Me! A disgraced celebrity! Starting by seeking justice for impoverished students.

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes were fixed on Gao Jianming.

Gao Jianming's face turned pale, his lips twitched, and he looked back in disbelief.

The first to undermine you are your most trusted subordinates.

Who can stand this!

Wang Hao ignored his gaze and continued speaking.

"Gao Jianming demanded that only elderly people who had prepaid for several years' worth of fees and whose families rarely visited them be given medication to weaken their bodies, and those who were critically ill should not be sent to the hospital. Finally, a driver should be arranged to take them away late at night, and a report should be made that they are missing!"

This testimony in court definitively established Gao Jianming's role as the mastermind.

He had no room for further excuses.

The prosecutor then questioned the two caregivers.

"Lü Qian and Zhang Ting, you two have been on the mission of administering sedatives for a long time. Has anyone clearly informed you that this drug lacks proper qualifications and that long-term use will accelerate organ failure and endanger the elderly's lives?"

The two caregivers' eyes were red-rimmed. They looked at each other and nodded repeatedly.

"I know! Wang Hao told us that the dosage is controllable and won't cause immediate problems; it will only make the old man's health deteriorate slowly."

"He also told us to keep it strictly confidential and not to ask any questions!"

Finally, the prosecutor questioned the driver.

"Liu Jun, you repeatedly abandoned critically ill elderly people on deserted national highways late at night. Did you know that the elderly people were unable to take care of themselves and that the wilderness environment was potentially fatal? Did you know that this behavior was a deliberate attempt to let the elderly people die?"

Liu Jun's voice was heavy as he truthfully confessed, "I know."

"The elderly people who were sent away are basically unable to move or speak."

"Nobody's around at night; she wouldn't survive being left in a place like that!"

"Every time I went out on a trip, Gao Jianming and Wang Hao would notify me, and afterwards they would give me a large sum of hush money..."

In a brief round of questioning in court, all the defendants gave truthful statements, and their testimonies corroborated each other.

After hearing their testimonies, Gao Jianming sat in the dock, his face ashen and his body ice-cold.

Everyone's words put him in the spotlight.

Viewers in the live stream were already furious, and the chat was flooded with comments.

[A newborn! This is definitely a newborn!]

The nascent evening glow, the rising sun in the east.

[The family members are incredibly unlucky to have encountered such a ruthless nursing home!]

This is a nursing home! How dare they go this far?

[Upstairs, this isn't just a matter of whether it's excessive or not; this is utterly absurd!]

[It's clear now, the main culprit is Gao Jianming, there's no way to erase that name!]

He set all the rules, and he dared to claim ignorance just now?

Everyone else confessed, but he's the only one stubbornly holding on; it's a last-ditch effort!

The evidence and testimonies match up perfectly; let's see how he tries to deny it now!

After the prosecutor finished questioning, he calmly took his seat.

Presiding Judge Zhou Mingyuan's gaze swept over the victim's representative's seat, and he inquired according to regulations:

"Should the victim's legal representative ask any further questions to the defendants?"

As soon as he finished speaking, all eyes in the room instantly focused on Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen slowly stood up, his gaze calm, and fell directly on Gao Jianming.

"Defendant Gao Jianming, I have only three additional questions."

"First, you say you were unaware of the drug procurement, but you were the final signatory for every single financial payment and warehousing approval for prohibited sedative drugs over the past three years."

"The nursing home's financial regulations clearly stipulate that any single expenditure exceeding 5,000 yuan must be approved by the director. Drug purchases costing tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan have been processed for three consecutive years. You claim you were unaware of this? How were the funds approved?"

Upon hearing the first question, Gao Jianming shuddered violently, his lips trembling, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Jiang Chen didn't give him a chance to catch his breath and continued to press him for answers.

"Secondly, you said you were unaware of the abandonment of the elderly, but every time you went out late at night, the nursing home would notify the family immediately the next day on the grounds that the elderly had gone missing, and at the same time immediately activate the non-refund clause in the contract."

"The entire follow-up process is standardized and completed on the same day. Without your authorization, who would dare to decide to embezzle hundreds of thousands of yuan in outstanding payments? Who has that authority?"

"Third, all twelve elderly victims were people who had prepaid for several years' worth of fees in one lump sum and whose families rarely visited them. None of them were elderly people whose families visited them frequently."

"Precise target selection, precise execution, and repeated high overlap over three years—you're telling me this is all just a coincidence?"

The three questions were interconnected, and Gao Jianming was completely unable to give a coherent explanation!

Behind every question, there is evidence that corroborates each other.

Gao Jianming's face was ashen, large beads of cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and he gripped the bars of the defendant's dock tightly with both hands.

He opened his mouth several times, saying, "I...I...I'm not..."

He tossed and turned, but couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

At this point, he still wanted to argue, but there was no room for further arguments!

The entire room fell silent. The people in the audience looked at Gao Jianming with disdain and anger.

The live stream chat went completely wild!

[Attorney Jiang's move is legendary! Every strike hits the mark!]

[That's real professionalism! Let's see what he has to say.]

[Gao Jianming's mouth is tumbling out; he still wants to argue? He has absolutely nothing to say!]

That was a brilliant question! It left absolutely no room for excuses!

What's this called? Beating a drowning dog!

[And you still dare to say you're not guilty? The evidence is practically shoved in your face!]

Seeing that he could no longer offer any explanation, Jiang Chen remained calm and turned to the presiding judge: "Your Honor, I have finished my supplementary question."

After speaking, he calmly sat down.

Chen Qiaowei, standing beside him, quietly gave him an approving look.

Only by experiencing it firsthand can one truly understand the intimidating power Jiang Chen wields in court!

Presiding Judge Zhou Mingyuan turned his gaze to the defense table: "Defendant's counsel, you may question the defendant."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Chengyu immediately stood up.

Although his movements were swift and decisive, this apparent composure was all an act.

He cleared his throat, turned his gaze to Wang Hao, and asked, "Defendant Wang Hao, you arranged all the details of the drug administration and the late-night driving incidents. Did Dean Gao Jianming directly give you explicit orders to kill or abandon the victim?"

These words caused a slight commotion in the audience.

Everyone could tell.

Fu Chengyu is trying to distort the facts!

They attributed the crime to the principal offender and the crime to "subordinates acting on their own initiative and dereliction of duty."

They're trying to downgrade the serious crime of intentional homicide to a lesser offense!

Wang Hao paused for a moment, then lowered his head and said in a low voice, "He...he didn't say anything about killing anyone directly, he only said to handle it according to the rules of the hospital."

Fu Chengyu's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped the key, and then he turned to Gao Jianming.

"Defendant Gao Jianming, when you established these regulations, was your intention to standardize elderly care rather than pursue the outcome of elderly people's deaths?"