Chapter 476: There was no undoing the past: the defendant's endless remorse.
In the courtroom, the gavel fell, and a solemn voice echoed through the trial.
For some reason, Xie An, sitting in the defendant's seat, suddenly felt his heart tremble.
He kept feeling a sense of panic.
That panic made him deeply uncomfortable.
Yet he could not pinpoint exactly what felt wrong.
Xie Lirong felt the same way, except her panic came from not knowing what her father's final sentence would be.
And from the helpless fear of not knowing what she should do in the future.
Just now... Su Bai had made it very clear in his claims.
In this case, she might face more than simply going to prison.
She would also have to face a series of problems, including substantial compensation for jointly owned marital assets and the loss of custody.
Leaving aside prison and custody for the moment.
The former was certain; she did not care about the latter.
What concerned Xie Lirong most was the division of property.
If the court really ruled that she must leave the marriage with nothing, she would have to repay Liu Xuewei's family more than four hundred thousand in compensation for jointly owned marital assets.
She did not work, and her parents had not left much in the way of assets either.
Where would she get that much money to repay the debt?
She simply had no ability to repay it.
Actually, if that were all, it would still be manageable. After all, she could take her time and pay it off someday.
But... during this trial, Xie Lirong kept feeling that the final sentence might not be favorable to Xie An.
Xie Lirong had a vague feeling about it, but she dared not think too deeply.
Because