Chapter 8 — Ten Years of Loving You, A Lifetime of Learning to Love Yourself

I continued to flip down. On the last pages of the work schedule. I discovered a pattern. During the past three years. Every few months. Tran Thuy used the excuse of "surveying the European market" to go to the same place. Baden-Baden, Germany. It's not a financial center. Nor is it a technology center. It is a resort town famous for its hot mineral springs and world-class sanatoriums. He went there... I stared at the three words Baden-Baden. The brain begins to operate at full speed. Suddenly... A piece of memory that I had forgotten many years ago suddenly flashed like lightning. That was when I was just pregnant. One time the couple sat down and talked about where they would retire in the future. I want to live in a coastal city. As for Tran Thuy... At that time, he half-joked and half-seriously replied:

“I want to go to Baden-Baden.”

“I heard that the sanatorium there is the best in the world.”

“Can cure all diseases.”

I just considered it a joke. But now that I think about it... Why did he suddenly mention the sanatorium? Also deliberately emphasizing...

"Can cure all diseases."

A terrifying thought... Little by little it formed in my heart. I immediately picked up the phone. Call lawyer Vuong.

“Lawyer Vuong.”

“Help me investigate someone.”

“Use any price.”

“I want to know…”

“In Baden-Baden, Germany...”

"Who did Tran Thuy finally meet?"

Before I could receive news from lawyer Vuong... an uninvited guest arrived. My mother-in-law. Tran Thuy's mother. She didn't bother to warn me and just barged straight into my office. Even if the assistant wants to stop, he can't.

“To Nhien!”

“Is a cruel woman like you planning to force our entire family to die?”

As soon as she entered, she threw the thermos in her hand onto the floor. Chicken soup splashed everywhere. The aroma of the soup mixed with the shrill curses, making the whole room stuffy. I frowned slightly.

“If there's anything, just calmly say it.”

"Calm?"

“My son was harmed to the point of death by you, so how can you tell me to calm down?”

She pointed her finger straight at me. Hands trembled with excitement.

“Yesterday I visited A Thuy.”

“He locked himself in his room, didn't eat or drink, had a hairy beard, and looked like a crazy person!”

“It's all your fault!”

“You robbed his company!”

“Steal everything from him!”

“How will it survive in the future?”

I looked at her face distorted with anger. Only coldness remains in my heart. From the day I married Tran Thuy... She never gave me a good face. She criticized my house for having no context. No help for her son. She thought I had taken away her son's attention. In recent years... Tran Thuy has had great success in society. She also brightened her face. When I retired to take care of my family... She considered me someone who only knew how to spend money and be a freeloader. Her son was paralyzed. The first thing she did... was blame everything on me. I spoke coldly.

“It seems mom forgot something.”

"It was Tran Thuy who betrayed our marriage first."

“It was he who brought another woman in front of me, holding 10 million yuan to humiliate me.”

“It's a man!”

“What's the point of going out to socialize? strange?"

"What successful man on the outside doesn't have a few confidants?"

Her words made me feel both ridiculous and absurd.

"Lin Hieu is pregnant with the flesh and blood of the Tran family!"

“It's a boy!”

“What about you?”

"Marrying into the Tran family for ten years, you won't even be able to have a child!"

"You took over Mrs. Tran's position, cutting off the Tran family's incense fire."

“Do you still have the face to say you're right?”

That was her real purpose for coming here today. Lam Hieu is pregnant. Also a boy. I looked at her bright eyes when mentioning the words "grandchild". Suddenly I felt so sad. For myself. Also for Tran Thuy.

“So…”

“In my mother's eyes…”

“Ten years I spent.”

“Not as good as an unborn grandchild?”

“What did you spend?”

“What do you eat?”

“Which is not something my son brought back?”

“What you have today belongs to my son!”

“If it weren't for A Thuy...”

“Who are you, To Nhien?”

Her voice was shrill and shrill. Outside staff also began to gather to watch the excitement. I don't want to argue with her anymore. It doesn't make any sense. I picked up the phone. Going to call security. At that moment... Her tone suddenly changed. From aggressive to soft. She walked over to hold my hand. I stepped back and avoided it.

“Nhien Nhien...”

“Mom was suddenly confused.”