"I... I... I came in a hurry, with no evidence..." Meng Lei could only tell the truth, facing the scrutinizing gaze of the collegial panel. Before the trial, he hadn't considered this at all. He truly had prepared no evidence whatsoever.
"No evidence? Not a single piece?" the Judgment Chief asked again, his expression surprised.
Meng Lei swallowed hard. Bracing himself, he replied, "No evidence."
He hadn't even prepared any falsified evidence. At this point, it was impossible for him to conjure evidence out of thin air.
Seeing this, the Judgment Chief gave Meng Lei a long look. From the plaintiff and defendant in the courtroom, he could clearly sense the seriousness of one party and the perfunctory attitude of the other. But then he remembered this was a lawsuit over eighteen yuan, and he quickly dismissed it from his mind.Ordinary people really wouldn't take such a lawsuit seriously. Meng Lei hadn't even bothered to hire a lawyer.
