Chapter 137 Ayao, marry me, I won’t divorce
"You mean Xiaohuai and Yaoyao?" Qin Mingzhang smiled while holding his teacup. "How could that be? They're just good friends."
Xu Zhaotang also laughed: "I have heard some gossip about these kids. Anyway, you should be careful."
"It's not that I'm a snob, but you also know about the messy things that happened to our vice-president's son, right?"
"He's an Ivy League graduate with a bright future ahead of him, but he insisted on marrying someone who's not his match."
"After the marriage, the woman's family would often go to the dean's office to make a scene, either demanding that an apartment be given to the woman's younger siblings, or that poor relatives be arranged to receive medical treatment free of charge."
"Now the whole hospital is laughing at them! This is the result of pursuing true love and insisting on backward compatibility."
"It's normal for adolescents to be ignorant. You can't be ignorant."
They hinted openly and covertly that they asked Qin Jiahuai not to get too close to Chu Yao, for fear that Chu Yao would take advantage of their family.
Qin Mingzhang was annoyed when he heard this.
His son is only seventeen years old, why is he talking about marriage here?
He glanced into the room and saw that Wei Wan wasn't paying attention. He lowered his voice and teased Xu Zhaotang, "When you were in school, you didn't care about background when choosing a girlfriend. There were girls from all kinds of family backgrounds."
Back then, Xu Zhaotang was a famous playboy in the school because of his family background and good looks.
I heard that he was dating several women at the same time, including a woman who worked in a factory outside of school... He only settled down after getting married.
Qin Mingzhang is a soft-hearted person, so he has to be extra careful when talking to people so as not to destroy the relationship between the couple.
Xu Zhaotang didn't feel ashamed at all, and his smile widened: "But in the end, didn't I still choose the one with the most suitable conditions to marry?"
Qin Mingzhang really didn't want to talk about this topic anymore: "It's too early to talk about this now. No one can predict what will happen in the future. Even wealthy families can go bankrupt, and even the richest people can be executed. Who knows, the Luan family might even fall one day."
Xu Zhaotang was silent for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Yes, it's too early now."
They changed the topic and started talking about their careers.
There was no conflict on this matter. They chatted until late at night before the Xu couple went home.
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Chu Yao did not come to the Qin family to stay overnight tonight.
He said that he didn’t need to rest well after the exam, so he insisted on staying in the hospital with his grandmother.
Qin Jiahuai had no choice but to go home alone.
But he actually knew that there seemed to be some subtle gap between Chu Yao and him.
Is it because of that lawless lunatic Chen Yanbai?
Before going to bed, Qin Jiahuai took another look at the appointment feedback sent to him by the court.
Fortunately, I have an appointment to go to the trial with her tomorrow.
Let her be educated in the law.
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The next morning, Qin Jiahuai and Chu Yao went to Fengpu People's Court to attend the trial.
The cases heard in court this morning were all marriage-related.
The woman sitting in the bench was Yi Congfan, the youngest female judge of Fengpu Court. She had short hair neatly combed behind her ears, sharp brow bones, and a solemn and dignified expression.
The first case to be heard at 9 o'clock was a domestic violence case.
The woman in the plaintiff's seat had a bruised face and broken bones.
She kept the evidence, which was recorded by secretly installing a surveillance camera.
When she was about to submit it, her husband's lawyer suddenly said, "Objection! This video has not been retrieved and authenticated by the public security department!"
The woman became nervous and looked quickly at her lawyer.
But before the other lawyer could say anything, Yi Congfan said seriously, "The objection is invalid. According to the Anti-Domestic Violence Law, evidence collected by the victim can be used as a reference. Bailiff, turn off the lights and play."
(Note: The Anti-Domestic Violence Law was not passed until the end of 2015. It did not actually exist at this stage of the story. It is quoted here in advance for plot needs.)
In the video, the defendant grabbed the plaintiff's hair and threw her to the ground, beating and kicking her. The plaintiff even vomited blood, but he did not stop.
After the evidence was played, Yi Congfan checked all the evidence, including the forensic injury report.
The final judgment was: "Oral ruling: A personal safety protection order is issued to the applicant, prohibiting the respondent from harassing the applicant and her relatives, including the applicant's mother, and ordering the respondent to move out of the applicant's residence within 24 hours."
When the man heard he was being asked to move out, he slammed the table and yelled, "I bought this house, why are you asking me to leave?"
Yi Congfan said calmly: "According to Articles 23 and 25 of the Anti-Domestic Violence Law, victims of domestic violence have the right to request that the perpetrator temporarily move out, effective immediately."
The man was about to start a scene, but his lawyer quickly advised him, "You can't cause trouble in court. The sentence will be even heavier if you do..."
After much difficulty, I coaxed him into submission and took him away.
Chu Yao was so excited after watching the whole process!
When she heard the lawyer say that surveillance could not be used as evidence, she was really worried.
Hearing that the domestic abuser was unwilling to move out, she was worried again...
Fortunately, the situation turned around again and again, and in the end the victim won!
At 10:30, a case of illegal transfer of marital property was heard.
The female defendant is a brother-supporting demon.
After being married for many years, she often secretly transferred the salary her husband handed over to her younger brother, and gave all the jewelry her husband bought to her sister-in-law. It is estimated that there are at least one million yuan.
Yi Congfan struck the gavel at the trial: "As the recipient of the funds, the defendant's brother Su Kai bears joint and several liability for repayment and needs to jointly return 1.03 million yuan to the plaintiff."
The brother and sister now have to pay back the plaintiff’s money.
I don’t know whether my sister accepted the punishment or planned to win back her husband in private, but she kept her head down and said nothing.
But my younger brother suddenly lost his temper and yelled, "Everything my sister spent on me was our joint property. She can spend it on whoever she wants! Are you crazy? Is this a crime?"
Yi Congfan first asked the bailiff to stop them.
The younger brother didn't listen and continued to scold.
Yi Congfan said calmly, "In accordance with Article 309 of the Criminal Law and Article 114 of the Civil Procedure Law, Su Kai will be detained for 15 days."
My brother was taken to detention and became a well-behaved boy.
Chu Yao roared in her heart.
Ahhhh so cool, so cool!
This is the power of holding the gavel!
When others act crazy and unreasonably, she only needs to calmly use the law to kill them in seconds!
11:15, the court opened to hear the dispute over the return of betrothal gifts.
The plaintiff husband and the defendant wife wanted a divorce.
The plaintiff asked the defendant to return the 88,000 yuan betrothal gift given to him when they got married, saying that the payment of the betrothal gift had caused him difficulties in life.
Yi Congfan took a stack of information given by the lawyers of both sides and started to calculate in court using a calculator.
The final verdict: "After deducting the 32,000 yuan for banquet expenses, the 45,000 yuan for rent during their cohabitation, and the 18,000 yuan for childbirth loss caused by the miscarriage, the plaintiff must compensate the defendant 7,000 yuan."
The plaintiff was dumbfounded... How come he didn't even get a dime of betrothal gift, but had to pay 7,000 yuan?
He was unwilling and started making a fuss again, asking the bailiff to maintain order.
Chu Yao found it quite amusing, like listening to gossip.
But when I think about it again, I find it quite sad.
Two people who slept in the same bed and almost conceived a child ended up having such an ugly fight over seven thousand yuan.
The adult world is so miserable.
Marriage is really...ah.
This morning, in addition to these three cases, there were many other small cases.
In cases like that, people plead guilty straight away, with no arguments, so the process goes by very quickly.
At twelve o'clock, the morning trial ended.
Chu Yao was really enlightened today. It turns out that this is how court trials work: one case after another, and they can try a lot of cases.
When Yi Congfan was about to leave, Qin Jiahuai immediately went over and told her what his future daughter had asked him to do.
Tell her that the person who kidnapped her son was her cleaning lady.
Yi Congfan's expression became serious. "Where did you get this clue?"
Qin Jiahuai had already thought of an excuse: "I know someone in the media. The media found out, but she is also afraid of retaliation from the traffickers, so she is unwilling to reveal her true identity and is unwilling to contact you directly."
Yi Congfan has been looking for his child for so long, he doesn't want to give up any clues, even if they are false.
She said "thank you" to Qin Jiahuai and went back to investigate immediately.
Chu Yao and Qin Jiahuai left the court together.
Chu Yao asked curiously, "Did Sister Yuan Nan tell you about the clue about the kidnapping?"
Qin Jiahuai was afraid that she would ask Yuan Nan, so he lied: "No, it's Yuan Nan's sister's colleague."
Chu Yao nodded: "You have a wide network of contacts."
After a pause, she casually added, "After hearing all the cases this morning, I feel that marriage is terrible. When two people who love each other end up getting divorced, all that's left is calculations, and they just want to take more benefits."
Qin Jiahuai followed beside her, his dark eyes staring at her silently.
"That depends on who you marry. If you marry me, you will never get divorced."
Chu Yao walked in front with her head down, without answering.
Qin Jiahuai's mind resurfaced with the scene where she and Shen Yanbai were standing in front of the claw machine yesterday.
He suddenly stretched out his hand... and uncontrollably did something irrational.
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