Free Web NovelChapter 866: Chapter 322: A Miracle Really Happened!
"Gu Hongda is guilty of defamation and the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and is hereby sentenced in accordance with the law to six years of fixed-term imprisonment."
"Bao Feiwen is guilty of defamation and the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and is hereby sentenced in accordance with the law to five years of fixed-term imprisonment."
"Li Min is guilty of defamation and the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble..."
Each sentence was pronounced one after another.
Echoing continuously in the courtroom.
As long as the term was five years or more, actual imprisonment was imposed.
And those whose terms were under five years...
Taking into account the impact on society, they were generally given suspended sentences.
But the probationary period for the suspensions...
Was all over five years.
"Xiaoqing... did you see that?"
In the courtroom.
Zhou Zhen and Wang Xia held each other, crying tears of joy.
Hearing this long-delayed judgment, their emotions were extremely stirred.
Their eyes were red.
They wished their daughter could see this moment with her own eyes.
Unfortunately...
Their daughter might never see this scene in this lifetime.
And over in the dock, Gu Hongda, Bao Feiwen, and the others...
On hearing their sentences, directly collapsed into their chairs.
Their faces were extremely ugly.
As if they were mourning a parent.
An emotion called regret began to sprout in their hearts.
If they had known this would happen.
They would never have, for the sake of a moment’s glibness, attacked others like that online.
Who could have known...
That it would lead to such serious consequences and end up sending themselves in.
"Sentencing is concluded!"
"Court is now adjourned!"
Twenty minutes later.
After the verdicts for more than four hundred people were read out, the Judgment Chief spoke in a deep voice.
Handing the written judgments into the hands of all the defendants.
And announced that this trial session was officially over.
The bailiffs then stepped forward and escorted Gu Hongda and the others away.
This case...
Thus officially came to an end.
...
Jin City.
Nursing home.
"It’s a pity. Even though justice has finally come, and the culprits behind the online violence have been punished, that... little girl is probably never going to wake up."
"There are even so many who only got suspended sentences, that’s really letting them off too lightly."
"For it to get to this point is already very good. At least this Wan City court didn’t hand down that kind of ’both-sides get fifty strokes’ judgment."
"Those ’both-sides get fifty strokes’ decisions are disgusting. If you don’t know how to try a case, then don’t. What’s the use of courts like that?"
"..."
In the courtyard.
Everyone had also finished listening to all the sentences.
While they felt greatly comforted.
They couldn’t help feeling a bit stifled.
These trolls had indeed been brought to justice, but that twelve-year-old little girl...
Made them feel rather heartsore.
A young life had thus permanently become a vegetative one.
Unable to wake up.
For her, and for her parents, it was all unfair.
"Maybe... a miracle will happen."
Looking at the dispirited old folks around him, Qin Mu couldn’t help offering a word of comfort.
Li Weiguo gave a wry smile and shook his head. "We’re talking about a vegetative patient here. I heard her brain was damaged; it’s almost impossible for her to recover in this lifetime."
Before retiring, he had been a teacher.
He knew a little about vegetative patients.
Generally speaking.
Once the hospital has declared someone a vegetative patient, it basically means they’ll spend the rest of their life lying in a hospital room.
The chances of waking up...
Are maybe a few in a thousand.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully completing this mission."
Qin Mu opened his mouth, just about to say something.
In his mind.
The system’s cold mechanical voice suddenly rang out.
His eyes instantly lit up.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host. This mission’s completion rate has reached 150%. Proceeding to settlement now, drawing random reward..."
Right after that.
The system’s radiance flickered.
This mission entered the settlement phase.
Qin Mu held his breath, quietly waiting.
A few seconds later.
The system’s voice once again sounded in his mind: "Ding! Congratulations to the host, you have obtained 300 Wish Value points."
On hearing this voice.
His breathing couldn’t help but quicken.
He hurriedly pulled up the system panel to check his Wish Value.
Adding this 300 Wish Value points...
His accumulated Wish Value had already reached 1,200 points!
"So that means... I can use Wish Value to make a wish now?" frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
He took a deep breath and muttered to himself.
Then.
He impatiently opened the system’s wishing panel.
Sure enough.
He saw an option allowing him to make a wish once!
"Make a wish!"
He did not hesitate.
He directly chose to consume 1,000 Wish Value points to make a wish.
"Ding! 1,000 Wish Value points successfully consumed. Please state your wish, host."
The system’s voice sounded again: "Please note: the wish you make cannot exceed reality, cannot exploit bugs, and cannot go beyond the scope of science."
Before making the wish.
The system listed a number of restrictions.
"Then I... wish for Zhou Xiaoqing to wake up, that should be fine, right?"
Qin Mu frowned slightly and asked tentatively.
Letting a vegetative patient wake up...
In theory, should be feasible and doesn’t count as exploiting a bug.
"Ding! This wish meets the requirements. Host, please confirm one last time whether to proceed with the wish."
"Please note: once a wish is made, it will take effect immediately and cannot be altered!"
Qin Mu’s expression brightened.
He gave the system an order: "Make the wish!"
With the system around.
He would have plenty of chances to earn more Wish Value in the future.
But as for Zhou Xiaoqing...
She was one of countless victims under online violence; this little girl of only twelve was innocent.
She should not have to sleep forever.
"Ding! Wish completed!"
Three seconds later.
The system responded again.
Then fell silent.
"It should... work, right?"
Qin Mu lifted his head and couldn’t help gazing off into the distance.
With a faint trace of expectation.
...
At the same time.
Wan City.
In a ward of a certain hospital.
While Zhou Zhen and Wang Xia went to attend the trial, Zhou Shaohui stayed behind in the ward to help.
Taking care of the comatose Zhou Xiaoqing.
Just in case.
But...
He still couldn’t relax about this trial, and kept watching the live broadcast of it on his phone in the ward.
After he heard the sentencing of more than four hundred trolls.
He almost jumped up in excitement.
"We won!"
Although not everyone got a heavy sentence, those who cursed the worst...
All received fixed-term imprisonment of more than five years.
They’d committed two crimes with the same behavior.
They would be sentenced according to the more serious of the criminal charges.
So.
All the prison terms were under ten years.
The highest...
Was eight years.
The lightest was a suspended sentence.
This...
Might be the harshest ruling ever in a cyberbullying case!
Even up probably never achieved something like this!
Although up had sent thousands of trolls inside, most of them had only gotten suspended sentences.
The maximum term...
Few had exceeded three years!
But this time it was different, there were tons of people sentenced to more than five years!
"Thirsty... I’m so thirsty..."
All of a sudden.
A weak, childish voice rang out in the ward.
Zhou Shaohui froze.
Instinctively he looked left and right, glancing around.
In the ward.
There was only him, and the unconscious Zhou Xiaoqing.
This voice...
Sounded very familiar, with a hint of childishness.
He suddenly reacted.
He turned his head toward the bed.
And then...
He happened to see Zhou Xiaoqing opening her eyes, constantly calling out that she was "thirsty."
"Xiaoqing?"
He swallowed hard and rubbed his eyes fiercely.
And realized this was not an illusion.
He hurriedly pressed the nurse call button and called the on-duty nurse over.
"Nurse! Nurse! My sister woke up! My sister woke up!"
He was even more emotional than just now.
The trolls being judged...
Was certainly something to celebrate.
But his sister waking up was the real priority.
"Could it be... heaven really opened its eyes?"
Looking at Zhou Xiaoqing waking from her coma, he couldn’t help but murmur.
The sentencing had just ended not long ago.
And Zhou Xiaoqing woke up.
The timing was simply too coincidental.
Maybe.
This really was heaven opening its eyes; good people get rewarded, evil people get what they deserve.
"This... really is a miracle. I’ve been practicing medicine for so many years, this is the first time I’ve seen a vegetative patient wake up."
Not long after.
Zhou Xiaoqing’s attending physician rushed to the ward, and after a round of examination.
He showed an expression of disbelief.
In the end.
He looked at Zhou Shaohui and nodded, saying, "The patient is out of immediate danger now. Let her rest well, and we’ll keep her hospitalized for observation for another month or so."
The most dangerous period had already passed.
What was needed now...
Was quiet recuperation.
"Thank you, doctor."
Zhou Shaohui thanked him repeatedly, then stayed with Zhou Xiaoqing and poured her some water.
"I... I-I... where are my dad and mom?"
The twelve-year-old Zhou Xiaoqing looked around the ward and became a little frightened.
"Your dad and mom... went to fight a lawsuit for you."
Zhou Shaohui touched her forehead and said gently, "All those bad people who bullied you have been dealt with, they’re all going to prison."
Zhou Xiaoqing suddenly lowered her head.
She seemed to recall what had happened before.
Back then, when she was wronged, she hadn’t thought that much at all, nor considered the consequences.
She just jumped down directly.
"S-sorry..."
She bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes turning red.
Her whole body trembled.
And tears of grievance flowed down in streams.
"Shaohui, this time we really have to properly thank that anonymous netizen who guided you. If it weren’t for him, this case..."
Just then.
Zhou Zhen’s voice came from outside the door.
But halfway through, he abruptly stopped.
As soon as Zhou Zhen stepped into the ward, he saw the scene of Zhou Xiaoqing crying.
"Clang!"
The several bouquets of flowers in his hands fell straight to the floor.
He froze on the spot.
For a moment.
He didn’t even know what to do.
Instead, it was Wang Xia behind him who, upon seeing this, instantly burst into tears like a weeping mess.
She ran to the bedside and pulled Zhou Xiaoqing into her arms.
Zhou Zhen stood at the door.
Watching mother and daughter hugging and crying, he silently bent down to pick up the flowers.
The corners of his mouth.
Carried a faint smile that hadn’t appeared for a long time.
The taut string in his heart...
Also completely relaxed at this moment.
...
Jin City.
Mountain and Water Garden District.
After work.
Qin Mu went home, and had just finished dinner.
He received a message from Zhou Shaohui: "Master, we won the lawsuit! Also, you’ll never guess this—miracles really do exist. My sister woke up!"
Across the screen.
He could feel the overflowing joy in the other man’s words.
"That’s great, congratulations."
He smiled slightly and replied anonymously in the Study Law Alliance Forum.
It seemed.
His wish had worked.
"Master, my second uncle asked me to thank you. He said... he raised some attorney’s fees and asked me to pass them to you. Do you have a bank account or something?"
And not long after.
Zhou Shaohui sent him another message.
"No need for thanks, it was just a lift of the hand."
To this.
Qin Mu politely declined.
A twelve-year-old girl being trolled into jumping off a building was something he couldn’t stand from the start.
Besides.
He really wasn’t short of money now, and he didn’t want to expose his identity.
"Alright then, Master, I think your command of the law already far surpasses up. Are you interested in starting an account too, and doing some legal education? You’d definitely surpass up!"
A few minutes later.
Zhou Shaohui sent another long string of messages, calling him "Master" every other sentence.
He seemed to admire him immensely.
