Chapter 3 — After He Switched Brides On The Ceremony

"Inform the entire incident to the bank and partners."

"Is it necessary to make it public?"

"First send a lawyer's letter, then make it public."

As soon as it was morning, I returned to Te Ngan's headquarters. On the glass door of the first floor of the company, there are still wedding propaganda posters. In the photo, I am leaning on Ta Van Chau's shoulder, holding a bunch of white lily of the valley in my hand. I asked someone to take down all those posters. The girl at the reception desk held a cardboard box and asked in a low voice:

"General Director Dung, do these things need to be destroyed?"

"Why?"

"If anyone asks in the future, just tell them that this photo was taken the day before the wedding."

I walked into the conference room and turned on the computer. The video at the wedding scene has been shared hundreds of thousands of times. In the video, Ta Van Chau stands under the flower gate, smiling and saying:

"Whoever draws the Bridal Experience card will walk down the aisle first for me."

To Nghien wore my wedding dress and walked across the red carpet, the whole auditorium echoed with applause. I pushed the door open, took off my veil, and put the ring in a secret box. The video ends with me turning around and leaving. Someone commented:

"Why doesn't the bride cry?"

Someone replied:

"Because she probably knew all along."

Ta Van Chau's mother quickly stood up for an interview.

"It's normal for young people to have some conflicts. Dung Chi has been pampered by her family since childhood, but on the wedding day she suddenly lost her temper and left, our Ta family also lost face."

I watched the entire interview and asked Chu Sam:

"She said I was pampered since childhood?"

"That's right."

"Organize all public records in my name."

"Including Te Ngan's shares?"

Chu Sam looked at me.

"If you go public now, it will be the same as revealing your identity ahead of time."

"I didn't leave Ta Van Chau because of my identity."

I closed the computer.

"But if they want to turn me into someone who can't live without any man, then I'll let them know that without any man, I can still live very well."

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Te Ngan's official account posted an announcement about the shareholding structure. The shareholder who holds the actual controlling power of Te Ngan Culture and the manor where the wedding is held is Dung Chi. After the post was published, the comment section was silent for a few minutes. Immediately after that, the Ta group's partners began to withdraw their congratulations one by one. Ta Van Chau called me. I answered the phone. As soon as he opened his mouth, he questioned:

"How long do you want to cause trouble?"

"The video at the wedding scene, have you seen it?"

"Then you should know, I left."

"If you go, just go, why do you still bring up Te Ngan's story?"

"Because Te Ngan is mine."

The other end of the line immediately went silent. I heard his breathing become heavy.

"What did you say?"

"I said, the wedding manor is mine, the banquet hall is mine, even the red carpet you walked through today holding To Nghien's hand is mine."

"Dung Chi, don't make fun of this."

"You see, I'm no longer interested in even joking with you."

I hung up. Outside the window, the city had just turned on its lights, and a new message appeared on the phone screen. Ta Van Chau:

"Let's meet once tonight, we must meet."

I don't answer. Chu Sam knocked on the door and entered.

"The Ta group just announced that the marriage was annulled because she lost control of her emotions."

I raised my head to look at him.

“Then let them continue talking.”

"General Director Dung, aren't you afraid of public opinion?"

"What I'm afraid of is... they haven't talked long enough."

Ta Van Chau couldn't wait for my reply. At seven o'clock in the evening, he went directly to Te Ngan's headquarters. When the front desk called, I was with the legal department comparing the list of contract violations.

"General Manager Dung, Mr. Ta is down in the lobby, saying he wants to see you."

"No see."

"He said if you don't come down he will wait forever."

"Then just let him wait."

Half an hour later, the security guard texted to say that Ta Van Chau refused to leave and also asked to extract the surveillance camera. I put down the documents and walked to the ground-level glass door. He stood in the middle of the hall, still wearing his original uniform, the white flower on his chest was crumpled and wrinkled. As soon as he saw me, he immediately turned around and walked towards the elevator. I dialed the internal phone.

"Tell security, don't let him up."

A few seconds later, Ta Van Chau's phone call came.

"Dung Chi, do you have to go to this extent?"

"You are my fiancee."

"Not anymore."

"The wedding is just a game, to the point where you have to treat me as an enemy?"

"When you held another woman's hand and stood under the flower gate, did you ever think where I would have to stand?"

He was silent for a moment.

"I know you're standing outside the door."

My finger stopped on the glass window sill.

"You know?"

"The person in charge of the ritual told me. She said I was always standing outside and hadn't come in yet."

"So why don't you stop?"

"I think you will cooperate."

He replied very naturally.

"I've always understood things. Nghien Nghien only wants to wear a wedding dress once, I don't want to disappoint her."

"So you let her wear my wedding dress, wear my mother's brooch, and walk on your arm through the wedding that belongs to me."

"She just experienced a little bit."

"What about me?"

The other end of the line fell silent again.

"You are my fiancee. In the end, isn't the wedding still yours?"

I looked at my reflection on the glass. The mark from the bun was still there, the pearl earrings had long been taken off, only two small red marks remained on the lobe of the ear.

"Ta Van Chau, it's not that you don't understand."

"It's just that you think I'll never leave."

His voice suddenly rose.

"Why did you think I wouldn't go?"

"Because you know, no matter what you do, in the end I will be the one to clean it up."

"I didn't care about these things before."

"Before was before."

"So what do you want now?"

"I want you to admit that during the wedding that day you replaced me with someone else."

"I won't replace you."

"In the video, who is the person you hold hands with?"

"It's just a temporary segment."

"I ask you, who is the person you hold hands with?"

He didn't answer. I pressed the button to save the recording.

"You see, even you don't dare say it."

Ta Van Chau's breathing gradually became heavy.

"You can tell Nghien Nghien to publicly apologize, you can also take down the interview. Come back to me, we'll reorganize the wedding."

"No need."

"Dung Chi."

"We haven't registered our marriage yet. My belongings were also returned to someone back to the Ta family."

"You want to break up with me?"

"Just for a game?"

"Because in front of everyone, you told me that... I was replaceable."