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

Huang Wen's voice trembled slightly, but he tried his best to remain calm.

Even if it's the last chance.

He still refused to give up.

This is the resilience of lawyers from top-tier law firms!

[Tsk tsk tsk... All those suggestions were useless earlier, what are you trying to say now!]

It's basically pointless to say anything now!

[Ha... A crime is a crime. Trying to get the perpetrator off the hook? Dream on!]

[It is suggested that lawyers who want to exonerate perpetrators should firsthand experience the victim's situation!]

[Strongly support!]

Huang Wen's eyes were firm as he spoke coldly.

"First, the victim's guardian bears an undeniable responsibility in this case!"

Huang Wen then shifted the focus of his conversation from Zhang Xiaolu to her parents.

"What does it mean that a thirteen-year-old girl is seen alone near a bar and night market at 10 p.m., wearing clothes inappropriate for her age?"

"This shows that the guardian has failed in their guardianship duties!"

"Guardians allowed their minor children to wander outside late at night, putting them in dangerous situations!"

"If the guardian had fulfilled their basic guardianship responsibilities, this case would never have happened!"

"Therefore, we believe that parental negligence in supervision is the core cause of this incident!"

"The parents bear primary responsibility for their negligence; all compensation and criminal liability cannot be attributed to a few young defendants!"

At this moment, Zhang Xiaolu's mother was sitting in the audience.

She covered her face, her shoulders trembling.

He was clearly so angry at this theory that he was speechless.

Huang Wen's expression gradually became more confident, and he continued speaking.

"Secondly, after the incident, the victim Zhang Xiaolu and her family posted about the beating on short video platforms and gave interviews to multiple media outlets to gain public sympathy!"

"They even...deliberately exposed the personal information of several defendants and their families!"

"This behavior has already caused serious cyberbullying harm to several young people and their families!"

"The plaintiff also committed an infringement, and their liability for compensation should be offset against each other."

"We request the appellate court to comprehensively consider the faults of both parties and reduce the compensation amount to a reasonable range!"

After saying this, he took a deep breath and sat down.

Silence fell once again in the courtroom.

After a moment of silence, netizens erupted in a frenzy!

[How can this be blamed on the parents? What kind of logic is that?]

"No... dude, going out at night when you're thirteen, is that the parents' fault?"

We live in a society governed by the rule of law. Why is it said that it's dangerous for a thirteen-year-old to go out at night?

[Parental negligence? Then where's the fist that hit him? Did the fist move on its own?]

[Zhang Xiaolu was admitted to the ICU, and then he said it was because your mother didn't take good care of you. What kind of robber logic is that?]

[Cyberbullying? She claims her experience constitutes cyberbullying?]

[So from now on, victims are forbidden from speaking out; if they do, they're labeled as cyberbullies?]

This lawyer has absolutely no bottom line!

Jiang Chen did not rush to respond.

He glanced at the audience seats first.

Zhang Xiaolu's mother was covering her face, her shoulders trembling slightly, and her lips moving.

"It's my fault for not keeping a close eye on her...it's my fault for not keeping a close eye on her..."

Her cries were soft, but everyone around could hear them.

They all cast sympathetic glances at her.

Jiang Chen's eyes showed a hint of reluctance as he looked at Zhang Xiaoyu.

Zhang Xiaoyu's eyes were red, but this time she did not act impulsively.

She simply looked at Jiang Chen and nodded.

Don't act impulsively!

Everything... depends on Jiang Chen's decision!

Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze and slowly stood up.

"presiding judge."

Zhou Zhengping looked at him: "Plaintiff's representative, please respond to the defendant's supplementary defense arguments!"

Jiang Chen nodded, his expression turning serious.

"presiding judge."

"Regarding the first defense argument added by the defendant's representative, the parents failed in their guardianship duties."

"I would like to... first state a fact to the court."

"Why wasn't Zhang Xiaolu's mother home to supervise her daughter on the night of the incident?"

Jiang Chen spoke slowly and deliberately.

"Zhang Xiaolu's father was injured at a construction site a week before the incident, fracturing his lower leg. He is currently hospitalized for treatment."

"Her mother was taking care of her husband at the hospital that night."

"There's only one Zhang Xiaolu in the family."

"That evening was the birthday party of Zhang Xiaolu's classmate."

"My classmate invited more than a dozen classmates to have dinner together. The location was a restaurant upstairs from the bar. It wasn't the bar itself, but a proper restaurant upstairs."

Zhang Xiaolu was wearing a beautiful new dress because she wanted to celebrate her classmate's birthday.

"It was her best friend's birthday that day. What's wrong with a thirteen-year-old girl wanting to dress up nicely?"

Jiang Chen's tone was calm, but his arguments were reasonable and well-founded.

Huang Wen couldn't think of any way to refute it.

"The defendant's lawyer said that a thirteen-year-old girl appearing alone near a bar at 10 p.m. indicates that the guardian has failed in their guardianship duties."

"But the truth is, Zhang Xiaolu's mother is in the hospital taking care of her injured husband!"

"The truth is, Zhang Xiaolu wasn't wandering around the bar; she was just passing by on her way home!"

"The truth is... she wore a pretty dress because it was her best friend's birthday!"

"The defendant's lawyer was completely unaware of the facts, yet he dared to accuse a mother of not taking good care of her child in court."

He looked at Huang Wen, his gaze fixed on him.

Although it was calm, Huang Wen involuntarily shrank back a little.

She didn't even dare to look Jiang Chen in the eye!

"Defendant's attorney, when you just accused Zhang Xiaolu's mother of negligence in guardianship, did you know that her husband was hospitalized?"

"Do you know that she stayed by her husband's side at the hospital that night?"

Huang Wen's lips moved slightly, but he didn't speak.

Jiang Chen didn't wait for his response and continued speaking.

"To take it a step further, even without these special circumstances, does a thirteen-year-old girl going out at night necessarily constitute negligence on the part of her guardian?"

"This brings us to the second question!"

He turned around and looked toward the judge's bench.

"Let's step outside the case itself and think about it from a different perspective."

"Is the security in China such that a thirteen-year-old girl can walk safely on the street late at night?"

The moment those words were spoken, the air in the courtroom seemed to freeze.

Huang Wen's pupils suddenly contracted.

His heart clenched, and a cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.

He understood...

He seemed to have guessed what Jiang Chen was going to say!

Judge Zhou Zhengping raised an eyebrow slightly.

His gaze lingered on Jiang Chen for a moment, carrying a complex meaning.

In the audience, someone gasped.

Viewers in the live stream also vaguely sensed something.

[Holy crap!? Could it be that Jiang Chen is trying to say...?]

This is another example of the old-school tactics!

The old-fashioned playing style is still more effective!

[Wearing hats first, then lining up – a traditional, old-school style of play!]

After Jiang Chen finished speaking, the lawyer's license on the other side melted away like cream.

It's not that slow!