Chapter 598: Chapter 482: Zhang Wei Goes All Out! Time to Send the Whole Family In!
Lin Helong felt that he was completely safe now.
Prison? No way!
His family still had money, they could afford a top-notch lawyer.
How could he really end up serving fifteen years in prison?
That was impossible!
"That damn Xie Tongtong, won’t give me a letter of understanding. Just wait till I get out, once I’m out I will definitely never let her off. Does she not understand human language or what, she just has to sue me, won’t even write me a letter of understanding. When I get out I’ll keep beating her, isn’t it just paying compensation? It’s not like I can’t afford it." Lin Helong’s mind had already become somewhat twisted.
He had already told Lawyer Gu not to participate in the second trial.
Yet Gu Chen still insisted on showing up for the second trial.
Gu Chen just had to go against him, right?
Then Gu Chen could just wait and see!
When he got out, even if he didn’t dare kill Gu Chen, he definitely dared to beat Gu Chen up.
He could find where Gu Chen was, but could Gu Chen find him?
Lin Helong felt he had already said everything that needed to be said...
But Gu Chen and Xie Tongtong just wouldn’t listen, so there was nothing more he could do.
A second trial then, so what, would he be scared?
...
Very soon, it was time for the second-instance hearing.
Lin Helong was full of confidence.
Xie Tongtong didn’t have much confidence.
Some media came to interview her, and in front of the cameras, Xie Tongtong said the following.
"No matter what the result is today, my original goal has always been to have Lin Helong sentenced to death..."
"After what he did to me, I’d rather not take a single cent in compensation today, I still want the death penalty for Lin Helong."
"What Lin Helong has done to me has left way too big a psychological shadow. My life has already been ruined by him. Right now, both mentally and physically, I’ve already become a disabled person. My life is very painful."
"I’m terrified of domestic violence, I’m scared of domestic violence... What Lin Helong did is no longer just simple domestic violence."
"When you see someone keep hitting you, smashing things at home... punching you again and again, smashing things in front of you again and again, how do you think that feels?"
"I lived like that for two years, but the pain that Lin Helong brought me will last a lifetime..."
"I’ll be disabled for the rest of my life. My kidney is permanently necrotic. I can’t even go to the toilet like a normal person. Do you know how painful it is to carry a colostomy bag? Being able to go to the bathroom has become a luxury for me!"
"I want to know, why?!" said Xie Tongtong.
Xie Tongtong was in great pain.
Today was the second-instance trial.
She had no idea what the final result would be; the only person she could trust was Gu Chen.
Whatever the outcome, she had already done her best.
All she wanted was for the abuser to bear the legal responsibility he deserved!
At nine o’clock that morning, the court officially declared the session open!
At this moment, the livestream already had over ten thousand viewers.
Many people were watching this live broadcast.
A lot of people were firing off comments.
[The second trial is useless too. There’s no way they’ll sentence Lin Helong to death.]
[That’s for sure. As miserable as Xie Tongtong is, it’s basically impossible to give him the death penalty. Even with Lawyer Gu on the case it’s not happening. No matter who you hire, you’re not getting a death sentence for Lin Helong.]
[He got fifteen years in the first trial. They won’t give him a lighter sentence on appeal, right?]
[Nothing to be done. All she can do is do her best to defend her rights. The way he’s so arrogant, threatening people everywhere, threatening her whole family and even threatening Gu Chen... people like that are disgusting.]
[Even Lawyer Gu is getting threatened. Is there anything someone like Lin Helong wouldn’t do? Even if they can’t give him the death penalty, they should at least give him life without parole, right?]
[Fun fact: "life sentence" usually means around twenty years, it’s not literally your whole life in prison.]
[My suggestion is to sentence him to life without parole, can’t they just give him life without parole?]
[If it’s life without parole, then he’ll never get out for the rest of his life.]
Netizens were all discussing it, and they just felt very regretful.
For this case, Gu Chen had stepped in, and Zhang Wei had come as well...
But even with all the elements maxed out, everyone knew that "Gu Chen + Zhang Wei equals death penalty as the starting point" was just a meme.
In reality, Gu Chen and Zhang Wei were just lawyers.
Lawyers still had to follow the law.
If the party didn’t commit a crime, then no matter who showed up, you couldn’t sentence them.
Joking around with memes in the comment section was one thing; this was an actual case...
The courtroom was not a place for memes.
Soon, it was time for the hearing to start.
The presiding judge for the second instance: Ren Qingqing.
The judges for the second instance: Ding Yutong and Zhao Tianqing.
The Kyoto High People’s Court was now in session!
Both plaintiff and defendant had already entered the courtroom.
Presiding Judge Ren Qingqing spoke: "Do either party have any objections to the presiding judge or the judges of this court? Do you apply for recusal?"
Generally, lawsuits all go through this procedure.
If you want a different presiding judge, you can apply for a change at the start.
Lin Helong: "No objections, no application for recusal."
A smile curled at the corner of Lin Helong’s mouth.
Was there any need to apply for recusal?
He couldn’t be bothered with all that.
Just get on with the fight, that’s all!
Besides, his family had money and could easily hire powerful lawyers.
He wasn’t afraid of this case at all!
If it was a lawsuit, then so be it—what was there to worry about?
So Lin Helong was surprisingly at ease.
Faced with Ren Qingqing, he certainly wasn’t going to ask for recusal.
In this case, even if he had broken the law and would be sentenced...
But whether it ended up being ten years or fifteen years, for the crime of intentional injury, in particularly serious circumstances, the law provided for fixed-term imprisonment of over ten years, life imprisonment, or the death penalty.
