Chapter 796

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Du Xiaojuan, the Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi you mentioned, they're your parents, right?"

Zhang Shaoping found it hard to believe what he was hearing, so he carefully verified it.

"That's right, they're my parents."

Du Xiaojuan's tone was very cold.

In the eyes of an outsider like Zhang Shaoping, Du Xiaojuan's approach was not only cold-blooded and ruthless, but even anti-human.

"There's no need to make things this absolute, right? No matter what, they're still your parents."

Even Zhang Shaoping felt a bit unable to bear it.

"Lawyer Zhang, have you ever heard a saying: 'Don't advise others to be good until you've suffered their pain.'"

Du Xiaojuan said this one sentence.

Zhang Shaoping, however, said:

"Miss Du, you're now a company founder worth millions. From the surface, you don't seem to be suffering much, right? My personal suggestion: even when dealing with enemies, one should be forgiving where forgiveness is warranted, let alone with your own biological parents."

Du Xiaojuan was spoken to until she became somewhat impatient:

"You're just a lawyer. What you need is professional competence, not sympathy causing difficulties. If you're unwilling to do it, you can withdraw right now."

Zhang Shaoping thought for a moment, and finally said:

"Fine, I'll do it according to your requirements."

When it comes down to it, being a lawyer still requires earning a living.

Having finally landed a relatively financially strong major client, naturally he would do his utmost to handle things well according to her requirements; who knows, she might come knocking again if she has any trouble in the future.

Zhang Shaoping, following Du Xiaojuan's requirements, gave Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi a crooked idea.

"Mr. Du, Ms. Lin, given your son's situation, it's best if he completely retracts his confession in court. No matter what the other side says, don't admit to anything."

"Don't admit to anything? Not even admit to chopping off her brother's hand?"

Du Guoqing questioned.

"Right, don't admit to anything. Just say your son and the girl were in a normal romantic relationship."

Zhang Shaoping put it this way.

Soon, the day of the first trial arrived.

Zhang Shaoping had prepared a lot of materials, looking very professional, and took his place as the defense lawyer for the defendant.

At this time, Du Jiabao had already been shaved bald and put in handcuffs.

This was enough to prove that the police had basically grasped all evidence of his crimes.

As a result, when the presiding judge inquired, Du Jiabao, following Zhang Shaoping's instructions, denied all crimes in court and even hurled all kinds of abuse in the courtroom. This was equivalent to acting roguishly, and of an extremely vile nature at that.

Du Jiabao's action immediately ignited the plaintiff's anger; even the several judges felt Du Jiabao's behavior was a bit excessive.

Many things had ironclad evidence and were already a done deal. Du Jiabao not fighting for leniency through confession was one thing, but he actually retracted his confession in court, denying all the police's previous investigations. Isn't this contempt of law, contempt of the police, provocation of the law, and insult to the plaintiff?

So the first trial concluded, without surprise, with the maximum penalty.

Du Jiabao was directly sentenced to fifteen years of fixed-term imprisonment.

Originally, Du Jiabao chopping off the girl's brother's hand was the crime of intentional injury. With Du Jiabao's sophistry like this, the court changed his conviction to attempted murder. Attempted murder plus rape, and with an extremely bad attitude toward pleading guilty, it was directly dealt with more severely.

The moment the verdict was announced, Du Jiabao was dumbfounded, Du Guoqing was dumbfounded, and Lin Xiudi nearly fainted on the spot.

"Hey, what kind of job did you do as a lawyer? Didn't you say as long as I don't plead guilty, we could fight for a lighter sentence?"

Du Jiabao looked at Zhang Shaoping, very angry.

Zhang Shaoping hurriedly placated Du Jiabao:

"It's fine, don't panic. As long as we appeal, there's still the second trial. In the second trial, we'll turn things around."

Du Jiabao knew nothing about the law. He only had a junior high school diploma; how would he know the ins and outs here?

Many courts are final at first instance. Wanting the second instance to overturn the first instance's convictions is as hard as climbing to heaven, because overturning the first instance is equivalent to overturning all the work of the first instance judges, which requires the first instance judges to bear responsibility.

Second instance judges are colleagues of first instance judges. They see each other every day; no one wants to offend their own colleagues, so naturally they won't easily alter a first instance verdict.

Du Jiabao fundamentally didn't know this. In this situation, he could only choose to believe his defense lawyer.

He naively believed the second trial really could reverse the situation.

After all, this defense lawyer was hired by his own biological sister spending a huge sum.

On the very night the first instance verdict came down, Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi found Zhang Shaoping and confronted him face-to-face:

"Lawyer Zhang, didn't you say as long as my son doesn't plead guilty, he could be acquitted? How come he got sentenced to fifteen years now? How do you explain this?"

Zhang Shaoping placated them just like he placated Du Jiabao:

"It's fine, don't panic. There's still the second trial. The second trial can reverse the situation."

Du Guoqing said angrily:

"How can we not panic? My son hasn't even married and had kids yet. If he really goes in for fifteen years, he'll be nearly forty when he comes out. How will he continue the Du family line? How will I hold a grandson?"

Lin Xiudi chimed in agreement:

"Exactly. Absolutely can't let Jiabao be sentenced this long. Even if he can't be acquitted, he must come out early. Otherwise, missing the age for marriage and children, our family line will be cut off!"

Once Du Guoqing said this, Zhang Shaoping immediately felt a bit uncomfortable.

At this moment, he vaguely guessed why Du Xiaojuan had to be so ruthless.

"Please rest assured, I will definitely turn the situation around in the second trial. However, before that, I need the two of you to do one thing."

"What do you want us to do?"

"You go to the Court Door, put up a Banner, publicize that your son is innocent, say the Court judged wrongly, put pressure on the Court."

Zhang Shaoping gave this Suggestion, and Du Guoqing and Lin Xiudi actually went and did it.

They naively thought that doing this could really win a chance for sentence reduction for their own son.

As a result, they went to the Court Door, put up a Banner, and made a scene for a day; the Next Day they were taken away and Detained by the Police on the charge of Picking quarrels and provoking trouble.

At the Police side, they still shouted grievances and cursed in all sorts of ways.

Finally Detained for a full seven days, only then were they released.

"Miss Du, your parents were Detained for seven days, that also Counts As giving them some punishment; this should be Just Fine, right?"

Zhang Shaoping found Du Xiaojuan and reported the situation to her.

Du Xiaojuan's anger had already dissipated Not Few by this time.

After her anger dissipated, her heart would also soften along with it.

No matter how you say it, they are indeed her biological parents; the reason she was able to come into this world is because of her biological parents.

"You did well, let This Matter stop here; for the second trial, just defend normally."

Du Xiaojuan Sighed, and said this One Sentence.

"Defend normally, try to fight for sentence reduction?"

Zhang Shaoping asked Carefully.

"Mm, just defend normally; After All, Du Jiabao's criminal facts are already Board Nailed Down; no matter how much sentence reduction, it's Impossible to reduce to where."

Du Xiaojuan said so.

Bottom Line, the human heart is made of Meat.

Du Xiaojuan's heart is also made of Meat.

Let This Matter end here.

As long as Du Jiabao goes in, then even if her parents come to demand Wealth from her, they won't be able to get much.

Du Xiaojuan also said:

"Lawyer Zhang, you're right; one must be forgiving when one can, cannot do things too absolutely, especially to one's own family."