Chapter 3 — I Came Back To Pull You Down

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Bui Tu Nien wore neatly ironed shirts and trousers, gold-framed glasses, and a typical scholar's demeanor. He quickly walked over, saw Luu Y Y sobbing, her cheeks were red and swollen, and immediately heartbroken, he hugged her tightly.

"Y Y, don't cry, who bullied you? Tell me."

Luu Y Y buried her head in his chest, crying even harder.

"Husband! You're finally here! She... she hit me!"

She trembled and pointed at me - who was being held tightly by neighbors on both sides.

"It's this vixen! I only said a few words and she hit me! Look at my face!"

Bui Tu Nien looked in the direction of her hand. As soon as his eyes fell on me, I clearly saw a flash of lust and excitement in his eyes. But in just a moment, he suddenly changed to a look of surprise and disapproval.

“Neighbor, I don't know if there is any misunderstanding between you and my wife, but hitting someone is wrong.”

“Y Y's health is not good, her personality is weak, if she said anything wrongly, I will apologize on her behalf.”

His words were discreet, both protecting his wife and showing that he was a reasonable person. Neighbors immediately chimed in:

“Listen! Listen to see if what Professor Bui says makes sense!”

"Miss Giang, look at you, isn't it wrong to beat someone's husband and wife to this extent?"

“Quickly apologize to people, that's the end of the matter!”

I looked at the pair of dogs, men and women, acting in harmony in front of me, and coldly laughed in my heart. Sorry? Then let them think I'm weak and easy to bully, giving him the opportunity to sneak into my house in the middle of the night and attack again? I struggled, trying to escape my neighbor's restraints.

"I'm not wrong! She slandered me first!"

"She said she could see what I was wearing in the house! Ask him! Ask him how his wife can see through the curtains and walls and see the situation in my house?"

My words made everyone silent, everyone's eyes simultaneously looked towards Bui Tu Nien and Luu Y Y. Luu Y Y avoided eye contact, snuggling deeper into her husband's arms. Bui Tu Nien gently patted her back to reassure her, then sighed and said in a reluctant but tolerant tone:

“Sigh… this is really wrong with my wife.”

"She's just too worried about me. Because... because the female neighbors who lived here before, everyone was a bit... overly enthusiastic towards me."

He spoke vaguely, but anyone who heard it understood - he was referring to living women who had flirted with him before.

"Y Y didn't feel safe, so when she saw Ms. Giang... she became sensitive."

"As for seeing what she was wearing, it was purely a coincidence. She just said it casually, but unexpectedly she guessed the color, which made the misunderstanding even bigger."

This explanation is truly flawless! Not only did he turn Luu Y Y's stalking behavior into "sensitive" and "coincidental", he painted himself as someone who was surrounded by women but always kept himself pure, and by the way, even dragged his former female neighbors into the water, implying that I was no different from them. Sure enough, the neighbors immediately believed:

"So that's it! I told you so!"

"Tieu Luu just loves her husband so much, she can sympathize."

"Miss Giang, see? This is just a misunderstanding! You hit people like that, it's too impulsive."

I looked at Bui Tu Nien's fake eyes behind the glass, and felt only disgust. In my previous life, that same face, that same mouth, deceived everyone everybody. I can't sit around waiting to die anymore.

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I stopped struggling, took a deep breath, and changed my face to fear and resentment.

“Sorry… sorry… I got too excited…”

I choked up, cried and bowed my head to apologize to Luu Y Y.

"Miss Luu, I really didn't mean it... I just moved here, living alone... hearing you say that, I'm so scared..."

My attitude changed 180 degrees, leaving everyone stunned. Luu Y Y also stopped crying and stared at me suspiciously. I continued to play the role, tears immediately welling up in my eyes.

"I really know I was wrong, I shouldn't have hit you... to show my sincere apology, or... should everyone come to my house and take a look?"

"Everyone can check freely, my house has nothing, the curtains are also very thick, I really have no intention of seducing Professor Bui..."

I proactively invited them into the house. This suggestion made both Bui Tu Nien and Luu Y Y somewhat surprised. Bui Tu Nien's eyes flashed with a strange light. He supported Luu Y Y and gently spoke:

"In that case... Ms. Giang has already said so, Y Y, let's just go in and take a look, to clear up the misunderstanding."

He's giving me — and himself — a step down. It also gave him a great opportunity to survey the inside of my house. Hearing this, the neighbors also took turns advising, and the building manager was also present. So a group of people rushed into my house.