A Love as Heavy as a Mountain

“Officer, I’d like to report a crime. Someone abducted my wife.”

As Chen Xi spoke, he took out Li Wen’s ID card and phone and placed them on the desk.

The officer looked at the ID, then at the simple, honest-looking country man before him, and asked, “She isn’t your wife, is she?”

Chen Xi lowered his head to stare at his feet. His toes were practically trying to dig a hole in the ground so he could crawl inside.

The officer tapped away at the computer, then looked up at Chen Xi again and barked, “She is married, but not to you. Tell me, did you buy her?”

Chen Xi trembled with fear. “She’s my wife. I didn’t buy her...”