Chapter 4 — My Lover and Best Friend Betrayed Me Together

Nails dug into flesh. I don't feel pain. I just felt my chest tighten and panic.

"I didn't. At that time, Tan Tu Viet was also present, he can testify for me..."

As soon as the word "testimony" fell, the director shook his head:

“Manh Gia, the second person to accuse you by his real name is Tan Tu Viet, your boyfriend.”

I could no longer hear her words after that. Going back and forth in my head, the only thing left was:

“The second person accused her by her real name, Tan Tu Viet.”

I returned to my seat in dismay. The surrounding eyes were like cold blades, carrying a heavy weight on my body.

"Normally, she looks quite honest, but unexpectedly she turned out to be a worm. If she didn't do it, why did both her best friend and boyfriend come forward and denounce her?"

"Maybe they knew that in this life, they couldn't keep up with the other two, so they pulled out the fence together and sold the documents for a good price!"

I don't make any excuses. But pushed open Tan Tu Viet's office door. He sat there, his back to the light, his expression unclear. A familiar voice fell into my ears:

“Gia Gia, please accept this first, I will explain it to you later.”

I stepped closer, holding back tears, looking straight at him:

“Are you really... accusing me?”

"Obviously you didn't do it, why are you like that!"

Tan Tu Viet stood up and walked around the desk. He grabbed my shoulder, his eyes unbearable. But the words in his mouth were as sharp as a murderous sword:

"It's me. I know it's not you."

“But if you don't admit it, this crime will fall on Duong Duong.”

That sentence was like thunder hitting straight on my head. I was stunned on the spot, even forgetting to react.

"I'm just a small assistant. Even if I have a bad reputation, at best I can start over or change careers."

"But Duong Duong can't. She has a high-minded and arrogant heart. If she had a reputation for maliciously revealing case documents, her career would be completely destroyed..."

The more he spoke, the more intensely my tears fell. Falling to the end, Tan Tu Viet's face blurred into a blur before my eyes.

"Gia Gia, I have your back, but Duong Duong, besides you and me, has no relatives. You are her best friend, you will be willing to help her, right?"

He wiped my tears and lifted my face to force him to ask. The heat of the palm passes through the skin. But it chilled me to the bone. I looked at my two silhouettes in his pupils and asked word by word:

“What if I refuse?”

Tan Tu Viet blushed and shook his head:

"It's useless. Duong Duong has already found someone to put together a video of you revealing the case documents..."

The large knife hanging above his head finally fell. I know everything. But he chose to tolerate and accept it. I closed my eyes and nodded slightly. At this moment, Nguyen Duong heard everything from outside the door and rushed in, hugging me tightly:

“Gia Gia, forgive me, I have... my own suffering.”

I used my strength to push her away. Her eyes fell from her body to Tan Tu Viet.

“Don't touch me. The two of you now make me feel disgusting.”

The moment I stepped out of the law firm. A delivery truck left the house where I used to live. That's the trace I've had in Shanghai over the past few years. Now they disappear with me. That afternoon Manh Gia left. Tan Tu Viet sat in the office, panic suddenly rising in his chest. Older brother constantly thinking to myself. My way of doing things is not wrong. One is a bright new rising star in the legal world, while Manh Gia is just a small assistant handling basic documents. You should clearly distinguish which side is heavy and which side is light. He told himself that in turn. But no matter how much he convinced himself, that feeling of frustration still wouldn't go away. For the first time, lawyer Tan did not wait until the end of work and ended his shift early. On the way out of the law firm, he even refused Nguyen Duong's invitation to talk about the case.