Chapter 1 — I Raised My Children Alone

1. The sixth year after the breakup, when I was in the most miserable moment of my life, I met Giang Dien again. That day was a class reunion, no one expected Giang Dien to come. Someone jokingly asked him: "Boss Giang has never contacted us before, why did he suddenly come to the class reunion this year?" "Did you hear that Dong Nien was coming, and your heart was still lingering on her, so you came to look for her?" I sat in the corner of the room and heard that sentence, my back stiffened. I raised my head to look and saw Giang Dien holding a cigarette in his mouth, looking at me coldly. Everyone knows how much Giang Dien loved me before. He is a rich guy, but he loved me at first sight. That year, because of me, he severed all ties with his family, gave up power, gave up money, and determined to be with me. We lived in a small rented room, ate the same bowl of instant noodles, drank the same bowl of porridge, lived very miserable but also very happy. Every night immersed in love, we held each other's hands tightly, vowing to be together forever. Until I got pregnant... His mother gave me 3 million, asked me to abort the child and leave him. That day, Giang Dien knelt outside the operating room and banged on the door. He cried, begging me over and over again: "Little Quai, Tieu Quai! I will work hard, I will make money, I will support my family. I will definitely earn another three million many times over, all for you to spend, okay?" "I beg you, don't leave me, don't abandon our child..." I lay on the operating table, biting my lip to not let myself burst into tears. Through the small door, I heard Giang Dien say that he would hate me for the rest of his life. 2. No one knows that when Giang Dien and I broke up, how bad everything went. Someone pushed me towards Giang Dien. While pushing, he smiled and asked him: "Boss Giang used to love Dong Nien so much that he didn't care about his life, why did he have the heart to leave her now?" Everyone around cheered, telling us that "a broken mirror can heal." Giang Dien's brothers glanced at me, smiled contemptuously, then suddenly said: "What kind of woman does Boss Giang want? Dong Nien, what kind of woman is she, how can she make Giang brother remember forever?" He said that there was a girl who had been with Giang Dien for three years. That girl is gentler than me, more beautiful than me, and much more suitable to be Giang Dien's girlfriend than me. Giang Dien has loved her for three years, and his brothers all call her "sister-in-law." Furthermore, it is said that they are about to get married. All the laughter stopped, only Giang Dien's brothers were still laughing, inviting everyone to come to Giang Dien's wedding. He threw the invitation on my face, and the card fell into my lap. I bowed my head and saw Giang Dien's name on the card, next to another girl's name. That girl's name is On Uyen, just by hearing her name you can tell she is a good girl. I think, she is definitely better than me, understands things better than me, knows how to love others better than me, and will never make Giang Dien heartbroken like I did. Haven't seen each other for six years, reunited after a long time, knowing that Giang Dien lives so well, it's good. I tried to hold back the tears that were about to fall, raised my head, and said to Giang Dien: "Congratulations." Giang Dien stared at me, heard me say congratulations, he suddenly laughed, then strongly extinguished the cigarette in his hand, coldly telling me: "Dong Nien, don't come to the wedding." "If my wife sees you, she won't be happy, she won't be happy, I'll be heartbroken." I held the fragile red invitation tightly, stunned. With a forced smile, I softly said: "Okay." 3. That day, everyone said that Giang Dien seemed like

really don't love me anymore. No one expected that we once loved each other so deeply and now... In the end, he was about to get married, but the bride was not me. Everyone thought that Giang Dien would always wait for me. Everyone is curious about that girl named On Uyen, who is she that makes Giang Dien so fascinated and loved. I knew Giang Dien didn't want to see me again, so I left the class reunion early. On the way home, you sent me a photo of Wen Yuan. On Uyen in the photo looks very pure. It is said that she loves to laugh and often acts like a babe, just the type of girl that Giang Dien likes. You asked me: "Dong Nien, don't you see that On Uyen looks a lot like you when he smiles?" "Tell me, does Giang Dien still love you, have you two really ended like this?" I sighed softly, was silent for a long time, then smiled and said: "It's okay, I don't care anymore." I don't want to get involved with Giang Dien anymore. I think he will never know that I hid from everyone and secretly gave birth to our child. And that child, now seriously ill, is not going to survive.