Chapter 5 — After the Rushing Water

That hand once let me go in the middle of the rushing water, so now it no longer has the right to touch me. Ha Du Xuyen blocked in front of me. "Mr. Co, please pay attention to the situation." I took out the walkie-talkie and called the hall security. "There are unrelated people disturbing the order, please get them out." The security officer held Co Tu's arm one left and one right, pulling him out. Co Tu desperately struggled, the agreement in his hand fell to the ground, papers scattered everywhere. "Niem Niem! I don't play games anymore! I really know it's wrong!" Co Tu screamed with a hoarse voice, his fingers clinging tightly to the door frame, until security forcibly removed them. I turned around, once again facing the camera below. "Director Tham, may I ask what your next filming plan is?" The reporter raised the microphone, trying to resolve the confusion. I smiled and answered the media's question: "The next station is to explore the deep sea, to record a larger world." The premiere ceremony continued, and on the big screen was showing my documentary. The ocean in the frame is deep and vast, no one can hold me captive. After the event ended, I walked towards the backstage break room. Ha Du Xuyen was waiting there, holding a thin jacket in his hand. "The air conditioning temperature is a bit low, put it on." He handed me the jacket, his movements were natural and restrained. I took the jacket and put it on, and the slight discomfort I felt when facing Co Tu just now completely disappeared. "Thank you for what just happened." I thanked him. Ha Du Xuyen shook his head: "I had already arranged the security, but I didn't expect him to use this method to break in. In the future, nothing like that will happen again." I looked at his calm face, feeling extremely at peace in my heart. "Let's go, the dinner party is about to start." Ha Du Xuyen leaned over and made way for me. I nodded, walking side by side with him toward the banquet room. As for Co Tu and To Vi, I won't ask anymore. People finally have to pay the price for the hand they pushed away, for the door they closed. In the banquet room, the lights were bright, seniors in the industry came to congratulate me one after another. I held a glass of wine and responded to everyone's compliments. Ha Du Xuyen always stands not far from me, not only does not take up the halo, but can also immediately assist when needed. It turns out a relationship that makes people feel secure is like that. At the dinner party after the premiere. Ha Du Xuyen gave me a filming cooperation contract for the next three years. I opened the first page, and in the space next to it, I saw Ha Du Xuyen's handwritten note with a fountain pen. He clearly explained each clause that potentially related to the level of privacy. Flip to the last page. There was a handwritten reminder: "You have the right to terminate at any time, without any reason." I was touched by this sense of security. I picked up the pen and signed my name down. At the same time, in a dive shop on a remote island in the country. To Vi lost her job and could only work there as a temporary employee. Every day she bends over, transporting gas cylinders weighing dozens of pounds. The hot-tempered coach stood next to her, ordering her all sorts of things: "Move faster! If you can't do this little job, then get out! Don't think you're still some kind of travel blogger, here you're just a porter!" To Vi gritted her teeth, her palms were ground into bloody blisters, but didn't dare to argue back. The privilege that she once took pride in has now become a knife stabbing back at herself. She can only stand in the hot sun, repeating hard and boring physical work, earning a little living money. After Co Tu was deported back to the country, he began sending letters of repentance

Every day I go to the old mailbox I left. "Nien Niem, today before giving water to someone else, you asked for the temperature." "Today I don't make decisions on my own anymore." "I've already bought the apartment, the furniture inside is untouched, when will you come back and take a look?" But those emails didn't even have a chance to reach my inbox. I will never receive it, nor do I need to receive it. The second half of the dinner party came, Ha Du Xuyen came over carrying a glass of normal temperature juice. "Happy cooperation." He raised his glass. I picked up the glass of water in my hand and gently clinked it with him. "Tomorrow's flight is scheduled for ten o'clock in the morning." Ha Du Xuyen reported the schedule. "After returning, we have to prepare deep diving equipment for next month. This time the diving depth is much greater than before, please prepare yourself mentally." "No problem, I'm already anxious." I smiled and replied. I opened the new schedule, the sea areas, equipment and dense shooting plans took up the entire page. As for the past, there is no longer any place for it. On the other side of the ocean, Co Tu was staring at the successfully sent notification on the computer screen, red eyes waiting for an answer that would never come. He guarded that empty apartment, guarding the blood and water stains on the floor, never refusing to come out. I withdrew my thoughts and looked out the window at the darkness.