Chapter 5 — After the Rain, the Sun Comes Bright Again

"Are you deaf? Why don't you answer? Did your mother teach you that?!" Tu Chi Nhac came forward to stroke my back and even poured me a glass of water. I threw it away: "Get out! Don't touch me!" My father-in-law pointed his finger at my nose and scolded: "What kind of person doesn't know how to behave like that? You're such an ill-mannered bastard!" "Are your children raised properly?!" Every word they uttered was like a knife piercing my heart. It's not enough to tear open the newly scabbed wound, you also have to poke it until it's drenched in fresh blood. If so, let's all go to hell together. I screamed in a hoarse voice, rasping every word: "Do you know that your beloved daughter was once Tu Chi Nhac's child?"5. Outside the window lightning flashed and tore through the sky. Next came the rumbles of thunder, each sound louder than the last. My mother-in-law laughed coldly: "Your brain is waterlogged, do you know what you're talking about?" "When I married Chi Nhac's father, Diem Diem was only 8 years old." "Chi Nhac and Diem Diem are not related by blood, but they grew up together like siblings." "We can see how they treat each other. If you dare to lie, be careful and I'll sue you to the police station!" "Then you really are blind." Okay." I sat down on the sofa and threw the phone straight in front of her. "See for yourself." Tu Chi Nhac quickly grabbed the phone. He turned his back to me, his voice was very quiet, carrying a trembling that I had never heard: "Di Than... Don't mess around anymore." "Are you hungry? I'll go cook for you." I didn't bother to answer. The anger that flared up soon burned away the nausea in my stomach. How could I still feel hungry? My eyes slowly swept over Ha Diem who was cowering in the corner, her face pale, and finally stopped on her parents-in-law who were full of surprise: "Screenshots of text messages, medical records, which do you want to see?" My mother-in-law's voice was shrill and shrill: "You lie!" "Aren't you afraid that heaven will strike you when you say such things?!" How could it be..." "The one who deserves to be beaten by God is you!" I shouted regardless of everything: "The evidence is right there in the phone, open it and see! Open it and see!" "Normally you already have no eyes, now you still want to pretend to be blind?" Suddenly no one spoke in the room, the atmosphere was terrifyingly stuffy. Her father-in-law commanded in a low voice: "Tu Chi Nhac, give me the phone." Tu Chi Nhac did not move. His whole body was stiff like a statue, his back was still straight, but his shoulders were drooping. My father-in-law rushed forward and snatched the phone away, then he and his mother-in-law put their heads together to watch. The more they watched, the paler their faces became. The mother-in-law staggered unsteadily, and the father-in-law's breathing also became rapid. I leaned back against the back of the sofa, following their phone scrolling movements, also replaying all the content in those screenshots in my head. [Omen: I'm dying of laughter, my roommate doesn't know that the person texting him is me. Every day I have to keep time to send good morning and good evening messages, it's really funny.] [From: …]