Chapter 220: Nothing Happened in Jingzhou Today! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"I beg you, President Zhou, I really beg you. Just raise your hand and let my daughter off the hook, I beg you..."

Although Li Guoliang did not say anything like "If you don't agree to mediation today, I won't get up," his actions already embodied this statement.

Zhou Yi had already said three times for the other party to get up, stating that doing this was useless, but unfortunately, Li Guoliang seemed to have set his sights on Zhou Yi.

Li Guoliang's wife looked at the older woman sitting nearby; she wanted to gain support from the people around them.

"Really, we truly know we were wrong. We are pleading on behalf of our daughter now; we will pay whatever amount is needed."

"Ma'am, please help us persuade him, really persuade him. If my daughter goes to jail, her whole life will be ruined. She is still so young; her life has only just begun."

However, Li Guoliang's wife did not know that the older woman sitting nearby was named Su, and upon hearing this, she could not help but frown.

"What you're saying isn't right. Didn't they give you a chance at the very beginning? Didn't they already forgive you once?"

"Oh, so it means that every time someone commits a crime, they just kneel and beg, pay some money, and then it's fine? What do you think the law is? What do you think the Criminal Law is? Is it tailored for your family?"

Su Dama had been attending court hearings for many years and had seen too many things; it could be said she had seen even more of these situations than Zhou Yi.

The family members of defendants would kneel and beg, threaten and plead, and use all sorts of methods, all hoping to force people to submit.

It could truly be said: if you knew it would come to this, why did you do it in the first place?

Su Dama did not even say the classic phrase "the father's fault for not teaching," but instead moved her seat away after those two sentences.

She didn't even want to look; you were the ones who spoiled the child, you were the ones who didn't educate the child, and now that the child is in trouble, you are the ones begging.

People say it every day: if you don't educate your children well, society will definitely help you make up for that lesson later.

It's just that some lessons are relatively peaceful, while others are quite intense.

But there are always people who don't listen, who always feel that their child is still just a child and will become sensible as they slowly grow up.

The ancients left behind countless stories and allusions telling us that if one steals a needle when young, they will steal gold when grown; one must nip these tendencies in the bud while the child is small.

Spoiling a child too much is harming her, but unfortunately, some people just won't listen.

After Su Dama finished speaking, the other older men and women also walked over to sit in the nearby seats, too lazy to listen to the story of her daughter's misery.

Having spent a long time in court, they had seen too many miserable things; this was nothing compared to those.

Zhou Yi also walked away, but Li Guoliang continued to follow him, so Zhou Yi said directly: "If you continue to pester me, then I can only choose to call the police!"

"This is a court; if you choose to act shamelessly here, then I will follow through!"

Perhaps the word "court" touched a nerve in Li Guoliang, causing his expression to change slightly, and finally, he took his wife and sat down nearby.

Zhou Yi remained calm; he did not know if there would be retaliation later, but regardless, he would return to Lincheng once this matter was finished.

Being serious, if someone is driven to desperation in the end, they will always choose some bad means to retaliate.

This is something that must be endured; one cannot think that everyone is law-abiding just because no one has retaliated before.

The judge entered, and the trial began. Zhou Yi had not met the lawyer Li Guoliang hired, having only heard the voice over the phone.

But during the Court Debate, they indeed had some skill.

It was just a pity that those skills could not prevent the outcome for Li Hua. The good thing was that this act of Defamation did not cause particularly serious consequences.

For example, Internet Violence or Human Flesh Search did not occur this time; it was merely some people calling to insult the customer service of Tengda Company.

But it should be noted here that Tengda Company is a corporate entity, and a corporate entity cannot be the target of crimes like Defamation and Insult.

So, for Zhou Yi and Yuan Jianhua alone, the impact was actually not particularly large.

The Court Debate ended, and in the Final Statement stage, Li Hua began her statement.

"I am truly regretful now. I did not know that my actions were a crime. I express my sincere apologies to Mr. Zhou and Mr. Yuan..."

Listening to these words, Zhou Yi could now be certain that this girl named Li Hua had indeed realized her mistake.

A bit late, but not too late, right?

The court recessed, and twenty minutes later, the verdict was announced in court!

"This Court finds... in accordance with the Criminal Law... the judgment is as follows:"

"The defendant Li Hua is guilty of Defamation and is sentenced to three months of Criminal Detention, with Deprivation of Political Rights for two years."

After reading the verdict for this crime, it was announced that because she had committed a new crime during the period of her Suspended Sentence, the Suspended Sentence was revoked, and a Combined Punishment for Several Crimes was applied!

"The defendant Li Hua is sentenced to eight months of Criminal Detention, with Deprivation of Political Rights for two years!"

The result of the Combined Punishment for Several Crimes was eight months, plus the supplementary penalty of Deprivation of Political Rights for two years.

This was Li Hua's sentence.

Upon hearing the verdict, Li Guoliang's face turned pale, while his wife breathed a sigh of relief.

They hadn't understood much else during this time, but they had figured out what Criminal Detention was.

Criminal Detention is different from Fixed-term Imprisonment; Criminal Detention is executed by the Public Security Department nearby, which can be a specialized detention center, a prison, or a Detention House.

Its essence is a type of penalty that deprives one of personal freedom and requires forced labor, but it differs significantly from Fixed-term Imprisonment.

For example, according to regulations, you can apply to go home for one to two days each month during Criminal Detention, subject to approval by the executing agency.

Participation in labor can also be appropriately compensated, and so on.

What I am saying here are the regulations; of course, in real life, it is subject to the actual situation.

So, in a sense, since it didn't reach the level of Fixed-term Imprisonment, it doesn't seem that miserable?

Zhou Yi didn't care about these things. After the verdict, he greeted Su Dama and then left the court directly with Liu Shiwen.

He really didn't want to deal with Li Hua's parents anymore.

Five minutes later, in Zhou Yi's car.

"President Zhou, the consequences of this Defamation were indeed not serious, so it didn't reach the level of Fixed-term Imprisonment. I hope you can understand this..."

"This really isn't because I didn't want to..."

Liu Shiwen said cautiously.

What the heck? Zhou Mouren was stunned seeing this; when did I ever say it *had* to be Fixed-term Imprisonment?

And what do you mean by that look? Am I that keen on sending people inside? That's Lawyer Fang, okay!

Combined Punishment for Several Crimes is also viewed according to the situation; Liu Shiwen has already explained that if the several crimes include both Fixed-term Imprisonment and Criminal Detention, then only the Fixed-term Imprisonment will be executed.

Seeing that President Zhou seemed impatient, Liu Shiwen closed her mouth; it didn't seem like a suitable time to approach President Zhou.

But it doesn't matter; those close to the water get the moonlight first, no need to rush, take it slow.

After dropping Liu Shiwen off directly at the Company, the lawsuit was over, but you are still the Company's Lawyer, hurry back to work.

As for Zhou Yi himself, he was of course also back to work.

He arrived at his Chairman's office, handed the corresponding materials to the Studio downstairs, and then... began to sleep soundly.

He got up a bit early today, so he had to catch up on sleep; as for being a boss, sleeping only four hours a day refers to sleeping at night, catching up on sleep during the day doesn't count.

This is called a nap.

And so, when Zhou Mouren finished his nap in the afternoon, he finally woke up.

The Studio had already finished the corresponding video, and the parts involving the trial were still Stick Figure Animation.

The rest was for Zhou Yi to start the voiceover!

No wonder those big Up Masters all have teams behind them; having a team really saves effort. Zhou Yi even thought about whether he should have people write the scripts in the future and just do the voiceover himself.

After thinking about it, he decided against it; that would be too boring.

"Hello everyone, my dear viewers. This is a relatively special video. To be honest, even I didn't expect the takeout theft incident to have a follow-up."

"That young woman who was sentenced to a Suspended Sentence—at the time, many people said she had no sincerity at all and needed a heavier sentence."

"As it turns out, it was a self-fulfilling prophecy; during her probation, she didn't accept correction, but instead started writing Small Essays online..."

The screenshots of the original Small Essay had already been edited into the video.

"Everyone, look at the click count and share count yourselves. Of course, I couldn't indulge her, so I went and filed a Criminal Private Prosecution for Defamation."

"And then, well, it's the segment everyone loves to see. This time, there were truly tears and snot; her parents still begged me for Mediation."

"But unfortunately, as for me, even though I was moved by that wicked money the first time, this time, I held my ground!"

After finishing the recording with a slurping sound, Zhou Yi thought for a moment and entered the title: Revocation of Suspended Sentence? Even TV dramas wouldn't dare write it like this!

Done, click upload.

Guan Yan in Lincheng has had a very bad few days; her hemorrhoids are barely under control now and don't require surgery.

But there are many things she must avoid according to the doctor's orders.

Moreover, Zhang Guohua's case has already entered the Review and Prosecution stage; if there is still no Letter of Forgiveness, the sentencing will be very unfavorable.

So the family of neighbors upstairs is now acting like crazy people looking for her, wanting her to issue a Letter of Forgiveness.

And they know now that no matter what, they won't go inside the house, they just wait outside.

Then, as soon as they see her, they block her and beg in all sorts of ways, crying bitterly, and even make that Xiong Xiong apologize too.

They even ask her what exactly it will take to get a Letter of Forgiveness.

Once these words came out, Guan Yan completely lost the desire to speak. This is like a man who made his girlfriend angry and then asks the other party, "What exactly do I have to do for you to forgive me?"

Once these words are out, brother, you're already done for.

What? Do I have to teach you what to do?

Fortunately, after calling the police, the police officers were quite responsible and warned the other party that if they continued like this, it would be Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble, which could lead to Administrative Detention.

As for what Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble is, one can only say that those who know, know.

The effect of this warning was quite good; Guan Yan finally has some peace and quiet now, and then she saw Zhou Yi's video.

"Follow-up? Could it be..."

She was the one who sent that article link to Zhou Yi, so she clicked in quickly and found that there were already bullet comments and reviews.

"Suspended sentence revoked, it really is!" Guan Yan became excited instantly; she had felt uncomfortable when she read that Small Essay at the time.

She wondered what the people in that Big Green Book would think if they knew Li Hua had been caught again.

The content of the video was as expected: Li Hua was hit with a Criminal Private Prosecution and then sentenced with Combined Punishment for Several Crimes.

Although it wasn't Fixed-term Imprisonment, it was still very satisfying, right!

Everyone has long hated petty theft, especially stealing takeout; it can be said that this is a behavior despised by both students and office workers.

Because the time of students and office workers is quite precious, especially for students, having their takeout stolen is simply something that should be struck by lightning!

In the comment section, Zhou Yi's old fans were already dancing like demons!

"Yuan Jie": I'm finally first this time. I can only say it serves her right. I guess she really didn't know the concept of a Suspended Sentence, right?

"Zixing Yaoyue": First, a wave of heartache for my Goddess Zhou. Listen to me, let's stop being a Lawyer, I'll support you!

"Feng Qingyue": The person above is daydreaming. Goddess Zhou is mine, it's not your turn to support her. By the way, I just asked around, and there hasn't been a case of a revoked Suspended Sentence here for many years.

Everyone either felt sorry for Zhou Xinran or expressed that it was truly too outrageous; in A Yi's videos, they could always see such outrageous things.

Revoking a Suspended Sentence—in many places, this has never even happened before!

As a result, it just happened in the video, making people really wonder what that woman was thinking.

Of course, one comment caught Zhou Yi's attention.

"Mengnan Zhou": Sigh, I can only say Lawyer Zhou's luck is really bad. Better not take cases for the Defendant in the future.

"Also, actually, Lawyer Zhou isn't that good-looking..."

I don't know why, but the moment Zhou Yi saw this comment, he had a feeling. Lawyer Zhou?

The viewers online are all letting themselves go; listen to what kind of things they are saying.

"Lawyer sister, please ravage me," "Lawyer sister, trample me with your ten-centimeter high heels," and so on...

Anyway, Zhou Yi couldn't understand it for some inexplicable reason.

But now, suddenly, someone popped up calling her "Lawyer Zhou." What kind of feeling was that? It was like a husky mixed into a pack of wolves!

Although it was trying hard to imitate everyone, that look in its eyes still exposed everything.

Usually, Zhou Yi wouldn't be this bored, but today, he was preparing to return to Lincheng, so he decided to just pick a comment to reply to!

It's you, Mengnan Zhou!

"I will tell Lawyer Zhou about this sentence of yours, no need to thank me."

After saying that, he refreshed the page slightly and saw the wailing and howling of the various viewers.

"Holy crap, A Yi replied, it's a pity it wasn't me, but please call her Goddess Zhou, thanks."

"I'm dying of laughter, is A Yi really going to show this to Goddess Zhou? By the way, please call her Goddess Zhou, thanks."

Zhou Yi took a screenshot at random, then found Zhou Xinran's WeChat, sent it directly, and said:

"Xinran, look at my comment section, someone actually said you aren't that pretty, what do you think we should do!"

After speaking, Zhou Yi put down his phone and started to pack his things; honestly, he didn't think he would be able to see anything when he went back.

Things like renovations are too deep, not something a young person like him can grasp.

Actually, according to Zhou Yi's thoughts, since he had already let a relative do it, then just let it be, let him earn that money to save the trouble.

It's just a pity that his mother's mood is always so contradictory.

Inside the law firm, Zhou Xinran, who had just finished slacking off, was preparing to pull herself together when she saw the message notification.

What's going on, could it be that I've been exposed?

At this moment, Lawyer Zhou, who would usually be very calm when encountering a case, suddenly wasn't calm; she felt that if her alt account were leaked, she could really carry the Earth and run away overnight.

So subconsciously, Zhou Xinran directly deleted that comment, and only then replied to the message:

"Oh, that's normal, actually I really am not that good-looking."

There shouldn't be any problems, right...

Second update, I went on a business trip today, this chapter was written in a hotel, the previous chapter was written on the high-speed rail, I'm not sure if there will be a third chapter later, because I might have to go out to eat..

Thanks to Puppet's Smile, Iron Monk, Wen Chi, Long Ying, Book Friend 1403, Book Friend 2020,

This chapter counts as a transitional chapter, I hope everyone won't think I am padding the word count.

(End of this chapter)