Chapter 9 — Aurora Doesn't Wait For You

I stood on the snow and looked for a long time. A Lac gave me a cup of hot tea. “Is your boyfriend not coming?” “Ex-boyfriend.” She nodded. “No wonder you smiled so coldly just now.” I was made fun of by her and took a sip of tea. The phone lit up, it was a photo sent by Chu Nghien. In the photo, he stands outside the hotel door, holding the scarf I just returned. “I'll wait for you to come home.” I don't answer. When she returned to the hotel, Tong Van Van was sitting on the sofa in the lobby. She had changed into a white sweater, with a box of medicine in her hand. Seeing me enter, she stood up. “Miss Duong Duong, I want to talk to you privately.” A Lac looked at me. I nodded. We sat next to the window. Tong Van Van pushed a glass of hot milk towards me. “A Nghien said that if you drink coffee at night you won't be able to sleep, so I ordered milk for you.” I don't touch the glass of milk. “What do you want to say?” She lowered her eyes. "I know you think I stole him away. But before you appeared, A Nghien was always the most important person next to me." “So what?” “I just can't leave him.” She looked up at me. "Sister Duong Duong, you are so independent, you can still live very well without him. But I am different, I really won't be able to live." These words are too familiar. Every time she said she couldn't live, Chu Nghien would abandon me. I looked straight at her. “Have you ever thought about the fact that the person you need to find is the doctor, not my boyfriend?” She smiled slightly, a very faint smile. "But the doctor will not run to comfort you in the middle of the night, nor will he remember that you are afraid of thunder." I picked up the glass of milk, my fingers pressed against the rim of the glass. “Tong Van Van, you actually know very well what you are doing.” She didn't deny it. “I only use the methods I can use.” At that moment, Chu Nghien stepped out of the elevator. Tong Van Van immediately bowed her head and her shoulders shrunk. "Sister Duong Duong, did I say something wrong? Don't be angry." Chu Nghien walked over, her eyes stopped at the glass of milk in my hand. "What's up?" I put down the glass of milk. “Nothing, she said she couldn't leave you.” Chu Nghien looked at Tong Van Van. Tong Van Van pursed her lips. "A Nghien, I just want Ms. Duong Duong not to misunderstand. I know I shouldn't depend on you, but I can't control myself." This time Chu Nghien was silent for a long time. I see this is the first time you didn't immediately speak up to defend her. But it's just silence. “Chu Nghien.” I stood up. "You know what? What hurts me the most every time is not that you chose her." He looked up at me. “But after choosing her, you forced me to understand you.” His throat rolled. “Duong Duong, you won't be like that in the future.” “What will happen later?” I took my room card and prepared to leave. Tong Van Van suddenly stood up. “Miss Duong Duong, if you insist on forcing A Nghien to choose between the two of us, then I will withdraw.” She picked up the box of medicine on the table, her tone was so steady that she couldn't retort even a word. "A Nghien, I will return home on my own, and I will obediently go see a doctor. Don't lose her because of me." Chu Nghien looked at her. “Can you do it?” Tong Van Van shed tears, but still nodded. “Can do it.” I looked at this scene and suddenly thought it was funny. She took a step back so beautifully. So beautiful that Chu Nghien only felt more guilty. Sure enough, Chu Nghien's expression softened. “I told Giang Du to take you home.” Tong Van Van did not bother any further, just took the box of medicine and left. As she passed me, she whispered in a voice only I could hear: "He will pity me for the rest of his life." I watched her step into the elevator. Chu Nghien walked in front of me. “Duong Duong, I will handle it well.” “I can't handle it.” “Give me time.”