"She is the wife of the prime minister! Her husband is the prime minister! Prime minister! How could she do such a thing?" Gu Nianzhi expressed her disbelief, simply unable to follow Cai Songyin's train of thought or modus operandi.
Huo Shaoheng silently read all the related news and handed Gu Nianzhi back her phone. "Don't jump to conclusions just yet. At this point, you still need evidence before you point any fingers."
Upon further consideration, he did have a point.
She was letting her earlier assumptions cloud her judgment. First, she'd automatically assumed that the blogger's death was somehow connected to that text message she'd sent to Cai Songyin, concluding that Cai Songyin was the culprit.
From a legal standpoint, what she had done was establish her biased assumptions first, then search for evidence in the context of those assumptions. This was the exact opposite of what she should have done. It would only conceal the truth.
