Chapter 8 — After the Rain, the Sun Comes Bright Again

“That's good.” In a panic, I heard my own voice. "She just left like that, that's good." "This world is too painful, luckily you didn't come here." "Di Than, I beg you not to be like that..." Tu Chi Nhac's eyes were red as he knelt next to the hospital bed, his forehead pressed against the bed, his shoulders shaking. "I'm sorry... It's my fault, you hit me, cursed me, whatever..." I looked up at the ceiling, my tone cold. "The divorce papers are in my bedside drawer, go back and sign them and bring them to the hospital." He looked up, his eyes bloodshot: "Never!" "Give me one more chance, give me a chance to make it up to you!" "I've given you eight years." I turned around, my eyes pointed straight at him: "No matter how much you and Ha Diem were involved with each other in the past, haven't the past eight years been enough for you to clarify everything?" "But you still maintain your marriage with me on the one hand, and on the other hand use the name of brother and sister to exceed the limit!" "If Ha Diem's ex-lover doesn't tell me, are you still planning to lie to me for the rest of my life? Let me be a cuckolded fool for the rest of my life?!" Moi Tu Chi Nhac trembled, unable to utter a word. I blankly looked at the man I had loved since I was nineteen years old. Because of him, I did many stupid things. Sneak into his classroom and sit right next to him. Enthusiastically ran to the gym to give him water. In winter, he stayed up for several nights in a row, hand-knitting a scarf with crooked needles. At that time, he didn't laugh at me, patted my head, then smiled and wrapped it around my neck: "Very beautiful, thank you." That day, my heart was filled with happiness. But now looking back at that person, in my mind there is only a piece of empty waste. "Tu Chi Nhac, you still have one last chance to make it up to me." "Leave the house empty-handed." "I don't want to waste the rest of my life on you anymore."8. Tu Chi Nhac was silent for a long time before he was able to squeeze out one word: "Okay." In the following days, he took a leave of absence from the company and stood by my side without leaving a single step. Help me clean my body, feed me rice. Those who didn't know what happened looked on and admired: "Girl, your husband treats you really well." I sipped the rib soup and smiled faintly: "He's just making amends." Tu Chi Nhac heard it, lowered his eyes, and didn't say a word. After my body recovered a bit, I called the police. The time of the incident, the location, how Ha Diem rushed to push me... Every detail was clearly declared by me. The second day after the police came to take a statement, Ha Diem's mother was carrying a basket of fruits and came to me with a flattering smile. "Di Than, is your body recovering well?" "It's over now, so let's just let it go." "You and Diem Diem have a friendship anyway, you can't force her into a dead end..." "If Diem Diem ends up in jail, her whole life will be gone!" "Auntie," I coldly interrupted, "If the victim was Ha Diem, could you say goodbye to the perpetrator?" "If my mother was still alive!" Thinking about this hypothesis, my eye sockets turned red. It took a long time for me to continue speaking: "If your mother were still alive, she would definitely send Ha Diem to prison herself!" "She would absolutely never let you be bullied like that!" Ha Diem's mother gritted her teeth, suddenly with a "thump" sound and fell to her knees. "Di Than, you are a good child, I beg you." "Diem Diem is really sorry." "The past few days she has been at home scared and crying. all the time, I don't even dare to sleep, please forgive her this time..." "Chi Nhac, you also advise Di Than, Diem Diem really didn't mean it..."