Chapter 5 — My Ex-Fiance and My Secret Lover

I stood in front of the giant floor-to-ceiling glass door, feeling new and unfamiliar. The rock stuck in my heart seemed to finally loosen a little. Luc Ngon rarely spoke, he quietly gave me a cup of warm water.

“Thank you, Luc Ngon.”

I say it sincerely.

“If it weren't for you, I really don't know how I would have gotten through it.”

“Glad to be with you.”

He paused, smiling bitterly.

“I also consider this a responsible person.”

He meant that he was the one who caused the big misunderstanding that year, causing Tran Hang and I to be together. I forced a smile:

"Maybe God destined me and Tran Hang to have this fate."

"Maybe God wants to borrow this story and give you a chance to look back at your life."

He said seriously. I was surprised because every time he said just a simple sentence, he could always hit me. Yes, this is not necessarily a bad thing. In the past, Tran Hang always liked to say, luckily I met him, if I didn't graduate, I definitely wouldn't be able to stay, I would definitely have to go back to my hometown, see an older unmarried man, and after giving birth, I'd have to do housework every day with messy hair. Before, I deeply believed what he said and nodded in agreement. It's true that Tran Hang is my best choice, I'm very lucky. But at this moment, there was a small fire burning in my heart. I decided to stay here and give it a try. But in Luc Ngon's apartment, I made him sleep on the sofa in the living room. I felt very guilty and didn't want to cause him any more trouble. I'm looking for a broker to help me rent a house. Unexpectedly, luckily, the broker told me there was a small apartment with extremely good lighting, not far from Luc Ngon's place, and the rent was much lower than the market. Broker explains:

"The landlord is very nice, not in the locality all year round, just wants to avoid trouble, wants to find a clean tenant. Girls are the best."

I packed my luggage and moved in the same day. After settling down, I started looking for a job, but sent many CVs with no response. Luc Ngon saw that I was a bit impatient and comforted me:

“You don't need to be in such a hurry, what are you afraid of with me here?”

“I have to do something too!”

Luc Ngon introduced me to a subsidiary of his company, specializing in AI companion products, taking on the position of content planning for smart companion products. I looked at the company introduction he sent and was a bit shocked. It turns out he was so excellent! At a young age, he is already the director of a leading technology company in the country. That night, he turned on the computer and told me many details about his work. Midway through, his phone rang, he stood up and went to the balcony to answer it. When I converted the file, I saw a WeChat chat box on the screen. That is Tran Hang's profile photo. Not understanding what the devil was doing, I looked over. Chat history stopped at half an hour ago. Tran Hang:

“Hua Y didn't tell you where she is?”

Luc Ngon:

"I don't know. If you want to find her, why don't you call her yourself?"

Tran Hang:

"I won't call her. Before, I spoiled her, pretended to love her as soon as I met her, and spoiled her. She must have gone back to her hometown, waiting for me to find her. But this time, it's impossible!"

“What other people love Just got married, what about me? It's just that I didn't like her at first sight, but she made such a fuss like that, it's unreasonable!”

“This time I really have to teach her a lesson, let her leave me and experience some suffering. If not, what kind of life will you have in the future? Even a little thing can change heaven and earth.”

Luc Ngon:

"Tran Hang, if it was me who kissed Hua Y that night, would you still think it was a small matter?"

Tran Hang:

“Then I will beat you to death!”

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08

The new job is to build dialogue logic and worldview for the AI character. I joined the character team, in charge of setting up an AI character named “Tieu Khong”. I was very interested in this job and immediately turned into an office girl. I discovered that the company's welfare has the small brand peach soda that I like the most, and also has my favorite Swiss rolls. I was surprised and asked the female colleague sitting next to Tieu Lam:

“Is our company's welfare that good?”

Tieu Lam said:

“You're in luck, these were just added recently.”

When I work at such a company, I'm in a really good mood. But when I work, I'm very amateur. The manuscript was constantly rejected, I felt a bit discouraged. Luc Ngon gave me a lot of professional guidance. At first, I was not used to the job, so I voluntarily stayed to work overtime every night. He always said that he's been working overtime lately, and he often took me home on the way. He always repeated to me:

"Actually, you don't need to be so tired, you still have a lot of time to do it slowly."

But I really want to make achievements, no matter his help. Tieu Lam even secretly asked me what relationship Luc Ngon had. I honestly say it's a classmate relationship. She immediately excitedly asked me what kind of person Luc Ngon was before and if he had ever loved anyone. I can only awkwardly say, actually, back then, he and I weren't close. In my memory, the only thing that left a deep impression on me was that in freshman year, he came to borrow my lecture notes.