Chapter 7 — You use Filial piety to tie me down, I use divorce to end it

“I signed it.”

He didn't accept. Just staring at those words, as if wanting to see right through them.

“Hua Tinh, are you crazy?”

His voice trembled.

"My mother just finished surgery and is still inside, and now you're telling me to divorce her?"

I nodded.

“I feel like now is the most appropriate time.”

“Do you still have a conscience?!”

He finally exploded, trying to suppress his voice and scream.

"My mother has become like this and you're still thinking about divorce! Are you really hoping for her death?!"

“Chu Minh Khai.”

I raised my head and looked straight into his bloodshot eyes.

“This question… you should ask yourself.”

“In order to force me to return, you did not hesitate to leave your bedridden mother alone at home, while you yourself ran away and disappeared.”

“After all, who doesn't have a conscience?”

My words were like a sharp blade, directly piercing his entire disguise. His face immediately turned white. Lips trembled but couldn't utter a word.

"You... you're talking nonsense! I don't have it!"

He still tried to struggle one last time.

"My phone is really out of battery! I..."

I coldly interrupted.

"I don't want to hear you lie anymore. I feel disgusted."

I stuffed the divorce agreement into his lap.

"I wrote the property division plan very clearly inside. I want half of the house, the post-marriage installment and the increase in value. The savings are divided in half."

“You can keep the car, but you have to pay me the value.”

"If you agree, sign it now. Tomorrow we will go to the Civil Affairs Bureau."

“If you don't agree…”

“Let's meet in court then.”

“At that time, the story that you intentionally lost contact leading to your mother being seriously injured... I think the court will be very interested.”

Chu Minh Khai's body shook violently. Like being hit by lightning. He looked at me in disbelief, his eyes filled with panic. Perhaps he never thought... Hua Tinh, who was always patient, could become so decisive and cruel.

“Hua Tinh… I can't treat you like that…”

His voice softened, carrying a pleading tone.

"We're husband and wife... since my mother is seriously ill, can you give me another chance?"

He's started playing the love card. My heart has long been as hard as iron. I laughed, but the laughter didn't reach my eyes.

“From the moment you moved my things out of the master bedroom…”

“From the moment you made me sleep in the living room…”

“From the moment you planned this humiliating act…”

“There is no longer a chance between us.”

I turned around. I don't want to see that fake face anymore.

“You take the agreement, I'll give you a day to think.”

“Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, I will wait for you in front of the Civil Affairs Bureau.”

“If you don't come…”

“You bear the consequences yourself.”

Having finished speaking, I walked away, without looking back, straight towards the hospital gate. Behind him, Chu Minh Khai's hoarse scream rang out.

"Hua Tinh! Stop for me!"

But I didn't stop walking. The moment I stepped out of the hospital gate, I took a deep breath. There is a smell of antiseptic in the air. There is also the taste of freedom and rebirth. I am finally freed. I just didn't expect it... What happened next was even more wild and bloody than I had imagined. The next morning, I was there at half past eight in front of the Civil Affairs Department. I put on light makeup, wore a newly bought jacket, and my whole body looked unusually calm and leisurely. At eight fifty, Chu Minh Khai arrived. He was visibly emaciated, his eyes were full of blood, and his beard was unshaven. In his hand, he was still clutching the divorce agreement so tightly that the paper was crumpled. He stood in front of me, saying nothing, just looking at me with extremely complicated eyes.

“Think carefully?”