Gu Chen said, "Your Honor, I protest."

"The defense counsel is interfering with the normal judicial process. How do you know whether I have evidence or not? Would I file a lawsuit if I had no evidence?"

Presiding Judge Shen Jiarui glanced at Yin Xiaodong and said, "Protest sustained, one warning."

Yin Xiaodong: "....."

He got a warning from the presiding judge right at the start?

If he's warned three times, he would have to leave the court.

If the defense lawyer leaves... the trial would be very passive.

Without a lawyer, how can we proceed with the trial?

Yin Xiaodong started cursing inwardly.

This Gu Chen is quite vocal in court.

But, is it useful?

If suitable evidence cannot be produced for the eight requests, then he will act and send Gu Chen to jail.

After being a professor for so many years, Yin Xiaodong isn't to be trifled with.

The four people at the defendant's table, President Luo Hansheng, the vice president, the class advisor, and the teacher from the Communist Youth League Committee, are all a bit bewildered.

Has Gu Chen gone mad?

Is he really going to play like this?

Fish die, nets break?

But is it useful?

It's impossible for it to be useful!

Because Gu Chen simply cannot find evidence!

It's impossible to have evidence!

If there were evidence, they would have already been taken down.

Presiding Judge Shen Jiarui looked at Gu Chen and said, "Now, please provide your defense statement."

Soon, Yin Xiaodong stood up.

Others may fear Gu Chen, but he does not.

He is already over fifty, an old professor.

Yin Xiaodong is quite accomplished in the field of law.

After all, he's a law school professor; do they really think he's just an ordinary star lawyer?

He just doesn't want to climb the ranks anymore; it's not because he couldn't rise further.

Yin Xiaodong began.

"First, regarding the plaintiff's legal claim, we believe it's all baseless. If the plaintiff's lawyer cannot produce evidence, we ask to hold the plaintiff's lawyer legally accountable."

"Second, our university's method of selecting scholarship recipients has no issues. It's just that with so many students, occasional omissions are unavoidable. In the scholarship selection, although Zhang Tao had all the necessary evidence and documents, he himself does not qualify as a needy student. Thus, he wasn't awarded the scholarship for needy students. The school has procedures for determining needy students; Zhang Tao does not meet these criteria, so how could he receive it?"

"Third, the plaintiff's claim that the rich second-generation Zhao Wenxuan took Zhang Tao's spot is purely unfounded. After investigation, the materials Zhao Wenxuan submitted met the standards for needy students, thus he was awarded a top-rate scholarship fairly and legally. It is absolutely baseless to say that students with good family conditions were given financial support. Students who receive the needy scholarship have always met the impoverished standards."

"Fourth, Zhang Tao himself does not meet the criteria for needy students, yet he spread rumors online, stirring up public sentiment, damaging the school's reputation. The school originally could have held Zhang Tao legally responsible but, considering he is a student here, we simply asked him to take down the video and communicated with him, providing psychological counseling. There were no threats or monitoring of Zhang Tao."

"Fifth, regarding the alleged issues concerning our school leadership, we assert they are nothing but rumors. We request the plaintiff's lawyer to produce evidence; otherwise, we ask for legal accountability for the plaintiff's lawyer."

"We request a heavy sentence for Gu Chen and to hold Gu Chen and Zhang Tao legally accountable. The two of them defamed and slandered the school. As a lawyer, Gu Chen knowingly violated the law, which enhances his crime, and he must be heavily sentenced!"

"Our defense is concluded."

Yin Xiaodong finished his defense statement.

Netizens in the live broadcast room were sending numerous comments.

[As expected of Yangcheng University's professor, professors indeed have some substance, truly impressive.]

[Of course, he's a senior university professor, over fifty years old, he really knows his stuff.]

[Now, the pressure is on Lawyer Gu Chen. If there's no evidence, he really might end up in jail.]

[This... the issue is about scholarships. It should be a lawsuit centered around scholarships, why is it so tangled?]

[Don't worry, has Lawless Madman ever lost a case in court? Not even once. I support Gu Chen, I believe he can't lose this case.]

[I also support Lawless Madman! Support Gu Chen! Support needy students!]

At this moment, Presiding Judge Shen Jiarui knocked the gavel.

Shen Jiarui: "Now, please have the plaintiff's lawyer submit the relevant legal basis."

Gu Chen stood up. "Before I submit the legal basis, I must first explain to everyone what my client Zhang Tao has experienced."

"Your Honor, I request for Zhang Tao to state the facts."

Shen Jiarui: "Zhang Tao may state the facts."

Zhang Tao stood up, took a deep breath.

Zhang Tao: "This is what happened. I study in the computer science department at Yang University. I often participate in student council activities, so I know many classmates from the international trade and finance departments. Those who are in these two departments usually have pretty good family conditions."

"Recently, during the scholarship selection, I found out that I was not selected, although three of my roommates, whose families are very poor, also did not get selected. One roommate can only afford to eat bread and pickles and frequently takes up part-time jobs to earn money because of poverty."

"We all applied for the needy scholarship and had all the paperwork ready, but... we weren't selected."

"In the end, I found out that several wealthy second-generation students from the finance department were awarded scholarships! And they were top-rate scholarships!"

"Many classmates were dissatisfied then."

"But many students didn't dare to say anything... They were afraid the school would retaliate."

"So I went to question what happened, why the rich second-generation Zhao Wenxuan was awarded the needy scholarship?"

"There were also other rich second-generation students who received the needy scholarship..."

"But Zhao Wenxuan is different; he indeed comes from a wealthy family!"

"He always wears brand-name clothes!"

"Moreover, half a month after getting the scholarship, I saw Zhao Wenxuan driving a Porsche into the school!"

"The next day, Zhao Wenxuan drove a Ferrari into the school."

"I just want to ask, how could such a rich second-generation student, someone so wealthy, be declared a needy student and receive a needy scholarship? Why?"

"I reported this..."

"Then... the class advisor and the counselor both said they would investigate."

"But after a month, there was still no investigation result."

"I followed up on their progress..."

"They said that Zhao Wenxuan's receiving the needy scholarship was normal, he is indeed a needy student."

"I couldn't understand this at all, so I continued reporting, even going to the Communist Youth League's teacher."

"In the end, the teacher told me not to get involved in so many matters and to focus on my studies, and not to worry about others...

"I was furious. I even went to the student council president, but he said such things were quite common and I should just regard it calmly."

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