The Cannon Fodder Doesn't Want to Return to the Rich Family (Translated)

Chapter 83

Chapter 83

Before Liu Gang could leave the police station, he received a call from Xia Yue.

As soon as he answered, Xia Yue's sharp and piercing voice came through, "Liu Gang! Are you crazy? What's wrong with your brain?"

Liu Gang, not one to be easily intimidated, snorted coldly, "Xia Yue, speak to me politely! I'm not some fool you can manipulate."

If Xia Yue angered him, the audio file on his phone was not a joke. In that recording, Xia Yue admitted to directing him to slander Lu Yao.

Seeing that Liu Gang had exposed such a blunder and still dared to reprimand her, Xia Yue was even more infuriated.

The audio had been widely circulated online, and anyone could tell it was a recording of Xia Yue and Liu Gang's conversation. Xia Yue immediately understood that Liu Gang had been cautious and recorded their conversation, and now the audio had been leaked.

Before the audio appeared, netizens were debating whether Lu Yao could successfully sue Xia Yue and Liu Gang.

After all, it was difficult to determine if the emotional abuse claims made by Liu Gang and Xia Yue were valid. The outrage among netizens was fueled by their emotions at the time, so they believed Liu Gang and Xia Yue's claims without much thought.

However, emotional abuse is hard to judge when taken out of context.

Those who like to use emotional abuse often dismiss others with "you're overthinking it." Sometimes this is indeed the case. A simple glance might be an unconscious action for the person who gave it, but the one who receives it might misunderstand it as dislike.

Many netizens believed that if Xia Yue and Liu Gang explained in court that they misunderstood Lu Yao and didn't intend to defame him, the judge might consider the difficulty in determining emotional abuse and rule in favor of Lu Yao's defeat.

But the appearance of this audio file was indisputable evidence.

Xia Yue and Liu Gang had always had ulterior motives and had deliberately fabricated facts to defame and target Lu Yao.

Seeing her Weibo followers drop rapidly by tens of thousands and many people cursing her after the audio leak, Xia Yue was furious and yelled at Liu Gang, "You idiot! Because of that recorded conversation, it's going to be hard for us to avoid losing the case!"

Hearing that Xia Yue knew he had recorded the conversation, Liu Gang was shocked, "How did you know I recorded the call?!"

Xia Yue sneered, "Not only do I know, but a whole bunch of netizens have heard it too! Are you just now realizing that the audio has been leaked?!"

Liu Gang's face turned pale, "N-No, I didn't leak it. My phone was stolen earlier, and I just got it back."

He suddenly realized, "It must be that damn thief who found my phone and uploaded it online!"

Xia Yue, infuriated, said, "It's not the time to investigate who uploaded it. You should think about how to defend yourself in court. If Lu Yao wins the lawsuit and we end up in jail, it's all your fault!"

Before Liu Gang could respond, Xia Yue hung up the phone.

Realizing the audio had been leaked by the thief, Liu Gang smashed his phone on the ground in frustration, covering his face in despair. He regretted not listening to Xia Yue's advice from the beginning; now it was too late.

After composing a heartfelt apology, Liu Gang quickly posted it on his personal account and deleted the previous lengthy Weibo post.

He hoped these remedial actions would persuade the judge to treat him leniently during the trial.