Who Made Him a Lawyer?-Chapter 85 - 81: Judge: Why Is My Life So Hard!

The birth of viral news often requires integration with real-time societal factors.

It’s hard for outsiders to analyze which news will go viral and why it does.

Zhang Tao respects Xu Liang, but it’s limited to the field of law, after all, journalism has nothing to do with him.

The so-called highly artistic news from the other party might not even stir a ripple after being published.

But...

October 27.

At the entrance of the Hongfu District Criminal Police Brigade.

After Xu Liang whispered to two media company people.

Zhang Tao looked at Xu Liang in shock, his whole being was stunned, with disbelief filling his eyes.

He really didn’t expect Xu Liang to be holding such a big scoop!!!

And after receiving a positive response.

Zhang Tao quickly took Li Ye back to the company and wrote an article overnight.

That night.

An article quietly spread with the sound of cicadas in the silent night.

At ten o’clock in the evening.

In front of a dim computer screen.

A bored person wearing glasses moved the mouse, becoming the first person to click into the news.

And as he gradually scrolled down to read...

His expression gradually became bewildered, shock brewing in his pupils!

This was the first person.

Next was the second, third, fourth....

This night, in the form of public opinion, spread on the internet at an alarming speed, infecting everyone!!

As if it turned into a plague.

...

...

October 27.

Eight twenty in the morning.

At the entrance of the Hanhai City Hongfu District People’s Court.

Judge Zhang Bo, smiling at this moment, dressed in robes, goes to work. He walks up to the punch card machine to check-in, then slowly heads to the office with a briefcase.

Everyone he met on the road respectfully greeted Zhang Bo.

In front of them, Zhang Bo would smile and nod politely.

Upon arriving at the office, several other judges appear before him.

These few people gather together, not knowing what they are doing.

Zhang Bo was not in a hurry to work, instead, he first put the tea leaves he brought into a cup, then fetched a cup of boiling water.

"Gurgle~!"

The boiling water soaked the tea leaves, diffusing a fragrant aroma in the air.

Zhang Bo sat in the office chair, gently blew a bit, and sipped, letting the clear-tasting tea water slide slowly down his throat.

"Hoo~"

Zhang Bo felt the warmth from his chest, exhaled deeply, and smiled.

"It’s different after being promoted now!"

Recalling before his promotion, when he was only a clerk, how could he be so relaxed...

Clerks have to record court sessions, organize materials, and get ordered around by judges—a pure manual laborer!

Now it’s better.

Becoming a judge, no longer in charge of such things, beginning to arbitrate cases.

Although...

"Although there’s a slight accident with the first case I’m responsible for."

Recalling the Sun Quan Case, Zhang Bo suddenly felt the tea in hand wasn’t so fragrant.

Xu Liang’s face subconsciously floated into his mind, tightening his chest.

But fortunately...

"At least it’s gotten through!"

"Moreover, this case was impulsively accepted because I was new and hadn’t understood the local judiciary situation..."

Thinking of this.

Zhang Bo’s tense expression slightly relaxed.

"But now it’s different. These past two days, Hongfu District has been thoroughly understood!"

"The whole Hongfu District is normal, with no troublesome lawyers. As long as I avoid that guy in the future, life would still be hopeful!"

"Besides, major cases... How many major cases are there?"

In a city district, throughout a year, the occurring criminal homicide cases aren’t actually many.

Like the past century, before the year 2000, you’ll see more cases throughout a year. But ever since the Skynet system aided police investigation and with societal civilization gradually improving.

A city having ten criminal homicide cases needing criminal police investigation in a year could be considered a lot!

Counting ten and solving all.

At least five have complete evidence and logic chains, four where the culprit is confessed, and the last one might be due to accidental killing or other issues requiring judgment by discretion.

How many difficult-to-judge cases are there?

Not to mention in one district, how could there be so many major cases!?

Thinking like this.

Zhang Bo leisurely sipped a mouthful of tea water, he collected his thoughts again, turned his head to look over to Liu Jian within the office.

"I say, Old Liu."

"Since entering, I’ve seen you, a bunch of people gathered together doing what?"

From when he started work and brewed tea until now, Liu Jian and a bunch of people were gathered together.

Hearing this, Liu Jian turned his ashen face to look, immediately said nothing, then turned back, continuing to watch the computer screen.

Zhang Bo became curious, getting up and going over.

"Let me take a look."

Liu Jian and others were looking at a news piece.

Zhang Bo squeezed through the crowd, peeking toward the screen.

But just upon that glance, he was suddenly taken aback.

Just saw, the screen shockingly displayed a series of news.

"Shocking! Sensational patricide in Hanhai City!"

"Bodies discarded in a water tank for 22 years, the victim was only three years old! The killer turned out to be their biological mother!!!"

"Human trafficker family! The Sun Quan Case appeared with changes again, Zhou Xu’s mother was crowned as the ’female demon’!"

"A farce: the true identity of Zhou Xu’s Zhou Family, the ’mother’ turns out to be..."

"..."

"What the... What kind of nonsense is this!?"

Seeing every news containing the words ’Hongfu District’, he was dumbfounded, his brain buzzing.

"Look for yourself..."

Liu Jian’s face looked extremely ugly, he clicked into all news origins.

And when Zhang Bo finished reading.

His heart abruptly slowed several beats.

"Patricide!?"

Zhang Bo’s voice was somewhat high-pitched, eyes wide open.

"And it isn’t an ordinary patricide, the protagonist is even Zheng Mei....."

Others took their turn speaking quietly.

Twisted, distorted love, strangling their child in a water tank.

Seizing nests, raising someone else’s child as their own son, even cultivating them into two human traffickers...

Is this still human!?

Once this news was broadcast.

Everyone who saw it felt their back spines chill, while also feeling anger.

In just one night, with the help of countless media outlets following the reporting, it had already spread across the national internet!

Who knows what expressions they had when they saw the news this morning upon coming to court!

Hongfu District...

When did it turn so terrifying!?

"Sigh, this..."

Zhang Bo’s face turned blue, he stared intently at the so-called ’Zheng Mei’ within the news.

Who Zheng Mei is, he knows better than any other judge.

No choice.

The Zhou Xu Sun Quan case is his responsibility!

Once Zheng Mei is tried, if anything is implicated...

Then Zhang Bo would have to bear responsibility.

"Old Zhang, you..."

Liu Jian was somewhat relieved he wasn’t the chief judge, then he looked at Zhang Bo with sympathetic eyes.

"Sigh, honestly speaking, I feel it won’t affect the Sun Quan Case, Old Zhang, don’t worry."

Zhang Bo tugged at his stiff lips.

Hehe.

Zhang Bo didn’t speak.

Now he was a bit nostalgic for the time when he was only a clerk.

At least, back then, although a bit tired, he wouldn’t be in Hongfu District.

Wouldn’t be the chief judge for the Zhou Xu case.

And certainly wouldn’t meet a lawyer equivalent to a tough knife!!!

Certainly.

He wasn’t the only one with this thought.

Hanhai City Intermediate Court.

Sun Quan’s second trial location.

Zhao Yi stared at the computer screen before him, he tilted his head silently.

Sometimes.

Silence is also a form of speech!