Chapter 8 — After the Fire Ends, I Return

"At the scene of the Luc family's wedding, the bride did not come, Ms. Lam wore a silver dress and went on stage to appease the guests. Someone recorded a video, and online rumors are rife that Mr. Luc replaced the bride at the last minute."

Khuong Van immediately took out her phone. On the screen, Lam Vi stood in the middle of Van Lan lobby, holding a microphone, her voice choked up:

"Duong Duong just had a little misunderstanding with Canh Xuyen. Please don't blame her. Today's party is Canh Xuyen's heart. I would like to thank everyone on her behalf."

In the audience, someone made a noise: "On her behalf? Ms. Lam, you look like the bride."

“Canh Xuyen, don't wait any longer, marrying anyone is not a wedding.”

The lens panned to Luc Canh Xuyen's face. He stood at the edge of the stage, his face unsightly, but he did not pull Lam Vi down. I looked at the screen and suddenly thought it was funny. Tham Duat asked: "Do we need to handle it?"

“No need.”

Khuong Van was impatient: "They poured dirty water on you and you said they didn't need it?" I returned the phone: "Just let them continue." Grandma Tham looked at me: "Can you bear it?" I replied: "I can still hold it for seven years, let alone for a moment." Someone else walked in: "Madam, Mr. Luc is here, he's outside the door saying he wants to see someone." Tham Duat stood up: "Let me out." I stopped him: "Let me go see him." Khuong Van followed: "I'll go too, today I have to spit melon seed shells in his face." * Outside the main gate of the Tham family, Luc Canh Xuyen was wearing a groom's suit, the flower pinned on his chest was askew. Seeing me, his first sentence was not an apology.

“Hua Duong, have you made enough trouble?”

I stood inside the gate: “Not yet.” He tried to suppress his anger: "Follow me home. We can still salvage it now."

"Isn't Lam Vi already on stage?"

“That's a temporary plan.''

“The Luc family's temporary plans are quite numerous. The wedding hall can be given to her, the wedding dress can be given to her, and the bride's position can be given to her to sit first."

Luc Canh Xuyen's face turned gray: "Do I have to say something so harsh?" Khuong Van interjected: "If criticism is unpleasant, don't do unsightly things." Luc Canh Xuyen stared at me: "I know that you and Tham Duat received fake certificates. You just want to stimulate me, right? Okay, I won. I'll come pick you up now." I asked: "Based on what do you think it's fake?"

“I've loved you for seven years. I don't even need my life for you. How could I turn around and marry someone else?

Every sentence he said, the old wound on my back felt like someone had scraped it with a blunt knife. Before I could open my mouth, Tham Dut walked out of the door.

“Because she finally realized, you're not worthy.”

Luc Canh Xuyen pointed at him: "This is between me and Hua Duong, it's not your turn to interfere." Tham Duat walked up to me: "She is my wife." Luc Canh Xuyen laughed sarcastically: “Wife? Tham Duat, do you know how ugly her back is? I have a huge burn scar and don't even dare to wear a backless dress in the summer. Do you really not care?” Khuong Van rushed forward and tried to hit someone, but I pulled her back. I looked at Luc Canh Xuyen: "So you always pay attention, right?" Luc Canh Xuyen paused and quickly explained: "I didn't mean that."

“So what do you mean?”

“I just want to let him know, you're not perfect like him think."

Tham Duat suddenly reached out and pulled the scarf back for me.

“She doesn't have to be perfect.”

The blood on Luc Canh Xuyen's face gradually receded. Tham Duat looked at him: "She once saved you, but you used her wound to humiliate her. Luc Canh Xuyen, from today onwards, don't come to the Tham family's door calling her name again." Luc Canh Xuyen was about to say something when the phone rang. He picked up the phone and his face immediately changed.