Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 70

Chapter 70: The 2nd day of the trial
Extra chapter 3

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Chapter 70

“So you say that Officer Nan told you to take the convict and run away?” A detective investigated the driver policeman, Zhigang Shau, who vehemently nodded and agreed with the statement.

“Care to tell me why you didn’t call for backup?” The detective asked next to which Zhigang replied, “For some reason, the communications weren’t working. No radio signal, no cell signal, nothing.”

The detective sighed because he couldn’t mention the truth that he knew Zhigang was lying and there was no way that was the case because he was aware of the truth. However, with the conversation being observed by internal affairs, there was no way he was going to mention his misdeeds. He had no choice but to record this statement and end the issue with it.

As for Wei Jun, he had refrained from giving any statement at all. The media was already going wild that the accusations against Wei Jun might not be true after all since he was attacked, someone must be covering up the story, right? So the police couldn’t press on Wei Jun anymore.

The police didn’t even want to press on him anymore. With what happened to Kai Bo, no cop was willing to continue this scheme any more. If Kai Bo could go so easily, the rest of them were easy prey.

Wei Jun was sitting in his cell under the care of Xiang Fan and Lao Chen when someone very influential visited him. Chief Tao entered the cell unceremoniously and said, “We need to talk.”

Wei Jun looked at the bespectacled man in a suit and chuckled, “Now you want to talk?”

“Skip the games. Just take the deal and all of our lives get easier.” Chief Tao said curtly. Xiang Fan was about to interject but Wei Jun raised his hand to stop him. Wei Jun then turned to Chief Tao and said, “I have already given you the deal. Whether you take it or not is up to you.”

“You know as well as I do that that deal cannot be processed. I go out there and speak what you want me to, I would be losing a hell of a lot more than my job.” Chief Tao said.

Wei Jun chuckled and said, “My father used to say something. Never come to a compromise. Compromise is an illusion. You either win or you lose so make sure that you are the one to win. I take your deal, I lose and you win. There is no benefit there for me. The same is the case in vice versa if you were to take my deal. One of us has to lose. I will make sure it’s you.” Wei Jun ended the conversation and it was clear he wasn’t going to talk about it any further.

“Your right to investigation has been revoked since the beginning of the trial. You have to right to engage with my client.” Xiang Fan interjected this time and Chief Tao had no choice but to listen.

“You will regret your choice.” Chief Tao left before saying the villainous words of every third-grade villain. Wei Jun smiled and closed his eyes to rest a little. Although he felt full of energy after his stats grew, his mind was a little fatigued after not sleeping for the last four days.

He couldn’t sleep knowing there was danger to his life in the police station so all he could do was take brief breaks and rest his eyes every now and then.

Unfortunately, the trial wasn’t pushed forward. Normally it should have been to further investigate into the issue of whether he was really being framed or not but it seemed his enemies weren’t going to give him that chance which he was totally fine with because he had already wasted too much time on this charade.

“Call our dear chief Tao as a witness tomorrow. It’s time to end this.” Wei Jun said to Xiang Fan with his eyes closed. Xiang Fan nodded and left to proceed with it. When he was left alone with Lao Chen, Wei Jun said, “Release the movie tomorrow. Let’s earn some fame for our friends. Also, watch out for any interference. There must be something that could become a variable.”

Lao Chen nodded and couldn’t help but look at his master who had thought so many steps ahead that even he was confused. All he could do for now was to put his faith in his master and simply do as he was told because so far things had turned out to be well just by doing so.

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“Your hunch was right. The family of the policeman disappeared in the middle of the day. There is no trace of them anywhere.” Liu Yu’s butler informed her of his findings. As for Liu Yu, as she expected this much, her focus wasn’t currently on this.

She was thinking, long and hard. Today, it would be decided whether or not Wei Jun was guilty. She didn’t want any mishaps to happen so she racked her brain as much as she could to not miss any variables. Even with so much effort, she couldn’t just arrive at a conclusion when suddenly she remembered the fiasco Wei Jun had pulled into the court. What if he had a bigger move than that and on a bigger scale?

“Use every connection that we have with the media and watch out for anything out of the norm. If something pops up, suppress it at the spot.” Liu Yu was sure that Wei Jun had something else up his sleeve. If it was before, she wouldn’t have expected Wei Jun to pull such smart moves but with everything he had shown, she had stopped underestimating him.

Now wasn’t the time to think that Wei Jun was beneath him. She needed to be prepared for anything and everything.

“Understood, my lady.” Her butler replied and left with a slight bow. Liu Yu returned her attention to the TV once she was left alone where a handsome boy in cuffs could be seen trekking the stairs of the court building.

In a few moments, he returned with a concerned frown on his face. Liu Yu recognized that expression as bad news and asked, “What?”

“My lady, I don’t know if it is relevant or not, but a call was made from Judge Yong’s office today.” The butler informed.

“Why? What does that fat creep want?” Liu Yu asked with disgust on her face.

“That… He made a call to the media early morning to let them cover the case.” The butler replied with hesitance.

Liu Yu sighed as she realized she had failed another card already. There was no use in watching the media now that the media was already involved.

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Judge Yong was having a bad feeling about today’s trial. He was sure their plans were flawless yet the variables that appeared again and again, destroyed everything they had built. The resources they had used were massive. The witness tampering, evidence tampering, jury tampering, and some dangerous people they had hired.

Still, their target was alive and well, and not only that, but he was even sending letters to Judge Yong. The contents of the letter were very simple. Judge Yong was to admit to his wrongdoings and everything would be resolved. Even if he was fired, he could consider himself under the protection of the Ruan family but Judge Yong knew it wasn’t that simple.

Once he admits to the list of crimes up ahead, some dangerous government officials would get involved and even the Ruan family won’t be able to go against them. So the only option left right now was to push through and he would try his best to not allow any questions and evidence like the last time.

Or so he thought when he entered the panel only to see a massive amount of media channels. ‘What the…?’ His brain stopped functioning. He was sure that he had denied the media coverage today so who could have called them?

At that moment his cell phone rang which he wasn’t allowed to bring in there but being a judge had its perks. He answered the phone whose caller ID read Yao Tian, “Are you out of your mind?! Why have you allowed for media coverage?!”

Yao Tian on the other end sounded very much angry but that only left Judge Yong confused. What did he mean by he allowed the coverage? “There… there must be some misunderstanding, young master Tian,” Judge Yong replied in a hushed voice as he added, “I specifically ordered them not to come.”

“Is that so?! Then why did the call for the coverage come from your office?!” Yao Tian yelled once again.

Instead of making him more confused, instinctively, Judge Yong’s eyes fell on Wei Jun at the defendant’s table and all he saw on that face was the same ominous smile he had seen yesterday. He couldn’t focus on anything anymore and just sat there questioning his choices as the trial resumed officially.