Wangzhu listened to Gu Chen’s words, standing there with her head down, saying nothing.
The trial continued in the courtroom.
Wangzhu had completely shut herself off, not wanting to hear anything.
She felt that her anxiety was about to fully break out.
Wangzhu was filled with anger toward Liu Jun.
Why did Liu Jun have to commit suicide?
If he loved her, he shouldn’t have killed himself, leaving her to be scolded by so many people.
Even to the extreme, did Liu Jun have no problems himself?
Did everything Liu Jun did have to be right?
The judge, Li Kang, looked at Wangzhu and said, "The defendant may now make a statement."
Yet, Wangzhu acted as if she hadn’t heard anything.
The judge Li Kang spoke again: "Defendant Wangzhu, you may speak now, or you can choose not to. You may remain silent in court."
The intention behind Li Kang’s words was clear enough.
If Wangzhu chose not to speak, they could move on to the next step.
Finally, Wangzhu opened her mouth to speak.
Wangzhu said, "I don’t listen, I don’t think what the plaintiff’s lawyer says is completely wrong, we were just covering daily expenses of our relationship, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with him spending money on me, I want to ask everyone a question."
Wangzhu looked at the audience, "Don’t men and women both spend money when dating? Isn’t it normal to transfer money for holidays and such?"
Hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live stream were watching Wangzhu’s statements.
Many women supported Wangzhu too.
[Indeed, dating costs money...]
[But spending money is one thing, it’s not right to keep asking for money.]
[Why date if you can’t afford it? Isn’t supporting a girlfriend supposed to cost money?]
[Yes, a woman’s youth is money, isn’t it normal for a man to spend some money?]
[Men enjoy dating women and then want to freeload? If you have no money, don’t date, it’s embarrassing.]
Wangzhu continued, "Assume Liu Jun hadn’t died, we dated for two years and broke up, and he asks me to return all the expenses during the dating period, do you think that’s reasonable?"
"I dated him, also invested a lot of emotions and time, but after breaking up, he asks me to give back the dating expenses, why? Who compensates my youth, is it fair?"
"If that’s the way it is, how can we girls dare to date? A man dates you for years, then doesn’t want to anymore and breaks up, then turns around and asks for all the money back. They don’t pay a penny, no loss for them, but what about me?"
Wangzhu was somewhat indignant and continued, "I broke up with Liu Jun because he often lost his temper with me, he didn’t treat me well at all, did he think transferring money was being good to me? When I needed him, was he there? Did he ever care when I had menstrual cramps, just saying ’drink more hot water,’ did that help?"
"I was going to marry him and have his children, without me, could he have kids? A woman’s youth is the most precious, I invested two years, even if I initiated the breakup, it’s all because of Liu Jun, he didn’t treat me well at all, do I only care about money? Liu Jun manipulated me, how could I keep dating him like that?"
"So, I chose to break up."
"As a result, Liu Jun jumped into the river, he thought he loved me very much, but it was just to pressure me, morally blackmail me, what does his jumping into the river have to do with me?"
"You only saw the chat logs and thought I was such and such a person, but do you know what kind of person Liu Jun was?"
"He was extreme, a very, very extreme person, I was afraid of him, I wanted to avoid him, to break up with him, so I cold-shouldered him for a long time, I didn’t want him to pester me anymore. If he weren’t extreme, why would he jump into the river?"
Wangzhu said, "Now he’s jumped into the river, and you say the dead are greater, everyone scolds me, demands an explanation from me, but what does this have to do with me? I just wanted to break up, I just wanted to end this relationship, he was so extreme, manipulated me, how could I dare continue loving him? But he threatens to jump if we don’t date, what could I do?"
Wangzhu said, "Is this fair? Is this fair to me, a vulnerable girl? Now he’s satisfied, I’m cyberbullied by everyone, I still have to return all the money spent during dating, Lawyer Gu, do you think this is fair?"
As Wangzhu spoke, she looked at Gu Chen, perceiving herself entirely as the victim.
Even without a lawyer, she stood there fighting for her rights.
She didn’t want to give back a single cent, those were the funds Liu Jun gave her, after two years of dating, he wants it back with one line?
Why?
Wangzhu said, "Liu Jun even domestically abused me, often scolded and hit me, he wasn’t good to me at all, and whenever there was a holiday, all he did was transfer money, I feel this kind of love is not the love I want."
"Liu Jun also played games with other women, how could I not be angry? Couldn’t I be upset? He played games with this person and that person all the time, without spending time with me."
"He didn’t accompany me, didn’t care about me, when things happened, all he did was give me money, is it money I want? Do I care about his money? I’m afraid to be with someone so extreme."
Wangzhu picked up the medical report in her hand and said, "I’m depressed now, satisfied? Liu Xiaonian, I understand you want to help your brother, but your brother Liu Jun committed suicide, no one made him do it, why don’t you think about why Liu Jun committed suicide, isn’t it because he was too extreme?"
"Liu Xiaonian, you only lost a brother and are cyberbullying me, if your brother’s death is my fault, if I pushed him down, then I’d admit guilt, you can have the judge sentence me to death, I don’t care."
"But what does Liu Jun’s death have to do with me? Wasn’t it his own choice? He died, and now I have to bear tremendous mental pressure, bear the insults of the whole internet, even my personal reputation has taken a hit, how can I talk about love again, or get married in the future? Who could like me anymore? Who takes responsibility for all this, should I?"
Wangzhu said, "It’s not fair! This isn’t fair!"
"So, I won’t return the money, much of it was transferred to me by Liu Jun himself, as gifts, and my emotional damages, two years of youth demand compensation."
"That concludes my statement."
In any case, Wangzhu was unwilling to return even a penny, if it was called fraud, she disagreed.
She just wanted some spending money, how is that fraud?
Even if she deceived Liu Jun slightly, he transferred the money willingly.
Now to return it? Why?