Chapter 7 — My best friend sold my car for 30,000 yuan, I sent her away for 5 years

“I don't…”

“Why not?”

“I… I don't think she really did…”

The lawyer took out a copy of the message.

"This is a text message between him and another person. On the day of the incident, after Lam Noan Noan sold the car and went home, he texted his friend saying 'my wife has sold Ly Tieu Tieu's car, this time it's a big problem', this proves that at that time he knew she was really selling the car."

Truong Vi's face immediately turned pale: "I... I only found out later..."

"After that? You knew the day you sold the car, why didn't you report it to the police, why didn't you tell Ly Tieu Tieu?"

“I… my wife said she would handle it…”

"How to handle it? Taking 30,000 yuan to buy toys and clothes for your child, that's called handling it?"

Truong Vi couldn't say anything. The judge asked: "Witness Truong Vi, before selling the car, did your wife discuss it with you?"

“What is the content of the discussion?”

"She said... Ly Tieu Tieu's car was left there as an eyesore, she wanted to sell it..."

“Do you agree?”

“I don't agree… but I don't object either…”

“Did you know that was illegal?”

Truong Vi bowed his head: "I know..."

“Knowing but not stopping?”

Truong Vi was silent. Lam Noan Noan in the defendant's chair immediately shouted: "Truong Vi, what are you talking about? When will I discuss it with you? Don't talk nonsense!" The judge knocked his gavel: "Defendant, maintain order!" Truong Vi's whole body trembled, his voice lowered: "She said she wanted to sell, I thought she was joking..." The lawyer said: "You just admitted that you knew it was illegal but did not stop it, this shows that you clearly knew your wife's behavior and implicitly accepted it."

"I don't accept it! I just... don't know what to do..."

“You can tell Ly Tieu Tieu.”

“I… I don't dare…”

“Why don't you dare?”

Truong Vi did not answer. The audience began to whisper, Lam Noan Noan's mother-in-law stood up and cursed: "Useless Truong Vi, you pushed your wife into the fire pit!", the police immediately approached and asked her to sit down. The judge looked at Truong Vi: "Witness, do you have anything else to say?" Truong Vi looked up at me and then looked down again: "I... I'm sorry to Tieu Tieu..." Lam Noan Noan in the defendant's chair burst into tears: "Truong Vi, do you want to kill me? If you say those words, how will the court punish me?" Truong Vi did not dare look at her. The judge said: “The testimony is valid, the witness can come down.” When Truong Vi stepped down, his legs were weak, he walked past me, and said in a low voice: "Tieu Tieu... sorry." I don't look at him. When the court adjourned, I walked out of the court gate, outside was Lam Noan Noan's mother-in-law and two children, one five years old, one seven years old. As soon as she saw me, she ran to hug my leg: "Auntie, can you let my mother go home, I miss her...", I lowered my head to look at her, she was wearing a pink dress, her hair was tied in two pigtails, and her eyes were red.

"Auntie, where did my mother go? Why don't you come home..."

The boy stood next to him, not daring to come closer, his eyes filled with tears. The mother-in-law stepped forward, this time without cursing, trying to force a smile: "Tieu Tieu, look at the children, they are so pitiful, I respect the children's love, can you withdraw the application?" The little girl raised her head to look at me: "Auntie, are you angry with my mother? I'll apologize on your behalf. Please don't be angry anymore..." I slowly sat down: "I'm not angry with my mother, I just want my car back." The little girl didn't understand: "But my mother said that car is hers..."

“No, that's my car, I abandoned it a lot of money to buy.”

Mother-in-law interjected: "She's still young, why are you saying these things?" I didn't pay attention to her, still looking at the girl: "I also want to help you, but my car was sold by your mother, I'm also very sad." The little girl burst into tears: "But I want mom..." My nose suddenly pricked up, but in my mind the empty parking lot in the basement appeared, the image of Lam Noan Noan counting money while smiling, and those words: "You don't lack money, my two children don't even have a car." I stood up. Her mother-in-law saw my eyes were red, thought I had softened, and immediately said: "Look, the children are crying, how can you bear it, please forgive Noan Noan, at best, make her apologize to you, kneel down and apologize!" I calmly replied: "Auntie, this is not a matter of apologizing."

"Why not, if it's wrong then it admits it, what else do you want?"

“She stole my car, sold it for 30,000 yuan, the money was spent, the car can't be returned, what's the use of apologizing?”

Her expression immediately changed.

“So what do you want? Do you want him to go to jail? Are you planning to leave these two children to me, this old woman? Are you still human?”

The little girl was so scared that she burst into tears, the little boy also cried, the two children stood in front of the court gate crying in a group, passersby stopped to look, she screamed even louder: "Everyone look! This woman wants to kill my daughter-in-law! My two grandchildren were so young, yet he was determined to send their mother to jail! What grudge? She pointed straight at me: "You don't even spare children, you're still human!"