Chapter 795

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

The next day, Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan went together to find a lawyer. They arrived at a well-known law firm in Guangzhou and explained the situation to Lawyer Zhang Shaoping there.

"So, Du Xiaojuan, you want to hire a lawyer to help your younger brother with his lawsuit, but the purpose isn't to reduce his punishment, but to defend him in person while actually making his punishment heavier behind the scenes. Is that what you mean?"

"More or less."

Du Xiaojuan nodded.

"Heh, a situation like yours is still quite rare. Generally, those who come to me all demand to win the lawsuit as much as possible."

Zhang Shaoping chuckled, and he also said:

"I'm very curious. If you don't want to help your younger brother, you just don't hire a lawyer for him. I've made a preliminary understanding of your younger brother's situation. Barring any accidents, prison time is a done deal. Why go to such lengths to orchestrate this?"

Wang Dashan said at this time:

"That's because my wife has to deal with her parents, and also..."

Wang Dashan still wanted to continue explaining, but Du Xiaojuan interrupted his words.

Du Xiaojuan said to Zhang Shaoping:

"Lawyer Zhang, you don't need to get to the bottom of why I want to do this. You only need to tell me: do you take this case or not? If you don't take it, we turn around and leave. If you take it, we can sit down and slowly discuss the details."

Zhang Shaoping said with a smile:

"Business has come, there's no reason not to do it. Besides, a lawsuit that doesn't want to win has much lower difficulty than a general lawsuit."

Du Xiaojuan, however, said:

"Lawyer Zhang, you're a bit mistaken there. I personally feel this difficulty is not smaller than a general lawsuit at all. We don't just not want to win on the surface; we have to act like we really want to win, but end up bungling it and losing disastrously. This doesn't just require your professional competence, it also requires your acting skills."

Zhang Shaoping nodded:

"That's absolutely no problem. However, regarding fees, it might need to be higher. After all, yours is different from a general lawsuit in the usual sense. And to say something unpleasant, this goes a bit against my professional ethics, so extra money is required."

This Zhang Shaoping spoke quite bluntly.

Generally, lawyers with professional ethics would definitely not take this kind of lawsuit.

Isn't this sending someone to their doom?

Du Xiaojuan readily replied:

"No problem, just name your price."

In the end, both sides reached a preliminary agreement. Zhang Shaoping took the case at a guaranteed base price of 200,000.

If he performs well, Du Xiaojuan will additionally give Zhang Shaoping a bonus.

Zhang Shaoping learned that Du Xiaojuan is the founder and CEO of Xiao Du Technology. Knowing she isn't short of money and definitely wouldn't go back on her word, he happily agreed.

It's just that he really couldn't understand what enmity Du Xiaojuan and her younger brother actually had, that she would treat her younger brother like this?

That afternoon, Du Xiaojuan and Wang Dashan brought Zhang Shaoping to meet Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi.

"Dad, Mom, the lawyer's been hired. This is Lawyer Zhang Shaoping, one of the most famous criminal case lawyers at Guangzhou Zhujiang Law Firm. With him defending Du Jiabao, he can absolutely get Du Jiabao's sentence reduced to the minimum, and can even make it so Du Jiabao doesn't have to go to prison!"

Du Xiaojuan introduced Zhang Shaoping to her parents like this, stating it firmly and convincingly.

These two rural old people, Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi, how would they know the tricks involved.

They saw Zhang Shaoping wearing a suit and leather shoes, wearing glasses, looking refined and gentle, not much different from the lawyer image in TV dramas, so they both felt awe.

"Lawyer Zhang, then my son's matter will trouble you!"

Lin Xiudi came over, grasped Zhang Shaoping's hand, and tearfully pleaded:

"We only have this one son. Absolutely nothing can happen to him. Otherwise, we won't be able to go on living."

Zhang Shaoping looked at Lin Xiudi's pitiful appearance. His heart couldn't help but feel a twinge of conscience-stricken whipping. However, he is a professional, possessing extremely strong professional qualities. So after that flash of pain, he quickly regained his calm:

"Auntie, please rest assured. I will definitely do my utmost to defend your son, striving for his acquittal and release. However, before that, you must tell me the whole story, from beginning to end, in full detail."

Du Guoqing said at this time:

"Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just that my son was dating a girl. Dating, well, that kind of thing is bound to happen. My son spent a lot of money on that girl, and felt this should be a matter of course. But afterwards, that girl disagreed, and even brought her brother over to demand an explanation. She said either compensate her 500,000, or she'll accuse my son of rape, and my son will be in prison for life. My son has never suffered any hardship in his life. How could he bear such grievance? So in a fit of anger, he chopped off the girl's brother's arm. Just this little thing. Clearly the other party was in the wrong first, but now it's blown up irreconcilably. My son has also been detained by the police."

Du Guoqing spoke as if his son was very innocent.

But Zhang Shaoping, this professional lawyer, heard it and immediately caught the drift.

Just now, seeing Lin Xiudi's pitiful face, he still felt sympathy. Now, hearing these words from Du Guoqing, his sympathy immediately sank to the bottom.

From between the lines of Du Guoqing's words, he could capture quite a lot of information. Never mind whether Du Jiabao actually raped the girl or not. Just based on him chopping off the girl's brother's arm, he has already violated criminal law, and the nature of it is quite vile.

However, Zhang Shaoping did his utmost to comfort Du Guoqing:

"Uncle, don't worry. I will definitely make a not-guilty defense for your son. After all, it really was them who were in the wrong first."

Zhang Shaoping spoke lies with a poker face.

Du Xiaojuan saw this and was very satisfied.

"Lawyer Zhang, then we'll trouble you!"

Du Guoqing's face was full of gratitude.

Zhang Shaoping said at this time:

"I need to go see your son. I need to understand more clearly in order to formulate a more precise defense plan."

So, early the next morning, Zhang Shaoping, guided by Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi, went to the police station in a small county town in Yuexi, and met the detained Du Jiabao.

Zhang Shaoping learned some details from Du Jiabao's side, and finally sorted out the whole story.

The cause was that Du Jiabao felt he had spent quite a lot of money on the girl, but the girl disagreed to do that with him, which meant she was playing him. Then in a fit of anger, he forcibly tried to do that with the girl. Afterwards, the girl brought her brother to demand an explanation. He flew into a rage again and chopped off the girl's brother's arm.

And all of this is backed by solid evidence, very hard to retract the confession. Because this idiot Du Jiabao, to prove he's a real man, admitted to his actions in front of the police long ago. It's just that from start to finish, he never felt he was in the wrong.

After Zhang Shaoping learned the full story, he felt a mixture of exasperation and amusement; why would he even need to stab Du Jiabao in the back?

For a case of such vile nature, even if he exhausted every trick in the book to defend Du Jiabao, Du Jiabao would likely get at least ten years to start with.

So that very evening, he gave Du Xiaojuan a call and told her, actually a normal defense will do, your brother will probably get at least ten years minimum.

Du Xiaojuan listened to these words, pondered for a moment, then said:

"Only ten years."

Zhang Shaoping sighed:

"What grudge do you and your brother have? How can you even say something like 'only ten years'?"

Du Xiaojuan did not answer Zhang Shaoping's words, but instead asked:

"Is there any method, during the process of defending Du Jiabao, to put Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi in there to serve a few days as well?"

The moment Du Xiaojuan's words came out, Zhang Shaoping's mind gave a start.

Immediately he stared with wide eyes and gaping mouth, somewhat unable to speak.