Chapter 3 — A Nhuoc's New Parents

03

Three days later, Mr. Qi, the head of the capital's library, was invited by his father to the palace as a guest. Old Mr. Qi dug around the world, a letter of recommendation in his hand worth thousands of hard-to-find gold. Father sets out bird's nest tea in the garden. Mother asked my mother to change me into the most neat clothes and take me to the flower garden to meet guests. Halfway there, I saw Concubine Lieu and Nguyen Bao. Concubine Lieu is crying and telling her father.

"Tu brother, Nguyen Bao has reached the age of opening up. The private teacher criticized him for not having a father to teach him, and refused to accept him."

"This time Mr. Qi is here, can you help Nguyen Bao ask for a favor? Just consider saving this child's future."

My parents looked awkward.

"Old Qi's personality is strange, I'm not completely sure."

He turned his head, saw me, his eyes fell on my side. There hangs a piece of jade tablet made of white jade, which is a full-month ceremony given to me by my grandfather. My name is engraved on it. There is only one piece of this in the whole of Dai Qi. When he was young, Mr. Qi received the favor of his grandfather and recognized this jade tablet. Father quickly walked in front of me and squatted down.

“Ah Nhuoc, take down the jade token and lend it to father.”

I covered the jade card at my waist and stepped back.

"Don't lend it. This is what my grandfather gave me."

The father lowered his voice, with impatience in his voice.

"A Nhuoc obeyed, Nguyen Bao has no father. If he doesn't go to old Te's place to study, people will look down on him in the future."

"Your grandfather is very powerful, so in the future you will naturally have another way to retreat. Give the jade card to father, he will take it for Old Qi to look at and then return it to me immediately."

Then he reached out his hand and wanted to pull it. I risked my life to protect the jade token and shouted loudly:

"No! Go and beg yourself, how can you take my things?"

My father couldn't keep face. He grabbed my wrist and used force to break my fingers. I was in so much pain that tears rolled around, but I still didn't let go. Suddenly, someone stepped up and pushed his father away.

"Master Tham, didn't you hear A Nhuoc clearly? He said he didn't want to."

It's Bui Kieu Nhien. He pulled me behind him, his cold eyes looking at his father.

"Pawning your father-in-law's family's belongings to support an illegitimate child outside, Tham Minh Tu, is your face built upside down by using the city wall?"

My father was scolded right in front of me, making his whole body tremble.

"General Bui, this is our Shen family's matter, it's not our turn for an outsider like you to interfere."

“I hate the kind of trash that bullies children the most.”

Bui Kieu Nhien smiled coldly.

"Old Mr. Qi is in the lobby. Do you need me to tell him about you just raping your daughter's jade token to see if he accepts your invitation to recommend that good son of yours?"

Nieu Concubine stood next to her impatiently, running over to pull Bui Kieu Nhien's sleeve.

"General Bui misunderstood, Tu brother was only for Nguyen Bao..."

“Get away.”

Bui Kieu Nhien hates waving his sleeves.

"The smell of poverty and bitterness is all over me, it's coming at me."

I hid behind Bui Kieu Nhien, looking at my father's choking appearance, feeling extremely refreshed.

“Uncle Bui, my wrist is red.”

I held up my wrist for you to see. Bui Kieu Nhien lowered his head and glanced, his eyes immediately cold than. He turned his head to look at his father.

"Tham Minh Tu, you are very good. You act like a father to someone else's family, but you are cruel to your biological daughter."

04

The movement in the garden attracted many people. Patriarch walked with old Mr. Qi, and behind him were mother and a group of servants, all of whom came. Seeing this scene of drawing the bow and sword, the father's face turned completely black.

"What's going on? The guests are still here, what's the point of screaming loudly!"

My father quickly adjusted his clothes and tried to hide.

"Father, Old Qi, it's just a small misunderstanding. Ah Nhuoc is naughty, I'm teaching him."

I stepped out from behind Bui Kieu Nhien and directly raised my red wrist for my father to see.

"Father lied. Because he wanted to get admission into the library for Nguyen Bao, he forcibly stole the jade tablet my ancestors gave me. If I didn't give it to him, he immediately squeezed me."

Old Mr. Qi saw the jade tablet on my waist and his face immediately darkened.

"Master Shen, this old man accepts his disciples based on their qualifications and character. If you use the jade token of old Grand Master To to go through the back door to someone else's family, that would be humiliating the Grand Master's family style."

Father's lies were exposed in front of everyone, his face was lost. He did not dare to be angry with Old Qi, so he turned around and vented his anger on his mother.

"To Thanh Lam, are you teaching your daughter like that? Letting her speak indiscriminately in front of guests will ruin the Tham family's reputation."