What's wrong with this lawyer?!

The evidence is clear and unequivocal, qualified, and then the loan was issued, and there are loan and guarantee contracts, now tell me how you're going to handle this case!

All eyes were focused on Old Tang, whose face was impassive, as if it had turned into a naked crystal.

At Old Tang's side, Miss Xiao Yan squeezed out a sweat, with her capabilities, the case was essentially a lost cause.

But if they truly admitted defeat, she could hardly imagine the online backlash. Perhaps Brother Tang doesn't fear cyberbullying, but what then? Tang Brother's reputation would plummet.

Under such pressure, Old Tang's mind was racing; he had been driven into a corner.

He always believed in one thing, the system would never issue him an impossible task. Otherwise, there would be no point in going to court. But where was the problem exactly?

The original evidence submitted by the opposing party was brought over, and Old Tang began to examine each one meticulously; he moved slowly, causing Old Zhou above to grow impatient.

The court session for this case had a fixed duration. If it took too long, it would disrupt the scheduling of subsequent cases.

However, as he was acquainted with Old Tang, Old Zhou felt inappropriate to rush him directly and could only say, "Please proceed with your defense, defense counsel."

Finally, Old Tang lifted his head; he felt he had discovered the loophole the system had provided!

It was a stroke of genius – years of experience, coupled with the enabling of the Photographic Memory skill, allowed Old Tang to find the corresponding regulation amidst the vast expanse of legal provisions!

But inspiration aside, for the case to have an outcome, the participation of the opposing counsel was necessary. If they didn't cooperate, the case couldn't proceed.

Or to put it another way, at the very least, the court session couldn't continue; they could only delay and then investigate further, but then all was uncertain.

So Old Tang decided to take a risk, believing the system would never harm him; otherwise, he wouldn't have lived this long and would've already perished in that small rental room.

Looking up at Old Zhou, Old Tang spoke, "Judgment Chief, I challenge the authenticity of this evidence!"

What? Old Zhou looked over upon hearing this, only to see that Old Tang was holding the guarantee contract.

This is the original contract. On what grounds do you challenge it!

Zhang Wei looked fine, thinking you believe you can challenge anything you want? Even the original contract, why don't you just shoot for the moon?

"Defense counsel, state your reasons for the challenge!" Old Zhou said.

Old Tang pointed to the contract and spoke unhurriedly, "There are signs of rebinding on the edge of this contract and the cover, as well as the signed back page, are visibly different from the other pages."

"Therefore, I have reason to believe that the plaintiff has rebound the contract, and as such, we do not recognize this contract!"

Zhang Wei was bewildered; he didn't understand why Tang Fangjing is staging this act—the contract hadn't been rebound, and he hadn't noticed any variations in paper shade!

He thought Tang Fangjing was just putting on a show of mystery. To put it offensively, even if the contract was rebound, its authenticity and legal effect would not be significantly affected.

Moreover, there was plenty of other evidence to prove the contract's authenticity; the case was virtually in the bag, and there was indeed no need for concern.

However, Old Tang didn't stop there, continuing, "Judgment Chief, such a large loan amount makes the contract incredibly crucial, even the most critical!"

"And in such circumstances, the plaintiff, being a professional online lending company, should have superior abilities to maintain contracts than the defendant. Yet, how can such an important contract show signs of alteration? Therefore, I suspect the opposing party is fabricating evidence!"

"For this reason, I request judicial identification for this contract!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the courtroom erupted into a stir. Online, those who didn't grasp Tang's argument thought he was gaining the upper hand.

The reaction came quickly, and he was ridiculed.

"What nonsense, Tang Fangjing is deliberately dragging this out, isn't he, stalling for time? To be honest, I don't think there's anything wrong with that contract."

"If they conduct a judicial identification, what will you do then?"

"So-called grand attorney, with that skill level, you have the audacity to be called a grand attorney? Facing trouble, all you can do is delay, right? Fanboys, give it a rest!"

The presiding Judgment Chief, Old Zhou on the bench, was even more bewildered. His well-scheduled court session, was Tang Fangjing deliberately messing with him?

Such a simple case actually required judicial expertise. During the trial, if a request for judicial expertise was made and the judge approved, then the court would have to adjourn and schedule for the expertise to be conducted.

And, judicial expertise required queuing as well because there were too many items to be appraised.

At the very least, this process would take two weeks. Once the judicial appraisal results were available after two weeks, only then could a new court date be set.

With one thing leading to another, a month could easily pass by, and this case would be left pending, potentially leading to a very tight trial deadline.

However, he couldn't just outright refuse because the issue raised by Old Tang was indeed valid; on the surface, the contract did appear to have signs of being re-bound,

Thus, under such circumstances, Old Zhou had no choice but to say, "Plaintiff's representative, how do you explain this? If you can't provide a reasonable explanation, then I must consider a re-appraisal."

Zhang Wei was now annoyed. Couldn't this simple case just be settled today? Victory was within sight, and he had even planned to show off in front of Miss Xiao Yan.

If they had to re-appraise, they might have to reopen the court twice, which would be troublesome, so he quickly responded, "Judgment Chief, I can assure you this contract is absolutely genuine!"

"The only reason the cover doesn't match is because we wanted the contracts to look uniform and attractive, so we specifically changed the covers, but we haven't touched the content inside!"

"Our company's contracts have never been disassembled and then re-bound. All other contracts were bound in the same way; all our contracts have identical content."

Hearing this, Lawyer Tang's smile flashed across his face. His gamble paid off—Zhang Wei was indeed very cooperative, as though they had discussed this beforehand.

But in fact, he was taking advantage of the situation. The other party was in a hurry, wanting to finish in one fell swoop, so he had to work hard in that direction as well.

Old Zhou was also exhausted. An unexpected issue arose in what was supposed to be a straightforward trial, and he didn't wish to order another appraisal and hearing, so he said, "Then can you bring other contracts from your side for us to examine?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wei consulted with the vice president and replied directly, "No problem, we have many other guarantor contracts that we can bring over for verification."

Immediately thereafter, Old Zhou looked toward Tang Fangjing and said, "Defendant's representative, if the plaintiff's side can provide other contracts for verification, will you still have doubts about the authenticity of the contract?"

Lawyer Tang shook his head and said, "If they can bring them out, then I have no objections."

Zhang Wei had been waiting for just this response and quickly said, "I'll have someone from the company bring over the contracts right now!"

However, mobile phones couldn't be used in the courtroom, so the vice president offered to drive back and get the contracts, as it wasn't far.

The vice president going to get the contracts did not hinder the trial from continuing, but the online audience was again puzzled. What exactly was Tang Fangjing trying to do?

It seemed clear that he was trying to drag out the time, but he didn't persist; he just wanted to bring back other contracts for comparison. Did he genuinely believe them to be fake?

The company wasn't foolish—how could they possibly falsify such crucial evidence? It would be too easy to get caught!

But everyone was baffled and could only continue to watch.

In the courtroom, Zhang Wei had already started to apply pressure intensely, barraging Lawyer Tang with various statements until Judgment Chief Old Zhou had to intervene and call for order.

And Lawyer Tang? Uncharacteristically, he didn't engage in a verbal battle with his opponent; instead, he acted very aggrieved.

In this atmosphere, finally, the vice president came back with the contracts.

"Come on, Lawyer Tang, take a good look and see if our contracts are not the same; I've told you, they're all bound with the same cover—do you see, do you understand?" the vice president called out.

Looking at those identical contracts, Lawyer Tang finally laughed. It had taken half the day's effort and countless thoughts, and he'd even put to use his knowledge on psychology learned from books, but at last, he saw results.

He looked up at Old Zhou and said, "Judgment Chief, I now request to submit all of these contracts as evidence to the court!"

"I believe these contracts are standard-form contracts issued by their company, and their characteristics match those of standard-form contracts!"

As he finished speaking, Old Zhou looked astonished.

With standard-form contracts, if the providing party adopts conditions that exempt its own responsibility, or increase the responsibility of the other party, the standard-form contract is invalid!