With Fu Heyu kicked out of the courtroom, the scales of victory tilted towards Lo Fong.
Fang Changlei stood up and pointed at Zhang Dashan as he shouted, "I strongly object. Fu Heyu is crazy, so it's reasonable for him to be kicked out. However, as the plaintiff's representative, this person's mouth is full of obscenities, and he has insulted the sanctity of the court. Shouldn't he be kicked out as well?"
"As an observer, you are not allowed to speak or ask questions. Mr. Fang, don't tell me you don't even know this?"
Zhang Dashan choked on his words. "It would be surprising if the boss of a large company like Taste Buds was ignorant of the law."
Fang Changlei felt a surge of anger rising within him. He glared viciously at Zhang Dashan, as if he wanted to swallow Zhang Dashan alive.
THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!
The presiding judge banged his gavel a few times and said sternly, "Observer, please take a seat. Please remain silent." Then he turned to Zhang Dashan and said, "Plaintiff's representative, I'm giving you one last warning. You are forbidden from swearing in court."
Zhang Dashan bowed slightly. "Yes, Presiding Judge!"
Now that he had kicked Fu Heyu out of the courtroom, of course, he wouldn't swear anymore.
"Do you have anything else to add?" the presiding judge asked.
"Yes, I have a witness."
Zhang Dashan turned around and faced the door of the courtroom. He shouted loudly, "Summon the wife of the old gentleman who passed away at Lo Fong's store that day to the courtroom as a witness!"
Huh?
Xu Guansong and the others were all stunned. They thought to themselves, "Why did an old man's wife suddenly appear?"
Not long after, the door to the courtroom slowly opened. A thin, white-haired elder walked in with WindWithoutTrace's help. As WindWithoutTrace had no right to enter the courtroom, she could only walk alone after entering the door.
The old man's back was stooped, and he was wearing a floral robe with many patches. His face and hands were full of the marks left behind by the vicissitudes of life.
She had lived for so long, but this was the first time she had walked into a courtroom. The judges sitting at the top, as well as the well-dressed spectators, were all unfamiliar to her. She was like a baby who had just come into contact with this world. She appeared to be a little timid, and her steps were unsteady, as if a gust of wind would blow her over.
This was an old man who couldn't be any more ordinary!
Zhang Dashan quickly went up to her and slowly helped her to the witness stand.
"What's the name of the witness?" the presiding judge asked.
The old woman was at a loss until Zhang Dashan explained to her, "Grandma, the presiding judge is asking for your name."
"My … my lord, my name is Gao Qingfeng …" The old woman replied weakly. Her voice was very soft, but with the microphone, everyone in the courtroom could hear her clearly.
Just and honorable?
There was a slight uproar in the audience. She actually called the presiding judge 'my lord'? Was she still in a feudal society?
The presiding judge and the other judges looked at each other, and then asked, "Gao Qingfeng, who are you testifying for?"
The old woman suddenly lost control of her emotions and shouted loudly, "My lord, I … I want to sue my unfilial son and daughter-in-law. They … they killed my wife. They killed my wife …"
Her turbid eyes turned red.
Suing her own son and daughter-in-law? What was going on?
Everyone present was at a loss. Wasn't she here to testify? Why did she suddenly become another plaintiff?
The presiding judge was also at a loss.
When Zhang Dashan heard Xiao Luo's words, he quickly explained, "Presiding judge, judges, please continue to listen. This is something that can wash away the stain of Lo Fong's poisonous bread." He smiled at the old woman and said, "Grandma, please continue. My lord is listening."
The old woman nodded. Her old face was full of pain, and she sobbed, "My unfilial son, Wang Decai, and daughter-in-law, Tian Guihua, cruelly drove me and my wife out of the house. My wife's heart was not good, and after being insulted by my son that day, his illness relapsed.
But he said to me, 'Old woman, I'm fine. You must be hungry. I still have more than ten yuan in my pocket. There's a pastry shop in front. I'll buy you your favorite pine cake.' I didn't expect that he would leave me alone. It was my son and daughter-in-law who killed him. They killed him … "
Wiping her tears, her hoarse voice was strongly infectious, affecting everyone present, making them deeply feel the old woman's grief. How much determination did she have to make to send her son and daughter-in-law to court? The story behind it must be even more bitter.
Even the presiding judge and the judges frowned. "Gao Qingfeng, why did your son and daughter-in-law drive you and your husband out of the house?"
The old woman let out a long sigh, and her voice was filled with indescribable sadness. "When I was cooking, I accidentally knocked the rice cooker to the ground. My daughter-in-law loudly scolded me. My husband responded on my behalf, and my daughter-in-law loudly complained that my husband hit her. When my son came back and heard my daughter-in-law's complaints, he didn't say anything. He pushed and dragged my husband and me out of the house, and even told us to die outside."
What?
There was actually such an unfilial son in the world?
Everyone in the courtroom was filled with righteous indignation. They didn't need to see it with their own eyes to imagine how unfilial the son and the mean woman were.
Netizens also left comments on the Internet criticizing the old woman's son and daughter-in-law.
"What kind of trash son and daughter-in-law have? If my son in the future is like this, I'll slap him."
"This is too hateful. I support the old woman's lawsuit against her son!"
"Filial piety is the most important virtue. He even had the heart to drive his own parents out of the house and told them to die outside. Such a scumbag must be a loser in real life."
…
The presiding judge and the judges were sad. They seemed to be thinking about this helpless social phenomenon.
Zhang Dashan turned the question back to Lo Fong's case against Chen Jianbai. "Presiding judge, this old woman's testimony should be able to prove that the old man didn't die from eating Lo Fong's bread, right? Let me ask you, the old man went to buy the pine cake for his wife. How could he be willing to eat it first? So there's only one possibility. The old man's sudden death was caused by a relapse of a heart attack. It has nothing to do with Lo Fong. "
These words were undoubtedly very powerful, and the old woman's words also supported this point.
"But the old man's autopsy report states that he died from excessive use of preservatives, which led to a blockage of the heart and blood vessels. How do you explain that?" the presiding judge asked with a frown.
"You'll have to ask Taste Buds' President Fang Changlei about this." Zhang Dashan smiled and pointed at Fang Changlei, who was sitting in the audience.
Fang Changlei's face was frighteningly gloomy. The muscles at the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. He didn't expect Fu Heyu to be kicked out of the courtroom, and he didn't expect to be involved now.
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