Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 633 - 626 Key Witness, Wu Renjie is Conclusively Proven

Chapter 633: Chapter 626 Key Witness, Wu Renjie is Conclusively Proven

"Miss Ye, did you see Wu Renjie himself driving down?"

"Yes, he called me, so naturally I went down to meet him."

"Did you notice a dent in the front of the car, and do you know that it’s from hitting something, that he had an accident before coming?"

"Yes, I thought that dent was from hitting something, never expected it was a person."

"Are you certain the person sitting in the passenger seat was Xiao Momoji, and that he was dead drunk?"

"Yes, he was a mess of drunkenness; he didn’t wake up until his father came to get him the next day."

"Understood."

Zhang Wei nodded and then looked at Ni Qiuping, "We have no further questions for Miss Ye."

Having finished his questioning, Zhang Wei calmly sat back down at the prosecutor’s table.

Next, Ni Qiuping turned to the defense.

"Lawyer Ren, your turn."

Ren Xingzhou and Wu Renjie were in consultation, and after a brief exchange, they finally managed to come up with some tactics.

Ren Xingzhou immediately stood up and walked over to the witness stand.

"Miss Ye, you said you saw our client, Mr. Wu Renjie, getting out of the driver’s seat of the car, correct?"

"Yes, I’m not blind!"

"And you also saw Mr. Xiao Momoji, who was drunk throughout and never woke up?"

"Yes, you were listening the whole time when you were asking questions just now, weren’t you?"

"Is that so, but I need to make sure what you’re saying is all true."

"Everything I said is true, are you satisfied now?"

At this moment, Miss Ye was somewhat angry, and when she looked at Ren Xingzhou, her face showed displeasure.

"Is that so, but I think..."

"Objection, harassing the witness, using repetitive questions to waste time."

Just as Ren Xingzhou was about to continue his questioning, Zhang Wei directly interrupted him.

"Objection sustained!"

Ni Qiuping also looked at Ren Xingzhou, issuing another warning, "Lawyer Ren, you’re a veteran of the court, don’t keep making such rookie mistakes!"

"Sorry, Judge Ni."

Ren Xingzhou quickly apologized, and the look he gave Zhang Wei was filled with malice.

However, he soon calmed the anger in his heart.

Because this time, it was all up to him, and the big boss was watching from the gallery.

If he performed well this time, maybe he could make further advances in his career.

It was life or death based on today’s outcome.

Thinking this, Ren Xingzhou glanced at Wu Renjie, who also nodded back at him.

"Miss Ye, I would like to ask, what is the nature of your relationship with our client, Mr. Wu Renjie?"

"I was once his woman, or should I say, a fuck buddy!"

The latter was quite direct and had no intention of concealing their relationship, acknowledging it openly before everyone.

This response made many in the courtroom feel uncomfortable.

What kind of woman would publicly admit to being someone’s fuck buddy? It was a status that was difficult to look at straight.

"I know how you all will perceive me, but I’m throwing caution to the wind. I am Wu Renjie’s fuck buddy. We met at the gym, and after he revealed his identity to me, I got together with him."

"Of course, I know your opinions, and I’m aware that this ’togetherness’ is nothing more than being treated as his sex toy whenever he wants to screw, but so what? That’s my choice, what’s it to you?"

As Miss Ye spoke, she even made an internationally recognized gesture towards the people in the court’s gallery and the jury box.

Hiss—

The entire courtroom became uneasy.

Especially the foreign jury members, seeing the gesture in the woman’s hand, they all opened their mouths wide and bulged their eyes.

How dare this girl!

"Miss Ye, no need to get upset," said Ren Xingzhou quickly, waving his hand to calm her down.

"Heh, didn’t you start this?" But the latter sneered dismissively.

Ren Xingzhou was helpless, but he continued to question, "Miss Ye, since you’re Mr. Wu Renjie’s fuck buddy, have you ever thought about taking your relationship with him to the next level, like becoming his girlfriend?"

"Sure, I thought about it, but then I changed my mind."

"Why is that?"

"Let me ask you, what’s the most valuable thing for a woman?"

"I’m not a woman, can’t really answer that."

"Her body, of course! A woman’s body is her most valuable asset. If I gave my body away, then what else would I have to attract him?"

Miss Ye said as she spread her hands, "So, I know I don’t hold much appeal for Wu Renjie anymore, his lingering feelings are just because he doesn’t have a better fuck buddy at the moment."

"So your answer is...?"

"After realizing this truth, I never thought about becoming his girlfriend. Besides, we’re from different worlds, and it’s impossible for us and him to reach the marriage altar. His family probably wouldn’t even approve of me."

As Miss Ye spoke, she gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"This..."

However, her candid answer left Ren Xingzhou at a loss for what to ask next.

After a moment of silence, Ren Xingzhou continued to formulate his words, "Miss Ye, don’t you resent Mr. Wu Renjie?"

"Why should I resent him? We only took what we needed from each other. He had his fun with me, and I got paid. Isn’t it fine as long as we both mind our own business?"

"Miss Ye, your answers... they’re making it somewhat difficult for me to know what to ask."

"Then just don’t ask!"

Could Ren Xingzhou not continue interrogating? Of course, that was impossible.

"Miss Ye, you actually deeply hate Mr. Wu Renjie, don’t you? Otherwise, why would you testify in court?"

"I know what you’re driving at. Lawyer Zhang had already told me. You’ll try by all means to prove that my testimony is just a spur-of-the-moment thing, that it’s due to my hatred for Wu Renjie, which led me to give false testimony in court."

"Lawyer Zhang guessed it long ago. He knew you only had this one trick up your sleeve, so he planned to use the examination to depict me as a woman who envies and resents Wu Renjie’s family background, a woman filled with anger because her desires were unrequited. Isn’t that right?"

"This..."

These words caused Ren Xingzhou’s face to change subtly.

Well played!

He could only secretly exclaim his admiration, realizing that his tactics had been anticipated by Zhang Wei.

Ren Xingzhou turned to look at the prosecution bench, only to see Zhang Wei had already revealed a smile in his direction.

Nonsense, how could I not be familiar with your tactics?

The best way to counter a woman testifying in court is to transform her from a witness into a hostile witness.

A woman in a state of anger is capable of anything, let alone giving false testimony in court.

So, the plan is to make the jury see that Miss Ye testified because she was so angry that she lost her common sense, thus undermining the validity of her previous testimony.

Furthermore, if they could prove Miss Ye’s testimony to be a spur-of-the-moment statement, it could also discredit her father’s testimony.

After all, what father wouldn’t help his own daughter? His testimony could be dismissed as well.

These tactics were all too familiar to Zhang Wei.

And here Ren Xingzhou was, trying to pull a fast one on him – bringing a knife to a gunfight.

At this moment, being publicly called out by the witness on his own little schemes, Ren Xingzhou couldn’t help but blush.

"Lawyer Ren, do you wish to continue with your questions?" Judge Ni asked, seemingly oblivious to someone’s embarrassment, as she pressed on.

"I..."

Ren Xingzhou wanted to ask questions, but his tactics had been exposed. What more could he ask now?

Seeing this, Judge Ni still knew what was going on.

"Lawyer Ren, I know what you’re planning, but if you’re unable to proceed with cross-examination, I’m afraid I’ll have to ask you to step down."

"Judge Ni, I... Can you give me some time to think... please?"

Ren Xingzhou dared not leave the stand because he had to do something to salvage the situation right now.

If he couldn’t salvage it, his career might be over.

So Ren Xingzhou was in a dilemma.

"Lawyer Ren, are you panicking? Do you really need time to think?"

At that moment, Zhang Wei suddenly stood beside Ren Xingzhou.

"Damn it, how did you get up here?"

Ren Xingzhou was startled. He hadn’t expected Zhang Wei to sneak up to him.

"Lawyer Ren, stop pretending; you’re out of options," but Zhang Wei looked at Ren Xingzhou with a smile on his face. "Since you can’t think of any questions, why don’t I ask some instead?"

"You?"

"Yes, I want to add some questions."

Zhang Wei said as he looked toward Judge Ni, "Judge Ni, since Lawyer Ren hasn’t been able to fart out a single question, the prosecution plans to continue questioning Miss Ye."

"Fine then, Lawyer Ren, please take a seat!"

Ren Xingzhou had no choice but to retreat to the defense bench reluctantly.

"Miss Ye, I know your testimony is very valuable and has revealed Wu Renjie’s true face to everyone in the court, but I’m curious to know why you didn’t plan on testifying before?"

"Because Wu Renjie asked me not to testify. He wanted me to keep this matter hidden, to put it bluntly, he wanted me to shut up!"

After hearing her response, Zhang Wei nodded and then turned his gaze to the jury.

"In fact, Miss Ye has been consistently denied by the defense’s Lawyer Ren before today’s court appearance, on the grounds of a heart condition, refusing to include her in the witness list."

"But please look at Miss Ye, does she look like someone who’s unfit to testify? Does she appear injured in the slightest?"

The jurors all looked towards the witness stand, observed Miss Ye, and then shook their heads.

Although this woman’s identity is somewhat unsavory, she’s overall still quite healthy.

"So, Lawyer Ren has now added another charge of obstructing justice and preventing a witness from testifying,"

Zhang Wei was the pot that never boils yet he suddenly brought up the very topic that twisted Ren Xingzhou’s face in sudden tension.

Well, you little bastard, backstabbing me whenever you get the chance, huh?

Ni Qiuping nodded to the clerk, signaling for the latter to take down these details for a reckoning come autumn.

"Right, next up is the key to this case, or rather, the critical turning point of the case."

Zhang Wei teased a cliffhanger and waited until everyone’s attention was on him before he walked back to the witness stand.

"Miss Ye, could you please tell us why you initially agreed to Wu Renjie, but now have chosen to testify and expose his crimes?"

Miss Ye looked at Wu Renjie with a face full of anger, "Because they were outrageously deceitful, they didn’t trust me and actually sent someone to kill me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire courtroom was in an uproar.

To secure their own innocence, they actually attempted to assassinate the key witness!

This is really... utterly heinous!

"Oh, assassinating a witness, there are actually people who would do such a thing?"

"Yes, this very morning, I was attacked, and they did not want me to testify in court!"

Who ’they’ are is no longer a topic of debate; it’s certainly not Zhang Wei’s side, but Wu Renjie’s.

After all, Zhang Wei needed her testimony; only Wu Renjie’s side wouldn’t want her in court.

So, no need for guesses, it was clear that it was Wu Renjie’s side that sent the assassins.

"Objection, your Honor, such baseless claims amount to blatant slander!"

Ren Xingzhou naturally couldn’t allow Zhang Wei to continue his momentum and stood up immediately to interrupt.

"Lawyer Ren, jumping the gun, I see, but how do you know I don’t have evidence?"

Zhang Wei replied with a small smile, one that sent a chill down Ren Xingzhou’s spine.

Damn!

"In fact, I have evidence!"

As Zhang Wei spoke, he gestured with his hand again.

Several photos suddenly appeared on the projection screen.

Mr. Ye was kidnapped, his mouth stuffed with cloth.

Shuang Sha held weapons and were seen restraining Miss Ye.

Shuang Sha subdued, and upon searching them, many "professional tools" were found on their person.

"These two individuals were the assassins who went to Miss Ye’s home this morning. They have been subdued and already surrendered themselves to the investigative department early this morning."

"Here, I have their testimonies, in which they confess they were sent by the Wu Family, and the mastermind is none other than Wu Renjie who is sitting on the defense bench!"

Zhang Wei said, walking over to the prosecution bench to receive two documents from Xia Qianyue’s hands, then proceeding towards the bench.

"Judge Ni, the prosecution submits the assassins’ confessions as new evidence!"

One copy was handed to the judge, while the other was tossed in front of Ren Xingzhou.

Ren Xingzhou picked up the document, flipped through a few pages, and became dumbfounded.

"They, they actually..."

Yes, Shuang Sha confessed.

Under Zhang Wei’s coercion and threats, they had no choice but to confess.

Escape was impossible; Xia Qianyue’s combat abilities assured that they couldn’t do anything.

And Zhang Wei still had damning evidence against Shuang Sha; left with no alternative, they naturally confessed.

"How can this be, Shuang Sha actually failed!"

In the observers’ seats, Lin Xiangtian could no longer sit still.

He picked up his phone and opened that message.

It turned out that the message wasn’t sent by Shuang Sha, but by Zhang Wei.

Shit!

Coming to terms with this, Lin Xiangtian’s expression darkened.

Wu Yuanzong likewise looked grim, watching Zhang Wei in the courtroom, feeling equally distraught.

It’s over!

Totally finished!

With Shuang Sha’s collapsing story, the case seemed hopelessly lost!

And as Zhang Wei submitted new evidence, both the jury and everyone in the observers’ seats were deeply shaken.

In this day and age, are there really such people?

"Miss Ye, so you’re saying that it was Wu Renjie’s attitude that incited your anger?"

"Yes, he’s the scum who reaps the benefits but shows no gratitude—that describes him perfectly!"

A pair of angry eyes stared fixedly at Wu Renjie.

"Thank you for answering again, Miss Ye. We have no further questions."

Zhang Wei let out a cold laugh, signalling Ren Xingzhou to step forward.

But at this moment, Ren Xingzhou’s legs were already trembling.

He seemed to see the end of his career approaching.

"Miss Ye, you said you were attacked by a hired assassin, you..."

"If you want to know about these matters, just ask the Criminal Investigation Division directly. The two assassins have already confessed everything!"

"But..."

"Lawyer Ren, did you not carefully read the statements I just submitted?"

Ren Xingzhou wanted to speak, but Zhang Wei interrupted him with a smile.

"There’s a lot mentioned in these statements, Lawyer Ren. If you’re planning on wasting time with irrelevant questions, I suggest you save your energy!"

By now, Ren Xingzhou was sweating profusely, unconsciously loosening his tie, which made him somewhat short of breath.

But in truth, what he felt even more was pressure, a torturous sensation.

"I..."

"Lawyer Ren, please ask your questions quickly!"

Judge Ni was annoyed to see that Ren Xingzhou couldn’t produce anything worthwhile after all this time.

"I..."

"Alright, alright, I got it. You can step down; don’t make it hard on yourself!"

Seeing Ren Xingzhou attempt to speak several times without knowing how to start, Judge Ni waved her hand, indicating he could step down.

And so, Ren Xingzhou could only sit back down in the defense’s bench, completely silenced.

"Thank you, Miss Ye, for your testimony. You are now excused."

With the testimony concluded and cross-examination over, the witness was naturally free to leave.

But she would not just walk away; instead, she moved to the front row of the spectator seats, intending to watch the outcome of the trial.

"Wu Renjie, your turn!"

Zhang Wei beckoned again, signaling Wu Renjie to return to the witness stand.

Having no choice, Wu Renjie returned to the witness seat with a resentful gaze.

"Wu Renjie, oh Wu Renjie, how could you do something so low? People say, ’Even a night’s company can build an affinity,’ but when it came to hiring someone to act, you were really quick and decisive!"

Upon these words, Wu Renjie’s face clearly became unsettled.

"Zhang Wei, all of this is just that woman’s word. Who knows whether it was a killer you hired to falsely incriminate me!"

"Really, I hired an assassin to kill a witness who was beneficial to my case?"

Zhang Wei spread his hands, a baffled expression on his face.

The jury and everyone in the spectator seats laughed upon hearing this.

For slander’s sake, have you started spouting such nonsense? As if an opposing lawyer would kill their own key witness, stop joking around.

Seeing his smear campaign ineffective, a murderous look flashed in the eyes of Wu Renjie.

"Defendant, you might as well save your thoughts, just like Lawyer Ren!"

At this moment, Zhang Wei was on the offensive, and Wu Renjie was on the defensive, powerless to fight back.

"You solicited murder, tried to assassinate a witness; this is a grave crime. But that’s not the point, because this is a civil court, and your criminal record will be judged by criminal court!"

Zhang Wei spoke and then looked back at Xiao Baihe in the spectator seats.

Old Xiao, you know what to do.

Though Xiao Baihe furrowed her brows, she still subconsciously nodded.

She couldn’t intervene in civil matters, but she could take action regarding criminal matters.

Just then, the courtroom doors opened again, and a group from the Criminal Investigation Division entered the courtroom.

The person at the forefront was Lin Ruonan.

"Wow, Deputy Captain Lin is here. It must be to apprehend the defendant. Don’t worry, after the case concludes today, we’ll hand him over!"

Zhang Wei said and waved at Lin Ruonan.

Lin Ruonan’s brows instinctively knitted together, feeling that once again she might have played into Zhang Wei’s hands, becoming an unwitting assistant.

The jury and everyone in the spectator seats grasped the situation when they saw this turn of events.

Of course, the Criminal Investigation Division’s arrival made things pretty clear to them, didn’t it?

So, it was established that Wu Renjie hired an assassin with the intent to eliminate a witness!

Zhang Wei was delighted, while Wu Renjie was, of course, very displeased.

His fists clenched tightly, and his whole person exuded waves of murderous intent.

It looked like he couldn’t hold back any longer!