Who Made Him a Lawyer?

Chapter 562: Chapter 383: Verdict! Court Adjourned!

Does Huang Ren have any objections?

No.

He was the one who personally dragged out Dong Feiyu, he’d even met the leaders of the Supreme Procuratorate—how could he possibly still have any objections!?

Immediately.

Prosecutor Huang Ren took a deep look at the defendant’s lawyer, Xu Liang, shook his head helplessly, and said:

"Our side...has no objections!"

"Good!"

Zhao Yi’s expression shifted; he stood up with decisive resolve.

"This case is the Hanhai City Sanma Village Hu Hua shooting case. The defendant, Lv Xiong, was brought to court on charges of assaulting the victim, Hu Hua, with a firearm, causing his death."

"The first-instance judgment was rendered by the Hanhai City Intermediate Court."

"The defendant, Lv Xiong, was found guilty of ’illegal possession of firearms,’ ’intentional homicide,’ and ’intentional injury’...and was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve!"

"Now, this case has been lawfully accepted for a second-instance trial by the Lanshan Province High Court."

"After trial, both parties have no remaining objections. I now announce..."

At this point, Zhao Yi paused.

Just that brief pause—everyone in the courtroom seemed to snap to attention in a daze.

The observers’ bench showed flashes of confusion and shock.

Huang Ren looked a bit helpless; Xu Liang showed no obvious emotion.

As for Dong Feiyu....

Right now, it was as if some invisible hand had clamped around his throat, making his pupils tighten, his breathing rough. He gulped air in great ragged gasps, yet still felt he couldn’t breathe.

His hands, cuffed together, clenched into tight fists, nails digging deep into his palms!

As though some taut invisible string had suddenly snapped.

Zhao Yi’s voice fell together with it.

"Now, the Eastern Country Lanshan Province High Court, in accordance with the law, hereby renders the following judgment on the defendant, Lv Xiong."

"The defendant, Lv Xiong, is guilty of ’illegal possession of firearms.’"

"But given his good attitude, and the fact that the gun was not privately concealed but voluntarily turned in, he is sentenced to...six months’ fixed-term imprisonment!"

Six months’ fixed-term imprisonment?

No—Zhao Yi wasn’t finished yet!

His lips opened again, and another sentence came out.

"Execution suspended for one year!"

Zhao Yi paused, then continued: "This case is hereby concluded!"

"Court is adjourned. Everyone please leave in an orderly manner later."

Six months in prison...and even that with a one-year suspension of execution!?

For a moment, everyone in the courtroom froze, then...their faces collectively showed stunned expressions.

What the hell is this?

Death with reprieve at first instance, and at second instance the death sentence is directly reduced to six months!?

Of course, no one was in the mood to bother about Lv Xiong anymore.

Zhao Yi’s words hadn’t mentioned that Lv Xiong was still guilty of homicide—there wasn’t even an accidental death charge!

In other words...

The court acknowledged that Lv Xiong did not kill anyone...he was only guilty of illegal possession of firearms!

But Hu Hua is indeed dead, so who is going to shoulder this murder charge...

In that dazed instant, everyone in the courtroom suddenly shifted their gaze onto the suspect, Dong Feiyu.

Dong Feiyu’s lips tightened at this moment.

His breathing was chaotic and rapid, his eyes fixed directly on Zhao Yi, his face chalk white, his whole body trembling slightly.

Someone has to bear the murder charge!

If Lv Xiong isn’t bearing it, then it has to be Dong Feiyu!

In other words, the court is indirectly acknowledging the truth of that horrifying scenario Xu Liang had laid out at the last hearing!

So....

"The case has been overturned!?"

"So the killer...Dong Feiyu is the real murderer!? Damn, could it be that what was said last time is actually true!?"

"That lunatic...the craziest bastard, the story that sounded like total bullshit turned out to be the truth—keeping people penned up like livestock, using thiabendazole as feed..."

"Animal, he’s a fucking demon!"

"..."

Everyone on the observers’ bench cried out in disbelief, eyes full of shock, their chests surging like stormy seas.

But immediately after, someone suddenly remembered...

If memory served.

At the end of August and throughout September, ninety percent of the news media had been spitting on Xu Liang, condemning him for violating professional ethics, disregarding judicial morality, abandoning Liang Yu to take on Lv Xiong’s case.

Some had even celebrated when the death sentence with reprieve was handed down at first instance.

And now, suddenly Lv Xiong is essentially cleared, and the truth was something Xu Liang had dragged out at great risk....

In a daze.

Someone on the observers’ bench felt a rush of heat in their face, a prickling restlessness, and instinctively lifted their head to look toward the defense side.

And Xu Liang...

Seeing Zhao Yi leave, he was quietly tidying his briefcase.

Noticing eyes on him, he merely glanced toward the observers’ bench, then snorted dismissively and didn’t bother to respond.

His temperament was a bit proud, you could even call it arrogant.

All those curses before... he just found them noisy!

He didn’t need to explain himself to anyone!!!

Xu Liang packed up his things, then straightened his back. He glanced at Lv Xiong, gave him a reassuring look, and then walked out.

And over at the gallery for observers...

Someone watched that lonely figure of the defendant, wanting to speak but holding back, holding back yet wanting to speak, and in the end still couldn’t bring himself to say anything, didn’t even go after him for an interview.

This was basically a first in history, because in this day and age reporters themselves are already drifting toward "marketing."

To give up such huge traffic for the sake of face... you could totally call that a hemorrhaging loss!

Of course, every injustice has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor!

More and more people gradually fixed their gaze on Dong Feiyu, eyes dark, faces ugly.

They themselves might not be good people.

But compared with the man in front of them...

He was the one who truly should go to hell and be boiled in the oil cauldron—a real devil!

Their eyes flickered.

"Dong Feiyu... surname Dong... my pen is not without its edge!"

...

At the same time.

After leaving the courtroom, Xu Liang had originally planned to leave the court, go back to the firm, and do some psychological counseling for the two girls.

But he had only just stepped out of the courtroom and walked a couple of steps.

In a daze, he was suddenly blocked by a man.

"Kid, why are you dawdling around, can’t you hurry up!?"

It was Zhao Yi turning his head to look at Xu Liang, cursing as he spoke.

Zhao Yi felt a bit bitter inside.

No, that’s not right.

Zhao Yi didn’t dare to feel bitter inside.

After all, how could doing justice for the people be called suffering!?

It was just that Zhao Yi was a bit tired.

The Medicine Man case in Qingshi City had dragged him on for months; in between he even had to get through the Young Master Sauce case, then rush back to Lanshan to handle the Medicine Man case.

He’d thought, maybe now he could finally rest a bit—only to find another Hunter case popping out of nowhere...

At first, he figured Xu Liang hadn’t pulled any stunts at the first trial.

Hey, that was pretty good!

But then at the second instance, without even discussing it, they just opened court and dropped a giant bomb... no, this could already be called a Tsar Bomba!

One bomb blew the entire public opinion of Eastern Country sky-high!

"Kid, are you deliberately picking me to mess with!?"

Zhao Yi was almost laughing from anger. He narrowed his eyes, his gaze anything but kind.

Xu Liang’s mouth twitched.

What do you mean, a lawyer deliberately targeting the presiding judge of the High Court?

That’s giving him way too much credit!

Besides, he really hadn’t targeted Zhao Yi—every time had been forced by circumstances, or driven by his own plans.

Zhao Yi... was purely unlucky, kept walking right into the line of fire.

That’s what Zhao Yi had thought at the beginning too.

But after being unlucky for nearly a year and a half straight, a seed of suspicion had already taken root in him.

Right now, he swept Xu Liang up and down with questioning eyes, and only after a long moment did he pull his gaze back with a cold snort.

"Let’s go, there’s a leader who wants to meet you."

A leader?

Xu Liang paused; he hadn’t heard about this.

Zhao Yi stepped aside, and took the chance to give him a heads-up.

"Relax, it’s nothing bad."

Then he changed the subject:

"Kid, what do you think of the law firms in Upper City?"

The law firms in Upper City...

The law firms in Upper City were no simple matter.

In Hai City, ambition is about competing on ability, but in Upper City it’s different.

That’s the place where the judiciary is extremely complex and the administrative center lies at the very core; behind any single case there might be a figure whose background is bottomless!

Xu Liang’s background was already complicated enough; you could even call it bottomless.

But the boutique circle, the Red Circle Law Firms in Upper City...

Their backgrounds were only deeper!!!

None of them were easy to mess with. Only a few small firms taking on small cases could survive in the cracks; as for big cases, those never came their way, and they wouldn’t dare take them anyway.

In a daze.

Zhao Yi suddenly looked at Xu Liang with narrowed, smiling eyes again, his voice like a devilish whisper sounding right in Xu Liang’s ear.

"Have you ever..."

"Thought about going to Upper City to develop at a law firm and test your mettle against them?"