Chapter 387: Which Lawyer Doesn't Practice Combat!

Facts prove that in this day and age, if you want to make it, you need both verbal persuasion and physical persuasion; grasp both, and make sure both are firm!

Zhang Wei's disadvantage was that he didn't practice combat properly...

The consequence was that he was rushed by Xiang Jinjun from across the room and slapped several times.

Moreover, he was stunned by the beating and didn't think to fight back at all.

Fortunately, there were many people in the law firm, and everyone quickly came up to help pull Xiang Jinjun and the others away.

If this had been anywhere else, there probably wouldn't have been any follow-up; a fight is just a fight.

But this was a law firm, and someone had already called the police the moment Xiang Jinjun and his group stormed in aggressively.

"Do you know I'm going to f***ing kill you? My daughter was perfectly fine, it was originally a Suspended Sentence, she didn't even have to go to jail, but now, because of you, not only is the Suspended Sentence gone, but she has to serve an even longer prison term!"

Xiang Jinjun couldn't break free there, so he could only curse in every way possible.

When facing a situation where a close relative, like a daughter or son, is going to jail, there are always people who will blame heaven and earth, but they will never blame their own child.

They were just careless, they were just confused for a moment, they are still just a child...

Of course, from a few-year-old brat to someone already in their twenties, they are all "children" in the mouths of their parents.

Xiang Jinjun wasn't thinking about anything right now; he just felt that it was all Zhang Wei's fault!

If not for this so-called Protest, the perfectly good Suspended Sentence would still be there, but now everything was gone.

What? You say it was because he didn't want his daughter to have a Case Record that he searched for a Protest online—is that important?

It's not important; who told that Zhang Wei to take the money.

Soon the police arrived, and Xiang Jinjun was still there cursing non-stop.

"What's going on? You, stop cursing for a moment, what is the situation?" the police officer who entered asked.

Immediately, to Xiang Jinjun's bewildered gaze, he saw that Lawyer Zhang Wei walk straight up and start crying...

"Comrade, I was slapped several times by him, very hard. I feel like my ears are ringing now, and my head hurts terribly..."

Xiang Jinjun and Zhuang Qiang: "???"

Is this still the same Zhang Wei who was timid and didn't seem to speak loudly before?

Facts prove that the group of Lawyers is truly professional at stirring up trouble, provided they can set aside their pride.

There is Monitoring in the law firm; don't find it strange, this kind of thing has happened many times before.

Doctors in critical care medicine are prone to being beaten, and lawyers in Criminal Defense are just as prone to it.

So with Monitoring, plus so many eyewitnesses, and the bright red slap marks on Lawyer Zhang's face, this matter could be big or small.

In fact, for this kind of sudden fighting behavior, if both sides are willing to talk it out, the police really won't do much.

Taking people back just adds to the workload for nothing; as long as you can shake hands and make peace yourselves, then it's fine.

However, the police officer who rushed over had just finished asking Zhang Wei and hadn't even spoken yet when Xiang Jinjun across from him started cursing again.

Every sentence was directed at Zhang Wei's ancestors for eighteen generations.

"Comrade, please calm down first, okay? Let's get the facts straight!" the police officer said there.

However, Xiang Jinjun, his wife, and Zhuang Qiang were already in a fit of rage and didn't care about any of that, continuing to curse non-stop.

Grassroots police officers have too much experience with such situations.

They took out the Silver Bracelets directly: "Let's go, come back to the Police Station with us to calm down."

The Regret Chair and Silver Bracelets are magical tools, and the Police Station is also a magical place; those causing trouble while drunk, fighting, or acting agitated—once they go in, they basically calm down within three to five minutes.

And they are very calm.

So, not to mention Mutual Fighting, things like one-sided assault can be big or small; if you really pursue it, a few days of Administrative Detention is nothing.

Naturally, Xiang Yuyu didn't know that her old man had been placed in Administrative Detention because he had beaten up her Lawyer.

Her expression now was extremely bewildered, because someone was interrogating her again.

"You mean, I am now... my charges are even heavier than before? The Suspended Sentence might be gone? This, how can this be!" Xiang Yuyu looked at the police officer in front of her and shouted.

"Last time my Lawyer told me that this time there was a possibility of being acquitted, how, how is it even more serious than before?"

She couldn't figure it out, no matter how she thought about it; Zhang Wei had promised that this was going to be a Not Guilty Defense!

But in the blink of an eye, the Suspended Sentence was gone, and she really had to go Treading the Sewing Machine; how could this be?

The police officer in charge of the interrogation, Lao Guo, shook his head and said: "Now I will tell you the situation; currently, there are no fewer than six people who have reported you for Defamation and Insult."

"So according to relevant regulations, this case has become a Public Prosecution Case, and last March, you were also suspected of Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble..."

Lao Guo made the situation very clear; in fact, the interrogation now was just to make the Evidence Chain more complete.

Even without a confession, the evidence they had here was enough to convict her.

In the internet age, you really must remember one thing: everything leaves a trace; the only difference is whether or not it will be pursued.

Every word and action of yours on the internet is recorded!

As a result, after listening to Lao Guo's account, Xiang Yuyu was completely stunned.

Two years ago, she had cursed and defamed someone online, and now the other party had actually stood up to report it, and had colluded with so many others?

"Comrade, Comrade, this isn't right, how can this be? Didn't the matter from back then already pass? How can he still come to report it?"

Xiang Yuyu hurriedly said:

"And with so many people together, this clearly has problems behind it, Comrade. How could they possibly report it together? They couldn't possibly know each other, and if I was wrong, why didn't they report it back then!"

Lao Guo waved his hand and said: "As long as it is within the Statute of Limitations, it is their freedom to report it whenever they want, and whether or not to pursue your Criminal Case responsibility is also done according to legal regulations."

They didn't want to report it then, but they want to report it now; is there a problem with that? Of course there is no problem.

As long as your evidence can still be found and secured.

Why is it often said in public awareness campaigns that you should report problems promptly? That is because if a lot of evidence is not secured in time, it will be hard to handle later.

Reporting promptly is both good for you and convenient for the Public Security Bureau to investigate.

Xiang Yuyu fell silent, but she still couldn't figure it out—how could this be!

"Comrade, even if they can report it to the police now, why are they only targeting me? There were plenty of other people cursing them online at the time!"

That's right, this was another thing she thought of; after all, it's Internet Violence, so how can it count as Internet Violence if only one person is doing the cursing?

So many people were cursing, she just cursed a bit more harshly, so on what grounds are they arresting her now?

She wanted the Public Security Bureau to give her an explanation.

Lao Guo sighed and said, "Why are you still thinking about these things now? Whether they want to report it to the police is their right, but arresting you—that was done according to the provisions of the law!"

Under many cases nowadays, there are often similar comments.

For example, using someone else's song for commercial activities; would you say that counts as a Tort?

Well, of course it does, but when it comes to specific individual cases, you will encounter many Legal Blinds.

A phrase they always have on their lips is: "According to your logic, those KTVs or Anchors and such would have gone bankrupt long ago, and so on..."

Or: "Look at that singer, other people can use their songs however they want..."

From this, you can see a problem: legal education has a long way to go.

There are actually still people who think KTVs don't need to buy copyrights...

Furthermore, just because no one sues for a Tort doesn't mean the act isn't illegal; it's just that for one reason or another, they are unable to seek Legal Aid.

By the same token, if a singer lets others use their songs however they want, that's because they are generous; you cannot demand that others be just as generous.

Xiang Yuyu was still there asking "on what grounds," but Lao Guo was already too lazy to explain any further.

How can there be so many "on what grounds"? You are currently a criminal suspect, and the Procuratorate is about to Review and Prosecution; you tell me on what grounds?

The Criminal Law is sitting right there, and it's not just for you to look at!

After asking "on what grounds" for a long time, Xiang Yuyu finally realized that she really seemed to be going to jail.

Although both result in a Case Record, at least with a Suspended Sentence, you don't have to go to jail.

She cried until her tears and snot were flowing everywhere; she wanted to see her parents, wanted to see her husband, and she wanted to ask that Lawyer Zhang why this was happening.

Zhuang Qiang also wanted to ask why now.

"I'm telling you, Zhang Wei, you won't accept Mediation, right? Fine, we won't look for you for this case, and don't you think about earning our money!" Zhuang Qiang roared at Zhang Wei inside the Police Station.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wei wasn't moved in the slightest and only said: "It's no problem if you don't let me handle the case, but I have to tell you, if you don't let me handle it, you still have to pay the penalty for Breach of Contract!"

Not letting him handle it was fine; if it weren't for the penalty for Breach of Contract, he wouldn't have wanted to handle it long ago.

Seeing that Zhuang Qiang still wanted to say something, Zhang Wei said directly: "You can choose not to pay, but I will definitely file a Lawsuit; when it comes to fighting in Court, I'm a professional."

Zhuang Qiang was speechless; what is wrong with people these days!

His father-in-law hit the Lawyer and even went inside, and yet the Lawyer still has to handle the Lawsuit for his family, or else he has to pay the penalty for Breach of Contract...

As a result, when Xiang Yuyu learned the situation from Zhang Wei's mouth, she went completely silent.

Her father was placed in Detention because he hit the Lawyer, but this Lawyer still has to provide her defense...

Everything before her eyes went dark.

The changes in the situation were truly too fast, so fast that it was hard for people to react.

People online were still debating how Xiang Yuyu's case would be tried.

Experts and big-name influencers from all walks of life were riding the wave of popularity and had already begun their so-called professional commentary, saying how this case might be judged.

Among them, an expert predicted that, judging by the current situation, Xiang Yuyu would likely be innocent.

As a result, now that the news of the Public Security Bureau's Case Filing, the Procuratorate's Review and Prosecution, and the Court's consolidated trial had come out, the Netizens were all stunned.

Needless to say, this was another one of A Yi's wild moves!

Every time everyone thinks they have seen through A Yi, they only realize afterward that this guy is truly unfathomable.

Take now, for example; could a normal person do something like this?

It was indeed a Suspended Sentence, and there was indeed a Protest, but then you went and dug up the other party's previous criminal evidence, right!

And he even turned a Private Prosecution into a Public Prosecution; this situation directly left the experts who had spoken earlier dumbfounded.

"What else can be said? After the Lawyer's forceful arguments, the Court retried the case, the Suspended Sentence was canceled, and it was changed to twenty years of Fixed-term Imprisonment?"

"I feel like I have a lot to say, but I can't get it out; it seems like doing this isn't wrong, but I also feel like something is off somewhere."

"Don't bother feeling anything; what he, A Yi, did is problematic. If he were really being serious, he shouldn't have just let these people file a Lawsuit against Xiang Yuyu; what about the many people who were cursing them at the time? Why not deal with them too?"

In a big enough forest, there are all kinds of birds; no matter how well you do, people can always pick out your faults.

Especially this time, A Yi made it clear that this was just revenge!

So this isn't you being serious, this is you taking revenge, relying on the fact that you have a bit of filthy money!

If you've got the guts, file a Lawsuit against all those people who cursed!

Then... on some platforms, such trending topics quietly emerged: Please, Netizens, stop talking.

Because with the exposure of Xiang Yuyu's case this time, several previous incidents of Internet Violence were dug up again.

Many animal lovers, while browsing their past posting records, suddenly realized: Holy crap, I cursed back then too.

This is seriously, please, Netizens, stop talking!

If it were anyone else, there would be no need to worry, but A Yi is a total lunatic!

When others say they are being serious, it's just to scare people, but what if this guy actually helps those people file a Lawsuit?

As for the smarter ones, they had already started deleting their accounts.

It's the classic "as long as I don't know about it, then no one knows."

Fortunately, there were indeed few such topics, and Wang Zhengnan and the others didn't really want to sue everyone.

They aren't Zhou Mouren; they don't have cheats like Zhou Mouren.

Time passed very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the day of the sentencing arrived.

The court hearing had already concluded last week, but the verdict wasn't announced in court.

In a certain sense, Zhang Wei was indeed very responsible; even after being hit, he still had to do the defense that needed to be done.

It's just that this time, he did not perform a Not Guilty Defense.

Because Lawyer Zhang has now discovered that his Not Guilty Defense seems to be cursed.

As long as he aims for a not guilty verdict, they all end up getting locked up in the end.

It would be better to just go for a Sentence Reduction Defense...

Hoping the court would pass a lighter sentence, preferably with a Suspended Sentence.

Unfortunately, the Judgment shattered his fantasies directly.

Defamation, Insult, and Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble, Combined Punishment for Several Crimes, Fixed-term Imprisonment of three years!

It was almost no different from what Fang Dazhuang had predicted!

It could be said that this sentence was handed down at the maximum limit within the three-year bracket.

There was no helping it; even Fang Dazhuang himself said that if he were in the position of the opposing Defense Attorney, he would struggle to change this verdict.

At most, he could have shaved off a few months; as for a Suspended Sentence, or a Commutation of Sentence to something like six months, that was simply impossible.

Zhang Wei had also done his best; he had even produced proof of Xiang Yuyu's depression caused by previous Internet Violence, but it was useless.

Everything has a cause-and-effect relationship, as well as a chronological order.

Last time, she, Xiang Yuyu, was only subjected to Internet Violence after the defamation, and since she had cursed Wang Zhengnan and the others beforehand, you cannot prove now that she had mental health issues at that time.

Upon hearing the verdict, Xiang Jinjun, who had already finished his Administrative Detention, seemed to have aged ten years.

But after looking at Zhang Wei, no one mentioned anything else...

They really didn't dare to mess around anymore; although no one thought there would be further evidence of crimes for Xiang Yuyu, they didn't dare to gamble!

This time it was three years, but what about next time? Who would be responsible if it turned into a twenty-year Fixed-term Imprisonment...

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