If Rong Liwei wanted to appeal this case, he’d accompany him all the way.

But it didn’t matter anymore, because Rong Liwei was about to get hauled in and sentenced...

The evidence he’d submitted was solid; there was no way Rong Liwei could get away.

As soon as this lawsuit ended, Rong Liwei would be taken away on the spot.

As for the subsequent public prosecution against Rong Liwei, that would have nothing to do with Gu Chen.

The prosecutors definitely wouldn’t let a criminal like Rong Liwei go, especially after he’d even threatened people in court... afraid they’d go easy on him, huh?

Presiding Judge Rong Liwei opened his mouth and said, "The written notice related to this case will be delivered to the parties concerned within three working days. If you have any objections, you may file an appeal with the higher court."

"This court is now adjourned!"

The court was adjourned!

The viewers in the livestream were full of question marks.

[Wait, so they’re not sentencing Rong Liwei now?]

[He’s a thief, a burglar, and they’re not sentencing him?]

[I thought they were going to sentence him. How come it just ended like this?]

[Relax, chill, they’ll definitely sentence him, there’s no way he’s running. Don’t worry. This case is the one he filed against Huang Rong, it’s not the right procedure to sentence him here.]

[The prosecution will be charging and sentencing him in a separate criminal case. No way he escapes that.]

...

Very soon, the case was concluded.

The presiding judge and judges all left, and the court staff also cleared out.

Gu Chen and Xue Qingqing were getting ready to leave too.

Huang Rong’s parents had already come up to take her home.

At this moment, Rong Liwei was a bit happy.

He could leave too?

So in the end... Gu Chen had just been bluffing him.

Gu Chen really had just been scaring him; otherwise how could Gu Chen possibly have that much evidence?

The police hadn’t found anything, and Gu Chen could?

What a joke.

Rong Liwei felt everything he’d done was airtight, no one could ever dig it up.

Especially now that he could walk out....

No one was stopping him.

Were the pieces of evidence Gu Chen submitted just some kind of joke?

He thought he could throw him in jail with that?

Daydreaming!

But just as Rong Liwei was about to leave, he suddenly saw the police coming....

A whole group of officers came straight in and walked right up to him.

Rong Liwei: "????"

Wait, what was this supposed to mean?

Why were they coming to arrest him?

Why were the police here?

The viewers in the livestream all saw this scene as well.

In fact, this was perfectly normal. After Gu Chen submitted the evidence, the court couldn’t just directly pronounce a criminal sentence.

After all, what Gu Chen submitted was only part of the evidence, not the whole thing.

The police would arrest him first, then conduct a full investigation on Rong Liwei.

All the crimes he’d ever committed would be dug into in detail, with full statements taken.

Sentencing him right there in the courtroom was unrealistic.

Once every single one of his crimes was laid out, with clear evidence and a complete chain of proof, then they could hand the case over to the court for trial.

Rong Liwei said, "What are you doing? What do you think you’re doing?"

The cops were already here...

And he was still trying to sound tough.

One officer said, "Take him down, now!" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

The police took him down on the spot!

The officers were not about to waste time explaining anything to him....

If this were a routine search for some suspect at home, they’d still have to show paperwork...

But now they’d already locked him in as a confirmed criminal!

So the police moved in and grabbed him right there!

Rong Liwei: "????"

He was restrained on the spot.

He still struggled, but it was pointless now.

Rong Liwei: "I want a lawyer! I want a lawyer!! On what grounds? On what grounds are you arresting me like this?"

The police were speechless.

The evidence was ironclad, and he was still mouthing off?

In the end, they cuffed him right there and took him away.

The livestream chat was losing it with laughter.

[Hahahaha, he’s still trying to act tough?]

[Can’t hold it in anymore, really can’t....]

[Now he’s caught, huh?]

[Waiting for the sentence! He has to be jailed! How could someone like this not do time?]

[Mr. Hard Mouth, straight into the cell you go!]

Very quickly, it hit the hot search on Weibo as well.

Back when Gu Chen handled other cases, there were always all kinds of insane comments from Little Fairies.

But today, watching this trial, they realized some guys could say insane things too.

It’s not like only the Little Fairies could be outrageous....

Sometimes, when you added all these clowns together, gender really didn’t matter.

Rong Liwei was still making a huge scene, but so what? In the end he still got arrested.

Netizens were already looking forward to his criminal case.

Once this lawsuit wrapped up.

Huang Rong looked at Gu Chen and said, "Lawyer Gu, I’m guessing Rong Liwei will definitely file an appeal early. He won’t let the second instance go. Even if he’s been arrested, he’ll still push for a second trial... I’m still a bit worried."

Gu Chen said, "No need to worry. This was never your fault to begin with, so there’s nothing for you to be afraid of."

Huang Rong said, "If there is a second trial, I’ll have to trouble you again, Lawyer Gu... whatever the fee is, I can pay it."

Gu Chen said, "It’s fine, I’ll handle the appeal too, don’t worry about it. I’ll fight this case to the very end. I’m not taking other cases for now anyway; I’ll follow this one all the way through."

Huang Rong said happily, "Thank you, Lawyer Gu. If it weren’t for you, I might still be held responsible and made to pay compensation. That so-called humanitarian compensation was disgusting, I really couldn’t accept it."

Gu Chen laughed and said, "Doesn’t matter. It’s not your responsibility, so there was never going to be any turn where you ended up paying. Even if some other lawyer had taken your case, you still would’ve been found not liable. Don’t worry, it’s not like you’re only innocent because I represented you."

...

Gao Yong said, "Beautiful! Gu Chen won again. Now we just have to watch the appeal. The second instance is still pretty crucial."

Xia Ranran said, "I don’t think the second trial can change the outcome either. There’s no way Huang Rong will have to pay. But Gu Chen really was amazing in this one."

Gao Yong said, "No kidding, it’s Gu Chen we’re talking about."

After the trial, Gao Yong called up Chen Debai.

Chen Debai was the gold-medal lawyer hired by Rong Liwei.

Gao Yong asked, "Chen Debai, how does it feel going up against Gu Chen in court?"

Chen Debai: "..."

Chen Debai: "Crushed from start to finish, what kind of ’feeling’ do you expect? You’d be the same up there."

Gao Yong: "Haha, that’s what it’s like facing Gu Chen."

Chen Debai said, "I already did my best. There was nothing more I could do. The way Rong Liwei handled things was a problem from the start, so losing was normal. Lawyers win some and lose some. I haven’t lost a case all year; guess it was time to drop one."

Gao Yong said, "It’s fine, keep at it, work hard. By the way, I’m with Gu Chen’s firm now, haha. Want to join us at Gu Chen’s firm too?"

Chen Debai said, "I’ll pass.... I’ll just stay where I am. If all of you leave, who’ll carry the banner for our Fangda Law Firm?"

....

After being locked up, at first, Rong Liwei still stubbornly refused to confess.

But that did him absolutely no good.

With the evidence Gu Chen had submitted, plus the other criminals already being arrested...

The other criminals had already confessed.

With all that evidence combined, they could already prove a whole list of crimes committed by Rong Liwei...

On top of the two charges Gu Chen had presented, the police also dug up other offenses....

But those charges were ones Gu Chen hadn’t mentioned in court.

After all, there were just too many illegal things Rong Liwei had done....

In the end, he really had no way out and confessed to everything.

Not confessing was pointless— the police had already uncovered all the evidence, and he had no way to explain it away.

Very soon, the prosecution side was ready to indict him.

He had broken the law!

The rest were all minor charges.

The key was the two major ones!

Theft, and burglary into a residence...

These two combined meant multiple offenses with cumulative sentencing!

The court was definitely going to hand down a heavy sentence!

At this point, his family started to panic...

If he got sentenced on both counts together, he’d be looking at at least ten years!

If that happened, wouldn’t he be completely finished?