Thuong is my biological sister, 3 years older than me. When we were little, she loved me very much. Wherever we went, we were always close to each other.
However, when she started high school, Thuong gradually distanced herself from me and stopped caring about her sister. She started dressing up more, taking care of herself more, and hanging out with friends outside, forgetting about studying. When she had delicious food and nice clothes, she no longer thought about giving them to me. Once, she said she would rather give them to beggars than let her sister use them. I was very sad when I heard that, but as real sisters, we cannot hate each other.
When she failed the university entrance exam, Thuong became even more mischievous. She cut her hair short, dyed it in a patchy color, got a nose piercing, and went to bars with bad friends. My parents tried everything from advising to harsh words, but to no avail. In the end, they were helpless and let Thuong do whatever she wanted. They focused all their care and attention on me, but that action made my sister think that I took away all the good things from her.
In the end, Thuong hated me more and more. She was jealous of the electric motorbike that my grandparents bought for me because she always had to hitchhike with other people. She was annoyed with the pile of new clothes and shoes that my parents bought for me when Tet came. Then the delicious dishes my mother cooked for me to stay up late to study were secretly thrown away by her, and the teddy bears my friends gave me were thrown into the trash. Acquaintances who came to visit complimented me on how I grew up to be more beautiful and had a gentle smile, but the next day I discovered that my lipsticks had disappeared.
Seeing that my sister was being unreasonable, I also sought her out to have a serious private talk. Thuong did not bother to hide the reason why she acted like that. She said that she was jealous of her younger sister who was loved by everyone, so she did not like me having things that she did not have.
So my sister and I became more and more distant from each other. I often thought about the old memories when I was little, wishing she was still as kind and protective as before. I didn't understand why Thuong had changed like that. I had to accept the reality by seeing my sister less to avoid trouble.
After a long time of playing around, Thuong thought about making money. Without any qualifications or experience, she applied for a part-time job at a coffee shop. After a week, she quit. I heard she was fired because she had an argument with her co-worker. After that, she worked as a cosmetics saleswoman at a shopping mall. After about half a month, she quit with the reason "Standing too much makes my legs tired".
All the odd jobs with low pay made Thuong very upset. She couldn't concentrate on any of them for long. In my second year of university, I was tutoring and earning 6 million a month. Thuong knew that and was jealous, so she went to my room to rummage through my money to spend.
I endured and said nothing. But after Thuong went so far as to break the cabinet lock to steal the first gold ring I bought with my savings, I had to confide in my mother for help. Thuong argued with her mother during dinner, she denied stealing the gold and money with rude language, so my father decided to kick her out of the house.
Thuong was old enough to take care of herself and her parents didn't want to let a spoiled child depend on her. I felt so guilty that I tried to convince my father to let her come back. Even though I didn't do anything wrong, I still had to apologize when I texted Thuong. So she came back with a strange smirk.
After a while, Thuong found a job at a restaurant. Then she met a businessman, who was said to be the owner of a small tourism company. Thuong changed her style of dress to something more gentle, often showing off photos of her going out to eat and drink with the businessman, and not long after, they fell in love.
My sister brought him home to meet her parents, and seeing that his circumstances were good, they agreed to let us get married. My brother-in-law's family was rich, so they organized a big wedding. I also sincerely blessed my sister with several gold rings. Thuong was no longer cold to me like before, and she said that she had everything she wanted now, so she didn't need to worry about how I lived.
I also had a boyfriend and got married 1 year after Thuong. However, my married life was not very smooth, because of many reasons from my husband's family, we often argued. My husband hid a lot of things from me, and what hurt me the most was discovering that he married me just because of the label " Hanoi household registration". My family's conditions were not too bad, so his parents urged us to get married quickly so we could enjoy it later. When I read the messages he chatted with relatives in the countryside, seeing them talking about me as a stupid person being taken advantage of, I cried and ran back to my mother immediately.
While I was confiding in my mother, Thuong suddenly came home to visit. She also sat and waited to see how my husband and I were doing. I thought she would say a few words of comfort, but it turned out I was wrong.
Since she found out that I was not happy with my marriage, Thuong started to brag about everything, which made me tired. From praising her husband and his family to showing off her house and car. She often made up the prices of the things she used, increasing them several times the real price and then told me, "They are so expensive, but if I say I like them, Vu will buy them right away." It seemed like my sister was trying to show me that her life was very good now. Although she was not a good student and did not have a degree like me, she was lucky enough to have a good husband and had more things than me.
Of course I'm not in the mood to compare with her. I know very well that the branded sandals that Thuong shows off are actually super fakes online, and that only 2-3 of the handbags her husband gave her are genuine, low-end branded items. I also discovered that the accessories she "bragged" about costing 8-9 million VND each were sold online for a few tens of thousands. But I don't want to expose her, so I let her say whatever she wants.
Thuong also bragged that recently her husband gave her a diamond ring for no reason at all. I was shocked when I looked at the papers and saw that it was a synthetic diamond. If I told her she was ignorant, Thuong would definitely get upset. Well, let her be happy with that fake splendor.
The most annoying thing was that after every time she bragged, Thuong would tell me to leave my husband. She would act like she was educated but still ignorant, foolish and ignorant, so she chose a bad guy. She would also tease my husband for being a “country bumpkin”, implying that the pot must be covered with a bad lid. I was very angry but I didn’t care. She had to see me miserable and bitter for her to be satisfied.
It seemed that my husband was worried about my indifference for a whole month. I told him straight up that I knew what his family had said behind his back, and he immediately knelt down and apologized. I was so tired that I threatened to file for divorce. We didn't have any children together and there was no property attached. My husband was scared and promised not to think of anything against me anymore, he swore "apart from temporary greed, I truly love you".
Seeing my husband's sincerity, I was also touched. My mother said that when a couple is angry at each other at the beginning of the bed, they should make up at the end of the bed. I also thought that things were not that tense yet, so I decided to forgive, considering it as a new path for my own happiness.
My husband booked a trip to Sa Pa as a gift to make up. While we were happily packing our bags together, Thuong kept texting me about divorce. I replied that she should just worry about herself first, everyone should enjoy their own happiness, there was no need to tease each other. She pouted and said I was smart. I sighed, wondering who was smart here.
Speaking of my brother-in-law, he is so perfect that it makes me feel a bit fake. Every time I meet him, I feel that there is something insincere about him. Although he looks elegant, behaves politely, and is dressed in expensive clothes from head to toe, his eyes and the way he speaks always seem fake. I also wonder why he married his sister, a girl who is not outstanding in anything, and has a stubborn and difficult personality.
Finally, the question that had been in my heart for so long had an answer. While my husband and I were eating grilled food in Sa Pa, my mother suddenly called and told me that Thuong's husband was having an affair. And not just one mistress, the brother-in-law had 3-4 "second rooms" outside! Oh my gosh, it was so scary, my mouth was wide open in shock as I listened to my mother's story. Of course, while my mother was calling me, Thuong was raging at her husband's house. With Thuong's personality, she would definitely make a scene.
Suddenly I remembered what she said to me the other day. The pot must be like that, then the lid must be like that. Although I don't like Thuong's personality, but as my own sister, I feel sorry for her. I hope she can overcome this ordeal and stop being jealous of my marriage.
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