Too Bad I Take Things Seriously-Chapter 476 - 202 Shi Liangping: Who’s the lawyer here, you or me?

Chapter 476: Chapter 202 Shi Liangping: Who’s the lawyer here, you or me?

In the defendant’s dock.

Tian Shulan finished reading the list of accounts she had recorded, then turned her head to look at Meng Lei.

She couldn’t help feeling a surge of elation.

Her lawyer had told her that the sentence for fraud depended on the amount swindled; the larger the amount, the longer the sentence!

She hadn’t expected the information she’d prepared to come in so handy!

However, focused solely on her satisfaction, she completely failed to notice her lawyer constantly winking and signaling her with his eyes.

「Jin City.」

In the nursing home.

"I just spaced out for a moment, how did it suddenly turn into them accusing each other?"

"What exactly happened? The money Meng Lei borrowed... actually exceeded 730,000?" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"This Meng Lei, he’s hidden things so deep, like layers of fog. You peel one back, and there’s another!"

"This young woman is quite something too, to think she even kept detailed accounts?"

"..."

Zhang Qingyuan and the others stared at the projection screen, utterly flabbergasted.

Some had zoned out for a moment and now found they couldn’t keep up with the trial’s pace.

Especially with Tian Shulan; when Meng Lei tried to drag her down with him, she retaliated by revealing all the cash he had borrowed.

Cash loans are the hardest to trace. Without clear transfer records, they are easily overlooked.

The evidence collected by the prosecution had clearly missed a large amount of this.

They had just meticulously counted it. These cash loans added up to at least another 100,000!

In total, the amount almost exceeded 800,000!

This meant Meng Lei’s potential sentence was continuing to climb at an astonishing rate.

"This Tian Shulan... she’s really shot herself in the foot this time," someone in the crowd muttered.

Qin Mu watched this dramatic scene unfold, the corner of his mouth twitching involuntarily.

In her desire to retaliate against Meng Lei, she has significantly lengthened his potential sentence.

But if her instigation charge is confirmed, she’ll be considered Meng Lei’s accomplice and also be charged with fraud.

The sentence she’d receive would then increase correspondingly.

These two, locked in a love-hate struggle, were now truly in a state of shared prosperity or mutual destruction.

If they had just reconciled, it would have been better for everyone.

After all, the prosecution and public security organs hadn’t yet uncovered these cash loans.

If they remained undiscovered, they wouldn’t be considered for sentencing.

But now she had revealed them...

The complexity of this trial is about to escalate once more!

BANG—

In the courtroom, the Judgment Chief struck the gavel.

After a moment of deliberation, he announced, "New criminal leads have emerged in this case. The trial is hereby suspended. Court will reconvene once these leads have been investigated."

Following the Judgment Chief’s announcement, the trial concluded hastily.

A little over ten seconds later, the live broadcast of the trial also cut off abruptly.

In the nursing home, Zhang Qingyuan and the others stared wide-eyed, clearly dissatisfied.

"That’s it? It’s suspended again? I was just getting to the good part!"

"Can’t they finish it all in one go? We’ve waited so many days and still haven’t even heard the verdict."

"Such a fine young man. Why do they have to delay his sentencing? Can’t they just get it over with and send him away sooner?"

"Old Gu was right, good things take time and effort. Stop tormenting Xiao Meng already!"

"..."

Zhang Qingyuan and the others were fuming and started grumbling. They had waited for so many days, only for the court session to end in less than an hour.

It felt like such an anticlimax.

Moreover, the case was left on a cliffhanger, which kept nagging at them and left a bitter taste in their mouths.

Qin Mu listened to their discussion, his brow furrowing.

If Meng Lei knew there were people somewhere actually this concerned about him, even indignant on his behalf...

He wondered what Meng Lei would make of it.

「The university classmates’ group chat.」

"Guys, the live broadcast ended. Did you see what that woman pulled?"

"Man, you can’t mess with a woman like that. She even keeps a little black book! Marry her, and you’d probably lose a kidney!"

"Meng Lei must be absolutely crushed right now, probably despairing."

"I take back that bold idea I had earlier."

"..."

Watching the trial end so abruptly, everyone in the group chat was unsettled.

First, Meng Lei had accused Tian Shulan of instigation. Then, Tian Shulan had turned around and effectively added to Meng Lei’s sentence.

They remembered what that one streamer had said: the sentence for fraud is determined by the amount involved. Tian Shulan’s revelation of nearly 100,000 more in cash could add at least another year or two to Meng Lei’s prison term. If even more was uncovered later, the sentence would be even longer.

That kind of wife? They felt they couldn’t handle her, nor would they dare to.

"By the way, how is instigation sentenced? Does anyone know?"

"I remember that streamer mentioned it before; he even covered cases where he helped send several instigators to prison."

"I can’t quite remember either. So, if Tian Shulan’s instigation charge is proven, how long would she get?"

"@Ma Ming, are you done with your court case? Get in here and explain!"

"..."

The group chat refocused, with everyone now curious about Tian Shulan’s potential sentence.

It seemed Meng Lei was definitely looking at over ten years; there was no escaping that.

The question now was how many years Tian Shulan would get if her instigation charge was proven.

A little over ten minutes later, Ma Ming posted in the group: "I just got out of the courthouse. You guys clearly didn’t watch the video carefully enough! An instigator is considered a party to a joint crime and is culpable for the same crime they instigated."

He answered his classmates’ questions with ease.

As a "loyal fan" of Qin Mu and the "founder" of his fan base, whenever Ma Ming had free time, he’d discuss things in forums and pick up legal knowledge.

Having watched Qin Mu’s videos for so long, he had become quite familiar with many common laws: civil law, criminal law, contract law, economic law, the "Three Guarantees" Law, and others—he had encountered them all in Qin Mu’s content.

In fact, when he had witnessed Tian Shulan’s actions in the courtroom earlier, he too had been stunned.