Because it was a custody case, involving underage children, the hearing was conducted in a small reception room, with the judge being a kindly old man with white-flecked hair.
There was no jury, no solemn courtroom, just one judge and an assistant, as well as Long Yutian and Xia Yanxin, and their respective lawyers.
"The plaintiff... Mr. Long, you may speak first!" The judge adjusted his glasses and looked at the young couple before him.
