Su Kaiming was eager to see what exactly Su Yuze was going to do!
Two days later, Su Yuze and Su Kaiming appeared in court. When the judge saw the two sides, he felt a bit nervous. After all... the two most powerful forces in City T were standing right in front of him. How on earth was he supposed to conduct this trial?
Su Kaiming sat in the defendant's seat. Seeing that on Su Yuze's side there were only him and Su Rou, he felt even more at ease.
Su Yue had also been invited and was sitting in the plaintiff's seat. His expression was rather excited. Was Yuze trying to clear his name? It seemed that Yuze had finally chosen to return to the Su family!
Great! If that was really the case, then he was saved!
The judge cleared his throat, rapped on the table, and announced the start of the trial.
"Plaintiff, you may start your appeal." The judge said to Su Yue.
Su Yue glanced at Su Kaiming and said, "Last month, my elder brother, the chairman of the Su Corporation, framed me for stealing a confidential document and a huge sum of money from the company." Su Yue wasn't quite confident when saying this. He was just following Yuze's instructions.
The lawyer beside the judge started taking notes of what the people in the court were saying.
The judge nodded. "Defendant, do you have anything to say?"
Su Kaiming gave a disdainful snort. "Your Honor, I just want to say that this is something he actually did. There are surveillance videos and fingerprints as evidence." Su Kaiming said smoothly. Yes, he had nothing to worry about.
"He framed me!" Su Yue's voice involuntarily rose a bit.
"Me frame you? What about those fingerprints..."
Knock, knock, knock—
The judge rapped on the table with a wooden board. He had to maintain order in the court. "Defendant, since you claim to have evidence, please present it."
Su Kaiming gave a signal to his assistant, Xiaoka, who was sitting behind him. Xiaoka immediately presented the fingerprint comparison materials and a roll of surveillance video tape.
The judge motioned for his assistant to play the tape while he looked at the materials in his hand.
The video was quickly played. The "Su Yue" in it was acting furtively. He never once looked up, only showing his side - face occasionally. Judging from the side - face, this person did look exactly like Su Yue.
After watching the whole video, the judge made the following conclusion. "Su Yue, the person in this video is indeed you."
Su Yue, with his hot temper, slapped the table. "That's not me!"
Su Kaiming said indifferently from the side. "Su Yue, both the witness and the physical evidence are here. What's the point of suing me?"
Su Yue clenched his fists tightly, turned his head to look at Su Yuze's side, and used his eyes to signal him to help.
Not only Su Yuze but also Su Rou thought that Su Yue was too impatient. He couldn't stay calm at all. If he thought he was wrongly accused, he should have remained calm. This reaction would only play into Su Kaiming's hands.
Su Kaiming noticed Su Yue's look. Come on! He was eager to see how Su Yuze could fight back against him without Xu Liang!
Su Yuze squeezed Su Rou's little hand. "Wait for me."
"Okay."
Su Yuze stood up, walked to Su Yue's side, didn't even glance at him, and calmly said, "Your Honor, you should know that fingerprints can be faked, right?"
"Yes."
"Wait a minute." Su Kaiming interrupted Su Yuze. "Are you saying that I faked the materials?"
"No, that's not what I mean. That fingerprint does belong to Uncle Su Yue." Su Yuze said.
"Then... what do you mean?"
"What I mean is that Uncle, you had someone deliberately leave Uncle Su Yue's fingerprints near the safe." That's what he meant by faking.
The judge rapped on the wooden block a few more times. "Are you saying that the person in the video is not Su Yue?"
"Yes."
Su Kaiming slightly curled his lips. "Yuze, you're a businessman. A businessman has to be responsible for what he says. You say that's not Su Yue. Then who is it? Why don't you find that person?"
There was a hint of pride in Su Kaiming's tone. He knew that Xu Liang was dead, so he dared to say this.
The judge also agreed with Su Kaiming. Because whether looking at the video or the DNA comparison of the fingerprints, it seemed that the person was Su Yue.
Su Yuze paused the video at the scene where "Su Yue" turned his head sideways. "Take a closer look. Don't you think it doesn't look like him?"
Everyone looked at the video. Come to think of it, it did look a bit different. "There are some differences between a real person and their appearance on camera."
"Right." Liu Rulan couldn't help but chime in.
"Yuze, I've already told you. Since you think there's someone else involved, then find that person!" Su Kaiming said. His expression was gradually relaxing because he knew that he was definitely going to win this lawsuit.
Su Yuze gave a faint smile. "Uncle, you really want to see that person, don't you?"
When seeing Su Yuze's smile, Su Kaiming suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness. How could he still be so calm? How could he be so composed?
"You... find him." Xu Liang was dead, dead, dead... Su Kaiming kept reassuring himself in his mind.
"Okay, then—your wish is granted." With a smile, Su Yuze then said to the judge, "Your Honor, please allow me to call in a witness."
The judge nodded. "Please do."
At the door, a man with a pale face walked in, supported by two people.
When Su Kaiming saw the person coming in, his eyes widened suddenly. He... wasn't he dead? "He..."
Xu Liang was slowly supported onto the court. Because he had walked a long way, he was still breathing slightly heavily when he sat on the chair.
"Uncle, you should be no stranger to this person." Su Yuze said. "An employee of your company."
"No..." Su Kaiming shook his head. "He's not. He's not an employee of my company!"
Liu Rulan beside him was also a bit flustered. Su Kaiming had clearly told her... that Xu Liang was dead!
"What, Uncle? Are you not even willing to admit an employee of your own company?"
"He's not!" Su Kaiming said firmly. "There's no record of him in the Su Corporation. He's not!"
Back when he sent Xu Liang to Australia, he had erased all of his records. It was impossible to find any trace of him!
The judge looked at Xu Liang who had appeared in the court. If it weren't for this man's pale face, he really did look a bit similar to Su Yue! "What's going on?"
Xu Liang took a deep breath, looked at Su Kaiming, and said, "Chairman, after I've worked in the Su Corporation for so long, are you just going to deny me with a single word?"