Chapter 2 — Mother's Long Minh Lamp

2I never thought that Tong Han Thinh would extinguish my mother's eternal light because she wanted to comfort Diep Thanh Nguyet. This lamp was originally lit by me and him together, he even spent half of the money, at that time he told me: "Don't worry, aunt will definitely live to be a hundred years old, waiting for the day we get married." The promise that year, at this moment has turned into ashes. My reason collapsed, ignoring the pure rules of Buddha's door, I rushed straight in front of them. "Tong Han Thinh, this is my mother's eternal lamp, on what basis do you dare to extinguish it?" The two of them turned around at the same time, with a slightly surprised look on their faces when they saw me here. Diep Thanh Nguyet smiled sweetly, her tone sarcastic: "Hey, Lam Nam, why do you still have free time to go to the temple? Didn't you say that aunt was very sick?" As soon as her words ended, Tong Han Thinh's face immediately sank. "Lam Nam, I didn't expect you to make up this story to trick me into coming home. Did you even lie about my aunt's illness?" I was stunned. Turns out, in his eyes, I was so suspicious. I would rather believe that I lied about my mother's illness than believe that she is really close to death. In my heart, there was only a bitter smile left. Maybe my tears were too obvious, so his tone softened a bit: "Okay, I think you miss me too much, so I thought of this nonsense. Auntie's longevity lamp, I've already extinguished it for you. That thing was originally just superstition, with me here, auntie will definitely live a long time. In that case, keeping the lamp will only take up space, it's better to let the person who really needs it." The "really needy" person you said, isn't Diep Thanh Nguyet? The dull pain in my chest made me clench my fists, each word came out tremblingly: "Change the light? Don't dream!" Diep Thanh Nguyet smiled, her eyes were full of gloating, her voice sounded pitiful: "Senior brother, never mind, sister Lam Nam was probably angry because she had to have surgery the day before and he couldn't come home in time. It's all my fault, because I ruined the surgery, I had to ask senior brother to clean up the aftermath. I'm sorry, Lam Nam." Having finished speaking, she finished speaking. He stuck out his tongue and pretended to be innocent. Tong Han Thinh immediately responded: "Nguyet Nguyet is my teacher's daughter, can you stop being petty?" I know you are a person who values gratitude, generously told you that you will not be jealous, and also consider Diep Thanh Nguyet as your sister. But what about you? He saw it as a talisman, believing that I would never be jealous, and then more and more blatantly treated her with special treatment. In the hospital, everyone saw that the two were intimate and inseparable. One time he didn't come home because he stayed with Diep Thanh Nguyet. I waited until midnight, just hoping I could talk frankly with him. My only response was irritation: “I just think of her as a sister.” Sister? I have never seen a brother share chopsticks with his sister, or when she felt sorry for herself and sat on her brother's lap to comfort her. I couldn't help but laugh bitterly and sarcastically: "I don't care if you consider her a good sister or a lover, but my mother's eternal light, you two are not allowed to touch it!"Tong Han Thinh's face turned sharp, his voice full of anger: "Lam Nam, this is a pure place, can you stop being such a sour woman? Me and Nguyet Nguyet are pure! I always consider her as a sister, it is you who is narrow-minded and thinks haphazardly." tung! If you're still this unreasonable, I'll have to consider canceling the engagement!” Before, when I heard that, I would immediately soften and give in. But now, there's only anger and ridiculousness left inside me. I laughed coldly: "You don't need to say anything, my engagement has already been broken." "If you two don't leave immediately, I will record a clip, letting the whole world know that you two usurped someone else's longevity lamp!" He frowned tightly, looking tired: "Lam Nam, can you be a little more rational?"

"In the surprised eyes of everyone in the temple, I snatched the burning candle from the incense burner and swung it towards the two of them. "Reason? Am I still not rational enough? Tong Han Thinh, I've been with you for eight years, and Diep Thanh Nguyet has only returned home for less than two years, yet every time because of her you abandon me - isn't that what I'm holding back, being rational?" "When everyone said you and she were a match made in heaven, and I wasn't worthy of you, do you know how much pain I felt?"