Chapter 5 — Six Pairs of Slippers in Front of My Door

"Love wears it at the wedding to look beautiful."

“And sixty-eight thousand in cash?”

“Mom said I don't know how to spend money, so help me save it first.”

Every sentence... is like the edge of a dull knife. No bleeding. But the pain is numbing.

“Co Hoai An, when did you guys start planning this house?”

He suddenly laughed.

"Hua Niem, don't say such harsh things. Both of your parents are dead, won't you still live with the Co family in the future? Who will the house be for? If you have a child in the future, he or she will also have the Co family name."

I looked at the time jumping on the recording interface.

“What if I don't have children?”

His voice immediately turned cold.

"Then it's your problem. After three years of marriage, there's no movement in your stomach. Your mother doesn't say anything but inside she's anxious to death. Tinh Tinh is right, you occupy such a good house in Thanh Dong but can't even give birth to a child for the Co family, so why do you keep doing it so high?"

My throat was tight. I was pregnant once. After two months, Co Hoai An said the company was organizing a team building and forced me to go climbing with him. The night I returned... I bled. The doctor said I was too tired to keep it up. At that time, my mother-in-law was sitting in the hospital hallway. The first thing she said was:

"If you're this weak, how will you give birth to a son in the future?"

Co Hoai An hugged me and said his mother was just straightforward. Now hearing him say these words from his own mouth... I just see myself as a joke. When I opened my mouth again, my voice was terrifyingly calm.

“So you want a divorce?”

He smiled coldly.

"If you continue to sue my mother, continue to cause trouble, then divorce. The house will be divided in half, the savings will be divided in half. You also have to compensate me for the loss of your youth. Hua Niem, this Co Hoai An is not without anyone."

I looked at the pile of papers scattered all over the ground. He was stunned.

“What did you say?”

On the other end of the line came the sound of a chair being knocked over. Obviously he didn't expect me to be so decisive.

"Hua Niem, think carefully. If you leave me, who would want you anymore? You're thirty years old, no father, no mother, no children, and your temper is hard."

I said softly:

"Co Hoai An, just now you admitted to forging my signature, taking the real estate certificate and transferring my assets including jewelry and cash."

His breath stopped. I continue:

“I recorded it.”

After a few seconds of numbness, he exploded.

"Hua Niem! Are you planning on me?"

I watched the night outside the window gradually sink.

“You guys taught me.”

I hung up. Then send the recording to lawyer Tan. Then send it to my aunt. Aunt called back very quickly. She didn't ask me if I cried or not.

"Nien Niem, go home. Auntie is here."

I sat on the floor, tears suddenly falling. Not because of Co Hoai An. It's because of my own past three years. I have considered a pack of wolves as family. I'm afraid I'm not obedient enough. By the time I arrived at my aunt's house, it was almost four o'clock in the morning. Aunt Duong Uyen put on her coat and waited right outside the door. As soon as she saw me, her eyes immediately turned red.

“You've gotten thinner…”

The bridge of my nose is stinging. When I was a child, after my parents encountered problems, it was my aunt who took me in and raised me. Every morning at five o'clock, my aunt gets up to cook porridge for me. When I had a high fever in high school, my aunt carried me to the hospital and even lost a shoe on the way. Later when I got married, the person who cried the most was my aunt. Aunt once said:

“Nien Niem, from now on, someone will be by your side.”

Now think again… That statement is like a needle. After entering the house, uncle Tham Quoc Luong still did not sleep. On the tea table placed a yellow paper bag. Aunt pushed the bag towards me.

"There are a few things... my aunt and uncle hid them from me. They were afraid it would affect their relationship as husband and wife. Now that I think about it, I must have hidden it wrong."

My heart suddenly sank. Auntie took out the first piece of paper. It's the transfer history. Two hundred thousand yuan. Recipient: La Phuong Lien. Note content: "Support to renovate the wedding house for Hua Niem." I was stunned.

“Money to repair the house?”

Aunt nodded.

"Before I got married, La Phuong Lien said that the Co Dinh family had spent money to repair the house, but the compensation money for clearing the house had not yet arrived. She asked my aunt and uncle if she could help advance it. She also said she was afraid that I would feel pressured, so she told us not to tell."

I suddenly remembered the words my mother-in-law often said after getting married:

"Look at this house, all the money to renovate it was spent by the Co family. As a person, you have to know enough."

I still felt guilty. Unexpectedly, that amount of money was also spent by my aunt. Uncle took another piece of paper.