Chapter 8 — The Cheater- Full

It was a very long message. "Sorry, I just had something to do so I left. I think being with someone is not because of feelings or guilt, but because you like that person, want to be with that person, that's enough. Love affairs should not interfere with too many other things, thinking too much will not get anything. So, listen to your heart, if you like him then stay with him, if you don't like him then don't respond. If you see him treating you well. to you, but you don't know how to respond, why don't you try talking to him? If he sincerely treats you well without expecting anything in return, then you don't need to worry too much in the future, if you succeed, remember to share your happiness with him. I read and reread this message several times. The more I read it, the more heartbroken I felt. My eyes couldn't help but sting, and I almost cried. Hua Minh Trach, how can there be such good people in this world, so good that no one has the heart to hurt them? I dried my tears, typed then deleted, deleted then typed again, and finally sent only one sentence: "Thank you for your suggestion, I will reconsider my heart." After a while, the other party only replied with one word: "Okay." I hid under the blanket holding my phone while crying and laughing, not knowing what I was crying for, nor knowing what I was laughing about. … In a crowded school, Hua Minh Trach would call out: "Senior sister! Junior brother wants..." "Don't think about anything." Even though he looked very serious, I always felt he was doing it on purpose. Because one time I happened to meet Luc Xuyen Tich and Bach Nguyet Nguyet, holding hands and walking from the opposite side. Obviously I always told myself to let go, but when I saw it with my own eyes, my heart was still painfully stretched. At that time, Hua Minh Trach was walking with me, in the middle of a crowded place, he suddenly picked me up like a princess: "Vi Vi, there's water on the ground, be careful of slipping and falling." This obvious act of "showing off your feelings", in front of the curious or jealous eyes of everyone around, I couldn't get down, couldn't help but hide, I had to hide my head in his jacket. He smiled happily, his chest vibrating slightly, making my face feel even hotter. After walking a few steps, he stopped, smiled and asked: "Senior sister, is my face still red? If it's still red, junior brother can carry me a little further." "Not red anymore, not red anymore, I can walk on my own." I quickly jumped down, like a little bird. "That's such a pity!" He pretended to sigh. I covered my face and quickly left here, but he still refused to let go, calling after me in a low, easy-to-hear voice: "Senior sister, don't go so fast, wait for me!" Wait for my head! After that, I didn't see them anymore. I know, Luc Xuyen Tich is trying to avoid me, and most of my free time is occupied by Hua Minh Trach. With him, it's hard for me to feel sad, he doesn't seem to want to give me that chance. Luc Xuyen Tich and Bach Nguyet Nguyet became lovers, posted on the school's intranet, after all, Mr. Luc is also the school's recognized male god. But when I heard that story, I just felt pitiful and funny, laughed at myself, and also felt sorry for myself. Twenty years of love in the eyes of others is nothing. They and I are just two parallel lines, never related to each other. In the following meetings, there were no more waves in my heart, perhaps because I completely accepted it, or perhaps because Hua Minh Trach was too patient. What I didn't expect the most was Hua Minh Trach, a true bookworm, who always seemed to be diligent, and often invited me to the library to self-study to improve together, but at the end of the school year, he failed half of the thirty subjects and had to retake them. Remember the Tet holiday

Seven days before Lunar New Year, he asked his father for permission to take me out. Of course, my father was extremely reassured and nodded immediately. I smiled coldly: "Aren't you going to review to prepare for the retake exam or do you still want to go out?" He said there was no problem, everything was under his control. Of course I didn't believe it and flatly refused. Looking back now, it certainly shouldn't have been easy for him to be forgiven at that time. Luc Xuyen Tich, perhaps thinking that everything was over, or perhaps his conscience awakened, began to proactively appear in front of me. When I came home to eat, he also came to take roll call. Previously, Hua Minh Trach always went out at seven in the morning, came home at eleven at night, and spent most of the day at school. Once Luc Xuyen Tich and I happened to be alone, Hua Minh Trach always appeared at the right time, making me feel like he had attached a radar to me. And even deliberately made a few intimate gestures, "handing out dog rice" in front of Luc Xuyen Tich. After that, Hua Minh Trach secretly asked me: "Do you feel happy?" Gloating? Honestly, I don't want anything to do with Luc Xuyen Tich anymore, and I don't care if he's happy or not. But we are a remarried family, I cannot be too free, I still have to fulfill my role as a younger sister. But one time, I happened to see Luc Xuyen Tich's very unsightly face, and felt extremely confused. Those were not the eyes of a brother looking at his sister. At that time, Hua Minh Trach secretly kissed me when my father wasn't paying attention. What is Luc Xuyen Tich? The old love is not over yet? Only after losing do you know how to appreciate it? The bowl of rice in front of me immediately lost its taste. Remembering that Bach Nguyet Nguyet secretly loved him, I felt unbearable and wanted to leave immediately. Eating and looking at the pot, sitting and looking at the direction. Everything was destroyed by himself, and now he shows that regretful expression for anyone to see. How disgusting! The memory of that bright and beautiful boy is ultimately just a flower in the water, a moon in the mirror, like an illusion, dead in past memories. The more you want to avoid people, the easier it is to meet them. Hua Minh Trach worked very late the night before, and had to go to school the next morning, unbearably tired. Actually, this lesson had nothing to do with me, but he kept telling me: "Vi Vi, you must come." It turned out it was a seminar on depression. I went to class, he pushed all the notes to me, let me take notes myself, and he collapsed on the desk and slept. It's so obvious! I had no choice but to monitor the teacher's every move, in case he suddenly came down from the lecture hall. At noon after school, he had a headache again, perhaps due to lack of sleep. We found a place under the shade of a tree without people, so he could take a nap to rest his energy for the afternoon class. Yet by chance, Luc Xuyen Tich and Bach Nguyet Nguyet also appeared there, but with trees covering them, no one paid attention to us. They seemed to be arguing about some fund project, Bach Nguyet Nguyet wanted to do it, Luc Xuyen Tich said she couldn't do it, and didn't agree. The two argued for a while, not looking happy. Luc Xuyen Tich went the other way, just in time to see me holding Hua Minh Trach's head and stroking it. I nodded slightly at him: "Hello, Mr. Luc." He seemed to want to say something, but just moved his lips, then turned and left. Before graduating, we became complete strangers, and when I returned home, I never saw Luc Xuyen Tich again. He moved out. The big ending Being with Hua Minh Trach seems like an obvious thing. His proposal came quite unexpectedly. He posted a confession on his wall. “Senior sister Vi Vi, junior brother Hua has a notebook

red, I want to ask you to sign." That afternoon, Luc Xuyen Tich coldly invited me into the office. "Do you really want to be with him?" "Teacher Luc, may I ask what identity do you use to question me? Teacher? Older brother? Or... ex-boyfriend?" He had a cold face, locked the office door: "Vi Vi, listen, don't worry about me." "It has nothing to do with you." I felt disgusted, turned around to open the door. He quickly walked over and hugged me tightly, one hand covering my mouth, pulling me back. I grabbed his tie, without thinking I slapped him straight: "That's enough, it's disgusting!" I hit him upside down, my fingernails scratched across his face. There was blood flowing out. He calmly wiped away the blood and laughed mockingly. "Huh, you talk like you're so pure, seducing your teacher and brother, huh? Lang Vi, you're no better than me." "Yes, I'm dirty, but Luc Xuyen Tich, you're clinging to me now and not letting go, how clean is that?" "Vi Vi, I..." "If you don't let go, I'll call someone to come. The principal's office is opposite, believe me, if the teacher harasses this student, he will be very concerned." Hearing that, he slowly let me go, kicked the chair in frustration, and finally sat down on the ground, holding his face and saying in pain. "Vi Vi, don't say that, I love you, I still love you, can we go back?" "Go back? Who didn't dare to tell my father and aunt Luc directly that he liked me first, who called me dirty and then threw me away? Luc Xuyen Tich, if you are still human, think of Bach Nguyet Nguyet, think of Aunt Luc and my father! There is no regret medicine in this world, you don't need me, why do I have to come back if you want to come back? I'm a person, not a dog you raised!” “Ha, that's right, I did it myself, I personally pushed you away, so now I shamelessly beg you to come back here. My mother can do it, Uncle Lang can do it too, it's not a problem. As long as you come back, I can definitely arrange things well, we can still be like before, and then there will be a happy family of four." Dream on! I wanted to go, he held my leg tightly and wouldn't let go, I kicked him hard, he immediately fell to the ground. He sat on the ground, banged his head twice, his red eyes looked up and asked me: "Vi Vi, can we really go back?" I uncomfortably took off my coat and hugged it. heart: "From now on, we can only be brothers, no other relationships." Just as I touched the door handle, suddenly a strong force pulled me back, then he hugged me tightly. "Vi Vi, give me a hug, just a little." "Vi Vi, you must be happy." I tried to get out of his arms, confidently said: "It will definitely be like that, my A Trach will do it, I will happier than anyone." "So, that's good." The hands that had been holding tightly for more than twenty years, could not overcome human change in the end, slowly let go of my hand, but I no longer felt sad. Because, happiness was waiting for me ahead. Leaving the building, I immediately texted Hua Minh Trach: "Mr. Hua, the household registration book is at my place..." The other party responded immediately: "Come here right away!" …. About Hua Minh Trach having two WeChat accounts, I initially intended to pretend not to know, but then discovered a benefit. I can tell things that are inconvenient for me to tell Mr. Hua to my "kind brother". For example, I crave spicy duck neck, but Mr. Hua doesn't eat spicy, I said a word to my "kind brother", the next day there was that dish on the dinner table. For example, I complained to my "kind brother" that Mr. Hua was too considerate towards me. In fact, I was not so weak that I couldn't take care of myself. Having said that, take action

of Hua Minh Trach has become more natural. Again, I wanted to give a gift to Mr. Hua, but didn't know what to choose, so I pretended to ask for advice, and from the "kind brother" I got the answer. …… Until one day, I accidentally replied to the wrong message from my main account via a secondary account, and was discovered by Mr. Hua, who "beat" me. After the graduation thesis defense, we planned to go out, obviously it was my graduation trip, Hua Minh Trach insisted it was his engagement honeymoon. That's right, his graduation was postponed, haha... After getting engaged, I moved home, Hua Minh Trach said he would come pick me up on the departure date. The night before departure, Luc Xuyen Tich texted me, saying he had something to give me and told me to go upstairs and get it. I intend to maintain a harmonious relationship between brothers, so that my father and Aunt Luc can rest assured in their old age. He opened the door, I went inside but discovered that the room had no lights on, it was dark and a bit scary. "Why don't you turn on the lights?" I muttered, wondering in my heart, could it be that his psychological problem is getting worse? "Oh, I forgot." The tone was bland, not at all unusual. Three months ago, Luc Xuyen Tich represented the school to participate in the academic forum of a university in Africa, this was an international exchange project between the two schools. Unexpectedly, on the way to the bus, he was threatened by an armed robber, and he was held hostage for seven days. The school urgently contacted our country's local embassy, the embassy coordinated with local police to rescue the group of hostages. Perhaps he had just passed the boundary of life and death. When he returned, his whole body was skinny, his eyes were deep, his face was pale, and his spirit was depressed without saying a word, making everyone afraid. No one knows what he went through in Africa, he didn't say a word, school gave him a break, he locked himself in his room all day and didn't go out, making Aunt Luc worried, her tears were like rain. Bach Nguyet Nguyet came to look for him a few times but was chased away by him and never came again since then. After that, I couldn't stand it anymore, introduced a psychiatrist to him, from then on he gradually came out, even began to study. It's just that his whole person looks very gloomy, his eyes keep staring at others, making people extremely scared. But in everyday actions, nothing too remarkable happened. I turned on the light, he stood in the middle of the living room, holding a tightly wrapped paper box. Again with those staring eyes, I swallowed my saliva, bravely stepped forward, and received the items: