Chapter 16 — Three hours before the wedding, I locked the house as a dowry

Ton Thu Binh stands in front of Dong Nghieu Decoration's office door. Her face was pale with anger.

“Congratulations Dong Nghieu!”

“When you received money from my family, why weren't you scared?”

“Now just because a brat has been causing trouble for a few days, you sell us out?”

Chuc Dong Nghieu was also angry.

“The things you told me to do have long gone beyond the scope of repair!”

Ton Thu Binh immediately turned to me.

“You eat at our Phan family!”

“Wear a wedding dress prepared by the Phan family!”

“Receive the bride price from the Phan family!”

“Now you say this isn't a family matter?”

I calmly replied:

“The wedding dress is what I paid for myself.”

“Wedding expenses are divided equally between the two parties.”

“And the bride price is still on the sealed list.”

“Never been on my account.”

Ton Thu Binh's throat was blocked. Anger eventually gets out of control.

“What if I want Khai Nam to live in apartment 402?”

“The boy is Nghien Chu's younger brother!”

“You have married into this house.”

“Isn't it natural to help your brother-in-law a little?”

I put the phone on the table. The screen is still recording.

“Go ahead.”

Ton Thu Binh saw the phone. Only then did I realize what I had just admitted. Right at that moment. A voice rang out outside the door.

“Auntie, stop talking.”

It's Tieu Lan Chu. She walked in and put the old phone on the table. First open the photo of the July meal. Then turn on the recording. Ton Thu Binh's voice immediately rang out clearly:

“The house is like this…”

“You have to move in first to have a say.”

“Little Van Hoa is very soft-hearted.”

“His mother is easier to talk to.”

“Wait until the wedding is over…”

“At that time, who would have the face to chase their brother-in-law out?”

Ton Thu Binh immediately rushed forward. Want to grab the phone. Tieu Lan Chu took a step back.

“It's useless.”

“I'm back up.”

Ton Thu Binh was so angry that he was shaking.

“You eat stone porridge!”

“Betray your family!”

Tieu Lan Chu's eyes were red. But his voice was very calm.

“That year I did not betray my family.”

“So my 200,000 yuan dowry money was taken to pay off the debt.”

“These words are enough for you to deceive me alone.”

“Don't use it to fool others anymore.”

She took out the paper. Hand-write an explanation of the source of the document. Record the date. I gave her a glass of water. Tieu Lan Chu took it and said softly:

“I'm not doing this for you.”

“I did it because of who I was that year.”

I nodded.

"I know."

When stepping out of the construction materials market. The sunset reflects on the glass door. The Phan family's internal affairs have begun to crack. But in those cracks... There is still one last secret yet to be revealed. Why is Ton Thu Binh so impatient to turn apartment 402 into Phan Khai Nam's wedding room? Simply favoring the youngest son? Or is there a hole in Phan Khai Nam's body... A hole that must be filled? After signing the explanation. Tieu Lan Chu's hands were still shaking non-stop. When I put the pen down. Ton Thu Binh was still cursing loudly. Scold her for not valuing friendship. Scolded her for being instigated by outsiders. But Tieu Lan Chu did not respond. She just quietly locked the phone screen. Then put it in your bag. That moment. She suddenly felt that the words she was forced to swallow six years ago... Finally, a sentence left my throat. Go down to the lower level of the materials market. She held the railing and stood for a long time. I don't push it.

“Do you want to sit down and rest for a while?”

Tieu Lan Chu shook his head.

"No need."

“I was scared as soon as I sat down…”

“I want to step back again.”

She looked at the flow of people below.

“You know what?”

“Before, I always thought I was a loser.”

“I just understood today.”

“It's not like I lost.”

“But that year no one told me I could stop.”

I looked at her.

“But now you said it to me.”

Tieu Lan Chu's eyes turned red. But she still smiled.

“So this time…”

“Looks like I won back a little.”

When being scolded by Ton Thu Binh. Tieu Lan Chu no longer calls her aunt. That way of addressing suddenly became extremely heavy. Like an old rope. Has bound her for many years. After leaving the market. She sent a text message to her ex-husband. Just one sentence:

"For the 200,000 yuan from six years ago, I will start to organize the documents."

After sending. Her hands are still shaking. But this time... I don't recall the message anymore.