Now Cao Xiaohui and Jin are always grasshoppers on a rope, and they can't retreat if they want to, so they can only work together with Mr. Jin, although the boat is leaking everywhere and is in danger of sinking.

The sudden ringing of the phone woke up Cao Xiaohui, who was in a daze in front of the dresser, and it was Mr. Jin who called and asked her to go to the company for a meeting.

After putting on makeup, picking up the donkey bag, Cao Xiaohui was about to go out, and the sleepy-eyed Fang Anzhi walked out of the bedroom.

"Mom, you're going to work overtime again?" Fang Anzhi stood at the door of the bedroom, rubbing his eyes and asked.

"Well, the company is going to have a meeting, my mother has been busy during this time, and your father will come to pick you up for a while, go to your grandfather's house to live for a few days, anyway, it's a holiday after the exam, you can go over and relax, remember to bring your homework, don't patronize stupid play."

Mom is in a hurry, breakfast is on the table, don't forget to eat. After speaking, Cao Xiaohui went downstairs with the car keys.

Since he moved to the city with his mother Cao Xiaohui, it seems that his mother has not been idle, but his income has also risen sharply, and he has long been used to it.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the doorbell rang, Fang Anzhi opened the door, and Fang Yi appeared at the door.

"Xiaozhi, your mother is working overtime again?" Fang Yi glanced at the master bedroom with the door open after entering the room and asked.

"Well, my mom said that the company has been busy lately and left early in the morning." Fang Anzhi said while packing his backpack.

"Before, your mother said that she wanted to buy a house, did you choose it? Buy a house in that neighborhood? Fang Yi sat on the sofa in the living room and asked.

"After choosing, it is in the community behind the experimental middle school, with more than 90 square meters and two bedrooms. I heard that it was built five years ago, and it looks quite new. However, the house is now rented out and will not be handed over until next month. My mom paid the deposit. When it came to the new house, Fang Anzhi was very excited.

"Well, hurry up and pack up, let's go, grandpa has made you something delicious, waiting for you at home." Fang Yi smiled.

After entering July, the weather became even hotter, and the second trial of Cheng Wu's illegal detention case finally began.

Cheng Wu's daughter-in-law, Li Hua, came to observe, and Fang Yi, the older of the female prosecutors opposite, surnamed Li, had asked her to discuss the case, but Prosecutor Li insisted that Cheng Wu was suspected of illegal detention and would not change the opinion of the prosecution.

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"The appellant Cheng Wu will now state the reasons for appeal." The presiding judge said with a calm face.

"I did not restrict the personal freedom of the victim Hua Cheng, and the money I asked for from the victim was all adjudicated by the court, and there were legal procedures, and I did not constitute the crime of illegal detention." Cheng Wudao.

"The appellant's defence counsel issues grounds of appeal." The presiding judge said.

"The defense argued that the trial court's characterization of the case and the application of law were improper. Defendant Cheng Wu's conduct did not reach the level of depriving the victim Hua Cheng of his liberty and did not constitute the crime of illegal detention......" Fang Yi said.

"Appellant Cheng Wu, do you have any objections to the facts and charges ascertained in the first-instance verdict?" The presiding judge asked.

"There are objections. I did not restrict the freedom of the defendant, I just followed him to ask for money, and I never interfered with what he was going to do. I do not believe that I am guilty of unlawful detention. Cheng Wudao.

"Next, the prosecutor will question the appellant about the facts ascertained in the first-instance judgment." The presiding judge said.

"Okay, Presiding Judge. Appellant Cheng Wu, what means did you use in the process of debt collection? Inspector Li asked.

"I follow him every day, eat together, live together, and travel with him." Cheng Wudao.

"Did you live in the same house as him during the debt collection?" Inspector Li asked.

"At first, he lived in a room, but then his factory was auctioned off, so I followed him to the office on the other side of the branch. There was only one wire bed in that place, and I stayed in the hotel for a few days at first, and then I asked my colleague to bring a field tent and sleeping bag, and I stayed in the production area. Cheng Wudao.

"Have you ever beaten the victim in the process of debt collection?" Inspector Li asked.

"No, it's just that occasionally when I'm angry, I'll kick him, and that's not a beating." Cheng Wudao.

"Did you verbally threaten him?" Inspector Li said.

"I just urged him to contact his family, relatives and friends to raise funds to repay the loan as soon as possible, and I didn't threaten him." Cheng Wu understands that the threat has to be a knife, gun, stick or something, his face is fierce, how can he be considered a threat with his bare hands!

"According to the police records, before the Spring Festival, Hua Cheng called the police many times, saying that you intimidated and threatened him and his family, and there was your signature on it, how to explain this?" Inspector Li asked.

"Before the Spring Festival, the company was in a hurry to use funds, and I said something angry when I was in a hurry, but it is a fact that Huacheng owes our company money. I really didn't hit him, or the police would have detained me. Cheng Wu quibbled.

"In other words, you admit that you made many verbal threats to the victim Hua Cheng and his family before the Spring Festival, right?" Inspector Li said.

"I just said some angry things to Hua Cheng, I will be angry if I don't give anyone the money I owe, and it shouldn't be a threat to say some angry words, I haven't threatened his family." Cheng Wudao.

"The day before Hua Cheng's death, you abused him for collecting debts, and then smashed all the electric heaters, tea sets, tables, and kettles in his office. In the end, he also threw the wire bed he slept on to the side of the road. Is it true? Inspector Li said.

"There's this!" Cheng Wudao.

Cheng Wu had previously admitted to throwing wire beds and smashing daily necessities such as electric heaters, tea sets, and kettles.

"Appellant Cheng Wu, when did you start collecting debts, I mean using methods such as eating and living together to collect debts." Inspector Li asked.

"I can't remember the specific time, it started about a month before the Spring Festival, until after the New Year, Hua Cheng committed suicide." Cheng Wudao.

"Did you also follow the victim Hua Cheng during the Spring Festival?" Inspector Li asked.

"Yes, I asked him to go home at that time, but he didn't go, for fear that I would go home with him, and he was always in the factory during the Spring Festival." Cheng Wudao.

"Presiding Judge, I'm done." Inspector Li said.

"Appellant Cheng Wu's defender asks questions." The presiding judge said.

"Cheng Wu, how long has the victim owed your company?" Fang Yi asked.

"It's been more than three years." Cheng Wudao.

"In the process of collecting the arrears, who paid for Hua Cheng and your daily expenses?" Fang Yi asked.

"I pay for my daily food and drink, and Huacheng's food and drink money is given by his daughter-in-law, who works as a tally clerk in a supermarket. Sometimes I would buy some food and drink, eat with him, chat, and urge him to find a way to repay the money as soon as possible. Cheng Wudao.

"How is your company doing?" Fang Yi asked.

"In the past two years, the business has not been good, and the company is also laying off people, I really can't help it, or I won't follow Huacheng every day to collect money." Cheng Wudao.

"Presiding Judge, I'm done." Fang Yi said.

(End of chapter)