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The next day, right after work, I received a call from Qian Mengyao.
"Zeng Huayu, what do you mean by this?"
"You didn't answer my call last night, and now you're playing hide and seek today, right?"
"Are you trying to make my situation public? Are you trying to ruin me?"
I retorted, "What about the money?"
There was a pause on the other end, and Qian Mengyao seemed taken aback.
"What money?"
"The money I saved for Dad's medical treatment."
Qian Mengyao stammered, "I... I used it."
"What did you use it for?"
"I used it for Liu Guangxiang's treatment."
"Qian Mengyao, that was my father's lifesaving money!"
Qian Mengyao shouted back, "Liu Guangxiang is sick and needs a lot of money. I couldn't come up with that much all at once, so I borrowed a little."
"Your money is my money; what's wrong with me taking a bit?"
"Besides, your dad has been sick for so many years; he won't die immediately. Liu Guangxiang has cancer and could die at any moment. What's more important here?"
I trembled with anger. "Qian Mengyao, all these years, I've tolerated you because I believed marriage is about mutual understanding and support. I never expected you could do something like this."
"Do you know that if my dad's lifesaving money is gone, he will die!"
Qian Mengyao screamed hysterically, "Enough! Stop trying to scare me."
"Besides, your dad isn't dead yet, is he?"
"It's you, Zeng Huayu. Can you act like a man for once? Can you take some responsibility? Stop fixating on me and my issues; can’t you manage your own life?"
"After all these years, you're still just a team leader. Look at your classmates; which one of them isn't doing better than you?"
"I must have been blind to marry you!"
I replied calmly, "Qian Mengyao, I'm giving you one last day to return every penny of the money you took. Otherwise, I'll go to Liu Guangxiang myself."
There was silence on the other end of the line.
Moments later, I heard Qian Mengyao's sobs.
"Zeng Huayu, you bastard, how could you do this to me?"
"Liu Guangxiang, did you hear that? Zeng Huayu is a jerk."
Liu Guangxiang's voice came through the phone.
"Yaoyao, don't be afraid. Just let him come."
Qian Mengyao sniffed. "Liu Guangxiang, don't worry. I will prove it to him."
"I will leave everything behind to prove my love for you."
With that, Qian Mengyao hung up the phone.
When I got home, I suddenly received an anonymous picture.
It was of Qian Mengyao.
She looked exhausted, bustling around in the hospital.
Clearly, this was sent by Liu Guangxiang.
In all the years I spent with Qian Mengyao, I had been devoted to taking care of her.
I catered to her every need as if she were royalty.
How could she endure such hardship while willingly serving someone else?
My heart felt like it had been fed to the dogs.
That night, I received another anonymous picture.
Once again, it was Qian Mengyao.
At that moment, she looked disheveled, with heavy dark circles under her eyes, clearly having lost weight.
She was still busy with something.
There was also a message at the back of the picture.
"Zeng Huayu, do you see this?"
"Even if I'm lying in a hospital bed, Qian Mengyao will still take care of me."
"The women I've been with, even if I don't want them anymore, you won't be able to pursue them."
"Don't think just because I'm in a hospital bed that I'm easy to bully."
"If it weren't for the fact that I didn't want her anymore, would you even have a chance with Qian Mengyao?"
"Take a good look in the mirror; do you really think you deserve her?"
Seeing this picture made my heart feel like it was pricked by a needle.
But soon, I reminded myself.
"Zeng Huayu, stop being sad over this woman."
"Think about Mom and Dad, think about yourself."
The urgent matter at hand was to quickly resolve my father's medical expenses.
But where would the money come from?
I asked the company for an advance on my salary for the month, only to be ridiculed by my boss.
"Zeng Huayu, how dare you come to me for an advance?"
"You've been with the company for how many years? And you're still just a small team leader."
"A useless person like you will only ever be a Team Leader."
My colleagues all laughed at me.
"This useless guy can't get enough of anything he eats, and he can't do anything right. He actually has the nerve to ask the boss for an advance."
"After all these years, still just a Team Leader? If I were him, I'd be too embarrassed to stay in the company."
"If I were him, I would have quit long ago instead of waiting around to be scolded by the boss."
I didn't say another word; I immediately resigned.
Then I sent evidence of my supervisor taking kickbacks on projects to the work group.
After that, I quietly packed my things and left the company.
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