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Johnson is a big badass who always takes pleasure in blackmailing people.

By IversonPublished 2 years ago 4 min read

Johnson is a big bad guy who always takes pleasure in blackmailing others. One day, a black cat accidentally jumped into his house while catching mice. He recognized that it was raised by his neighbor, lawyer Jack, and rolled his eyes to let Shangxin come.

  Johnson went into the kitchen, took out half of the fish tail left over from the morning and threw it to the ground, then ran to Jack's house in a huff and said, "Dear Mr. Lawyer, if someone else's cat steals my food, then the cat's owner Should I lose money for my cat?"

  Jack didn't know what Johnson meant, so he nodded and said, "Of course."

  Johnson was very happy, and immediately pulled Jack and said, "Well, please come to my house to have a look."

  When Jack arrived at Johnson's house, he saw his cat lying on the ground eating fish tails, and immediately understood what was going on.

  At this time, Johnson put his hand under his nose and said, "My barrister, now your cat has eaten my fish. I bought this fish for $10. After it is cooked and processed, it is worth at least $20. Please pay!"

  Jack had long heard of Johnson's notoriety and knew that he was blackmailing himself. So, he said calmly: "Okay, I can pay you money, but you have to understand that I am a lawyer, and I charge $30 for any questions I ask. After deducting the $20 I pay you, you have to ask me $10."

  Johnson was held speechless, and finally reluctantly withdrew his hand.

  Afterwards, Johnson held a grudge and was always planning how to get revenge on Jack.

  One day, Johnson went to a friend's supermarket and saw Jack's buddy Hans working in the supermarket with his coat thrown on the cargo box. He wanted to frame Hans and attack Jack, so while his friend was out, he opened the drawer at the counter, took out five hundred dollars, and quietly stuffed it into Hans' coat pocket.

  After a while, the friend came back and found that the money was short, so he asked Johnson what happened. Johnson pointed to Hans and said, "He stole the money, and the money was in the clothes in the cargo box."

  A friend found the five hundred dollars in Hans' clothes, and naturally believed Johnson's words and immediately called the police. That day, Hans was arrested for theft.

  When Jack heard about this, he not only took the initiative to visit Hans, but also acted as his defence counsel.

  Jack and Hans were good friends from childhood to adulthood. Back then, when they had no money, they lived together in a dilapidated house. Because of the torrential rain for several days and nights, the dilapidated house suddenly collapsed, and a bulky prefabricated board fell from the sky and hit Jack directly. In order to save Jack, Hans lifted the prefabricated board with his hands. As a result, Jack was saved, but Hans' hand was pressed under the prefabricated board. Therefore, a friend like this who is so righteous can't believe that he will steal if he kills Jack.

  Jack learned about the incident from Hans and guessed that Johnson might be framing him. But at that time, there was no other witness in the store except Johnson, and the money was found from Hans' pocket, so there was no way to prove that Hans was framed.

  Jack decided that since he couldn't prove Hans' innocence, he would find a way to exempt him from prison. As for how to get rid of it, he already had a bottom line in his heart.

  On the day of the theft trial, Johnson stood on the witness stand, insisting that he saw Hans steal his friend's money, and asked the judge to punish Hans severely.

  After a while, it was Jack's turn to defend. Jack stood up and asked Johnson, "Did you really see Hans taking money from the drawer?"

  "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes," Mr. Johnson vowed.

  Jack asked again, "Then which hand did he hold it in?"

  Without thinking, Johnson said, "It's the right hand."

  Jack smiled and nodded, then turned to the judge and said, "Your Honor, since Johnson saw that my client was holding the money with his right hand, I am willing to plead guilty on his behalf..."

  Hans, who was standing in the dock, heard this and looked at Jack in shock, not knowing what he was going to do. Johnson laughed smugly and thought to himself: Jack, Jack, I didn't expect you to be helpless!

  At this moment, Jack suddenly turned his words, stared at the judge sharply and said, "But Hans' hand is not equal to his whole person, how can he punish the whole person for a crime with one hand?"

  The judge had never heard of this statement, so he felt very fresh. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Since the opinion of the defence counsel has some truth, I decided to accept it. Now the defendant's right hand is sentenced to six months in prison, and it is up to him to decide whether the defendant is willing to go to prison with his right hand."

  Hans heard that he was going to jail, and immediately cried out irritably: "I didn't steal anything, I was wronged!"

  At this time, Jack walked towards him quickly, grabbed his right hand, and then pulled it hard, and a plastic fake hand was removed: It turned out that in the accident, Hans' right hand was due to the prefabricated board. It was amputated after being pressed for a long time, causing nerve necrosis, and a prosthetic hand was installed afterwards. Due to the strong workmanship and color simulation effect of the prosthetic hand, no one knew the secret except Jack and Hans themselves. Jack presented the prosthetic hand to the judge's case, smiled and said, "The defendant still wants to work part-time to make money, of course he doesn't want to go to jail with this hand. Thank you, Your Honor, for your wise judgment. "After saying that, he threw a contemptuous smile at the surprised Johnson, and then turned and left the courtroom with Hans with one hand.

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Iverson

Hi, I'm from Spain and love writing.

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