The more Gu Chen spoke, the colder Meng De Lake's face became.

Gu Chen said, "I have evidence to verify the IP here, as well as the IDs of the eight people who submitted their employment details. All these IDs come from Meng De Lake!"

"In other words, it was Meng De Lake who hired people to cyberbully Tang Xiaoqiu."

"There were too many words in the cyberbullying: rumors, personal attacks, a myriad of abusive comments were emerging endlessly."

"These comments even guided Tang Xiaoqiu towards choosing suicide."

"Tang Xiaoqiu was already an adult, she should have had a better life! She just wanted to rightfully protect her own rights. You feared she would affect you, so you chose to have people cyberbully her, to spread rumors about her cheating, that she was cuckolding her husband, and even that her defense of her legitimate rights was just for money. In the end, your actions led to Tang Xiaoqiu choosing suicide. You were the one who step by step guided Tang Xiaoqiu down the path of suicide."

"And all of this is because of you, Meng De Lake. The evidence is all here. Do you have anything to say?"

Meng De Lake was silent at that moment.

Meng De Lake's hands and feet were ice cold.

It's over!

Everything is completely over!

He was supposed to be promoted in half a year!

In a few years, he could retire comfortably!

After this matter ended, he thought he could have a relaxed life every year.

Meng De Lake thought he could have a very comfortable retirement, so he didn't want these things to happen at such a critical moment.

So, he hired people to cyberbully Tang Xiaoqiu...

He did indeed want Tang Xiaoqiu to commit suicide, so that no one would cause any more trouble.

He just never thought that Tang Xiaoqiu would really commit suicide.

Meng De Lake believed he covered his tracks perfectly, after all, many people were cyberbullying Tang Xiaoqiu. At least a hundred people were involved, and Meng De Lake only hired a few people to steer the rhythm, to spread rumors...

Yet, all of these people were brought to light by Gu Chen!

Gu Chen even singled out a few typical offenders, and all eight of them were sent to court!

Because the abusive comments and behavior by these eight people were extremely vicious, and they engaged in cyberbullying numerous times.

In fact, there were hundreds who cyberbullied Tang Xiaoqiu, many of whom just hurled a single insult in the comments section.

Gu Chen didn't sue all of these people in court.

Because many just left one insult, suing each individually would be very time-consuming and demanding.

For those who engaged in mild cyberbullying, Gu Chen directly sent a lawyer's letter...

The online hundreds of netizens, having been identified by Gu Chen, all received lawyer's letters.

All these netizens chose to stand out and apologize to the whole internet, writing apology statements.

Anyone who didn't write an apology statement, Gu Chen didn't mind taking them to court as well.

However, considering the case involved too many people, even focusing lawsuits only on the main bullies, they prosecuted two vanloads of people.

All the netizens saw Meng De Lake's attitude.

All the netizens understood.

[Damn it, this Meng De Lake, this dog, not only did nothing to save, but also went further to cyberbully others?]

[Afraid to cyberbully others himself, so hired internet trolls to cyberbully Tang Xiaoqiu and lead her to suicide?]

[Tang Xiaoqiu's suicide was caused by Meng De Lake!]

[If it weren't for this idiot Meng De Lake's deliberate guidance, Tang Xiaoqiu wouldn't have committed suicide.]

[He must be severely punished!!]

[Previously, Meng De Lake acted all righteous, pretending he hadn't committed any crime, but now it's all exposed! Lawless Madman, you rock! Lawyer Gu, you rock! Severely punish Meng De Lake!!]

[Meng De Lake is genuinely disgusting! What 'Eagle Plan', what nonsense Eagle Plan, his one 'Eagle Plan' put so many people under pressure? He was at ease himself, while countless students were under immense pressure!]

[Now with Tang Xinran's jump, who knows how many more students might jump in the future, he must be severely punished!!]

The netizens had already started to vent in the live stream.

Saying a few words about the criminal was not a big problem either.

Meng De Lake sat there pale, his whole body limp.

Everything is over…

The court's technical department had already assessed Gu Chen's evidence.

Evidence is valid!

Presiding Judge Shen Jiarui looked at Meng De Lake and said, "Defendant Meng De Lake, you now have the right to make a statement."

Meng De Lake still wanted to save himself.

Even if he cyberbullied, even if his career was over, he didn't want to spend too long in prison.

Meng De Lake's face trembled, "I plead guilty... I did hire people to speak against Tang Xiaoqiu, but I didn't expect such severe consequences. I thought it was just some verbal insults, it was nothing, isn't online verbal sparring pretty common, like with celebrities... Countless people insult celebrities, yet they don't commit suicide."

"So I thought Tang Xiaoqiu wouldn't commit suicide, I just wanted to teach her a lesson, her suicide has nothing to do with me, and the real cyberbullies weren't me, it was those people who said many excessive things, I never led Tang Xiaoqiu to suicide, it has nothing to do with me."

"Additionally, regarding the matter of destroying evidence, I simply wanted to remove the impact, it wasn't about obliterating evidence, I didn't know."

"As for the matter of calling 120, I admit I was negligent, I simply forgot about calling 120, I assumed so many people would call, but not a single one did."

"As for the destruction of the suicide note, I really didn't know, I was as busy as a bee back then, I genuinely knew nothing, Judge, I plead guilty, but I only admit hiring people to scold Tang Xiaoqiu a bit, how does Tang Xiaoqiu's suicide relate to me?"

"As for Tang Xinran's suicide, it's unrelated to me. I was just thinking for the Eagle Plan, the Eagle Plan was to enable more people to achieve better results and have a bright future. Maybe the implementation had some issues but the intention was good! And the graduation rates over the years demonstrated substantial cause! Demonstrating there's nothing wrong with our Eagle Plan!"

Meng De Lake still thought his issues were minor.

He finished his last defense.

Meng De Lake stood there, only feeling his career was doomed, his beautiful retirement life was gone.

At most, he'd be sentenced to three years and maybe even a suspended sentence, and he wouldn't have to go to jail.

Meng De Lake sighed...

Why did it come to this?

Tang Xiaoqiu and Tang Xinran both committed suicide, why does he have to go to jail too?

Wasn't he looking out for them?

He just hurled a few insults, wasn't that all? Is it necessary to sue him and send him to jail?

Meng De Lake shook his head, sentenced to three years, fine, maybe with probation there's still a chance.

It's just... his happy and blissful life for the second half is all gone!

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