.

Someone kidnapped his daughter!

And now, it’s been a month — whether she’s alive or dead is unknown.

Gu Chen asked, "What did the police say?"

It’s impossible not to report something like this to the police.

Essentially, Gu Chen is just a lawyer; such cases are handled by the police.

Gu Chen’s main job is being a lawyer, he’s not a police officer.

Xia Qing Country said, "The police have been investigating, told us to wait for notification, but there’s been no result yet, they said surveillance footage hit a dead end. The van was last seen in Qingchuan County, where there is limited surveillance, and it managed to avoid the footage. The van is gone, the surveillance is gone, and my daughter can’t be found."

"I don’t know what to do, my daughter is gone... I don’t know if she’s alive or dead, and the police can’t find her. They say it’s the fourth case of missing college students they’ve received in recent years, and there’s no result yet."

"I’m completely out of options, if even the police can’t crack this case, but I know, my daughter was definitely kidnapped, they didn’t ask for ransom, and we can’t contact her, is my daughter still alive?"

"I want to know where my daughter is... I can’t find her, I’m really out of options, I heard Lawyer Gu is amazing, so I wanted to try... even knowing the chances are slim."

"Lawyer Gu, as long as you can find her, as long as you can use me, I’m willing to lose everything! My family’s assets are worth five million! I can offer five million! Money doesn’t matter, I just want my daughter!"

Xia Qing Country’s face was filled with despair.

After hearing this, Gu Chen sighed.

The difficulty is too great.

This case, or rather, it’s already beyond his ability.

Because Gu Chen is just a lawyer.

Handling such matters should be left to the police for stability.

Though Gu Chen has lived two lifetimes, he has no experience in handling cases.

Gu Chen continued pondering, thinking about how to help Xia Qing Country.

The viewers in the livestream were furious.

[Damn, which human trafficker did this? Abducted a female college student?]

[Is this a kidnapping or what?]

[I heard some drivers can be really evil, possibly even rape and kill, then dump the body in the wilderness, so they can’t be found.]

[Damn... Xia Ling, I think I found Xia Ling’s Douyin profile, she looks quite beautiful, such a pretty girl, she was top of her major, earned a national scholarship, and the principal’s scholarship, published two SCI papers during undergrad, was already recommended for graduate studies! Such an excellent girl, and she was kidnapped?]

[What the hell! Is it the same person?]

The viewers had already found Xia Ling’s Douyin account, then asked Xia Qing Country in the livestream.

Xia Qing Country nodded, "Yes, that’s my daughter."

Knowing this, the viewers were even more infuriated.

This is inhumane!

Kidnapping a female college student and there’s been no news for a month!

Many viewers know, if there’s no news after a month of disappearance...

It’s highly likely that Xia Ling might not be in this world anymore.

Xia Ling should have had an even better life, but now, it has all vanished.

No one knows if she is still alive.

Even less if they know where she is.

Even the police haven’t solved the case...

This case seems to have reached a deadlock.

What to do?