"Plaintiff Ding Xia, what do you have to say? Please speak."
The presiding judge was somewhat surprised. It wasn't even the plaintiff's turn to speak yet, and Ding Xia's sudden interruption made him slightly displeased and even gave him a sense of crisis. He thought to himself, "I can't let anything go wrong with the instructions from my superiors. Doesn't this plaintiff know the court procedures? Why didn't her lawyer explain them clearly?"
Ding Xia's lawyer also looked at his client with a strange expression. The other party's attitude in the lounge was already strange, as if he didn't want to talk to him at all. Now, his whole body was trembling slightly, as if something was about to happen.
"Ms. Ding, don't be nervous, it's okay, trust me, trust Minhong!"
Lin Yao's voice suddenly appeared in Ding Xia's ears, very clearly. Ding Xia turned her head in surprise and looked around. Finding no one there, she felt relieved.
"Your Honor, I wish to withdraw the charges!"
Ding Xia's words caused a huge uproar, and the entire courtroom erupted in chaos. The people in the audience and all the media were shocked by her statement.
It was astonishing that a case that had attracted nationwide attention took such a dramatic turn during the trial. All the media spared no expense in using their camera batteries and film, with flashes going off even more frequently than when the plaintiff and defendant entered the courtroom. Some media even rushed to the plaintiff's seat to take close-up photos of Ding Xia's face.
"Silence! Silence!"
The heavy gavel struck repeatedly, finally silencing the noise in the courtroom after five strikes.
"Plaintiff Ding Xia, please state your reasons."
The presiding judge's voice was cold and authoritative, "This is a courtroom, and this is the opening hearing for your lawsuit. Without a reasonable ground, you may be subject to contempt of court!"
At that moment, Qiu Yong's muscles were tense, his clenched fists were trembling, and all he wanted to do was stand up, shout "Wife!" and rush over to stand with his wife, Ding Xia, to share this pressure.
Ji Rong sensed something was wrong the moment Ding Xia spoke. When she heard Ding Xia say she wanted to withdraw the lawsuit, she was even more surprised. How could the woman she had always manipulated suddenly change her mind at such a crucial moment? This surprised her and made her feel a little apprehensive.
"Your Honor, I want to withdraw the case! The reasons for withdrawing the case are very valid. My poisoning has nothing to do with Minhong Hospital. It was all caused by a woman. She harmed me. She made me take poisonous drugs and, without my knowledge, replaced Minhong's medicine with counterfeit medicine, thus obtaining evidence that Minhong's medicine was poisonous."
Ding Xia calmed down, her voice clear and her attitude resolute, "Your Honor, I want to withdraw my lawsuit against Minhong Pharmaceutical and instead sue Ji Rong. This woman is the one who harmed me, poisoned me, and may even have cost me my life!"
Turning around and pointing at Ji Rong, who was sitting in the middle row, Ding Xia's eyes were sharp and her voice was filled with endless resentment, "It was her, this venomous woman, who deliberately approached me, made me treat her as a friend, but then treated me in the most vicious way, gave me irreversible poison, and even seduced my husband and destroyed my family!"
The entire courtroom erupted in a cacophony of noise, suddenly subsiding and silence. Ding Xia could no longer be heard, and reporters all turned their cameras and special lenses toward Ji Rong, the flashes of light blinding those in the audience.
Ji Rong was stunned, speechless and unsure how to react. Although this venomous woman was cunning and adept at navigating men and various social circles, she had no experience facing the solemnity of a courtroom. Now, with her conspiracy suddenly exposed, her instinctive reaction was to freeze, unable to believe what she was seeing.
"You damned bastard!"
A loud shout rang in Ji Rong's ears. Qiu Yong suddenly stood up, his face contorted with rage as he glared at Ji Rong with furious teeth.
"Smack!"
A sharp crack rang out clearly in the noisy environment: "You dare to kill my wife! I'll beat you to death, you bastard!"
Ji Rong was slapped hard by Qiu Yong, causing her to lean back. She was stopped by the back of the chair behind her, otherwise she would have been slapped directly to the ground.
"Smack!"
Qiu Yong slapped him again, "I'll strangle you, you vicious bastard!"
Qiu Yong, who lunged at Ji Rong and grabbed her by the neck, had lost his mind. He had completely forgotten Lin Yao's instructions on acting and controlling his emotions. At this moment, the anger in his heart was burning fiercely, and he no longer cared whether his behavior was appropriate or not. He only wanted to strangle this woman and avenge his wife.
"Silence! Silence!"
The presiding judge pounded his gavel, but it didn't quell the noise in the courtroom. "Bailiffs! Immediately restrain the perpetrator!"
The bailiffs didn't even need the judge's orders; they had already rushed towards Qiu Yong and Ji Rong. However, because they were sitting in the middle of the long row of chairs, they had to step over the legs of many spectators to squeeze through, so they couldn't move quickly at all. It seemed that a case of murder in court was about to occur, but they were helpless.
"Qiu Yong, stop!"
Lin Yao's shout rang in Qiu Yong's ears, making his head spin. "Calm down! How are you going to make Ding Xia live if you expose people's names?"
The people listening next to Qiu Yong and Ji Rong were already afraid of this furious, burly man, so they all shrank back and hid to the sides. No one tried to stop him, but suddenly they noticed that the irritable Qiu Yong suddenly stopped pinching Ji Rong, withdrew his hand, and glared at Ji Rong with a face full of anger, as if he wanted to kill her with his eyes.
The bailiff squeezed through and was about to grab Qiu Yong's arm when he was flung away.
"You filthy bastard! If anything happens to my wife, I'll make your whole family pay! Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I'll make you pay with your life!"
Although he stopped, the resentment and violence in his heart could not be contained. Qiu Yong slapped Ji Rong again, causing Ji Rong, whose face was already swollen and who was coughing while covering her neck, to fall to the right. Due to the height difference, Qiu Yong's palm landed on the left side of Ji Rong's head, not hitting her face, but it still made a dull sound.
I'll kick you to death!
Still feeling unsatisfied, Qiu Yong raised his right leg and kicked the swaying waist that he had once pinned down, causing the bewildered Ji Rong to finally cry out in pain.
The bailiffs on either side immediately grabbed Qiu Yong's arms and squeezed in to pin him down on the chair, preventing him from continuing the attack.
At this moment, Qiu Yong behaved like a typical Shanxi coal boss: vulgar, violent, and arrogant. Even when pinned down in a chair, he continued to spout wild words, claiming that he would definitely kill this vicious bastard.
Ding Xia stood in the plaintiff's seat, trembling with tears. Her back was to the judge's table, and she braced her hands on the back of the chair. Her whole body shook from crying. She felt her husband's love for her, and she could only release her emotions by crying.
The flashbulbs never stopped. The bailiffs quickly subdued Qiu Yong and took him away from the courtroom. Ji Rong was also taken out of the courtroom by the bailiffs for examination and treatment. This vicious woman appeared in front of the media for the first time in an exposed manner.
Due to the unexpected incident, the court hearing had to be adjourned. Ten minutes later, the presiding judge returned and announced that the courtroom was closed, and the case would no longer be heard because of the plaintiff's request to withdraw the lawsuit.
Ding Xia shook off her lawyer who reached out to help her and walked firmly toward the representatives of Minhong Pharmaceutical. "Please take me out of the courtroom. I want to have a proper talk with you."
The reporter captured the plaintiff and defendant leaving together again. At this point, Ding Xia's safety became an issue. Lin Yao naturally couldn't expose himself to the media, so he chose to let Ding Xia leave with Min Hong's people and then receive protection.
The Taiyuan Intermediate People's Court is very close to the Shanxi Provincial Government Building; in fact, it's on the same street, only a few dozen meters away.
At that moment, Vice Governor Jia Maode, who was watching the court hearing, received a phone call. Less than ten seconds later, he flew into a rage, slammed down the phone, and swept everything off his desk to the ground, including his most beloved century-old LaPierre silver antique teacup. He showed no manners whatsoever as a government official.
Five minutes later, panting heavily, Jawed pulled out his diamond-encrusted Vertu phone and dialed a number.
"It's me."
Jia Maode's tone was fierce and his voice was loud, "Kill that little wench Ding Xia! And what about Qiu Yong?!"