Chapter 1 — Traffic Violation Revealed Tieu Tam, I Sent My Husband To Jail

A traffic violation revealed a photo of a strange girl sitting in the passenger seat. I just sent it to my husband to see... he immediately turned pale! At dawn, I received a text message notifying me of a traffic violation. In the photo taken from the camera, the passenger seat has a young girl sitting next to it. She raised her hand in a V in front of the camera, smiling so sweetly that it was dazzling. I quietly took a screenshot and sent it straight to the family chat group. Less than a minute later, her mother-in-law called, her voice full of annoyance:

"That's my husband's brother's new girlfriend! What do you mean by posting like that?"

I enlarged the photo. His eyes stopped on the faint red mark on the girl's neck. Then looked down at the time recorded on the photo... Two o'clock in the morning. I was silent for a few seconds, then called my brother-in-law. At one forty in the morning, the phone rang. Messages from the traffic system. I opened it to see. Photo of traffic violation, time is 1:20 a.m., location is on the overpass in the west of the city. The person sitting in the driver's seat is Chu Kien Quan. The passenger seat has a young girl. She raised her hand in a V in front of the camera. Smile so sweet it's blinding. I stared at the screen for ten seconds. Then get out of bed and pour yourself a glass of water. I downloaded the photo and enlarged it. The girl's hair was curled and dyed chestnut color, and there was a faint red mark on her neck. Not scratched. It's a kiss mark. I finished my drink and put the cup back on the table. Tonight, Chu Kien Quan said he had to work overtime. At nine o'clock he texted me a message:

"Urgent project, don't wait for me."

I only answered with one word: "Yes." It is now one forty-five in the morning. Overtime has increased all the way to the overpass. I opened a family chat group. The group's name is "The Zhou Family", with more than thirty people. I sent a photo of the violation to the group. Accompanied by a sentence:

“Let me ask, does anyone know this girl?”

After sending, I placed the phone face down on the table. Boil water, make tea. It's the Longjing tea before the Qingming period last year, which Zhou Jianjun's mother gave me. Every year she gives me two boxes, telling me that as the eldest daughter-in-law, I must have some dignity. The water is boiling. Phone vibrates. Mother-in-law called. I picked up the phone.

“Uyen Uyen, where did you get that photo?”

Her voice was deliberately low.

“Transportation system sent, violation message.”

“Ah… that… is Kien Huy's girlfriend.”

“Kien Huy's girlfriend?”

“That's right, I just met you, the name is Tieu Duong.”

“However, mom, that car is Kien Quan's car.”

The other end of the line was silent for two seconds.

“Kien Quan let Kien Huy borrow his car, he doesn't have a car.”

I gently blew on the tea.

“So Kien Huy drove his car to take his girlfriend for a walk, until two in the morning?”

“Young people fall in love.”

“Mom, where is Kien Quan?”

"Isn't Kien Quan working overtime? He told his mother so."

I laughed faintly.

“Mom is really concerned about his overtime.”

“…What do you mean by that?”

"Nothing."

I put down the teacup.

"Mom, I'll take back the photo first, lest my family misunderstand Kien Huy."

“That's right, that's right, it's good to delete it.”

But I don't delete it. I opened Zhou Kien Huy's WeChat. The bell rang seven times before someone picked up.

"Sister-in-law? What's wrong so late?"

The voice was sleepy, clearly just waking up.

“Nothing, just wanted to ask... where is your girlfriend now?”

The other end of the line suddenly went silent. The silence lasted about five seconds.

“Sister-in-law… what did you say?”

"His girlfriend. Tieu Duong something.”

“I don't have a girlfriend.”

I raised my cup of tea.

“Mom said you just met someone.”

“My mother? My mother said nonsense, I haven't found a job yet, so where will I have time for love?"

“So who's driving your brother's car tonight?”

“My brother's car? Isn't my brother's car still at his place?"

I took the cup of tea and said nothing. At this time, Chu Kien Huy was completely awake.

“Sister-in-law, what just happened?”

“Nothing, I must have seen it wrong. You go back to sleep.”

I hung up. Put the teacup on the table. The tea is half cold. I reopened the offending message and saved the photo to a newly created album. Album name: “Documents”. Then I opened Zhou Jianjun's friend circle. The most recent post was three days ago, sharing company team building photos. I scrolled down. Flip to a photo of a gathering to eat and drink from half a year ago. In the corner of the photo there is a girl with her face exposed. Chestnut colored hair. I enlarged the photo. Turns out we've known each other since half a year ago. I also saved this photo in the “Documents” album. At two twenty in the morning, there was a noise outside the door. The sound of a key turning in a lock. Chu Kien Quan entered the house. He smelled of alcohol, mixed with another scent. Not the kind I use.

“Still not sleeping?”

He hung up his coat.

“Working overtime is so tiring.”

He plopped down on the sofa. I poured him a glass of water.

“Did Kien Huy borrow your car tonight?”

His drinking movements slowed down a bit.

“Ah… that's right, it's borrowed.”

“Where to go?”

“How do you know, it drives by itself.”

“What time?”

“…Some evening, afternoon? I forgot.”

I nodded. He raised his head to look at me.

“Why ask this?”

"Nothing. The traffic system sent a violation message, I thought you were driving."

He put down the glass of water.

“Violation? What violation?

“Speeding, on the west overpass.”

"So it's definitely Kien Huy, he's still at the company tonight."

I turned around and went into the bedroom. Behind him, he asked another question:

“Where is the message? Let me see.”

“I deleted it.”

I closed the bedroom door.