Training the Heavens

Chapter 7 Divorce
"Will he be fired for hitting someone?" Xie Meilan was unable to react, her eyes cloudy and stupid.

Ma Yingjie smiled and shook his head, "Let me explain! According to the 'National Public Officials Administrative Disciplinary Measures Law', those who engage in fighting, provoking disturbances in public places, and violate social order and morality, and cause adverse effects, may be subject to disciplinary sanctions such as warnings, demerits, serious demerits, demotions, dismissals, or expulsions, depending on the severity of the circumstances."

"Yes, you also said you wanted to fire me!" Xie Meilan quickly interrupted.

"Please note that the punishment will be based on the severity of the circumstances! Serious cases, such as personal injury, will result in not only dismissal but also criminal penalties! Those that do not constitute a crime, or those that constitute a crime but are not subject to criminal prosecution under the law, should be subject to administrative sanctions. Those with minor disciplinary violations who have corrected their behavior after criticism and education may also be exempt from administrative sanctions."

Ma Yingjie flicked open the police report and said, "It's clearly written here that Lu Jie didn't suffer any substantial harm. At least, it hasn't reached the point where the law requires criminal prosecution, and even administrative penalties like detention aren't enough. So even if Shen Lei was at fault, it's a minor offense."

He turned back to look at Shen Lei and said, "Shen Lei, as your direct supervisor, I want to criticize your behavior. Do you accept it? Will you do it again in the future?"

"I accept the criticism and promise not to make the same mistake again!" Shen Lei answered instinctively.

Ma Yingjie spread his hands, "See? I've already criticized him, and he said he would correct his behavior! He didn't fight back when Lu Jie attacked him just now, which shows that he has made great progress! Therefore, according to the regulations, he can be exempted from administrative sanctions!"

"Why? He hit someone, and you're done with just a few words of criticism? Besides, is that even criticism?" Xie Meilan was extremely indignant.

"Shen Lei, this is the wife you are reluctant to divorce. She hopes you will be fired. You actually still have a lucky mentality towards such a person!" Of course, Ma Yingjie would not let go of such a good educational opportunity.

"No, I..." Xie Meilan felt that she was wronged. I just wanted to use this to make him write a letter of understanding to Lu Jiejie.

Ma Yingjie waved his hand to interrupt him, "If Lu Jie is dissatisfied, he can also go to my leader to file a complaint!"

He was not afraid at all that Lu Jiezhen would come over, because his leader had already seen what happened in the morning; an outsider came to the door of his own unit and beat his own employees, and also asked to punish him, which leader would agree?

Besides, Ma Yingjie was Shen Lei's direct superior. If he didn't even ask for accountability, how could a leader like him go beyond his authority and hold someone accountable? This wasn't a big mistake!
"Oh, right, you reminded me! With these things, I have every reason to suspect that Lu Jie came here to beat Shen Lei up deliberately to provoke revenge! You know, according to the law, accidental conflict and deliberate provocation are two completely different concepts!"

"For those who retaliate by provoking disturbances, the suspect is generally sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years. Depending on the specific consequences of the provocation, if the circumstances are relatively minor, they may be sentenced to detention or controlled release."

"From this point of view, Lu Jie will at least be sentenced to detention. Thank you for providing us with such strong evidence. I will go in and give it to the police!" After saying this, Ma Yingjie walked towards the police station.

You, a common person who has barely ever worked in the government, actually want to argue about policy with me, a deputy director with a PhD from a top university. Who gave you the courage? Who do you think has the power to interpret the law? Do you really think lawyers are the only ones who can do anything?

Xie Meilan was completely dumbfounded. She didn't expect that the thing she originally intended to use to threaten Shen Lei would become evidence to accuse Lu Jie!

Seeing that Ma Yingjie was about to enter the room, she finally reacted and quickly ran a few steps to catch up with him. She grabbed Ma Yingjie's arm and begged, "Director Lu, Director Lu, I was too anxious and said the wrong thing. Please forgive him!"

Ma Yingjie stopped and asked, "I protected Shen Lei because he was my subordinate. Now you are protecting Lu Jie so much that you even threaten your own husband to make him lose his job. What's the reason? I'm afraid it's not just because he is your boss, right?" "I..." Xie Meilan didn't know what to say.

Just when Ma Yingjie was about to lose his patience, she reluctantly found an excuse, "Shen Lei beat Lu Jie last time, and I also begged him to forgive Shen Lei!"

"If you really forgive me, you wouldn't bring these things to threaten Shen Lei!" Lu Hao raised the documents in his hand. At the same time, he became more and more curious. What was the reason why Lu Jie was so eager to force Shen Lei to divorce?
"Forget it, this is a matter between you two after all. The final decision should be made by Shen Lei! Shen Lei, what do you mean?" Seeing that she was speechless, Ma Yingjie turned around and looked at Shen Lei.

"You saw what happened just now. Is she still the girl you loved back then? Sometimes it's better for both of you to let go early. There's no point in continuing to waste time."

Shen Lei looked at Xie Meilan. He felt that this familiar face now looked so strange. Thinking back to what Ma Yingjie had said to him in the car just now, as well as Xie Meilan's words from last year to now, he finally made a decision.

"Director, I did settle the matter privately last time I beat him up, so I won't hold him responsible this time. I'm going to go in and talk to the police right now and have them release that guy!"

"Xie Meilan, since you've thought it through, I won't delay you from finding your own happiness! Once we're done with things here, we'll go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce!"

"Good! Now that's what a man should do!" Ma Yingjie couldn't help but applaud. The efforts of the past few days were not in vain. Shen Lei finally came to his senses!

As for letting Lu Jie go, it's no big deal. The most important thing now is to let Shen Lei and Xie Meilan divorce first. After the divorce, it will be better to deal with Lu Jie and Xie Meilan, the couple.

Xie Meilan's face immediately lit up. She hurriedly took Shen Lei in to handle the formalities and got Lu Jie out. As soon as they left the police station, they went to the Civil Affairs Bureau, unable to wait even a minute.

Xie Meilan got into Lu Jie's Land Rover, and Lu Hao pulled Shen Lei into the company's car, and they drove to the Civil Affairs Bureau one after the other. They had no children and no joint property, so the procedures were completed quickly.

When Xie Meilan came out with the divorce certificate, she was beaming with joy, but Shen Lei was dejected.

"Xiao Shen, don't be sad. A real man never has trouble finding a wife. I'll introduce you to a better one later!"

"Ha!" Xie Meilan and Lu Jie laughed at the same time.

"How could anyone want a loser like him?" Lu Jie finally seized the opportunity to vent his anger.

Shen Lei works in the central government agency and is about to be promoted to section chief. In your eyes, people like him are losers. I want to see how awesome you are.

(End of this chapter)