Who Made Him a Lawyer?-Chapter 66 - 62: The Eve of the Trial

In this world, Eastern Country handles cases quite swiftly.

Of course, the Sun Quan Case itself doesn’t require much time.

The surveillance from the marketplace and the pig farm both prove the murder, and Sui Shan was arrested on the spot!

Plus, the clues provided by the Zhou Family...

Even without Sun Quan’s confession, the evidence chain is quite complete, not to mention the other side is highly cooperative!

The facts are indeed as Yang Ruoxi said.

August 27th.

On the fifth day after receiving the letter of understanding...

The People’s Procuratorate of Hanhai City filed a public prosecution with the Hongfu District Basic People’s Court.

...

August 30th.

The Hongfu District Basic People’s Court filed the case, with the first trial set for September 21st.

Upon receiving the information, Xu Liang began speeding up his work, constantly visiting various places.

...

September 10th.

Sun Quan’s parents were found, but there was still no conversation with them, only knowing they had appeared in Hanhai City a few months ago.

Xu Liang didn’t pay much attention.

He went to the hospital and, with others, attempted to treat Sun Qian’s mental illness. Unfortunately, the torment of 13 years is not something that can be resolved overnight.

...

All the way until September 20th.

The day before the trial!

Afternoon.

Five ten.

"Maoxian, eat some food."

A voice echoed in the law firm.

Xu Liang, who was constantly checking for any gaps in the preparation for tomorrow’s pace, was awakened by the voice.

He came to his senses and looked at Yang Ruoxi, who was coming with a lunch box, showing slight speechlessness on his face.

"Call me by my full name." Xu Liang reminded.

Yang Ruoxi wasn’t moved; she took out some lunch boxes from the plastic bag.

"Look, Maoxian, it’s all dishes you like."

Xu Liang was helpless.

He smacked his lips and started eating with her.

From getting the letter of understanding to now, almost a month had passed.

During this period, when the other party came to help one time, coincidentally saw his second uncle Xu Fuqiang come to call him home for dinner. Since then, his nickname was remembered by her...

So, his title changed from ’Lawyer Xu’ to ’Maoxian,’ which was quite a span across dimensions...

Thinking of this.

Xu Liang took a bite of the bun and looked up at Yang Ruoxi unwillingly.

"What’s your nickname?"

Yang Ruoxi paused, her face reddened, stammering as she spoke, "I... I don’t have a nickname."

"Hehe."

Xu Liang didn’t press further, instead pondering whether he could dig out the nickname from Wang Chao.

Yang Ruoxi then returned to serious business, looking at Xu Liang nervously.

"How is the preparation going?"

"Tomorrow is the trial..."

Upon hearing this.

Saying so, Xu Liang’s eyes focused.

The anticipated trial arguments, intentional injury, intentional homicide, desecration of a corpse...

Countless preparations over this past month flashed through his mind.

Xu Liang took a deep breath.

"Whether the trial succeeds or not..."

"It all depends on tomorrow!"

...

...

Meanwhile

Inside Hongfu District Basic People’s Court.

"Click!"

A middle-aged man tidied up his briefcase in the office and was just about to get up and leave but was suddenly stopped by someone.

"Old Zhang, not working overtime a bit?"

Another colleague in the office sat on a chair, looking at Zhang Bo with amusement.

"That case you’re handling tomorrow isn’t simple."

"If there’s a misjudgment... an appeal might get turned back at you; you’ll have nowhere to cry."

The court set up a case last month.

This case is quite tricky, arguably one of the biggest cases of the year in the Hongfu District Basic Court!

The murderer killed a person, dismembered the body out of anger, and even openly sold it in the marketplace, causing panic among the public when the police announcement was released...

Subsequently, the murderer also pursued across cities, traveling hundreds of kilometers away to Sui Shan to murder two more!

A total of three deaths in a single criminal case, just the degree of the case alone could be escalated to the province level...

And this case, after careful consideration, was assigned to Zhang Bo, who was newly transferred, as the presiding judge.

The case involved three murders; normally, it would undoubtedly result in the death penalty.

But...

It also implicates a trafficking case!

Zhou Xu himself was a human trafficker, and the two deaths in Sui Shan had essentially brought death upon themselves...

Zhang Bo looked at it and felt a headache.

"Enough, this case has been looping in my mind dozens of times."

"I’ve been thinking about it for a full month since last month. I don’t lack these few minutes. If you want overtime, do it yourself."

Zhang Bo continued tidying up the materials needed for tomorrow, not slowing down in the least.

"Just a normal verdict will do."

He had thought it through: if the victim’s family pursued responsibility, he would sentence Sun Quan according to the law.

Starting from ten years, yet not as severe as life imprisonment or death penalty.

After all, regardless of any reason, the accused also killed three people; he had to sentence him!

"I’m not talking about the case."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jian in the office couldn’t help but laugh. He turned his chair, looking at Zhang Bo playfully and said:

"You haven’t checked who the defendant’s defense attorney is, have you?"

The defendant’s defense attorney?

Why would a judge care about this, especially since he wasn’t getting paid...

Zhang Bo frowned but still answered truthfully.

"A young lawyer named Xu Liang."

"I saw, he seems pretty young, probably just graduated not long ago."

"Tsk, this young guy took on this case right after graduating... Young people today are really daring."

Zhang Bo clicked his tongue in astonishment.

Unexpectedly, upon saying that, Liu Jian’s expression turned a bit odd.

"Are you really unaware or just pretending!?"

What the hell?

Zhang Bo was taken aback, his actions slowing down as he looked at the other party with suspicion, asking:

"Does the lawyer have any previous records?"

He had been transferred from another locality, unfamiliar with the situation in Hanhai City.

Recalling Xu Liang’s face brimming with innocence, Zhang Bo frowned more deeply.

Hearing this, Liu Jian couldn’t hold back anymore.

"You really don’t know!?"

"Haven’t you ever wondered why Hongfu District is short of several trial judges at the grassroots level?"

Zhang Bo originally served as a clerk at an out-of-town court and was eligible for a promotion last year.

Unfortunately, due to tight positions, he never got the opportunity.

Until August, suddenly several positions opened up in Hongfu District, and he was squeezed in just right!

Originally, he wanted to ask what’s going on, after all, judges don’t just disappear without reason.

But whenever this matter was brought up, everyone’s face changed, unwilling to say more than a word...

"What exactly happened?" Zhang Bo suddenly felt a bit flustered inside.

"During the last meeting, the president said this case was one of the two biggest cases of the year. Did you check what the other case was?"

Liu Jian spoke.

Before the other could ask, he continued.

"That case was also taken by this young lawyer!"

"Initially, it was handled by someone named Sun Ming, sentenced to death in the first trial; he took over during the appeal."

"This kid... he managed to overturn the first trial during the appeal!"

"And he sent the prosecution people inside as well; just days ago, the court sentenced those to death, even..."

"Even the presiding judge of the first trial..."

Liu Jian smacked his lips, a trace of fear flashed across his face.

"You thought the person you replaced was promoted?"

"He got sent inside by that guy!!!"

The appeal overruled the first trial, prosecuted sentenced to death, even...

The one before you in this position was sent inside as well!?

Zhang Bo’s face showed surprise.

"No way... this..."

Seeing this, Liu Jian smiled bitterly, "Don’t you just want to say no one told you?"

"If they told you, what if you ran away? Didn’t you notice when you came that others who wanted promotion rather not come to Hongfu District!?"

"You were the only happy one to come..."

"I thought this was normal promotion!"

Zhang Bo was stunned, and after being spoken to like this, he suddenly panicked.

"That case..."

Liu Jian shook his head, stood up, grabbed his briefcase, and walked out.

"You handle it yourself."

With that, Liu Jian left.

Leaving Zhang Bo alone in the office.

"It should be fine..."

Zhang Bo felt a little flustered, constantly pondering the case.

"This case... shouldn’t have any surprises."

"Sui Shan killed two people, desecrated a corpse plus intentional harm, any way you look at it, it’s over fifteen years..."