My wife and I went for a medical checkup, and she was diagnosed with stomach cancer. I went home to find my parents, wanting to sell our house to save her.
But my mother said to me: "I can give you the property deed, but on one condition. First, tell her that you have stomach cancer."
I didn't understand my mother's words, but to save my wife, I still did as she asked.
That evening, my mother-in-law rushed to our home, urging me to get a divorce and not to burden her daughter.
My wife also said to me that if you truly love someone, you shouldn't hinder their remaining years.
I stared at my wife in disbelief, unable to believe she would say such things.
From the beginning, I understood what my mother was thinking. She wanted to test our relationship to see if my wife was worth selling our house to save.
I had thought our love was as strong as gold and would definitely withstand the test.
Only now do I realize that our ancestors were right: "Husband and wife are birds of a feather, but when disaster strikes, they fly in different directions."
Seeing me stunned and speechless, my wife said sincerely: "You know, cancer treatment isn't as easy as you think. You can search online for those families fighting cancer - in the end, they spend all their money and the person still dies."
My mother-in-law couldn't wait to add: "Exactly! By then, to save you, we'd have to sell the house and car, borrow money everywhere, and still might not save you. What would happen to my daughter after you die?"
I had always respected my mother-in-law, but this time I ignored her completely. Looking into my wife's eyes, I said seriously: "Do you really think that way?"
My wife said: "I hope you won't be too selfish and will consider me too."
I asked: "Do you think wanting to survive is a selfish thing?"
My wife sighed and said: "I only know that if I had cancer, I would never burden you. I would divorce you and choose to bear it alone."
I fell into silence.
My mother-in-law wiped her tears and said to me: "I know you feel wronged, but what has my daughter done wrong? She's still so young. How will she spend the rest of her life?"
I suddenly thought, maybe my mother-in-law was right. I'm still young. If I spend all our family's savings to save my wife and she still dies, how would I spend the rest of my life?
At this moment, my wife suddenly handed me divorce papers.
My heart turned cold. I had only told her this news a short time ago, yet she had already prepared the divorce papers.
I picked up the papers and looked at them, but couldn't help being stunned.
This was practically a predatory contract.
After the divorce, not only would the cash be split in half, but the property would also belong to my wife, leaving me only a car.
I suspected that if she knew how to drive, I wouldn't even be able to keep that car.
My wife said: "If you see no problems, sign it, then we'll go to the civil affairs bureau to get divorced."
I said: "Do you think this contract is fair? The house was bought by my family. Why should it belong to you after divorce?"
My mother-in-law quickly said: "Do you remember when you married my daughter, I made it very clear that you must have a house to get married?"
I said: "I remember, but aren't we getting divorced now?"
My mother-in-law said anxiously: "This house is security for my daughter! It's for situations like this after marriage. Now that you're actually sick, isn't it reasonable for us to take this security?"
I gasped in shock. I never expected that the "security" they mentioned before marriage meant this.
The bride price was security, the house was security.
If I cheat, she takes the security.
If I get sick and die, she also takes the security.
When risks arise, she takes all the benefits. What do I get?
I said angrily: "Impossible! I won't give you the house! I'm just sick, I'm not at fault. Why should I give it to you?"
My wife looked at me sadly and said: "You won't even give me this final gift."
When she used to speak to me with that pitiful expression, I only felt heartache.
But this time, I felt a chill.
What kind of gift?
Taking someone's property when they're sick and shamelessly calling it a gift.
Seeing my firm attitude, my mother-in-law softened her tone and said: "Listen to me. Giving this house to my daughter isn't just for ourselves. If something happens to you later, won't someone need to help take care of your parents?"
My wife quickly said: "Yes, I can help take care of your parents later."
I looked at her coldly. At this moment, I wouldn't believe anything she said.
Before marriage, she had said she didn't want to live with my parents, which is why we bought this house.
Now she says she'll take care of my parents later. How could I possibly believe her?
I sneered and said: "My parents don't need you to take care of them."
My wife nodded and said: "Fine, then we'll go to court."
I gasped in shock and said to her in disbelief: "You know I have stomach cancer, yet you want to sue me?"
My mother-in-law said impatiently: "We spoke to you nicely and you don't understand, so we have to tell you the harsh truth, right? You're already sick. If we drag you through years of lawsuits, we can wear you down. Can you hold onto these assets?"
She became more and more agitated, even pointing at my nose and continuing: "When you die, it'll be your old parents fighting us in court. Do you think we're afraid of them?"
Anger burned fiercely in my heart.
This whole family were ungrateful wolves. I had actually wanted to sell the old house to save her life.
My wife said: "Mom, don't argue with him. Let me have a heart-to-heart talk with him."
She took my hand, her face full of sincerity.
But this face that I once loved now looked disgusting to me.
My wife said seriously: "Let's put ourselves in each other's shoes, okay? If I were sick today, I would also leave most of the property to you, because I hope that after I'm gone, you can help take care of my parents."
My mother-in-law quickly said: "Yes, look at my daughter's awareness, then look at yours. Don't you feel ashamed? What are you thinking about all day?"
I said: "I'm thinking that couples should face difficulties together."
My wife shook her head and said: "That's too naive."
I asked: "How is that naive?"
My wife said: "Couples facing difficulties together sounds fine on the surface, but fundamentally, it's you dragging me along to face your personal difficulty."
"If I continue to be with you, I'll waste my youth and savings, and end up old and poor. When you lightly leave this world, you'll leave me with nothing. Is that what you want?"
Listening to my wife's words, I felt like knives were stabbing my heart.
I had originally thought that if she got sick, I would give everything to save her. But I never expected that if I got sick, her first reaction would be about being burdened.
I sighed sadly and said: "How can couples be a burden to each other? We clearly made vows that neither poverty nor illness would separate us."
My wife shook her head and said: "You're thinking too simply. Let me tell you what terrible things will happen if we don't get divorced."
I didn't understand how this related to something terrible, but my wife said very seriously: "At first, I'll accompany you through treatment, but as time goes on, our savings will dwindle, and we might even go into debt and have to sell the house and car. Do you think our life will still be good?"
I didn't speak, but began to imagine the scene my wife described.
She continued: "By then, you'll be so sick you can't even walk, and I'll have to carry you to the hospital. We won't have a car, and when it's windy or rainy, I'll have to carry you on the bus, maybe even wipe your waste. Living like this day after day, won't you feel guilty?"
I couldn't help but say: "Treatment still has a chance. If we get through this difficulty, life might get better."
Seeing me still arguing, my wife suddenly said: "But why should I bet my remaining years on a probability?"
This simple sentence made my heart completely cold.
My wife said: "If we win the bet, that's fine. But if we lose? If we lose, I'll have wasted my entire life. You keep talking about facing things together, but isn't that actually selfish? You're only thinking about making me pay!"
As she spoke, she actually started crying. She cried and said: "I'm also a person! Before you think about wanting to survive, why don't you think that I'm also just a person! I also want to have an ordinary, happy life!"
My mother-in-law quickly handed my wife tissues to wipe her tears.
She patted my wife's shoulder and comforted her, saying: "This person is ungrateful. From beginning to end, he only thinks about himself and never considers your feelings."
My wife cried harder and harder, finally bursting into loud sobs: "Why should I bet my remaining decades on your probability? If you love me, should you burden me?"
Looking at my wife crying, I thought about what she had said.
Yes, why should I bet my remaining decades on her probability?
At this moment, I realized how foolish I had been.
And at this moment, I also understood my mother's good intentions.
My wife said: "Right now, you've fallen into an abyss. If I could pull you up, I would definitely do it. The problem is that I'm really powerless. If you keep holding onto my hand and won't let go, you'll drag both of us into the abyss!"
I smiled bitterly and said: "You're right. Since we loved each other, we should consider each other. There's no need to drag the other person into the abyss."
Hearing that I was somewhat relenting, my wife and mother-in-law exchanged glances and quickly said excitedly: "Yes, it's good that you can understand. When I ask for a divorce today, it's absolutely not because I'm cold and heartless. It's precisely because we loved each other that we can't go down that path."
Just then, my phone rang.
It was a text message from my mother.
The message said: "I've already asked around. Our old house can still sell for about 600,000 yuan, which should be enough for several years of treatment."
My mother-in-law saw the content on my phone screen and immediately changed color, saying: "You've already contacted your mother about selling the old house, haven't you?"
My wife gasped and said: "You contacted your family about selling the old house without discussing it with me. You're really selfish. If I hadn't asked for a divorce today, would you have sold this house too?"
My mother-in-law said excitedly: "He never treated you as family! He wants to sell the old house and then bring his parents here. By then, you wouldn't just have to serve him, but also two old people!"
My wife bit her lip and said: "I never expected you to be this kind of person. How dare you let your parents live with me without my consent!"
I said: "Wait, your words are contradictory. You just said that if I leave the house to you, you'll help take care of my parents. But now you're saying why should you live with my parents. What exactly do you mean?"
My wife said excitedly: "That would be more than ten years later when I'm successful in my career! If you let them move in now, wouldn't that hinder my career?"
My mother-in-law quickly said: "Don't sell the old house, absolutely don't sell it. If you sell the old house now, how will my daughter live in the new house later? Your parents will definitely take advantage of having no house and cling to my daughter!"
I smiled bitterly and said: "I never expected that the old house, which is my parents' property, would need your consent for them to sell their own property."
My mother-in-law said righteously: "You're not only burdening your wife, but also your parents. You have no sense of responsibility! Anyway, I'm putting it clearly - your family's old house is not allowed to be sold. If you dare to put up a 'for sale' sign, I'll go there every day to cause trouble so no one dares to buy it!"
I finally understood.
If I were sick today, they wouldn't just take my house and half my savings, but they wouldn't even let my parents sell their house, afraid that my parents would have nowhere to live and would come live with her later.
My wife looked at me disappointedly and said: "Why have you become like this now? I will take care of your parents, but not now. This is the rising period of my life. If you burden me now, how will I be able to help your family in the future?"
I smiled bitterly and said: "You mean that if I'm sick and spend half of my own savings, I can't even let my parents sell their house to save me."
My wife said seriously: "Don't put it so harshly. I just hope you won't only consider yourself, but also think about me and your parents. I was feeling guilty before, but now I know that divorcing you was the right decision. You're really selfish."
At this point, I felt like a complete idiot.
If my mother hadn't asked me to lie, I probably would have spent all my assets on this bad woman.
I sighed and said: "Fine, since you want to divorce me, let's get divorced."
My wife and mother-in-law exchanged glances. They didn't expect me to agree so easily. My wife quickly said: "That's good. I hope you won't blame me. If I were the one sick today, I would make the same choice."
I asked my wife: "Are you telling the truth?"
She said: "Of course I'm telling the truth. If there's a single lie, may I be struck by lightning."
I smiled bitterly and said: "Fine, then I'll sign."
Hearing this, my mother-in-law immediately became excited. She patted my shoulder and said: "I knew I wasn't wrong about you from the beginning. You're a responsible and capable person!"
My wife also quickly went to get a pen. She handed me the pen, and at this moment, she put on a gentle face again, saying: "This is the best outcome. We once loved so passionately. Don't let the ending be so ugly."
I sneered, then erased my wife's name from the contract and signed my own name.
The smile on my wife's face gradually froze. She said: "What do you mean by this?"
Looking at my wife's face, I remembered all the moments we had shared over the years. To be honest, I was planning to give her one last chance.
I said sincerely: "You keep saying you're worried about being burdened, so now I'm giving you back what belongs to you. Legally speaking, these are all your assets. And since my salary is higher than yours, you're actually making a profit."
Then I took my wife's hand and said gently: "You know I'm a sick person now. I want to survive. Keeping these assets, I can sell them later. You won't be burdened anymore. If you ever loved me, at least don't take away my hope of survival, okay?"
This was the last chance I was giving my wife.
If she agreed, it would prove that what she said earlier was sincere, and I was being petty by suspecting a noble person.
If she was truly noble, then of course I would do everything to save her.
Unfortunately, my wife didn't cherish this opportunity.
She roughly shook off my hand and shouted at me: "We agreed before marriage to give me a house as security. Now I'm about to become a widow. Why should you take away my security!"
Looking at her hysterical appearance, at this moment, I felt completely hopeless.
Finally, the dagger was drawn.
Every word she had said earlier now seemed so ridiculous.
My mother-in-law grabbed the divorce papers and tore them up. She said through gritted teeth: "Fine, then we'll go to court. Let's see how long you sick person can drag this out!"
After saying this, she threw the torn divorce papers directly at my face and said viciously: "When we spoke to you nicely, you didn't appreciate it. When we get tough with you later, you'll know what regret is! From today on, I'll go to your old house every day. If you dare to sell the old house, I'll cause trouble!"
I looked coldly at the two of them in their rage, and my wife even took out her phone and made a call, saying calmly: "Lawyer, we didn't reach an agreement. Let's go to court."
So she hadn't just prepared divorce papers - she had even hired a lawyer. No wonder she was so fast. She had found a professional divorce lawyer.
I smiled bitterly and said: "It seems everything you said earlier was a lie. Sadly, I was still thinking that if you encountered all this today, I would definitely try every way to save you."
My mother-in-law suddenly said sarcastically: "Oh my, I really wish my daughter had encountered all this instead. Unfortunately, my daughter will live a long life, but you already have cancer and are going to die!"
I shook my head and said: "Since things have come to this, let's apply for divorce first."
My mother-in-law said excitedly: "The property hasn't been divided yet. Why should we get divorced?"
But my wife quickly pulled at my mother-in-law and said: "Mom, it's okay. We can still fight the property lawsuit after getting the divorce certificate."
She whispered a few words in my mother-in-law's ear. After hearing them, my mother-in-law suddenly understood and quickly said to my wife: "Fine, then quickly go apply for divorce with him."
Looking at my wife's mysterious appearance, in fact, I already understood what she was thinking. In fact, we were probably thinking the same thing.
I wouldn't take out the diagnostic report at this time to expose the truth. Only the most foolish person would take out the diagnostic report and reveal the truth at this time, because my wife and I were thinking of the same law.
Our country's law clearly stipulates in marriage law that couples have a duty of support. At this moment, she thinks I'm sick. If she doesn't save me, she's breaking the law.
Similarly, if I don't save her, then I'm also breaking the law.
If I take out the diagnostic report at this time, my wife will definitely refuse to divorce. Then what will happen next?
Given the court's nature, they will definitely reject my divorce application.
The court will hope that I be kind to my wife. In this difficult moment, I should have the duty to treat her. There's a very high probability they'll reject my divorce application!
At this moment, my wife and I are thinking the same thing: quickly get divorced to avoid the legal duty of spousal support.
That's why I know that only a foolish person would take out the diagnostic report at this time. Once the other party refuses to divorce, I'm finished.
Sure enough, after we applied for divorce at the civil affairs bureau, my wife ran away directly.
She didn't contact me at all, spending all her time gathering evidence of assets and contacting lawyers.
My mother-in-law also went to my family's old house every day, afraid that my family would sell the old house.
I only felt pathetic.
To smoothly divorce me and fight the lawsuit, she was so busy that she couldn't even find time to go to the hospital to check her own medical report.
During this time, I wasn't idle either. I also did something bad.
I contacted lawyers everywhere, letting my wife know I was preparing for a lawsuit. This made her even more anxious. She completely forgot about her medical report and spent every day running around.
Under this tug-of-war, the divorce cooling-off period finally ended.
We finally got our divorce certificates. My wife put away her divorce certificate and sneered: "We'll fight the lawsuit slowly later. Let's see if I can drag you to death."
I sighed and handed her medical report, saying: "After all, we were once husband and wife. I have a gift for you."
She was stunned and asked: "What is it?"
I said: "Didn't we go for a medical checkup together before? I asked the hospital. You were too busy and never had time to pick it up, so I got it for you."
My wife immediately sneered: "Now you're showing concern for me again. Are you hoping I'll go easy on you? Let me tell you, no way!"
My mother-in-law stood by my wife's side and encouraged her: "Don't trust this guy. He's selfish. Don't soften because of a little concern he shows you. The lawyer said not to be afraid, not to back down."
I smiled bitterly and said: "You should look at this thing first."
She grabbed the medical report and looked at it.
As she looked, she suddenly seemed off.
She frowned tightly and said: "What does this mean?"
I said: "You can't even understand a medical report?"
She said impatiently: "We're already divorced. Stop talking to me in that condescending tone. It makes me want to vomit. Say what you have to say quickly!"
My mother-in-law also said: "Yes, you're a dying person. Stop being sarcastic and mocking us for being uneducated. Just say what you have to say clearly. We're not interested in listening to your rambling!"
I sighed and said: "A month ago, you were diagnosed with stomach cancer. I rushed home to persuade my parents to sell the old house to save your life. But my mother told me to first lie and say I was sick to test you."
Both of them became dumbfounded. My wife looked at the medical report again in disbelief and said anxiously: "This can't be. You must be lying to me. You're just trying to disgust me on purpose!"
I shrugged and said: "If you don't believe it, you can go to another hospital for a re-examination. I don't think it's necessary. You don't have much money now, so you should save it and spend it on what matters."
My wife held the medical report, stunned and at a loss.
My mother-in-law grabbed the medical report from her hand. She looked at it left and right, then couldn't help trembling all over. She said excitedly: "How is it my daughter who's sick!"
I said coldly: "Giving you this medical report is my final act of kindness. You never went to the hospital to get it yourself and missed a crucial month. To be honest, you're really quite foolish. If you hadn't been so obsessed with money and only thinking about finding lawyers to fight lawsuits, and had cared a little about your own health, how could you have wasted so much time?"
After I finished speaking, I turned to leave. At this moment, my mother-in-law couldn't help but burst into loud sobs.
My wife grabbed my arm and said trembling: "Wait, you can't leave. I don't want to divorce anymore!"
She quickly threw the divorce certificate back to the counter and said anxiously to the staff: "We don't want to divorce. Help us apply to withdraw it now!"
The staff member said helplessly: "The certificates have already been issued to both of you. How can we apply for withdrawal now? What were you doing during the one-month cooling-off period?"
My wife said anxiously: "We can't divorce. I've changed my mind. Quickly help us remarry!"
I shook off my wife's hand and said calmly: "Even if you want to remarry, I don't agree. Besides, you were the one who asked for the divorce. Now you want to remarry. You keep changing your mind. What do you think marriage is?"
Her tears immediately burst out. She grabbed my hand and cried: "How could you do such a thing? You clearly knew I was sick. Why did you divorce me!"
I looked at her in surprise and said: "Do you want to hear what you're saying? You were the one who said earlier that if someone is sick, they should get divorced and not burden the other person's remaining years."
She cried and said: "That's different!"
She was being hypocritical.
I rolled my eyes. I really didn't understand how this was different.
Then I turned to leave again, but she quickly grabbed my arm again and said anxiously: "You can't leave. You have to marry me right now. We once loved so passionately. How can you abandon me and leave when I'm in the most difficult time?"
My mother-in-law also said excitedly: "Yes, my daughter loved you so much before! And who says cancer can't be treated? Cancer has a certain probability of being cured!"
I sneered and said: "Why should I bet my remaining years on your probability?"
My wife said angrily: "If you leave like this today, we'll definitely sue you. We'll fight you to the end!"
I shrugged and said indifferently: "That's fine. Go ahead and sue me. See how many years you can drag it out. When you die of illness, I'll fight your old parents in court."
"Please, don't leave!"
In her breakdown, my wife actually knelt directly in front of me. She grabbed my hand and said pitifully: "I was immature before. Please, for the sake of our love, don't leave me when I need you most!"
Looking at her pitiful expression, I felt that chill again.
I said: "When I first found out you were sick, I had already tried every way to save you. You and your mother both said that if someone is sick, they shouldn't burden their spouse. You even went to my parents' place to cause trouble and wouldn't let me sell the old house. Isn't this all the result you wanted to achieve?"
My wife said trembling with tears: "It's different. The situation was different then."
I said seriously: "Please keep your promise. You told me many times that if you were the one who got sick, you would never burden me. Please don't be so selfish and consider me too."
In her desperation, my mother-in-law blocked my way. She pointed at me and shouted excitedly: "You have no conscience! Your wife has cancer and you want to leave her. How can there be such a morally corrupt person in the world!"
She spoke so loudly, as if wanting to attract people's attention. Sadly, we had been speaking quite loudly earlier, and the people present had already understood what was happening.
Everyone looked at them with no sympathy, even with some mockery.
I said: "Get out of the way. A good dog doesn't block the path."
My mother-in-law was furious and raised her hand, preparing to slap me.
I said coldly: "Try hitting me. Your family needs money right now. If you dare to hit me, I'll lie down on the ground. Let's see if you have money to compensate."
She stared at me fiercely, but finally put down her hand and said softly: "We were wrong before. Do I need to kneel here and kowtow to you before you're willing to remarry my daughter?"
I was stunned, then said: "That might be worth considering."
Hearing this, my mother-in-law quickly knelt in front of me and kept kowtowing. She said anxiously: "It's all our fault. We were immature before. Please, save my daughter. Our family doesn't have much money. My daughter will die!"
Looking at my mother-in-law kneeling and kowtowing in front of me, I only found it somewhat amusing.
After finishing the kowtows, my mother-in-law said with anticipation: "Now can you remarry my daughter?"
I said seriously: "After careful consideration, I won't remarry."
My mother-in-law immediately changed color and said excitedly: "You dare to trick me!"
I shrugged and said indifferently: "I made it very clear from the beginning that I would just consider it carefully. After consideration, I don't want to remarry. Is there a problem? If you're not satisfied, you can hit me."
My mother-in-law was so angry her face turned green, but in this situation, she didn't dare to hit me. My wife's emotions completely collapsed. She cried and said to me: "Do you have to treat my family like this? You clearly know I'm going to die, yet you humiliate me and my mother!"
I said: "I'm only humiliating you. But when you thought I was about to die, you wanted to destroy me."
She cried and said: "No, I didn't want to destroy you. I just thought that at least one of us should live well!"
I nodded and said: "I agree. So now I want to live well. Congratulations on convincing me. I was like a fool before, wanting to save you."
My mother-in-law shouted angrily: "You knew your wife had cancer but didn't say anything. This is illegal!"
I said: "Go ahead and report me to the police. She didn't pick up her own medical report. What does that have to do with me?"
After saying this, I turned and left, leaving only my wife and mother-in-law standing there stupidly.
The matter wasn't so easily resolved. I had underestimated the shamelessness of these two women.
After learning that I was determined not to remarry, they actually started acting shamelessly.
First, they cried and complained to neighbors at my doorstep, then they even went to my workplace, holding banners accusing me of abandoning my cancer-stricken wife, trying to ruin my reputation.
My workplace talked to me. After learning the specific situation, they all sympathized with me. My boss specifically came to me and said he would transfer me to a position at a branch company in another city, and recommended that I sell the house and not get involved with such people.
I thought my boss was right. Now these two women had become crazy. What if they found out they couldn't be cured later and took a knife to die with me? Wouldn't I be the one at a disadvantage?
Our company was quite righteous. They arranged a position for me at a branch company in another city. To the outside world, they announced that I had been fired. I took my parents and fled from this trouble, absolutely not telling anyone our current address. As for the marital house and old house, I put both up for sale.
In this kind of situation, the best approach is to stay as far away as possible. There's no need to get entangled with such psychopaths.
However, my wife didn't give up on suing me.
This kind of civil dispute often progresses slowly. When the court hearing finally came, I saw her again.
She was already emaciated, sitting in the courtroom crying and complaining to the judge: "He left me when I needed help most. I only hope the court can uphold justice for me. Either declare our divorce invalid, or give me that house. I'm just a poor woman who wants to survive."
She cried very hard, but I had already prepared evidence. I took out the surveillance footage from our home and showed it to the court.
The judge frowned as he watched and said to my wife: "You were the one who actively requested the divorce, right? When you thought he was sick?"
My wife cried and said: "That's different. He's a man with higher income than me. At that time, I thought that as an ordinary girl, I couldn't take good care of him and couldn't afford his medical expenses, so divorce was the better choice."
The judge said: "Then why do you think that now that you're sick, he shouldn't divorce you?"
My wife said: "I already said it. Because he has higher income, he should take care of me. I'm about to die. Even if I made mistakes, I don't deserve to die, do I? I'm just an ordinary girl. When I encounter problems, I'll definitely panic and make wrong decisions. I hope the court can give me a chance to reform."
The judge said calmly: "I'm also a girl, but I don't agree with your statement."
Finally, the court made its decision.
The court ruled that the property was originally bought by me before marriage, so my wife had no right to take it.
As for our marital property, it belonged to both spouses and would be split in half.
However, based on humanitarianism, the court ordered me to give 50,000 yuan. This was already the best outcome.
Losing 50,000 yuan is much better than losing the house.
However, my wife was still not satisfied. She cried and said: "I don't accept this. I want to appeal. What can 50,000 yuan do for me?"
I said calmly: "What a coincidence. I also don't accept it. I want to appeal."
My mother-in-law said excitedly: "You kept the house. Why do you still want to appeal?"
I shrugged and said: "This is the method you two gave me. I can keep appealing and drag it out until your daughter dies. When she dies, the humanitarian compensation won't be 50,000 yuan. The funeral expenses will only be a few thousand yuan at most."
My mother-in-law gasped in shock and finally collapsed, shouting: "How can you be so vicious!"
Am I vicious?
To be honest, I don't think so. When I thought my wife was sick, I wanted to give everything to save her. But when I discovered that she wasn't my lover but my enemy, I wouldn't be soft on my enemy either.
The judge asked if I wanted to file an appeal. I just smiled and shook my head, because I knew that filing an appeal has a time limit. I just need to submit it at the last moment.
My decision was only one: to drag it out.
Just like the method these two women originally wanted to use on me.
In the end, my wife didn't survive until the next court hearing. Her family didn't have much money to begin with, and with the time and energy spent on lawsuits, her condition quickly deteriorated.
On the day she died, I heard about it and couldn't help but sigh.
After all, we had once loved so passionately, but I never expected that even though we had loved so passionately, I had been blind.
I just want to advise everyone in the world to be good to themselves and not foolishly sacrifice themselves, because the other person might not be worth entrusting your life to.
Some men, no matter how good their wives are to them, will still choose younger women in the end.
Some women, no matter how good their husbands are to them, will still cheat on their men in the end.
I'm not advocating fear of marriage. I just want to warn everyone that when foolishly sacrificing, leave some escape routes for yourself.