Chapter 172: Request
"I'm sorry, judge, I'm the defendant's sister, please forgive me for being stuck in traffic on the road, I'm late. β
Amei smiled lightly at the stunned judge and apologized.
"Well, may I ask why you are here?"
The judge came back to his senses, straightened himself up, sat up straight, and looked at Ame with a serious face.
"I would like to ask the judge to give a lenient sentence to the defendant in this case. β
Ame's expression was solemn, and he looked at the judge, his voice calm.
"This lady, may I ask who you are?"
The judge looked at Ame and asked, he felt that the woman in front of him was a little familiar.
"I am the defendant's sister, and my name is Amei. β
Ame didn't say her real name.
"Ame?"
The judge was also a little surprised, no wonder he felt that the woman in front of him was so familiar.
"Yes, I am a brother and sister with the defendant. β
Amei was expressionless when she talked about her siblings.
"Ms. Amei, do you know that the court's verdict is not child's play?"
The judge looked at the woman in front of him, and although he knew that she was a star, the same was true for celebrities to break the law.
"I'm sorry, I know, Mei Zi'an is at fault in this matter, I came to ask for the plaintiff's understanding and forgiveness, please give me a few minutes, okay?"
Amei looked at the judge after speaking.
"Well, okay, I'll give you five minutes. β
Although the judge knows that this is not very conventional, but now that things are going wrong, he also hopes that the case will have a more humane ending based on a perfect basis, and perhaps the appearance of the other party's relatives will change the grievances in the hearts of both parties.
"Thank you, Judge. After speaking, Amei turned her head and said to Li Xiaotong, who had been sitting in the plaintiff's seat: "Xiaotong, your business, as Mei Zi'an's sister, I'm sorry, I don't want to ask you to forgive him for such a shameless bastard's behavior, but as a woman, I hope you can still take care of a little affection that day, he cheated you out of your money, and also cheated on your feelings, he is wrong, but you see, he is a pig, you don't have to worry about a pig, adults don't remember villains, okay?"
"Sister Amei, I don't blame you for this, I just hate him for teaming up with another woman to deceive me, money is a trivial matter, if I care, I wouldn't give it to him in the first place, what I hate is that he deceived my feelings, sister, I have been with him for three years, but he told me that those three years were just a trap and a lie!"
Li Xiaotong has had several encounters with Amei, and Amei treats her well, she is just a fourth-rate star, and Amei has also introduced job opportunities to her, but seeing each other on this occasion is so heart-wrenching. Li Xiaotong felt that his heart was being pulled and dragged painfully.
"I know, Xiaotong, Mei Zi'an is heinous, it's not a pity to die, as a woman, I understand your feelings, my sister is also a person from the past-"
When Amei said this, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. She was reminded of her own emotional experience.
"I'm sorry, Sister Amei. β
Li Xiaotong also knows Amei's emotions very well, she couldn't imagine that today's things will once again sting Amei's past pain.
"It's okay, Xiaotong, I don't want to put pressure on you, he doesn't deserve forgiveness, I came today just to give you a little compensation as a family member. β
Ame tried her best to push the tears back into her eyes.
"Compensation?"
Li Xiaotong was a little surprised.
"Well, I also know the result of the court's verdict, Mei Zi'an defrauded you of five million, but my sister knows that what you said in the indictment is true, your ten million, my sister will give it back to you for him. Can you please take it?"
After Ah Mei finished speaking, she took out a thin sheet of production from the small bag she grabbed in her hand.
"Sister Amei?"
Li Xiaotong's face was incredible, she knew that Amei had always hated Mei Zi'an, and there was little contact between her sister and brother, because Mei Zi'an had a problem with flowers and grass, and Amei had also reminded her that she was careful. But today's ending is not Amei's fault, but it is up to her to bear the wrong result, and Li Xiaotong, who is also a woman, also feels heartache.
"Xiaotong, if you take this money, it can be regarded as a little compensation for you, right?"
After Ah Mei finished speaking, she stuffed the check into Li Xiaotong's hand.
"Alright, Judge, I'm done, thank you!"
After Ah Mei finished speaking, she turned around and left, never looking at Mei Zi'an, who was crying in the defendant's dock.
"Sisterβ"
Mei Zi'an looked at Amei's distant back and cried.
Ame didn't look back.
Qiu Minghao and Maggie watched Mei Zi'an cry into tears, and they also felt embarrassed. Every step in life is crucial, and if you take one wrong step, you may not be able to turn back.
Li Xiaotong looked at Amei's figure floating away and stood in place for a while, stunned.
Everyone was stunned by the scene just now, and even the judge, who had many years of trial experience, was speechless for a while, and Amei's appearance made him deeply stimulated both sensually and mentally.
Ame didn't cry, she didn't beg for mercy, she didn't complain, she didn't even blame anyone, she just came to give money, standing in the position of one woman's sympathy and support for another victim's woman.
However, the appearance of Amei still had a decisive impact on the entire trial situation, Li Xiaotong expressed his forgiveness for Mei Zi'an in court, and said that the prosecution would be withdrawn, and the criminal litigation part, because the judge had already qualified, but considering the forgiveness of the parties and the fact that the defendant had made sufficient compensation, the judge also reconsidered in court.
The verdict was amended to convict Mei Zi'an of fraud, but instead of sentencing him to a real sentence, he was sentenced to three years in prison with a suspended sentence.
After the court verdict came down, Mei Zi'an stood on the spot, he couldn't believe the result in front of him, he looked at the judge, the judge smiled at him and said nothing, he looked at the prosecutor, and the prosecutor also deeply regretted him, but when his eyes turned to the plaintiff and the witness stand, his ex-wife had already drifted away, but Li Xiaotong saw Mei Zi'an's gaze, glared at him fiercely, and then followed her lawyer to leave the scene angrily.
The entire courthouse suddenly fell silent.
All gone.
"Let's go, Zi'an. β
Maggie walked over to Mei Zi'an and whispered.
"Hmm. β
Mei Zi'an's face was pale, his eyes were blank, and he walked out of the courtroom silently behind Maggie, today's result was something he never expected, he once thought that his prison disaster was inevitable this time, but he didn't expect that his sister still appeared at the last moment.
On the steps outside the courthouse.
Qiu Minghao saw at a glance that the black pressure outside the iron gate was crowded with reporters, because it involved the privacy of the parties, Mei Zi'an applied for a closed trial in this trial, and the court also agreed to Mei Zi'an's request in consideration of the actual situation that may occur at that time.
At this time, the long guns and short guns of reporters waited outside the gate.