Too Bad I Take Things Seriously-Chapter 447 - 194: The Large Class Reunion Scene_4

If the claim achieved recognition as highly probable, even without conclusive evidence, the defendant could be judged to have engaged in borrowing, and the plaintiff would win the case.

"Defendant, do you have any objections to this evidence? Were the statements shown made by you?"

After reviewing all the evidence, the Judgment Chief looked at Meng Lei again.

Meng Lei, however, sneered and shook his head. "What kind of evidence are these?"

"Regardless of whether I said those things or not, it doesn’t prove I borrowed money from him."

"When did I borrow the money?"

"These chat screenshots are all slander against me!"

"I was angry at the time and just said that casually; you can’t say I actually killed someone just because I said I did, right?"

"I urge the court to investigate thoroughly and rule impartially!"

In such cases... he had actually considered this.

Although he had made these statements, they lacked evidential power. Therefore, with a single sentence, he dismissed all the evidence the other party had painstakingly submitted.

「Meanwhile. Jin City. Nursing home.」

Qin Mu, along with Zhang Qingyuan and others, was sitting in the courtyard watching a projection screen. On the screen was the live broadcast of a trial at Yangcheng District Court.

During his break, he figured he was idle anyway, so he decided to check on Ma Ming’s case. As a result, Zhang Qingyuan and the others saw it and teased him for keeping it to himself. Having no choice, he had to project the live stream of the trial.

"Suing over eighteen yuan? This plaintiff is almost like Xiao Qin. Could he be one of Xiao Qin’s fans?"

"Although the plaintiff is making a mountain out of a molehill, this defendant is also quite detestable. Surely the plaintiff wouldn’t wrongly accuse him of owing eighteen yuan."

"He won’t even repay eighteen yuan. What kind of grudge is there between these two?"

"He admitted to owing money in the chat logs. Isn’t that considered direct evidence?"

"..."

Watching this loan dispute case, Zhang Qingyuan and the others were perplexed. They didn’t understand the situation at all. One party desperately wanted eighteen yuan, while the other simply refused to pay it. Even when presented with group chat records and requests for payment, the defendant still refused to admit it, outright denying all this evidence. Without a promissory note or an IOU, it seemed impossible to recover the money.

The way young people borrow money today... is completely different from their time.

In their generation, even if they had to borrow money, IOUs and promissory notes had to be clearly written, with signatures and fingerprints from both parties. Even if the relationship was good, it had to be made clear. They feared future denials.

Having lived for most of their lives, they... had deep feelings about human nature. It really can’t withstand tests. Once their interests were at stake, even friends who would supposedly ’take a knife for you’ could turn around and stab you in the back in an instant.

"Xiao Qin, even if the defendant admitted to borrowing money in the chat logs, is it still useless?" Zhang Qingyuan, sitting next to Qin Mu, couldn’t help but ask.

Qin Mu nodded. "Chat logs, aside from being easily forged, have very little legal force and can only serve as corroborating evidence."

"Moreover, the defendant is right. You can’t be found guilty of murder just because you said you killed someone."

"Everything requires direct evidence, a complete chain of evidence."

On the live broadcast, what the defendant said was actually correct. Casual bragging and chat logs cannot be considered direct evidence.

For example, Zhang San loves to boast. He tells his colleagues every day that he’s going to kill their unit leader. But when the unit leader walks past him, he instantly clams up and becomes meek. Once the leader leaves, he goes back to boasting to his colleagues. This can only be called trash-talking. It doesn’t even qualify as preparation for murder because he didn’t take any action, and there’s no direct evidence. He hasn’t committed an offense, let alone broken the law.

This case is similar. Even if the chat logs mentioned it, that’s not enough to prove a loan agreement existed.

"So, does that mean... the money can’t be recovered?" Li Weiguo couldn’t help but ask upon hearing this.

Qin Mu smiled faintly. Pointing at the projection screen, he said, "Don’t be hasty. Just keep watching."

At this moment, in the gallery, Ma Ming’s classmates were all listening intently to the trial proceedings. Meng Lei’s outright denial of the evidence... infuriated them immensely.