Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Netizens Shocked—Is Gu Chen Going Up Against Five Opponents?

At this moment, the homeroom teacher, Guo Liangping, said, “Well… I looked at the court summons and found out a bit about the lawyer Zhang Tao hired. The lawyer’s name is Gu Chen.”

Principal Luo Hansheng asked, “Who is Gu Chen?”

After all, not everyone follows court cases daily, so it’s not surprising if they don’t know Gu Chen.

No matter how popular Gu Chen is, it’s still possible not to know.

Just like school leaders not knowing about a certain online celebrity, it’s quite normal.

Guo Liangping said, “Gu Chen, he is a very capable lawyer…”

Principal Luo Hansheng waved his hand and said, “Don’t worry, I know plenty of capable lawyers, and our school also has many skilled lawyers. We’ll just send someone to court, I won’t be going. The school will find a representative.”

The vice-principal nodded, “Same here, I won’t be going to court. I have too many duties to handle to waste time on such trivial lawsuits. I’ll just get a representative to go to court instead.”

The student union teacher said, “Yeah, I have a lot of work to handle at school every day, no time to go to court for such a case. Let’s do it this way.”

None of them considered going to court, thinking it didn’t matter.

How big could this issue be?

To the school, it’s insignificant.

Even if they sue a few people, it wouldn’t matter if they didn’t come to school.

Most of the time in lawsuits, hiring a representative is sufficient.

The homeroom teacher, Guo Liangping, said, “I’m afraid all of you might have to go to court… because this case isn’t a civil lawsuit, it’s a criminal one. I see the court has already initiated a public prosecution…”

Student union teacher: “?”

Principal: “??”

Vice-principal: “???”

A scholarship issue leading to a criminal case?

How is that possible?

How dare Zhang Tao?

A civil lawsuit turning into a criminal lawsuit?

No matter how good the lawyer Gu Chen is, how much better can he be?

Better than the school’s lawyers?

Principal Luo Hansheng looked at Guo Liangping, asking, “What’s Gu Chen’s background?”

Guo Liangping said, “Gu Chen… is a very skilled lawyer with a 100% win rate in lawsuits. He even runs his own law firm. Importantly, Gu Chen’s track record is impressive. Last time he sued a bank and got all its top executives sent to jail. Can you believe it? Rui Mao Bank is gone.”

“Gu Chen even got the chief judge into trouble because the judge broke the law, and some lawyers too. He’s really exceptional at lawsuits, hard for ordinary people to match.”

Principal Luo Hansheng frowned.

He’s not really concerned about the school matters.

But… does Gu Chen sound really that formidable?

If Gu Chen were to find out what he has been doing…

Wouldn’t that be the end of everything?

The things he, the vice-principal, and the student union have done must not be disclosed to anyone.

Otherwise, who knows how many years of imprisonment it could lead to?

“No one has said anything about what we’ve done, right?” Luo Hansheng looked at the three people present.

The three people present nodded their heads.

Who would dare to say anything?

If this got out, wouldn’t they all end up in jail?

Principal Luo Hansheng looked at the court summons….

Impossible, Gu Chen couldn’t possibly know.

Unless a special national task force investigated, how could it ever come out?

How could Gu Chen figure out everything he’s done over the years?

Isn’t that nonsense?

A criminal lawsuit, purely something Gu Chen is using to scare people, right?

Is Gu Chen really planning to send them in?

The principal shook his head…

This lawsuit initially stemmed from Zhang Tao’s issue with the scholarship.

As long as there are no mistakes, the case will pass like this.

What impact can Gu Chen, a lawyer, have?

The principal said, “You don’t need to worry, Gu Chen as a lawyer, knows nothing. He can only look to Zhang Tao for information. Anyway, with this case, our school just needs to apologize, make up the scholarship for him, and issue a school investigation result. At most, just say Zhao Wenxuan gets a disciplinary action, and we can cancel it later, who would know?”

It’s like when the school says they’ll keep a record on you, usually it’s just to scare students.

Disciplinary actions can be canceled, isn’t that just a word’s matter?

….

The school has already made full preparations.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen has also sued the school.

Soon, it’s time for the court hearing!

The courtroom’s live broadcast is also on.

Soon, the live stream had thousands of viewers.

[Wonder who Lawyer Gu is sending in today?]

[Heard this case turned from a civil into a criminal case, what’s going on?]

[Who’s Lawyer Gu sending to jail now?]

[I don’t know, how does a scholarship issue relate to sending someone in?]

[I really have no clue, seriously, who’s Lawyer Gu sending in?]

[Hahaha, if I knew, wouldn’t I be the Lawless Madman?]

[No matter who gets sent in, I support Zhang Tao in this case! Zhang Tao’s daring to sue the school means he’s truly not wrong.]

[Indeed, how could you dare to sue the school without any reason, isn’t that suicide?]

[Of course I support Zhang Tao. To be honest, I don’t have Zhang Tao’s guts, he’s really fierce… suing the school, what if he gets expelled later?]

In this case, the school also hired a very capable lawyer!

The lawyer the school hired is an elite in the industry! Also a professor at Yang University, usually teaching students.

And this time, the school’s final bottom line is…

If they can’t win the case, they’ll issue an apology statement and top up Zhang Tao’s scholarship.

But the school can’t just apologize upfront, it would show the school’s guilty conscience.

Why can a rich second generation get a poverty scholarship?

If there’s really no way, they can only push the rich second generation, Zhao Wenxuan, out.

Though Porsches and Ferraris are expensive, renting for a day to show off is still affordable.

After all, Zhao Wenxuan isn’t always driving these two cars at school, he only drove them once.

Moreover… Zhao Wenxuan’s family isn’t lacking, he’s indeed wealthy.

At that time, Zhao Wenxuan can admit a mistake, and even if they lose the case, they’ll blame it on the student, saying it was a mix-up with the scholarship…

or find a teacher to take responsibility…

Anyway, there’s nothing serious, nothing significant.

A few errors in scholarship, oversights, that’s normal.

The court wouldn’t sentence them, right?

And at this moment, the court is about to session.

All parties involved, the lawyers, everyone sat down.

The plaintiff is Zhang Tao.

The plaintiff’s defense lawyer is Gu Chen.

And on the defendant’s side, four people were seated.

The principal of Yang University, the vice-principal, the student union teacher, the homeroom teacher, all were present!

Netizens were quite shocked seeing this scene.

Zhang Tao was just a student, knew nothing, this case was entirely reliant on Gu Chen.

Gu Chen alone… was directly up against four people, plus another lawyer?

Is this a one vs. five?

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