After reading the case file several times, Fang Yi spent a day drafting a lawyer's defense opinion, which was mailed to the Supreme People's Court in Beijing early the next morning.

Shortly after the mailing, Fang Yi received a phone call from the Supreme People's Court judge in charge of Zhong Weican's death penalty review case, asking him to go to the Supreme Court for an interview a day later. Fang Yi was excited in his heart, it seemed that there was a drama in this case.

When it was almost noon, Fang Yi called Zhong Weicheng after coming out of the Supreme Court, told him about the interview, and asked him to wait for news.

On this day, Fang Yi was looking at materials in the office, and Cao Yongzheng walked in excitedly.

"Lawyer Fang, the case of Yu Lidong's enterprise restructuring and bribery that I asked you about before has been decided. This is the verdict. Cao Yongzheng handed a copy of the verdict to Fang Yi with both hands.

This is the first criminal case he handled after he transferred to Fang Yi's team, and he wanted to make a good impression on Boss Fang, so the pressure was greater, but fortunately, the verdict was basically in line with his expectations.

The court held that the defendant Yu Lidong, as a state functionary, took advantage of his position as the director of the boiler factory and the head of the leading group for the restructuring of the boiler plant to provide assistance to the boiler factory and solicit property from it in the process of transferring the plant's land and mobilizing the plant's employees to relocate so that Wansheng Company could successfully complete the demolition, and his conduct constituted the crime of accepting bribes. The charges charged by the public prosecution are confirmed, and Li Dong should be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the law.

The prosecution's accusation that Yu Lidong demanded a cash check for 20,000 yuan from Wansheng Company was not supported by sufficient evidence.

Yu Lidong took the initiative to confess the facts of the crime of asking Guan Keyu, chairman of Wansheng Company, for 100,000 yuan in cash when the clues in the possession of the procuratorate were not established for the facts of the crime, and according to the provisions of the "Opinions of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Determination of Voluntary Surrender and Meritorious Service and Other Sentencing Circumstances in Handling Cases of Crimes Abusing Public Office", he should be considered to have surrendered himself, and his punishment may be commuted in accordance with law.

After the defendant is brought into the case, he withdraws all of his unlawful gains, and may be given a lighter punishment as appropriate. Based on the circumstances of the defendant Yu Lidong's crime and his expression of remorse, it was decided to reduce his punishment and apply a suspended sentence.

Accordingly, the defendant Yu Lidong was found guilty of accepting bribes and sentenced to three years imprisonment, suspended for four years, and confiscated 100,000 yuan of property; The 100,000 yuan of defendant Yu Lidong's illegal gains are to be confiscated and turned over to the state treasury.

After the first-instance verdict was announced, Yu Lidong did not appeal, and the procuratorate did not protest, and the judgment has already taken legal effect.

"Well, good job. What do the defendant's family say? Fang Yi smiled and looked at the little fat man Cao Yongzheng.

"In the end, I was sentenced to a suspended sentence, and I didn't have to go to jail, and the defendant and his family were very happy and invited me to a meal." Cao Yongzheng said excitedly, and the flesh on his face jumped with it.

"Work hard, as long as it's gold, you can shine in our team." Fang Yi encouraged him a few more words, and Cao Yongzheng left the office happily.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Cao Yongzheng got off work and hurriedly walked out of the door of the law firm with a shoulder bag.

More than ten minutes later, he walked into a small restaurant with an excited face. In the corner of the restaurant, an ordinary-looking, slightly chubby girl saw him enter the door, raised her right hand and signaled to him.

"Xiaowei, there is a bit of a traffic jam on the road, have you ordered?" Cao Yongzheng came by taxi just now, just in time to get to and from work, and there was some congestion in the city.

Xiaowei is Cao Yongzheng's girlfriend, the two are college classmates, and the relationship between the two was confirmed in their senior year, but because Cao Yongzheng's family is in the village, he has no financial resources to buy a house for him in the city, and Xiaowei's mother does not see rabbits and eagles, and does not agree to get married without a house, so the two have been hanging and have not been able to go further.

Xiaowei drank the free barley tea provided by the restaurant, her face was not very good, and she did not have stubble.

"Did you order?" Cao Yongzheng asked again, put the bag aside, picked up the menu and prepared to order Xiaowei's favorite sweet and sour short ribs.

"My uncle, introduced me to a boyfriend, his family is a factory......" Xiaowei's voice was very small, but it was like a thunderbolt in Cao Yongzheng's ears.

Cao Yongzheng was holding the menu, as if he had been ordered, and froze. For so many years, he couldn't give Xiaowei a stable nest, so he could only try to satisfy her in eating and drinking, but the time to come still came.

"Xiaowei, four years, a whole four years of relationship, is it really not worth a building?" After being stunned for more than ten seconds, Cao Yongzheng's eyes were full of unwillingness and reluctance.

"Four years...... You also know four years.

When you graduated, I asked you to join the company with me to do business, although you can't make a lot of money, but you can have a decent life, but what about you, say that is not your ideal, you want to be a lawyer, make a lot of money, buy me a big house in the future, and have a decent wedding.

Okay, I support you if you want to be a lawyer and make a lot of money, but in fact, you have been a trainee lawyer for a whole year, and the few hundred yuan you earn every month is not enough for us to rent a house.

I finally got your lawyer's certificate, but you had no source of the case and couldn't find a case to do, so you could only work as an assistant for the master, with a salary of 1,500 yuan a month, 3,000 yuan in the second year, and 3,500 yuan in the third year, and ...... working overtime day and night, your salary was not as high as mine.

I ask you, when will you be able to buy a house with this salary? The combined salary of the two of us is just over 8,000. You've been working for more than three years, what about the promise you made to me? We can't even afford a down payment on a house......

Yongzheng, I'm twenty-eight and don't want to wait any longer...... I can't afford to wait......" Xiaowei complained in a low voice, tears like pearls with broken threads, unstoppable falling, her eyes were full of helplessness and disappointment, and she kept thinking in her heart: I'm sorry, I'm sorry......

Xiaowei didn't know when Cao Yongzheng would be able to fulfill his promise, in fact, Cao Yongzheng didn't know when he would be able to fulfill his promise, and he was also distressed. Now that I have joined Fang Yi's team, I finally have some hope, but my girlfriend is gone.

Cao Yongzheng lowered his head, his eyes were already full of tears, his brain was blank, what else could he say, the reality was like this. Xiaowei's mother introduced her boyfriend before, and Xiaowei did not hesitate to turn her face with her family for love, but love still did not defeat reality after all.

"Two, what to eat?" The waitress walked over, holding paper and pens and waiting to order.

"Sweet and sour chops ......" Cao Yongzheng raised his head, stared at the recipe with his eyes, and ordered the dishes that Xiaowei likes to eat.

After the waiter left, Cao Yongzheng struggled to squeeze out a smile and looked at her: "The last meal, the breakup meal." His tone was sad.

This breakup meal was still not eaten after all, and Xiaowei took the bag and left without waiting for the food to be served.

Cao Yongzheng felt uncomfortable and walked out of the hotel in a daze.

When I was in college, a teacher once said that love should be built on a solid foundation in real life, otherwise, it is just a flower that blooms on the tree of living life.

At that time, Cao Yongzheng was very simple and didn't understand what the teacher meant, but now he finally understands.

…… (End of chapter)