Chapter 389 The Orphanage's Lies: The Handsome Flower Boy 89
"Now that my child and I have finally started to live a good life, he wants to take advantage of it and even makes up lies to deceive us."
Today in court, I want to tell him, and everyone else.
Some mistakes cannot be erased with a simple apology; some debts must be repaid.
We do not accept your apology. An apology cannot erase your malice. We demand blood for blood and that the bad guys receive the punishment they deserve.
Apologizing is so simple; you can just open your mouth and say it, or even kneel down. These are all low-cost actions. Can you erase the harm done to others simply by kneeling down?
For someone like Zhou Weimin, there is no such thing as self-respect. If he had self-respect, he wouldn't have become a live-in son-in-law for the sake of his future, or used women for his own advancement.
Moral constraints only work on moral people, and the same applies to self-respect. As for Zhou Weimin, we should be as ruthless as possible.
If kneeling and apologizing would exempt him from punishment, he would definitely kneel and apologize without hesitation.
When she sat down, the courtroom was so quiet you could hear someone breathing.
Lu Jinnian suddenly gently grasped his mother's hand. Shen Ci's hand was cold, but the boy's hand was warm.
He thought that he was already very lucky to have his mother around.
If the reason for enduring this hardship is to prevent my mother from being deceived by this man, to distance herself from Zhou Weimin, and to allow her to live her own life.
He felt it was worth it; he could bear it, and he was willing to bear it.
If the mother doesn't want to be a burden to Zhou Weimin and his child, she can accept that he was taken away and lost.
Without his burden, Mom is like a bird in the sky, able to fly very high and very far.
The presiding judge adjourned the court for deliberation.
Twenty minutes later, the gavel struck again.
"After deliberation by the collegial panel, the judgment is hereby pronounced as follows."
First, the defendant Zhou Weimin is guilty of abandonment.
Considering that the abandonment occurred more than ten years ago and did not result in the death of the victim or other extremely serious consequences, he was sentenced to two years in prison with a three-year suspended sentence.
Second, the defendant Zhou Weimin's bigamy will not be prosecuted because the statute of limitations has expired, but the relevant facts will be recognized.
Third, in the civil aspect, the defendant Zhou Weimin was ordered to compensate the plaintiff Lu Jinnian for medical expenses, child support, and mental distress damages totaling 3,800 yuan.
Payment must be made within thirty days of the judgment taking effect.
If you disagree with this judgment, you may appeal within ten days of receiving the judgment.
The gavel fell, sealing the deal.
Their lives are not those of a wish-fulfillment novel, but a real world with laws and morals. They live in a world where they are bound by the law.
It's not enough to vent our anger, but at this point, the law can only do so much; the rest depends on human intervention.
Zhou's mother fainted on the spot, and Zhou's father slumped into a chair, tears streaming down his face. What happened to the promise of turning things around? How come everything is gone all of a sudden?
Zhou Weimin sat blankly in his wheelchair, his eyes vacant, as if he couldn't understand what they were saying. He couldn't accept such a verdict.
He wouldn't accept it! His head was spinning; his only son, his own flesh and blood, had ruined him!
But he didn't know what he could do now; it was as if all his years of hard work had turned into a dream.
In the end, he not only gained nothing, but also ruined himself.
Who understands how he feels about working for nothing?
Shen Ci turned her head to look at her son. Lu Jinnian was looking at the national emblem on the judge's bench. His profile still had the innocence of a boy, but his eyes already looked like those of an adult.
Without enduring the bitter cold, how can the plum blossoms exude their fragrant aroma?
"Let's go," Shen Ci said softly.
The mother and son got up to leave. As they passed Zhou Weimin, Lu Jinnian paused, but didn't look at him. Instead, he whispered to the bailiff pushing the wheelchair.
"Comrade, thank you for your trouble."
Comrade, you'd better push him down, make him fall flat on his face.
Then he continued walking forward and never looked back.
Zhou Weimin watched the mother and son leave with some resentment and couldn't help but shout out.
"Xiao Nian, I'm your father!"
That sounds like an insult. "Xiao Nian" is what everyone called Lu Jin Nian when he was young.
No one paid him any attention; his real troubles were yet to come.
Jin Nian, meaning "the prime of life," was a name carefully chosen by his parents, but that did not prevent his biological father from abandoning him.
No one will remain trapped in the shadows of the past; there is sunshine before there is shadow.
Stepping out of the courthouse, the early spring sun was bright and somewhat dazzling.
Shen Guodong quickly caught up, wanting to say something, but he didn't know how to comfort his younger sister, so Shen Ci waved her hand.
"Brother, it's alright now, it's all over."
Mom, don't cry. The child is still here. Our family is all together. We've found Xiao Nian too.
"Having survived such a disaster, it was all worth it."
Lu Jinnian looked up, squinted at the sun, and felt a chill in the air.
But you can already smell the thawing of the soil and the faint fragrance of flowers wafting from somewhere.
The nail that was driven into my heart has rusted and loosened.
Perhaps one day, I will be completely enveloped by growing flesh and blood, no longer in pain, leaving only a shallow mark to prove where I came from.
And the tree will continue to grow.
Pearls are formed from the disease of oysters.
Those indelible wounds, the real wounds that once existed, will envelop us and allow us to move forward, becoming so strong that they are no longer harmed, but instead become nourishment.
"Ding-dong! Long-term quest completed!"
Complete revenge, resolve the villain's inner conflict, and truly let go—this is the fulfillment of a great vengeance, leaving no regrets.
The past cannot be retrieved, but the future can still be anticipated.
Salvage value increased by 10%, current salvage value is 92%.
Award: Private jet and related services.
Mysterious legacy.
Task completion rating: High
The revenge was successful, and in the process, the villain experienced warmth, which completely changed his inner perception. He let go of his inner conflicts and felt the warmth.
What's more terrifying than hatred is being trapped in it and unable to escape.
Prize: One overseas winery.
To celebrate their legal victory, Shen Ci took her family out to a restaurant for a hot pot of mutton, a comforting dish perfect for winter.
As she ate, Chen's mother cried, but stubbornly insisted that she was inhaling the fumes. She felt guilty for not being able to protect her daughter from the suffering she had endured.
As a mother, she always felt indebted to her daughter, having given her a life but failing to protect her.
After returning, Shen Ci first instructed Assistant Zhang on some matters.
"Once the compensation is settled and the execution is completed, let Zhou Weimin disappear."
During his probation period, let him flee to avoid punishment. I have a winery overseas; I'll contact them there and send him to a reliable mine.
Once his probation period ends, he will be sent back to be kept in custody. The only thing that matters is that he stays alive.
"There are mostly Black people at the mine; Zhou Weimin, with his fair skin and delicate features, will definitely be very popular."
Once his probation period is over, he will be charged with fleeing the scene of a crime, adding another layer of punishment. Living will then be the real suffering.
Shen Ci only briefly revealed some of these decisions to Lu Jinnian, not telling him everything. She only said that she was sending Zhou Weimin to a labor camp so that the child would know that he was paying the price for his actions.
Zhou Weimin, you must suffer forever to repay Lu Jinnian for all the hardships she has endured, and to atone for the pain of the girl you deceived.
The woman's infatuation is beyond words. He patted his behind and left, leaving the original owner to suffer criticism and multiple social and psychological harms.
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