God's Imitator

Lu Qi looked confused: "But I completely don’t understand, how can the insurance policy and Lawyer Lin’s testimony both be valid? Isn’t there an obvious contradiction?"

Ye Lin shook her head: "There is no fundamental contradiction. Under certain circumstances, they can both be valid.

"Just like Lawyer Lin said: if the woman is a high net worth individual, like a corporate executive or a second-generation rich, then the insurance amount is reasonable, and at the same time, the possibility of ’killing one’s wife for insurance’ becomes greater.

"That is to say, if Tang Qing and Wang Yongxin can provide evidence proving the woman is a high net worth individual, Lawyer Lin’s questioning might backfire.

"At that time, if there is a ’truth vote,’ the possibility of ’killing one’s wife for insurance’ could very likely get 60 votes."

Lu Qi was still a bit puzzled: "Then what? Even if that’s the truth, the criminal is the deceased male, which has nothing to do with the four suspects present?"

Ye Lin explained somewhat helplessly: "Think one step further?

"Up to now, we don’t even know what evidence is in the evidence room, but there’s a high probability that there’s evidence unfavorable to the four suspects.

"If there isn’t, then wouldn’t the suspects be invincible? The imitator wouldn’t allow that to happen.

"So, as long as ’killing one’s wife for insurance’ is established as the truth, Tang Qing and Wang Yongxin can immediately find evidence from the evidence room that’s unfavorable to Lawyer Lin and submit it.

"And from the current situation, the falsified evidence is very little, only the ’third-party insurance policy.’

"All other evidence is real.

"Tang Qing could fully use a specific piece of evidence to accuse Lawyer Lin of being an accomplice to the man, for instance, providing legal advice for the man’s insurance fraud or plundering the woman’s premarital wealth.

"At that time, once the evidence is verified as true and forms a chain of evidence with the previous evidence, it would lock in Lawyer Lin’s crime on the game mechanics level, making it impossible to turn things around."

Huang Shengjie was also shocked: "What? Lawyer Lin’s current situation is actually quite dire!

"It’s a fix! This game is definitely rigged! I suspect the imitator is deliberately targeting!"

Qin Cheng put an index finger to his mouth: "Shh, keep it down, we’re extras now, avoid behaving out of character.

"Anyway, we really can’t help now.

"If there were a ’jury representative,’ maybe they could help defend Lawyer Lin a bit, but for now, all we can do is vote for him as much as possible."

Ye Lin’s expression also turned grave: "In the worst-case scenario, we can only concede and use the Immunity Coupon to save Lawyer Lin."

Qin Cheng thought for a moment and then said: "However, I don’t think the situation is that bad, Lawyer Lin might still have a trump card."

Huang Shengjie was taken aback: "Hmm? How did you see that?"

Qin Cheng explained: "Did you notice, when Lawyer Lin spoke, he purposely separated the doubts regarding the insurance.

"Before the last recess, Lawyer Lin had already argued from three angles that such an insurance fraud scheme had a low success rate. The key point being the woman would definitely be wary when the man buys a large insurance on her behalf; she wouldn’t willingly sign it.

"After the recess, Tang Qing produced the fake policy, arguing the man could deceive her into signing it by exploiting her jealousy.

"But then Lawyer Lin immediately raised new doubts about the woman’s assets, saying without sufficient assets, she couldn’t purchase a ten million insurance coverage.

"Lawyer Lin’s mind is quite sharp; he couldn’t have thought of this only after the recess.

"This was clearly something he kept hidden intentionally.

"If he had brought up this doubt before the last recess, presenting two doubts together wouldn’t it be more convincing?"

Huang Shengjie blinked in some confusion: "That seems reasonable, but what meaning does it have? I don’t get it."

Qin Cheng didn’t give a definitive answer: "It’s hard to say, everyone has different thought processes. It’s difficult to guess exactly what Lawyer Lin is thinking, but...I believe his probing wasn’t meaningless.

"By separating the two pieces of insurance-related information, it’s like he’s deliberately baiting Tang Qing’s evidence. Or perhaps he’s verifying certain information.

"Of course, this is just my speculation.

"The key is after this recess, what kind of evidence Tang Qing can present.

"Lawyer Lin’s latest doubt posed is actually very risky, easily undermining the possibility of ’killing one’s wife for insurance.’

"To prove the woman could reasonably have a ten million insurance amount, as Lawyer Lin said, there are only three channels:

"First is to prove the woman’s annual income is in the millions;

"Second is to prove the woman has assets in the tens of millions;

"Third is to prove the woman herself is a high-value individual like a high-level manager or business elite."

Lu Qi asked instinctively: "Isn’t the first and third the same?"

Qin Cheng shook his head: "Not the same, some professions can also reach an annual income in the millions, like influencers or streamers with many fans, but their income stability is poor.

"The key lies in whether it conflicts with existing evidence.

"Since the policy under the woman’s name has been verified as real, and it’s very likely that the man tricked her into signing it, the possibilities of the woman being an executive, business elite or top lawyer are nonexistent.

"Because such sharp people cannot be fooled by such crude means.

"If Tang Qing presents evidence that ’the woman is a corporate executive,’ it could cause the entire logic chain of inference to collapse. If it comes to that, I can’t predict exactly how the game will progress, but for Tang Qing, it would certainly be a bad result.

"To find more reasonable evidence, one must assume ’the woman’s actual ability doesn’t match her wealth’ and consider from these two angles:

"Either the woman indeed makes millions annually but earns quick money as an influencer or streamer;

"Or the woman indeed has substantial assets, but the assets may come from the family, meaning her parents protected her so well that she is naive.

"But if it’s the latter, maybe some patching is required.

"If her parents are first-generation entrepreneurs and dote on their daughter, they couldn’t ignore her marriage.

"Unless both of her parents have passed away, leaving behind a substantial inheritance.

"I wonder which type of evidence Tang Qing will provide."

Ye Lin asked: "Qin Cheng, when do you think Tang Qing and Lawyer Lin will reveal their cards to each other? After this recess? Or after the next one?"

Qin Cheng shook his head: "It’s hard to say, but to be safe, I think placing bets now is appropriate.

"Lawyer Lin might want to delay it another round, but Tang Qing might not give him that chance."

Ye Lin nodded: "Right now, Feng Yuguang’s odds are 3.4, the highest in the room, indicating the fewest players have bet on him.

"If he speaks more, the odds might go higher, but it’s meaningless because he is the weakest among the four suspects, with a negligible chance of winning the game.

"The players betting on him are likely just trying their luck.

"Tang Qing and Wang Yongxin’s odds are 2.3 and 2.1, respectively. Wang Yongxin has spoken less, so his odds might decrease a bit, but his position indeed seems the safest, so more players will likely continue betting on him, probably further lowering the odds.

"Lawyer Lin’s odds are 2.7, noticeably up from the data we saw during the first recess because he has spoken more, and many in the audience have realized that if Tang Qing’s ’killing one’s wife for insurance’ assumption holds, Lawyer Lin’s position will be very precarious, so fewer players are betting on him subsequently.

"This should count as a high point.

"Then let’s place our bets.

"We’ll all bet on Lawyer Lin, a total of 30,000.

"Of course, if you’re more confident...you can bet more."