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Chapter 457 - 448: Now That I Know She’ll Get What She Deserves, I’m Relieved [4000-Word Double - ] (2)

Chapter 457: Chapter 448: Now That I Know She’ll Get What She Deserves, I’m Relieved [4000-Word Double Chapter] (2)

Xia Tian found them a reception room, turned on the air conditioning, poured some water, and let them play by themselves.

To be honest, this is the meaning of going on a business trip.

Nan Zhubin and his team are still on work hours now.

Unfortunately, these few are either interns or part-time consultants, none of whom can stretch out work hours to sponge on wages.

It was around noon when Xia Tian came with a relaxed expression to find Nan Zhubin, then took them to the court cafeteria for a slight treat.

It was during the meal that Nan Zhubin learned about the aftermath of the Wang Xiufen incident.

"At first sight of that phone, I also thought the old lady was going to scam us," Xia Tian sighed, "Back then, I only felt that the old lady’s idea was absurd."

A family member with intentions to scam the court, only Xia Tian’s assessment is quite polite.

Nan Zhubin had a more accurate term in mind, called "reversed." But this term wasn’t suitable coming from Xia Tian’s profession and status.

"It’s simply reversed." Chonghui volunteered to say for Xia Tian.

Upon hearing this, Xia Tian hurriedly made a gesture to speak quietly, then continued: "But I didn’t expect that old lady to be more... resourceful than we imagined!"

By this point, Xia Tian’s tone had turned to one of amazement.

Chonghui and Mo Kai were originally contemplating whether to sit at the same table with Nan Zhubin and Xia Tian. Hearing Xia Tian’s tone, they couldn’t bear to leave, staying and leaning in.

They were finally able to put together the full story—

Some days ago, Mrs. Wang Xiufen’s son Li Wei engaged in an argument with city management due to illegally occupying space to set up a stall, resulting in a minor bone fracture for a city management officer. He was ultimately fined twenty-eight thousand yuan in compensation and given ten days of administrative detention.

Unwilling to accept the judgment, Mrs. Wang visited the complainant, after court mediation, received some degree of compensation reduction.

This is what Nan Zhubin and his team knew.

"Things got interesting from this point," Xia Tian inched closer to Nan Zhubin and whispered, "Prior to this, Mrs. Wang kept complaining to people about being falsely accused. After the mediation result came out, she then went on to cry to her neighbors."

"At first, no one paid attention to her, but coincidentally, there was a college student from out of town visiting a neighbor’s home. Upon hearing about Mrs. Wang’s situation, they felt very sympathetic."

"After hearing Mrs. Wang describe her ’poor family financial situation’, ’compensation exceeding her financial capacity’, and ’son unable to support the family due to injury’, the student decided to use the internet to help the old lady resolve her difficulties."

At this point, Xia Tian couldn’t hold back his expression anymore: "That college student decided—to fundraise for the old lady."

Nan Zhubin connected today’s behavior of the old lady with the rising narrative and couldn’t help but exclaim: "Huh?"

The logic seemed complete, yet incomplete.

Xia Tian said: "We found that the old lady fabricated her son’s medical records and related information in her phone, uploaded them to several fundraising platforms; meanwhile, she recounted her ’experiences’ in several public charity-related WeChat groups, guiding donations to ’help’ her."

"According to the old lady, initially, that college student merely taught her how to use the platforms, telling her she could get ’help’ in related WeChat groups. But the old lady quickly mastered all related operations, activated more platforms, and joined more groups."

"This old lady learned quickly—I only wish she wasn’t learning things of this nature," Xia Tian said, "By the way, she initially claimed that her actions including today’s were all taught by that college student, but Chief Judge Meng saw through it in an instant, finally compelling her to speak the truth."

Chonghui and Mo Kai’s eyes were already filled with big question marks by this point.

Mo Kai couldn’t hold back from asking: "Aside from platforms... did people in WeChat groups really get scammed?"

Xia Tian sighed: "With such a wide net, there’s bound to be a few."

Nan Zhubin also followed with a sigh.

"Anyway, because the relevant medical records were ultimately incomplete, the old lady’s earnings on multiple fundraising platforms have recently stopped. But her profits via WeChat are still active, so she figured if she could find a sufficiently high-ranking ’leader’—today’s Chief Judge Meng—and record an audio clip, then use the key information from this recording to harvest from the WeChat groups one more time."

At this point, Xia Tian also felt a lingering fear: "Luckily Teacher Nan was here today, otherwise the outcome would be uncertain."

However, Nan Zhubin’s focus was elsewhere.

He thought for a moment and asked: "What does Mrs. Wang’s behavior constitute, and how should it be handled afterwards?"

"Fraud, undeniably," Xia Tian answered without hesitation, "What’s next is the criminal court’s business; our civil court won’t handle it."

The content of the words seemed a bit helpless, but Xia Tian’s mouth corners wouldn’t flatten down.

"Although because of age, Wang Xiufen may receive leniency, her son is a co-conspirator, so..."

Strict and stern.

Listening to Xia Tian, the three of them also breathed a sigh of relief, now they were reassured.

Nan Zhubin’s feeling at this moment was subtly marvelous, for it was his first time using [Micro-expression Analysis] in cooperation with the court.

As usual, he would have to rack his brain to get the analyzed subjects to obediently accept his inquiries, then slowly correct inquiry directions using closed questions, and finally obtain the answers to open questions.

If he met Mrs. Wang outside, even if he could obtain the phone she was recording on, unraveling the real plot behind her actions would require significant effort.

There was even the possibility of guessing incorrectly, thus missing the truth ultimately.

Yet today, all the hassle was handled by the court.

"So convenient," Nan Zhubin couldn’t help but lament.

Almost like the detective in "Detective Conan": when the real action begins, all suspects are gathered in advance, evidence forcibly collected, and the protagonist merely reveals the key method of operation, while the suspects themselves spill all the motives and background stories thereafter.

Nan Zhubin also hopes to work like this: when [Micro-expression Analysis] is needed, all interviewees would be forcibly required to answer his questions, and when he discovers that they are lying or hiding something, the interviewees would naturally break down and reveal the motives behind their lies and withheld truths...

That’s the ideal working state...

[Wait a minute.] Nan Zhubin snapped out of it, [I am a Psychological Consultant, why am I so fixated on micro-expression analysis? My battleground should primarily be in the consultation room!]

Nan Zhubin steadied his inner thoughts.

"Teacher Nan." It just so happened that Xia Tian asked, "How do you feel about the cooperation with the court today? Actually, there are many similar cases here, they happen frequently, we are considering proposing to the dean to make this a regular cooperation project..."

Chonghui was amazed: "Do you frequently encounter scams like this?"

Xia Tian quickly shook his head: "No. What I mean is, similar ’disputes or dissatisfaction with the judgment leading to repeated appeals’ cases. Quite a few have a pitfall in mind, which is why staff are becoming increasingly wary."

"We hope that with Teacher Nan present, we can distinguish between those who genuinely need our help and those who are malicious..."

Nan Zhubin and Chonghui looked at each other.

It’s a good thing, bringing in business.

Seeing Nan Zhubin tempted, Xia Tian was also delighted: "Great, we’ll contact Chief Judge Meng. Such long-term project approval reports require his signature."

However, what Xia Tian didn’t expect was.

This matter happened to get stuck with Chief Judge Meng.