Chapter 18 Divorce

◎As long as you want, it is possible◎

Facing the trusting gazes of Yuan Dongmei and Zhang Yalan, Zhao Xiangwan felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.

"Aunt Yuan, the reason you don't want to get a divorce is because you're afraid that you'll be left without a house and income and won't be able to make a living, right?"

These words touched Yuan Dongmei's heart.

People live by their faces, trees live by their skins. Zhang Shihu humiliated her so much, but she refused to divorce. Why? Wasn't it because she had no money?

Having been a housewife for so many years, she would be scolded every time she asked for money. This made her ashamed to talk about money for fear of being scolded.

When Zhao Xiangwan heard Yuan Dongmei's voice, he felt inexplicably sad. It must be because of the oppression she had endured in her daily life that she developed such a cowardly character.

"What if the divorce can award the house to you, and give you another 30,000 yuan?"

Yuan Dongmei's eyes widened in disbelief: "Is it possible?"

Zhao Xiangwan smiled and nodded: "As long as you want, it's possible."

Yuan Dongmei was so dazzled by the "30,000 yuan" that she didn't know where she was for a moment.

Zhang Yalan showed a happy expression. Even if she didn't know the trivialities of life, at least she knew that having money was a good thing. Based on the daily expenses of 100 yuan a month, 30,000 yuan could be used for 25 years!

I only need another three and a half years to get a job and get paid. Although the salary of a police officer is not high, it is enough to support the mother and daughter.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yalan looked at Zhao Xiangwan: "Okay, but...is there really a way to get my father to give my mother 30,000 yuan?"

Zhao Xiangwan: "There is a way, but we have to act quickly."

Zhang Shihu had 120,000 yuan in savings. Although he was the one at fault, in order to resolve the issue quickly, he decided to divorce and get a house plus 30,000 yuan, which was relatively fair and easy to negotiate.

"What can we do?" Yuan Dongmei's eyes lit up.

"I will go to the hospital early tomorrow morning to get my injuries checked and issue an injury report. Then I will find a lawyer and file for divorce, accusing Zhang Shihu of domestic violence, and apply for property preservation at the same time."

"Property insurance?"

"Yes! After the lawsuit was filed, we applied for property preservation and asked the court to freeze Zhang Shihu's bank deposits to prevent him from transferring his property."

Yuan Dongmei didn't understand anything, she only understood one thing: freeze the deposits.

"He never showed me his savings, and I don't know where his passbook is. How could it be frozen? Is there really a way to prevent him from withdrawing the money?"

Zhao Xiangwan nodded: "His money is in the bank, and the court can ask the bank to freeze the fund transactions. He has committed domestic violence, cheating, illegitimate children...any of them is enough to file a case. As long as you are not afraid and take the initiative, he will not be able to do anything to you."

Yuan Dongmei was a little scared: "I, I'm scared. If he knew I touched his savings, I'm afraid he would rush over and kill me."

After all, Zhang Yalan was only 18 years old and had no experience dealing with lawyers or courts. Her tone of voice became a little weak: "Where can I find a lawyer? How do I write a divorce lawsuit? How do I request an injury examination at the hospital? I don't understand these procedures."

Zhao Xiangwan pointed to the phone and said, "As long as you have made up your mind, we will ask for help from Teacher Zhou and Officer Xu. They know a lot of people and will definitely be able to help us. As for Aunt Yuan, you said you are afraid of his retaliation. Then you can apply for a protection order on the grounds of domestic violence, and he will naturally not dare to attack you again."

After saying this, Zhao Xiangwan looked at Zhang Yalan with a deep gaze, as if to say: We are students of the Public Security University. If we can’t even protect our families, how can we be police officers in the future? "

There was a long silence. Zhang Yalan had thousands of words in her heart, but in the end, they were summed up in just one word.

--"yes!"

But Yuan Dongmei was still a little scared: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid of his revenge. You don't know how hard his fists are, how hard he hits people. Money is his life. Normally, he would beg for a long time for a few dozen yuan. Thirty thousand... wouldn't that be asking for his life? He will definitely not give it to me."

Zhang Yalan put one hand on her mother's shoulder, straightened her chest, and said loudly, "Don't worry, Mom, I will protect you. My head teacher, Ms. Zhou, is a very nice person. Her husband is a criminal police officer at the Municipal Public Security Bureau. I will go to Ms. Zhou to explain the situation and ask for her help."

Zhao Xiangwan was confident: "Don't worry, we only need to do the three steps of reporting to the police, conducting a damage inspection, filing a divorce lawsuit, and preserving the property. Then we will negotiate with him. I guarantee that we can get the property you deserve for you."

Yuan Dongmei felt sorry: "I'm sorry to bother you so much."

Since I have decided to help, I will help to the end. Zhao Xiangwan smiled, and there was a little more tenderness in her smile: "It's no trouble. You are a very good mother, just like my aunt."

Zhang Yalan suddenly remembered: "Yes, the green sweater you are wearing, Zhao Xiangwan, was sent by your aunt. How is your aunt now?" She remembered that she had made a few ignorant jokes at that time and felt really ashamed.

Zhao Xiangwan: "My aunt is from the countryside. She got divorced. She took the initiative."

When Yuan Dongmei heard that Zhao Xiangwan's aunt had initiated a divorce, she was attracted: "It's harder for rural women to get divorced, right? How could your aunt dare to get a divorce?"

Zhao Xiangwan's aunt Zhao Dacui was honest, kind, and hardworking. She married her neighbor Fan Youde. Because she gave birth to three daughters, she was disliked by her in-laws and husband for a long time, and was either beaten or scolded. Zhao Dacui could bear it before, but later, when Fan Youde got drunk and beat Zhao Dacui, he accidentally pushed down the third daughter Fan Qiuhan. Seeing her daughter with a bloody head, Zhao Dacui could no longer bear it, so she picked up a kitchen knife and rushed over to fight Fan Youde.

The honest man suddenly became furious, and Fan Youde fled in fear.

Zhao Dacui took her daughter to the hospital and called the police. The whole village knew about this incident. Later, under the coordination of the village committee leaders, Fan Youde, who knew he was wrong, finally agreed to divorce.

Zhao Dacui didn't want the old house in the countryside, she only wanted her daughters. The eldest and second daughters were already married, so she took her 13-year-old daughter Fan Qiuhan and left Fanjiagou. The Fan family compensated her with 300 yuan in one lump sum, and from then on, the couple had no more contact after they got married.

Zhang Yalan suddenly had an idea and asked, "Did you contribute to this?"

Zhao Xiangwan shook his head: "I was still young at that time and couldn't do anything."

When her aunt got divorced, Zhao Xiangwan was twelve years old and had just entered the first grade of junior high school. She just gave her cousin Fan Qiuhan a few words of advice, but she didn't expect her cousin to be smart and brave enough to risk her life, which made her aunt, who had always been cowardly and honest, burst out with amazing fighting power.

Yuan Dongmei asked: "How is your aunt doing now?"

"My aunt bought a small house in the county town with 300 yuan and sent my cousin to the county middle school. My aunt is a good cook and she set up a rice noodle stall in front of the school. The business is pretty good. My cousin graduated from junior high school and went to a health school. This is her fourth year. She is doing an internship at the Chengguan Hospital. She will be able to become a nurse after graduation in June.

My aunt said that it was only after getting divorced that she realized how comfortable life could be. She didn’t have to worry about being scolded or beaten, and she didn’t have to be criticized by the villagers. She could earn money to support herself and her children with her own hands, which gave her a great sense of accomplishment.

After hearing Zhao Dacui's story, Yuan Dongmei felt like she had a visible and tangible role model in front of her, and she inexplicably gained more courage. If a rural woman dared to divorce with her junior high school daughter and make her life better, why couldn't she do the same?

After a long silence, Yuan Dongmei finally spoke. Although her voice was soft, it was very firm: "Okay, I'm leaving."

Finally hearing her mother agree to divorce, Zhang Yalan was so excited that she didn't know what to say. She stretched out her arms, hugged her mother, and said with sobs: "Mom, Mom, it's great, you finally agree to divorce."

Domestic violence, extramarital affair, illegitimate child, why don't you divorce the marriage? Are you trying to suffocate yourself to death?

As long as Yuan Dongmei maintains a firm attitude, the next things will be much easier to handle.

Zhang Yalan called Teacher Zhou Qiaoxiu and explained everything. Women understand women better. After listening to Yuan Dongmei's experience, Teacher Zhou Qiaoxiu was filled with righteous indignation and said firmly on the other end of the phone: "Divorce! Must divorce!"

Then, Zhou Qiaoxiu asked Zhang Yalan to call the police, and Xu Songling greeted his acquaintances at the Chengbei Police Station. After the police arrived and took the statement, they took Yuan Dongmei to the hospital for examination and verification of her injuries.

The new injuries and old injuries piled up, plus the two previous hospitalizations for a ruptured spleen and a fractured sternum, even the female police officer who accompanied Yuan Dongmei couldn't stand it and criticized Zhang Yalan: "How can you be a daughter? How come you didn't say anything even when your mother was so seriously injured!"

Zhang Yalan's face flushed red, and she didn't know where to start explaining. She was living in the school when her mother was injured and hospitalized. She didn't go home for a long time to avoid her parents' quarrels, so she really didn't know about it. Now seeing the old wounds on her mother's body, she felt pain and regret, and her tears could not stop flowing down. She hugged Yuan Dongmei and kept apologizing.

Yuan Dongmei did not blame her, but comforted her: "I'm fine, I'll be fine after a while."

The public security organs and the courts are both part of the political and legal system, and they often have a lot of interactions. With Zhou Qiaoxiu and Xu Songling's help, Yuan Dongmei's divorce lawsuit was quickly accepted, and property preservation was applied for immediately.

Because deposits are personal privacy, the court required Yuan Dongmei to provide relevant information such as the bank where Zhang Shihu deposited his money, the passbook number, etc. When Yuan Dongmei heard that this was also required, she immediately panicked: "I don't know."

In the end, Xu Songling found a friend and conducted a private investigation, which uncovered all the property under Zhang Shihu's name.

In addition to the 100,000 yuan time deposit in the Chengbei Savings Bank of the Construction Bank, he also had 23,600 yuan in current accounts. In addition, he bought two houses in the newly developed Mingzhu Community. One was planned to be used as a wedding house for him and Liu Liju to live together after the divorce, and the other was to be left for his future son.

Three days later, when Zhang Shihu took Liu Liju to the savings bank to withdraw money, he found that his deposits were frozen and he became furious.

When they arrived at the Engineering Bureau dormitory building, Zhang Shihu was unwilling to even take out the key and just kicked.

The door just opened a crack, and Zhang Shihu didn't see the figure clearly, so he raised his hand and slapped him: "How dare you get a divorce! I'll let you get a divorce!"

Before he finished his words, a green shadow flashed before Zhang Shihu's eyes, a strong arm blocked his right hand, and a big hand gripped his wrist like an iron hoop.

Feeling intense pain, Zhang Shihu finally saw clearly that the person in front of him was not the cowardly and incompetent Yuan Dongmei, but a heroic police officer in an olive green uniform!

All the dirty words in his heart were sealed on his lips. Zhang Shihu felt as if the world was spinning around him. He flew into the air and slammed his head hard on the tile floor.

"Bang——"

Zhang Shihu fell on his back, and felt a sharp pain in his tailbone. He couldn't help but scream, "Help, help..."