Chapter 22 — Hua Tri Ha's Return

From the case of stealing a house to buy a car, stealing commissions, bribing public opinion, to bringing up the story of another person's miscarriage to sell saliva to sell carpets, all the evidence was stripped without missing a single trace. Duong Nha also suffered the same tragic fate. The dirty bargaining text message between her and Hua Man Ninh was leaked all over social networks:
"Just label Hua Tri Ha as a crazy woman who abuses good people, then she will never have the face to drag herself back to Van Cam."
It was this statement that became the final trigger that ended her career built on lies. She called me a dozen times asking for help. I didn't pick up any calls. At midnight, Ha Canh Xuyen appeared at the Hua family villa. This time, he was completely stopped outside the gate. He stood in the pouring rain, dialed his phone and sent me a text message:
“Tri Ha, I want to see you.”
I stood at the second floor window, quietly observing that all-too-familiar figure in the rain. 7 years ago, the day I left home, it was pouring rain like this. At that time, Ha Canh Xuyen stood outside the Hua family's gate, his whole body was soaked with water, but his hand held mine tightly and did not let go. He said: "A Ha, come with me."
“I will definitely never let you regret it.”
At that time I really didn't regret it. Even though later I had to live in a damp basement, eat instant noodles to survive, or have to stay up all night to help him make design drawings, I never regretted a word. I once naively believed that living a little bit of suffering was okay. As long as love is sincere, everything will bear fruit. But later, life truly bore brilliant fruit. Only love... is rotten from the inside. The phone vibrated again with a text message. Ha Canh Xuyen sent a voice message. His voice was hoarse and torn like the sound of tearing fabric:
“I know I was wrong.”
"You shouldn't lie to me, you shouldn't cover up and tolerate Lam Duong, you shouldn't take my sacrifices for granted as something you enjoy."
“Tri Ha, can I come down and see you for a moment?”
“Just a moment.”
I'm not going down. I just clicked send and sent back just four words:
“Tomorrow morning, Civil Affairs Bureau.”
* At 9 a.m. the next morning, Ha Canh Xuyen arrived on time. He was wearing a black suit, the dark circles under his eyes were dark, and his whole body was pathetic and haggard. I pushed the divorce agreement in front of him.
“Sign.”
He stared at that piece of paper for a long time.
“Are you really not going to give me another chance?”
I replied: “I have given it before.”
“The first time, when you smuggled my commission money to Lam Duong, I told you to fire her.”
"The second time, you lied to me that she had quit her job, but I still blindly believed you."
"The third time, the baby in my belly died, you abandoned me and ran to hug her."
“Ha Canh Xuyen, the opportunity is not non-existent, but you have used it all to stab a knife into my heart.”
His hand holding the pen was clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
“The baby thing…”
“Don't mention the baby.”
I interrupted him mercilessly.
“You have no qualifications.”
The corners of his eyes flashed red in an instant. A long time later, he trembled and bowed his head to sign his name on the agreement
. When the three words "Ha Canh Xuyen" officially stayed on the paper, my heart did not have the feeling of joy and satisfaction that I had imagined. There was only a lifeless emptiness that enveloped me after a long and tiring mortification. It was as if I had just woken up from a feverish delirium that had lasted for 7 years. When the two of them stepped out of the gate of the Civil Affairs Bureau, the sunlight outside was shining brightly.