Uproar...
Numerous journalists and media personnel were in an uproar:
"Good grief, well, well, this is a heaven-shaking reversal. Turns out Yin Yue has a story like this..."
"I originally thought these two old folks were quite pitiful, but why do I find them so detestable now...?"
"Isn't this purely extortion of a family's last heirs? Not only did they usurp the inheritance left by her parents, but they also constantly threatened her career and kept demanding money from her—twenty million, no less... What a lion's share..."
These journalists and media personnel couldn't stop complaining, while aiming their cameras at Yins Father and Yins Mother. This was big news!
What people loved to see most was celebrity gossip, and top star Yin Yue being subjected to family inheritance extortion...
This was definitely going to be an explosive piece of news!
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Vocational University!
Old Friend: "Ouch... Old Wu! It looks like public opinion can be reversed; the situation is pointing a bit toward those two old folks."
Wu Yue's eyes lit up: "I knew Zhu Zheng would definitely have a way. How could he let the other side strike like this?"
"Turns out there was a backup plan after all..."
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Gu Chuan: "Interesting! It looks like Qin Jiang might not necessarily lose..."
Leng Tong: "How so...?"
Gu Chuan: "Clearly, Yin Yue's case has nothing to do with the case being tried today. It was brought up on the spot by Yins Father and Yins Mother, yet Zhu Zheng and the others had already prepared their counterattack materials so thoroughly. Most importantly, they waited until Yins Father and Yins Mother finished speaking before striking back..."
"What does this mean? It means they came prepared, and it means they are extremely confident about this matter..."
Leng Tong: "Can you tell that much? But even if Yins Father and Yins Mother treat Yin Yue poorly, as you said, it has nothing to do with the current case, and that video just now couldn't be faked."
Gu Chuan: "Let's wait and see..."
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Ye Ze: "Things are getting interesting..."
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Dongfang Zhanyue: "I knew he wouldn't be defeated so easily; he must have made some preparations."
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Old Master Lin: "What's going on? How did they let the situation reverse? This public opinion trend is going to be hard to control."
"Damn it! What are those old man and old woman thinking? With that video around, what's the point of saying all this useless stuff...?"
"Seizing on the video to nail Qin Jiang to the cross is the top priority. Bringing up things outside of this case will only backfire."
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Bang!
Ma Jun, who was rushing to the scene, looked grim: "What are those lawyers good for? What did I spend so much money hiring them for...? Didn't they see that the situation at the scene was wrong? Why aren't they pulling the situation back on track?"
"Trash! They're all trash! In that case, wasn't the public opinion we just built up completely wasted...?"
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And just as they expected, countless people watching the reversed footage on their televisions were shocked beyond measure. They had originally thought Yins Father and Yins Mother were the victims, but now they saw that they weren't any good either.
"Damn it! Yin Yue is such a good person; turns out her original family background is so tragic..."
"Those two thousand-slash scumbags, they actually extorted family assets and even dared to threaten Yin Yue. They really deserve to die..."
"Whether Qin Jiang deserves to die is another matter, but these two people, in my opinion, thoroughly deserve to die..."
At this moment:
Their sympathy for Yins Father and Yins Mother vanished completely, and they felt that such victims were imperfect victims.
Some of Yin Yue's avid fans even thought: People like Yins Father and Yins Mother deserved to be bullied by others.
It was a case of villains meeting their match!
They brought it upon themselves, and it served them right!
Although public opinion wouldn't swing directly in favor of Qin Jiang—after all, this matter had no great connection to what was in the video just now—it subconsciously diluted the extreme disgust people felt toward Qin Jiang, shifting it instead onto Yins Father and Yins Mother.
Public opinion... was gradually reversing!
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Courtroom!
Hearing the recording and video evidence produced by the Black Dragon legal team, Yins Father and Yins Mother looked flustered. They never expected that such things would have been recorded.
How was it recorded?
Who recorded it?
Why was it so clear, and there was even video!
How could they know that Yin Yue, who managed to fight her way out of such an environment, could just be manipulated at will?
No! She was fighting back too!
She recorded every time Yins Father and Yins Mother demanded money from her, and later even recorded videos, all so that one day, if she couldn't satisfy their appetites and they stirred things up in the media, she would have this evidence to clear her name.
Never had she imagined it would be used today!
Yins Father: "Fake! All of this is fabricated..."
Black Dragon Lawyer: "Fabricated? This is a courtroom; fabricating evidence is illegal. If you can call the video fabricated, can I also say that the video you produced is fabricated?"
Yins Mother: "We are a family, what's wrong with asking for some money...? Your video doesn't prove anything... Much of it was said in anger... Our relationship with Yin Yue is great..."
Black Dragon Lawyer: "Great relationship... Is that so...?"
Yins Mother: "Of course! We are close relatives! Even if bones are broken, the tendons remain connected; our relationship has always been very good! Your videos and recordings are taken out of context..."
"Haha..." Zhu Zheng: "You say we took things out of context, you say your relationship with Yin Yue is good... Then I have no choice but to invite the parties involved."
"Yin Yue! Come out!"
The next moment.
A woman wearing a duckbill cap and dark glasses stepped out from the crowd of reporters and media personnel, removing her hat and glasses.
It was none other than the top star: Yin Yue!
What?
Yins Father and Yins Mother widened their eyes:
"Yin Yue? Why are you here?"
Countless reporters and media personnel at the scene were equally shocked. A top superstar, the protagonist at the center of this hot-button event, was actually right beside them.
Uproar...
These people immediately aimed their long lenses and short cannons at Yin Yue:
"Ms. Yin Yue, is what they just said true? Did your aunt and uncle really extort your family's assets?"
"Ms. Yin Yue, did your aunt and uncle really threaten you for money? What is your relationship with them really like...?"
"Ms. Yin Yue, is the recording and video played just now real...?"
To this,
Yin Yue said very calmly: "I can only say that the video and recordings just now were all recorded by my own hands, and they are authentic!"
"To my aunt and uncle, I only want to say one sentence: From now on, we have no ties whatsoever—we are severing family relations!"
[Severing family ties]
As soon as these two words came out, they basically nailed down the conclusion to what had just happened: Yins Father and Yins Mother were malicious people who extorted family assets and sucked blood from Yin Yue, by no means kind-hearted folks!
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Yins Father: "How dare you sever family ties with us..."
Yins Mother: "You... on what grounds... we raised you..."
Yin Yue: "You raised me? It was the inheritance left by my father and mother that raised me, and I used less than a tenth of those assets. Combined with the money I've given you over these past few years, I don't owe you anything now!"
Yins Father and Yins Mother: "You..."
In an instant, the bullied, honest images that Yins Father and Yins Mother had managed to build up completely collapsed...
Black Dragon's first battle of counterattack:
Complete victory!