Chapter 16 — The New Marriage Digs the Truth

She said: "That day, Thua Nghien had originally promised to go to the hospital with me. But the Luc family donated supplies so he temporarily left. The phone call came to say the rescue team was in danger. My first reaction was that if something happened, Thua Nghien would be even busier, and the Luc family would be scolded. I don't want his name to be associated with failure." I said: “So you sacrificed others.” Lam Chi suddenly got excited. "I don't want them to die! I just want to wait a little. Once the rescue is successful, Thua Nghien will be the heir to the Luc family for doing good deeds, I can also be praised along with him. Who knew the mountain would collapse?" I looked at her. "It's not like you didn't know the mountain would collapse. The phone told you." Her face distorted. "Kieu Ninh, don't stand up high and look at me. You marry Luc Thua. Isn't Nghien also investigating the case? You dare say you didn't take advantage of him?” “Dare.” I said. "I've never let an innocent person die for me." Lam Chi gasped and suddenly burst into laughter. "You know? I hate people like you the most. Obviously, you're also hurt, poor, and trampled on by people, but you must maintain a clean appearance. Why is Thua Nghien looking at you now? Because you won. If I had won initially, he would have protected me for the rest of my life." Before putting down the phone, I said: "So to this day you still don't understand. It's his fault that he protected you. She banged on the glass and shouted: "Kieu Ninh, don't go! Tell Luc Thua Nghien, I really loved him that year!" I stopped and picked up the phone again. "Lam Chi, don't use love to cover up evil. Love cannot save the dead, nor can it wash your hands clean." When I left, I saw Luc Thua Nghien at the door. Obviously he heard the last sentence. "She wanted to see me, I didn't." I said: "It's your business, don't need to tell me." He followed me out. "The day the trial opens, I will testify." "That's the right thing to do." He smiled bitterly. "Now you talk to me like you're talking to a passerby." I stopped. "Luc Thua Nghien, between us is more complicated than passersby, and stranger than husband and wife." His eyes sank. The day the trial opened, members of the Luc family, Kieu family and Trieu family all arrived. Trieu Minh pushed responsibility onto Lam Chi. Lam Chi pulled Trieu Minh into the water. Trieu Lam sat in the audience row, his face pale. When it was Luc Thua Nghien's turn to testify, he clearly said about the phone call to the small building three years ago, Lam Chi hid the evidence, Trieu Minh hid the records. Lam Chi cried on the defendant's bench. "Brother Thua Nghien, do you really want to destroy me?" Luc Thua Nghien looked at her. "It's not you who destroys me, it's you who destroys others, you also destroy yourself." Lam Chi screams shrilly: "What about you? Do you dare to say you're not wrong? When Kieu Ninh was bullied, where were you?" The courtroom was silent. Luc Thua Nghien grabbed the edge of the witness stand, his voice extremely hoarse. "I'm sorry. I will use the rest of my life to make up for it." I sat in the audience row, not raising my head. On the day of the verdict, in the family group of the victims of the Tay Linh case, someone texted me. "Miss Kieu, thank you. We can finally give the family an explanation." I looked at that text and sat for a long time. Quy Hoai Xuyen's grave is located in the north of the city. I brought the verdict to visit you. The wind rustled the edges of the paper. I placed the bronze card in front of the grave. "Hoai Xuyen, those who oppressed you have finally been exposed." Footsteps were heard from behind. Luc Thua Nghien stood not far away, holding a bunch of white chrysanthemums in his hand. "Can I burn incense for him?" I did not refuse. He put the flowers down and bowed for a long time. "Mr. Quy, I'm sorry." On the mountain, the wind was strong, half of his voice was blown away.

When coming down the mountain, he asked me, "The divorce agreement, are you ready?" I said: "It's ready." He nodded. “I sign.” I looked at him. He pulled the corners of his lips, but couldn't smile. "I owe you, I shouldn't continue to use marriage to tie you down." I said: "Luc Thua Nghien, you're smarter." “Too late,” he said. I don't comfort you. On the day of the divorce, Mr. Luc personally went to Kieu's house. He brought along the Luc family's apology ceremony, and also brought a new contract. "Kieu Ninh, divorce is a matter between the two of you, and the Luc family's acquittal that the Kieu family owes is the Luc family's matter. I accept these things not to buy you back, but to help the Luc family remember this debt." My father looked at the list of gifts and did not immediately accept it. "Mr. Luc, this is too heavy." The old man said: "Not heavy. Compared to a human life, everything is light." My mother sighed. "Receive it. In the future, Ninh Ninh still has to live, can't always carry the past on her back." I signed the divorce agreement. When Luc Thua Nghien signed his name, the tip of the pen stopped for a long time on the paper. Kieu Yen stood next to her and stared. "Mr. Luc, is your pen running out of ink?" He looked at her and really laughed. "Yes." After signing, he pushed the agreement to me. "Kieu Ninh, congratulations." I said: "Congratulations too." "Congratulations for what?" "Finally, no need to continue pretending to be blind."