Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 317 - 315 - : The Prostitution Funds Are Wrong, Gan Xiaowei Steps In

Chapter 317: 315 Chapter: The Prostitution Funds Are Wrong, Gan Xiaowei Steps In

With Zhang Wei’s questioning,

the wind in the courtroom truly began to shift.

The key was the direction of his thought process, which made quite a few people in the courtroom feel a sense of understanding.

Yes, Tie Ruyun was nearly 40 years old.

Moreover, he had just finished a case those days, and there was still closing work to be done, and then he had to drive the client back, a long drive at that.

Who would still think about soliciting a prostitute upon arrival, instead of looking forward to a good weekend rest?

Thinking about having a go in the car, isn’t that a bit abnormal?

He wasn’t some vigorous young man in his twenties; he was a middle-aged man racing towards his forties.

At this age, if one was to use a phrase, it really would be "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

On the jury bench, the only three male jurors all showed understanding glances.

Even many of the older female jurors unconsciously nodded their heads.

They too had husbands and knew that at this age, their spouses likely faced similar issues.

A person’s energy is ultimately limited, especially in a high-intensity profession like lawyering.

After busily wrapping up a case, you just want to go home and crash into bed, not drag some poor girl along for a ride—give it up!

Human capacity is ultimately limited, unless you’re not human.

Could Tie Ruyun be inhuman?

Of course not.

Feeling the shift in the court’s atmosphere, Zhang Wei did not immediately conclude his questioning.

The main reason was that this time his opponent was Nun Xu, and this woman was not simple; he had to accumulate as much advantage as possible.

Because the next witness would definitely be...

Gan Xiaowei!

"At least before this woman appears, I must create as much advantage as I can!"

With this thought in mind, Zhang Wei withdrew his gaze from the jury and turned it towards the witness stand.

"Witness, please respond to one more question. If you were to visit a prostitute, would you pay 500 yuan all at once?"

"Ah, this..."

This time, the male field agent finally struggled to answer.

What do you mean by me visiting a prostitute?

I’m married, for crying out loud, can’t you ask something less absurd?

If my wife were here today, wouldn’t that spell disaster for me?

"Well, I don’t have experience in that area..."

The male field agent’s expression was a bit embarrassed, genuinely at a loss for an answer to this question.

"Then I’ll rephrase it. You’re quite familiar with that street, right?"

"Pretty much."

"Then you must also be familiar with the prostitutes there, Liuying. What are their usual rates?"

As Zhang Wei kept asking, he walked up to the witness, "Since Gan Xiaowei is a well-known figure in your precinct, you must have inquired about her rates, right? The precinct’s records room should have a record of her statement, correct?"

"There are records, and I have asked about their rates, but there are many different ones. I’m not sure which one you’re asking about..."

"Just the simplest one, how much for a quickie?"

"A quickie?"

The male field agent wasn’t a veteran of such matters and was completely at a loss for the meaning of these words.

"It means a quick session on the spot, usually finishing within 30 minutes." Zhang Wei leaned in close, whispering secretively.

The male field agent paused for a moment, then finally said, "50 yuan per session... the time is 30 minutes... I guess?"

He was becoming less confident in his answer.

"Oh, 50 yuan per session, within 30 minutes, huh?"

Zhang Wei raised his hand, gesturing a five with his left and a three with his right, while smiling towards the jury.

With the movement of his hands, he successfully garnered the attention of the 12 jurors.

"So my client paid Gan Xiaowei 500 yuan, at the rate of a quickie, that would amount to 300 minutes, which adds up to a whole five hours!"

Five hours, a time to astound.

Could Tie Ruyun last five hours?

Perhaps, but only by putting his life on the line.

"Maybe... it wasn’t the quickie you’re talking about?"

The male field agent suddenly interrupted.

"Oh, not a quickie?"

Zhang Wei also laughed, asking promptly, "Then what was it?"

"This..."

This is like a newbie going to a PC café for the first time, asking what packages they offer, only to be bombarded with a bunch of jargon.

Things like "Jade Flute Performance," "Rogue in the Waves," "Wandering Red Strings," "Arrow Piercing Heart," "Crystal Love," "Desert Storm," "Ice and Fire," "Electric Dragon Drill," and the like.

With a dazed look in your eyes, you understand nothing, thinking to yourself, what on earth is all this?

The witness was now in exactly this situation; he wasn’t a seasoned pro and didn’t get Zhang Wei’s innuendos.

"Let me guess, a small package, a big package, or the whole shebang?"

Zhang Wei said, spreading his hands and then pointing towards the defense bench.

"Witness, please look at my client. He’s not some strapping young lad, but a decrepit middle-aged man, nearly forty, who just battled a lawsuit those few days. Do you really think he’d have the energy for these fanciful shenanigans?"

"This..." The witness was speechless.

The key issue was, what he said actually made sense.

"Objection!" Xu Suyun couldn’t hold it in any longer.

If this wasn’t stopped, the courtroom would turn into a seminar for experienced drivers.

"Ahem, the objection is sustained!"

Judge Liu promptly echoed, while warning Zhang Wei, "Defense counsel, please mind your remarks. This is a courtroom!"

"Understood, I retract my last statement!"

Zhang Wei quickly apologized but then summed up again, "Even so, please look at my client. Is he someone who can last an hour? I think he’d surrender in less than a minute, so please understand him!"

Upon hearing this, Tie Ruyun seated at the defense bench, turned pale with anger.

You really did it now!

Are you settling personal scores or what?

Zhang Wei, I don’t recall ever offending you, do you really need to smear me like this?

What’s this about lasting a minute? I don’t understand at all!

"I have finished my additional questions for this witness."

Under Tie Ruyun’s slightly threatening gaze, mixed with disdain and contempt, Zhang Wei slowly returned to the defense bench.

The witness stood up, nodded to the judge and the prosecution, and finally left the courtroom.

However, as he stepped out, a flicker of doubt crossed his eyes.

Did he really get it wrong?

If even he was having doubts, naturally others would too...

In the jury box and the gallery, many people appeared to be deep in thought.

Right!

No matter how you look at it, Tie Ruyun wouldn’t be in the mood for prostitution!

It might not be the objective truth, but everyone understands the logic here.

For a moment, over seventy percent of the gazes in the courtroom turned towards Tie Ruyun, filled with understanding and sympathy, mixed with a trace of pity.

Middle-aged and single, without a girlfriend, and only lasts a minute... that’s too tough...

"Hey, hey, hey, there’s something off about their looks at me!"

Tie Ruyun, feeling the searing scrutiny all around, turned to Zhang Wei, "You’re gonna have to answer for this, you... "

"Old Tie, if I were you, I’d worry about myself first!"

Zhang Wei waved his hand to interrupt, signaling Old Tie to shut up.

"We managed to muddle through the prosecution’s first witness, but they’ve still got a second key witness to bring out!"

At the mention of "key witness," Tie Ruyun’s angry face suddenly changed.

It became filled with resignation and confusion.

Clearly, he didn’t understand why Gan Xiaowei would slander him.

As the witness left the stand, Judge Liu looked towards the prosecution bench.

Xu Suyun immediately stood up, glanced at the defense bench, then said coldly, "Judge Liu, the prosecution requests that the key witness Gan Xiaowei be called to the stand to testify!"

"The court grants the request!" Judge Liu nodded in approval.

The courtroom doors opened once again, and all eyes turned to look.

Gan Xiaowei appeared again, but this time her complexion wasn’t so good.

As she walked towards the stand, she could feel the stares from around her.

They were looks of strong contempt and disdain, the kind she was all too familiar with.

It’s the way ordinary people in public look at prostitutes.

It’s also the way relatives and friends look at you when the wife shows up with the whole family at the scene, catching her cheating husband.

In short, it made her feel like she was sitting on pins and needles, exposed to icy stabs, and extremely uneasy.

Gan Xiaowei walked up to the witness stand with difficulty, and then she saw Tie Ruyun sitting at the defense bench.

In her eyes was a mix of emotions – fear, shame, and an indescribable torment.

All in all, it was with great difficulty that she finally sat down in the witness chair.

Xu Suyun then rose and walked to the center of the courtroom.

"Witness, please explain your identity to everyone!"

"I... my name is Gan Xiaowei, I am... a... service industry worker."

Gan Xiaowei revealed her information.

"Humph!" Xu Suyun snorted coldly, a trace of contempt flashing in her eyes.

"Alright, witness, please tell everyone what you told us that day, and also fully disclose the defendant’s true character, let everyone take a look!"

"Okay..."

Gan Xiaowei lowered her head, looking somewhat afraid, but still spoke with a slightly panicked tone, "That day was Saturday, I and my lawyer had finished handling the case, went to the detention center to complete the procedure records, and then he drove me back to my ’work’ place..."

"Right at the street corner, he suddenly made an excessive request of me, asking me to... with him... in the car..."

As she spoke, she glanced at Tie Ruyun, then quickly lowered her head again, an expression of alarmed fear on her face.

"This is obviously a lie!"

However, from the defense bench, Zhang Wei caught a hint of shame.

This shame was due to lying and slandering Tie Ruyun, causing a guilty conscience.

He could be one hundred percent certain that this Gan Xiaowei had lied.

But he is him, and others are others.

Others don’t have his ability to detect lies.

So under Gan Xiaowei’s statement, everyone heard a story.

It was Tie Ruyun who had requested Gan Xiaowei to do so, and moreover, it was on the street, which belonged to a public place.

"So you’re saying, it was the defendant who asked you to provide services in the car?"

Xu Suyun immediately followed up with a question.

"Yes... yes," Gan Xiaowei replied in a low voice, looking down.

"What else did he say? I believe you must have been reluctant at the time, right?"

"Yes, at that time, I was very afraid because of the detention, so when I heard the lawyer request this, I initially wanted to resist... but... but he threatened me, saying that if I didn’t serve him well, he would send me back..."

"Send you back where?"

"Send me back to the detention center, and even make me go to jail. I... naturally didn’t want to go to jail, so I could only..."

By the end of her statement, Gan Xiaowei’s voice was almost tearful.

She was indeed crying.

It was just not known whether it was because she was afraid of Tie Ruyun or because she lied and her conscience was troubled...

"Oh, so you’re saying the defendant not only did those things on the street but also used the convenience of his identity to verbally coerce you?"

Xu Suyun said, looking towards the defendant’s bench, "Lawyer Tie truly lives up to his reputation—ineffectual in court but very good at bullying a woman!"

"Objection!"

Zhang Wei immediately raised his hand and made a protesting gesture towards the judge’s bench, but he did not stand up.

Because veterans of the courtroom all know that this statement was deliberately made by the prosecution to gain an advantage.

If the defense objected, then the prosecution would also immediately...

"Oh, I take back my previous statement!"

Xu Suyun immediately sneered, choosing to retract it.

Though Zhang Wei’s warning interrupted this statement, it had had its effect.

One could see from the jury box that the sympathetic glances towards Tie Ruyun were gradually turning into doubt.

Many jurors realized they might have misjudged someone.

Upon reflection, it made sense.

Such matters depend on the person, and sometimes one acts impulsively... even if a previous witness’s statement and the defense lawyer’s summary suggested that people’s energy is limited, every person is, after all, different.

Now the woman had also spoken, Tie Ruyun might just like to have this kind of play in the car.

And the result? He was caught in the act by the first witness!

Caught red-handed!

So the first witness really witnessed an unlawful transaction.

The atmosphere in the courtroom shifted once again.

This time, aside from the 3 gentlemen, the remaining 9 ladies on the jury all looked towards the defendant’s bench with either obvious or subtle glances.

Xu Suyun also noticed the change in the courtroom atmosphere and decided to expand her victory, feeling secretly pleased.

"I ask the witness, based on your knowledge, has the defendant, besides threatening you, also used his professional capacity to similarly threaten other women in your industry?"

Gan Xiaowei once again raised her head and glanced at the defendant’s bench.

After a moment of silence, she finally spoke, "Yes, it wasn’t just me, several other sisters were also threatened by him..."

"He?"

Xu Suyun wanted a definitive answer, so she pointed at Tie Ruyun and asked, "The person you’re saying threatened you and your sisters, is it this man sitting on the defendant’s bench?"

"Yes!"

Hearing that answer, Xu Suyun finally smiled.

And in the courtroom, there was an uproar.

The truth had finally come to light.

For a moment, there was a flurry of discussion in the spectator seats and a strong reaction from the jury box.

In the back row of the spectator seats, the newcomers to the Criminal Department all wore expressions of helplessness, shock, and even the girls showed a hint of disdain.

"I can’t believe our boss is actually such a person!"

"We misjudged you!"

"Old Tie, this is the last time I’ll call you boss, if you need to hold court again, please excuse me for not being able to continue to attend and support you!"

The newcomers’ confidence was also shaken, they could not wholeheartedly support a criminal who used his position to threaten prostitutes.

"Very good!"

Similarly, in the front row of the spectator seats, someone else was happy.

One of them was naturally Guo Wufeng.

Seeing Gan Xiaowei explain the situation herself, his face immediately lit up with joy, he was just short of standing up and applauding.

"Zhang Wei, let’s see how you die now!"

He wished he could fast forward time, to the moment of final judgment.

Given the current direction of the courtroom, once it entered judgment, the defendant could be said to be a hundred percent guilty.

In the neighboring seat as well.

"As expected of Nun Xu, indeed capable!"

Shen Zhengyi, looking at Xu Suyun reveling in the center of the courtroom, couldn’t help but give her a mental thumbs up.

Didn’t you see the witness’s statement, Zhang Wei didn’t even have a word of objection, did you?

What does this mean? It means Zhang Wei was completely subdued by this woman.

"Boss Shen, looking at it this way, the prosecution has a great chance of winning!"

"Yes, boss, once Tie Ruyun is convicted, he can forget about continuing as the boss of the Criminal Department, and even the Boss will personally fire him!"

The vile and cheap duo began to fantasize about Tie Ruyun’s deflated appearance after the trial was over.

"Don’t hurry, don’t hurry!" But Shen Zhengyi waved his hands and then raised them to beckon.

"Boss, your instructions!" Wang Jianren and Li Qingshou immediately leaned in.

"I just want to ask one thing, is the matter you’re handling clean? Don’t let Zhang Wei catch a loophole!"

"Boss, rest assured, there’s no problem with that matter."

Wang Jianren immediately guaranteed it, patting his chest, "This time, my cousin is handling it, and he is a man of Lord Leopard Three. Who would dare to touch him just so? Not to mention a Zhang Wei, even the Major Crimes unit has to consider the backing they have!"

"Hmm, then I’m relieved. Since it is a man of Lord Leopard Three, surely Zhang Wei won’t be able to do anything!"

Hearing Wang Jianren’s guarantee, Shen Zhengyi finally relaxed.

Since the person he arranged was one of their own, and moreover a man of Lord Leopard Three, then there was definitely no problem.

Because he knew that behind Lord Leopard Three, there was a big figure.

That person was none other than the legendary Lord Tiger!

In the courtroom.

The prosecution was thrilled.

Chai Ping thought to himself, truly worthy of being my master.

Please continue and make sure to avenge me!

Xu Suyun was even prouder, but even though she was triumphant in her heart, her face remained as cold as frost.

Nun Xu’s skill at maintaining her composure was not for nothing.

She took a deep breath, slightly calming her emotions, before she spoke:

"Witness, thank you for providing key testimony under immense pressure. I think the court also understands how much determination it took for you to testify, how much pressure you’re under."

"But I want to tell you here, please rest assured, we will stand up for you. All the wrongdoings should be borne by the defendant, this unscrupulous lawyer, not you. You are not at fault."

"If you encounter similar oppression in the future, please don’t be afraid, Judge Liu and I will stand up for you!"

"Ah?" Judge Liu on the bench instinctively paused.

Stick to your own speech, why are you dragging me into this?

Am I going to stand up for them?

I can’t even handle this small case right now, don’t drag me into any more trouble, can I surrender first?

"Your Honor, I have no questions for this witness!"

Finally, Xu Suyun ended her questioning and returned to the prosecutor’s bench as if she were returning victorious.

Greeting her was naturally the admiring gaze of Chai Ping.

"Since the prosecution has finished their questioning, it is now the defense’s turn..."

As Judge Liu spoke, Zhang Wei also took a deep breath and slowly stood up.

Next, it was his turn!