Chapter 8 — Wife, I Can Be Your Substitute

8If it weren't for this, with your mouth harder than a duck, you might have had to wait until you were forty or fifty years old to speak out. After that, Tu Duong came to me a few more times, harassing me to the point of making me angry. The last time he called, I was arranging flowers. His voice was heavy: "Dien Thu, if you hadn't had an affair that day, would we still be together now?" I calmly put the tulip branch in the vase, slowly asked: "Tu Duong, do you remember our first birthday together, what did you do?" The other end of the phone was silent. "I remember very clearly, at that time you said you were in the dormitory. I bought a huge cake, went downstairs to your dormitory, and arranged the candles into a left shape. heart, happy birthday to you." "The whole male dormitory was watching, I stood there singing happy birthday to you." "What was the result? That night, you went to the bar again." "Some roommates even came out to explain, saying that you didn't touch those girls." "But the problem is not whether you touched or not. The problem is, you never valued the sincerity of others." "Tu Duong, I am a person with principles. So if you cheat later, I'm not surprised." I trimmed the flowers and said: "If you've been disappointed, what right do you have to say 'what if'?" "The cooperation between the Tu family and the Song family will end. From now on, we won't need to communicate anymore." Tu Duong hung up the phone. Mr. Tan hugged me tightly from behind, burying his head in the crook of my neck. I raised my hand to caress his face, smiled and asked: "Back then, when I celebrated Tu Duong's birthday, you already liked me, right?" "What, not jealous?" Mr. Tan gently kissed my neck, his voice was bitter: "Of course jealous." He suddenly changed his tone, laughing: "But, the photo of him at the bar that year was taken by me, and then I secretly used another email to send it to you." I laughed, lightly flicking his forehead: "That's really naughty. Naughty.” Maybe we will meet the wrong person at the right time. But everyone has the right to pursue happiness. Tomorrow is a new beginning. Side story – Mr. Tan When I was in college, I liked a girl. The first time I met her was at the lake in school. She held the camera and took pictures for her classmates. Standing in the sunlight, her smile was dazzlingly bright. Later, I happened to know that she was the young lady of the Tong family - Tong Dien Thu. Listening to her roommate, she likes tulips. I immediately imported a batch of high-quality tulip seeds from abroad. On the days when the flowers bloomed, I pretended to accidentally pass by the girls' dormitory and saw her standing at the window looking down at the flower garden, her eyes curved. The corners of my lips also unconsciously curved. If you're happy, I'm happy too. Once, when I saw her complaining on the "confession wall" that the sweet and sour fish dish was removed from the cafeteria menu, I immediately asked my father to invest in the school and bring that dish back that same night. Through the conversation between my father and Uncle Tong, I knew her nickname was Duong Duong. Duong Duong, it sounds so nice. But then, she got to know Tu Duong again. During that time, I was drunk all night and mentally collapsed. I don't understand, what's Tu Duong better than me? Not as rich, not as beautiful, and still promiscuous. Until I seized the opportunity and secretly sent Dien Thu a photo of Tu Duong going to the bar. Looking at her holding a cake, standing quietly under the male dormitory, my heart ached. Fortunately, Tu Duong knew how to "create karma" and ended up having an affair, and Dien Thu immediately broke up. That night, I dragged my roommates to open champagne to celebrate. But I heard that she was very sad because of that, and my joy was halved. Then I heard that she was interested in a discontinued limited edition camera. I spent all my life's worth of currency to buy that camera. Then I felt miserable - if I gave it myself, what if I scared her? So I arranged a “lucky draw.”

reward", quietly gave that camera to her. After graduating from university, I immediately found my father and asked him to arrange a blind date with Dien Thu. Fortunately, I was patient and finally brought the beauty home. During the wedding, when I saw Dien Thu's best friend using that same camera to take pictures of us, the corner of my lips almost wanted to smile to the heavens. Originally, the story of how I secretly loved her, I planned to wait until I was old to tell it. But now I don't need it anymore. We will forever, forever. together.