Chapter 1 — The Enemy's New Wife

Tong Yen and I broke up and reunited for four years. Because his "adoptive sisters" didn't understand his boundaries, we argued countless times and broke up too many times to count. Everyone thought I couldn't leave Tong Yen, that I would forever be entangled with him for the rest of my life. Anyway, my feelings for him are so obvious. It's so obvious that every time we break up not long after, the first person to bow their head and admit their mistakes is always me.

"Yen, your little wife is looking for you to come back again."

“La village, I don't know if she realizes it, every time she stands next to you with that obsequious look, she looks like a dog.”

During a gathering of friends, La Chi Chi laughed and carelessly hugged Tong Yen's neck and teased. This time too, because of her, Tong Yen had a cold war with me for nearly three months. But this time, I didn't argue or make a fuss. Just quietly rotate the ring on the ring finger. No one knows. Three days ago, I and Tong Yen's rival went to register our marriage. This time I appeared, it was for someone else.

1

The phone vibrated at the right time.

“Wife, the plane is delayed, I'll be a little late, please wait for me.”

I sat in a hidden corner, calmly unlocked the screen, and composed a reply message. Throughout the entire process, I did not say a single word of rebuttal to La Chi Chi. That unusual silence. Making the friends next to me - who were just about to stand up to stop me and La Chi Chi - sit down in embarrassment. Everyone knows that La Chi Chi and I don't like each other. She - Tong Yen's "adopted sister" - every time I came near him, I had a big argument with her. The most serious time, I pinned her to the ground, almost destroying her face. Because of that, Tong Yen slapped me hard.

“Lam Nhiem, sorry.”

His voice was as cold as ice. That was the first time he attacked me because of La Chi Chi. That's when I truly woke up. We've been together for four years. If it weren't for your tolerance, how could La Chi Chi constantly come between us in the name of "adopted sister"?

"Three months is enough for you to think about, Lam Nhiem. Don't let there be a next time."

It's true... there will be no next time. I stood up. Everyone is stressed.

“Sister-in-law, don't get excited, today is the party to welcome Yen's best friend back home, Chi Chi is here just to have fun.”

"That's right, sister-in-law, Mr. Yen only sees Chi Chi as a brother, in our eyes she is more like a man than us, don't be angry."

“Get out of the way.”

I raised my eyebrows and pushed the two people blocking in front of me away. In La Chi Chi's defensive eyes, I didn't stop but walked straight past her, opened the door and left. Before closing the door, I could hear them sighing in relief and chatting.

"Mr. Yen is really cool, he's been cold to his sister-in-law for nearly three months, but when we meet again, she's changed her personality."

"That's right, if it was before, if Chi Chi dared to openly provoke people like that, her sister-in-law would definitely have rushed in. It's still Mr. Yen who knows how to teach people."

I feel funny inside. I went to a quiet place. When Co Thua Dich's phone rang again, I pressed the answer button.

“Wife, I miss you so much.”

The call lasted nearly half an hour. When the other party hung up the phone, a light puff of cigarette smoke drifted from behind. I turned my head. Tong Yen wears a long coat, holding a cigarette, lazily blocking the path I intended to return.

“Just because you can't stand La Chi Chi and I sitting in the same place?”

He glanced at the phone with the screen locked in my hand, smiling like he wasn't smiling.

"You'd rather hide outside for so long than go back in. Have you really changed your mind?"

"It has nothing to do with you, I just had a call..."

"Okay, Lam Nhiem, stop acting, besides me, who has the patience to talk to you for so long?"

He smirked. Seeing me frown, he stubbed out his cigarette, his voice carrying a command.

“Go and apologize to Chi Chi. If she forgives you, we will be reconciled.”

"Be reasonable, Lam Nhiem. Chi Chi is the youngest among us men, with a somewhat weak personality, but we only consider her a brother."

I don't know how many times I've heard words like that in the past four years. Memories flash by like a torchlight. La Chi Chi took advantage of my absence, undressed and climbed into Tong Yen's bed. Tong Yen was drunk, she used the name of "brother" to hug and kiss him. During the four years, such things happened countless times. I don't believe that with La Chi Chi's attitude, Tong Yen really doesn't feel anything.

“Get out of the way.”

I reached out to push him.

“Where did you get that…”

My wrist was immediately grabbed tightly by him. Tong Yen stared at the ring on my ring finger, her face kept changing, and finally burst out laughing.

"Lam Nhiem, where did you learn the trick of 'backwards to advance'?"

“I'm married.”