Are You Crazy? He's only an Intern Lawyer?-Chapter 67 - 66 Huang Fang Submits a New Video, Zhang Wei Summons Professor Tan Again

I’m warning you one last time!”

“Sorry, my oversight!” Huang Fang quickly admitted her mistake, but her disdain for Zhang Wei deepened more than before.

She was convinced that Zhang Wei had run out of ideas by now, which is why he picked on her statement and interrupted.

This was just trying to delay the trial as much as possible, a manifestation of impotent rage.

“The more you do this, the more it shows that you’re out of cards—just wait for your doom!”

Huang Fang sneered inwardly and turned her attention to the witness stand.

“Dr.

Wang, since you said you’ve changed, then I would like to ask, was it you who sent the emails containing fungi to Councilor Yang and spouse?”

“Objection, the prosecutor is asking the witness to incriminate herself!”

This time, Zhang Wei looked to Calm Bro, almost pleading.

The latter was also at his wit’s end.

What was Huang Fang thinking?

Did she feel so sure of her victory that she’s become arrogant, not even listening to what I say?

“Prosecutor, did you not hear a word I said just a moment ago?

Do I need to emphasize it again?”

Calm Bro’s tone had changed, becoming extremely impatient.

“Sorry, in court, let me rephrase that.”

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Huang Fang promptly acknowledged her mistake and asked again, “Dr.

Wang, I would like to ask, did you send any emails within the mailbox specified by the investigation before the councilor was harmed?”

“Well, I’m not quite sure; I must have sent some, but I was too busy with work at that time to remember the exact time…”

“Oh, that’s a nice explanation—too busy with work to remember, huh~”

Huang Fang seemed to have learned Zhang Wei’s sarcastic tone, as she approached the jury stand and began her performance.

“Forgotten it, how could you just forget something so important?”

After ensuring all 12 jurors were looking at her, she ended her performance and turned back to the bench.

“Your Honor, in light of Dr.

Wang Yuqing’s testimony, the prosecution would like to submit a video evidence!”

“Your Honor!” Zhang Wei stood up once more, but this time, Calm Bro was prepared, signaling with a wave of his hand.

After stopping Zhang Wei’s move, he immediately turned to Huang Fang with an inquiring gaze.

“Your Honor, this piece of video evidence was submitted yesterday after an enthusiastic citizen called our Procuratorate Headquarters hotline.

We have a record of the hotline call as evidence!”

Huang Fang, saying this, also cocked an eyebrow at Zhang Wei, full of taunting significance.

This video has a legitimate call record backing it—what can you say now?

“Fine, the court will allow it!” Calm Bro, after weighing the pros and cons, nodded in agreement.

Huang Fang displayed a smile, signaling Zhao Jing to start playing the video.

On the screen at the back of the room, a flamboyantly dressed young man appeared, taking a selfie with his phone.

He first took a few selfies with the front camera, seemingly pleased with himself, striking a few poses, then switched to the rear camera to start recording the streetscape.

“Pause!”

Suddenly, Huang Fang shouted and Zhao Jing quickly froze the screen.

“Zoom in!”

“That post box in the back, there’s someone there!”

The screen slowly zoomed in, and the figure at the post box gradually became larger.

It was a woman, wearing a beige trench coat, in the act of posting a letter into the mailbox.

“Dr.

Wang, who do you think this person is?” Huang Fang asked, looking at Wang Yuqing.

“This person…”

“Never mind, I’ll reveal the answer!”

Wang Yuqing wanted to answer, but Huang Fang cut her off, signaling Zhao Jing to play the next scene.

On the screen, the woman was seen posting a letter, then turned around, revealing her face.

It was none other than Wang Yuqing!

For a moment, the entire courtroom became noisy.

Wang Yuqing was sending a letter!

What kind of letter was it?

Could it be the letter infected with the fungus?

The 12 jurors, seeing the scene freeze on the image of Wang Yuqing, looked at each other in bewilderment, some even starting to communicate silently with their eyes.

The jurors’ suspicions were growing by the minute.

Huang Fang watched this scene, feeling a surge of excitement.

This was the effect she wanted!

Seizing the chance to press the advantage, she immediately walked up to the witness stand and demanded, “Wang Yuqing, do you know when this video was recorded?”

“I can’t quite remember…”

“Hmmph, can’t remember, what a convenient excuse!”

Hearing this response, Huang Fang sneered, “What if I told you that this happened in the middle of last month, and that letter was the one you sent to Councilor Yang and spouse, leading to their tragic death, would you be surprised?”

“Wang Yuqing, you are the murderer!”

As Huang Fang made her accusation, all eyes in the courtroom were fixed on her and the defendant.

Compared to the excited Huang Fang, Wang Yuqing, under the gaze of so many people, showed a slight change in expression.

“Objection!” Zhang Wei sensed that things were turning sour and immediately stood up.

If Huang Fang continued to press like this, the jury might not even need to discuss; they could deliver a guilty verdict right now.

“Your Honor, I object, the prosecution is fabricating evidence!”

“Mm-hmm!”

Calm Bro knew Zhang Wei would object and was about to speak when he suddenly realized something.

This objection…

why wasn’t it ‘hearsay evidence’ but instead an accusation that the defense was fabricating evidence?

“Defense, what is your reason for objection, could you repeat that?”

Thinking he might have misheard, he asked again.

“Your Honor, I was very clear, the prosecution is fabricating evidence!”

The judge confirmed several times that Zhang Wei wasn’t joking before adopting a stern face and asking seriously, “Lawyer Zhang, do you realize what you are alleging?”

“Of course I’m aware, that’s why I raise the objection!”

Seeing Zhang Wei’s unwavering attitude, Calm Bro thought for a moment, then gestured for both Huang Fang and Zhang Wei to approach.

Both made their way to the bench.

“Lawyer Zhang, this courtroom is a place of seriousness, you cannot be making jokes, your accusation must be based on factual evidence!”

“Your Honor, I am well aware, and I also understand if the prosecutor is fully aware of her actions?”

“This…”

The judge turned to Huang Fang.

“Prosecutor, now the question is directed at you, what do you have to say?”

Faced with Calm Bro’s question, Huang Fang remained composed.

“Your Honor, as a prosecutor, I am fully conscious of all my actions, and I understand that this is a court of law, where my every word and deed represent the Procuratorate Headquarters!”

Seeing Huang Fang’s resolute stance, Calm Bro could only look back at Zhang Wei.

What else do you have to say, kid?

If you have no evidence, there’s nothing I can do, especially since she’s invoked the name of the Procuratorate Headquarters.

“Your Honor, I won’t cause you any trouble, I have evidence to refute the video provided by Prosecutor Huang Fang and request your approval to play it!”

Zhang Wei said as he pulled out a USB drive.

“If you can prove it, then of course you may!”

Calm Bro nodded, signaling that Zhang Wei could use the evidence.

Huang Fang furrowed her brow for the first time upon seeing this.

She had a feeling that Zhang Wei might have discovered something, but that shouldn’t be possible; that video was supposed to be exclusively in their possession.

Zhang Wei approached the prosecutor’s bench and handed the USB drive to Zhao Jing, saying with a smile, “Prosecutor Zhao, would you do me the favor of playing my video as well?”

Zhao Jing looked back at Zhao Chunming who gave no verbal response, nor any indication.

She could only take the USB drive and insert it into the computer to start searching for the video.

Soon, the video on the projection screen changed to the one provided by Zhang Wei.

“Hello, dear fans, it’s now exactly 4 p.m.

on December 15th.

I’ve come to the area near Dongfang Capital University Park.

I’ve heard there’s a snack shop here that’s highly recommended.

Their soup dumplings are a must-order for every customer, so let’s go give them a try today…”

In the footage, it was still the same young man; he walked out of a beverage shop and then onto the same street seen in the previous video.

The young man started taking a selfie, then shooting the street scene, where a mailbox appeared, and so did Wang Yuqing.

The scene froze on the last frame, with Wang Yuqing appearing on the screen.

“Your Honor, members of the jury, and everyone in the courtroom, even those watching the live stream, I want to ask you, has our postal system in Dongfang become so efficient?”

“Mail sent on the same day gets delivered on the same day?

And letters dropped off in the afternoon are delivered the next morning?

Do these mailboxes have a time-travel function?”

Although this was a question, everyone present understood.

Councilor Yang received the mail with the mushrooms on the morning of the 15th, but the video showed Wang Yuqing mailing her letter in the afternoon after 4 p.m., which completely contradicted the timeline!

Zhang Wei, imitating Huang Fang, questioned Wang Yuqing, “Dr.

Wang, given the dispute over the video, could you tell us what you went to post that day?”

Wang Yuqing thought and replied, “I remember, I kindly submitted a paper to a scientific journal…”

Zhang Wei immediately returned to the defense seat and picked up a magazine, the cover of which was “Rush into Science”.

“Your Honor, in light of Dr.

Wang’s testimony, we request that this magazine be exhibited as evidence.

On page 5 of issue 46 of this magazine, there is a paper signed by Dr.

Wang Yuqing, and the magazine has provided us with a timestamp.

Let me read the original text to you all…”

“We thank Dr.

Wang Yuqing for the manuscript she submitted to our magazine on the 15th!”

Zhang Wei picked up the magazine and challenged Huang Fang, “Prosecutor, the timestamp on this magazine tells us that Dr.

Wang went to submit a manuscript to them that day, yet you produced an edited video as evidence to accuse my client of mailing a poisoned letter.

What is your intention here?”

“Are you fabricating evidence?”

Zhang Wei roared out the last sentence in court.

“Stop!”

Seeing the situation getting out of control, Calm Bro promptly intervened.

“Prosecutor, defense attorney, come over here again!”

He called the two forward and then questioned Huang Fang, “What’s going on; has the video been edited?”

Huang Fang quickly denied it, “No, Your Honor, the video was like this when it arrived, and we don’t know either…”

“Is that so?

The owner of this video is right here in Dongfang Capital, and also a social media influencer.

Why don’t we just ask him to confirm it?

I’m sure he’d be more than willing to cooperate with our investigation, right?”

However, Zhang Wei just sneered, having been waiting for this moment.

“Your Honor, today’s trial is to judge Wang Yuqing.

Even if there’s an issue with the single piece of evidence, the prosecution can withdraw it!”

Huang Fang hurriedly explained, thinking it was not a big deal.

But she was wrong; Zhang Wei wouldn’t let her off easily.

“Your Honor, we have reason to suspect that the prosecution cut out a section of the evidence after receiving it and then submitted the edited video as evidence.

This constitutes fabrication of evidence, and particularly since Lawyer Huang is the prosecutor, I believe this is a serious act of misconduct.

We reserve the right to pursue the matter after the case!”

“Lawyer Zhang is correct; it indeed is a serious act of misconduct.

However, your suspicion now is of no use; whether it’s misconduct needs to be determined by an investigation of the ‘Judicial Administration Committee’!”

Calm Bro said this while also warning Huang Fang, “Now that the defense has submitted a complete video, yours can only be regarded as invalid evidence!”

“Now, both of you return to your seats!”

After Calm Bro sent them back, he struck the gavel and announced, “Following the court’s inquiry just now, there’s an issue with the video evidence submitted by the prosecution.

The court rules it as invalid evidence!”

After the announcement, he also spoke to the jury, “Moreover, regarding the prosecution’s action of submitting evidence and then declaring it invalid and withdrawing it, you may speculate as you wish; the court will not intervene!”

All twelve jurors looked at each other in confusion.

What exactly did the judge mean with his last statement?

Could it be that the video really had issues and was fabricated evidence by the prosecution?

“What a scathing move!”

Zhang Wei was also amused; it seemed Calm Bro was convinced Huang Fang was being dishonest and had tampered with the video, thus making this move.

But who would have thought her prepared video would be just the piece he also possessed—the prosecution had an edited version, while he held the original.

If you’re caught red-handed, you must pay the price!

“Prosecutor, do you have any more questions for the witness?”

After saying this, Calm Bro turned to look at Huang Fang, but his brows were tightly furrowed.

You just stirred trouble earlier; I won’t be polite with you now!

“The prosecution has no further questions for the witness!”

Huang Fang also felt helpless but chose to speak less, thinking about the sharp maneuvers of both Zhang Wei and the judge.

However, she wasn’t too concerned about this incident in her heart.

Because in this trial, the advantage was still on her side.

Even if one video evidence was withdrawn, it didn’t really matter.

The advantage we had during the trial on Monday was too significant.

Even if there were some issues on Wednesday, they did not affect the overall situation.

As long as she could make Wang Yuqing confess, the video evidence would not matter that much.

For a high-profile case like this, once Procuratorate Headquarters achieved victory, the Judicial Administration Committee would not risk their reputation by calling into question their own distinguished achiever.

With this thought, Huang Fang’s anxiety was quelled.

She was further assured when confirming whether the defense had any other witnesses.

If not, she could proceed directly to the closing argument.

And once it reached the final stage, with the evidence presented on Monday, Wang Yuqing would inevitably be convicted, and Procuratorate Headquarters would still be the victors.

She would win after all!

On the judge’s bench, Calm Bro looked toward Zhang Wei.

“Since the prosecution has finished cross-examination, does the defense have any other witnesses to call?”

“Your Honor, the defense has no new witnesses to summon…”

As soon as these words were spoken, Huang Fang finally felt relieved.

And so did Zhao Chunming and others in the spectator’s gallery.

As long as there were no new witnesses, all would be well.

No matter how powerful Zhang Wei’s closing argument might be, it would not impact the verdict.

“…However, we would like to recall Professor Tan, a witness for the prosecution!”

Yet Zhang Wei added this request after his previous statement.

Spectator’s gallery: ???

Jury: ???

Calm Bro: ???

Huang Fang and Zhao Jing: ???

“Objection, Professor Tan has already given testimony!” Huang Fang naturally objected.

“Your Honor, the defense has discovered new evidence after the first hearing and needs Professor Tan to testify in response.

I hope you will grant my request!”

Zhang Wei looked at the judge’s bench with firm eyes.

Calm Bro felt the pressure, especially from the look in Zhang Wei’s eyes, which carried a hint of surprise.

This young man, could he really have found some evidence?

The thought of having to apologize in court in the Tang Chunfeng case gave him a headache.

However, as the decision-maker in court, he decided to give Zhang Wei a chance.

“The court approves the request!”

15 minutes later, with the escort of the court guard, Professor Tan took the witness stand again.

For a moment, all eyes in the courtroom were on Zhang Wei in front of the witness stand.

They all wanted to see what Zhang Wei was up to by recalling Professor Tan.

“Young man, do you have any more questions for me?” Professor Tan was not very old, but he adopted a tone of a senior.

“Hello Professor Tan, thank you for testifying on Monday.

Your speech was impressive!”

“What’s so impressive about it?

Besides, testifying is the duty of every citizen.

I was merely fulfilling my responsibilities.”

“Well said, Professor Tan.

If I hadn’t found new evidence, I might really have been deceived by you!”

Upon hearing this, Professor Tan’s expression changed slightly.

In the spectator’s gallery, Zhao Chunming felt his heart skip a beat.

Zhang Wei’s demeanor didn’t resemble that of a man in despair.

Could he be mounting a counter-attack?

Xiao Baihe and Tan Yingying showed different reactions.

Tan Yingying was somewhat afraid of Zhang Wei’s manner, as it reminded her of the time she was brought to tears by him in court.

And Xiao Baihe, her heart nearly leapt into her throat, she almost couldn’t resist the urge to stand up.

In the courtroom, Zhang Wei approached Professor Tan with a slight smile, “Your performance was truly captivating, almost fooling all of us.

But unfortunately, it is your last statements that alerted me!”

“Alerted you to what?” Professor Tan asked reflexively.

“It’s simple.

Why would you want to backstab Wang Yuqing and even wish for her conviction?

There’s only one reason I can think of!”

“In fact, the real murderer who poisoned Councilor Yang and spouse with mushrooms…”

Zhang Wei raised a finger, pointing directly at Professor Tan:

“It’s you, isn’t it!”