Who Made Him a Lawyer?

Chapter 505: Chapter 365: Yang City Zoo!

"Roar!"

A low growl sounded beside him, and immediately a massive shadow lunged at him.

"Clang~!"

The shadow was separated by an iron cage, and the powerful force made the wire emit a crisp sound.

This was the king of beasts, or rather, a tiger.

The tiger’s eyes were terrifying, its fangs grotesque, and its paw larger than a head tried to claw at Xu Liang through the cage.

"Is it wild?"

Xu Liang raised an eyebrow, glancing at Liu Meng behind him.

A wild tiger... that’s hard to handle.

Liu Meng waved his hand, indicating he didn’t know how it came about either.

"The backyard is in the green plant area, the director should be there."

With that, he led the way towards another area, with Xu Liang slowly following.

The green plant area, as its name suggests, mainly displayed rare plants, although there were some birds present.

The so-called backyard was primarily supported by a thick green tree, surrounded by some unknown small trees, with artificial mountains and flowing water at the roots.

As Xu Liang entered here...

"Old Liu, we meet again."

A voice rang out, Xu Liang looked up and saw a man in casual clothes with a big belly approach Liu Meng with a cheerful greeting.

"Haha, the zoo just brought in quite a few wolves, all of them are wild wolves, brought in from the north!"

Director Wu Yi said with a smile.

"However..."

"Why don’t I see Veterinarian Sun and Village Chief Zhang? Didn’t they usually come to buy?"

He seemed quite familiar with Liu Meng.

And indeed, they were.

Initially, Liu Meng worked for him, but later joined a club, yet their relationship was not broken.

"The village chief and veterinarian have something going on, they’re caught up in a case."

Liu Meng casually explained.

Then, he paused, turned sideways, revealing Xu Liang behind him.

"Forget about the wolves, today he’s here to talk to you!"

He?

Wu Lei paused and turned to look at Xu Liang, who he had been deliberately ignoring.

"How should I address you?" Wu Lei asked kindly.

The man looked at him, remained silent for a long while, then said:

"Xu Liang."

"I hear you like to sell some peculiar things here?"

...

...

Meanwhile.

Hanhai City, at the Intermediate People’s Court.

"Defendant side, has all your personnel arrived!?"

The large courtroom.

Everyone fell silent, their gaze either hesitating, angry, or confused, weighing heavily like a dark cloud on Yang Ruoxi.

Zhang Bo on the judgment seat felt as if something astonishing was about to happen.

The trial began.

But the defense lawyer didn’t come!

No... or rather, only Yang Ruoxi and Su Yu were present, the most important lawyer hadn’t come!

What kind of nonsense is this?

An accident?

Or deliberate!? You have to know, Xu Liang had been involved in nearly ten cases, tens of trials, and never once was late for a trial!

Yang Ruoxi fell silent, she was pondering how to gloss over this.

Keep mute? Impossible.

After a while...

"Honorable Judge, prosecution side, and everyone on the hearing bench."

"Our defense lawyer, Xu Liang, Lawyer Xu, last night, due to excessive pressure, consumed a large amount of beef noodles, leading to a chain reaction in his body."

"One hour before the trial, he suffered unbearable abdominal pain, and has already gone to a nearby clinic for treatment, so...."

Yang Ruoxi’s voice was clear, reaching everyone’s ears.

"Regrettably, for this trial, Lawyer Xu might not be able to make it to the courtroom and participate in the trial in person!"

The moment these words fell....

The entire crowd was dumbfounded.

Everyone exchanged glances, clearly expressing doubt over these words.

"Diarrhea? Abdominal pain? Because of too much pressure!?"

"That’s not right, how come he didn’t have diarrhea earlier, not later, but just an hour before the trial?"

"Is it true... I feel something is odd. I saw the defendant’s lawyer at the police station before, he looked quite spirited..."

"Anyway, the person seems to really not be present for the trial... how is the case supposed to proceed?"

"...."

The audience in the hearing seat hesitated, all showing surprise, their eyes full of skepticism.

Reporters might criticize Xu Liang’s morals.

But no one doubts his mindset and capability!

Speaking of which, wasn’t the public opinion of the Qingshi City Pharma· case more intense than the current case?

Didn’t Xu Liang investigate as if nothing was wrong, go about his business as usual!? Why is it that with this case, he’s under pressure, with diarrhea, unable to attend the trial....

The reporters all felt something was odd.

However...

"The trial can go ahead, can’t it?"

The prosecution side.

That young prosecutor hesitated before saying.

In legal proceedings, ’legal aid’ as a public-interest nature case may appear.

Prosecutors and courts, when reviewing cases, must ensure fairness.

So, if in a criminal case, when the defendant’s defense lawyer is absent, unable to be present in court.... the trial will not proceed.

Either reschedule the trial, or replace the lawyer!

Even with a replacement lawyer, there won’t be an immediate verdict, but a recess will be granted to allow the new lawyer time to investigate.

But the current case is different.

"The trial will surely proceed."

Huang Ren spoke reassuringly.

The defendant side has three lawyers, only Xu Liang hasn’t come.

The other two lawyers are in court, naturally, the trial can proceed, however....

"This was not in the plan...."

Huang Ren muttered, he had made at least seven plans, all centered around angles Xu Liang might attack from.

But...none of these plans included Xu Liang being absent from the trial!!!

This is a trial!

You’re a lawyer fighting a case, not attending a trial still counts as a lawyer?

In an instant, Huang Ren felt a lump in his throat, while internally pondering.

If Xu Liang doesn’t appear in court...what is he doing now?

It can’t be that a bowl of noodles really kept him from coming.

A top-notch lawyer nationally, applying pressure even making Huang Ren feel overwhelmed, ends up being single-handedly taken down by a bowl of beef noodles on trial day... just the thought made Huang Ren reluctant to speak.

"Does this count as contempt of court?"

On the judgment seat, Zhang Bo fell into deep thought.

Is not attending a trial reasonable?

It seems unreasonable, but as Xu Liang said, the court does not mandate during trial stages that defense lawyers must attend the courtroom and debate in person.

But if you don’t come, you may be considered contempt of court, which then leads to a series of penalties.

If the situation is severe, revoking the practice license is possible.

However....

"Perhaps not, since the defendant side has a reasonable excuse for not attending, moreover...only one of the three is absent."

Judge Sun Hu alongside hesitated before speaking.

In past instances where judges didn’t attend due to unforeseen reasons, no one often cared, but now they suspect Xu Liang....

Purely because he indeed has a history of contempt for the court.

Or rather examples of oppressing judges!

This crucial moment, using such a reason not to attend the trial... truly raises suspicion!

If Xu Liang knew, he’d likely shout ’stereotype’ and call it slander.

Of course.

The origin of this stereotype, you better not care!

"Forget it."

Zhang Bo glanced at the time, thought for a moment, then decided to proceed with the case.

"The time has come!"

He said softly, then Zhang Bo hesitated no more, his eyes focused, switching states instantly, becoming extremely serious, raising his gavel.

"Bang!"

The gavel’s sound fell, startling everyone present.

In the next second, a voice full of authority came from Zhang Bo, reaching everyone’s ears.

"This case, as Hanhai City Sanma Village shooting· case, was first reviewed on September 10, 2005, during which both parties discussed whether the defendant’s mental state was abnormal as the point of contention."

"Due to insufficient evidence, recess was granted, both parties supplemented evidence during the recess."

"Now, the time is September 17, 2005, recess is over, the second trial is held in accordance with the law!"

Saying so, Zhang Bo paused, his tone suddenly strengthened, speaking in a deep voice:

"By unanimous decision of the judgment seat, now announced...."

"The trial begins!"

With that.

Zhang Bo turned to look at Yang Ruoxi on the defendant’s seat, slowly asking:

"Defendant side, based on the points of contention from the last trial, does your side have new evidence to submit?"

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