137: Talk about money, don't talk about anything else

Facts prove that many cases, once truly investigated, are actually very simple.

Neither of them were questioned much after being taken away; they confessed on their own.

The reason was simple: Old Liu directly checked their phones. Although they had deleted the chat records about “how to call the police,” they were quickly recovered.

Showing them the records, both quickly confessed.

What you think of as deleting chat records is only what you think it is.

To truly delete them, the simplest way is to change phones, throw away the old phone directly, and don't bother with data cloning or anything like that.

There are some rumors that these records can be retrieved from a certain goose (Tencent), but how should I put it, I don't know about high-level cases, but it's impossible for ordinary cases.

For a case like this, if the Nanyun Branch were to send a letter requesting retrieval, they would only receive a routine reply: We do not store chat records on our servers.

Chat records for ordinary criminal cases are all recovered through technical means.

In short, Liu Jiale and Wu Yufang were stunned when they saw the chat records, because in the chat records, they spoke very clearly.

It was mainly Wu Yufang who proposed it. She knew she had cheated, and if they really went to Court, she might not get much of the house or money.

So she thought about whether she could make Zhang Yunfan go to jail. As long as he went to jail, the money at home would be hers to do with as she pleased, and the house could also be dealt with freely.

The idea was good, and the implementation was also very successful. If it weren't for Zhou Yun, there was a high possibility that this case would have resulted in a conviction.

But now, the situation has suddenly reversed. Wu Yufang is in detention, while Zhang Yunfan is outside, and he has already filed for divorce.

And outside, Zhou Yun finally had some free time. Once the person was sent in, everything became easier to handle.

After all, the core of the problem is the person. If you can't solve the problem, you solve the person who raised the problem, and then the problem is no longer a problem.

It's unlikely that the Court will hold a hearing at the Detention Center, because if those two have a good attitude, they should be granted bail.

But it doesn't matter; the subsequent matters will be decided by Zhang Yunfan himself.

If he wants to handle it quickly, then he can use the letter of understanding as leverage. On one hand, it will make Wu Yufang divorce quickly, and all the money that should be returned will be returned.

If he doesn't want to forgive, it doesn't matter. Zhou Yun will naturally find a way to get all those insurances back, but it will be very troublesome. It's not the judgment, but the execution, and execution is always the most troublesome.

Inside the office, listening to Zhou Yun's words, Zhang Yunfan's face showed some hesitation as he said, “Zhou Lawyer, what is your suggestion? Should I sign the letter of understanding?”

Zhou Yun smiled and said, “This is for you to decide, but if you insist on asking me, my suggestion is to see how much benefit you can get from this letter of understanding!”

The adult world is like this: either you choose pure emotional venting, saying that you don't care about anything and just want the other party to go to jail, which is definitely fine.

Even the Procuratorate cannot say anything, because this is your right and freedom as a victim.

Or you cast aside all emotions and analyze from a purely practical perspective.

One thing to absolutely note: don't try to have it all, wanting to vent emotions and get all the benefits at the same time. That's not how it works.

If you try to have it all, the consequence is that your emotions are not fully vented, and you don't get all the benefits.

And Zhou Yun's suggestion is to proceed purely from the perspective of interests.

“There is a point of view in psychology: if you hesitate between one and two, then you must choose two, because if one is good enough, you wouldn't have a second thought.”

“Specifically for this case, divorce is definitely possible, the key is the division of property. As the situation stands, the other party can still get a share of the property.”

This is true. Don't be fooled by novels and TV shows where people often leave with nothing; in reality, the Court generally won't rule that way, especially for women.

Custody is the same; never mind the age, unless the woman explicitly doesn't want it, it will generally be awarded to the woman.

Basically, friends who frequently handle divorce cases know that it's not simply that the law dictates how property is divided; there are too many twists and turns.

In this regard, even Zhou Yun has no solution, because the judge can exercise discretion.

Once the judge starts “exercising discretion,” then any lawyer, no matter how good, is useless.

You talk about cheating or not cheating, and the judge simply says that the woman has made a great contribution to the family by taking care of the child, and then makes a discretionary judgment on how much money. What can you do?

Civil judgments, especially divorce judgments, contain too many absurd situations.

For example, many people know about the incident that once caused a huge shock in China's legal community, where a certain judge quoted large sections of the Bible in the reasoning part of a divorce judgment.

Yes, you read that right, it's the Bible you're thinking of.

What can you do when you encounter such a situation? You have no way at all. This has nothing to do with your legal professional ability or anything else.

It's a good thing for a judge to be willing to explain their reasoning, which is why some in the legal community supported it at the time. However, what is our trial principle? “Based on facts, with law as the criterion.”

Leaving aside other things, is the Bible a fact or a law?

So Zhou Yun has always disliked handling divorce lawsuits, because it's not enough to just be in the right.

After listening to Zhou Yun's analysis, Zhang Yunfan frowned. He hadn't expected there to be so many intricacies involved.

“She's like that, and she can still get a lot of money when we divorce, right? I really am…”

Zhang Yunfan wanted to curse, but he couldn't in front of Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun smiled: “So this is my suggestion to you: make good use of that letter of understanding. Maybe you can make her leave with nothing, which is something many divorce cases can't achieve.”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunfan was moved: “If I can really make her leave with nothing, that would be fine, but…”

Zhou Yun directly said: “There's no ‘but.’ Is it money we want? What we want is her attitude!”

“If she can't even leave with nothing, how can she be considered to have recognized her mistake?”

It was Zhou Yun's favorite ‘attitude problem’ again, and once it came down to attitude, it was easy to handle.

Zhang Yunfan was dumbfounded. It seemed… it seemed logically sound.

However, was this Lawyer Zhou's mental state truly normal? He had some doubts.

Zhou Yun continued: “As for Liu Jiale, just tell him to pay the fifty thousand. Don't talk about having already paid thirty thousand; if he wants to talk reason, tell him to go talk to the Court.”

Zhang Yunfan nodded. Weighing it like this, he felt it was acceptable.

Especially his wife… ex-wife, he really understood her after all these years; she was particularly fond of money.

If she really had to leave with nothing, it would probably hurt like cutting flesh, which could also be considered a form of revenge.

“Zhou Lawyer, let's do it this way. I'll listen to you!”