Chapter 11 — He Said The Marriage Certificate Was Fake, I Almost Laughed Out Loud

I already said it. Can't go back on my words anymore. He lied to me for ten years, saving his efforts to be a decent husband. But now... That "saving effort" has turned into the most expensive price of his life. 250,000,000 yuan. He threw it away himself. The phone rang. This is Luc Van Trung's voice message:

"WON LE!!! HAVE YOU SEEN THE VIDEO OF HIM RUNNING TO THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, BEGGING TO GET THE PAPER AGAIN!!!"

I replied:

“He probably wants to hit his head against the wall right now.”

“Not just crashing into the wall!”

Luc Van Trung sent a sixty-second voice clip, of which more than fifty seconds were laughter.

"Today he even asked his lawyer to send him an official letter! Guess what he said?"

“He said—”

“‘Considering that there is a de facto marriage relationship between Mr. Phuong Dat Chu and Ms. On Le lasting ten years, although the official registration procedure has not been completed, the two parties live together as husband and wife, so it is necessary to apply the legal regulations related to de facto marriage.’”

“‘Based on that, Mr. Phuong Dat Chu requests that all large valuable assets that Ms. On Le has recently acquired must be determined as common property.’”

I looked at that text, the corners of my lips curled deeper.

“Actual marriage?”

“Yes, he wants to use the so-called ‘de facto marriage’ to sue.”

“Is it possible to win?”

Luc Van Trung smiled coldly.

“After 1994, the law no longer recognized de facto marriage.”

“But most importantly —”

“What did he say at the wedding?”

“He said: ‘The marriage certificate is fake,’ ‘There is no legal marital relationship between us,’ ‘You are nothing.’”

“Those words are all on video and there are witnesses.”

“He himself denied the existence of a marital relationship.”

“Now turn around and say it's an actual marriage?”

“The judge is not stupid.”

“He was just like picking up a rock and hitting his own foot, and now he wanted to put the rock back in place — unfortunately his foot was crushed.”

I leaned back on the sofa and let out a long breath.

“Van Trung.”

“Help me answer his lawyer.”

“Just one sentence.”

"'Mr. Phuong publicly declared at an event on May Day that there is no legal marital relationship between him and Ms. On Le. Our side respects that statement, and based on it, affirms that Ms. On Le's personal assets are not related to Mr. Phuong's.'"

Phuong Dat Chu has collapsed. Complete collapse. Since the day the video in the civil affairs department climbed to the top of hot searches, his life was like a domino being pushed down. Each piece fell down one by one. The company's largest customer officially terminated the contract. The Lieu family sued, demanding a refund of the bride price and wedding expenses totaling 1,200,000 yuan. Lieu Man Ninh posted a long article on social networks, cursing Phuong Dat Chu from beginning to end, saying that she herself was also the one who was deceived, saying that Phuong Dat Chu once promised that he had resolved everything with his "ex-wife". Although no one believes her, at least... She has begun to cut off relations with Phuong Dat Chu. Phuong's mother was immediately hospitalized. High blood pressure. As for Phuong Dat Chu — He did the last thing. He found me. I don't know how he found out the new address. Maybe following Luc Van Trung. It could also be bribing someone. In short, that afternoon, I had just returned from the supermarket, carrying two bags of food and entering the building. The moment the elevator door opened. Phuong Dat Chu stood in front of my house. He lost a lot of weight. Deep sunken eye sockets, sunken chin with green beard, wrinkled shirt. Completely different from the man who a few weeks ago held his head high at the wedding. Seeing me walk out, his eyes immediately lit up. Step by step, step by step. I stood still, still carrying the supermarket bag in my hand. He stopped about a meter away from me. Stared at my face for a long time.