Chapter 7 — One Good Day I Married Someone Else

But very quickly, Dung Tham thought clearly again. He looked at the calendar. Yesterday was exactly the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar. Perhaps because she didn't get married on the day that Long Tinh's grandmother saw, plus Long Tinh was by her side adding fuel to the fire, Lam Sam got angry again. Anyway, that day has passed, and now it is no longer possible to go back and get married. He decided to continue ignoring her for a while longer. Women, if coaxed too much, will not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth. However, that certainty was completely shattered on the eighteenth day after arriving in Australia. The core project, which seemed certain to succeed, suddenly failed miserably. Australia's environmental protection policy was suddenly tightened. The partner used the reason "compliance risk" to unilaterally cancel the entire verbal agreement. Dung Tham sat in the meeting room, looking at the expressionless face of the representative of the Australian partner on the opposite side, for the first time felt the loss of control. Trieu Tinh not only failed to help, but also continuously caused more trouble.

"A Tham, don't be in a hurry, I've asked my friend to give a gift to the deputy director of the review agency. There's definitely still a way to turn this matter..."

“Who gave you permission to give gifts on your own?!”

Dung Tham looked at her in surprise and anger, his mind even stopped working for a moment. Trieu Tinh was so scared that he trembled and tears immediately flowed from his eyes. She bit her lip in self-pity:

“I… I just want to help you solve the problem…”

"Solving difficulties? I'm trying to put you in jail!"

Dung Tham took a deep breath, only to feel his head hurt as if it was about to split. He suddenly stood up, walked quickly out of the room, took the phone to call Lam Sam. Lam Sam studies law, the company's legal department is always in charge of her. With such a difficult compliance issue, she definitely has a way. But in the receiver, there was still a mechanical female voice without any emotion:

“Sorry, the subscriber you called is currently switched off…”

He called the landline in her office again, still no one answered. Dung Tham tightened his grip on the phone, his knuckles turning white. An unprecedented feeling of panic, like vines wrapped tightly around his heart. He gritted his teeth and called his confidants in the country.

“Let's go investigate and see where Lam Sam is.”

“Once you find it, tell her to call me back immediately!”

On the other end, the confidant's voice trembled, carrying clear hesitation:

“General... general director Dung... this matter does not need to be investigated... I know.”

“Where is she?”

“Sister-in-law… is on marriage leave.”

Dong Tham's pupils immediately shrank.

"What do you say? Leave marriage?"

Dong Tham's voice suddenly rose.

"We're basically not married yet, why did she quit getting married?"

The other person was so scared that he trembled and stammered out the truth:

"General Manager Dung... sister-in-law... she's married. The groom is... Long Tinh's brother, Long Triet."

“Hmm…”

Like a thunderclap exploding in his ears, Dung Tham's mind immediately went blank.

“When?”

“The day before yesterday, the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar.”

The sixteenth day of the lunar calendar. The auspicious day for the wedding that Long Tinh's grandmother had planned. Dung Tham's fingers trembled uncontrollably. Almost on instinct, he hung up, his fingers frantically sliding across the screen. He opened Long Tinh's personal page. The latest post is a photo from the other day. In the photo is the wedding ceremony Romantic beachside, white chiffon curtains interwoven with fresh flowers. The text had only one short sentence: 【Congratulations my brother, happy to welcome your sister-in-law.】 His eyes froze on that photo. I remember now. That day I glanced at this post. He even remembered that he was in a good mood at that time, conveniently liked it, and even commented "congratulations". Then he conveniently sent Long Tinh a red envelope of two thousand yuan, asking her to help deliver the wedding gift. Long Tinh only replied with one word:

“Thank you.”