Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 697 - 703 How could this happen

Chapter 697: Chapter 703 How could this happen

Yang Yi looked at Chris in bewilderment. He too wanted to ask Chris if he wasn’t afraid of getting beaten up for his sharp tongue.

Chris was intelligent and had high emotional intelligence, so how could he say something so foolish? To be sarcastic at a time when someone was deeply hurt, Yang Yi felt not hitting Chris would be letting him off too easy.

What startled Yang Yi was that it seemed no one thought Chris’s comment was out of line.

Xiao Ran, Brian, and Rodriguez all subconsciously nodded their heads, meaning they apparently agreed with what Chris was saying.

Catching her in the act of cheating and then choosing to forgive her?

What a joke. Yang Yi felt like he got to know a bunch of fake companions.

At that moment, Woody said with difficulty, "There were two men on the bed... I really... couldn’t bear it."

Chris let out a long sigh, while Xiao Ran swung his fist hard.

Chris shrugged with a helpless expression and said solemnly, "Uh, in that case, it’s indeed hard to restrain oneself, so..."

Woody hung his head, placed his hand on his forehead, and spoke in a lifeless tone, "I was enraged back then, heartbroken, extremely heartbroken. Then I wanted to shoot those two bastards, but I didn’t have a gun. So I rushed in and started to fight, but those two guys... were strong."

Xiao Ran frowned and said, "You couldn’t beat them?"

Woody shook his head and replied, "It’s not that I couldn’t beat them, but I couldn’t deal with both at the same time. I was pummeling one, and the other pushed me away, and after a very short scuffle, they ran off. They were my ex-wife’s personal trainers, one taught combat, the other... also combat."

What else could one do but sympathize?

Yang Yi didn’t even know what to say anymore.

Woody looked up, his eyes dull, and said, "I was truly enraged at the time, so I couldn’t hold back. I loved my ex-wife as much as I hated her at that moment. If there had been one man, I might have thought it was because I spent too much time working away from home, and she mistakenly couldn’t bear the loneliness. But it was two men, and moreover, I was back already, so I really couldn’t accept it. That’s why I hit her, I beat her severely."

Chris sighed again and said, "How could you hit her? Now it’s completely over."

Brian too shook his head and said, "Too impulsive."

Yang Yi couldn’t hold back any longer, he said in astonishment, "How can you talk like that? What does it matter if he hit her at a time like this? If it were me, I would have..."

Before Yang Yi could finish, Chris shook his head and said, "No, it’s not what you think. No matter what, laying hands on someone is domestic abuse, and if it’s domestic abuse, then it’s really over."

Woody exhaled and said, "I hit her, she cried, and then she apologized to me. At that time, I was very confused. I didn’t know whether I should forgive her or if I should kill her. I really wanted to kill her, but when I saw her crying with a bloody face, begging me, I softened. So I decided to be alone for a while, to think over whether the marriage should come to an end. It was while I was pondering, that the police came. My ex-wife had called the police."

Brian said in a low voice, "So you were done for."

Woody spoke softly, "Yes, I was taken to the police station, accused of domestic violence. No matter what my ex-wife had done wrong, domestic violence is not tolerated. The next day, my ex-wife chose to file for divorce."

Yang Yi couldn’t help but say, "Your ex-wife was the one at fault..."

Xiao Ran immediately said, "No, there is no one at fault. Well, even if a wife is at fault, it is not considered in divorce cases."

Yang Yi’s eyes widened, and Xiao Ran spread his hands and said, "That’s United States law for you. The United States offers very, very good protection of women’s rights."

Chris agreed, saying, "His ex-wife was a stay-at-home mom, and she took care of all the kids. In such cases, the judge will definitely award custody to the mother."

Woody nodded gently and said, "Yes, you are right. Since domestic violence is a serious fault, and I even threatened to kill her, the judge awarded custody to my ex-wife. The communal property was divided, the house was given to my ex-wife, and I have to pay child support for three kids."

Yang Yi couldn’t help but exclaim, "What?"

Chris shrugged and said, "Is it hard to understand? He has to pay child support for three children until they turn eighteen, unless his ex-wife remarries. Uh, and the judge determines the amount based on the previous standard of living, which means the better they lived before, the more he must pay now. Additionally, the judge will award property to the disadvantaged party. He is the breadwinner, and she’s a stay-at-home mom raising three kids, so there’s no doubt she got almost everything."

After finishing, Chris looked at Woody sympathetically and asked, "You have three kids? Not two?"

"Three, two sons and a daughter. So I have to pay two thousand four hundred US dollars in child support each month, while my monthly salary is five thousand five hundred US dollars."

Yang Yi was angry and blurted out, "How could this happen!"

"That’s what the law dictates, just the way it is."

After speaking, Chris sighed and asked, "Did you go bankrupt?"

Woody nodded and said in a low voice, "I still have a job, but my spirit is completely broken, and so I made a severe medical mistake during surgery. That wasn’t the fatal blow; the fatal blow was that after taking a month off, I made another medical error in surgery. It wasn’t very serious, but I lost my job. I had no money to pay for the hotel, and after selling my car, I couldn’t find a new job, and I had nowhere to live. So, that’s how it ended..."

Yang Yi let out a long sigh to the sky and said with indignation, "What kind of damned law is this?"

Brian said gravely, "But that’s the law. You might think it’s unfair, but there are many others who have faced the same ordeal. It’s not just him. Basically, a divorce in the middle class of the United States could be crushing, and some are driven to bankruptcy, just like him. He’s finished."

Woody nodded and said, "Yeah, I’m finished."

In the end, Yang Yi couldn’t hold back, and he cried out, "Just like that, it’s over? You didn’t kill that... damn ex-wife?"

Woody sighed deeply and said in a low voice, "I thought about killing her countless times, but I have three children. The most the judge would allow is for me to see them once every three months, but I’ve lost their custody forever. My ex-wife still loves the kids. What would happen to the three children if she were killed? I love my own children more than I hate her, so..."

With a bitter smile, Woody turned to Yang Yi and said, "In the end, I could only choose to forgive her, just for the kids."