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Man preserves marriage with tortoise shell

A man whose wife was suing for divorce showed judges a tortoise shell to prove that he loved her. The court came down on the man's side, Jinghua Times reported on Monday. Surnamed Li, the man had no stable job, and his unsatisfied wife wanted to part ways. But Li showed the shell to the court, saying that he made tortoise soup for her when she was ill and kept the shell as a memento. The court determined that the man still loved the woman and ruled in his favor.