Chapter 5 — Don't Look For Me Anymore, Wish You Happiness

10 It is true that the sky has eyes, and no one is lacking in retribution! All the anger I've swallowed, all the tricks I've played — it's all in vain! “Where is Tran Phan Tinh?” I was so angry that I laughed. “You don't need to worry about that.” Thieu Nhu Bach calmly replied, "I will find a suitable time to tell her clearly, then give her a breakup fee..." "Let go." I growled, almost swearing. “I have never seduced you, on the contrary, I hate you very much!” Being embarrassed by me, Thieu Nhu Bach's face darkened, he immediately let go of my hand, and coldly said: "Get off the car." I closed the car door, watching the car drive away like its owner - furious. I waved my hand, saying goodbye to Thieu Nhu Bach for the last time: Goodbye, Thieu Nhu Bach. From now on, everyone goes their separate ways, no one owes anyone anything. On the last day at the company, I completed all procedures and packed my things. My colleagues wanted to hold a farewell party, but I refused. Holding the cardboard box, I walked past Thieu Nhu Bach's office door when the phone rang. I was busy, had difficulty taking the phone from my pocket, held it between my shoulder and cheek, looked at the screen - it was Su Tong. "Hello?" I tilted my head slightly to answer the phone. "Lam Nam Lo..." Su Tong's voice was somewhat tense, "Yesterday Nhu Bach drove into a tree, he..." From inside the office, Thieu Nhu Bach walked out and easily snatched the phone from my neck. "I have something important to announce. This matter will come later." He finished speaking and hung up the phone. At this time, Thieu Nhu Bach wrapped a white bandage around his head, his face was pale, his eyes were as cold as ice, without saying a word he took the phone and walked away. I stood there, stunned, not understanding what was happening. Thieu Nhu Bach called all the staff to gather, everyone came in one after another. Tran Phan Tinh walked past me and lowered his voice sarcastically: "Haven't you gone away yet?" “Now I have something very important to announce.” Thieu Nhu Bach told everyone. I - the one who had been fired - stood precariously in the hallway, unable to walk, unable to stay. I put the cardboard box on the ground, intending to ask for my phone back after he finished speaking. After saying that, Thieu Nhu Bach walked straight towards me. I happily held out my hand, preparing to receive the phone back. But in extreme shock, Thieu Nhu Bach grabbed my hand, then turned to everyone and announced: "My girlfriend, Lam - Nam - Lo. I'm about to marry her!" I: "!!!" Thieu Nhu Bach pulled out a diamond ring from his pocket, his tone was light and comfortable: "Tell me if it's a coincidence - last night I received a call from a jewelry designer, asking me why I haven't come to pick up the engagement ring I ordered..." "They must have made a mistake. How could you be..." I was still trying to deny when Thieu Nhu Bach forcefully interrupted. "I asked the designer, who was this ring given to - Tran Phan Tinh? He laughed at me for changing my girlfriend too quickly, but unfortunately... the initials on the ring were engraved as Lam Nam Lo, and cannot be changed anymore." I was dumbfounded, unable to say a word. Thieu Nhu Bach seemed to have opened the "talking too much switch": "Because he was too excited, he drove straight into a tree. Luckily this time he didn't crash to the point of... losing his memory again." In front of everyone, Thieu Nhu Bach put that ring on my ring finger, his voice was almost joyful: "Look, there's no mistake at all. It fits well, exactly the size of your finger." Next, he took the ring engraved my initials, worn on my index finger. Colleagues - all of them - shouted and cheered at the same time as if they were the main characters in the marriage proposal. That noise completely overwhelmed my resistance and struggle. 11 Tran Phan Tinh said: During the time he was with Thieu Nhu Bach, she never entered his heart. Even when he lost his memory, his eyes always followed me. At this point, she can only choose to withdraw and make room for her "true love". Su Tong said: Even though Thieu Nhu Bach knew I had deceived him, he was still willing to stay with me, proving that he loved me to the core. As a woman, I should know enough and appreciate it. Thieu Nhu Bach once said: "I don't like you controlling me, I will change. But I won't let you leave me, you can't escape my hands." I've really had enough of that so-called "imprisoned love". Each of them, claiming to be "gods of love", kept trying to drag me into their fiery pit of love. So I imitated their way of playing, called Su Tong over, and then said to Thieu Nhu Bach: "While you lost your memory, I fell in love with Tong. Thieu Nhu Bach, please complete it for us." Su Tong was so scared that he almost kicked the door and ran away: "Nhu Bach, don't believe her! She wants to divide our brotherhood. You don't know how poisonous her words were when she rejected me!" After that "revenge" proposal, Thieu Nhu Bach disappeared for three days. When he came back, he didn't look as crazy as I thought, but was very calm, and said to me: "Before, when you said you wanted to leave me, I thought you were just angry. But when I lost my memory, I would rather let someone else pretend to be your girlfriend, and decided to leave me. Now I understand - I really can't keep you anymore." His reaction was completely beyond my expectations, to the point that I couldn't believe my ears. “Lam Nam Lo, I give you freedom.” Thieu Nhu Bach even stood up, bowed his head and apologized to me: "I canceled that contract. Sorry for the hurt I caused you. Now, please... give me back the ring." “I threw the ring away.” It was my turn to feel confused. "It's okay. So... let's say goodbye here." Thieu Nhu Bach did not glance at me again, just leaving his arrogant and decisive back, striding away. "Why did Nhu Bach change his mind so quickly? Could it be that he's playing the 'soft and tight tie' trick?" Su Tong saw that he was really leaving and whispered in my ear: "And is it true that you said you love me? We can love in the dark, wait for Nhu Bach to let go before making it public..." I don't care what tricks Thieu Nhu Bach plays, as long as he lets go, I will never look back again. I left the company, moved to a year-round warm city, and started to rebuild my life from scratch. After that, I received a handwritten letter from Thieu Nhu Bach, in the letter he explained the reason for letting go. He wrote that when he discovered I had cheated, he got really mad and thought he had to use marriage to imprison me for life. But during the three days he disappeared, he calmly thought a lot. He remembered me talking about my family, then he found out through friends that my mother had been beaten to the point of becoming a vegetable, and my father had been convicted of violence. That made him unable to stop thinking about it himself - he also had a dark past that he didn't want anyone to touch, resented the mother who abandoned her child, and despised the depraved father. It was those hurts that created distorted psychological reactions, making him realize how deeply he had hurt me. Some people learn to plunder because their family is incomplete, while others choose to avoid everything. Now, Thieu Nhu Bach is undergoing psychological treatment, trying to cure his pathological possessiveness. He hopes that I can also slowly step out of my painful past, giving myself - and him - a chance. Next week I will come to this city for business. If I can forgive, come to the airport to meet me. I don't know if this is a sincere confession, or just another sweet trap. I folded the letter and put it in the trash. “Lo Lo, want to eat together tonight?” My new colleague came over to invite me to eat. I smiled and shook my head: "My parents are coming to visit in a few days. I've already made an appointment to eat out with them." “My family is really happy.” My colleagues looked at me admiringly, then happily left. 12 Life is like a play, everyone is their own director. To completely get rid of a possessive maniac, just relying on Tran Phan Tinh's "bad acting" is not enough. I soon knew Thieu Nhu Bach's family situation. From the moment I made up my mind to leave him, I planned to take advantage of that. I occasionally revealed to close people about my "tragic family past" that I made up, cleverly allowing Thieu Nhu Bach and his friends to accidentally overhear it. And in the end, those things worked at the right time. I have completed my journey of self-liberation. As for Thieu Nhu Bach - whether he truly repented, or was just pretending to be weak and pitiful - I have no intention of taking the bait again. In the midst of the dust and darkness, I choose to love and hate as I please. I want to spend my precious time on truly good things, not waste my life on getting involved with someone like him who can always get sick.