Before coming, she had studied the legal system of this time and space. First, Tang Jian had no evidence that she had broken his hand. When both spouses have injuries, it’s usually handled as a domestic dispute rather than intentional harm. Second, although Tang Jian had resources at the police station, knowing Feng Li’s understanding of him, this person was very concerned about saving face and would never let the station know he was injured by his wife.
Tang Jian was blocked by her statement and growled angrily: “If you dare to propose divorce, I have ways to make your life miserable!”
Feng Hongwei, who had been silently listening, became angry hearing this: “Tang Jian, you’re a criminal police officer. How can you speak of breaking the law like this? When I agreed to Li marrying you, I hoped you would be happy and stable together.”
But no matter how you argue, you can’t use violence. She’s your wife, not a criminal. How could you lay hands on her?!”
Tang Jian sat silently on the sofa, his face turning black from Feng Hongwei’s scolding. When he heard the last sentence, he raised his head, pointing at his plastered right hand: “Dad, this time Li broke my hand!”
Feng Hongwei was extremely surprised. “How did she break it?”
Tang Jian frowned hesitantly: “I can’t remember clearly… it seemed like she just pressed, and my hand was fractured.” At the time, Feng Li’s movement was so sudden that he hadn’t seen clearly what happened, and his right arm was suddenly in severe pain.
Feng Hongwei stood up in anger: “Li could break your hand? Is she a black belt in karate or a taekwondo master? As her father, I never knew my daughter had such skills! If she could really break your hand, how could she be beaten by you like this? You still don’t reflect on yourself and want to push the blame onto Li? Get out! I support Li divorcing you!”
“Feng Li, be careful. I have ways to deal with you!” Tang Jian left Feng Li’s parents’ home with a dark face after making this threat.
Feng Hongwei saw that the situation was about to escalate, and he trembled as he tried to persuade, “Xiao Tang, calm down, don’t be impulsive, put the gun down first.
Tang Jian was extremely pleased that an unloaded gun had intimidated their entire family, and he nodded at Yu Yi, “Come back with me.”
Yu Yi walked towards him. Tang Jian was satisfied and smiled, raising the gun at Feng Jun, preparing to put it away. Unexpectedly, Yu Yi coldly said to him when she was in front of him: “Isn’t the safety still on?”
Tang Jian felt extremely embarrassed and thought he had lost face. Yu Yi sighed: “Tang Jian, let’s part on good terms. Even if we can’t be husband and wife, let’s not become enemies.”
Tang Jian left Feng Li’s parents’ home quickly without a word.
Feng Li’s sister-in-law, hearing Tang Jian slam the door forcefully when leaving, said to Yu Yi with lingering fear: “Feng Li, has Tang Jian gone crazy? It’s fine if you want to divorce him, but this is between you and Tang Jian. Don’t involve Mom, Dad, and your brother!”
Feng Jun glared at her: “What nonsense are you talking about? My sister’s business is my business. Tang Jian is just a mad dog. How can you let her handle this alone?”
Yu Yi nodded: “Brother, sister-in-law is right. This is between me and Tang Jian and shouldn’t involve you.”
She never expected Tang Jian would actually pull out his service weapon to threaten Feng Li’s family.
Feng Hongwei and Tang Yuying, out of concern, strongly urged Yu Yi to stay, but she still moved out and rented another room.
During the wait for the court hearing, Tang Jian was quiet and didn’t disturb her.
After Feng Li and Yu Yi’s injuries healed, they returned to work. Although she had Feng Li’s memories and could handle work without problems, she hadn’t received a court hearing notice, which made her somewhat frustrated.
She didn’t expect divorce to take so long. In her world, it was a matter of writing two separation documents, signing them, and submitting them to the official registry, which would be done in a few days. Here, it would take several months.
One day after work, Yu Yi returned to her rented room. The moment her key entered the lock, she felt something was wrong with the door. When she pulled the handle, the door opened easily. She was certain she had locked the door in the morning, so someone had entered the room after she left.
Yu Yi carefully observed her surroundings, cautiously walking into the room, and confirmed no strangers were present before checking for losses. The room was a mess with every drawer and cabinet door opened, looking like it had been robbed. She was glad she had carried her bank cards and passbook with her, originally to guard against Tang Jian.
Her phone rang. It was Tang Jian calling.
Tang Jian laughed on the phone: “Feng Li, enjoying the rented room? How much is the rent per month?
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Yu Yi suddenly understood: “Did you come today? Was this your doing?”
“I’ll wait for you at home,” he said and hung up.
Yu Yi reported to the police, but after hearing it was her husband and not a thief, the officers said this was a domestic matter they couldn’t file a case for and suggested she change the lock. Frustrated, Yu Yi said, “He already picked the lock. What’s the point of changing it?”
An officer explained: “We can’t do anything. You’re not divorced yet, so he’s not considered an outsider. This is a domestic dispute. You haven’t suffered actual harm. If you divorce him and he does this, it would be illegal, and you could report it then.”
Yu Yi was angry but could only change the lock, thinking she couldn’t leave the door open all the time. However, Tang Jian would occasionally “visit” her rented room, leaving it looking ransacked each time.
Yu Yi proactively called him, trying to persuade him: “Tang Jian, don’t be like this. Let’s talk properly.”
“I’ll wait for you at home,” he would always say before hanging up.
After this harassment continued for a while and seeing she remained unmoved, Tang Jian changed his strategy. He began following Feng Li’s parents, lingering in their neighborhood and building corridors, never saying threatening words, just appearing with a gloomy face in front of the elderly couple.
Tang Yuying, who suffered from neurasthenia and heart problems, was so scared by his behavior that she couldn’t sleep at night and even had a heart attack. Reporting to the police was still treated as a domestic dispute since Tang Jian said and did nothing specific.
Yu Yi called Tang Jian again, but he still only repeated: “Feng Li, remember, I’m waiting for you to come home.”
Yu Yi raised an eyebrow as Tang Jian hung up the phone.
Chapter 42: Domestic Violence Police (Complete)
The lawyer had said that domestic violence divorce cases are usually easier to win. Once they divorced, Tang Jian’s actions would be illegal. During the time before the hearing, Yu Yi had wanted to endure without escalating the conflict, but he began harassing Feng Li’s parents.
She had tried to be patient, but continuing to do so wouldn’t change Tang Jian. Since he was so heartless, she would show no mercy.
Yu Yi found Tang Jian’s divisional leader. This leader had a very tense relationship with Tang Jian – in fact, Tang Jian’s failure to smoothly get promoted and transferred to the municipal bureau was due to this leader. Yu Yi tearfully recounted Tang Jian’s domestic violence situation and his recent actions towards her and her family, specifically mentioning the incident where he had pointed his gun at her brother.
After the leadership learned that he had not surrendered his service weapon as required, they issued a suspension order, demanding he immediately turn in his weapon and used him as a negative example, notifying the entire system of the disciplinary action.
