Chapter 4 — After Divorce, We Learn to Love Again

Completely legal. But if Co Tram Chu knew... He would probably go crazy. Third step. Prepare a retreat. Tinh City is indeed the business area of the Khuong family. But the company I used was a newly registered business, nominally without any connection to the Khuong family. Even if Co Tram Chu could find out that the Khuong family has a branch in Tinh City... You still wouldn't be able to track me down. Final step. It's a divorce agreement. This is the simplest step. But also the hardest. Prepare an agreement... It only takes a few minutes. The difficulty is... How to get Co Tram Chu to sign. If I honestly give it to you. He will never agree. Not because he still loves me. Pride. Co Tram Chu absolutely did not accept the fact that his wife initiated a divorce. I choose the smartest way. Signed with your own hand. I'm too busy. So busy that every day I have to sign dozens of documents. I signed so much that I only glanced at the title... But never read the content. I edited the divorce agreement exactly like the internal document he signed every day. From font. Line spacing. Right down to the presentation. All exactly the same. Just the content... I know... You won't read it carefully. And finally... I won the bet. The agreement bearing Co Tram Chu's full signature is kept in a secure briefcase that Thanh Hoa always carries with her. Has full legal effect. Whether you agree or not... It doesn't matter anymore. I signed it. City A. Co family's villa. What happened after that... I didn't witness it with my own eyes. Much later, Thanh Hoa told me each story through the people who remained in City A. I heard... That night I found out I disappeared. It was Co Tram Chu who smashed the tea table in the office. It is a solid wooden table. Price forty-eight thousand yuan. Been following you for five years. The first time... Butler Truong was so scared that his legs were weak.

"Find me immediately!"

"At all costs, we must find out where she is!"

Butler Truong immediately led people to the main bedroom. The door just opened. The room was clean and cold. The wardrobe is more than half empty. The red wooden jewelry box on the dressing table was still open. Inside... Empty. The bed is neatly folded. On the pillow... Not even a strand of hair was left. She went. Go clean. Even the familiar scent... Doesn't leave behind. I heard... Co Tram Chu stood in the middle of an empty room for a long time. Don't say a word. He turned to the 31st document in the stack of signed documents. Party A: Khuong Niem. Party B: Co Tram Chu. Due to the broken relationship, both parties voluntarily ended their marital relationship. Below... is his own signature. Strong and generous pen strokes. The ink is not completely dry yet. He stared at his name. For a whole minute. Butler Truong said... In that exact minute. Co Tram Chu's hands... Were shaking. Not out of anger. An emotion that even he couldn't name.

"Check access history."

He finally spoke.

"Checked, sir."

"The lady left the villa through the back door late in the evening four days ago, using her own access card."

"And the camera..."

"That exact segment is broken again. We are having someone restore data from the system."

"Four days ago?"

"It's four days..."

"Didn't anyone of you find out?"

Butler Truong immediately knelt down.

"It's my fault. People in the lady's hospital said she wanted to meditate for a few days..."

"When did she know about Buddha?"

Butler Truong was speechless. Co Tram Chu quietly folded up the divorce agreement and put it in his vest pocket.

"Go check all the output data."

"Airport, high-speed train station, high-speed toll station."

"Look up all the transaction history on the bank cards in her name."

"Final location of phone."

"More..."

He suddenly stopped for a few seconds.

"Go investigate and see what she's been selling in recent months."

Butler Truong raised his head, his expression full of confusion.

"The jewelry box is empty."

Co Tram Chu said calmly.

"When she married into the Co family..."

"There are thirty-six dishes inside."

"I used to count."

Later, butler Truong sighed and told Thanh Hoa's people. He followed Co Tram Chu for eight years. But this is the first time hearing him say three words...

"I used to count."

A man... Knows how many pieces of jewelry his wife has. But... I never realized... When did those items disappear? That night. The entire Co family villa was brightly lit. Maid. They were all called up to be questioned one by one. No one provided any clues. My retreat... So clean it was like perfect surgery. There's only one place... I left a mark on purpose. Villa on the outskirts of Beijing. That's the property in my dowry. A month ago, I sold it to a local real estate broker. Wine cellar key. I still keep one. In that cellar... There was a letter. Two bloody locks of hair of two children. A pearl of peace. I want you to find that letter. Not to make you sad. It's for you to know... In the end... What have you lost? Co Tram Chu found the letter the next morning. He sent someone to search all the places I could go. Best friend's house. Coffee shops I often visit. All real estate is in my name. Until he learned that the mansion on the outskirts of Beijing had been sold... He drove there himself. Distance of forty kilometers. It only took him twenty-five minutes. The new owner hasn't had time to fix it yet. Weeds grow all over the yard. The cellar door was only slightly closed. Like... I purposely saved it for you. He walked down. The flashlight illuminates the dark, damp basement. In the corner of the room. There is a blue cloth bag. Next to... Is a letter. It took me a lot of time to write that letter. Revised and re-edited seven or eight times. Every single sentence. Every single word. All very carefully considered. Dear Mr. Co Tram Chu. He and I have been married for three years. Now the love has ended, the relationship has also ended. The other things do not need to be said any more. There's just one thing I think you must know.