Chapter 3 — Overcoming Difficulties Together

8"It's because you're not worthy of Cai Ngon." Chu Cam told me at that time. We sat on the outdoor balcony of the cafe. Chu Cam was wearing a white Chanel suit and a wide-brimmed knitted hat, looking like a gentle white peony, only her face seemed a bit haggard. I took a cigarette and shrugged my shoulders: "Is that so?" "I saw your records." "In 6th grade, you were raised at your aunt's house, but after less than half a year, you were kicked out." "After that, you were taken to a more distant relative, until your aunt passed away, and your uncle took you back. Not only did you not appreciate him, but you also stabbed him during a family argument." "So, no one wanted to raise her anymore, so she was sent to the camp." It wasn't until the Thuong Thi Foundation sponsored the orphanage that she had the opportunity to go to school."... The cigarette in my hand gradually went out, I looked at her: "Miss Chu is really well prepared." "A child like you without parents to teach her, I don't understand why Thuong Tai Ngon..." Pop! I didn't want to listen anymore, raised my hand and slapped Chu Cam's beautiful left face hard: "You have a mother, why doesn't your mother teach you how to behave?" After I finished slapping, I felt the frustration in my heart also disappear a lot. But unexpectedly, Chu Cam suddenly coughed violently. Then he bowed his head and miserably vomited a mouthful of fresh blood. I was surprised: "Miss Chu, if you're going to get angry, you don't need to go too far, right?" 9Chu Cam vomited so much blood, as if he was about to die. I still called the ambulance. Thinking for a moment, I also called Thuong Tai Ngon. Hearing that Bach Nguyet Quang was injured, he arrived faster than an ambulance. He arrived and immediately saw fingerprints on Chu Cam's face. Thuong Tai Ngon's face darkened and he asked me: "Is there anything you want to explain?" Of course there is. I tell everything clearly. Men are allowed, but never force me to bear the blame. After listening, Thuong Tai Ngon frowned and said to Chu Cam: "Why are you teasing her?" This statement sounds like he is blaming Chu Cam. But listening carefully, you can feel the intimacy in the voice. "You always cause trouble for me, do you think I have a lot of free time?" Thuong Tai Ngon took off his vest and wiped the blood off Chu Cam's face. The action seems rude, but it contains concern. Chu Cam didn't say anything, weakly leaning her head against his brother: "Tai Ngon, are you dead?" "No," Thuong Tai Ngon said, "I'll take you to the hospital." Before leaving, Thuong Tai Ngon suddenly turned back to look at me, as if weighing his words: "You should correct your bad habit, Giang Chu. "No matter what, you shouldn't take action."10I looked at Thuong Tai Ngon for a moment. At that moment, I suddenly wanted to laugh. Explain, actually, It doesn't mean anything. Men don't care about right or wrong. The person he loves, even if it's wrong, is still extremely lovely in his eyes. That's the so-called favoritism. I just feel a little sad. Chu Cam is really the Bach Nguyet Quang that he always missed, with just one sentence, making my years become useless. Seeing my face darken, Thuong Tai Ngon lowered his voice and said: "I've prepared a gift for you, good boy." "The gift that Thuong Tai Ngon was talking about was a ring identical to Chu Cam's. I raised my hand and looked at the diamond ring in my hand for a moment. It was really big. But, I didn't like it. And I had a hunch, the relationship between Thuong Tai Ngon and I was about to end. 11 The strange thing was. Apparently Chu Cam was back, but for some reason, Thuong Tai Ngon still hadn't said goodbye to me. On the contrary, the person who couldn't be patient was Zhou Jin. That day was my birthday. As soon as I put the food on the table, Thuong Tai Ngon received a call. He immediately stood up and said to me: "There's something important, I can't come home tonight."... I just said "yes".

suddenly leaned over and looked at me probingly: "Why have you been so good lately?" I calmly replied: "If you don't let me go, why don't you go?" Thuong Tai Ngon avoided answering that question. He patted my head, left a sentence "Don't think too much" and quickly left. I sat and ate a full meal alone, almost about to burst into tears. Because Thuong Tai Ngon's cooking is still as bad as ever. When I was dumping food into the trash, Chu Cam sent me a photo. Thuong Tai Ngon sat next to her hospital bed and helped her with a water bottle. Actually, I'm not surprised. But Chu Cam still deliberately continued with a provocative tone: "I heard that today is your birthday?" "But what can I do, he chose to be with me." The pride in his words almost spilled out of the screen. I replied: "So you're not going to send me a lucky money envelope?" Chu Cam immediately stopped saying anything. 12Since his birthday, Thuong Tai Ngon and I have had less and less contact. At first he would call me every two or three days, which gradually became once a week, and then only once a month. No need to guess, I know for sure he is with Chu Cam. But the progress of the two of them is actually a bit slow. I counted on my fingers the three months, finally waiting for a breakthrough development. Phan Y sent me a video. In the video, Chu Cam looks full of expectation and shame. Someone asked: "When will you and Mr. Ngon get married?" Chu Cam blushed and replied: "At the end of this year, everyone must come." The people around all laughed and said: "Definitely." Thuong Tai Ngon sat next to her, his expression calm, without any objections. Even though I had prepared myself mentally in advance, when I saw this scene, my heart still felt aching. In the evening, I sat on the sofa and called Thuong Tai Ngon. His voice was full of fatigue: “Chu Chu, I just came back from the party, I'm about to go to bed now.” I asked him: "Don't you have anything to tell me?" "What?" Thuong Tai Ngon asked again. Many words swirled around in my head, but in the end I just blurted out: "Thuong Tai Ngon, if I have given you a diamond ring, wouldn't the next step be to propose?" This is just a survey. But Thuong Tai Ngon was silent for a long time. Finally, his voice rang out over the phone: "Giang Chu, I still can't get married right now." I tightened my grip on the phone, pretending it was nothing: "Oh, I didn't say I would agree." "Sorry." Thuong Tai Ngon's voice was low, "You can wait—"I hung up the phone. 13 Actually, I knew that from beginning to end, there would be no results between me and Thuong Tai Ngon. But why, even knowing that, does my heart still hurt? A drop of water suddenly rolled down from my face. At first it was just a drop, but gradually more and more. Where does the water come from? I raised my head confused. It turned out that the ceiling overhead had a crack. This house is so old that every time it rains, the water on the roof cannot drain, gradually rotting the ceiling. Rainwater kept flowing through the crack in the ceiling, falling straight onto my face. One day this ruined house will collapse. I thought to myself. I moved the sofa and placed a basin right where the water was leaking. In fact, this house started having many problems a long time ago, but Thuong Tai Ngon had repaired it once before. "When this project is finished, we will change to a bigger house." After the repair was completed, he lay next to me and asked, "Giang Chu, how do you like the house?" "Big, with ground-level windows, preferably in the center of the CBD, and can overlook the river." He dared to ask, I also dared to answer. I glanced over and saw Thuong Tai Ngon smiling slightly. Since his family went bankrupt, Thuong Tai Ngon became quiet and cold, always

keeping a calm expression as if all emotions were suppressed under a layer of ice. So when you laugh, it's like ice melting and spring water flowing. I was immediately fascinated, my head was spinning, I rarely felt the slightest bit embarrassed. Houses in the center of the CBD cost tens of millions per square meter, am I too greedy? “There will be.” Thuong Tai Ngon reached out and hugged me. In my ear, his voice was gentle but also very firm: "Giang Chu, please wait for me a little longer." The beautiful moments of the past are now just vague bubbles. And the current truth is, he is hiding it from me to get engaged to Chu Cam. From the moment Thuong Tai Ngon chose Chu Cam, the relationship between me and him came to an end.