Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 378 - 376 Old Xia Goes to Court, The Situation That Night

Chapter 378: Chapter 376 Old Xia Goes to Court, The Situation That Night

Perjury!

That meant lying!

And it was in the courtroom, pointed out in person by the defense attorney!

Now that was a serious matter!

Zhou Sanliang obviously didn’t realize the severity of the issue, but Qin Shaocong, sitting on the prosecution side, definitely changed color.

A drop of sweat faintly emerged on his forehead.

However, his eyes darted twice, and he hatched a plan.

"Mr. Zhou, I can’t believe you would lie in court, it’s simply..."

Qin Shaocong slammed the table and stood up to reprimand him, "Your behavior, it’s like you don’t have any respect for Judge Ni or any regard for judicial fairness in your heart; such conduct deserves condemnation!"

Zhang Wei watched Qin Shaocong’s outburst, feeling a wave of speechlessness inside.

You damn well know it, and you’re still here putting on a pretense?

"But then, upon careful consideration, I suddenly understood you!"

Qin Shaocong’s tone changed, as he asked, "Is it because you care too much about your brother, that you dare not speak ill of him, and therefore you’ve appropriately beautified his actions?"

While saying this, he even shot covert glances toward the witness stand.

"Right, right, that’s exactly what I meant!"

Zhou Sanliang naturally realized that Qin Shaocong was helping him, nodding his head like a pecking chicken.

Qin Shaocong then turned his head back to look at the judge’s bench.

"Judge Ni, my client, Mr. Zhou, is merely overeager in his affection for his brother, which is why he said some things that were somewhat biased from reality. I beseech you to recognize this and to please understand his initial intentions!"

"Lawyer Zhang, I’m sure you wouldn’t want to make life more difficult for a poor soul who just lost his brother and therefore misspoke in court, right?"

Threats!

Moral coercion!

Attempting to involve the two with so-called righteousness.

Qin Shaocong employed the same old tactic again.

Ni Qiuping immediately felt that this young man from Long Teng was getting a bit too bold.

Trying over and over again to coerce her, a judge, was simply...

"Qin Shao, I never thought you would be this kind of person!"

But just then, Zhang Wei spoke up.

"Huh?" Qin Shaocong was taken aback.

What about me, you’re starting again, aren’t you?

Zhang Wei once again put on a compassionate facade, "Justice is impartial, and the law does not cater to emotions, isn’t that a phrase we often heard back in law school?"

"If the law provides loopholes for those with tragic backgrounds, wouldn’t that be unfair to ordinary people?"

"The law requires fairness, no matter how miserable your circumstances; even though Mr. Zhou has lost a brother, that is no excuse for lying in court."

"On the contrary, lying in court to gain the jury’s sympathy by glamorizing the testimony about his own brother—isn’t that prejudicial to my client, Dr. Jessica?"

"If Judge Ni truly sympathizes with your client and makes a decision out of mercy, wouldn’t that be cruel to my client?"

As Zhang Wei spoke, he also looked toward the judge’s bench, "Judge Ni, I mention this to plead for the maintenance of judicial impartiality. If anyone is dissatisfied with your decision, let them come at me—because it’s me, Zhang Wei, asking you to do this!"

Moral coercion, huh? I can do that too!

I’ll also use the righteousness of the court to counterbind you!

And more than that, I, Zhang Wei, will take the role of the villain; all you, Ni Qiuping, need to do is nod, because whatever you do, it’s for the sake of upholding courtroom justice, and I, Zhang Wei, have even thought of the reasons for you.

What could Ni Qiuping possibly be dissatisfied with?

Zhang Wei made things crystal clear, so naturally, she knew what to do.

"Upon careful deliberation by this court, regarding witness Zhou Sanliang’s act of perjury on the stand, it is sanctioned!"

"Witness Zhou Sanliang, you are stripped of your witness status, and the court guard will detain you temporarily after the trial concludes, at which point your crime of perjury will be further adjudicated!"

"Now, please step down from the witness stand, as you no longer have the right to sit here!"

Judge Ni struck the gavel decisively, and the court guards immediately approached, one on each side, escorting Zhou Sanliang down from the witness stand.

"I, I..."

Zhou Sanliang struggled, but how could he compete with the court guards.

After all, he was not his brother; he had no martial training and couldn’t resist the guards’ restraint.

Zhou Sanliang was taken away, reluctantly, but there was no helping it.

Committing perjury means being taken away by the court guard; it was all inevitable.

According to Ni Qiuping’s viewpoint, those who commit perjury have no right to linger in the sacred courtroom.

Now, both the prosecution and defense, please return to your seats.

Zhang Wei had just performed too long and was feeling rather thirsty, intending to have a drink of water first.

"The prosecution?"

"Judge Ni, our side summons the second witness to testify!"

Seeing Ni Qiuping pointing at himself, Qin Shaocong immediately stood up, "Our side summons the prosecution witness Xia Donghai to testify!"

Pfft——

Upon hearing the name of this witness, Zhang Wei sprayed out all the water that was in his throat.

"Defense, do you have to be so dramatic?"

On the judge’s bench, Ni Qiuping was amused by Zhang Wei’s reaction and immediately sneered, "Isn’t it just your father-in-law that is going to testify? Do you need to lose your composure like this?"

Everyone in the courtroom exclaimed in shock, holy shit!

You also have your day, don’t you?

In the past, it was always you summoning others’ fathers, now it’s your turn to be dealt with this tactic.

Although you don’t have a biological father, you do have a father-in-law!

And following Ni Qiuping’s explanation, some of the observers in the court also took a sharp breath.

Goodness me!

Indeed, goodness me!

Qin Shaocong could have summoned anyone, but he actually chose to summon the defense lawyer’s father-in-law.

After you finish your questioning, what are you going to do with the defense lawyer?

Are you going to have him come up and cross-examine his own father-in-law?

I just want to ask if you dare?

Do you dare?

This is really... a blow meant to kill the spirit!

And following Qin Shaocong’s announcement, Xia Donghai walked up to the witness stand.

All eyes were on him.

Everyone wanted to recognize the famous Zhang Wei, to see what his father-in-law looked like.

Xia Donghai, however, was fairly calm, sitting alone at the witness stand, waiting to be questioned.

Compared to other witnesses, Xia Donghai was remarkably composed, reflecting his personality—honest, straightforward, and unremarkable.

"Xia Field Officer, hello!"

"Hello, plaintiff’s lawyer."

"Xia Field Officer, you are a seasoned field officer, and I know that you are also an indirect participant in this case."

"How so?"

"Wasn’t there a severe car accident in the Central District last week? You were at the scene, right?"

"If you’re referring to that car accident, then I do remember it."

Xia Donghai instantly understood and recalled, yet asked, "Wasn’t the accident about a wedding shuttle bus? What does it have to do with the brother of the previous witness? There was no name Zhou Erliang on the guest list at that time."

"Indeed, the deceased Zhou Erliang was not a participant in the wedding, but this accident indirectly caused his death!"

Qin Shaocong immediately laughed and explained, "It was due to that city center car accident that caused the city hospital’s emergency department to urgently receive over 50 patients that night!"

"And it was this influx of patients that resulted in Mr. Zhou Erliang lying on a temporary hospital bed, silently awaiting death after he was admitted!"

"Xia Field Officer, you were one of the field officers responsible for assisting at the scene that night and you sent quite a few victims to the emergency room of the city hospital, didn’t you?"

"Yes, it was really busy that day. I delivered people in two trips, and the van was full of blood!"

Xia Donghai recollected that night with a shudder.

The scene was too horrific: a wedding shuttle bus had collided with a construction vehicle, and the bus was smashed and deformed.

"So, Xia Field Officer, when you took the newlywed couple to the hospital, who was responsible for receiving you?"

"It was one of the emergency department leaders at the hospital; he’s right in the front row of the testimony bench!"

Xia Donghai pointed out the individual, none other than Director Sheng.

"It turns out to be Director Sheng. Who did he arrange to take care of the newlywed couple then?"

"He arranged for two doctors to receive them, a male and a female; the male took care of the groom and the female took care of the bride."

Xia Donghai said, pointing to the defendant’s bench, "That female doctor is sitting at the defendant’s bench."

"Very well!"

Qin Shaocong was quite satisfied with the response, and then asked, "After the defendant attended to the bride, did she have other patients in her care?"

"Yes, in fact that night, I saw that the emergency department was extremely busy. Not just her, almost every doctor had more than two patients at a time,"

"So, when the defendant was in charge of receiving the bride, did she take care of the patients she was already treating?"

"This... I’m not sure," Xia Donghai shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Qin Shaocong immediately laughed, his tone teasing, "You mean to say, the defendant abandoned her patients and immediately took care of the task arranged by the leadership?"

"Objection, the prosecution’s lawyer is speculating!" Zhang Wei immediately stood up to interrupt,

"Judge Ni, the prosecution’s lawyer is accusing my client’s actions without any argument, and we believe this to be biased!"

"Incorrect!" Ni Qiuping nodded and gave Qin Shaocong a warning look.

But the latter, as if he had seen nothing, continued to ask, "Xia Field Officer, did you see the defendant enter the operating room with the bride?"

"Yes."

"After that, did you see the victim of this case, that is, the patient the defendant abandoned!"

"I did see him."

"How long did you stay in the emergency ward from the time you entered to the time you left?"

"I stayed for about 15 minutes because I checked the time when I left, and 15 minutes later, a call came from the scene, asking me to go back and transfer the second batch of minor injury patients!"

"Well, I believe everything you say is the truth!"

Qin Shaocong nodded, then raised his hand toward the defendant’s bench, "Then may I ask, during the time from when you escorted the bride into the emergency room till you left, did the victim Zhou Erliang receive any medical treatment?"

Xia Donghai recalled for a moment and shook his head, "It seems, no!"

"Absolutely no medical treatment?"

"At least in the 15 minutes before I left, not a single doctor came to check on him!"

"Are you implying that the defendant just left Zhou Erliang in the emergency room, without any treatment, left to his fate?"

"This..." Xia Donghai did not know how to answer for a moment and couldn’t help but glance at the defense.

"Objection!" Zhang Wei timely stood up, "Speculative statement!"

"Hmph, you say I’m speculating, but I have evidence!"

With a sneer, Qin Shaocong walked to his seat and pulled out a document.

"This is the testimony of the nurse on duty in the emergency department at that time; she said Zhou Erliang was left there for over 40 minutes without a single doctor laying eyes on him!"

"In the end, it was also the nurse who found him dead during her rounds. He was killed by the defendant; if the defendant had treated him, Zhou Erliang wouldn’t have had to die!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole courtroom was in an uproar.

The defendant left the patient to die somewhere; this was simply...

Moreover, the defendant had previously been assigned a task by the leadership, so she took the initiative to abandon treating Zhou Erliang to treat the bride at the wedding?

This did give them a feeling that, in order to please the leadership, the ordinary patient was forsaken.

Did the defendant really do that?

All eyes in the room fixed on the defendant’s bench, on Jessica.

Although the woman was beautiful, it must be said, she was also very cold-hearted.

She was actually capable of committing such an emotionless act.

Qin Shaocong looked around and knew he had achieved his goal.

"Thank you for your answers, Xia Field Officer. I have finished my questions!"

After he finished questioning, he gave Zhang Wei a meaningful look.

It’s over for me now, it’s your turn.

If you want to cross-examine your father-in-law, please go ahead!

Would Zhang Wei cross-examine his father-in-law? Of course, he would!

He straightened his collar and then walked to the witness stand under the eyes of the entire courtroom.

In the spectators’ seats, Xia Qianyue was starting to get nervous.

Xiao Baihe and Tan Yingying beside her looked differently.

It was usually them at a disadvantage; today was a rare day to see Zhang Wei at a disadvantage.

Xiao Baihe was clearly happy, her lips constantly curved in a delightful smile.

As for the other lawyers, many were taking notes, preparing to jot down all the wily tactics Qin Shaocong used today.

But many of them didn’t know, these wily tricks were actually learned by Qin Shaocong from Zhang Wei.

And now, Zhang Someone, the originator of those wily tricks, was bearing pressure he should not have had to.

Facing his father-in-law!

And on the court, during the hearing, facing his father-in-law.

"Xia Field Officer, hello!"

Although he really wanted to address the other party as his father-in-law, the court was a solemn place and required seriousness, so Zhang Wei could only address him this way.

"Hello, Lawyer Zhang."

Xia Donghai also had his feelings, but he tried hard to maintain composure, pretending to have an attitude of "Who are you, I don’t recognize you."

But anyone with eyes could tell they were both faking it.

"Xia Field Officer, you had a tough day back then, coordinating the scene and transporting the victims to the hospital. And you made two trips, both extremely urgent, you..."

"Oh, it’s just part of the job."

"No, no, no, you really worked hard."

"It’s what I should do, what I should do..."

In the courtroom, Zhang Wei and Xia Donghai started a friendly exchange.

However, this conversation sounded somewhat off.

At least in the eyes of the others, it looked like a son-in-law complimenting his father-in-law.

"Ahem!" Even Ni Qiuping couldn’t help herself, coughing to give a reminder to the two.

You’ve got plenty of time and places to praise your father-in-law, even at home if you have to.

Praising him like this in court, are you not taking me, Ni Qiuping, seriously?

"Well then, let’s get back to the matter at hand!"

Zhang Wei hurriedly adjusted his approach and then asked, "Please tell us, Xia Field Officer, you said you saw the deceased Zhou Erliang being abandoned by my client. Did you also see the life-saving efforts my client performed on him prior to that?"

"I did not; when I arrived, the defendant was just being called out by her director."

"So you’re saying, before my client was called out by Director Sheng, you didn’t witness any of the life-saving measures she took on the deceased?"

"That’s correct."

"Just now, my client told me that before she went to treat the bride, she had already implemented a medical procedure called ’Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta’ on Zhou Erliang to buy time for her to treat the bride!"

"Objection!"

Qin Shaocong immediately stood up, "Hearsay evidence, there’s no factual basis!"

Zhang Wei was well-prepared and, pointing to the first row of the spectator bench, retorted, "The prosecution can ask your witness, Director Sheng. As the director of the emergency department, he must be knowledgeable about this technique!"

Qin Shaocong was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Director Sheng.

Although the latter was displeased by Zhang Wei’s gesture, he nevertheless nodded earnestly.

"Director Sheng, as the director of the emergency department at the city hospital, could you please explain to the non-medical individuals in the court what ’Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta’ is?"

"Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta, abbreviated as REBOA, is a treatment method used amongst combat medics. It is commonly utilized for the emergency treatment of trauma patients in shock, effectively controlling blood loss, maintaining blood pressure, and increasing survival rates. It is an important technique for anti-shock treatment."

"Clinically, patients with traumatic shock often experience a rapid decrease in blood pressure early on. Without promptly controlling the bleeding, replenishing fluids, and maintaining blood pressure, effective circulating blood volume decreases, leading to a high mortality rate. For these severe shock patients, we in emergency medicine often take measures like restrictive fluid resuscitation, external compression hemostasis, anti-shock positioning, etc., for early anti-shock treatment."

"However, the above measures often have poor effects on controlling blood loss and increasing circulating blood volume, difficult to effectively maintain blood pressure, leading to further intensification of shock, losing the opportunity for surgery. REBOA can occlude the aorta proximal to the bleeding site, effectively controlling the blood loss and sustaining proximal blood pressure, reallocating limited circulating blood volume to ensure the blood supply to important organs like the heart and brain. It is an important technique for early anti-shock treatment!"

After explaining, Director Sheng changed his tone, "However, what I want to say is, there is a reason why this treatment method is popular only among combat medics, because..."

"Thank you, Director Sheng, for the explanation!"

Just as Director Sheng was about to continue speaking, Zhang Wei cut him off.

This caused the former’s gaze to darken even further, and Qin Shaocong just happened to witness this scene.

He had an idea of what was going on.

Zhang Wei then returned to the witness stand.

"Xia Field Officer, Director Sheng has just informed everyone that before my client went to treat the bride, she had already performed emergency procedures on Zhou Erliang."

As Zhang Wei spoke, he pointed toward Jessica, and with an emphasized voice, shouted, "And her purpose in doing this was to buy herself time to save the bride. Then, with the time gained from REBOA, to continue treating Zhou Erliang."

"From the beginning, she intended to save both of them!"

"Unfortunately, things didn’t go as hoped. The tragedy that happened in the emergency room was much greater than anywhere else."

"My client intended to save both her patients, but in the end, the bride was saved, yet Mr. Zhou Erliang did not survive."

"However, Dr. Jessica quickly adjusted her mindset, and that very night she continued to care for 4 more patients, and with her professional medical skills, she successfully saved 3 of them from the hands of death!"

As he said this, Zhang Wei’s expression was extremely grave.

But as if he had thought of something, he lightened his tone and said with ease, "Don’t worry, the last one wasn’t seriously injured but suffered multiple abrasions and was directly transferred to surgery!"

With this explanation, the direction of the wind in the courtroom also conveniently changed.

This time, the jurors looked at Jessica with a hint of admiration.

And Zhang Wei, at last, breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Shaocong’s attack was temporarily defused.

Of course, it was only temporary...