Chapter 22 — Divorce Keeps House

Each piece of evidence is like a lamp. Shine a light on their dark plans to the point where there's nowhere left to hide. Han Lap Xuyen's lawyer tried to argue that it was just an emotional conflict between husband and wife. Lawyer Manh only asked one question. "Emotional conflict, yet prepared a 1 yuan transfer agreement in advance?" The other party was silent. Lawyer Manh asked again. "Emotional conflict, but forging a power of attorney, forging loan documents, and luring a minor to write a declaration of custody rights?" The opponent was completely speechless. Near the end of the trial, the judge asked Han Lap Xuyen if he agreed to mediate. Han Lap Xuyen looked at me. "I agree." He said: "My family doesn't need it anymore, the children are raised by you." "Let's not divorce." The whole court was quiet. His eyes were red, his voice choked. "An Ninh, I'm just afraid of death." "It's not that I don't love you." I looked at him and suddenly remembered the wedding day seven years ago. He also held my hand and said he would let my mother and I live good days. But when the promise has turned into a knife, it's no longer worth remembering. I said quietly: "I do not agree to reconciliation." Han Lap Xuyen's expression cracked little by little. I kept saying, “I just need a divorce.” At this moment, Ma Ngoc Cam on the audience bench suddenly stood up, pointed straight at me and shouted. "Trinh An Ninh, don't you dare take the Han family's grandson away!" "I still have a statement written by the boy himself!" 21 What Ma Ngoc Cam took out was the statement that Tieu Du was tricked into signing. The paper was crumpled. The letters on it were scribbled. But she saw it as a lifeline. "Everyone, look carefully." "The child himself said he wanted to live with his father and grandmother." "This is not forced by us." The judge took the document, just glanced at it, his eyebrows furrowed tightly. Lawyer Manh submitted the report of homeroom teacher Tieu Du, psychological counseling records, and photos I took from the originals. In the photo, the sentence "Mom often doesn't come home and doesn't care about me" written by Tieu Du himself is in complete contrast to the boy's actual daily situation. The homeroom teacher demonstrated that I am always the main person in charge of communication between family and school. From hospital records, school contact books, gifted classes, to homework checks and parent meetings, the signatory is always me. My mother also provided notes about the baby's care. As for Han Lap Xuyen, except for the bloodline and this declaration, it is almost impossible to provide any evidence of long-term care. The most important thing is, Tieu Du then had a conversation with a psychologist. The boy said, his father forced him to write. Dad said, if the boy didn't write, he would be very upset. That statement doesn't help the house
The Han family won custody of the child. On the contrary, it becomes evidence that they exploit children. Ma Ngoc Cam collapsed on the chair right in court. Han Lap Xuyen lowered his head, unable to say another word. The verdict was not announced on the same day. But when I walked out of court, I was no longer afraid. One month later, the first instance judgment was served. The court approved the divorce. Tieu Du was raised by me. Han Lap Xuyen provides monthly alimony and has visitation rights. But visits must be scheduled in advance, and other relatives of the Han family must not be allowed to arbitrarily contact the child. The school district house, because the down payment mainly came from my personal assets before marriage and was given to me by my parents, the loan after marriage was also mainly shouldered by me, combined with the child's educational interests, so it was decided to belong to me. According to the law, I compensate Han Lap Xuyen with a small portion of the benefits corresponding to the loan debt that the couple paid together. Vehicles, savings, and investment money are divided according to actual capital contribution and cash flow. The "relative loans" that Han Lap Xuyen declared, due to conflicting evidence, reverse cash flow, and unclear cash origin, were not accepted. Han Duc Hai, Ma Ngoc Cam and Han Lap Dan, also for things such as falsifying power of attorney, harassing schools and agencies, fabricating fake debt... should be investigated and handled in turn. The anonymous denunciation email at the company was officially determined to be malicious defamation. The company's legal team has coordinated with the police to provide sufficient evidence. The general boss then called me in to talk once. He said: "An Ninh, the matter of asking you to take leave last time was because the company did not think carefully." I said okay. But in my heart it's very clear. In the future, whether at work or in marriage, I will never use silence to exchange for face again. Reputation is not something you can gain by being patient. But you have to maintain the boundaries to be able to change it. Tieu Du has changed to a new psychologist. At first, the boy still woke up startled in the middle of the night. The boy often asked me if his father would die.