Chapter 6 — Ten Years of Love in the Dark

It's Thuong Thanh Tuyet.

6

When I asked So Thien Y to take me back to my hometown, he didn't ask a single question. After returning to my hometown and meeting my father, when we hugged our dinner bowls, I shyly explained:

"Sorry, I just quit my job and broke up, I just wanted to escape that city."

So Thien Y smiled, revealing two dimples:

“I understand.”

He stopped and asked:

“So you're single now?”

I smiled bitterly, saying it was true. So Thien Y blushed for a long time, then suddenly stood up and said she wanted to go out for a walk. I followed him suspiciously. He took me in front of a small red house and stopped. From inside the red house, a dog ran out. The dog wags its tail and constantly sticks out its tongue. I smiled and patted its head:

“Why is it so friendly with strangers?”

So Thien Y definitely said that's not the case. He looked straight at me:

"Don't you remember it? You saved it yourself."

I opened my eyes wide and continued to listen to So Thien Y's story.

"Its leg was run over by a car. Then I picked it up on the side of the road, crying and looking for help."

"The adults all felt that it was just a dog, not worth saving. There was only one little girl willing to help."

“The girl rode a child's bicycle, carrying her brother and the dog, four kilometers to the veterinary hospital.”

I embarrassedly touched my nose. I bowed my head and thought for a long time, finally remembering that long-buried old story. I said:

“The dog has changed so much.”

So Thien Y gently curled her lips and asked the dog to shake hands with me.

“It recovered very well, now it is a dog weighing about fifteen kilograms.”

I raised my head to look at him again:

"You've changed a lot too, Mr. So."

That neighbor was a head shorter than me, but has now become a tall, handsome man. So Thien Y pouted:

“It changed so much that I didn't recognize it.”

“After my mother introduced you to me, I only contacted you once.”

Because I only knew that he was the object of my "childish engagement", not knowing that he was also the person I played with when I was young. I smiled shyly, but So Thien Y didn't blink and looked at me for a long time.

“Nam Kha, I have already endured the anger.”

His voice was so serious that I couldn't laugh anymore. He said again:

"It's a very good thing that we can meet again. You can think about other things slowly."

“You just need to know that I and your family will all stand behind you and support you.”

“Thank you.”

I nodded, tears shining in my eyes. So Thien Y sighed and gently hugged me. The dog suddenly barked ferociously. The two of us turned our heads, only to see the man in the distance. Luc Hanh Chu's eye circles were dark, as if there was a thick fog in his eyes that could not be dissipated. He gritted his teeth and called my name:

“To Nam Kha, who allowed you to leave me?”

7

I calmly replied:

“The moment you hugged Thuong Thanh Tuyet who was wearing your shirt, I said goodbye.”

Luc Hanh Chu stepped forward and wanted to pull my hand. The dog barked loudly and stood in front of me. Luc Hanh Chu stared at me:

"I didn't hear it, nor did I agree."

I couldn't help but laugh.

“A relationship needs to start with two people making choices, and in the process of falling in love, it also needs two people to nurture it together.”

“Just ending a relationship doesn't require two people decision."

Luc Hanh Chu has never seen my calm appearance. He clenched his hands, letting his nails dig into his skin, and suddenly burst into tears:

“Our ten year relationship, you say you can give up?”

I shook my head:

“Giving up on a relationship that only the two of us knew about was actually very easy.”

Luc Hanh Chu's eyes were bloodshot. He took out a ring from his shirt. My mother's ring. Almost instinctively, I snatched the ring back, tears also falling.