Chapter 13 — Because of his ex-wife, he lost everything

That man's last name is Chu, he opened a private investment fund management company, has quite a lot of assets, has been divorced once, and has no children. Tham Duong was introduced to him through a friend. The two have been going back and forth for a while now. Rumor has it that Tham Duong claims to outsiders that she is a single mother divorced from her husband, her ex-husband doesn't care about the children, she is bitter enough to raise her children alone, creating the perfect image of a single mother who is both strong and weak.

"She's really deep in acting," her friend scrolled through the messages on her phone, clicked her tongue in surprise, "She also said her ex-husband didn't care, Luc Hanh Chu almost took off his underwear and gave it to her, why didn't she feel embarrassed when she said that?"

I didn't say anything, I just found it funny. Because of Tham Duong and Duong Duong, Luc Hanh Chu destroyed his own peaceful marriage, transferred fifty thousand of his savings to her, sold an entire house to pay off debt, and in the end Tham Duong told outsiders that "her ex-husband doesn't care about the children". I don't know what feeling Luc Hanh Chu will feel when he hears this sentence. But I don't agree with him at all. People always have to pay the price for their choices. If he chooses Tham Duong, he must endure everything that Tham Duong brings. Good or bad, it's all his own doing. But what I didn't expect was that a larger "melon" (drama) was still behind. About two weeks later, lawyer Chau called me. Since helping me complete the divorce procedure, she and I have maintained a pretty good relationship, occasionally meeting to drink tea. Her voice on the phone had a tone like "Sit still, I'll tell you this story".

“Dan Thanh, do you still remember your ex-husband's son Luc Gia Duong?”

I paused for a moment: "Duong Duong? What's wrong?"

"There was a colleague of mine recently who was taking on a case where the first wife went looking for the third child to reclaim the couple's common property. That third child was Tham Duong, her ex-husband's ex-wife. During the investigation, many things emerged." Lawyer Chau paused for a moment, "There's something I think you should know - that child named Luc Gia Duong is not your ex-husband's biological child."

My hand holding the phone suddenly tightened.

“What do you mean?”

“It means, the biological father of that child named Luc Gia Duong is someone else, not Luc Hanh Chu.” Lawyer Chau said every word, "This is information collected during the investigation of the case, very reliable."

There was a buzzing sound in my head, all the pieces of information instantly connected together. Tham Duong had an affair in the past, Luc Hanh Chu found out and asked for a divorce. But after the divorce, Tham Duong always used Duong Duong to tie him down, saying that it was his child, he couldn't help but take care of it. Luc Hanh Chu never did a DNA test, because Duong Duong was born during their marriage, he automatically assumed it was his child. But what if the child was not originally his? So all these years, the money he gave to Tham Duong, spent on Duong Duong, his wobbly behavior between the two families and then personally destroyed his marriage, everything he sacrificed for Duong Duong - everything. It's all a ridiculous joke.

“Are you sure?” I asked, my voice shaking slightly.

“The information has been verified during the investigation process, it cannot be wrong.” Lawyer Chau said, "Furthermore, my colleagues also discovered that over the years, Tham Duong has always kept in contact with Duong Duong's biological father. That man does business, has a family, and often transfers money to Tham Duong. So Tham Duong is basically not short of money. The money she extorted from Luc Hanh Chu is one that she spends herself, and two is that she invests in it."