Chapter 2 — It's You Don't Need Me First

Hua Duong was about to hang up the phone for me. But before her fingertips touched the screen, I turned on the speaker. Chu Ky Bach's impatient voice immediately echoed throughout the room.

"Tong Tri Mien, I'll say it for the last time. This wedding cannot be canceled. My parents' reputation, mine, your parents' reputation... you should also think about it."

He's always like that. Always put everyone's face in front of you. So that I don't have the right to feel sorry for myself. Chu's mother stood at the door, her expression immediately changed.

"Mian Mien, turn off the speakerphone. Why do outsiders listen to the matter between husband and wife?"

Hua Duong smiled coldly.

"Now do you know you've lost face? When you called a taxi to pick up the bride, why didn't you feel embarrassed?"

Hearing the argument here, Chu Ky Bach's voice became even colder.

“Hua Duong, please stop meddling in our private matters.”

"You two haven't even registered your marriage yet, where are you going to talk about your family's privacy?"

The atmosphere suddenly became silent. Chu's mother immediately turned to look at me.

"Mian Mien, didn't you two say that after the ceremony this afternoon you would register your marriage? Why do you let outsiders talk so nonsense?"

I looked at her.

“Auntie, so marriage registration... is just a formality?”

She choked. Immediately after that, his face darkened.

“Are you planning to use the wedding to pressure Ky Bach?”

On the other end of the line came the sound of Tham Nam Chi gently taking a breath in pain. Chu Ky Bach immediately tensed up.

"The doctor is here, I won't argue with you anymore. Tong Tri Mien, if you still want to get married, go to the hotel yourself."

Having finished speaking, he hung up the phone. As soon as the long beeping sound rang out, the Chu family's aunt spoke first.

“Okay, stop making trouble, let's go quickly.”

“I won't go.”

Just three short words. But everyone in the room was stunned. Hua Duong's eyes flashed with satisfaction, but it quickly turned into worry.

“Tri Mien...”

Chu's mother's expression was completely unbearable.

"Think carefully. Today, many relatives and friends are staying at the hotel. Now you make a mess, tomorrow the whole world will know that you are unreasonable."

“The person who doesn't know anything... is it you?”

"Men go out to socialize and have relationships. You can't compare everything."

She walked in front of me, lowering her voice.

"Nam Chi and Ky Bach have known each other for more than twenty years. If there really is anything, is it still your turn? Don't make yourself a laughing stock."

That sentence... Like a slap straight to my face. It turns out she knew everything. It turns out that all those nights I waited tirelessly without seeing him return, in the eyes of the Chu family... It was just a small matter that became a big deal. The bedroom door was pushed open again. My mother, Thu Tinh Nghi, stood outside the door. She wore a wine red cheongsam, her eyes were full of panic.

"What's going on? In-laws, relatives outside are all asking why the wedding procession hasn't arrived yet."

Chu's mother immediately changed her face.

"In-laws, the children were just angry for a bit. Ky Bach suddenly had to take Nam Chi to the hospital, telling her to go to the hotel first but she absolutely refused."

My mother looked at me, her lips moving slightly. My father, Tong Ba Nien, also walked in and followed. Normally he is peaceful. But after hearing everything, his face became cold and scary.

“The groom took another woman to the hospital and even forced my daughter to take a taxi to the ceremony marry?"

Chu's mother frowned.

“Old Tong, what you say sounds so unpleasant. Nam Chi is not an outsider, she and Ky Bach are no different from brothers."

My father looked straight at her.

"Do you guys make the bride lose face right on the wedding day?"

The Chu family's aunt immediately intervened.

“Don't say it's great from the Song family. Most of the money for the wedding was paid by the Chu family. The location was booked and the party was all prepared. If you don't come today, who will bear this loss?

My mother's face turned white. Indeed... This wedding, the Chu family spent more money. Because Chu Ky Bach once said. He wanted to give me a truly beautiful wedding. But the so-called blooming face he said... There wasn't even a flower car to pick up the bride. Seeing my mother begin to waver, Chu's mother softened her voice and advised her.

“Tinh Nghi, we are all mothers, who doesn't understand. How can a marriage fall apart over just a small matter? Let's change our perspective a bit, Ky Bach was responsible so he took the injured person to the hospital."

My father smiled faintly.

“To whom a person is responsible... is what best shows that person's dignity.”

The room fell silent again. At that moment, my phone received a video. The sender is an unknown number. In the video, Chu Ky Bach stands in front of the hospital's billing counter, bowing his head and carefully adjusting the vest that is draped over Tham Nam Chi's shoulders. Tham Nam Chi raised her head to look at him, her smile so sweet it was blinding.

“Ky Bach, do you regret not going to pick up A Mien?”

Chu Ky Bach calmly replied:

“She will come.”

Tham Nam Chi smiled and asked:

“What if she doesn't come?”

Chu Ky Bach calmly said:

“She can't bear it.”

The frame stopped on his confident profile. My mother took a sharp breath. Hua Duong squeezed the phone so tightly that his whole body trembled. Downstairs, the driver lost patience and shouted loudly:

“Are you finally going? If you don't go, I'll cancel this trip!”

Chu's mother stared at the video in my hand... Then reached out to grab the phone. Hua Duong immediately pushed Chu's mother's hand away.

“What are you doing? Do you want to erase the evidence?”

It hurt so much that she frowned, but Chu's mother turned to look at my mother first.

“Master, can you see what other system they have? Just a wedding and you have to go so far as to drag out evidence?”

This time, my mother did not take her side. She just quietly walked up to me and gently placed her hand on my shoulder.

“Mian Mien, tell me. What do you want to do today?”

My nose suddenly stings. The way the Chu family looked at me changed. They thought my parents would advise me to be patient. Anyway, the wedding invitations have been distributed, all the relatives have arrived, and the hotel lobby has also finished setting up a large wedding photo. I stood up. The wedding dress's tail swept lightly on the floor, making a rustling sound.