Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 213 - 212: Zhu Tianying Defense Broken, Conviction of Murder Secured (Extra - 1 Added)

Chapter 213: Chapter 212: Zhu Tianying Defense Broken, Conviction of Murder Secured (Extra Chapter 1 Added)

(Readers are urging me on; after giving it some thought, Author Germ decided to add more updates to finish the case for everyone...)

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billion!

This amount of money is astronomical to anyone and naturally, it makes those driven by greed contemplate murder!

Is Zhu Tianying a greedy person?

The answer is obvious.

If she wasn’t greedy, then why would she be with Ren Xinwei?

If it wasn’t for the 50 million, why would she sacrifice five years of her life?

If theirs was true love, then there wouldn’t be any issue about the 50 million.

So, Zhu Tianying had a motive for murder.

For the sake of 60 billion, she definitely had reason to kill Ren Xinwei.

Let’s not even talk about Zhu Tianying; if anyone here were in her shoes, who wouldn’t have some thoughts?

Therefore, when Zhang Wei brought up the 60 billion as a motive, everyone in the room had an epiphany.

This reason was enough!

"No, I didn’t kill him, I didn’t kill Ren Xinwei!"

From the witness stand, Zhu Tianying shook her head in denial.

"Then, Miss Zhu, how would you explain this latex glove?"

"I..."

Faced with the questioning, Zhu Tianying was at a loss for words.

Zhang Wei and Tan Yingying exchanged a glance, both with a smile in their eyes.

Zhang Wei decided to add fuel to the fire and immediately gestured "cut and kill without mercy" to Tan Yingying.

She understood and nodded.

"Miss Zhu, didn’t you say earlier that it was because Ren Xinwei insulted you and even tried to kill you, so you were forced to fight back?"

"But based on the current evidence, I believe you’re lying. Your so-called self-defense, it’s completely fabricated, an excuse for your murderous actions, a pretext you found for yourself!"

"I..."

"What, you still want to deny it, or do you want to amend your testimony?"

Tan Yingying showed a mocking smile, "When I asked you previously, you told me repeatedly. You could swear you didn’t lie, but you committed perjury; your testimony is contradictory, and the evidence found at the scene completely overthrows your statement!"

"That blood-stained latex glove is the best evidence that refutes your claim of self-defense. It’s the only thing you didn’t consider when dealing with the scene, the only flaw you left in this case!"

"I... I didn’t... I didn’t kill him..."

"Your defense is ultimately weak and powerless. If you keep insisting you didn’t kill anyone, then how do you explain the issue with this latex glove?"

Step by step, Tan Yingying approached Zhu Tianying, "The liquid on it could tell everyone that you were wearing those gloves, which have blood traces of both of you. It also informs us that the gloves were on your hands the night of the incident; it was you who killed Ren Xinwei!"

"60 billion, and he only planned to give you 50 million; you must have been so resentful, right?"

"Your life was very happy in the first two years, but starting from the third year, when you think about how only a few more years are left of such days, you became afraid, right?"

"You must have asked Ren Xinwei to negotiate many times, begging him to amend the prenuptial agreement, or pleading with him not to abandon you, correct?"

"Although Ren Xinwei loved you, he also knew that your value would depreciate over time, and you knew that Ren Xinwei, a successful businessman, would never engage in a losing deal!"

"After several unsuccessful attempts at negotiation, you began to harbor the thought of killing Ren Xinwei. On one hand, there was the temptation of 60 billion; on the other hand, your resentment towards him grew with each rejection of your requests. So you didn’t plan to just wait for your doom; you decided to fight for your own future, right?"

"Let me take a guess, how many times did he refuse you? Once, twice, ten times, twenty times, or..."

Under Tan Yingying’s relentless pressure, Zhu Tianying’s expression became increasingly ugly.

Seeing Zhu Tianying yet to break down, Tan Yingying turned to glance back at Zhang Wei.

He mouthed the word "go on" and gestured with his thumb pointing at his heart.

That gesture signified they were close to success; the final, psychological blow was coming.

Tan Yingying knew what to do and immediately recalled the many attack phrases Zhang Wei had provided the night before, selecting the cruelest one.

"Miss Zhu, a woman’s beauty ages while money is eternal; this, I’m sure, is something you, not naive as a child, also understand, right?"

"You still possess a fine appearance now, but you’re no longer young. Ren Xinwei can easily find someone who’s even more beautiful and younger; you’re an item that can be replaced at will!"

"Did he tell you this, that you’re just a commodity whose value depreciates over time? ’I may like you now, but by the time the five-year period ends...’"

Tan Yingying, after a moment of gathering her strength, suddenly shrieked, "You bitch, get out!"

As these words were spoken, Zhu Tianying felt as if something was being stabbed in her heart.

Zi-la Zi-la!

She heard the sound of a wound being torn open.

"No, I won’t allow this!"

Zhu Tianying let out a scream, "Five years, I gave him five years of my youth, but he wants to abandon me, even if he says he loves me, says he will compensate me, but he never mentioned amending the prenuptial agreement, my relationship with him was only those five years, only those five years, those five years!"

"So you killed him because you didn’t want to be abandoned and become a devalued commodity?"

"Does my five years of youth only worth 50 million? He has 60 billion but only gave me 50 million, I won’t accept this!"

"That night, Ren Xinwei didn’t scold you, did he? He had no idea about your affair?"

"That’s right, he didn’t know. He valued his face above everything. I cuckolded him, shaming him, but unfortunately, he didn’t care about these things at all, he didn’t even notice my abnormality!"

"During these five years, Ren Xinwei could give you the best of everything, but once the time was up, he would kick you out, one second treating you with love and care, and the next, kicking you away like a stranger. How were you planning to avoid this outcome, so you..."

"That’s right, I wanted to avoid this outcome, so I had to make the first move, I had to... I had to..." Zhu Tianying said, her voice choking up, and those last few words, she just didn’t dare to say them out loud.

"Your Honor!"

On the defense’s bench, Hu Yaode and Jiang Fengzhen were unable to sit still any longer.

But this time, Ni Qiuping glanced at them with a warning look, signaling them to stay quiet.

Didn’t they see that the trial had reached its most exciting stage? What were they interrupting for!

Judge Ni was very eager to hear Zhu Tianying’s final words as well.

Seeing that Zhu Tianying still wasn’t speaking up in court, Zhang Wei decided to deliver the final blow.

He immediately stood up, his tone ominous, "Miss Zhu, you can’t escape the murder charge, and moreover, you have committed perjury in court. Just the perjury alone is worth 10 years. You’ve violated criminal law and will surely lose the right to inherit, so you won’t get a penny of that 60 billion!"

"Miss Zhu, you no longer have any possibility of getting the 60 billion, you have lost the qualification to inherit Ren’s Film Industry, you have lost everything. What reservations do you have now?"

"Go on, to prevent Ren Xinwei from kicking you out, you decided to do what? Come on, spit it out, let out the resentment in your heart, the fullness of your grief, are you still going to keep it to yourself?"

"Miss Zhu..."

The 60 billion and inheritance rights that Zhang Wei mentioned completely tore open the wounds in Zhu Tianying’s heart.

She no longer had any hope of getting the money, of holding power over Ren’s Film Industry, and to fight the lawsuit, she had also spent the majority of the 40 million. She had nothing left.

Rage!

The only thing left in Zhu Tianying’s heart was rage!

At this moment, the rage finally exploded, and she wanted to declare her fury in front of everyone.

"That’s right, I killed him!"

"Before he could kick me out, I struck first, driving that knife deeply into his throat. I made him, in his choking pain, look at me, to gaze upon the woman he was about to cast aside!"

"It was that night, I swore that I must take over Ren’s Film Industry, get those 60 billion. I wanted him to die with his eyes wide open beneath the ninth spring, to see all his fortune, everything he owned, fall into my hands!"

"This is me, this is my revenge on Ren Xinwei!"

Hearing Zhu Tianying roar out her myriad of crimes in court, Zhang Wei finally smiled, fully satisfied.

Indeed, to break the opponent’s defenses, one had to use what they cared most about.

The 60 billion and Ren’s Film Industry were exactly what Zhu Tianying desperately and eagerly wanted.

And when she knew she could no longer get them, her psyche collapsed completely.

Zhu Tianying finally bellowed, pouring out all the pent-up resentment against Ren Xinwei in her heart.

At that moment, she felt a rush, but others suffered because of it.

In the witness box, Cheng Lisha’s expression changed several times before she got up with a gloomy face, silently leaving the courtroom.

On the defense bench, Hu Yaode and Jiang Fengzhen also wanted to leave, but as defense attorneys, they couldn’t.

They were just as miserable as if they had eaten shit, watching their client break down under the dual assault of the prosecution and Zhang Wei, finally exposing herself.

Their hearts were bitter!

You’re an actress, aren’t you?

With such little psychological endurance, what’s the point of playing!

Unfortunately for them, there was no longer a chance for them to speak up, they knew they had lost completely, to both the Procuratorate Headquarters and Zhang Wei.

Looking at Zhang Wei in the courtroom, Hu Yaode felt a surge of grief and anger in his heart.

Damn it, to lose to Zhang Wei again, could this guy be his destined nemesis?

The hearing gallery erupted into commotion.

"Good lord, the real perpetrator actually confessed—doesn’t this mean..."

The truth is out, the case has finally become clear as day!

In the courtroom.

After venting, Zhu Tianying slumped back into her seat, her eyes gradually losing their luster.

She knew that she had lost.

"Miss Zhu, thank you for your final statement!"

It was then that Zhang Wei approached her, "But what I want to tell you is, we actually can’t allow a witness to incriminate themselves, so if you had persisted a bit longer, we really couldn’t have conclusively established your murder act. Had you insisted just a bit longer, maybe the trial would have ended today."

"If you had just held on, perhaps one of the twelve jurors would have taken your side and decided not to cast a guilty vote, and then you would have been acquitted!"

"As long as you were acquitted and the court didn’t pursue charges against you for perjury, you would still own the right to inheritance, and perhaps continue to possess the 50 billion and Ren’s Film Industry, huh~"

"Too bad, you might have felt great for a moment, but you also personally destroyed your own hope. But there’s nothing that can be done about that, who asked you to be so foolish as to confess your own crimes in this sacred courtroom, in front of everyone!"

"Miss Zhu, I gave you a chance, that was 300 million we’re talking about, but you didn’t cherish it. Are you regretting it deeply now that it’s gone?"

With each word that Zhang Wei uttered, Zhu Tianying felt as if those words were thousands of daggers, viciously stabbing into her heart.

"You..."

She raised her hand, pointing at Zhang Wei, but a sweetness rose in her throat, and a mouthful of dark red blood spurted from her mouth.

Pfft—

Zhang Wei’s last words were the true finishing blow, angering Zhu Tianying to the brink, so much so that she vomited blood on the spot!

"What goes around, comes around. Greed never ends well!"

Zhang Wei looked at Zhu Tianying, who was now a pitiful sight, without a trace of pity in his eyes.

Just like what he said a moment ago, opportunities were given, but you rejected them~

So if you’ve made me, Zhang Wei, unhappy, then don’t blame me for being heartless~

Zhang Wei walked towards the prosecution’s table, passing by Tan Yingying, he sighed, "Xiao Tan, your defense is really not up to par, when it’s crunch time, you still need me!"

Tan Yingying, looking at the witness stand and seeing the defendant who was in a miserable state—even to the point of vomiting blood from Zhang Wei’s words—suddenly felt a surge of fear.

She swore that in this life, she would never again be Zhang Wei’s adversary.

After today, she would avoid Zhang Wei whenever she saw him.

Thump, thump, thump!

On the judges’ bench, Judge Ni could no longer hold back and pounded the gavel.

She had been patient for so long, giving the prosecution their chance, but now she could finally exercise the powers of a judge.

"Order! I want order!"

With Zhu Tianying’s self-exposure, the courtroom had already become chaotic, with the jurors whispering among themselves, and the judge had to control the order of the courtroom.

"Prosecution, have you finished your cross-examination?"

"Of course, Your Honor, we have nothing more to ask this witness!"

"Hmm, how about the defense, are there any more witnesses you wish to call?"

Jiang Fengzhen’s face ashen, she mechanically shook her head.

Are you kidding me?

If the party involved has ’self-destructed’, what’s the point of summoning more witnesses!

"Then we will have a short recess before the closing arguments from both sides!"

Although Judge Ni announced this, she knew that the closing arguments were now redundant.

A few minutes later.

Both sides began their respective closing arguments.

Jiang Fengzhen spoke without vigor, while Tan Yingying was impassioned.

Afterward, Judge Ni announced the jury would retire to the deliberation room to decide on the verdict.

In less than 15 minutes, the jury had reached a decision.

Back in the courtroom.

The chief juror, marked as number one by Zhang Wei, stood up.

"Your Honor, the jury has come to a decision!"

"Alright, announce it then!"

"After the jury’s vote, Zhu Tianying is found guilty of the murder of Ren Xinwei. The defendant Zhu Tianying’s charge of murder is established, and the defendant must face life imprisonment!"

Thud!

"The court has reached a verdict, the case hereby concludes, court guard please escort the defendant, to the major case squad, for the final handover!"

As Judge Ni Qiuping struck the gavel, the case was finally over!

Zhu Tianying’s eyes were lifeless as she was escorted away by two court guards.

Hu Yaode and Jiang Fengzhen left swiftly, disheveled and in disarray.

"I won, I won, I’ve finally succeeded!"

On the prosecutor’s bench, Tan Yingying shouted out loud.

She won the case and made the defendant pay for the crime, she had stood up for justice!

"Ying Ying, you’ve succeeded!" Xiao Baihe approached to congratulate Tan Yingying.

"Master, you’re amazing!"

"Zhang Wei, it’s all thanks to you!"

"You, my boy, really lived up to your reputation!"

Similarly, buddies from the criminal division, Lin Yumeng, Li Yueqin, and Tie Ruyun all came to congratulate another great contributor.

It was a joyous scene on the prosecutor’s side.

"Lawyer Zhang, I didn’t expect you to really pull it off!"

Representatives from Ren’s Film Industry, President Ding also approached Zhang Wei.

Clasping Zhang Wei’s hands tightly, his tone was incredibly excited: "Your level is just so high, way too high!"

To deal with Zhu Tianying, President Ding and the board had prepared for a major battle.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Wei subdued her without a blow, and even had the Procuratorate Headquarters prosecute Zhu Tianying.

The key point was that in the end, she was made to plead guilty to murder in court, and Zhu Tianying, convicted of murder, would absolutely not get a penny from Ren’s Film Industry.

The smoke of a potential battle just disappeared.

It was as if a breeze had blown away the smoke, silently and without a trace.

No, the breeze that was Zhang Wei was neither silent nor traceless, but a gale, a tornado!

Fortunately, this tornado was in their favor.

"Lawyer Zhang, thank you so much, without you, who knows what kind of trouble Zhu Tianying could have caused Ren’s Film Industry!"

"President Ding, you don’t have to be so courteous, I’m just concerned about one thing, our fee..."

"Ha-ha, Lawyer Zhang, you really are straightforward. But don’t worry, Ren’s Film Industry can definitely afford to pay, and I assure you, from now on, Lawyer Zhang, you will be our distinguished guest. We wouldn’t dare neglect your affairs!"

After a series of promises from President Ding, he took his leave.

Now that the matter with Zhu Tianying was over, he too needed to return and share the good news with the board of Ren’s Film Industry.

As for Zhang Wei’s side, he promised that everything would be settled by Friday.

After all, with such a big favor from Zhang Wei, they would not dare treat him with negligence.

The courtroom began to clear as everyone prepared to leave.

"Lawyer Zhang, can I have a word?"

Just then, someone called out to Zhang Wei.

It was Judge Ni Qiuping, in her robes, beckoning to Zhang Wei.

"Judge Ni, you were looking for me?"

"Lawyer Zhang, your performance in court was stellar. That little prosecutor surely doesn’t have that kind of skill, right? It was all your strategy behind the scenes?"

"Judge Ni, what are you talking about? How can you underestimate Xiao Tan like that?"

"Indeed, just her demeanor and I can shake her up with just a few words, how capable can she be?"

"This..."

"Forget it, it’s none of my business anyway. I’ll be in the civil court from now on, so as a criminal lawyer, you better mind yourself!"

Judge Ni Qiuping couldn’t be bothered to say more, waved her hand, and left.

"A criminal lawyer, huh? But I’m also very interested in civil cases, not about the money or anything. I just wanted to boost the criminal division’s accomplishments, to show our leaders what we can do!"

Zhang Wei sighed. He was thinking of his colleagues, with no ulterior motives.

Thinking so, he shook his head, planning to take his buddies and Xia Qianyue out for a meal tonight, as a celebration feast.