Chris Irving never thought that he would go this far with his wife.
He was once a university professor and mainly studied geology. In the college, he is a teacher who is highly respected by his students. At home, he is also a leader of the family who is highly respected by his family.
But everything was broken when he discovered that his son was secretly smoking marijuana.
Today, the proportion of people who smoke marijuana has even surpassed smokers. On university campuses, it is common and common for students to smoke marijuana. The key is that more than 20 states in the United States, including Washington, DC, have declared marijuana legalized.
People's smoking of marijuana has become a reasonable and legal thing.
In contrast, Chris, who found that his son was smoking marijuana, resolutely scolded him and threw all the marijuana in his room into the toilet toilet, looked like an alternative in the family.
He knew very well that once a person chooses to be an addict, he would continue to try more exciting drugs. In the United States, it is not difficult for a minor to buy heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs. Even in schools, there are brokers who specialize in wholesale drugs.
The wife accused herself of making a big deal, saying that smoking marijuana is no longer a big deal, and most of her colleagues have tried it. In her opinion, this is not much different from smoking.
But as a university professor, Chris knew very well what this meant. And under the protection of his mother, his son refused to admit his mistake, so he slapped him in the face and left the house.
A month after his son John ran away from home, he was arrested by the police.
He was accused of sexually assaulting a woman, who was both addicts and they met in a bar. The woman accused John of using violence against her and sexually assaulting her.
The wife insisted that the other party was slandering her son, and that her purpose was purely for money.
In the United States, the ME TOO feminist movement is rising, and the scandal of a university professor's son suspected of sexual assault immediately became popular, and Chris couldn't even continue to teach in the school.
He had no choice but to go to the police station to pay a bail and temporarily release his son.
What is certain is that John did have sex with the woman, and there is no doubt about this, and he does not deny it. However, he claimed that he was just smoking marijuana with her and using drugs to "help sex" and was definitely not sexually assaulting. The other party deliberately wanted to blackmail a sum of money, so he said that.
However, this incident quickly became a big deal. John's photo was posted on Facebook, and it was immediately spread on social media on the Internet in conjunction with the identity of a university professor's son. Many people have identified him as a sexual assault, and then countless rumors were added to Irving's house.
Chris was overwhelmed, and in the end, even he himself doubted whether his son was really likely to sexually assault the woman.
The son finally chose to commit suicide.
When Chris thinks back now, he regrets it very much. If he had known, he would have been better off not paying for him to bail. If he was detained, he would not be able to commit suicide.
...
At this time, he closed the book.
"Your book is about the effects of drugs on the nerves, right?"
Chris was stunned and looked at the blonde woman opposite.
She pointed to the cover of the book: "This is a German book."
"Well...yes. I actually don't know much German, so I'm a little bit struggling to read. There is no English translation in the United States, only German versions."
Chris looked at the blonde woman in front of him and said, "Do you know German more?"
"It's pretty good. I'm a translator, and I'm good at Chinese and German. At first, I liked Bruce Lee, so I first learned Chinese. Later, I learned German."
"Then, can you help me see these paragraphs?"
"Yes, I'll take a look."
Chris handed the book to the other party.
She took the book and looked at it, saying, "This is about investigating substance abuse in the United States. It means that in the United States, a large number of painkillers are over-abuse."
Speaking of this, she looked at Chris and said, "Speaking of this, I realized when I was learning Chinese that in Chinese, the drugs that we call Drug are called drugs."
The word "drug" is said in Chinese, so Chris didn't understand what it means, so he could only mechanically repeat it: "Drugs?"
"It's Poison. You see, this paragraph mentions that China's anti-drug measures are the most severe in the world..."
Afterwards, she translated several paragraphs for Chris and said, "Well, but are you interested in researching this area? Most people don't know how to read this kind of academic book to learn German, right?"
"That's right... this book discusses the impact of drugs on the nerves, and I don't understand many things."
After all, Chris is just a professor of geology and has no special involvement in medicine and pharmacy.
When his son died, his death also made his innocence a permanent mystery.
The wife unconditionally believed in her son and insisted that the other party was blackmailing.
He wanted to know whether he had serious hallucinations after smoking a lot of marijuana.
He read a lot of books on this subject and even bought books written by foreign countries. However, even after reading these books, he could not get the answer and could not know whether his son was really guilty.
"But, in China, do Drug and Poison mean the same thing?"
"Yes. China is the country with the strictest drug control in the world. This is because about a hundred years ago, they had such a high drug use rate like ours."
"The Qing Dynasty? Opium War?" Although it was not a history study, Chris still has a good understanding of this well-known modern history.
After a long silence, he said, "Did you mention Bruce Lee just now?"
"Well...my husband and I are both fans of Bruce Lee. Although he has passed away for so many years."
Chris remembered that there were also posters of Bruce Lee in his son's room. He did not expect that his son would like the Chinese martial arts stars of the last century.
"It is indeed very important for couples to have a common hobby."
He once thought that he and his wife were soul mates.
But unexpectedly, they couldn't get together in the end.
The "only death can separate us" in the wedding vows becomes so funny.
"I'm going to Washington, D.C. now to meet him."
"That's great. Are you Washingtonian?"
"No, I'm from Atlanta, he lives in Philadelphia... Our situation is complicated to say..."
"Do you think...you and your husband are soul mates?"
Chapter completed!