As lawyers, they naturally knew what the outcome would be once they were exposed.

"Judgment Chief, fellow adjudicators," one of the witnesses began, "someone added me as a friend last night. They claimed they could make me rich overnight if I helped fabricate testimony proving an elder from our nursing home teased a dog."

"Me too!" another witness exclaimed. "He promised me fifty thousand yuan and even told me to turn around and accuse the elders from our nursing home. But Old Zhang has never liked dogs; he’d always avoid them."

"I have the chat log here as well," yet another witness added. "The person claimed to be Lawyer Wu and said there would be an additional reward after winning the case."

"..."

From the witness stand, the three individuals, excluding Lin Gang, testified one after another. They presented their mobile phone chat logs. These chat logs were all impeccably preserved. One could clearly ascertain what had happened at the time through the chat messages.

CLANG!

Liu Chengqiang’s face turned pale, and he weakly slumped into his chair. The four witnesses had turned against him in succession. Wave after wave buried his last shred of hope. Wu Yun also looked down, her face filled with despair, not daring to look up at the others in the courtroom.

Meanwhile, at the plaintiff’s table, Zhang Qingyuan witnessed this and became furious once more. He glared at the defendants’ side and couldn’t help but curse, "You two are despicable! To think you’d resort to such means to slander me!"

This scene almost made him explode with rage. If the nursing home staff hadn’t been so upright and honest, he might have truly been slandered by the opposition. These lawyers... To think they could devise such a scheme! It’s simply lawless!

In the public gallery, a great uproar erupted. Unending curses and foul language filled the air. Li Weiguo, Song Tiancheng, Su Yongnian, and the other elders were incandescent with rage, staring furiously at Liu Chengqiang and Wu Yun, wishing they could tear the two apart.

"Devious! Too devious! No wonder Xiao Qin said not all lawyers are good people!"

"Look at them! They don’t look like it’s their first time. They might even be repeat offenders!"

"Thankfully, our nursing home staff are upright and impartial! Fifty thousand yuan to buy them over? Are they treating us like beggars?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Pah! Do you realize this is a crime?!"

"..."

The crowd, detesting evil with a passion, spat and sputtered, temporarily forgetting they were in a courtroom. They wished they could throw eggs at Liu Chengqiang and Wu Yun. Having attended many hearings, this was the first time they had encountered such infuriating lawyers. This was originally a simple civil case, yet for the sake of winning, Liu Chengqiang and Wu Yun had concocted this scheme of fabricating evidence. If the nursing home staff hadn’t been honest and upright, Old Zhang really might have lost the case this time. Their actions had fallen below the lowest standards of the legal profession, completely lacking in principles or ethics.

In contrast, although Zhang Wei also defended unsavory characters, he was on a much higher level than these two.

「Meanwhile, in a villa district in Jin City.」

"What... what is going on?" Cheng Chuxiao stared blankly at the trial’s live broadcast, so shocked he was speechless for a long moment.

Originally, everything was proceeding according to the script they had envisioned. The four nursing home staff members were to testify, and they were about to pin the blame on Zhang Qingyuan. But Lin Gang and the other three had directly betrayed Lawyer Liu and Lawyer Wu! A betrayal in open court! They presented the evidence directly, causing the situation to spiral completely out of control.

At that moment in the courtroom, Lawyer Liu sat slumped in his seat, silent, while Lawyer Wu kept her head down, cowering like a quail. Meanwhile, the public gallery was a cacophony of curses, the scene utterly chaotic.

BANG!

The Judgment Chief, observing the situation, repeatedly struck the gavel. With a stern face, he commanded, "Order! Order!"

The surrounding bailiffs also stepped forward, finally stabilizing the situation. The elderly people in the public gallery grumbled a bit more, their dissatisfaction still evident, before reluctantly falling silent.

After conferring with the other adjudicators, the Judgment Chief announced, "During this trial, new criminal facts have come to light. The court will adjourn for today. The trial will resume after the prosecutor’s office has investigated and clarified these facts."

Subsequently, after their deliberation, the Judgment Chief promptly declared the court adjourned.