Chapter 426: He

As the saying goes:

Mid-autumn in the eighth month, thin dew, travelers on the road are desolate.

Small bridges, flowing water, and the scent of osmanthus, day and night, a thousand thoughts and ten thousand yearnings.

For Lyu Yan now, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, he will have many roommates to spend the holiday with.

Who says people in the slammer can't celebrate Mid-Autumn? There are so many talented people inside, you know.

With his wife about to abscond with the money, and even at the trial scene saying to him, "Husband, I've let you down," in such a desolate state, having so many roommates to spend Mid-Autumn with might not be a bad thing.

Wang Yanan was crying her heart out; her husband is in, how is she supposed to live from now on?

But fortunately, there is one point: the money her husband has earned over these years is not insignificant. Although some of it was frozen because of this incident, the previous money is still there.

Sigh, I just hope my husband can get a lighter sentence.

However, just at this moment, Lyu Yan suddenly shouted: "Can you stop putting on an act? Still 'letting me down'—when have you ever treated me right!"

"For so many days, you didn't even apply for bail for me, didn't hire a lawyer for me, and now I've actually ended up having to rely on a Legal Aid Lawyer!"

"And now you're telling me you've let me down?"

The appearance of this scene suddenly piqued the interest of many audience members who were already drowsy!

Aside from people like Wu Dama who love the law, the rest of those attending were just there for the spectacle.

For instance, right now, many Qiji Fitness users were extremely excited; they wanted exactly this feeling, right? Watching you all like this, we can truly feel the majesty of the Criminal Law!

Otherwise, if there's no way to make you regret it, what is the point of the Criminal Law!

Wang Yanan was stunned there; she hurriedly explained: "It's not like that, husband, I was... it's that lawyer, she wasn't helping properly, so I thought about complaining about her, and then I forgot..."

"Ha... *cough cough*! No shouting in the courtroom!"

A voice rang out, and one could clearly see that the Presiding Judge on the bench, who was already nearly fifty, was already struggling to hold back a laugh.

It's just a pity that after laughing out loud, he realized his current status wasn't suitable for watching the drama; what a shame.

But... there is always such fun in life; the dry and dull law needs some fun to fill it.

For example, a certain master claimed he could change the Life and Death Book while the King of Hell was away from home, and then... he swindled three million.

A certain woman quarreled with her boyfriend, then went to buy Amnesia Water online, paid six thousand five, and was blocked by the seller.

Life is full of fun everywhere; we need a pair of eyes that can discover "beauty."

Since the Presiding Judge had said so, Lyu Yan naturally dared not speak again.

During his time in the Detention House, he had already learned the rules; after all, this was just a precursor to going inside later.

But Wang Yanan didn't care about these things; after all, in their hearts, let alone the Earth, even the sun has to revolve around them.

So what if it's a courtroom!

"Husband, I was really wrong, but I didn't do it on purpose; it was all that lawyer's fault, she has already been suspended from practice now... what are you doing!"

It was several court police officers who had already approached her.

"Please, audience members, remain calm. We are issuing a warning now. If you continue Disturbing Court Order, you will be forcibly removed and may be subject to Detention and fines!" the approaching court police officer said with a stern face.

Lyu Yan sat there, covering his face again. At this moment, he actually wished he were already in prison.

Finally, under continuous warnings, Wang Yanan finally quieted down, though she sobbed from time to time, which made Zhou Yi shake his head.

He was very curious what she was trying to achieve by bringing the child at this time. Was she trying to let the child see the situation of her old man being sentenced?

Or did she want the judge to give a lighter sentence for the sake of the child?

The Final Statement was completed, the court adjourned, and it would reopen in about half an hour to deliver the verdict directly!

"Lyu Yan is sentenced to four years of Fixed-term Imprisonment!"

Gymnastics Boss is generous; congratulations to Gymnastics Boss for winning four years, a new man of the prison, career in the left hand, family in the right, winning four years just to make the family better!

When the verdict came out, Lyu Yan's legs went weak.

But it was still okay, not the maximum sentence. Four years of Fixed-term Imprisonment; if he behaves well inside and treads the sewing machine until it smokes, then perhaps he only needs to serve two years of Actual Sentence.

Commutation of Sentence, Parole, Medical Parole, etc. —there are many ways once inside.

He already knows now, it's that guy surnamed Zhou. Just wait; when he gets out, he must make the other party pay!

Damn it, just for those two months of membership fees, you racked your brains to make me go to jail, right? You just wait!

Lyu Yan was taken away. If there is no Appeal within the corresponding time after the verdict is handed down, it will take effect. At that time, it will be executed, and he will be sent from the Detention House to prison.

Wang Yanan went up to ask the Legal Aid Lawyer a few questions, preparing to leave with the other party and chat about whether an Appeal was needed.

And the audience members who enjoyed the show began to discuss it heatedly.

Shizi is the type of man who is relatively rough and speaks in a very loud voice.

"I felt before that this Lyu Yan might be sentenced to four or five years. Really, look, Xiao Huang and the others didn't provide a settlement; he definitely couldn't be sentenced according to the starting point, right?"

"And it's unlikely to be the maximum sentence, so take a middle value."

"What pitiful or not pitiful? When he was absconding with everyone's money, why didn't he think about how pitiful everyone was!"

"As if everyone's money came for free. If Brother Zhou hadn't thought of a way, we would have been stuck with no options now."

This was someone who saw the child beside Wang Yanan crying and calling for her father, and felt a touch of compassion in their heart.

This is certainly understandable; as humans, we feel heartache when we see some tragic sights, which is normal. But feeling heartache for the child doesn't hinder us from wanting her old man to go to jail; there's no contradiction there.

"So they should pay more in compensation for this money..."

As a result, when it came to this point, Wang Yanan happened to arrive at the door with the Legal Aid Lawyer.

Originally, because of her husband's words in court, she felt wronged. She had been running around during this time; even if there was no credit, there was hard work.

As a result, because of that lawyer, it turned out like this, and she was even scolded by her husband.

At this moment, she just exploded!

"I'm telling you, I'll pay whatever the Court sentences, not a single cent more. It's already like this, and you still want money?"

"The sentence is already passed, and you still want money? What were you doing earlier!"

"So what? I said it just like that. My family is rich, anyway my husband is already in jail, what else can you people do?"

Beside Wang Yanan, the Legal Aid Lawyer blinked, but said nothing.

It was indeed the case; the sentence had already been passed, and in many instances, the Second Instance basically upholds the original, especially in recent years, where the rate of change in the Second Instance is particularly small.

Therefore, there was no need to treat those victims like idols as before, although it seemed they hadn't really treated them like idols before either...

Anyway, he was only providing legal aid.

Shizi's face turned red with frustration, and he stammered for a long time without result, because it was indeed true; four years had been sentenced, and since the person was already going to jail, saying anything else was useless.

Zhou Mouren on the side felt even more uncomfortable!

Just because one is willing to go to jail, does that mean one can say such things?

Just as he was thinking this, three lines of text appeared before him.

Holy crap, System, you are my daddy!

What is the "GOAT"? The System is the best, see, it's helping out when people are in a pinch.

He opened it quickly, and three choices appeared one by one.

Choice One: Forget it, forget it, the person is already going to jail so let it go. It's just a few words, it won't cost you a piece of flesh, just endure it and it will pass.

Choice Two: This is absolutely intolerable. Go up there right now and use your fists to let that woman feel what "what else can you do" really means!

Choice Three: Since she wants to see what else can be done, then use legal means to show her what else can be done!

Heh, if he chose the second one, he reckoned that after posting it online, he would be blown up by Internet Violence.

Hitting a woman, and doing it after sending her husband to jail—"Madam, your husband is in jail, so..."

Better not think about it, just be honest.

"Choice Three!"

"Event started!"

Event Name: Fitness Gym Boss ran away and was sentenced, yet remains defiant.

Event Requirement: Use legal means to make her receive an education!

Current Event Progress: 0%

"One million has arrived in your Virtual Account!"

Here it is, here it is. Zhou Yi didn't expect that this damn System Task, which didn't appear when he first started investigating, would appear at this moment.

But it's alright, not too late.

The key is that this woman is provoking me... oh no, she is provoking the professional ability of Fang Dazhuang!

Of course, the words seemed fine; finding Fang Dazhuang would also likely have no result, after all, the Court had already sentenced them.

One Crime Two Punishments—this is a basic principle in Criminal Case trials.

But now, no matter what method is used, she must be made to receive an education!

The others naturally didn't know about the situation here with Zhou Yi, and after looking at each other, they could only leave.

Because they really had no way.

A few people did say: "Hey, even if we can't do anything, your husband is still going to jail."

"Aren't you angry? Four years!"

They left after saying that, not waiting for Wang Yanan to get angry at all, feeling quite like they were cursing before blocking her.

Huang Xiaokang looked at Zhou Yi; he only needed a word from Boss Zhou!

Zhou Yi shook his head: "Let's go."

Wang Yanan turned to look at the Legal Aid Lawyer: "Lawyer Liu, do you think we can Appeal on our side?"

"This... if you Appeal, it is highly likely the original verdict will be upheld, and you, you just had a conflict with them."

That meant that she probably couldn't produce anything new, so it was basically impossible to change the verdict.

"Try harder, Lawyer Liu, I will pay, what do you think? My husband thinks I did it on purpose, but I really didn't..."

Thinking of that extremely classic line from before, which might even become a legacy joke at the Guangming District Court—"I forgot"—Lawyer Liu couldn't help but want to sigh.

What kind of sin did that Gymnastics Boss commit?

They say one should marry a virtuous wife; that Gymnastics Boss must have been 90% attracted to her appearance back then.

Even though she had given birth, her looks were still top-tier; she hadn't done any hard labor, stayed at home, and never missed out on beauty treatments, and her figure was also first-class.

But it's just this brain...

However, it didn't matter; anyway, for him, as long as there was money, filing an Appeal was fine, provided it was explained clearly.

Once the Appeal was mentioned, Lyu Yan naturally knew about it; he didn't have any thoughts, just let it be an Appeal, what if it could be changed?

Anyway, the Lawyer said there is a Prohibition of Increasing Punishment, it's impossible to change four years into ten years.

Everything was still so harmonious.

Zhou Yi had already let the Self-Media Studio start making the video, but it could slow down for now; this matter, it was a bit strange.

Calling Fang Dazhuang, he wasn't at the law firm, but he could still be at Lao Difang in the afternoon, so that was no problem.

Time soon reached four o'clock in the afternoon, and Zhou Yi arrived and sat down at three-fifty as usual.

It takes five minutes for Dong Shu to make two cups of coffee, and Fang Dazhuang always comes in at three-fifty-eight.

At this time, the coffee is at its best. (I'm making this up)

Only today, after Fang Dazhuang came in, two people followed behind him: Zhou Xinran, and the Lawyer Hu Xue beside her.

As soon as she came in, Zhou Xinran habitually said: "Dong Shu, two cups of coffee, thank you, both with double sugar."

Hu Xue on the side said a bit strangely: "Didn't you say your friend had already arrived first?"

"Yeah, but he basically won't order coffee for me, don't worry."

The two sat down while talking.

Everyone knew each other; although they weren't close, they had at least exchanged greetings.

Hu Xue sat there only on the edge of the seat; there was no helping it, the pressure Fang Dazhuang gave people was too great.

"What is this..." Zhou Yi asked, opening his mouth.

"She has been suspended from practice, so I am keeping her company to relax, and since Teacher Fang happened to be coming, we came together."

That didn't matter anymore; Zhou Yi didn't ask anything else. Since Zhou Xinran could bring her along, it meant she approved of her, so they could chat about those topics just like usual.

"Fang Dazhuang, I have a question: if a person is sentenced to Fixed-term Imprisonment, is it possible to make the prison time even longer?"

"Of course it's possible, as long as there are new crimes."

"Then how exactly does one go about that?"

Beside them, Hu Xue watched as the topic the three of them were discussing became increasingly outrageous, moving from finding new charges to such bizarre topics as "how to legally frame someone with new charges," and she already felt cold sweat breaking out on her forehead.

Is this the world of big shots?

Do big shots always chat about such criminal topics?

Before coming, Zhou Xinran had specifically said that the things they talked about might be a little bold, and told her not to be afraid.

Hu Xue had even said, I am a professional Lawyer, it is impossible for me to be afraid.

But looking at it now... no wonder they said it had to be kept secret; if these words were to get out, it would probably make many people's jaws drop.

But this way of talking is what Fang Dazhuang likes; criminal police often have to think about methods of committing crimes, so it is very reasonable for me, as a Lawyer, to think about these things too, right?

What, are only repairmen allowed to carry wrenches?

Finally, after chatting for a long time, they reached the main topic.

"It's about that Lu Yan case; oh, Lawyer Hu must know about it."

Hu Xue: "..." There is no need to remind me of that.

"His wife said it, said she just won't pay the money, won't pay the compensation, and even said so what if he goes to jail, her family just has money."

"She even said... even said what else could you possibly do about it?"

Holy crap! As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Xinran saw that Fang Dazhuang's eyes had lit up.

She had seen this look before; she had seen it twice in court...

"Interesting, is this a challenge to me? No problem, I accept. Zhou Yi, I remember you telling me last time that this kind of boss often plays the trick of rolling up the money and running away, right?"

Today's throat-moistening chapter is here, quite a surprise, right!

Thanks to book friend 2022, Brother JDHSUF, another newbie brother, Brother Yuanyu, another newbie brother, and Wenchidage; thank you brothers for the tips, thank you.

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