Chapter 508: Oh my, so brave!

There is a saying that goes well: it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix; however, sometimes when one has been the head of a chicken for too long, one starts to think they are the head of a phoenix.

Yang Yuan is just like that; he has never met the other party and only knows what he has seen in some news reports, so he knows Fang Dazhuang is formidable, but he does not know what he is like specifically.

So now he has this idea, wanting to clash with the other party.

This idea is too normal; many top students at the Handong University of Political Science and Law even want to clash with Fang Dazhuang.

During that initial period, Fang Dazhuang felt uncomfortable in his heart, so he would go to the Handong University of Political Science and Law to give a lecture or something; anyway, he is a big shot, and Handong University of Political Science and Law would be more than happy to have him come to give a lecture.

Then... obviously, Fang Dazhuang would always feel very satisfied; those students might have novel viewpoints, but in front of a big shot like Fang Dazhuang, who has an incomparably solid foundation and equally unconstrained ideas, they were directly crushed to pieces.

After doing that a few times, news came from Handong University of Political Science and Law: Teacher Fang, why don't you not be so frequent, or go to Modu or the Imperial Capital to wander around.

Otherwise, their students are all going to lose interest in the law...

The car is already being repaired; after the repair costs are appraised, it will be sent directly for repairs, and he will pay the money upfront himself.

He took Fang Dazhuang's car back to Jingzhou.

Then Zhou Yi started to get nervous; he was going to accompany Zhou Xinran to the other party's home.

To be honest, this situation feels scary just thinking about it.

But a grown man out in the world must keep his word; how can one go back on what one has promised others? Isn't it just pretending to be a boyfriend? Simple!

Jingzhou, Mingxiang Residential District, can be considered a top-tier wealthy area in Jingzhou; many places here are detached villas.

Zhou Yi stood at the entrance of the Small Residential District and looked at those Property Management staff members, unable to help but sigh: having money is truly good.

Look at the attitude of their Property Management; it simply couldn't be better.

Then think back to the Property Management at Yuefu Residential Quarter before; the comparison really hurts too much.

Zhou Xinran was in a black tracksuit today; she turned her head to look at Zhou Yi and said, "You aren't nervous, are you?"

"What a joke, would I, Zhou Yi, be nervous? Let me tell you, the number of people I've sent inside is quite a lot by now, would I be nervous?"

Ten minutes later, at Zhou Xinran's home, Zhou Yi sat on the sofa with a well-behaved expression.

"Young man, what do you do for a living?"

"I send people inside... ah no, I do business, I do business."

Zhou Xinran's father, a successful boss with a square face, sat to the side a bit dazed; why was this kid's subconscious reaction to send people inside? Speaking of which, is there such a profession? How come he had never heard of it.

He asked Zhou Xinran on the side in a low voice: "What does 'sending people inside' mean?"

Zhou Xinran: "..."

It was just a simple meal, without those vulgar plots in novels, like the girl's father being rich and looking down on people, or the mother-in-law suddenly looking very pleased, etc.

They just asked about his profession, income, and family, and after that, they just chatted casually; it was impossible to tell what the other party's attitude was.

This was about what Zhou Yi expected; unless it was one of those outrageous families, otherwise, regardless of whether it is the man or the woman visiting for the first time, it is always this kind of situation.

Simply put, the other party's parents are also experiencing this kind of thing for the first time...

But after coming out, Zhou Yi still felt his back was soaked; he was really super nervous.

Having fulfilled his promise, Zhou Yi does not plan to go home for the National Day.

To be precise, Zhou Yi does not want to go out during holidays like the National Day; it is too congested, and traffic jams make people feel exhausted.

Can you imagine the feeling of being stuck in a traffic jam on the highway for eight hours!

As for going out to play... really, you look forward to it before the National Day, but after you come back from playing, you will think: damn it, whoever goes out again is a dog!

Is that damn thing going out to play? That is clearly going to look at people!

There are people everywhere, crowded to the point where there is no place to look at the scenery.

Since there was nothing to do, Zhou Yi just went to the Company to be on duty every day.

Tenda strictly enforces the Labor Law; holidays are definitely days off, but it is impossible for the Company not to leave anyone, so Zhou Mouren did some voluntary labor.

I don't know about others, but Tenda's Employees were moved; it is nothing for a boss to insist on working during holidays, many companies are like that.

But for a boss to take the initiative to work, yet insist that Employees must rest well and absolutely not come, and even threaten to deduct bonuses if they do come, such a boss is truly too rare...

Anyway, Tenda's Employees were stunned after seeing such a notice in the Company group, and their friends were also stunned when they saw such a notice.

Regardless, the National Day holiday finally passed.

Having rested for a holiday, Zhou Yi and Fang Dazhuang returned to L County.

October 9th, a good day for eating prison food.

Fang Dazhuang exclaimed that it was a pity; such a good day, yet it is a Civil Dispute.

A holiday almost made Director Xu think the matter had been resolved, but there was no way; what had to be faced still had to be faced.

It was also fortunate that this was a Civil Dispute, so people from their unit did not have to appear in Court.

At the entrance of the L County Court, Yang Yuan had already arrived early, followed by an assistant.

"Brother Yang, is the other party really that Fang Dazhuang? If you win against him, wouldn't you become famous!" the assistant said from the side.

This assistant was not even a Lawyer; he was equivalent to a handyman.

Yang Yuan smiled and said: "That idea is good, but the lawsuit is not easy to fight; the person has a great reputation, so he must have ability."

"But Brother Yang, you are also very capable; you haven't lost many times in our county," the assistant said again.

These words sounded comfortable; Yang Yuan looked confident. After his preparations during this period, he thought there was still some chance of winning.

Just as he was thinking, he saw two men walking over from not far away; one was very tall, but his hair was a bit sparse.

This should be their opponent for today; he felt it was just so-so, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and looking a bit like a refined scoundrel.

While Yang Yuan was sizing them up, Fang Dazhuang and his companion also noticed Yang Yuan.

It was just that both of their gazes looked simultaneously at Yang Yuan's hair; that hair had been specially groomed, with hair wax applied, and was made very neat.

Zhou Yi shrugged; at a glance, he was a weakling.

After waiting outside for not long, the Court opened, and both sides walked in to prepare. At this moment, Zhou Yi saw that weakling come in and immediately realized that this was today's opponent.

He turned his head to look at Fang Dazhuang and found that he was already exercising his mouth; this is also something Fang Dazhuang must do before every Court session.

Sigh, it seems another Lawyer is about to suffer; why on earth would you keep such a thick head of hair when you're doing just fine?

Even if the hair is long, that would be fine, but he even applied hair wax and styled it—this doesn't look like a serious Lawyer at all!

The presiding judge has arrived; it's a Summary Procedure.

It's the same old routine: the Clerk first announces the court discipline, then asks if both sides have any objections to the opposing counsel, or any requests for recusal regarding the judge or Clerk, etc. —all standard procedures.

After that comes the Indictment, and once all procedures are completed, it reaches the stage of presenting evidence and Cross-examination.

Fang Dazhuang presents those few pieces of evidence: the Dash Cam footage, the Accident Certificate issued by the Traffic Police Brigade, and so on.

Yang Yuan quickly put forward his own point of view: "I have no objection to the authenticity of the evidence, but I have an objection to its probative value!"

"The evidence can only prove that the Plaintiff hit a rock, causing an accident with his vehicle, but it cannot prove that the Highway Maintenance Center was at fault or committed a Tort."

This is a Lawsuit for Infringement, so according to Yang Yuan's view, there naturally must be an act of infringement.

He does not deny that there were rocks on the road, but he believes this accident has nothing to do with the Highway Maintenance Center.

Likewise, Yang Yuan proceeded to present evidence.

"This is the Maintenance Record of the Highway Maintenance Center; this road belongs to a county road, and the Maintenance Center has already carried out patrols and maintenance in accordance with regulations, so it has fulfilled its corresponding obligations."

The state has explicit regulations regarding the specific cycles for highway maintenance, with differences between national roads, provincial roads, and county roads.

Therefore, Yang Yuan is using this piece of evidence to prove that the Maintenance Center has already done its job, so it should not bear responsibility for the other party's accident.

Fang Dazhuang was naturally prepared long ago and said: "The probative value of this evidence is insufficient; it cannot prove that the Maintenance Center has fulfilled its obligations."

"What we are talking about here is the obligation of the Maintenance Center, not specific aspects like the frequency of maintenance stipulated by law."

"The Road Traffic Safety Law has clear provisions: public road management departments have a statutory obligation to ensure the safety and smooth flow of public roads!"

Fang Dazhuang's rebuttal is very powerful; the law does indeed stipulate, for example, that you must patrol a provincial road every few days, and a county road every few days, but performing a so-called patrol does not mean you have fulfilled your obligation.

The obligation of the road management department has always been only one thing, and that is to ensure the safety and smooth flow of public road traffic.

Some might say here, isn't that an unreasonable demand? It's impossible for the Road Maintenance Center to stare at the road surface all the time; how much manpower would that require?

Therefore, do not doubt it: analyze specific cases specifically; keep this point in mind.

If a car in front spilled rocks temporarily and you didn't have time to deal with them, resulting in an accident, then you certainly aren't to blame.

But if that rock has been there for quite some time and you didn't even provide a warning, you tell me whose responsibility this is.

Once the presentation and Cross-examination of evidence were finished, the Court Debate began; Fang Dazhuang sat down to listen to what the other side had to say, and took a sip of water by the way.

He didn't even know what the other side was thinking, to actually produce such evidence.

You have to know, that rock had been on the road for quite a while, and you produce such evidence to prove that you have maintained it properly...

What does this mean? It means you all saw it, and then just decided not to do anything about it...

If this were taken to be reported, the leaders of the Maintenance Center would definitely be the ones taking the fall!

The key is that this evidence was produced by them; it leaves one speechless.

After considering the other party's hair, Fang Dazhuang decided to let the other party sober up; being a Lawyer is fine, but finding evidence that exposes your own client's bad deeds—if this were in Modu, you might get beaten to death...

Both sides began the Court Debate, and Yang Yuan suddenly felt the pressure.

Because the Lawyer on the opposite side was like someone who had activated Bloodthirst!

That mouth was constantly spewing venom incessantly.

"But we have indeed fulfilled our maintenance obligations; the Maintenance Center has worked to the fullest, and all daily maintenance is in place!"

Fang Dazhuang chuckled and said: "Obligation? I am very curious how you became a Lawyer; is this how you understand obligation?"

"Oh, I understand now; you mean to say that the L County Highway Maintenance Center had explicitly patrolled it, knew full well that the road had major problems, with deep pits and rocks, yet did not provide any warning, right?"

"Is that right or not? According to your evidence and your words, that is how it is understood, isn't it?"

What the hell? Yang Yuan was stunned; he suddenly felt cold sweat starting to break out on his forehead.

This was an aspect he had never thought of; when he took the evidence before, he just thought about using it to prove that the Maintenance Center had fulfilled its obligations.

He hadn't realized at all that if they really knew and didn't deal with it, what would that be considered? That would be dereliction of duty...

"No, it's not like that, this... that..."

Yang Yuan was sweating but couldn't figure out what to do; this had already exceeded the scope of his capabilities.

Admit it? Great, the Maintenance Center would probably fight him to the death later.

Don't admit it? Then that means they didn't do anything! That means they brought fake evidence!

Oh my, although this is a Civil Litigation and doesn't involve a Criminal Case, if you bring out perjured evidence, you'll still have to face a few days of Detention.

Fang Dazhuang just sat there smiling: "So, please, opposing counsel, answer my question directly: what exactly is the thing you are trying to prove?"

"Did you do it or not? I am really curious..."

Yang Yuan couldn't say it, and the more nervous he became, the more pressing Fang Dazhuang's words were!

"Still can't say it? Did you come to participate in the trial? Why do I feel like you came to observe? Why aren't you saying a single word?"

Zhou Yi was already stunned; although they were only talking about this case in court, after all, it involved the Maintenance Center, so the situation was different.

The reason he was stunned was that he had chatted with Fang Dazhuang during the National Day holiday and had seen the notes Fang Dazhuang had prepared.

Among them was this very situation.

At the time, Fang Dazhuang specifically said that the other side shouldn't be stupid enough to produce such evidence, as that would be equivalent to admitting defeat directly.

It turned out he didn't expect that it would really be this situation...

The presiding judge sitting above was completely numb; it was truly his first time seeing such a sharp Lawyer.

He instantly found the loophole in the other party's evidence, and used a layered, logical argument to leave the other party with nowhere to hide.

It was the simplest "two-headed block," but the effect was surprisingly good.

For a moment, the presiding judge even felt that this Lawyer could even make him, the one holding the gavel, have a problem...

Too sharp, and too awesome!

They say that fame is often greater than reality, but this Lawyer Fang really has the skills!

Yang Yuan was already sweating profusely; he was being rubbed into the ground by the other party, yet he dared not say a single word.

Just a moment ago, he had tried to refute a point, only for the other party to seize a loophole in his words and launch another relentless barrage of attacks...

Fortunately, at this moment, the presiding judge spoke up and announced that the Court Debate had concluded.

As soon as those words were spoken, Fang Dazhuang smiled and sat down, looking relaxed, as if the guy who had just been rubbing the other party into the ground wasn't him at all.

"We will now begin the Final Statement."

"Please support our Litigation request," Zhou Yi said directly.

Yang Yuan, however, had to be reminded twice before he reacted, hurriedly saying, "Please reject the other party's Litigation request."

After finishing, he plopped down into his chair, looking at the bald man opposite him as if he were looking at a devil.

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