Chapter 44 part2 (2/2)
The cub’s instinctive response would not deceive. Although the mermaid cub in the video no longer struggled as desperately when he was picked up, his fear and slight stiffness at the moment he left the water were not completely gone.
One thing was very intuitive. After leaving the water, the mermaid cub instinctively sought security from the youth and then slowly relaxed after spending a long time in the youth’s arms.
“The prosecuting party’s deliberate abandonment of the cub has had irreparable consequences. I do not think such a family has any right to claim the cub again. They have done nothing to fulfill their responsibilities of caring and protecting the cub, they have only done harm.”
Xie Tao also had a temper, but he restrained the emotional impulse and ended his statement.
Being ruthlessly criticized directly in front of one’s face, coupled with the sufficient evidence provided by the other, every member of the Houdie family present had an embarrassing feeling as though they had been stripped and thrown on the ground.
There was still time for another round of debate between the two sides, but after seeing the youth’s witnesses as well as evidence they presented, the people on the Houdie family’s side were now completely speechless. This made the whole jury able to see the outcome of the trial.
The judgment of the interstellar court was decided by a vote among the judges and the grand judge, after a final discussion with the jury.
The judges each held one vote, the grand judge had two. The side with the most votes would win the court case.
The number of votes was directly displayed on the virtual screen. After the judges submitted their votes one after another, the numbers on the virtual screen began to change.
1, 2, 3 —— The numbers on the screen blinked very fast and it only took a few seconds for the final outcome to be determined.
13:0, it was indeed a trial without any suspense. It was only that the outcome was completely reversed from what the Houdie family had imagined, they had become the losers.
Truly seeing this result, the Houdie family’s master who had tightly been squeezing the cane for so long that the veins on his hand were now protruding, seemed to suddenly lose all his strength. The hand resting on the black cane let go and the cane fell to the floor.
Following the sharp and clear sound of it hitting the ground, the cane rolled several times in a circle, just like the Houdie family’s current state.
After the trial at the Supreme Court of the Star Alliance, the Yunbao branch got custody of the Gale, this was already a satisfactory result to Xie Tao.
As for what punishments awaited the conspirators and accomplices who intentionally abandoned the cub, Xie Tao was not very concerned about this.
Instead of finding a place to temporarily stay on this planet, Xie Tao returned directly to Gaia on a starship.
But even though Xie Tao did not care about what would happen to the Houdie family, due to the latter’s previous”preparation”, some people on the Starnet had been paying attention to the Houdie family’s movement at the Supreme Court of the Star Alliance.
There were no impenetrable walls in the world. The fact that the Houdie family had gone to the Supreme Court and lost, as well as the specific reasons as to why the Houdie family lost, gradually spread during the days Xie Tao spend on the commercial starship.
It because especially big on Xingyou, it was one of the most participatory discussions among the members of the mermaid race.
No matter if it was forwarding or commenting, no one excused their actions, there was no exception, not one sentence. Deliberately abandoning a cub was extremely vile. The other party was a big and wealthy family, this made it even more impossible for the public to understand their action.
Originally, the Houdie family was already been in terrible shape. The old master faced the risk of having to stay in the Star Alliance’s prison for several years. Now that their family’s affairs had made it onto Xingyou, the reputation of the Houdie family had dropped a thousand zhang in one fall.[1] For the Houdie family to try to save and build up their reputation again would be very difficult.
Not to mention fixing their reputation, they feared that the people in their family would for now have to hold their tails in order to make fish.
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Translator’s note:
The Houdie family finally got what they deserved! ????
So satisfying… (о’∀’о)
The only thing missing from this chapter is some fluff! I can’t wait for Xie Tao to return to the club, he has been away from Gale and the cubs for all too long.
Well in the meantime, to fill up your cuteness quota, take a look at this adorable fanart made by Rahzel! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
[1] – 一落千丈 (yī luò qiān zhàng), “to drop a thousand zhang in one fall” is an idiom and means to suffer a sudden devastating decline.