149 Witness (2/2)

She was suing her son and daughter-in-law—what was happening?

Everyone was perplexed. Wasn't the old lady here to testify? Why had she suddenly become another plaintiff?

The presiding judge also didn't understand.

Zhang Dashan heard Xiao Luo's message, and hurriedly explained, ”Your Honors, please continue listening. This grievance concerns an incident that could clear Luo's Workshop of the charge of selling poisonous bread.” He smiled at the old woman and said, ”Gram, do continue. His lordship is listening.”

The old woman nodded, and her aged face was full of sadness and pain. She choked on her sobs as she stated, ”My unfilial son, Wang Decai, and daughter-in-law, Tian Guihua, heartlessly kicked my late husband and me out of our home. My late husband had always had a weak heart, and his illness relapsed after our son insulted him that day.

”But he said to me, 'My old woman, I'm fine. You are probably hungry. There is a bakery nearby, let me go and buy you your favorite Songhua cake.' I didn't expect that he would leave me behind and then leave this world on his own. It was my son and daughter-in-law who killed him. It was they who killed him...”

She wiped her tears, and her hoarse voice was extremely infectious with emotion, affecting everyone present sincerely. They could profoundly feel the old woman's sorrow. How much determination did it take to bring one's son and daughter-in-law to court? The backstory was even more heart-wrenching.

Even the presiding judge and the other judges furrowed their brows after listening to her tale. ”Gao Qingfeng, why did your son and daughter-in-law kick you and your late husband out from your home?”

The old woman let out a long sigh, indescribably forlorn. ”When I was cooking, I accidentally knocked the rice cooker onto the floor. My daughter-in-law scolded me loudly, and my late husband answered back in my defense. My daughter-in-law then yelled loudly, claiming that my late husband had hit her. After my son came back and heard my daughter-in-law's complaints, he didn't say anything. He simply pushed and dragged my late husband and me out of our home and even told us to die outside.”

What?

How could such an unfilial son exist in the world?

The people in the courtroom were filled with righteous anger. Without needing to see them in person, they could already imagine how unfilial the son and how mean his wife must be.

The comments from netizens online also all condemned the old woman's son and daughter-in-law.

”There are all sorts of trashy sons and daughters-in-law in this world. If my son behaves like this in the future, I will slap him across the face.”

”How detestable. I support the old lady's decision to sue her son!”

”Filial piety is the virtue held above all else. Trash like him, who are cruel enough to kick their parents out and tell them to die outside, must be losers in life.”

...

The presiding judge and the other judges looked sad and contemplative, and they seemed to be thinking about these hopeless phenomena in today's society.

Zhang Dashan shifted the topic back to the case. Luo's Workshop was suing Chen Jianbai, after all.

”Your Honor, the old lady's testimony should be enough to prove that the old gentleman didn't die from consuming bread sold by Luo's Workshop that day. Think about it. The old gentleman went to buy Songhua cake for his wife, so why would he have eaten it by himself without her? So, there is only one possibility. The old gentleman died of a heart attack, and his passing has nothing to do with Luo's Workshop.”

His words were undoubtedly persuasive, and the old woman's story supported his main point.

”But the autopsy report showed that the old gentleman died after consuming excessive amounts of preservatives, which caused him to die of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular blockages. How can this be explained?” the presiding judge asked, his brow furrowed.

Zhang Dashan laughed, pointed at Fang Changlei sitting in the audience, and said, ”You need to ask Fang Changlei, President Fang of Taste Buds, for that.”

Fang Changlei's expression was alarmingly dark, and the muscle at the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. He hadn't expected Fu Heyu to be kicked out of the courtroom, and he certainly hadn't expected to get involved in the case.

He couldn't fathom where this b*stard with a big round face had come from. How had this kid managed to control the direction of public opinion in court to the extent that even Fu Heyu had been forced to leave in the middle of the trial?