Cecile walked inside the hearing room with Harry"s team when Harry pulled Collin hand to stop him from entering the room."What is your plan for her in-law?" he looked at him.
"I wanted to buy her family company and put it under my wife name as my wedding present. However, I have to recount my fund as we make my grand marriage party tonight," he let his mind out to his best friend.
"Jun knew your simple mind. He already instructed Jason to start the take-over of your in-law company. We can"t beat his ability to mind reader among us," Harry patted his best friend back.
"How can he do it? I didn"t even tell him about my plan." Collin played with hair and followed harry entered the hearing room.
In the room, there were a judge, Cecile, Harry team of the lawyer, Cecile"s stepmother and her lawyer with a typewriter. The judge gives an opening of the hearing statement from both of the lawyer. Cecile stepmother argument that Cecile filial duty as the only daughter of the family. They insisted that she need to carry on her duty as the only daughter in the family. The parent has the right to arrange her marriage as she didn"t show any interests about settling down. it worried her father as they grew older.
"Your honour, Please allowed me to present evidence to this court about the duty of parent that never had pa.s.sed to my client. She was in a boarding school from the age of 5 years old. it started when the plaintiff arrived as the new lady in the house with her son. There is another evident for plaintiff son gambling debt and the family company financial report. Apparently, Plaintiff received some sum of money in the replacement of the marriage of my client and the son from the Xie family. My client suffered from a physiological and traumatic event from the plaintiff action to hurt my client. We would like to plea for maximum punishment and as my client filial duty for her stepmother. We will not push or demand any financial loss, your honour," Harry argument to the judge. He stood in the room to present his argument. They knew Madame Ma only used the old lawyer from the Xie family. His reputation was famous for a timid lawyer. Even Cecile knew that the outcome of this hearing will favour her side.
"Your honour, my client received the money as dowry from her in-law family, I believed it was a normal practice in marriage ceremonial. the defendant lawyer coaching his argument into this hearing by brought a piece of irrelevant evidence to this hearing," The lawyer defensive argument to the court.
"I object your honour. the evidence presented that Ma family is in huge debt due to my client stepbrother. another evidence presented will show you that they are not related by blood. how can a father sacrifice his own blood for an unrelated blood son and demanded a filial duty from my client? Please bring justice on this court due on all the evidence presented your honour," Hary smashed out the argument from the defendant lawyer.
As predicted, the judge granted the 3 months locked up and 1 years community services. Madame Ma shocked to hear the judge and she was not happy. She told to her lawyer to appeal the decision which made Harry wanted to laugh. Her timid old lawyer scared with Harry reputation. He knows his reputation was way bellow Harry in the court. Whilst Harry managed to handle big corporation such as s.h.i.+n Corporation, He only managed to handle a small company like Xie Corporation. It was like comparing sardines with a whale in the ocean.
"Madame Ma, I will ask the judge for extra time to think. However, my best advice is to accept the decision," the lawyer advised her.
"How I will explain to Mr Xie about his dowry? My son already finished it," Madame Ma muttered to herself.
The lawyer kept quiet but in his mind, he was despised and cursed her. Sometimes, he hates his job.
The court officer came and detained Madame Ma. She escorted back to her detaining cell.
Meanwhile, harry congratulate his team hard work. Collin put his arm to Cecile"s hips whilst she bows and offers her sincere grat.i.tude to Harry and his team. She left Collin and give the judge handshake as a courtesy for her fellow colleague.
Mr Xie lawyer walked out from the court and reported everything to the young master Xie. He is young and handsome. However, he doesn"t have any respect for women. He think women is disposable at his will. In his mind, women are his entertainment and toy. He is getting furious with Cecile. It was a hard job to tame this girl and it made him challenged.
Alan Xie instructed his a.s.sistant to buy him ticket to meet Cecile. He need to dirty his hand to take away his wife. He just didn"t realise that Cecile belong to Collin.
Alan boards his plane in haste after in contact with his hong kong triad from Kowloon. They will meet in Imperial. Alan wanted to kidnap Cecile and marries her. she belongs to him only.
A Min phone got the message about the Kowloon triad arrived into Imperial. He immediately instructed his subordinate to pick them up from the airport. They need to know their reason to come to Imperial. This is the standard procedure from Liam tried to control the underworld.
Everyone was busy to prepare for the wedding of Collin and Cecile. Dan gets his best team to arrange entertainment and decoration. Cheryl gave him the input of the design for the decoration. In the lobby of the ballroom will be turned to a magical forest with crystal chandelier and full tree and gra.s.s with the soil. There will be a man-made river with a small waterfall. In the corner, there will be a quartet of violin players who will welcome the guest.
Harry a.s.sistant got a big headache as he got instructed to a.s.sist Mia with the guest list. Harry made sure his a.s.sistant will do her job and will not burden his woman with whole lot of task. Harry didn"t know that Jun told Bella to take Mia with her and get ready for the party. The four lady of the house tonight are Bella, Cheryl, Cecile and Mia.