Chapter 6 — They Locked Me Outside the Door, I Locked Their Lives

This time it's Tong Nghi's cousin.

"On Nhien, it's me. I heard about your story with Tieu Nghi. You're a woman, doing that is too cruel, it will be difficult to get married in the future. Listen to me, every man defends his mother, please be patient..."

“Can't stand it.”

Hang up, block. The third, fourth, fifth... Uncles, aunts, aunts, cousins... The Song family called as scheduled, one after another. The words are almost identical. Or stand in the name of "elder" to teach me. Or put on the cover of "it's good for me" to advise me to "turn around and get to the shore". Each of them— only heard one side from Truong Lan and Tong Nghi. Everyone thought I was a cruel woman who relied on herself to make money and left my husband and mother. Everyone believed that my money, my house, of course belonged to the Song family. I caught about ten times. After that, I was too lazy to talk. As soon as the other end of the line opened its mouth— I hung up, then blocked. Finally, a phone number from their hometown called.

"Hello! Is that a vixen?" An old woman's voice was hoarse and full of malice.

She is Tong Nghi's grandmother.

"What kind of shameless woman! Why do you harm your husband? You harmed my children, and now you harm my grandchildren! Return the money to the Tong family! Otherwise, I won't forgive you if I die!"

I listened silently. Wait for her to finish scolding, panting. I said each word clearly into the phone:

"Pursuant to Article 42 of China's Law on Administrative Punishments, acts of publicly insulting others or fabricating slander against others can be detained for up to 5 days or fined up to 500 yuan; in serious cases, they can be detained for 5 to 10 days and fined at the same time."

"I have recorded this entire call. If you continue to curse, I will use it as evidence and directly report to the police."

On the other end of the line— deathly silence. I clearly heard her heavy breathing. Perhaps in her entire life, she had never had anyone talk to her about... the law.

“You… you…” She stammered for a long time, unable to say a complete sentence.

I hung up. The world immediately became quiet. I opened WeChat and looked for Tong Nghi's number. Compose a message.

"Send a message to the entire Tong family. From today, if anyone calls or texts to harass me, I will immediately report to the police and sue your entire family. I said yes."

Then, I sent this message to all the numbers I just called. I put my phone on silent mode and threw it aside. The sunlight outside the window is just beautiful. I decided to go downstairs to the restaurant. Eat a delicious meal. My life officially begins again. The next week, my world was completely quiet. No more harassing calls, no more abusive messages. It was as if the Song family... disappeared from my life all at once. I know, they're scared. To deal with that type of person, you have to use a language they don't understand. is the most effective language. I started planning a new life. The first thing is to find a new place to live. Although a hotel is comfortable, it is still not a home after all. I contacted Ms. Vuong and asked her to help me find a small apartment with good location and strict security. Money is not a problem. The money from selling the previous house was enough for me to buy two such houses outright.

“No problem, Miss On, just leave it to me.” Ms. Vuong replied very decisively.

Second, is work. I applied for transfer. I want to leave this city, come Southern branch. There is a sea and a warm climate. My superiors were quite surprised and kept me back many times.

"On Nhien, I'm in the promotion stage. After finishing this project, I will be promoted to deputy director. It's such a pity to leave now."

“I want to change the environment.” I said.

He looked at me for a long time, then finally sighed.

"Okay. I respect your decision. I will approve the application, but you must receive this quarter's bonus before leaving."

“Thank you boss.”