Chapter 4 — Husband Takes Little Tam to Party, Big Screen Shows My 31 Million Yuan Project

When I got up to go out, I passed by the rest area. I don't look at them. But I heard the laughter of the woman in the yellow dress. Clear and sweet, like the sound of popping the lid of a bottle of soft drink in the middle of summer. Entering the bathroom, I stood in front of the sink, scooping up water to wash my face. The person in the mirror was thirty-four years old, with pale blue circles under his eyes and slightly dry lips. I looked in the mirror, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. Only five days left. I dried the water from my face, smoothed my hair and went out. When returning to her seat, Chu's mother leaned closer and asked in a low voice:

"Who is that person in the yellow dress? Why is he so close to your Chu Yen?"

"Probably just colleagues."

"What kind of colleague, don't you care? Look at her appearance..."

Chu's mother had a dissatisfied expression on her lips, but her tone carried a strange ambiguity, as if even she felt that woman was more worthy of her son than me. I didn't reply. When the party ended it was almost ten o'clock. Chu Yen came to pick us up, her face was slightly red, it looked like she had drunk quite a bit.

"Let's go, go home."

He walked ahead, his phone suddenly lit up. He bent down to look, the corners of his lips curling slightly for a moment. I followed behind. After getting in the car, he turned around and asked a question:

"Is today okay? Nothing happened?"

"So that's okay."

Car starts. I watched the night scene outside the window gradually receding frame by frame. In five days, my name will appear on a contract worth 30 million yuan. And he didn't even know I knew how to type. That night when I got home, I couldn't sleep. It's not because of the woman in the yellow dress. But because I suddenly realized a problem. After signing the contract, the money is transferred to my card, will Chu Yen see it? Our bank accounts are separate, but he knows which bank I open an account with. No, I have to open another account. The next morning, I took advantage of the time I went to "buy food" to stop by another bank and open a new account. Bank employee asked:

"Do you need to register for banking services on your phone?"

After completing all the procedures, I stuffed the card into the innermost compartment of my wallet, using a supermarket receipt to cover it. As soon as I walked out of the bank door, my phone rang.

"How's it going? Have you signed yet?"

"Next Tuesday."

"Have you taken the documents from the locker? Don't lose them!"

"Nguyen To..."

Dao Vy hesitated a bit.

"Let me tell you something... Yesterday my company held a year-end party, I saw your husband."

I stopped walking.

"Why did he come to your company's year-end party?"

"I don't know. It could be the partner's representative or something. But the point is not this..."

Dao Vy took a breath.

"The key point is the woman accompanying him. Wearing a yellow dress, long hair."

"...I met you."

"You've met and you're still so calm?!"

"Calm down, I'm still doing what needs to be done."

Dao Vy was silent for a moment.

"Okay, you can calculate it yourself. Whenever you need help, just say so."

"Yes. Thank you."

I hung up the phone and continued walking towards the market. After taking two steps, I stopped again. Chu Yen took that woman to an outside company's year-end party. Right in front of people from other companies. I stand on the side of the road, Looking at the flow of people passing by, I suddenly felt that everything was ridiculous. I helped this family pay off a debt of 600,000 yuan. Raising his younger brother for three years. Serving his mother for seven years. In return, now he even pretends to be lazy. I gently squeezed the environmentally friendly cloth bag in my hand and continued walking. When she got home from buying food, Chu's mother was sitting in the living room looking at her phone. She did not raise her head.

"Your sister-in-law will take you to stay for a few days on the weekend. Go clean the guest room."

"Sister-in-law" is Chu Yen's older sister, named Chu Hue.

Every year she comes three or four times. Every time I come, I have to comment on my cooking skills, cleaning methods, parenting methods, and dressing sense; there's nothing that pleases her.

"I know."

"Oh right, he said he brought a friend this time, so I'll clean another room."

"...My house only has three bedrooms in total."

"Let Chu Dien go to the living room to sleep on the sofa, right?"

I looked at Chu Dien playing games on the sofa. He didn't even lift his head.

"Yes, I will clean it up."

I carried the food into the kitchen, started washing, chopping and preparing. The phone vibrated once. This is a confirmation email from Due Hang Technology Group: Ms. Nguyen, next Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. the contract will be signed. Please bring identification and bank account information. I stared for two seconds, logged out of the email, and opened the notes section. Type in four words: Tuesday off.