Yang Ming's Social Death
"Quiet!"
As the judge spoke, the people in the audience slowly stopped whispering and turned their gazes to Su Qi in the plaintiff's seat.
Upon seeing the judges arrive, Su Qi lifted up her green hood.
Lawyer Lin Zi glanced at Su Qi with interest; her shoulder-length hair gave her a somewhat playful look.
Perhaps due to nervousness, she subconsciously bit her lower lip lightly with her pearly teeth. Lawyer Lin Zi watched from the side as her red lips became glistening and rosy because of this action.
Even a rational lawyer like myself was momentarily captivated.
Looking at Su Qi, who knew nothing about this, Lin Zi thought to herself, no wonder An Ning always said that she was a charming little vixen.
Without leaving a trace, she shifted her position slightly, leaned down a little, and whispered in Su Qi's ear, "Don't be afraid, I'm here for you."
Su Qi calmed down considerably after hearing these words.
At this moment, the back door of the courtroom was also opened, and the defendants, Yang Ming and his son, dressed in white prison uniforms, were each restrained by two police officers and placed in the defendant's dock.
When Yang Daming saw Wang Dahua, he was stunned. What was this woman doing here? Wasn't she here to deliver something?
Then Wang Dahua gave him a reassuring look, which made Yang Daming even more flustered.
He knew his wife's habits all too well; frankly, she had a somewhat arrogant and domineering air about her, but lacked a certain degree of consideration. Yang Daming didn't believe that someone he couldn't defeat would be no match for his wife.
However, now that they were already in court, and the evidence had been submitted a few days earlier, it was a situation where they had no choice but to act. Yang Daming looked at the lawyer with gold-rimmed glasses next to her and realized that she could only place her hopes on him.
"Everyone stand up!"
As the judge spoke, everyone in the room stood up. Because she was standing, Su Qi felt even more stares, making the socially awkward Su Qi not have the courage to turn around.
Although Lawyer Lin Zi had weathered many storms and was used to the public eye, the gazes of the audience today were indeed quite intense.
The judge then briefly explained the case, and after the presiding judge took his seat, everyone else took their seats.
After taking their seats, Lawyer Lin Zi next to Su Qi, turned on the microphone and began reading the prepared indictment:
"On May 14, 2021, at 3 PM, on the 8th floor of the teaching building at Su University, Yang Ming attempted to rape my client. Although the attempt failed, my client sustained multiple abrasions. According to Article 236 of the law..."
According to the regulations, Yang Ming's actions can be defined as serious offenses.
The surrounding audience members looked at Yang Ming with some anger upon hearing this, after all, forcing a woman—was always...
Everyone felt ashamed of him for coming.
Moreover, this was directed at a girl who seemed so sweet and adorable; imagine the psychological damage this must have caused her. The way everyone looked at Su Qi softened even more.
At this point, Lawyer Lin Zi continued, "On May 20, 2021, according to the police, the gangsters ' Wang Biao ' and 'Yang Daming ' hired a team for 1 million yuan to threaten the client and their relatives and friends, displaying extremely malicious behavior. They then bribed..."
A total of 12 people from Su City, identified as xxxxx, went to eliminate the impact and surveillance footage from the time of the incident, with the total amount of bribes exceeding 5 million yuan. According to Article 391 of the Criminal Law, this constitutes a serious offense.
Lawyer Lin Zi spoke in a very clear and solemn voice, making sure that everyone in the courtroom could hear every word clearly.
Everyone was stunned when they heard that Yang Daming had bribed officials with tens of thousands of yuan.
"Given the seriousness of the circumstances involving Yang Ming and his son, they should be sentenced to 10 years in prison," Lawyer Lin Zi concluded.
Su Qi was quite surprised when Lin Zi said 100 degrees; was it really that serious?
Little did they know that this was a negotiation tactic. Was the feud between Yang Ming and his son serious? Yes, but not serious enough to warrant the highest level of punishment.
The price is set at the highest possible level first, making it harder to negotiate later, right? Besides, isn't it her duty to increase the plaintiff's benefits?
After the plaintiff finished speaking, the judge addressed the defendant in the dock:
"Please provide evidence from the opposing side!"
The man with the gold-rimmed glasses pushed up his glasses. To be honest, he was under a lot of pressure. He knew he was in the wrong, but Wang Dahua had given him just too much.
Sensing the angry gazes from the audience behind him, he coughed twice and said, "Our investigation has revealed that the plaintiff is a female illustrator who independently created the game (Yankai Mo-Zhong). To gather material, she disguised herself as a man and studied at Su University for two years. According to my client's description, this was done to gather material for the plaintiff, and it was a pre-arranged plan between the two of them. Therefore, this is a fabricated accusation orchestrated by the plaintiff."
After listening to the lawyer with gold-rimmed glasses ' explanation, everyone in the audience glanced at Yang Ming, who was wearing prison clothes. Wasn't this just blatant lying? If he was going to hire someone to act, why not hire his roommate whom he lived with every day?
However, even though everyone knew it was a lie, this kind of muddling through, with both sides sticking to their own versions of events, actually made the situation less tense. Then the lawyer continued, "According to our investigation, we found that the game produced by the plaintiff is sold on an overseas platform called stmmm, and has already sold over 30,000 copies. Does the plaintiff acknowledge this?" After the man with the gold-rimmed glasses finished speaking, he dragged his...
He pulled up his glasses and glanced at Lin Zi in the plaintiff's seat.
Lin Zi was certainly aware of Su Qi's dark past and had done her research. She responded, "Our side believes that the debate should focus closely on the core issues of the case. As for the issues raised by the defendant, they are secondary and do not fit the theme of the case, so we refuse to answer them."
Of course, the man with the wire-rimmed glasses wouldn't let this opportunity slip by, desperately trying to link the game-making incident with the attempted crime. He believed that only in this way could Yang Ming's sentence be reduced.
The two talked at length for ten minutes, their words earnest and their arguments resolute.
Su Qi had a feeling of being both confused and impressed. The convoluted explanation was making her dizzy.
I just think, perhaps this is the charm of language!
Ultimately, the judge ruled that there was a connection between the two. The reasoning was that Su Qi's cross-dressing at school could indeed be considered a prior record of gathering material. The defendant's statements were indeed plausible.
"Please have the plaintiff refute this," the judge said to Lawyer Lin Zi.
Lin Zi met the gaze of the man with gold-rimmed glasses, calmly took out a USB drive, and said, "I have the school's video from that day."
The man with the gold-rimmed glasses looked at Wang Dahua with a bewildered expression, despite her repeated assurances that the school's video footage had been destroyed.
Actually, Wang Dahua did destroy the video from that day, but before that, President Lin Xiangdong of Su University had already made a backup on his phone. He had secretly given it to her two days prior.
Soon, the day's images appeared on the projector.
When they saw Su Qi staggering, slowly making her way up the stairs, it was clear to everyone that this wasn't some kind of "material" act; it was outright violence. As the scene gradually unfolded...
Yang Ming, who had been quiet, suddenly started to struggle. The two police officers beside him quickly subdued him, knowing what was about to happen.
But just as he was about to shout, a policeman behind him stuffed a towel into his mouth.
Just then, the scene switched to the infirmary, where the defendant was seen taking off his only...
The fig leaf, though covering the mosaic, still vaguely revealed the outline of the little earthworm.
Yang Ming knelt helplessly on the ground, feeling the disdainful gazes and exclamations of surprise from all around him.
From their line of sight.
At that moment, he suddenly felt that the sentence was no longer important.
Because in a sense, he is already dead.