Chapter 357: The Act to Protect Marriage

Zhao Yuxi was happy to share the right to write the decree with Gu Tingzhou: "There are two people entering into a marriage, and the people who write the decree to protect the marriage should also be two people, one representing the man and one representing the woman."

"Is it just because of this?" Gu Tingzhou thought she would say something gentler and more considerate. "One person represents men, and one person represents women." Why does this sound a bit like what an outsider would say? When writing the decree, did Zhao Yuxi treat him as a colleague, a colleague who could help with the work?
Is Gu Tingzhou feeling wronged for such a small matter? No, it's not really wronged, it's not that serious, but he's just not in a good mood. This silly boy, we've been together for so long, why doesn't he understand my feelings? If he doesn't understand, then I'll say more. I can't help others with their marriages while wasting my own.

"Of course not. Gender is only one aspect. Men and women have different ideas, but generally speaking, the differences are not that big. For those who are too different, there are dignity maintenance orders to deal with them. The marriage maintenance order has little to do with them."

"Ah."

The decree came to an end for the time being. Zhao Yuxi changed to a more relaxed tone and looked away from his face: "Tingting, were you waiting for my concern and attention to you just now?"

"Ah?" Care and attention? I guess. To be more precise, it's probably preference and remembrance. He wanted her to favor him, to remember him, to be considered a special person by her.

"Not necessarily these two words. You should understand what I mean. People who have just started dating usually regard their partner as very important. When encountering something, they always think of him first, whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. We are not new to dating. Sometimes I can think of you, and sometimes I can't. But you have always been the most important in my heart."

Gu Tingzhou felt relieved. Even if Zhao Yuxi didn't say some things, he could still think of them, but he could only believe them without a doubt if he heard them with his own ears.

"I know that you are the most important in my heart."

"Yeah." Zhao Yuxi nodded and turned the topic to the law. "In this era, many people see marriage as an ugly thing. Meng Shangrong is such a person. Many people look at other people's marriages with malice and absurd fantasies, as if marriage is the source of pain for people in the second half of their lives. But they also look forward to their own marriages, as if marriage is the source of happiness in the second half of their lives. They treat marriage, their other half, and themselves lightly and casually. It's time to change this view. We can't let this phenomenon continue."

“Are we going to put many people in prison for life again?”

"Maybe. If we can't execute them immediately, then there is only one way left for them, life imprisonment. We can also add the word "probability", but the probability must be very high, because I don't want to give people too many opportunities to make mistakes. Some mistakes, once made, cannot be undone. Moreover, this decree applies equally to everyone, including the ancients. This decree does not need to be used on a small scale in Ancient Garden City. I will issue it to the whole country from the beginning. The people in Paradise will lose their freedom because of this decree. They did this to others before, and now I am doing this to them."

Including the Ancients? These five words are very important. If the Ancients who violated the law cannot be caught in one fell swoop, they will definitely resist fiercely. However, Zhao Yuxi added a probability to the law. Isn't this asking for trouble? Isn't this making her job more difficult?
"Can we delete the word 'probability' this time?" "No. Are you worried that some Ancient Ones will oppose my decree? There will definitely be some. That's why we can't delete 'probability'. Otherwise, they will be worried before we even start looking into the past."

"Bring up the past? You can't bring up the past. It's too unfair."

"Too unfair" is an implicit statement. What Gu Tingzhou really wants to express is "It's too dangerous to dig up the past." If Zhao Yuxi wants to dig up the past, then a large number of people will be affected when the decree is first issued. Does she have to do things so drastically without leaving any buffer space for the world and the ancients?
Zhao Yuxi raised her voice: "Can't we turn it over? What they made was not a small mistake, but an irreparable mistake. This kind of mistake will be recorded every time it is made. As time goes by, they may forget the panic and guilt they felt when they first made the mistake. I will make them remember it. I will make them understand how serious these mistakes are."

The more Gu Tingzhou listened, the more nervous he became: Was she doing this to protect her marriage, or was she using the pretext of protecting her marriage to contain the ancients and medievals on a large scale? Few of the vice presidents, executive officers, branch presidents, assistant presidents, and station chiefs in the research institute could pass the "test."

"Isn't it too risky? Can't we give them a chance? There will always be one or two people who can truly repent."

"Then we'll just look at the past six months. The words 'look at the past' won't be written in the decree, and they won't know until they face punishment. The decree is written only for them to see, and there will be another set of rules when it comes to enforcement, especially for the punishment of the Ancients, which is not the so-called 'probability', but 100%. The hope I let them see didn't exist from the beginning. I won't allow them to take chances on this matter. However, the 'probability' written in the decree is not entirely false. I will be more tolerant of ordinary people. The harm they cause is relatively less."

The order to maintain dignity is intolerant to ordinary people, but very tolerant to ancient, medieval, and recent people. The order to maintain marriage is exactly the opposite. Is this change in attitude simply because ordinary people cause less harm? Not likely. The vast majority of people are ordinary people. If the probability of the order to maintain marriage being 100% for them is also %, then the active population in the world will drop sharply. The Institute will not allow such a thing to happen, and the Star Lord will not allow such a thing to happen! It seems that Zhao Yuxi still has some bottom line in her heart.

"Under what circumstances will people be punished? Is it for betrayal of marriage?" Gu Tingzhou was worried that Zhao Yuxi would add a lot of inexplicable content to the decree, such as one party in a marriage trampling on the dignity of the other. Such trivial matters would not necessarily lead to the breakdown of a marriage and should not be included in the scope of punishment of the new decree.

"If a person physically betrays a marriage, that meets the criteria for punishment. If a person mentally betrays a marriage, that is still open to discussion. However, the implementation of this decree is, on the one hand, initiated by people, such as a husband discovering his wife's infidelity, or a wife discovering her husband's infidelity. On the other hand, people are randomly selected. Every once in a while, I will gather a group of people in front of me and ask them questions. If their answers do not satisfy me, then they will face the 'probability' again."

"How long is the interval? How many people should be gathered in a group? What is the probability?"

Zhao Yuxi thought for a moment and replied, "One week, 1 people, every time they make a mistake, there is a 4/ chance of being imprisoned for life. Before being reported by others and before I find out, they have countless opportunities to correct their mistakes. After that, they will have many more opportunities, but every time I call a meeting, I will include these people."

(End of this chapter)