Zhou Lingling excitedly said, "Fine, then we won't apologize! My cousin kept telling me to apologize, but I don't see why I should apologize to Chen Yang. He's turned our lives upside down, and now we're being cursed by so many people—all because of him! Why can't he be more magnanimous and stop opposing us all the time!"
Wang Tiantian nodded, "Exactly, we won't apologize! Let's see what the court can do. As long as I don't apologize, no one can control me."
Three days later!
The court reconvened!!
This time, the hearing was broadcasted live across the internet!!
[It's finally here!]
[The hearing is finally reconvening! I'm so anxious!!]
[They must be sentenced! They must be!!]
[A sentence is necessary! If they don't get sentenced, it doesn't make sense!!]
[Has the review been completed? Sentence the lawyers and the judge! These people are all scoundrels!! They must be sentenced!!!]
[Can these two Little Fairies be sent in? I saw they've posted videos on Douyin again, saying Chen Yang isn't magnanimous and doesn't know how to accommodate the two girls. The comment section is asking them to apologize, yet they refuse!]
[This is hilarious, the two Little Fairies wrote another essay! This time on Xiaohongshu, and anyway, they refuse to admit their mistakes. They think they're not wrong! They definitely need to be sentenced!]
[....]
The live stream has surpassed 10 million viewers!
The entire nation, an uncountable number of people, is following this case. The live chat is so fast you can barely read it, causing the stream to lag slightly!
Many people have also noticed Gu Chen...
The case has become what it is today, all because of Gu Chen!
Without Gu Chen, Chen Yang would still have to pay, and it's not a small amount—180,000 yuan....
He's just a college student; where would he get so much money from?
He was the one being defamed, slandered, accused of secretly filming... In the end, he still had to compensate, who could endure that?
No one expected this case to unravel such a complex web!
The judge, jurors, all entered the courtroom.
The plaintiff, defendant, and subway company were all waiting.
Judge Li Kang looked at Gu Chen and said, "The previous investigation is almost complete. Plaintiff lawyer, is there any more evidence to present?"
Gu Chen held another USB drive in his hand.
Seeing the USB drive in Gu Chen's hand, everyone couldn't help but twitch slightly.
More evidence?
The lawyers and judge are about to be taken down. What more evidence could there be?
Gu Chen said, "I am now accusing Yun City Subway Company! On the day of the incident, the subway surveillance was actually functioning! But they claimed the subway surveillance was under maintenance just to avoid taking responsibility, thinking it better to reduce complications. Since something had happened, they claimed there was no surveillance, making it extremely difficult for my client, Chen Yang, to assert his rights."
"After the incident, Yun City Subway Company immediately suspended the security guard and declared to the public that the guard was only a temporary hire, not a formal employee. They claimed the guard's actions had nothing to do with the subway company. Yun City Subway Company is dodging responsibility, maliciously deleting surveillance footage, so they must bear legal responsibility!"
Upon hearing Gu Chen accusing the subway company.
The representative from the subway company stood up and said, "I protest, I believe Gu Chen is slandering, fabricating rumors. On the incident day, our Yun City Subway Company's surveillance happened to be under maintenance, which was beyond our control, and that's why the surveillance was off. You claim we maliciously deleted surveillance footage, do you have evidence?"
Everyone looked at Gu Chen again.
Indeed, without evidence, this would be slander.
Gu Chen shook the USB drive in his hand and said, "I have a video here. Before watching the video, please meet our witness!"
"The witness is an ordinary employee of Yun City Subway Company! Her name is Tangtang. She worked at Yun City Subway Company for three months. The company refused to make her permanent and wants her to resign voluntarily, but didn't dare to fire her since firing would require compensation."
Soon, Tangtang, as a witness, took the witness stand.
Tangtang said, "I worked at Yun City Subway Company for three months. They wouldn't make me permanent, tried to make me leave by transferring my duties to remote areas, and bullied me at work to force me to resign. I recorded evidence using a voice recorder and hidden camera to protect myself. On that day, I happened to be working in the control room when a leader came in...."
Gu Chen then handed over the USB drive.
The content from the video appeared on the large screen!
The video showed two junior leaders from Yun City Subway Company.
A supervisor said, "Delete today's surveillance footage. Tell others it's under maintenance. Otherwise, our subway company will have to take responsibility, and the impact wouldn't be good if the video gets out."
Then another employee went and deleted the footage, claiming it was under maintenance!
The video ended there.
Gu Chen said, "All the evidence above shows that Yun City Subway Company maliciously deleted surveillance footage! Avoiding responsibility, causing a significant impact on my client, Chen Yang!"
"Therefore, we demand Yun City Subway Company compensate Chen Yang five thousand yuan for mental distress, request that relevant departments severely punish Yun City Subway Company, and require Yun City Subway Company to apologize to Chen Yang on their bulletin board for five days!"
When the video evidence was presented, the representatives from Yun City Subway Company were dumbfounded, and their lawyer was stunned.
No one expected there would be a video!
And this video was recorded by an intern!!
The live stream audience erupted once more!
[OMG!]
[Amazing! Lawyer Gu is incredible!]
[Didn't spare the Little Fairies, didn't spare Yun City Subway Company! Even the opposing lawyer went in! Even the judge went in!! You're telling me this is just an intern lawyer?]
[If Gu Chen is just an intern lawyer, I'll eat my hat!!]
[Gu Chen is incredible! A so-called intern lawyer managed to take down everyone on the opposing side?]
[This isn't an intern lawyer; this is a top-notch lawyer!! Gu Chen is amazing! Now, let's see how the court rules!]
[Anticipating, anticipating! They must send the Little Fairies in!!]
In the next moment.
Judge Li Kang banged his gavel.
Li Kang looked towards the representative from Yun City Subway Company and said, "Does the defendant have any final statements?"
The Yun City Subway Company representative lowered their head in guilt, "I admit our mistake, we admit our mistake... It was foolish at the time, deleting the surveillance footage, we accept the penalty."
The video evidence was irrefutable; they truly had no other defense.
Meanwhile, Zhou Lingling and Wang Tiantian exchanged a look, still undaunted.
Wang Tiantian spoke up.
"Judge, I have something to say!"