Chapter 5 — Give up the wedding car, cancel the marriage

She was still unwilling, pointed at my window, cursed a few more words, and was half-chased, half-invited by the security guard to go away. The world is finally quiet. My father let out a long breath, his face still pale: "What a bunch of uneducated people!" My mother stroked her breasts, still in shock: "Luckily I bought a house here, they don't know the exact number of rooms." I walked up to my parents and took out the "Plan B" folder.
"Dad, mom. I'm not stupid."
I took out each item to show them. This apartment was fully paid for and was in my name alone. A savings account worth five million yuan was all the money I had accumulated after several years of working. And a detailed list down to each bottle of fish sauce.
"I saw for a long time that something was wrong. So I left a way out for myself. This house is my confidence."
Dad looked at me, with surprise and sadness in his eyes, but most of all, pride. He nodded vigorously: "Very good, as expected of a daughter of the To family! Leave this matter alone, I will demand the money! If the Chu family doesn't pay, I'll call someone to turn their company over!" I shook my head: "Dad, this is my fight. I will take back what belongs to me myself." Mom grabbed my hand: "Tinh Tinh, Mom and Dad support you." Family support is like a heart booster. All resentment and fatigue disappear. I picked up my phone, preparing for the next step. A Wechat friend notification appears. The profile photo is the innocent and pure face of Lam So So. The confirmation message read: *Miss To Tinh, I beg you, please be my friend.* **05** I clicked accept. Almost immediately, Lam So So's message arrived. It's a very long voice message. I didn't click to listen. I hate hearing her voice. I pressed “convert to text”. A long text appears on the screen:
"Sister To Tinh, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. It's all my fault, I shouldn't have gotten on that wedding car. I'm just... just so jealous of you for being able to marry Mr. Tu Ngang. I swear I never thought about sabotaging you two. Mr. Tu Ngang is about to go crazy right now, he's looking for you everywhere, not even eating a bite of food. He really loves you, can you stop being angry with him? Sister, come home." Go, I can kneel down and apologize to you. I'm begging you."
Every word is "my fault". But every word is justifying Chu T. Tu Ngang. They're all implying that I'm overdoing it and not understanding the situation. Truly a premium white lotus flower. I smirked. Fingers type quickly. But I didn't answer her. I took a photo of this message and packaged it with all the messages pretending to be pitiful that she had sent me before. Save to a new folder. Name it “Proof”. After that, I opened the chat box with Chu T. Tu Ngang. I unblocked him. I texted a sentence: "Tomorrow morning at 10 am, I will come pick up my things. The address is Bac Uyen Street apartment. It's best if you are there." Messages sent without sound. He didn't answer. I don't care either. My father was not reassured: "Tinh Tinh, are you going alone? I'm coming with you! Let's see if he dares to touch a finger of yours!"
“Dad, of course you have to go.” I looked at him and smiled. "But we didn't come there to argue. We came to clean house."
I made a phone call right away in front of them.
"Hello, Hung Su moving company? I have an order tomorrow morning. Yes, on Bac Uyen street. Need two of the strongest workers, and the biggest truck. Money is not a problem."
Hang up the phone, my parents understand. I don't go to negotiate, I go to announce. Go execute your decision. At midnight, Chu T. Tu Ngang finally texted back. Just one sentence:
“You should just try and see.”
Full of threats. I looked at those words, my heart was as calm as water.