Chapter 166 Court Trial, Zheng Tian, ​​do you have anything else to say?

In the Hospital, if Zheng Tian were a normal person, he would have already been locked away in Prison by now. However, because he is suffering from high-level paraplegia, there is no way for him to be incarcerated in Prison, so staff from the relevant department are guarding him at the Hospital.

Honestly, Zheng Tian's life right now is not bad. Although he can only lie in bed, he can watch TV and occasionally look at his phone. If his lawyer wants to meet, he can come over at any time. These living conditions are incomparably better than those in Prison.

Lying on the Hospital bed, the lawyer arrived in the ward with a thick stack of documents. According to regulations, a staff member must be present when the two of them meet.

"Tomorrow is the day of the formal trial."

"Is there anything else on your end that you haven't disclosed?"

The lawyer was well aware that Zheng Tian had already given up on struggling, but according to regulations, this was a necessary procedure, which is why the lawyer came today.

"There is nothing."

Zheng Tian's tone was entirely calm. Hearing this, the lawyer looked up at him, wanting to say something, but after hesitating for a moment, the lawyer sighed and didn't say anything more.

Watching the lawyer's departing back, the expression on Zheng Tian's face remained calm. He no longer had any motivation to live. To him, dying like this was fine; at the very least, he wouldn't have to be tortured. If he had to name the biggest regret of his life, it was failing to kill Zheng Jie.

Furthermore, watching helplessly as Zheng Jie stepped over him to become better step by step was completely unacceptable to Zheng Tian, but even if it was unacceptable, Zheng Tian had no other options.

"Because of your current physical condition, you do not need to appear on-site, but your lawyer will be there."

"Also, during the trial, we will arrange for you to be in a room at the Hospital with a television to establish a remote connection. You will be lying there, and if you have any thoughts at that time, you can speak them out."

At this moment, the staff member added a reminder. Since he was a high-level paraplegic and could only lie on the Hospital bed, there was no way for him to go to court—you couldn't exactly carry him to the courtroom. Therefore, in this situation, he could only connect to the court from the Hospital. Such occurrences were not very common, but they had happened before.

"Fine."

Zheng Tian nodded. As for tomorrow's trial, he had long ceased to care. Who would care about a question that already had an answer?

"I know you must already have an internal result. Can you tell me what it is? Death penalty, immediate execution?"

Hearing this, the staff members were slightly stunned. In reality, they already knew what the final result for tomorrow would be, but how could they possibly say it? Therefore, the staff members exchanged glances and then said:

"The most important thing is still to see the lawyer's defense tomorrow."

Hearing this perfunctory response, Zheng Tian smiled and didn't say anything more.

Although he felt indifferent in his heart, Zheng Tian still couldn't sleep that night. Especially in such a quiet ward, if you can't sleep, it is truly quite torturous. Moreover, in a nearby ward, shrill, desperate cries could be heard from time to time; it was likely someone who had just finished surgery, and their surgical incisions were very painful.

These miserable cries were enough to make anyone's mental state collapse.

Just like that, having not slept all night, Zheng Tian appeared before the staff with dark circles under his eyes.

Seeing this scene, the staff exchanged glances. They probably knew that he hadn't slept all night.

That made sense. He was about to be sentenced, and it would likely be the death penalty, immediate execution. How many people could sleep soundly the night before that?

Even those heinous murderers would collapse at the moment of facing death. Because they worked in this field, they had truly seen many, many criminal suspects before. Most criminal suspects were actually unable to stand steady when being sentenced, let alone when the death penalty was actually carried out—they would have to be dragged out because they simply couldn't walk.

Nearby, staff members prepared to help Zheng Tian wash up. Now, Zheng Tian could no longer be considered a normal person; someone had to take care of all his daily living needs. Furthermore, he needed to be repositioned periodically; he couldn't lie in one position often, and certainly couldn't lie flat. If patients with high-level paraplegia like this were not cared for well, they would likely die.

On the other side, Zheng Jie had arrived at the entrance of the court in his own car. This time, he had come to observe the trial.

"We have already communicated with the court. The death penalty, immediate execution, stands without any changes. Furthermore, Zheng Tian has basically given up on struggling, and his lawyer hasn't conducted any investigation or research into his case during this period, so it is estimated that this will be the confirmed result."

In today's legal society, the determination of the death penalty is actually a very strict matter. Furthermore, after a court hands down a death sentence, it doesn't mean it is executed immediately. Instead, you are granted the right to appeal. Even if you waive this right, it will still be sent to the Supreme Court for review. Only after there are no issues will the death penalty actually be carried out. This process actually takes several months.

One can only say that this is indeed a modern society; otherwise, sentencing someone to death wouldn't involve so many procedures. However, this also shows the progress of the law over so many years, and that the criteria for sentencing the death penalty are quite strict.

"Fine, I understand. Then let's just wait."

Time ticked away bit by bit, and before he knew it, the time for the trial finally arrived. When sitting in the courtroom chair, Zheng Jie's expression was calm. He was seated in the very center position, which was different from the last time he came to observe. This time, a large screen appeared in the center of the courtroom. Barring any unexpected circumstances, Zheng Tian's face would appear there shortly.

And from the position Zheng Jie was sitting in, the other party would be able to see him at a glance. At this moment, Zheng Jie was still looking forward to it—he was looking forward to seeing what kind of reaction the other party would have when he saw him. It should be quite interesting.

Meanwhile, the lawyer on the other side had already entered.

At this moment, the lawyer didn't have much in his hands, just a few simple sheets of paper recording some questions the other party might ask and the scripts for his own responses. However, he hadn't prepared in detail; he was just going through the motions.

The client had already given up, so why should he bother struggling? In any case, for the lawyer, the most important thing was only one thing: making money. Now that the client had made a request and was paying him, he was happy to be at leisure.

When the lawyer entered and saw Zheng Jie, he was slightly stunned, but he wasn't too surprised. Who didn't know about the conflict between the Zheng brothers? Now that he could see his enemy end up in such a state, the other party was probably very happy in his heart.

Two or three minutes later, the courtroom screen suddenly lit up. The next second, Zheng Tian's face appeared on the screen. And in the ward, after Zheng Tian saw Zheng Jie, the expression on his face changed instantly.

Because he knew that the other party had come today just to watch him make a fool of himself. Thinking of this, his heart was filled with anger.

He recalled the day he found out the family had given ten percent of the Zheng Group shares to Zheng Jie. At that time, his heart was filled with similar anger. He had even made a plan: once he took the position of Chairman, he would find a way to get those ten percent of shares back.

He couldn't accept such a person getting such a high percentage of family shares, but at that time, he could never have imagined that he would end up like this, right?

Looking at Zheng Tian on the screen, Zheng Jie thought he had gained some weight. That made sense; lying in bed every day without having to do anything else, and eating normally, a person's weight would naturally increase. Most importantly, his skin seemed to have become much fairer.

At this moment, the corners of Zheng Jie's mouth curled up slightly. However, in Zheng Tian's eyes, this smile was full of too much mockery.

"I declare the court officially in session."

Following the judge's words, the lawyer and the prosecution began their debate. However, this debate was a bit like children playing house: you ask a question, I answer a question, and then you refute, and the other side says nothing. Everyone knew very well that this was just going through the motions.

After an hour of this boredom, the judge looked toward Zheng Tian.

"Zheng Tian, do you have anything else to add?"

At this moment, Zheng Tian rubbed his slightly sore forehead. He was wondering if he could just die tomorrow. That would be better than being tortured every day.

"No, I have nothing else to add. My lawyer has already said everything I wanted to say. I only have one request now: let me die quickly. I don't want to let certain people watch me make a fool of myself, and my today is your tomorrow."

When he said this, Zheng Tian stared intently at the screen, as if he wasn't speaking to the judge, but to Zheng Jie on the other side of the screen. The moment he heard this, the expression on Zheng Jie's face was one of disdain.

"Very well, since the defendant has nothing else to add, this court announces a temporary recess. We will deliver the verdict in half an hour."

As the gavel fell, the recess officially began.