Chapter 45: Chapter 43: Who Really Lacks Conscience? (Two in One)

November 23rd, sunny, good for court hearings, divorce, sentencing, avoid appealing.

It's starting to feel a bit like late autumn. Tang Fangjing got up to wash up; today was the big day of the court trial for General Manager Hou, he had to go and "send off"... take a look.

The online uproar over the sky-high sum of over twenty million for repayment was a mess, with many people paying attention to that case, but few were concerned with General Manager Hou's criminal trial, which was certainly not right and didn't fit his status.

So, Old Tang casually mentioned it in the owners' group, and then a bunch of homeowners expressed their desire to attend the hearing...

In fact, the homeowners were dumbfounded when they found out that over twenty million of the public earnings needed to be returned.

This shock was much bigger than the things Tang Fangjing had said at the entrance of the residential complex before. People might not be very smart, might not care about what public earnings are, but they could understand over twenty million!

So, the neighbors who previously didn't think much of Tang Fangjing and felt sorry for General Manager Hou's wife and children immediately started cursing people out!

And why not? Those twenty million should have been ours!

The ordinary folks' understanding of all those highfalutin terms is just so plain and simple. Before, they only knew that money should belong to us, but they had no idea how much it really was, probably guessing it wasn't much.

Now seeing so much money, anyone would start ranting.

Old Tang didn't bother with the online debates anymore. His video had already started production, but it had to wait till the verdict was out. Although its contents had been leaked, he would definitely not leave any loose ends himself.

Otherwise, with his tasks becoming increasingly in-depth in the future, if someone were to catch even a small issue and blow it up, he would be done for.

"Mr. Li, they are people from the Yuefu Residential Complex. I saw them there a few days ago..."

What about the people from Yuefu Residential Complex? Mr. Li was rather displeased as he retorted, "Your money? Who are you, and do I know you?"

A furious Elder Wang retorted, "You might not know me, but she definitely knows me. Just a few days ago, she was crying at the entrance of our complex, saying she had no money to raise her child, and we even felt sorry for her. But what did her husband do? Over twenty million! How dared he!"

"And now you're insisting on legal income? Do you lawyers still have a conscience?"

Plenty of people were hanging around the court entrance, including a fair number of lawyers waiting to enter the courtrooms. Elder Wang's outburst almost sounded like a shout, drawing many curious looks.

Mr. Li's expression darkened. "I didn't want to bother with you because of your age, but you just can't stop, can you? Over twenty million, over twenty million, the court hasn't even ruled and you dare protest?"

"You say I have no conscience, but how easy do you think it is for a woman to raise a child alone? Who has driven her to this point? Who has no conscience?"

Once Mr. Li finished, Feng Jiping's gaze towards him shifted.

Although Feng Jiping was over forty, she had been a wealthy lady before and had been well-maintained...

Elder Wang wanted to contest the point but didn't know what to say. Behind him, Tang Fangjing stepped forward, looking at Mr. Li in front of him; he seemed familiar as if he had argued with him before.

"Obviously, it's you who lack conscience. Does that even need to be said?"

"You are a lawyer, and you surely know that if Ms. Feng voluntarily returned the stolen goods, her husband's sentence might be lightened. But instead, you had her go to our complex and cry with her child. Tell me, who lacks a conscience?"

"Enough, I can't be bothered with a lawyer like you!"