Chapter 13 — You use Filial piety to tie me down, I use divorce to end it

When the staff asked us if we had thought carefully, I replied without hesitation: Chu Minh Khai's lips moved slightly. Finally, I reluctantly let out a hoarse voice: The red divorce book was quickly in my hand. So fragile. But like a mountain weighing heavily on my heart for ten years. That mountain has finally been moved. Stepping out of the Civil Affairs Department, the sunlight was extremely blinding.

“Hua Tinh.”

Suddenly Chu Minh Khai called me back. I stopped walking but didn't turn around.

“That recording…”

“Can it be deleted?”

His voice carried a pleading tone. I turned around to look at him.

“Chu Minh Khai.”

“I think…”

“Do I still dare to believe you?”

I smiled faintly.

“As long as you and your sister are like dead people, completely disappear from my world…”

“Then that recording will never appear again.”

“But if…”

My eyes turned cold.

“You guys still dare to come and bother me even a little bit.”

“I guarantee…”

“The consequences will be one hundred times worse than what you imagine.”

Having finished speaking, I didn't give him any more chance to react, turned around and left. I walked very quickly. Never turned back. But I can feel... His eyes full of resentment are still stuck on my back like needles. But I don't care anymore. The resentment of a loser… It no longer makes any sense to me. I took a taxi, didn't go home but went straight to the lawyer's office. I gave all the documents to my classmates.

“Help me handle the procedure to transfer the entire property.”

"In addition, prepare two letters of warning to the lawyer and send them to Chu Minh Khai and Chu Minh Le, asking them not to use any form of harassment against me anymore."

I paused for a moment then continued:

“That house, help me list it for sale.”

“I don't want to continue to have any contact with the past anymore.”

My classmates looked at me, with a little surprise in their eyes, but more appreciation.

“Just leave it all to me.”

Stepping out of the law office, I felt an unprecedented sense of relief. I have also completely escaped that mud puddle. The phone suddenly rang. It's a strange number. I hesitated for a few seconds then picked up the phone.

“Are you... Miss Hua?”

On the other end of the line was a timid female voice. It's Ms. Truong.

"The money... the money I received. Thank you, Ms. Hua. Really... thank you."

Her voice was choked as if she was about to cry.

“No need to thank me.”

I replied leisurely.

“That's what you should get.”

“Remember what I said, go as far as possible.”

“Don't come back again.”

"Yes! I bought a train ticket tonight, going south. I will never come back again!"

“Good luck.”

Hanging up the phone, I raised my head to look at the sky. Everything is strangely bright and clear. A month later, I left the city where I had lived for ten years. The house is sold. All procedures are also completed. I took that money and went to a small southern city that I had always wanted to visit. There the four seasons are like spring. Flowers bloom all year round. I rented a small apartment by the sea. Every time I open the window, I can see the deep blue sea. I found an easy job, working as a clerk in a bookstore. Every day, smelling the smell of paper and coffee, looking at people passing by, life is peaceful and extremely pleasant. I started holding the brush again. It's a college major mine. It's also a dream that I once missed. I set up my easel on the balcony. Drawing sunrise. Drawing sunset. Draw the rising and falling tides. Draw a flock of seagulls flying across the sky. In my life from now on… No more arguments. No more calculations. No more suffocating family relationships. Only sunlight remains. Sometimes, I will also remember Chu Minh Khai. Hear what his classmate said... The recording was somehow transmitted to his work unit. Chu Minh Khai was suspended from investigation. The future completely collapsed. Because of this, Chu Minh Le could no longer raise his head in front of relatives and friends. As for their mother... That once arrogant and bitter woman is still lying in the hospital bed, not knowing when the end will come. But all of that... No longer has anything to do with me. I'm not gloating. There's no pity at all. Their life... Is the result of their own choices. Finally stepping on the path of my own choosing. That day, I was sitting by the beach painting. A man wearing a drawing board passed by and stopped next to me.

“You draw really beautifully.”

He smiled, his eyes shining. I raised my head to look at him. The sunlight just fell on that person's shoulders, clean and extremely warm. I curled my lips slightly. The sea breeze blew, gently lifting my long hair. My life has finally just begun. Everything in the past feels like a long and suffocating nightmare. I woke up from the dream. It's already morning. My life has finally welcomed the brilliant sky that belongs to me.。 Finally received the clear sky that belongs to me.