Chapter 4 — The Ring Has Been Removed

“I should have given it to you last year.” I was stunned. Chu's mother smiled a little helplessly: "Nien Tu said you didn't want to go public too soon, afraid that the adults in both families would know and push you to get married, so I still didn't mention it." She looked at my hand. My eyes stopped on the empty middle finger. "Are you two angry with each other?" My throat was tight. "Auntie, when did you know about us?" "Since a year ago." Chu's mother answered very naturally. "Nien Tu told me herself." She held my hand, her voice was extremely gentle: "You and I have always liked you very much. The love story is for you young people, I don't want to make it public, of course you won't force me." I looked at the necklace that had been prepared. suffered from a year ago, the words Chu Nghien Tu had said countless times in her ears: *It's not that I don't want to go public.* *It's that my family won't agree.* Chu's mother saw that my face was not right, and gently asked: "Van Kieu, haven't you always wanted to go public?" My fingertips were slightly cold. Chu's mother was still holding my hand, with only sincere doubt in her eyes. You have no reason to deceive me. There's no need to use a necklace to prepare for a year to perform this play with Chu Nghien Tu. "Auntie, what did he tell you?" Chu's mother was stunned for a moment. "Last year when I received the admission notice from the foreign academy, Nghien Tu went home to talk about the two of us with my aunt and uncle." "He said he didn't like his family interfering in his love affairs, and was also afraid that if he made it public, aunt and uncle would push him to get married, he wanted to wait until his studies were stable before thinking about it." She gently patted her pubic area. My hand. "At that time, I scolded him for not understanding. I'm going abroad, he has to make plans with me, why would he let me postpone school because of him." My throat was choked, and I couldn't say anything. Last year, after receiving the admission notice, I first informed Chu Nghien Tu. He hugged me silently for a long time. At that time, Chu Thi Group was preparing for a new hotel project. He had just taken over the group's brand department and was so busy that he barely had time to sleep. He said: "Van Kieu, I don't want to stop you." "It's just that this year is very important to me." "You stay with me for another year. When the project is over, I will personally take you to Florence, and also tell your family that we are together." I once asked him if the Chu family would agree. At that time, he bowed his head and kissed my forehead. "My father always wanted me to marry someone who can help the Chu family." "I don't like socializing, nor do I want to get involved in the family's business, not sure if they will accept it." "So, give me a little more time, I will resolve it properly." Turns out, his so-called "solution" was to tell the Chu family that I didn't want to go public. At the same time, tell me that the Chu family will not accept it. He stood between us, just for two different reasons, making everyone think that he was respecting the other person's choice. Chu's mother saw that I didn't say anything, her face gradually became serious. "Van Kieu, did Nghien Tu lie to you about something?" I looked up at her. The words reached the corner of his mouth and were swallowed again. Last night I just ended this relationship.