Chapter 7 — Power Games and Illusions

The whole room knows this story, because every morning he brings Truong Kieu food, we have seen him several times. She also posted on her friends circle (WeChat Moments): arranging food on the desk, changing the shooting angle repeatedly. 【My male colleague brings me breakfast every day.】 【This morning I suddenly craved dumplings, I said something, but I didn't expect him to get up early to line up and buy it for me.】 Someone commented below, probably jealous. Truong Kieu immediately replied: 【Maybe it's because I'm young, I look petite, everyone likes to pamper me, give in to me~】 【It's strange to say, all these years I've met good people, everyone is nice to me, maybe because I look small and cute~】 Someone in the company commented: 【Maybe he likes you~】 This time we read all the comments on both sides, not like before. Truong Kieu wrote: 【Huh? No way~】 The other person: 【That's a high possibility, if you don't like it, why are you so diligent~】 Truong Kieu: 【We're just friends~ don't think too much~】 This half-pushing, half-pulling style, telling people not to think too much but unintentionally showing off the appearance of being pursued by them, made all of us both surprised and speechless. At that time, Truong Kieu had just made a fuss about salary with me, Thai Hoa was still angry, so she ran to ask the other colleague directly: "Hey, why do you buy breakfast for Truong Kieu every day?" That colleague was close to Thai Hoa so he didn't hide it and sighed: "Don't mention it again... At first she kept begging, I felt so annoyed that I bought it. It's okay to buy it for me, but she never paid!" Thai Hoa was startled: "Huh? Not paying?!" The other guy nodded: "I thought she would voluntarily transfer the money at once for convenience, so I didn't ask. After all, it's only a few dozen yuan, so I'm afraid to open my mouth." Thai Hoa: “……” Thai Hoa immediately turned around and told Ms. An. Ms. An was close to that male colleague. After hearing that, she was very angry and wanted to come forward and demand justice for him. That afternoon, Ms. An suddenly "started a conversation" in the middle of the office, loudly calling: "Truong Kieu, when are you going to pay for Tu Loi's breakfast?" At that time, Thai Hoa and I had just finished eating and were still sitting dreamily on the chair. Hearing this, we immediately woke up. Who doesn't like to watch drama? Normally, if you are a reasonable person, you just need to say one sentence: "Oh sorry, I forgot, I will transfer the money right away." It's something that can end immediately. But Truong Kieu is not an ordinary person! During lunch break, there were quite a few people in the office who heard Ms. An's questioning. Truong Kieu's face suddenly changed color, looking awkward and embarrassed. She bit her lip angrily and counterattacked: "Have you paid yet?" Ms. An clearly did not expect to be asked back, so she suddenly paused for a moment. Truong Kieu saw this and immediately rushed forward: "You yourself don't pay, so you dare to ask me?!" The whole office gasped after hearing this. Ms. An frowned: "Tu Loi is the one who brought you breakfast, why don't you pay?" Truong Kieu argued: "You don't pay either!" Ms. An calmly said: "It doesn't matter whether I pay or not, the problem is why don't you pay?!" Truong Kieu was confused but still refused to admit his mistake, angrily asked again: "Did Tu Loi tell you?" Ms. An nodded: "That's right." Truong Kieu's eyes were red and she loudly angrily said: "Why did he do that? For tens of dollars, is he being so petty to me?!" Ms. An chuckled: "A few dozen dong? In a few days, it's almost a hundred! Every day I have to line up to buy and bring it back to the company. Isn't that tiring?" Truong Kieu was angry: "What right do you have to tell me? Every day you force Tu Loi to buy breakfast, and even order him to do all the work! I know very well that he has to queue, adding an extra portion doesn't take much effort, compared to me, you're even nicer! Tu Loi didn't say anything, on what basis do you raise your voice?!" Ms. An's face darkened and her voice was serious: "He is my biological niece, of course I have the right to ask on his behalf!" Truong Kieu was stunned: “……A biological grandchild?!” 10 That's right, Ms. An is Tu Loi's distant relative. Tu Loi's current job was also introduced by Ms. An. Therefore, Tu Loi respected Ms. An very much. He did not complain about any heavy work. He bought breakfast for her every morning and never complained. If Truong Kieu had been more sociable with people, perhaps she would have known about the relationship between the two sooner. But she soon stabbed me in the back, and her strange behavior made everyone bored, so no one bothered to tell her that An was Tu Loi's family member. Looking at Truong Kieu's stunned expression, we immediately understood the source - almost bursting into laughter. She probably saw that Tu Loi often brought breakfast for Ms. An, thought it was easy to control, so she immediately "borrowed the wind to break bamboo shoots" and asked for more help. Seeing that Ms. An did not pay for breakfast, she also followed suit - eating at temple without shame. I'm dying of laughter!{Read full version at Van Ha Tuong page} This time, Truong Kieu made a big mistake, there was no way back. Seeing the whole office looking at her like she was watching a drama, she began to panic and quickly shouted: "I did pay!" Ms. An coldly said: "No!" Truong Kieu argued: "Yes!" The two argued back and forth, to the point where we also began to suspect. Because it doesn't look like Truong Kieu is lying. Ms. An got angry: "Wait for Tu Loi to come back and check to see if I will pay back or not!" Truong Kieu quickly said: "Every time he buys me breakfast, I smile at him and even say thank you!" Ms. An: “What??” The whole office was also stunned: "..." Truong Kieu's face was full of justice: "I smiled at him and said thank you, isn't that like paying?!" The whole office was silent. What she means is — smile, say thank you, and you don't need to pay? Perhaps our eyes at that time were too subtle, Truong Kieu impatiently stamped her feet and loudly protested: "Isn't that right? I'm a beautiful woman, there are countless people who like me! I smiled at him, and that already gave emotional value, not a few tens of silver!" “The female streamers in the livestream just need to smile, people donated tens of thousands of yuan!” "If I had known that Tu Loi was planning like that, I would have asked someone else to buy it! He wanted to hear me say thank you and then help me buy the whole thing!" "He still owes me! Do you dare to ask me for money after a few tens of silver?" Ms. An: ... The whole room: ... The atmosphere was so quiet that you could clearly hear the sound of the wind blowing through your teeth. Turns out in her head: smile = millions? The surface is so thick that even the concrete has to give way. At that moment, Tu Loi, who had just finished lunch, walked into the room, his eyes glued to his phone. Suddenly, Truong Kieu rushed straight at him, using her pink fist to pound his chest, crying like a romantic movie actor: "How could you treat me like that!" Tu Loi was so scared that he almost dropped his phone. Truong Kieu sobbed and shed tears: "For the sake of tens of dollars, are you still a man? From now on, I won't need you to buy me breakfast anymore! I'll ask someone else! There's no shortage of people who want to serve me!"