Chapter 9 — The School District House and the Ruined Marriage

It was my mother-in-law calling. As soon as he picked up the phone, the other side screamed loudly:

"Khai Minh, go home quickly! The fine for violating Khai Hang's car loan contract must be compensated, people have come to your house!"

Chu Khai Minh's face immediately stiffened. He hung up and turned to look at me. I said nothing. He himself understood... This slap came too quickly. Suddenly he grabbed my hand.

“Tri Y, give me half of the house's profits.”

There were people looking around. He lowered his voice, clearly impatient.

"We've been together for so many years, you can't be so unfaithful."

“Do you want to keep your wife today… or do you want to keep 6,000,000 yuan?”

He couldn't answer. I withdrew my hand, turned around and walked into the hall. Suddenly there was a thud from behind. Chu Khai Minh knelt down.

“You are wrong!”

The entire civil hall was silent for a moment. People like him are most afraid of losing face. Yet today, I knelt in the middle of a crowded place, losing my face. But I know it well. What he kneels is not this marriage. It's that house. I stopped walking.

“Zhu Kaiming, if you had knelt down for Duong Duong even once, I wouldn't have felt so disgusted with you.”

His face turned red. The staff confirmed for the last time whether the two parties voluntarily divorced or not.

“Voluntarily.”

Chu Khai Minh gritted his teeth:

“I don't agree.”

I wasn't surprised at all. Lawyer Tan was waiting outside. She gave me the documents.

“The divorce petition has been prepared.”

Zhou Kaiming was stunned.

“Have you planned this in advance?”

I looked at him.

“Since the day you forced my daughter to pick up the pieces of the broken bowl.”

In the file there is full evidence of prolonged cold violence. There is a statement of asset transfer. There is a recording of the mother-in-law cursing. There is a kindergarten camera. There is also a record of forced child pick-up. And also the paper he wrote with his own hand: "The wife voluntarily left empty-handed." After Chu Khai Minh finished reading, his hands shook so much that he couldn't hold it firmly.

“You set me up?”

I calmly replied:

“You guys did all that, I just stood there watching.”

He still wanted to stop it. Lawyer Tan directly blocked the two people.

"Mr. Chu, prolonging the divorce will not affect the recovery of assets. The longer it lasts, the more money transfers you will have to explain."

Zhou Kaiming completely collapsed.

“Tham Tri Y… did you not want to live with me from the beginning?”

I looked at him.

“From the beginning… I wanted to.”

“It was your whole family, little by little, that pushed me out.”

After saying that, I felt extremely relieved. Chu Khai Minh stood dumbfounded on the spot. I turned around and left. From behind, the mother-in-law's voice was heard running and crying:

"Khai Minh, why are you kneeling before him? Tell him to let go of the house!"

Everyone in front of the civil affairs department turned to look at them. I didn't turn back. There are jokes... No need for me to act. They acted perfectly on their own. After the lawsuit started, Chu Khai Hang was completely panicked. The car is gone. Eye examination failed. Fake startup contract exposed. Even friends began to press for debt. He was sure it was all my fault. I received an anonymous message. 【Be careful out there.】 Memories of my past life immediately came rushing back. Headlights. The sound of car brakes. The sound of bones breaking. And also Chu Khai Hang's quote:

“Who told you to dare look at my brother's money?”

I don't try to force myself anymore. I immediately Report the matter to the police and send a message to lawyer Tan. Lam Man came with me to install a dash cam to record front and back videos. She looked at the installer and cursed:

“This house is truly a piece of shit wearing a mask, both rotten and fond of color.”

I was made fun of by her. But after laughing, my heart was still heavy. It's not that I'm not afraid. It's just this life... I won't let fear take the wheel for me anymore.