Chapter 14 — Salary 9,000 Yuan, Husband Asks to Support Younger Sister to Study Abroad?

Two years later divorced. One day, I received a letter in the office.
"Lam Van Thu, hello. I'm Tran Hao. I'm writing a letter instead of texting because I know you've blocked me. You may not open this letter, not read it, or even throw it away. But I still want to write. In the past two years, I've thought a lot. Thinking of you wearing a white dress on your wedding day, thinking of you waking up early every morning to cook breakfast for me, thinking of you sitting at the market, choosing each piece of ribs and choosing the cheapest one. At that time, I thought everything was natural. Thinking of you as my wife, phai nhu vay. Sau khi em di, anh moi hieu, nhung dieu do khong he duong nhien. Do la em dang yeu anh. Nhung anh khong giu duoc. Hai nam nay anh song khong tot. Mat viec, tien nha cham may thang, ngan hang goi lien tuc. Vu Huyen tu di lam, luong 4.000 te, tu nuoi minh. Me anh suc khoe cung kem. Nhung do khong phai ly do anh viet thu. Anh khong phai den de than tho. Anh chi muon noi hai chu—xin loi. Khong phai xin loi vi nhung What I did. I'm sorry that I was blind. There was such a good person next to me, but I didn't see it. I wish you all the best.
I finished reading. Fold it up and put it in a drawer. Not emotional. Not angry. Just like reading something from far away. It used to be related, but it's gone. Like a thread that has been cut, no matter how it is connected, it will not be seamless. I close the drawer. Open the computer, continue viewing documents for the afternoon meeting. Co Tu Vien knocked on the door and entered.
“Are you done yet?”
“Almost done.”
"Are you free tonight? I want to take you somewhere."
“When you come, you will know.”
He drove me to the suburbs, a very large place. The sky is about to get dark and full of stars. The car stopped on the side of the road, he took two folding chairs and two bottles of water. I sat down. The wind was strong, blowing my hair. He gave me his jacket.
“Put it on, it's cold at night.”
I received it and put it on. The two sat and looked at the starry sky. No one said anything. Silence for a long time.
“Co Tu Vien.”
“Why do you treat me well?”
“Because you deserve it.”
“How do you know I'm worthy?”
"The first time I met you was when you were twenty-two years old, going to an interview, wearing an old shirt, but answering every question clearly and coherently. At that time I thought, this person will definitely do something in the future."
“And then?”
"After that, she refused the offer. I regretted it for a long time. Then she appeared at the seminar, I recognized her immediately. More mature, her eyes were steadier than before."
“So my cherry had it planned out in advance?”
“You could say so.”
I laughed.
“You are truly a thoughtful person.”
"For worthy people, what's wrong with a little bit of ambition? At least I won't treat you like a cash machine."
He spoke very softly. But I understand.
“Co Tu Vien.”
"I'm not good at love. My previous marriage almost made me lose that ability."
"It's okay. I'm not good either. You two aren't good at being together, just enough."
“Your logic is flawed.”
“But you're smiling.”
It's true I'm smiling. Haven't laughed like that in a long time. Not a social smile, not a helpless smile. Which is really fun. Third year after divorce. I became deputy general strategist of Hac Vien Group, in charge of three areas: new retail, investment and brand. Income from both salary and shares exceeds 8,000,000 yuan a year. Under my hands, the company went from a regional business to a new retail platform in the top 10 nationwide. To Dao's company also developed. Our collaborative project tripled her revenue, from 80,000,000 yuan to 200,000,000 yuan. For my birthday, she gave me a Patek Philippe.
“You deserve it.” she said.
My parents moved into a new house. I signed up my father for a calligraphy class for the elderly. He wrote every day, and the more he wrote, the better he became. My mother created a square dancing team in the area, became the captain, and had much better spirit. One day when I came home for dinner, my mother took out the old iron box.
“Van Thu, do you remember this?”
"Remember. The box I gave you is 130,000 yuan."
“After you returned it, I still kept it.” She opened the box.
Inside is a sheet of paper.