Chapter 11 — Traffic Violation Revealed Tieu Tam, I Sent My Husband To Jail

I looked out the car window.

“Lawyer Lam.”

“Softness of heart…”

“It must be saved for those who deserve it.”

The other end of the line laughed softly. I hung up. The car continued to run. I closed my eyes. Fall asleep for about twenty minutes. When I woke up, the car had arrived downstairs. My mother was waiting in the hallway. Pale yellow light covered her hair. As soon as she saw me, she immediately hugged me.

"Uyen Uyen... it's good that you're okay... it's good that you're okay..."

I gently patted my mother's back.

“Mom, it's over.”

The next morning. Police station. Lawyer Lam accompanied me to take testimony. Once done, step outside. In the hallway, we met my mother-in-law. She wore an old cotton shirt, her hair was almost half white. Next to him are his father-in-law and Chu Kien Huy. The three people who saw me all stood still. I also stopped. Lawyer Lam quietly said from the side:

“Miss To, let's go.”

I nodded. As I was about to walk away, my mother-in-law pulled my sleeve.

“Yuan Uyen…”

I stopped.

“Today Kien Quan was approved for arrest.”

“Last night I couldn't sleep.”

“I keep thinking…”

“Is it true that my mother pampered me too much since I was a child?”

I didn't reply.

“In the past, my mother always thought it was okay for men to go out and have fun.”

“Mom was wrong.”

I looked at her.

“I also remember…”

"Three times you've had artificial insemination, I've never come to the hospital to visit you."

My heart tightened slightly.

“Mom never asked me if I was in pain.”

Father-in-law stood next to him, bowing his head. Chu Kien Huy's eyes were red.

“Uyen Uyen, I don't dare expect you to forgive me.”

“I just want to say something to you.”

“The matter of those twenty thousand…”

“Mom has already sold the house and paid for it.”

"For the rest of the money, my mother rented a small house to stay temporarily."

“Later, Kien Quan will be released from prison…”

“I won't let it bother you anymore.”

"When it comes to selling the house, don't be in a hurry."

“Waiting for the case to end.”

“If the compensation for mother is decided by the court, then it will not be too late for mother to decide.”

She was stunned.

“Jianjun…compensates for his mother?”

“The twenty thousand he tricked his mother into lending him money related to the fraud.”

“Mom is also a victim.”

Tears immediately fell from the mother-in-law's eyes.

“I don't understand these legal things…”

“Lawyer Lam understands.”

“Let her explain to mom later.”

Lawyer Lam nodded.

“Auntie, please leave your phone number.”

“I will contact you this week.”

Mother-in-law nodded continuously. My father-in-law stood next to me, his voice hoarse.

“Uyen Uyen… thank you.”

I shook my head.

“Dad, this is a matter of law.”

I turned around and walked away. As soon as he reached the door, Chu Kien Huy chased after him.

“…From now on, you won't let me call you sister-in-law anymore, right?”

“So can I ask you one last thing?”

“That night…”

“When I called to ask you who your girlfriend was…”

“Are you guys at my house?”

“He's outside.”

Chu Kien Huy bowed his head.

“Sister-in-law… no…”

“Miss To, sorry.”

“Sorry for what?”

“That day my mother asked me to accept it instead.”

“I don't agree right away…”

“But don't refuse right away.”

“I hesitated for thirty seconds.”

I looked at him.

“Those thirty seconds…”

“I gave your brother three more months to continue causing trouble outside.”

“It's okay to know.”

I walked out of the police station. Lawyer Lam followed behind.

“The trial will open next Monday.”

“Tran Chi Quoc and Zhou Jianjun will be prosecuted together.”

“Do I need to go to court?”

“You are the victim and also a witness.”

“So it is necessary.”

Monday next week. Trial open. The courtroom is not large. Tran Chi Quoc and Chu Kien Quan sat in the defendant's chair. Zhou Jianjun was handcuffed. He raised his head to look at me and then immediately looked down. The judge tapped his gavel. The prosecutor began to present. Evidence was presented one after another. The recording is played back. When the sentence says:

"Over forty years old and still falling for a young girl."

rang out in the courtroom, some people in the audience burst into laughter. Tran Chi Quoc's face turned pale. Chu Kien Quan bowed his head from beginning to end. It's my turn to speak. I stood up.

“Zhu Jianjun and I got married five years ago.”

“On the seventeenth of August last year…”

"He arbitrarily created a joint debt loan without my consent."

"The entire loan amount of fifty thousand was used for the third person, Duong Diem."

“I have never participated in this loan.”

“Didn't know.”

“Never benefited either.”

“I ask the court to determine that this debt is completely unrelated to me.”

The judge nodded.

“Defendant Chu Kien Quan, do you have any objections to Ms. To's testimony?”

Chu Kien Quan raised his head.

“Defendant Tran Chi Quoc?”

Tran Chi Quoc gritted his teeth. In the row below, the mother-in-law cried non-stop. Court adjourned. Lawyer Lam patted my shoulder.

“We won.”

I walked out of the courthouse. The sunlight is very bright. My mother was waiting on the steps.

“Yuan Uyen.”

"Done?"

"Done."

She wrapped her arms around my shoulders.

“Let's go home.”

Take a taxi home. In the car, I deleted the contact "Chu Kien Quan" from my phone. Exit the family chat group for the third time. Keep your mother-in-law's WeChat. Keep Duong Diem's sister's number. The rest, delete them. Come home. My mother went into the kitchen to cook noodles. I sit on the sofa. The betel pot on the balcony grows new leaves. I reached out to touch it. The phone vibrates. I picked up the phone. She is Duong Diem's older sister.

“Last night Duong Diem gave birth.”

“Premature birth?”

“Baby boy, three pounds six pounds.”

“Lying in an incubator.”

“Are you round and square?”

“So that's good.”

“He asked me to tell you something.”

“He said thank you... for not pursuing him.”

“He also said the baby would follow his family name.”

“It said… from now on, the two sides no longer owe each other.”

I looked out the window.

“Tell her.”

“No one owes anyone anymore.”

I hung up. Mom brought the noodles out.

“Who called that?”

“An old person.”

“What kind of ex?”

“This type will never be seen again.”

Half a year later. My studio moved to a new location. Only about twenty square meters, located right on the street. The sign was designed by me.

“To Uyen Design.”

The day the sign was hung, my mother also came to see it.

“Uyen Uyen, it's beautiful.”

“Using your own name, that's good.”

“This last name is something I chose for myself.”

“No longer a member of the Chu family.”

The owner of the milk tea shop next door brought over a cup of hot lemon tea.

“Sister, let's open Hong Phat.”

After hanging the sign, my mother sat in the shop and looked around.

“Yuan Uyen.”

“The person I introduced to you last time…”

“Do you want to meet?”

I laughed.

“Mom, leave it a little longer.”

“How much longer?”

“Wait until you earn enough money to support yourself for the rest of your life.”

“So how long do I have to wait?”

Mom glared at me.

“In five years, mother will be seventy years old.”

“Seventy is still healthy.”

“I can't wait.”

“It is not the child that the mother is waiting for.”

"But I'm just waiting to hold my grandchild."

My mother paused. Then burst out laughing.

“You saw through me Already."

“Okay, mom, I won't push you anymore.”

She raised her tea cup and took a sip.

“Yuan Uyen.”

“Chu Kien Quan… was punished for how many years?”

“Four and a half years.”

“Tran Chi Quoc seven years.”

"My mother-in-law's twenty thousand was also returned."

I laughed.

“Mom, why do you keep going ‘oh’?”

Mom put down the teacup.

“I just wanted to ask…”

“Do you still hate him?”

I thought for a few seconds.

“Half a year ago, I still hated it.”

“What about now?”

“Now I don't feel anything anymore.”

“That's good.”

“It takes a lot of effort to hate someone.”

“I want to use that energy to make more money.”

Mom burst out laughing.

“Make money.”

My life is finally starting over again.