The trial ended.
The presiding judge's response to the question he had asked during the trial.
Left Yu Cheng particularly furious!
Never mind anything else...
He had already told Li Ming to get ready and make plans for after they won.
But now?
They had lost!
Wasn't this a blatant slap in the face?
The final verdict had slapped his face again and again.
Losing this case was something he could not accept.
He walked out of the courthouse.
Yu Cheng's phone rang. On the other end, Li Ming asked:
"Lawyer Yu..."
"We lost this trial... should we put aside the media outlets I contacted and the preparations I made?"
Yu Cheng's brows were drawn tightly together. Several seconds passed before he spoke.
"The first-instance verdict was not what I expected."
"Wait for the appeal!"
"I'll continue appealing this case for a second-instance trial. Put your preparations aside for now."
"We'll talk once the second-instance verdict comes out."
"The appeal..."
Li Ming murmured the words, then nodded.
"All right."
"That's all we can do for now, then. But we might have to go back on our arrangements with the media..."
"But in cases like this, it's very hard to overturn the first-instance verdict on appeal. Should we still make preparations for the second-instance trial?"
"Yes... sorry for the trouble. There won't be any other problems with the appeal."
Yu Cheng felt awful as he said this.
He had originally thought the first-instance verdict would take Dong Baihao's meritorious service into account.
Even if he could not get life imprisonment, surely he would at least receive a suspended death sentence?
He had never expected the presiding judge to hand down a sentence without following the provisions for voluntary surrender and meritorious service.
This case!
Had to go to appeal!
Yu Cheng