Chapter 6 — Price

Pho Chi reached out to help me, but halfway there he stopped and retreated. He closed his eyes, raised his fist and slammed it down on the table, roaring: "I don't deny what you said. But you also can't erase everything I've ever done!" “I have to take care of work, I have to take care of you, I have to take care of my parents!” “These past few years, I've had my own suffering, but you've never understood me!” I raised my voice and questioned: "So you left me to be humiliated? So you can blatantly have an affair?" He choked for a moment, then stammered: "You and Tong Lo... are not together. It's just that she has commercial value right now..." "Get out." I wiped my tears and pointed straight at the door: "If you don't leave, I'll call the police." The two struggled for a while, and finally he turned around and left. Before I closed the door, I said: "Before, you... weren't as disgusting as you are now." Up until now, whether it was the Pho family or himself, everyone felt that they had treated me well enough, kindly enough, and meaningfully enough. There is no family that can tolerate a daughter-in-law like me, nor are there many husbands who can sacrifice for their wives without resentment like Pho Chi. But from the moment they saw me as a burden, we were no longer on the same starting line. No one really respects me. Even my own child has learned to despise his mother. Triem Triem's story continues to be hot on the internet. The police need time to investigate, but netizens' tongues never stop. I try to reduce the frequency of contact with social networks, and divide my attention to other things. Pho Chi started coming to see me every day. If you don't let me in, wait downstairs. I went shopping and took out the trash, he quietly followed behind. I think of him as air. But unexpectedly, someone took pictures of the two of them together and posted them online. Many bloggers took advantage of the heat of the incident, even making videos analyzing me and Triem Triem. An account specializing in "debunking" spreads the news: I am a hotgirl of the eighteenth line, suspected of being supported by a rich man. My private messages were filled with scolding, cursing, and even unimaginably vulgar solicitations. A few days later, Pho Chi stopped coming to bother me. One night, he called me drunk. His voice was hoarse and drunk: "I really don't understand, what do you want?" "Aren't you afraid of being talked about? What's the benefit of exposing yourself to the public like that?" "Do you want to apologize? Now that I have the ability, I can let Tong Duong Hien say sorry in front of you." “Isn't that enough?” I calmly replied: "Morning urine, remember to save it and wash your face to wake up a bit." 14 A few days later, the case had a turning point. Another girl went to the police station to complain - Tong Duong Hien's third victim appeared. According to Hua Tan, that girl is even weaker than me and Triem Triem, in difficult circumstances, a single-parent family. Thanks to the public benefit fund, she had the opportunity to go to Phuc Khang for rehabilitation, but the result was a similar tragedy, even more serious. She was abused by Tong Duong Hien for more than a year. He has a sick hobby, seeing that she is young and has no support, he threatens, seduces, and coerces her in all kinds of ways. The more I listen, the more I listen cold. I wonder how many people besides the three of us have been harmed and don't dare to speak up? Right now, when I couldn't even stand up, someone started spreading false news that I was the third child who got in between Pho Chi and Tong Lo. The reason is: The day Pho Chi went to see Tong Lo perform, the two took separate photos, which Tong Lo put in a photo album on Weibo. The post about the performance that day climbed to the top of hot search. This year, Pho Chi invested in Tong Lo's program, personally went to see her perform, and even picked her up late at night many times. Those photos were once released by a news account, also calling Pho Chi "Tong Lo's secret boyfriend." Suddenly, Tong Lo's fans flooded in, cursing me, scolding me, cursing me. I don't know how, they even got my phone number and called continuously to harass me. I only posted one video, but I was assigned dozens of fabricated identities. After changing my phone number, I received a text message that sent chills down my spine: Anonymous sender: "I know where you live, little man will not die in peace!" I was both angry and amused. It's obvious that I was cheated on, but now I'm still being scolded for being a minor, it's truly an upside down world! The storm of anger grew bigger and bigger, but Tong Lo's side... remained silent as if nothing had ever happened. After reporting the crime, I stood up the phone, once again facing the camera. The moment of sitting in front of the camera, ten years with Pho Chi were like a fast-forward movie, flashing through my mind one after another. If it's too long from the beginning, I'll just pick the main points, post all the slandered content, and explain why I filmed the video. Pho Chi was having an affair, but Tong Lo knew it and still intervened. I presented the divorce certificate as proof. As soon as the video was posted, public opinion rose like a dam broke. When I was slandered, neither of them stood up to help me. One person once built the image of "a businessman who loves his wife", the other is a famous dancer, hailed as a pure goddess. But thanks to enthusiastic "cyber detectives", the truth is gradually revealed. I divorced on the 12th, on the 14th, Tong Lo was caught going to the supermarket with Pho Chi and Pho Tu Ang's son. Right after that, she also posted on Weibo, sharing a set of nine photos of herself in the kitchen cooking, with the caption writing: "I haven't cooked for a long time, my skills are much worse, but still very grateful to the two diners - one big and one small - for finishing the plate!" Going back a little further, I dug up more "clues": In some interviews, when asked about love affairs, Tong Lo hesitated, did not deny, and also revealed sweet eyes: "There is someone I like, in the process of getting to know him." At that time... Pho Chi and I were still legally married. A famous person was exposed, the topic became hotter. Online marketing accounts began to synthesize everything, the more they peeled, the deeper they dug. During the time when Pho Chi first started his career, he appeared in public many times with the story of loving his wife since they were students - studying together, falling in love together, getting married together; After I had an accident, he was always by my side and never left my side, faithful to me. His image at that time: a thoughtful, responsible, loyal man - the nation's model husband. But no one knew that, when I was still alive could not walk out the door, Pho Chi used my pain to enhance his career and reputation. I don't dare watch those interviews again, I don't know how many times I cried silently. I have to admit, he really put in the effort — and he wasn't lying. But I couldn't accept that before I could even get up, my husband put me on display like a medal of kindness. I lost a leg and tried to accept the kindness of others. But from then on, I always seemed to be one step lower than everyone else. The story is connected: Pho Chi and I loved each other for ten years, and after an accident, we were abused by an unscrupulous doctor. And the husband who said he loved me dearly was having an affair with that doctor's niece. The entire social network exploded. Tong Lo's image collapsed overnight. The official account of Pho Chi's company was filled with scolding. Tong Lo's fans still try to "make a clear distinction", saying that public and private matters should be separate. But soon after, the police officially announced that Tong Duong Hien had been filed for investigation. 15 The night the police announced the case, the wife of the Pho family called me. She was always an elegant person, but at this moment she was so angry that she screamed into the phone: "Why are you following nonsense on the internet?" “If you know clearly about the bad things in the house, you shouldn't let outsiders know, but you let the whole social network know about it all!” I calmly replied: "The person who did the bad things is your son, the adulterer was not me - I'm not afraid people will know." Lady Pho was so angry that she couldn't speak: "A Chi hasn't treated you well enough over the years? Did you do that to want to kill him?" "No matter how much you hate him, you have to think about your children! How can you let Tu Ang go to school in the future?" She repeatedly blamed him: "His classmates will all point and talk about him having a mother like you!" I laughed coldly: "That's even better. By the way, teach Pho Tu Ang the correct three-door view." "If a child doesn't even love its mother, why should I keep it?"