Chapter 6 — He Said The Marriage Certificate Was Fake, I Almost Laughed Out Loud

I received the milk tea and took a sip.

“It's been ten years.”

“For the first time I feel… someone stands up to demand justice for me.”

Luc Van Trung looked at me, his eyes slightly red.

“Stop being so cheesy.” I pulled her forward. “Come on, I'll invite you to dinner.”

"You invited me? For 100,000 yuan?"

“Yes, equal to 100,000 yuan.”

I laughed.

"Last meal from the Phuong family."

That meal was extremely comfortable. A small roadside restaurant, ordering a full table of food. Luc Van Trung drank two bottles of beer and cursed Phuong Dat Chu for two hours.

“Do you know why I haven't contacted you in five years?”

She was lying on the table, her eyes red.

“In my third year of college, when you met Phuong Dat Chu, I already said he was not a good person.”

“But you don't listen.”

“After you 'got married', he told you to stop contacting him.”

“But you really don't keep in touch.”

"I called, you didn't pick up. Messaged WeChat, you responded more and more slowly."

"I know it's not your fault. It's because of that dog."

“But I don't have any evidence, so I can't help…”

She vigorously rubbed the bridge of her nose.

“It's good now.”

“You finally escaped that doghouse.”

I gave her a piece of ribs.

“Van Trung, it won't be like that in the future.”

She snorted, stuffing the ribs into her mouth.

“If you're still stupid enough to come back to look for him, I'll break off all ties with you.”

"No."

Not forever. When I got back to the hotel, after showering and lying on the bed, I opened my phone and took a look. Phuong Dat Chu's missed calls: 27 calls. WeChat messages: 42 messages. I didn't open each one, just glanced at the latest few lines. Phuong Dat Chu:

“On Le, what do you want?”

Phuong Dat Chu:

"Have you hired a lawyer? I'm telling you, you won't be able to do anything."

Phuong Dat Chu:

“Please take down the videos on the internet, my company has been affected.”

Phuong Dat Chu:

"Wen Li, I'll say it for the last time, don't be unreasonable. 100,000 yuan is enough for you to live for a long time."

"On Le, you're really an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf! Dat Chu hasn't treated you badly, yet you still dare to go to the police? Believe me, I'll find someone to handle you?!"

Lieu Man Ninh:

"Sister On, we really don't need to do something so unsightly like this... Dat Chu was just angry for a while so he said the wrong thing. In fact, the marriage certificate is real, the two of you can calmly discuss divorce..."

I read that last message twice.

“Actually the marriage certificate is real”?

Are you starting to feel scared? Knowing that forging government documents can lead to jail time, do you want to withdraw your profit? In the video, Phuong Dat Chu speaks clearly every word. Dozens of people heard it. Hundreds of thousands of people online also saw it. Want to change your voice? I turned off the phone. Pull up the blanket. Close your eyes. First time. For the first time in ten years… I don't need to set my alarm for five thirty in the morning anymore. No need to worry about Phuong Dat Chu's shirt being finished. No need to think about whether the food in the refrigerator is enough to cook two dishes and one soup for tomorrow. There's no need to calculate how much living expenses this month or whether Phuong's mother has purchased functional foods yet. No need to think anymore. I just need a good night's sleep. Then tomorrow — Go see the house. One week later. I stand in my new house. Apartment River view, one hundred and eighty square meters, located on the thirty-second floor. Outside the ground-level glass window is the entire night scene of the long river, the lights of thousands of houses glittering like scraps of gold falling all over the ground. The house is fully furnished, just bring your suitcase to move in. Full payment in cash. Didn't use much of that 350,000,000 yuan, only spent about more than 8,000,000 yuan. But for the Wen Le of the past ten years - whose living expenses were controlled by Phuong Dat Chu every month, she didn't even dare to buy a set of clothes that cost more than 300 yuan... This was the first time. First time using my own money. Buy your own house. Choose something you really like. I walked barefoot on the wooden floor of the living room, my toes curled slightly, feeling the warmth of the wood under my feet. The phone rang.

“Excuse me, is this Ms. On Le?”

“Hello, I am a police officer from Thanh Bac police station, related to the case you reported about Phuong Dat Chu falsifying documents —”

“We have summoned Phuong Dat Chu to testify.”