Chapter 6 — The Most Calculating Person Is You

9. Soon, a few more days passed. A money transfer suddenly appeared in my account — 85,000 yuan. Ly Dong's voice was both hurried and a bit proud: "Wife, take the car to be repaired. Tell the garage, as long as they fix it in three days, I'm willing to pay an extra 5,000 yuan." Without asking, I knew - he definitely asked for this money from his parents. Ly Dong was originally a "good guy" born in an ordinary family. From a young age, he studied well and was pampered by his parents, so he gradually became a person who lived separately from reality, not knowing what suffering was. Now that "life" has taught him some lessons, how can he stand it? Furthermore, recently my off-work time coincides with the delivery time of online orders, so all the receiving and food pickup work is done by Ly Dong. He once offered to deliver to my company, I just smiled and said: "Delivery people have a hard time, just for one order they have to run two more blocks, it's okay if we take a little detour." If he objects, I will gently return his previous "noble" words. It seems like this time he really couldn't bear it anymore, so he went to cry with his parents. A week later, Ly Dong returned home, his new leather shoes crushed in the subway, looking tired and disappointed. As soon as he sat down on the sofa, he grumbled: "Wife, the car hasn't been repaired yet? I've added money, but why is it still taking so long?" I looked up, put down the phone, and leisurely replied: "The car hasn't been repaired yet. I gave all that money to Ly Nam. She told me to go with Tieu Sieu to look at the house, there was more than eighty thousand left, so I transferred it to help. After all, she's my biological sister, if our family helps a little, it will be less difficult for her to live with her husband's family in the future. "I know very well - just saying this sentence will surely cause a storm in the house tonight, so I sent the two children to a close friend's house early. Sure enough, as soon as I finished speaking, Ly Dong went crazy. He kicked the table, threw the cup, and screamed like a lunatic: "Tham Phuong, you damn woman! Who let you give that money to Ly Nam?! I made it clear that the money was for car repairs, didn't you listen?! Did you hear me?! What does it have to do with me if Ly Nam buys a house?! Even if she is single for the rest of her life, forced to be a buffalo and a horse at her husband's side, I don't care! You go and get the money back right away, otherwise I'll kill you all!" That's when he screamed! Screaming the craziest, I calmly went to open the door. Outside the door — Ly Nam was standing there, along with his parents and boyfriend, coming to thank his brother for his "generous help". Ly Dong's curses just now, without missing a single word, fell into everyone's ears. Ly Nam's face immediately turned pale. From childhood to adulthood, in her eyes, her brother was always gentle and loving - never fighting with her for even a single piece of food. She sincerely believes that her brother truly loves her. Yet today, when she brought her parents and boyfriend to show her gratitude, what she heard was the crazy curse of her biological brother. "Ly Dong, what do you mean?! I'm your biological brother! You get married, buy a house, how about I help you a little?! Is there a need to calculate like that in this house?!" After a series of days of mental pressure, Ly Dong was completely exhausted. The image of a "kind, generous man" that he had built up over the years was finally shattered. "I calculated? Do you know that money was given to me by my parents?! Everything in this house belongs to me! What right does a woman like you have to claim my share?!" As soon as Ly Dong finished speaking, the house fell into an eerie silence. His parents - who came from intellectual backgrounds and always prided themselves on "treating them fairly, not favoring men over women" - now watched their well-raised son turn into a

To become such a person, only shock remains. His mother couldn't hold back and slapped Ly Dong straight in the face. Then, like a trigger, sounds of arguing, pushing, and cursing erupted throughout the house. An entire family of intellectuals, at this time, completely lost the "dignified, elegant" appearance they once tried to maintain. And I - the "other" person in this house - of course did not participate in that war. I just sat in my chair, quietly playing the video my best friend just sent. In it, two children are smearing cake cream on each other's faces, giggling happily. I smiled. It turns out, there is a much warmer world out there. 9. The argument that night ended with the sound of police sirens, called by neighbors. The end result was that the husband's parents recovered all 85,000 yuan of car repair money. Ly Nam broke up with her boyfriend of three years. The other man recalculated all the expenses during the date — including the precious gifts I once bought for my parents but were later taken away — all of which were converted to market value and fully refunded.