"But they're clearly slandering me! I'm seventy-eight years old; I've seen my share of dogs. What right do they have to say I teased it?"
Zhang Qingyuan, however, stared intently at Liu Chengqiang and Wu Yun, his face flushed red as he spoke. Their testimonies just now... were clearly aimed at him. They claimed that a dog wouldn't charge at someone without reason, implying he was the one who had provoked the dog and was therefore at fault.
"Old Zhang, please calm down." From the lawyers' bench, Qin Mu shot Zhang Qingyuan a look, signaling him to sit down. Then, Qin Mu stood up and faced the opposing counsel, his gaze piercing.
He said coldly, "The opposing counsel's speculation isn't entirely unreasonable. However, logical and legal inferences should be limited to interactions between human beings."
"I would like to ask the opposing counsel: does a dog having no history of biting anyone mean it will *never* bite?"
