[Divorce Lawyers]
Episode 38
[Chao: Baby, miss me?]
[Teddy Bear]
Mom, something's come up.
I've have to go now.
[Baby, miss me?]
Hello, is Meng Xian in the office?
I thought he'd already gone home.
He said he couldn't stay late today
because he wanted to go home to see his wife.
What... what are you doing?
What are you doing?
Hey, where are you going?
- I won't let you go. - Let go.
No.
Hello, GM Lou.
Yeah, I forgot to call you back.
Yeah, the eighth. It's a Saturday.
Is eight o'clock okay with you?
Okay, sure.
That's all.
Hi, Auntie.
I'll send you her number later.
Yeah, her name's Wen Jing.
Yeah, she'll take care of it.
Okay.
Bye.
I'll give your number to GM Lou's mom later.
Their wedding's on the 24th, so you can take care of it for them.
The 24th? There's no way they'll get a hotel.
It's the most popular day for the next few months.
- They can have our reservation. - Then what about us?
- We're not getting married. - Why not?
How can you call it off now?
- We've already sent out the invitations. - Just find an excuse.
- What excuse? - Whatever.
- Like what? - I don't want to argue.
- Please get out of the way. - No.
You must give me an explanation.
You should be the one explaining!
I can't take this anymore.
I can't accept the fact that my wife's been flirting around while I'm not home.
What are you talking about? I haven't been.
Baby, what are you doing?
Baby, had dinner yet?
Baby, are you asleep yet?
Wouldn't you call that flirting?
How would you feel if I said that to other women on the internet?
Have you had dinner yet?
Are you asleep yet?
Damn it!
- Sleep with who? - You looked at my computer?
How dare you look at my message history.
Yeah, I looked at your message history.
How rude of me!
How despicable of me!
Fine, then find someone who won't look at your message history.
This way, he'll always trust you.
He'll always think you're such an innocent and honest girl.
And he'll always believe whatever you tell him.
For you
he'll keep working and working to earn more money
so that you can have a better life.
This way, you'll live happily ever after.
You two will be very happy.
But I can't do it because I already saw it with my own eyes.
I can't lie to myself.
I really hate myself right now.
I'm sorry, I was the one who ruined our happiness.
I'm really sorry.
If I had a choice, I wouldn't want this to have happened at all.
I wish I hadn't found out.
If only I hadn't taken my mom's call.
If only I hadn't turned on that damned computer.
If only I hadn't seen your message history.
What an unfortunate coincidence...
No, let me explain.
I don't need your explanation.
Hey, where are you going?
It's none of your business at all.
You're not going anywhere.
- I'm going to my new house. - No, you're not...
This is over. Can you calm down?
You're not going. That's my house.
It's my house... you can't go there.
My parents bought it for me.
- But it's under my name. - It was my parents' money.
I don't care. It's under my name.
- But my parents bought it for me. - It's for us.
But we're not getting married anymore!
Fine.
You can go if you want.
Since it's under my name, it's my house.
I won't let you live there.
My parents worked all their lives
so that they could buy that house.
They even borrowed money from their friends and family.
How dare you say it's your house.
But we've already sent out the invitations.
Everyone knows we're getting married.
How am I supposed to explain to them?
The reason my parents bought that house was because we were getting married.
How am I supposed to tell them
that I've lost both my girlfriend and the house?
You're the one who called off the wedding, not me.
You're the one who cheated!
I don't care. I'm definitely getting married on the 24th.
You can marry whomever you want, but it won't be me.
You can do whatever you want.
But the house is mine.
The car insurance that Cao Qian Kuen bought is almost due.
You can give it to Tang Mei Yu for him.
- The car key's in the envelope. - Why can't he do it himself?
Isn't it obvious enough?
Meng Xian?
Where are you going?
I'm getting divorced.
So why did you agree to put the house under her name?
She asked me and I couldn't say no.
After we decided to get married
she said since she's about to become my wife
I should be willing to put the house under her name.
Meng Xian, do you understand the marriage law at all?
Let me tell you.
All properties purchased prior to your marriage
will belong to the registered person even after your divorce.
I really only said yes because I didn't want to reject her.
Your kindness has made things very difficult now.
Saving face is always an important thing to men.
We always try to be as generous as we can before we get married.
The point is it's my parents' money.
If it were my money, I'd be happy to give it to her.
My parents still don't know that the house is under her name.
I beg you.
Please, try to get the house back for me.
Otherwise, my parents will kill me.
- Don't worry. - It's just a house, right?
- It shouldn't be a problem at all. - Really?
But I thought Attorney Luo said
the house belongs to the registered person.
What else can we do?
That only applies to properties that you buy prior to your marriage
which means you can't split them after your divorce.
But the law also says
should one party request the other party return the betrothal gifts
for a valid reason
the court should be in support of such a request.
Get it?
What does that mean?
It means if the house is classified as a pre-marital asset
then you can't have it back.
But if it was a betrothal gift, then perhaps you can have it returned to you.
- Betrothal gift? - Yes.
Did you put it under her name because you were going to marry her?
Can you prove that your parents have paid for the house?
I can.
They gave me a bank card
and I used that bank card to pay for the house.
Good, now that you have legal evidence, you can have your house back.
What do you mean?
Are you able to confirm
that the house was actually a betrothal gift
instead of a gift that you gave her
simply because you liked her?
Of course it wasn't just a gift. I'm not that rich.
How could I have given her a house as a gift?
Also, it wasn't even my money.
My parents used their hard-earned money to buy me that house.
So I must get that house back.
Please, help me get my house back.
Two things.
First, move into your new house right away.
- She won't let me move in. - You must do so.
It's up to the court to decide who it belongs to.
- Okay. - Second
make sure you insist that the house was a betrothal gift.
Be careful what you say to her.
Whether it be face-to-face, phone conversations, or sending messages.
Make sure you don't say anything wrong, get it?
Here's my card.
Meng Xian, have a seat here.
I need to have a word with Attorney Chi.
Chi, come with me.
Close the door.
Attorney Chi, this is my law firm.
What were you doing out there?
Sorry, I couldn't help it.
I'm so used to giving out my card.
I would have told him my fees if you hadn't stopped me.
I only realized where I was after I offered him my card.
I'm so sorry.
I didn't mean it.
But I did help in a way, right?
There's no way that he'll get the house back
if he doesn't treat it as a betrothal gift.
You're right, but don't you get it?
- Does he really want to get divorced? - That's what he said.
- Maybe he doesn't mean it. - But it's a huge problem.
I don't think it's a huge problem at all.
Of course it is.
They're about to get married
and she's still flirting around on the internet.
What's going to happen after they get married and have kids?
We've only heard Meng Xian's side of the story.
He's so mad, he's probably not being rational.
What if it's not as serious as he made it sound?
Then what could be more serious?
What about Cao Qian Kuen and Tang Mei Yu?
What Wen Jing did was nothing compared to Cao Qian Kuen.
Why can't we give her another chance?
It's not easy to build a family.
We can't let them get divorced so easily.
That makes sense.
You're always right when it comes to great wisdom.
Fine, I'll stay out of it.
Just work on your case and let me know if you need me.
I need your help now.
Go and comfort Meng Xian for me.
- I need to go out. - Now?
Okay, I haven't closed a deal for a while.
Let me practice my sales skills.
Hello, Wen Jing.
I'm Meng Xian's lawyer. My name is Luo Li.
He's asked me to talk to you on his behalf.
So that's my story.
Buddy.
Compared to what happened to me, your incident is really nothing at all.
Wow.
So, did you really see them?
Both my colleague and I saw them with our own eyes.
You're so forgiving.
You must have felt so bad.
Enough about me, let's talk about you.
Let's get down to business.
When you fall in love
you're in love with that person's good qualities.
But when you get married, you must live with her shortcomings.
Every person makes mistakes.
Does it mean they can't be forgiven?
The point is whether you
still love her or not.
Take your time.
Think about it.
Do you still love her?
The point is, can you solve the problem between you?
Take your time.
Think about it.
Ask yourself whether you can solve the problem with her.
Divorce is not the only solution.
And it is definitely not the best solution.
Do you know what divorce is?
Divorce is a tragedy.
Hang on.
That's not what you said when I first came in.
That's because I didn't understand your situation.
I've had a change of perspective.
I understand...
I don't want to get divorced.
The reason I want the house
is because I don't want to get divorced.
If you really don't want to get divorced
then you shouldn't threaten him with the house.
Look at the circles on the calendar.
Each circle represents a dinner with him.
Sometimes a whole month goes by and we don't have dinner together.
He's always so busy at work.
Wen Jing.
Have you thought about why he's been working so hard?
I've told him.
I asked him to leave one day free for me every week.
He promised me.
But he never kept his promise.
I just want one day.
A day without clients, work dinners, or any phone calls.
Just me and him.
To him, I don't think I'll ever be as important
as his clients
work dinners
university friends
or his high school friends.
Even his soccer friends are more important than I am.
We've fought many times before.
Every time we fought, we'd decide to break up.
But after we broke up, I'd get really upset.
So would he.
Then we'd get back together again.
I remember one time
on my birthday...
he promised that he'd celebrate my birthday with me.
Do you know how happy I was?
So I cooked a feast and waited for him to come home.
But then he called me
and said his flight was canceled.
Do you know how disappointed I was?
I didn't mean to chat with other men on the internet.
But I'm always home alone.
I'm alone on weekdays and weekends.
I'm alone on special occasions.
Wen Jing, let me ask you a question.
Why do you want to marry Meng Xian?
Why?
Because I love him.
If I didn't love him
if I'd really fallen in love with somebody else
why would I be so upset?
Think about it.
Tell me how you truly feel right now.
I'll try to talk to her again.
Speak up, I can't hear you.
I'll try to work it out with her.
What's going on?
Is this a direct sales forum?
Thank you, come and have a seat.
Here she comes.
They just got a little sentimental.
- I can't believe you're still here. - Of course.
- Give him some water. - Sure.
Are you okay, Meng Xian?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Here, take a look at this.
- This is last year's. - Yeah, it's your calendar from last year.
Wen Jing asked me to give it to you.
The circles are the days when you two had dinner together.
If I counted right
you had dinner together 15 times last year.
Two of those times you only got through half of your dinner.
- Was that all? - Yeah.
I remember those two times. I got called back to the office.
Wen Jing's written down all the things that you promised her.
At Christmas
you promised to take her out to the movies.
But then you had to go on a business trip, right?
I downloaded the movie from internet and...
Okay.
On her birthday
you said you'd come back to celebrate with her.
But then what happened?
It wasn't my fault that my flight got canceled, right?
Meng Xian, Wen Jing is a woman.
Women need to be loved and looked after.
She's not just another piece of furniture at home.
Even if you buy a cat or a dog
you still need to pet it and take it out for walks, right?
I want you to listen to this.
Here, hold it.
We've fought many times before.
Every time we fought, we'd decide to break up.
But after we broke up, I'd get really upset.
So would he.
Then we'd get back together again.
I remember one time
on my birthday...
he promised that he'd celebrate my birthday with me.
Do you know how happy I was?
So I cooked a feast and waited for him to come home.
But then he called me
and said his flight was canceled.
Do you know how disappointed I was?
I didn't mean to chat with other men on the internet.
But I'm always home alone.
I'm alone on weekdays and weekends.
I'm alone on special occasions.
Wen Jing, let me ask you a question.
Why do you want to marry Meng Xian?
Because I love him.
If I didn't love him
if I'd really fallen in love with somebody else
why would I be so upset?
You've got a fever.
- How are you feeling? - I've got a headache.
My eyes hurt too.
I'll get you a glass of water.
No.
Hi, Mom.
Listen, don't worry.
My friend told me he wanted to get divorced
so I left in a rush and forgot to tell Wen Jing.
That's why she was worried.
We're fine. We're all good.
Mom, well...
Don't worry, take care of yourself.
She's home, but she's got the flu.
Don't worry, she'll definitely be better before our wedding.
I'll make sure she recovers by tonight.
Bye.
So, will you be better in time?
Otherwise I'll have to give GM Lou our hotel reservation for his wedding.
I will.
I'll definitely be better by then.
I want to marry you.
Are you sure?
Here, let's sign this agreement first.
Take a look at it.
Marriage agreement.
Read it out.
Party A and Party B
hereby agree to get married.
Both parties agree to have dinner together at least once a week
and to spend every weekend together.
Both parties must provide one another
with support, comfort, company, and honesty.
Should such an agreement be breached
the party at fault must relinquish all assets.
Both parties hereby promise
that should either party become unfaithful during their marriage
including infidelity which leads to the breakdown of the marriage
not only will the party at fault need to relinquish all assets
but that party must also pay a compensation fee of one million yuan.
The compensation fee's too low.
One million yuan.
I think it should be ten million yuan instead.
Fine, I'll change it to ten million.
How about a hundred million?
A hundred million?
- You're lying again. - No, I'm serious.
- What about my empty bed? - What empty bed?
I read a poem once.
'Missing someone makes you age.'
'You never know when he'll come back.'
'You'll soon wither like a flower'
'and lose your youth and beauty.'
'If he doesn't come back soon'
'it'll all be too late.'
- What does it mean? - The poem is about
a young wife who waits for her husband to come home every day.
But since her husband works overtime all the time
by the time he comes home, he's too tired to do anything.
So his wife is very sad.
Since youth is very short-lived...
if you don't come and collect the pollen now
then the flower will wither very soon.
But you can't really say that.
You see, this poem was written a long time ago.
They didn't work overtime then, but I do.
So it's different.
That's not what I mean.
Then what do you mean?
- You know what I mean. - No, I don't.
You're so annoying.
I know what you mean.
So that's what you mean.
This is what you mean, right?
Is this it?
It's finally over.
My ex-wife's actually marrying someone else.
- So are you really going? - Yeah.
You're so weird.
After all the time that you've been hiding from her
what if Tang Mei Yu, Jiao Yan Yan, and Luo Li start questioning you?
Tang Mei Yu said if I go to the wedding and show her respect
then everything's negotiable.
- And you believe her? - Yeah, why not?
You'll have to go with me.
Go with you?
You must be crazy.
It's my ex-wife's wedding.
Why would I go and ruin her wedding?
We're best friends, right?
If I go by myself, what if they all gang up on me?
Why would I go if they didn't send me an invitation?
You can go as the bride's cousin's husband's friend.
But I thought you're getting divorced.
The bride's soon-to-be-divorced cousin's husband's friend
plus the bride's ex-husband.
That's it, I'll get beaten up for sure.
It's not that I don't want to go with you.
But think about it.
Remember how I caught them cheating?
Would Yue Qun really want me to be there?
- I reckon... - Hai Dong.
- Hi, Qian Kuen. - What are you doing here?
We're getting married on March 10th. This is your invitation.
We hope you can come.
Hai Dong was just saying how upset he was about not getting an invitation.
That's because we wanted to deliver the invitation to you personally.
Hai Dong, Yan Yan and I sincerely want you to be at our wedding.
As for what happened in the past
let's just forget about it.
I agree.
Hai Dong, you're not going to turn us down, are you?
- I'll be there. - Don't forget.
Have a seat.
Oh yeah. We'd like to ask you another favor.
Go on.
We'd like you to be our witness
and give us your blessing in front of everyone.
Also...
will you give me away?
Qian Kuen, what's wrong?
I got my nose hair stuck in this thing.
It's not such a big deal.
All you have to do is walk arm-in-arm with her
and give her hand to the man that she loves.
It won't kill you, right?
Can't you just consider her as your family?
Take me for example.
Me and my younger sister
don't see each other much nowadays
and we don't even talk on the phone much.
But when the time comes for her to get married
I'll still be there to give her my blessing.
When dealing with people like them
if you're willing to stand up and stick up for them
when they need you
then it'll make them extremely happy.
To be honest
Yan Yan sees you as her closest family.
If you're willing to go and give her your blessing
I'm sure she'd be very happy.
If Tang Mei Yu marries another guy...
will you go?
I'll go for sure.
Regardless of our feelings for each other
we'll always be the parents of our child.
There'll always be a bond between us.
Friend.
You can laugh at me if you want to.
But let me tell you the truth.
If Mei Yu ever marries someone else
I'll definitely give her my blessing.
I'll also get along very well with that guy.
I'll have a drink with him and say
'Buddy, thanks for taking care of Mei Yu.'
Since I didn't do a good job at it before
I'll ask him to look after her for the rest of her life.
Don't you get it, Hai Dong?
You see.
If you give Yan Yan's hand to her new husband in front of everyone
then you can officially go your separate ways and look for your new love.
You'll finally be putting an end to your relationship.
Linda's coming back from the States to see her grandparents.
Do you want to have dinner with her one night?
So if your daughter and I get into a brawl
whose side would you take?
You must be kidding.
She's older now, so she'll understand.
She's been asking about my love life.
I've mentioned about you.
She really wants to meet you.
I really think she'll like you.
Let's hope so.
Give it some time.
All right.
We can talk about this later.
Hi, Mei Yu.
When I asked Cao Qian Kuen to go to Jiao Yan Yan's wedding with me
he said yes.
- Are you guys back together? - No.
After our last dinner
he's been hiding from me.
I haven't seen him for a long time.
What does that bastard actually want?
Is he trying to stay separated so that
the court will approve your divorce after two years?
Mei Yu, let me remind you.
Your child will be two years old by then.
What if he tries to get custody of your child?
I know that.
You don't have to tell me.
Please do me a favor.
Come with me to the wedding
and ask him how he really feels about us.
Also, don't be too harsh on him.
Is that okay?
Fine, I'll go with you.
I'll try not to beat him up.
I need to take Wu's call.
- Hello? - Where are you?
I'm home.
How are you feeling today?
Tired.
All right, then get some rest.
As for what I said about meeting my daughter
don't worry about it too much.
Since she grew up in the States
she's a very outgoing kid.
You'll definitely like her.
Also, during the time when she's back
I'd like to spend more time with her and show her around.
Sure, of course.
See if you can find some time.
Why don't we go skiing or something?
That's okay.
You should spend more time with her.
I don't want to tag along.
All right.
I've got a call coming in.
[Chi]
Go to hell.
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