Chapter 10 — Divorcing the Cold Battalion Commander

He turned his head to look at me, his eyes filled with pleading.

"To Van, I'm your husband. Say something, say you voluntarily give money to the family."

“As long as you don't prosecute, this matter can be resolved as a family matter.”

He almost crawled forward, wanting to grab my arm. I took a step back and looked at him coldly.

“Family matter?”

"When you guys colluded to lock me and a stranger in the warehouse, wanting to ruin my reputation, why didn't you think about me being your wife?"

"Now you want me to take the blame for you? Luc Xuyen, dream."

I turned to look at Tham Nghien.

"Comrade Tham, I am officially denouncing Luc Xuyen for covering up fraud and requesting the organization to approve our divorce."

The corners of Luc Xuyen's eyes were red and he screamed loudly.

"I don't agree. I'm a soldier, as long as I don't agree, don't try to get a divorce."

Tham Nghien raised his hand to adjust his collar, his voice cold.

“Military marriages are protected, but legal marriages are protected.”

"Luc Xuyen is suspected of violating discipline and violating the law. He is no longer worthy of wearing this military uniform. Your application for divorce will be specially handled by the organization and can be approved tomorrow."

Luc Xuyen exhausted his strength and fell to the floor. 10. Half a month later, the verdict of the Military Region Disciplinary Committee was issued. Lam Mieu's father is a criminal, she herself sold military medicine, harmed others, and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. The day she was escorted away, I stood and watched at the gate of the dormitory. She wore a yellow prison outfit, her face became yellow and haggard. Seeing me, she gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with resentment.

"To Van, don't be complacent, if it weren't for Tham Nghien meddling in other people's affairs, you would have been trampled under my feet long ago!"

I laughed.

"Step on me? What are you using to step on?"

"Rely on your criminal father who is afraid of running away, or on that coward who doesn't dare to say a word for you, Luc Xuyen?"

“Lam Mieu, these 8 years, please stay in there and repent.”

She collapsed, screamed and tried to rush forward, but the police held her tightly and put her in the car. As for Luc's mother, for swindling welfare money and conspiring to plant drugs, she was sentenced to 5 years. I heard that in the detention center, every day she cursed Luc Xuyen for being unscrupulous, cursing Lam Mieu as a comet. As for Luc Xuyen, he was stripped of his military citizenship and military rank. Convicted of covering up and knowing the situation without reporting it, he was sentenced to 3 years of labor reform and had to repay all the money he defrauded. The Luc family's old house was confiscated to pay off the debt, and Luc Xuyen's younger brother was also sent back to his hometown. The day the divorce procedure was completed, it was raining lightly. Luc Xuyen wore handcuffs, was escorted by two officers, and prepared to go to the re-education camp. He saw me coming and stopped walking. At this time, he had a stubble and no longer looked as cool as before. He stared at the divorce certificate in my hand.

“Van Van…”

His voice was hoarse, his eyes were red.

"If that day... you weren't biased towards Lam Mieu, immediately opened the door, hugged me home, wouldn't we have ended up in this situation?"

I looked at the man the original owner once loved and just felt so sad.

“There are no ifs.”

“Your selfishness and greed, it is deeply ingrained in your blood.”

“Luc Xuyen, you don't love Lam Mieu, you don't love me, you only love yourself and your future.”

“These 3 years are a debt I have to pay.”

I turned and walked away, not looking at him again. Behind me, Luc Xuyen's suppressed crying sounded, but I didn't stop walking. Outside the military compound, a Jeep parked on the side of the road. Tham Nghien was wearing civilian clothes, leaning against the car door, her eyebrows still exuding a cold look, but no longer oppressing others like before.