34: It’s not over yet, right?

Time came to the afternoon, at Dashan County Bus Station, Sun Jianshe was anxiously waiting at the station exit.

His son was finally innocent, finally innocent!

God knows how he got through the past two years; it could be said that several times, he almost couldn't hold on.

Even this time, he actually didn't hold too much hope, after all, he had found many lawyers locally before, and those lawyers all said that it was basically impossible.

Violently resisting demolition and injuring three urban management officers—no matter how you looked at it, it was a crime.

Unexpectedly, Lawyer Zhou was truly too strong; a series of operations directly resulted in an innocent verdict!

Waiting, Sun Jianshe finally saw three people walk out of the station.

"Xiaotao, Xiaotao!" Sun Jianshe quickly went up and called out.

Sun Weitao ran over with an excited face; the family was finally reunited again.

At this joyous moment, Zhou Yun stood quietly to the side, took out his phone, and started filming. These were valuable materials that must be included in future videos.

Perhaps, this was the value of the legal profession.

After the excitement of the three generations—grandfather, father, and son—subsided a little, Sun Jianshe quickly came before Zhou Yun and immediately knelt down.

"Lawyer Zhou, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, my family..."

Zhou Yun quickly helped the old man up and laughed, "You, don't rush to say thanks yet."

Ah? Sun Jianshe was a little confused. What did he mean?

Zhou Yun continued, "It's not too late to thank me after the money you previously spent returns to your hands."

Sun Chenhui, who was nearby, immediately said, "Grandpa, Lawyer Zhou is preparing to get back all the compensation money our family previously gave."

What? Sun Jianshe was stunned. This money could be retrieved?

"Alright, you three go home first. Leave everything to me. The Court should not be off work yet; I'll go there first," Zhou Yun said with a smile.

Sun Jianshe quickly said, "I'll go with you... No, no need. Then, please be sure to contact me after you're done. Let's have dinner together tonight."

"Okay, I should be very quick."

Leaving a sentence, Zhou Yun immediately took a taxi directly to Dashan County Court.

Inside Dashan County Court, at the case filing window, a staff member, Little Liu, had just finished processing a case and immediately pressed the call button.

Soon, she saw a very handsome young man come to the window.

It must be said that handsome men and beautiful women, such creatures, can indeed receive preferential treatment in society.

Little Liu smiled at this moment and said, "What type of case is it?"

The young man was naturally Zhou Yun. He casually took out the previous criminal settlement agreement from his bag and handed it over, along with his identification, power of attorney, and other relevant documents.

He said, "I have an agreement here. Due to a significant misunderstanding, I need to apply for its cancellation and request the other party to return the property."

Little Liu reached out, took the materials, and casually looked at them, saying offhandedly, "Oh, Lawyer Zhou Yun, from Jinghai? Let me see your agreement, this..."

However, Little Liu's words stopped as she spoke because she was completely stunned.

After a while, she finally said, "Is this a criminal settlement agreement?"

Zhou Yun nodded, saying naturally, "Yes, a criminal settlement agreement."

Little Liu looked bewildered and said, "No, Lawyer Zhou, you want to cancel this thing? This... Can this be canceled? I've never seen this before..."

Zhou Yun smiled upon hearing this, "Look, this criminal settlement agreement is also an agreement, right? Since it's an agreement, it can be canceled. Don't worry about what it's called."

"But..." Little Liu still said, "I've never seen this before. But wasn't this voluntary? And what is the reason for cancellation? Significant misunderstanding? What significant misunderstanding?"

Seeing that this young woman seemed a bit slow to react, Zhou Yun handed over the judgment in his hand: "Look, this is the judgment for my client."

"After retrial, my client was found innocent."

Little Liu took it and looked, "Today's?"

"Yes, today's, still quite new. My point is, you see, this criminal settlement agreement was indeed voluntary, but voluntariness also has a reason."

"Why? Because only with the other party's understanding could my client receive a lighter sentence."

"Then why did my client have to beg for the other party's understanding? It was because he believed he had committed a crime."

"So, for this agreement, believing one has committed a crime is the fundamental premise. Only by believing one has committed a crime would one give money to beg for understanding, wouldn't you agree?"

"If he thought he was innocent, it would be impossible to give money to beg for understanding. No problem, right?"

Little Liu nodded, as if it was indeed so.

Zhou Yun then said, "Then that's it. Since the premise was believing one committed a crime, and now the Court's judgment clearly states he did not commit a crime, can it be considered that my client had a significant misunderstanding at that time?"

"Do you think the logic is sound? Very sound, right? Since a significant misunderstanding occurred before signing this agreement, and it's now discovered, can we apply for its cancellation?"

"Article 147 of the Civil Code clearly stipulates that a civil legal act performed based on a significant misunderstanding may be requested by the actor to be revoked by the People's Court or an arbitration institution."

Little Liu... Little Liu felt persuaded. Logically, there was indeed no problem.

"Okay, then, Lawyer Zhou, please don't say anymore. I'll accept your case, alright?"

She always felt that this young lawyer was like her former law professor.

Zhou Yun nodded. This was right. However, he was indeed a law professor at a university in the Imperial Capital in his previous life, and he was falling back into old habits now.

Little Liu put away all the materials and then saw the handsome lawyer outside hand in another document.

"Is this also evidence?"

Zhou Yun smiled again, "No, this is another statement of claim."

"Another statement of claim?" Little Liu took the statement of claim with curiosity and looked at it: "Personal injury?"

"Yes, personal injury!" Zhou Yun once again showed that explanatory look and said, "I think this is very easy to understand, right? You see, the original criminal case has been recognized as legitimate self-defense, right?"

"That means our client has no responsibility in this incident."

"However, in that situation, those three urban management officers, in order to forcibly remove my client, also used force, causing my client minor injuries, and treatment cost over fifteen thousand."

"The other party can't also be legitimate self-defense, can they? It's impossible for both parties to be legitimate self-defense in one case. Since they're not, it means the other party committed an infringement."

"Infringement means compensation. No problem."

"Oh, by the way, the urban management department must also be a co-defendant and bear joint liability."

Thanks to the criminal case, all these things were investigated very clearly, and the evidence was also very clear, including what kind of injuries Sun Weitao sustained, the extent of the injuries, treatment costs, etc., all had corresponding appraisal records.

And as Sun Weitao's defense counsel, and also the applicant for the criminal retrial, Zhou Yun had the right to review the case files.

That is to say, when he was fighting the lawsuit before, he had already copied all these pieces of evidence, which is allowed by law.

Over fifteen thousand is not a small sum; it's like killing two birds with one stone.

Little Liu was already bewildered. Why did she actually feel that what the other party said made sense again!

Now she didn't dare to refute and could only say, "Lawyer Zhou, I'll accept it, I'll accept it first..."

As for filing the case and so on, let the presiding judge worry about it.

However, just as she put away the documents, Zhou Yun on the other side handed in another document.

Little Liu was about to go crazy: "Still more? What kind of case is this? No, Lawyer Zhou, you're being a bit too much..."

Her words were interrupted by Zhou Yun before she could finish.

"This is not a statement of claim; this is an application for state compensation."

"Yes, it's about that criminal case, the one judged by your Court. So now I'm applying to your Court for compensation."

"Not much, just over three hundred and forty thousand."

He was detained for a total of two years and one month, and according to the national compensation standard, it's 462 yuan per day, which adds up to this much.

Hmm... Ah? Looking at that application for state compensation, Little Liu was completely speechless.

Twenty minutes later, Zhou Yun walked out of the Court satisfied. It was done; now he just had to wait patiently.

Just like that, a few days passed in a flash, and it was another morning.

In a residential community in Dashan County, Liu Pengfei stared blankly at the Court summons and the copy of the statement of claim in his hand. I've been sued?

And the content of this statement of claim seems to say that the original settlement agreement should now be invalid?

No, why is it invalid? Does that mean I have to return the money the other party gave me back then?

Just as he was about to say something, his phone received another text message. He opened it and saw another Court summons.

"What? I used force back then... There's no end to this, is there? Why do I have to pay for all of this? This is too much!"