Zhou City Intermediate Court.
Inside the deputy chief judge's office of the First Civil Division.
Ye Meizhen had told Wang Qirui about the trouble she was in.
Wang Qirui already had plans and ideas about her case.
The case was simple... find the judge hearing it.
He only needed to ask for a favor.
Of course.
He certainly would not ask his colleague to pervert the law in judgment over this matter. That would be difficult to handle.
After all... they were only colleagues, each with their own interests.
Even if he was willing to ask, the other man might not agree.
But asking the presiding judge in this case to take their relationship as colleagues into account...
To help each other out and show a certain degree of partiality without compromising either party's interests-that was not too much to ask, was it?
To Wang Qirui, there really was nothing excessive about that.
It was a perfectly normal thing.
After all...
He and his colleagues shared certain interests. Judges were people too.
People had personal feelings.
Anyone else, so long as no emotional ties or interests were involved, was an outsider.
As long as it did not involve perverting the law in judgment or breaking regulations, showing a certain degree of partiality toward one of their own was not much of a problem.
That was Wang Qirui's view, and his attitude toward Liu Wenya's case.
Likewise, Wang Qirui believed that the presiding judge in this case, as his colleague, would not refuse this request.
After all, that was how personal relationships worked.
Favors went both ways.
Who knew when the other man might need his help with something?
Sitting in his office, Wang Qirui addressed the man opposite him.
"Chief Judge Zhang... you're the one hearing Liu Wenya's case."
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