Chapter 1 — The Most Calculating Person Is You

In order for me - who had just given birth to my second child - to easily return to my mother's house, before the Dragon Boat Festival, my parents specially transferred 200,000 yuan to me to buy a new car. As the departure date approached, my husband told me that he had borrowed my brand new car for a neighbor to drive to the desert. As soon as I opened my mouth to question him, he said in a cold voice: "Can you as a human being not be so calculating? Isn't your mother's family still alive and well?" Afterwards, he suffered from acute appendicitis, in so much pain that he rolled on the floor, begging me to take him to the hospital. I lowered my head to look at him - who was in pain and breaking out in a cold sweat - then calmly said: "I borrowed the car for a friend to go out. Can you as a human being not think like that? Appendicitis can't kill you." 1Early in the morning, I held the child while busy packing luggage for the whole family of four. I called out loudly into the house: "Husband, Dao Dao, wake up quickly! If you don't hurry up, you'll be stuck on the highway!" My husband - Ly Dong - rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of the room, his tone was light: "Wife, rest a little longer, there's no need to rush. I lent the car to Tiet Mai and his wife yesterday, they drove to the desert, they should be on the highway now." My ears felt like lightning struck me again. I stood dumbfounded in the middle of the pile of luggage and gifts. It took me a while to regain my composure, then my anger exploded. "Ly Dong, are you still human?! Do you know that we haven't visited my parents in five years?! From the time I gave birth to Dao Dao and then gave birth to Da Da, my parents have not even met me once! Do you know how long they have been preparing for this time?! This car was paid for by my parents, just because they wanted me and the children to go home! What right do you have to give it to someone arbitrarily?" I borrowed?!” I was so angry that I was shaking, my eyes were red, I gritted my teeth and stared at him. Ly Dong still calmly wiped his glasses, his voice was even: "Tham Phuong, can you calm down? It's just that there's no car to go. Can you see if there are still high-speed train tickets to City A?" I don't understand where he got the courage to say the three words "high-speed train". Obviously he knew that my hometown was a famous tourist city. During the peak holiday season, tickets had to be booked half a month in advance to be purchased, let alone on the same day. I took out my phone, opened the ticket booking app, put it right in his face - pointed to the words "sold out" and screamed: "Look! Do you know how hard it is to buy tickets to my house?! Da Da and Dao Dao are so young, we have so many things to carry, how do you think we can take care of the two of us?! Have you ever thought about that?! Why don't you tell Tiet Mai's family to return the car?!" Faced with my indignation, Ly Dong just glanced over and calmly said: "If the tickets run out, that's it. If you can't go, then don't go. It's not the last time we'll see each other, there are so many vacations to come. Why do we have to accept this time? Tiet Mai's family has been preparing for this trip for a month, is it just because of your selfishness that it's ruining other people's dreams?" borrowed my family's car?! Do you know that because of marrying you, I haven't been able to go home for five years?! My parents, because they loved me, even transferred 200 thousand to me to buy a car, just hoping that my children and I could go home today... But now we can't go home anymore... What should I tell them?!” Perhaps because I felt so sorry for myself, my voice began to crack, mixed with sobs. The corners of my eyes sting, tears make everything in front of me blur. Ly Dong sighed, his tone still indifferent as before, neither cold nor hot. "Tiet Mai's car is not

Is it as good as your car? If these words don't come out of your mouth, let me call your parents." He gently pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose, muttering in a low voice: "I always find it shameful that old parents still have to provide for their adult children.