Chapter 3 — My Neighbor Cheated On Me For 10 Years

But Tu Tu lives right near the company.

"You don't know, yesterday I heard Tu Tu call and say he wanted to eat honey walnuts. I saw Mr. Co bring it to her right away."

"Teacher Co is so kind to her, I'm so jealous."

My hands trembled, and I dropped the stack of documents on the table to the ground. The sound startled the girl.

“Sister Nhu Nhu, what's wrong with you?”

"It's okay. I'm going to the bathroom for a moment."

This morning, while preparing to go out, Co Uyen suddenly said she wanted to eat honey walnuts. At first I intended to buy it, but he insisted that I do it myself. It was the first dish I learned to cook because of him. Consider doing it for the last time, as if putting an end to your youth. It took me several hours to prepare. Unexpectedly, I saw the lunch box I was about to throw into the trash right next to the bathroom door. The lid of the box is still open, the food is still intact. I reached out to pick it up and someone called out from behind:

“Linh Nhu Nhu, what are you doing?”

5

I turned around, it was Co Uyen and Tu Tu. In Tu Tu's hand was a bracelet - exactly the same brand as the lipstick the day before. She saw the lunch box in my hand and stuck out her tongue a little shyly. Co Uyen also looked quite confused:

"Sorry, Mr. Co, this dish is too sweet, Tu Tu can't eat it. I didn't mean to waste food."

I took a step forward, Co Uyen immediately blocked in front of Tu Tu:

"Linh Nhu Nhu, what do you want to do? Isn't it just asking you to cook a dish?"

At that moment, Tu Tu pretended to be angry and lightly hit Co Uyen's hand:

"Mr. Co, it's all your fault, it's all your fault! I just blurted out that I wanted to try the honey walnut dish Linh made, but did you really ask her to make it for me? If you don't say anything to me, now Linh is angry with me!"

After speaking, she turned to me with a guilty expression:

"Miss Linh, I'm sorry. Because Mr. Co didn't tell me before, don't be angry with me."

Then turned to Co Uyen, her eyes sparkling and pretending to be innocent:

"Mr. Co, are you really angry, Ms. Linh?"

Co Uyen patted her head and gently comforted her:

"Why are you angry, it's just a dish. I don't like sweet, I know a place with a lighter taste, I'll take you there later."

Tu Tu excitedly pulled Co Uyen's shirt, pulling and dancing:

"Aiya~ I just noticed, the girl on the lid of the lunch box looks exactly like Linh! Mr. Co, please draw me a picture later~"

Co Uyen briefly glanced at me, looking a bit awkward. Because before, he promised me he wouldn't draw cartoon portraits for anyone else but me anymore. Not receiving a response from Co Uyen, Tu Tu started to beg me:

"Miss Linh~ help me advise Mr. Co to go, let him draw a picture for me."

"Or are you still angry at me because I accidentally threw away that beautiful lunch box? I didn't mean it..."

The drawing on the lid of the lunch box is the first time I brought lunch to Co Uyen, he drew on it. I have always kept it carefully all these years. Later, because of busy work, I no longer had time to make rice, so I just kept the lunch box at home. This morning I was in such a hurry that I couldn't find another box, so I reused this one. Seeing that I didn't say anything, Tu Tu immediately sniffled and almost burst into tears:

"I really didn't mean it... Ms. Linh won't be really angry with me, will she? Mr. Co, please help me quickly." apologize to her..."

Seeing Tu Tu about to cry, Co Uyen immediately turned to blame me:

“It's just an old lunch box, why do you have to show attitude? I'll just buy you a new one later and pay you back."

With a "click" sound, I immediately threw the lunch box into the trash.

“No need, old things should be thrown away sooner or later.”

After saying that, I turned and walked away, never looking back. Tu Tu was still sobbing behind, Co Uyen patiently comforted:

“Then let me draw you a beautiful picture, will you?”

Tu Tu immediately smiled:

"I knew right away that Mr. Co was the best!"

6

Finally, the handover is about to be completed. On the last day of work, I invited my colleagues to a farewell dinner. Fortunately, Co Uyen was not present. Someone suggested calling him along, I quickly made an excuse and said I would personally invite "Teacher Co" later, so everyone stopped calling. After eating, the whole group went to sing karaoke. Opposite the karaoke bar is a hotel. When we left, we saw Co Uyen helping Tu Tu - who was extremely drunk - into the hotel. Everyone drank a lot that day, everyone was happy, some people used alcohol to tease:

“Hey, isn't that Master Co? You hid it so well on your date, you didn't even bother to share anything with us!”

As soon as she saw me, Co Uyen's whole body stiffened and she stammered to explain:

"No, I... drank some wine today, it's not convenient to take her home..."