Now, everyone connected to the defense-
Whether Wan Xiangdong, Huang Xuemei, or Huang Xuemei's parents-
Everyone hoped Trial Delayed would begin soon.
And deliver the first-instance verdict.
Because they all knew that the evidence currently available could not establish Huang Xuemei's guilt.
The sooner the verdict came, the sooner it would be over.
Even if something unexpected happened afterward, Huang Xuemei would already be abroad by then, and it would not be too much of a problem.
Of course, Trial Delayed had a time limit; it couldn't go on indefinitely.
If no new evidence proving that Huang Xuemei had directly administered the poison was found during the postponement,
Then the court would ultimately still have to reconvene and announce the first-instance verdict.
In other words...
What if the Procuratorate Department disagreed?
If the Procuratorate Department disagreed with the first-instance verdict, it could lodge a protest.
And request a second-instance hearing of the case.
But Huang Xuemei might already have left the country during the protest proceedings.
This was also the issue Huang Tao had considered.
Once she was abroad, everything would be easy to resolve.
Meanwhile.
News of the postponement of the first-instance trial also spread through the major media outlets.
With all Criminal Suspicion pointing toward Huang Xuemei,
As for why the court had not found Huang Xuemei guilty, but had instead postponed the trial and requested supplementary evidence,
Many lawyers in legal circles offered their interpretations of the case.
All kinds of views about the case also appeared online.
"Say... all the Criminal Suspicion points toward Huang Xuemei now, but there's no direct evidence proving she committed the crime."
"Does that mean Huang Xuemei is going to escape punishment?"
"Also... to put it another way, if there's no direct evidence proving Huang Xuemei committed the crime, does