"Death penalty! They sentenced Mommy to death again!"
Zhuo Yue had cried herself dry while cooperating with the smuggling investigation, and even after receiving the verdict from the second instance, she was clearly upset but couldn't cry. Her eyes were dry, her expression numb, and her voice was sharp, with a harshness that didn't suit her age.
Apart from shouting out the injustice and indignation in her heart in a shrill voice, Zhuo Yue could actually do nothing else.
Zhuo Jinxin and Karl were both in custody. Driver Luo said he had asked for leave to go back to his hometown to attend a funeral, but he never returned... Anyway, after Zhuo Chen and Zhuo Yue were questioned by the police and released, Zhuo Chen was never able to contact Driver Luo again.
Zhuo Yue scolded driver Luo for being ungrateful and felt that driver Luo had decisively run away after realizing that the situation was not right.
Zhuo Chen is a little older and thinks more deeply.
Driver Luo didn't leave early or late. When my mother's friend mentioned the contact information that he and his sister had hidden on the phone, Driver Luo immediately returned to his hometown to attend the funeral.
As soon as Driver Luo left, the police called the brother and sister in for questioning.
He and his sister were not involved in any smuggling at all. They were quickly released after giving out the contact information of the "mysterious man". But Mommy's friend has not been released since he was arrested. It is estimated that he is in great danger!
So it wasn't that Driver Luo ran away early because he saw the situation was not right, but that Driver Luo reported to the police and betrayed them!
When was driver Luo bribed?
Zhuo Chen can think deeply but dare not think too deeply.
Because there is another possibility, that driver Luo was not bribed by someone in the middle of the journey, but was sent by someone else from the beginning - in this case, Zhuo Chen's once ambitious behavior of wanting to defeat Xie Qian became very ridiculous!
How can you win when your every move is under their eyes?
Zhuo Yue's eyes were dry and her expression was numb, and Zhuo Chen was actually in a similar state.
The second trial still resulted in the death penalty, and Zhuo Chen was heartbroken... but he had also been mentally prepared for it.
After all, Wei Chengye, the lawyer who helped with the appeal, was also arrested. At least the Zhuo siblings were released, but Wei Chengye was not released.
Wei Chengye is already the best lawyer Zhuo Chen can find, and Wei Chengye was willing to appeal for Zhuo Jinxin at the beginning because of Tai Zheng's instructions.
The Tai family is finished, and no one will try to save Zhuo Jinxin anymore.
To make matters worse, Du Li, who had previously helped Zhuo Jinxin with her lawsuit, said everywhere that the feng shui of this case was bad and that whoever was involved would be unlucky. The well-known lawyers in the industry all withdrew - it was not the lawyers' fault for not believing in science. Lawyer Wei, who helped Zhuo Jinxin with her lawsuit, is now in the detention center!
As for why Du Li was not in trouble, Du Li said it was all because he evacuated quickly.
"I've already withdrawn, but Lawyer Wei still dared to come forward. It's no wonder he got into trouble! What a shame! Lawyer Wei had a lot of annual revenue, and now it's all gone!"
It wasn't Wei Chengye's stubbornness that was to blame; it was mainly because he had long-standing ties with Tai Zheng, and it was impossible for him not to defend Zhuo Jinxin. Wei Chengye wasn't arrested for defending Zhuo Jinxin, but for his involvement in smuggling... However, the details of the smuggling case hadn't been made public, so naturally, whatever Du Li said was true.
Even if Du Li had not spread rumors, no lawyer would have taken over Zhuo Jinxin's case.
The lawyers were not sure about such a tricky appeal.
For the sake of money, everyone can help out, but the problem is that the Zhuo brothers and sisters have no money left!
Zhuo Jinxin's friend, who had swindled Zhuo Chen out of 10 million yuan, had promised to return it, but was arrested before he could fulfill his promise. Like Wei Chengye, he has not been released to this day. Zhuo Chen had visited the man's home several times, but the wife was busy dealing with her mistress. She didn't care when her husband would be released, let alone the debts he owed.
What ten million? Do you have an IOU?
Even if there is an IOU, is it signed by both the wife and the husband?
Oh, nothing at all, what’s the point of talking about that!
The worst thing is that Zhuo Chen has no way to collect his debts.
The worst part was that the Qi family filed another lawsuit abroad, alleging that while cleaning up their old house, they had found a will written by the old overseas Chinese businessman Qi before his death. The contents of the will indicated that Qi had already known before his death that Zhuo Chen was not his biological son. Furious at his wife's deception, Qi emphasized in his will that Zhuo Jinxin and her son must not take a single cent of the Qi family's money!
After the death of Mr. Qi, the Qi family had already sued Zhuo Jinxin. At that time, the Qi family exposed the fact that Zhuo Chen and Mr. Qi were not biological father and son, and that Zhuo Jinxin had only been given a small portion of the money. Now, the Qi family wanted to use this will to take back the small portion of money that Zhuo Jinxin had received.
Zhuo Jinxin committed a crime in China and is being imprisoned?
It doesn't matter.
The person is imprisoned in China, but his luxury house is left abroad!
Zhuo Chen suspected that the will found by the Qi family was a fake. He remembered how reluctant Mr. Qi, the overseas Chinese businessman, was to leave him and his mother before he died. If Mr. Qi had known that he was not his biological son, why would he have put on a show before he died?
But what's the point of Zhuo Chen being the only one who suspects the will is fake? I don't know how the Qi family did it. The will has already passed the handwriting identification.
Zhuo Chen is now trapped in China and has no energy to sue the Qi family.
Not having money to hire a good lawyer to fight the lawsuit is very disadvantageous for Zhuo Chen.
Even if the Qi family cannot win the lawsuit, they can lock up Zhuo Jinxin's fixed assets such as luxury homes left abroad through repeated litigation.
You can’t sell it, you can’t live in it, but you still have to pay taxes every year.
Assets that only generate investment but do not generate economic returns are typical negative assets.
Zhuo Chen was only in his twenties. He had enjoyed a privileged material life since childhood and had never suffered any hardship. However, the overlapping troubles now weighing on him made Zhuo Chen miserable.
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