Lin Fan took off her navy-blue police uniform and changed into the moon-white robes of a judge.
A light blue prosecutor's uniform still hung in her closet. It belonged to her partner, Gu Ye.
Lin Fan had always hoped to join her partner in the bright First Criminal Court, working together to punish crime and uphold justice.
Who could have guessed she'd be abruptly transferred to the Trial Supervision Division?
It was said to be the best place in the court to kick back and coast until retirement, aside from the judicial police team.
The division handled retrials, objections to enforcement, and similar cases. People jokingly called it the place that "cleans up messes and pulls up pants."
The whole department had just three people: a smiling division chief, a clerk studying hard for the civil service exam, and Lin Fan, a former judicial police officer turned judge's assistant.
But anyone who truly knew Lin Fan understood her goal: after trial supervision, there should never be another wrongful case!
*
Lin Fan, exhausted from working herself to the bone on cases, curled up in her partner's arms and whined.
"How is this a cushy retirement job?! And this is all your fault! Why'd you issue a prosecutorial recommendation? Do you know how many review reports I've written? My eyes are going blind!"
Gu Ye lifted Lin Fan's chin and examined her closely, then kissed her lips. With an upright, innocent expression, she said, "That has nothing to do with our prosecution division."
Lin Fan's lips curled into a mischievous smile. "You're a prosecutor too. You're going to make it up to me."
"How?"
"You tell me~"
*
In the end, Lin Fan got her wish and transferred to the criminal division.
Before the trial began, she loosely clasped the prosecutor's hand. "I look forward to working with you, Prosecutor Gu."
The cool, elegant, mature beauty, Gu Ye, smiled faintly. "Likewise, Judge Lin."
Reader's guide:
1. Prosecutor vs. judge's assistant, who eventually becomes a judge
2. The story of how they came to know and love each other is in the completed novel, The Prosecutor's Habit of Waiting by the Tree for a Rabbit. You don't need to have read it.
Theme: Striving for fairness and justice
