I Fell In Love With Qing Leng Xue Shen Chapter 82
byChapter 82 Court Session
The wind swept the sycamore leaves and fluttered against the glass curtain wall of the court, making a soft rustling sound.
The day of the trial came faster than expected. The morning fog had not yet cleared. Many vehicles had been parked under the sycamore tree in front of the court, and the black commercial vehicle of the Lu Group was parked quietly in a corner.
In the car, Lu Jin held a document between his fingertips, but did not look through it for a long time. His eyes fell on Wang Li’s face beside him, with a hint of helplessness: “Assistant Wang, you can represent this kind of commercial litigation, so why do you have to ask me to go there in person?”
Wang Li’s hand on the steering wheel tightened, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, but she pretended to be serious and replied: “Mr. Lu, this case involves the leakage of core technology, and the other party is Hongyuan Group. Your presence in person can also show how seriously we take it.”
Lu Jin raised his eyebrows, obviously not believing this statement.
He knew Wang Li very well. This special assistant who had worked in the Lu Group for so many years had always acted prudently and would never let him put aside his work and come to the court for no reason.
Before he could ask further questions, Wang Li had already pushed the door open and got out of the car. She walked around to the other side and opened the door for him. Her tone was undeniable: “Mr. Lu, let’s go quickly. The trial is about to start.”
Lu Jin shook his head helplessly, put the documents into the inner pocket of his suit, and stepped up the steps.
The marble steps of the courthouse glow with a cool light, giving you a slightly cool touch when you step on them.
He gathered up his black coat and glanced at the solemn court door, feeling a strange premonition in his heart.
When we walked into the trial hall, there were already many people sitting inside, mostly legal personnel from both sides and media reporters who were observing.
Lu Jin followed Wang Li through the crowd and went straight to the plaintiff’s seat.
But when he caught a glimpse of the figure in the lawyer’s seat, his steps suddenly stopped and his pupils shrank slightly.
It was an all too familiar figure.
Xie Shuhan wore a well-tailored black suit, which made his shoulders and back straight, making his figure even taller and slender.
The collar of the shirt is tied with a meticulous tie, and the cuffs are slightly rolled up, revealing a fair and slender wrist. The silver watch on the wrist has a faint luster.
He was lowering his eyes and looking through the file in his hand attentively. His long and thick eyelashes cast a small shadow under his eyelids. The lines on his profile were neat and smooth, giving him a cool and noble temperament.
The morning light filtered through the high window of the courtroom and fell slantingly on the top of his hair, coating it with a soft golden edge, but it did not dilute the sharp aura of a top lawyer around him at all.
Lu Jin’s breathing stagnated slightly, and his heart felt as if he was lightly hit by something. A warm feeling instantly spread from his heart and flowed through his limbs and bones.
Why is Hanhan here?
And the next second, Lu Jin figured it all out.
No wonder Wang Li insisted on dragging him to the court, no wonder Xie Shuhan always left early and came back late during this period, with a faint look of tiredness on his brows, but refused to say a word to him.
It turned out that he had calmly taken over Lu’s case and shouldered it all for himself.
Wang Li stood aside, looking at Lu Jin’s stunned look, and winked at him quietly.
Lu Jin came back to his senses, turned around and glared at her, but there was no trace of anger in his eyes, but rather a bit of laughter and laughter. He moved his lips and mouthed silently: Why didn’t you tell me earlier?
Wang Li immediately turned her head, pretending not to notice, and not forgetting to straighten the collar of her suit with her fingers, looking businesslike.
At this moment, the side door of the trial court was pushed open, and a burst of slightly noisy footsteps came.
Lu Jin followed the sound and saw that Gu Ze had a thick white gauze wrapped around his head and his face was so gloomy that he could drip water. Surrounded by several lawyers, he limped into the court.
His eyes were like quenched poisoned knives, shooting straight at Xie Shuhan in the lawyer’s seat. The resentment and hatred in his eyes almost overflowed.
Obviously, the embarrassing experience in the box that day made him hate Xie Shuhan deeply.
However, Xie Shuhan seemed completely unaware of this malicious gaze.
He still lowered his eyes, his fingertips lightly traced the words on the dossier, the corners of his lips pursed into a straight line, and the outline of his face was cold and sharp.
It wasn’t until Gu Ze and his party took their seats in the dock that he slowly raised his head, looked across the crowd, and met Lu Jin’s gaze.
The moment their eyes met, time seemed to stand still.
The coldness and sharpness in Xie Shuhan’s eyes were like pebbles thrown into the lake, causing gentle ripples to appear in an instant.
His eyelashes trembled slightly, and the corners of his originally tightly pursed lips quietly raised a slight arc.
The smile was very light and soft, like the wind blowing over the lake in spring, carrying the tenderness and love that only the other party could understand.
Lu Jin looked at him, the warmth in his heart became more and more intense, and he slightly curled his lips.
No need to say more, thousands of words are hidden in this intersection of eyes.
“Everyone stands in awe!”
The crisp sound of the gavel falling broke the silence in the courtroom.
The clerk’s voice was clear and solemn, and everyone stood up and faced the judge’s bench.
The presiding judge in a ceremonial robe slowly took his seat, glanced at the people in the court, and announced in a deep voice: “The court is now in session. The case of the plaintiff Lu Group against the defendant Hongyuan Group for commercial infringement and unfair competition will be formally heard.”
The gavel fell again, and the “bang” sound made people’s hearts tremble.
The trial officially begins.
The first step is the court investigation.
The plaintiff stated the lawsuit first. Xie Shuhan stood up and took the microphone handed by the clerk. His voice was cold and steady, and it spread through the sound system throughout the courtroom.
“Dear presiding judge, the plaintiff Lu Group sued the defendant Hongyuan Group for commercial defamation, theft of trade secrets and unfair competition. I request the court to order the defendant to immediately stop the infringement, publicly apologize to the plaintiff, and compensate the plaintiff for a total of 87 million yuan in economic losses. At the same time, the criminal liability of the relevant responsible persons will be investigated.”
His voice was not loud, but his words were clear and resounding, and every word carried undoubted power.
When Gu Ze, who was in the dock, heard the words “investigate criminal responsibility,” his face instantly became even more ugly.
He stood up suddenly and wanted to refute, but was firmly held down by the lawyer beside him.
Xie Shuhan turned a blind eye to this. He turned slightly sideways and raised his hand to signal the bailiff to present evidence.
“Presiding judge, judge, the first set of evidence we submitted is the transfer records and chat records of the defendant Hongyuan Group’s vice president bribing the plaintiff’s core technical personnel.”
On the big screen, two bank transfer vouchers and several WeChat chat screenshots were clearly displayed.
The content on the screenshot is clearly the entire process in which Vice President Hongyuan ordered two technicians to steal Lu’s new R&D project plan and spread rumors that Lu’s capital chain was broken.
“This set of evidence is sufficient to prove that the defendant has obvious subjective malice, and his behavior has constituted commercial bribery and theft of trade secrets.” Xie Shuhan’s eyes fell on the screen, his tone was calm but every word was heartbreaking.
“The second set of evidence we submitted is the personal testimony and recordings of two technicians. Both of them have made it clear that they are willing to testify in court.”
The defendant’s lawyer immediately raised an objection: “President, these two witnesses were former employees of the plaintiff and have an interest in the plaintiff. Their testimony is not objective!”
“The objection is invalid.” The presiding judge dismissed it solemnly. “Whether the witness’s testimony is probative needs to be comprehensively judged in conjunction with other evidence. The plaintiff will continue to present evidence.”
Xie Shuhan nodded slightly and continued: “Our third set of evidence is the comparative appraisal report of the project plans of the plaintiff and the defendant. After appraisal by a professional organization, the new project being developed by the defendant Hongyuan Group is highly overlapped with the core technical plan of the plaintiff Lu Group, with an overlap of up to 98%.
This plan is the result of the plaintiff Lu Group’s investment of hundreds of millions of dollars and two years of research and development, and has not yet been made public.”
The content of the appraisal report was projected on the big screen, and the dense technical terms and comparative data made the reporters in the auditorium lower their heads to record.
Gu Ze’s face turned green and white in turns, his hands clenched into fists, and his knuckles turned white from exerting force.
Xie Shuhan’s eyes finally fell on the defendant’s seat. He looked at Gu Ze with no warmth in his eyes: “The defendant once claimed in the counterclaim that the plaintiff had malicious defamation.
However, the fourth set of evidence submitted by us is a screenshot of the chat history in the industry group, which is enough to prove that all rumors about the break of the Lu Group’s capital chain were spread by the defendant at the instigation of others.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the bailiff presented the original pieces of evidence to the presiding judge and the judges.
Several judges lowered their heads and looked through the evidence, their brows gradually furrowed, and they looked at the defendant with more scrutiny.
During the court debate, the defendant’s lawyer still refused to give up and tried to argue on the grounds that “similar technical solutions are common to the industry” and even produced several so-called “general industry technical standards” as rebuttal evidence.
Xie Shuhan just smiled lightly, with a bit of sarcasm in his tone: “The industry’s common technical standards are fundamentally different from the plaintiff’s core technical solution. The defendant’s so-called ‘similarity’ is just a substitution of concepts. What’s more, the testimony and transfer records of the two technicians have formed a complete chain of evidence, which is enough to prove the defendant’s infringement.”
He listed the evidence in a clear and logical manner, with strict logic and sharp words, and rejected the arguments of the defendant’s lawyer one by one.
The defendant’s lawyer gradually became confused, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his speech began to be incoherent.
Gu Ze was sitting in the dock, looking at Xie Shuhan’s calm appearance, he felt a surge of anger rushing to the top of his head.
He slammed the table, stood up and shouted: “Xie Shuhan! Don’t be too arrogant! Your relationship with Lu Jin is not suitable for handling this case at all! You are practicing favoritism!”
The presiding judge immediately banged the gavel: “The defendant must pay attention to court discipline! If you dare to disrupt the order of the trial again, this court will take compulsory measures in accordance with the law!”
Xie Shuhan raised his eyes and looked at Gu Ze, with a cold arc on his lips: “Mr. Gu, my marriage relationship with Lu Jin, the legal representative of the Lu Group, has been truthfully declared to the court before the case was accepted.
According to the relevant provisions of the Lawyers Law, it does not violate the professional standards for a lawyer to represent the spouse’s employer in cases.
Mr. Gu, on the other hand, you are suspected of bribing witnesses, commercial infringement, and now you are disrupting order in court. I’m afraid your crime will be increased.”
Gu Ze was speechless by his words, his chest heaved violently, but he couldn’t say a word.
He looked into Xie Shuhan’s cold eyes and felt the chill inside them, almost freezing him to death.
The trial lasted a full three hours.
When the last witness appeared in court to testify, the presiding judge adjourned the trial and announced the verdict at a later date.
The moment the gavel fell, Xie Shuhan slowly breathed a sigh of relief. He put away the microphone and turned to look in the direction of the plaintiff’s bench.
Lu Jin was standing there, looking at him tenderly, the smile in his eyes too thick to disappear.
The two looked at each other across the crowd, and the sunlight filtered through the high windows and fell on them, casting a warm glow.
Wang Li wisely stepped aside, leaving space for the two of them.
Lu Jin stepped towards Xie Shuhan, his steps brisk, as if he was stepping on his heart full of joy.
He walked up to Xie Shuhan, raised his hand and gently rubbed his head. His voice was low and gentle, with deep distress: “Thank you for your hard work, Lawyer Xie.”
Xie Shuhan raised his eyes to look at him. The sharpness in his eyes had long faded away, leaving only a soft smile.
He reached out and gently held Lu Jin’s hand. The fingertips touched, and the warm touch calmed their hearts.
“It’s not hard for you.” Xie Shuhan said softly.
Not far away, Gu Ze saw the two of them smiling at each other, trembling with anger, but he could only watch as they walked out of the court side by side.
The sun fell on their backs, stretching their shadows very long, as if they would never be separated again.
The reporters in the auditorium rushed forward one after another, wanting to interview Xie Shuhan, but were blocked by Lu Jin calmly.
He held Xie Shuhan’s hand and walked calmly through the crowd towards the door of the court.
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