Chapter 8 — After the Storm, the Sky Is Blue for Thousands of Miles

Second, I must let Chu Du An understand that - when trust is broken, it is not enough to sign a divorce form or leave empty-handed to redeem yourself. He must atone. But the way to atone - will be decided by me. My mind started operating at high speed. A clear and complete plan - is gradually forming in me. I need a stage. A stage for everyone to see the truth clearly. I turned on my phone and went to the group chat - the group that used to belong to the three of us, now it was just me and my mutual friends. I send a message:

"Are you free? This Saturday night, I invite everyone to dinner at 'Lan Dinh'.

There are a few things – I want to clarify face to face.” As soon as the message was sent, the group immediately responded:

"Free time! Finally, On Chich has appeared!"

“I love you so much, we always support you!”

After that, I specifically tagged Hua An:

“Hua An, you better come too.

You probably really want to 'make it clear' to me - right?"

09

Saturday night, at Lan Dinh club. This is where our group of friends often gathers. I booked the largest room in advance. When I arrived, most people were already present. Seeing me, everyone gathered around and consoled me:

"On Chich, are you okay? We're worried to death!"

"That Hua An is so bad! Before, I thought she was an enthusiastic and kind person!"

"That's right, knowing someone's face doesn't mean knowing their heart!"

I smiled and nodded to everyone:

"It's okay, thank you for your concern. I invited everyone here today to end everything clearly."

As I spoke, my eyes swept around the room. Chu Du An has not arrived yet. Hua An has not appeared yet. I know it clearly in my heart. Chu Du An did not dare to come, and Hua An did not have the face to come. But I know she will definitely come. With Hua An's personality, she absolutely will not miss any opportunity to defend herself. Sure enough, not long after the party started, the door was pushed open. Hua An walked in, wearing a white dress, gentle and delicate makeup, her hair falling softly over her shoulders. She looked a bit haggard, her eye sockets were red, and her whole body exuded extreme self-pity. As soon as I entered the room, the whole space immediately fell silent. All eyes were on her – full of contempt and scrutiny. But Hua An, as if he didn't see those eyes, walked straight in front of me, his voice choked:

“On Chich, you finally agreed to meet me…”

I didn't pay attention to her, just poured a glass of wine and gave it to the friend next to me:

“Try this one, this year's new wine, the taste is quite good.”

Hua An's face paused. She bit her lip, tears immediately falling like a dam breaking.

“…I know you're still angry with me. It's all my fault, I shouldn't have been so agitated, I shouldn't have interfered in your marital affairs… But On Chich, I really wanted to be good for you! I'm afraid you were deceived by Chu Du An!”

She started acting out the play of changing white into black again. Everyone sitting there couldn't bear it any longer, someone burst out laughing:

"Hua An, how long do you want to act? In the email sent by On Chich, the surveillance video is clear and obvious, it was you who composed the performance yourself!"

“That's right! Do you think we're idiots?”

Hua An seemed to have been kicked on the tail, immediately turned around, her voice was high-pitched:

“You know what! Surveillance videos can be completely faked! It's Chu Du An! Because he wanted to escape the crime, he intentionally created a video to harm me! Wen Zhi, you can't trust him!”

She turned to me again, trying to hold my hand. I raised the glass of wine and gently shook it, avoiding her touch.

“Hua An,” I looked straight at her, smiling faintly, “If you say Chu Du An faked the video to harm you, then that's fine. How about we call him over and let him confront us in front of everyone?

Hua An's face turned pale in an instant. Apparently she didn't expect me to play this card.

“He... he dares to come? He did something against his conscience, he dare not go anywhere!” – she still stubbornly argued.

“Is that so?” I put down the glass, took out my phone, and turned it on speaker.

The bell only rings once, it's connected. Chu Du An's familiar voice rang out, a bit worried and uncertain:

“Chich Chich?”

I didn't answer, just put the phone in the middle of the table. The whole room was silent, everyone held their breath. Hua An's body began to tremble. She glared at the phone, as if looking at a bomb about to explode. I opened my mouth, my voice cold and clear:

“Chu Du An, Hua An said you faked surveillance videos to harm her.

She said, it was you who invited her to Sanya, with improper intentions. She said, in college he pursued her for two years, sang and wrote poetry for her. She said, you only came to me because you couldn't have her, I'm your replacement." I said a word, Hua An's face turned even whiter. When I finished speaking, the whole room was so quiet that you could even hear a pin drop. There was a long silence on the other end of the line. Page Van Ha Tuong Tu Just when a smug look was about to appear on Hua An's face - Chu Du An's voice rang out - calm, but with unquestionable determination:

“She's lying.”

“From beginning to end, she was lying.”

“I have never pursued her. In college, the person I liked from beginning to end was only On Chich."

“That night I played the piano in the dormitory, because I couldn't contact On Chich, thinking she didn't want to pay attention to me anymore, so I was sad, got drunk and went crazy.

I had absolutely no idea that Hua An would take that matter on himself."

“As for the matter in Sanya, surveillance video is the clearest evidence.

She lied to me, and she also lied to On Chich. She wants to destroy us.”

“Hua An,” – his voice turned cold –

“For you, from beginning to end, I have never had any feelings beyond friendship. There is no past, no present, and even less future.

What you said, what you did, just made me feel disgusted.”

“Bang!”

Like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Hua An rushed forward frantically, trying to grab my phone, but was held by the person next to her. She screamed like crazy:

“Chu Du An! Cowards! You dare to do it but don't dare to accept it!

In order to please On Chich, you put all the blame on me! You don't deserve to be a man!” On the other end of the phone, Chu Du An smiled coldly:

“Hua An, I'll tell you one more thing.

That Tiffany necklace she posted to her friends circle - I still have the order confirmation email. It was clearly written on it: engraved with the words ‘To W.Z.’ It was the first anniversary gift I gave it to On Chich. Do you need me to take a photo of the email and send it to the whole group to see? Hua An's scream - immediately fell silent. Her face looked like ash, without any blood left.

10

Hua An completely collapsed. She sat down on the ground, as if all her bones had been stripped clean. The mouth was still mumbling: "It's not... it's not that...", but the eyes had lost their soul, there was no longer any light. Everyone in the room looked at her like they were watching a farce. Sympathy? Pity? Not at all – only contempt and disgust. I picked up the phone on the table and hung up the call. This farce – this is the end.