Chapter 6 — After the Fire Ends, I Return

On the day of the wedding procession, the Luc family's villa was busy from early morning. I don't go there. Khuong Van showed my phone screen on the TV. Luc Canh Xuyen called one call after another, the screen lit up continuously as if she were paying a debt. On the seventeenth call, I picked up the phone. The other side quickly shouted: "Hua Duong, where are you? The wedding procession has already arrived at your house, and your parents can't contact you either. The whole family, big and small, is waiting for you!" I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass door of the Tham family's old house, looking at the osmanthus tree in the garden.

“I finished receiving my testimony a long time ago and have gone home.”

Luc Canh Xuyen didn't seem to understand.

“Stop playing with me. Today is our wedding, which house are you going to?”

Tham Duat walked up from behind and gave me a cup of warm water. I replied: "The Tham family." On the other end of the line, the high-pitched voice of Luc Canh Xuyen's mother was heard.

"Hua Duong, don't you have any shame? On the day of the wedding procession, you ran to another man's house. Where did you tell us from the Luc family to hide our faces?"

I turned on the speakerphone. Khuong Van sat on the sofa biting melon seeds, listening very passionately. Luc Canh Xuyen suppressed his anger: "Hua Duong, stop making trouble. I know you're still angry about the Van Lan hall and the wedding dress. As long as you go back now, I can tell Vi Vi not to wear that silver dress anymore, and I can also make up for it with another small hall."

“Bu?”

"Don't be so arrogant. Today, all the guests have come, the media is also present. If you don't show up, not only will I lose face, but also your Hua family's face."

I looked at Tham Duat next to me. He placed a file on the tea table. Those are the hotel records that I asked someone to collect. I said: "Luc Canh Xuyen, you forged my confirmation to give the wedding hall to Lam Vi. You took my wedding dress to lend to Lam Vi. You took her online to show off the invitation I prepared. Yet you still think I should come back?" Luc's mother grabbed the phone.

"What's wrong with a woman suffering a little self-pity before getting married? In the past, I married into the Luc family, and there are more humiliating things than you. If you know how, then immediately wear your wedding dress and go downstairs. Otherwise, don't let our Luc family accept you in the future."

Khuong Van slapped the melon seed shell on the table: "Who wants you to accept it? Is your Luc family's doorstep studded with gold?" Luc's mother shouted: "Is that little brat Khuong Van next to you? I knew right away, he was spoiling you!" Luc Canh Xuyen roared: "Hua Duong, tell her to shut her mouth!" I put down the glass of water: "You have no right to order me." The other side suddenly changed to Lam Vi's voice. It sounded like she had just cried.

"Duong Duong, sorry, it's all my fault. Go back, Canh Xuyen stayed up all night last night, he was really worried about you. If you still care, I will return Van Lan Hall to you now."

I asked her: "Pay? Today is your birthday party, all the guests have arrived, how do you pay?"

“I can cancel.”

“Can you bear it?”

Lam Vi paused. Luc Canh Xuyen immediately defended:

"Hua Duong, don't force her! Vi Vi's health is not good, the doctor said she shouldn't be stimulated."

Khuong Van cursed: "She can't stand stimulation, so Hua Duong can stand being burned by fire? You guys are really good at choosing soft persimmons to squeeze." Luc Canh Xuyen's voice lowered: "Hua Duong, what do you want? Give me a condition."

“I want to cancel the wedding.”

“I dare!”

“I canceled it.”

The voice of the wedding MC suddenly rang out on the other end of the line: "Mr. Luc, it's almost a good time, the bride hasn't arrived yet, how about inviting Ms. Lam up on stage to help fight the fire?" Khuong Van hugged her stomach and laughed, hitting the sofa: "That's disgusting, the bride-to-be is already prepared."