Chapter 146 - Battle of Words (2/2)

Fu Heyu snorted softly, “Of course it isn’t my own a.s.sumption. During the first trial, we have already submitted an autopsy report to the presiding judge. It proves that on the 20th of March, the cause of death of the old man who died in the Luo’s Workshop store was the ingestion of excessive amounts of preservatives, which led to sudden death due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular occlusion. This is indisputable fact.

“Therefore, the news that my client reported is the truth, and not an empty fabrication, and is most definitely not written to defame the plaintiff’s reputation, as they claim. He is simply performing his duties as a reporter, reporting the truth to the wider public, and is worthy of our respect.

“Furthermore, my client has also said that the recording was made based on the script provided by Luo’s Workshop after they threatened him. Let me ask, can such a recording really be considered as evidence?”

Hearing this, the presiding judge and the other judges nodded their heads in agreement.

“You’re talking out of your d.a.m.n a.s.s!”

Zhang Dashan shot to his feet, expletives bursting out from his mouth. Obviously, this was not what Xiao Luo wanted him to say, but he was just too aggravated by Fu Heyu’s irrational arguments.

“Dong dong dong~”

The presiding judge hammered his gavel down three times, barking a warning at Zhang Dashan, “Will the plaintiff please watch his language!”

“Hahaha… He’s such a yokel, and he dares to be a legal counsel in court? Ridiculous!” Fang Changlei sat with his legs crossed and an expression of contempt, as he laughed until his eyes almost watered.

The audience was starting to get rowdy, and the presiding judge had to call for ‘order’ three times before they went silent again.

“b.a.s.t.a.r.d, don’t swear like that!”

In the café, Xiao Luo reprimanded Zhang Dashan through the headset.

Zhang Dashan took more deep breaths to calm down.

“Idiot!”

Fu Heyu quietly criticised Zhang Dashan, not taking him seriously at all. In the whole of Jiangcheng, only Ge Zhongtian was a suitable opponent for him. Against a nameless n.o.body like this, he did not even have the motivation to exert his full effort in defending his client.

Zhang Dashan regained his composure, then let out a few dry coughs before he continued in a gentle tone, “Presiding judge, I apologise for my earlier indiscretion. Now, I would like to request that the contents of the defendant’s recording be replayed here in court.”

The presiding judge nodded in acknowledgement, indicating to the staff in the courtroom that they were to carry out Zhang Dashan’s request.

Not long after, the large courtroom was filled with the sound of Chen Jianbai’s arrogant words from that day.

“I’ll write whatever I want to write. If I say that your bread poisoned someone to death, then it means your bread poisoned someone to death… I don’t give a s.h.i.+t about Luo’s Workshop, and I don’t give a s.h.i.+t about you. Although, if the pretty Department Head Li agrees to spend a night with me, I may consider giving you a way out. Hahaha…”

Hearing this, Chen Jianbai’s face drained of colour. If he knew this day would come he would not have been so conceited. To leave behind such a troublesome piece of evidence, he was too d.a.m.n unlucky.

“Presiding judge, judges, his tone of voice is arrogant, and he’s making extremely presumptuous statements,” Zhang Dashan said persuasively. “He even made s.e.xual remarks about our beautiful Department Head Li here at Luo’s Workshop. The defendant’s counsel claims that he made this recording while under threats, but can this bulls.h.i.+t really stand up in court? Oh, sorry, I accidentally used some dirty language again.”

It was certainly true that the tone of voice in Chen Jianbai’s recording was exceedingly arrogant, and if it the statement was made under duress, it definitely would not sound like that.

The presiding judge and the others nodded in acceptance, seeing the logic behind Zhang Dashan’s words. The audience watching in the courtroom were also in full agreement with his theory.

“Lawyer Fu, do you have anything to say about this?” the presiding judge asked, looking towards the defendant’s table.

“My client’s tone of voice should not be described as arrogant or presumptuous, but angry. In a fit of rage, a person’s words are unreliable. For instance, if someone insulted me, and I countered with something about his mother, does that mean I really had illicit relations with his mother? No, this is clearly not the case, right?” Fu Heyu raised his slender eyebrows, as his gaze settled on Zhang Dashan, and his lips curled into a mocking sneer.

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