Chapter 5 — Khuong Niem woke up dreaming

At first, To Duong gritted his teeth to defend himself for the sake of dignity, persistently making up enough money, maintaining the appearance of "buying out her official wife status". But seeing that her account was getting more and more strained and her salary was about to stop being paid, she quickly couldn't stand it anymore. 10 Within a few days, To Duong actually came to the door. That afternoon, as soon as I picked up Nhiem Nhiem from the center, the doorbell rang. Opening the door, To Duong stood outside, his whole body had become thinner, his eye sockets were dark, his face was very poor, and had long since lost its original rose-like glow. His body was still covered with a strong smell of alcohol, and his steps were a bit wobbly. I turned my head to look at my daughter who was arranging music in the living room and said to To Duong: "Wait a minute." Then I knocked on the neighbor's door and asked her to look after Nhiem Nhiem for a while. Closing the door, I turned around to look at her: "Is there something wrong?" To Duong leaned against the shoe cabinet in Huyen Quan, didn't answer me, took out his phone to make a call, turned on the speaker. "Tham Duat, I'm at Khuong Niem's place now. Give me twenty minutes, come over, I have something to say." The tone did not allow for refusal. In less than fifteen minutes, Tham Duat rushed over. He pulled To Duong's arm and lowered his voice: "What are you doing here? Come back to me quickly." To Duong forcefully pushed his hand away, took out a ring from his pocket, held it in front of Tham Duat, his voice trembling: "Tham Duat, now I agree to get married. When will you divorce my wife to marry me?" Tham Duat clearly froze, unconsciously took a half step back: "Why did you suddenly say this? Haven't you always said that you follow the doctrine of not marrying? Aren't we on good terms now?" "Good fart!" To Duong suddenly raised his voice, almost screaming, "Of course you're good! You can attack when you advance, you can defend when retreating, there's a wife and children in the house, a warm bed, outside there's an idiot, I'll take your place in the battle, risking life and death! Of course you're good!" "Okay To Duong, don't talk anymore, you're drunk, let's go home first." Tham Duat reached out to pull her. To Duong used his strength to pull away, his eyes were red, his voice was so hoarse that he couldn't make a sound: "Why don't you tell me? Today I will give you one sure thing, will you marry me?" Tham Duat was silent. Those few seconds of silence were like da.a.o, slowly cutting into the air. To Duong suddenly rushed forward and hit him in the chest: "Tham Duat, you bastard! Did you and your wife collude to cheat me of money?" "Every day I work overtime to receive guests, drink alcohol until I vomit, drink until my stomach is damaged, and menstruation has stopped! What's the result? Where has all the money I earned gone? All sixty thousand and sixty thousand transferred to your wife's card!" "Pay me!" Tham Duat pushed her away, My chest was heaving violently, my voice couldn't hold back any longer: "I'm working hard, aren't you working hard? Isn't your body full of illness?" "It's you who said you wanted to use money to buy off the relationship, forcing me not to even go home! It's also you who insisted on expanding the production line, resulting in a loss of more than half a year's profit! Who can you blame? You can only blame yourself!" The more the two people argued, the more fierce they became, from the living room to Xuan Pass. Su Duong grabbed a decorative item from the shoe cabinet and threw it at Tham Duat, breaking glass all over the ground. Tham Duat's forehead was slashed with blood. He grabbed To Duong's wrist and restrained her. The two glared at each other, like two trapped animals. A mess. I couldn't watch anymore, so I took out my phone and dialed the police. The sound of police sirens came from afar, To Duong sat on the ground in the middle of a pile of broken glass, her hair scattered, her makeup smeared all over her face, like a completely withered rose. Tham Duat stood next to him, his forehead bleeding, not speaking

one word. 11 A week later, Tham Duat walked through the door again. When he pushed the door open, there were still some barely healed nail scratches on his face, looking quite struggling. He threw the car keys on the cabinet in the closet, changed his shoes and went into the living room. He rarely went directly to the study room and sat down on the sofa. "These past few days I've been busy handling company shares and separating assets." He rubbed his face, his voice filled with heavy fatigue. "Actually, I don't have any assets. People say pigs standing on the wind can also fly. Now I have to admit, you and To Duong are not as impossible as we thought." "The industry structure has changed." changed, combined with a few big mistakes, I've been unable to turn it around. A few years ago, I relied on my bravery to make money, but now I've lost it all by relying on my bravery. It's truly a waste of money." He mocked himself, pulled the corner of his mouth, and let out a long sigh: "It's good to close the door, just when I also want to rest for a while. Before, the living allowance I gave you each month has never stopped, after all, it's about three million, plus the capital assets. Yes, rest assured, resting for a year or two won't be a problem." After saying that, he saw me stand up and walk towards the dining room, he quickly waved his hand: "I don't drink tea, don't bother sitting down first, I have good news to tell you."