Chapter 2 — After Receiving My Mother's Letter, I Decided to Marry Someone Else

My mind was in turmoil, I swallowed the bitter taste in my throat, and in the end I couldn't say anything. Because even if I say it, it doesn't mean anything. Co Than helped Hua Uyen sit up, his voice was gentle: "A Uyen, I've called the nurse, please try harder." Hua Uyen obediently leaned against his chest and said firmly: "I'm okay, even though I'm a woman, I can still endure this pain." Hearing that, Co Than hugged her even tighter, his eyes looking at her filled with worry. For a moment, I seemed to see myself and Co Than in the past. When I first became a military doctor, I often suffered from bloody wounds and a broken body that made me vomit. At that time, Co Than will also hug me heartbroken, worry all night, and promise to love me forever. But in the end, people's hearts can easily change. Co Than's sharp eyes fell on him again, impatiently urging: "Aren't you quick to come and treat A Uyen?" I adjusted my breathing and finally walked forward. The healing process was not going smoothly, my movements were only a little heavy, Hua Uyen frowned and complained of pain. After being injured, she seemed to become especially weak, which made Co Than feel even more heartbroken, occasionally glancing at me to remind me to be gentler. The words are full of sadness for Hua Uyen, and blame for me. In the end, Hua Uyen's wound was bandaged properly, and I was sweating all over the back of my shirt. The pain in my back became more and more intense, I looked at Co Than carefully wiping Hua Uyen's sweat, reluctantly keeping my balance and leaving the tent. But before I could step out, I couldn't bear it anymore, my eyes darkened and I fell to the ground. Waking up, Co Than was standing next to me, holding the response letter I wrote to my mother. I was startled and wanted to take the paper back, but Co Than threw it straight on me. Without asking why I fainted, he just said coldly: "I said before that I can't get married to you right now, but you agreed with your mother that the wedding will be held in half a month. Are you planning to use this to threaten me?" I was stunned, knowing that he had misunderstood. His face became more and more angry, and he continued to question: "Also, normally you always aim at A Uyen. It's because A Uyen is out of respect for me that I don't take it easy on you. Today you healed her, so why do you still have to make things difficult for her?" “Thanh Hoa, when did you become so bitter?” I was silent for a moment, not wanting to argue with him anymore, and replied lazily: "I was wrong." This sentence stopped the anger in Co Than's heart. After a while, perhaps seeing my unsightly face, he softened his voice and said in a deep voice: "Thanh Hoa, A Uyen is my benefactor who saved my life, and also my comrade in arms, you should treat her well, don't think about it anymore." The benefactor saved my life? I wanted to laugh a little, bowed my head and calmly replied: "Yes, the wedding thing... doesn't need to worry the general." 3 Perhaps out of guilt, Co Than did not force me to continue taking care of Hua Uyen, but instead sent someone to take care of me. As for Hua Uyen, he personally took care of her. It is said that day and night he does not leave her, his shirt does not leave his body, enough to show how much he cares for her. A few days later, his wound got better. We reorganized all the medical records of the wounded soldiers, assigned them to another military doctor, and also gave us a few more things to pay attention to when practicing medicine. The military doctor looked at me and hesitated to open it mouth: "Are you really going to leave? The general may not let you leave yet, why don't you tell him clearly once, at least let him know that the person who really saved him was you." I just smiled faintly: "No need to waste any more effort." In fact, when Hua Uyen first appeared, Co Than was not too close to her. It wasn't until Co Than was ambushed on the battlefield that Hua Uyen brought him home. From then on, Co Than became closer and closer to her, so close that even a lover of three years like me could no longer get in the way. But Co Than didn't know, the person who really saved him was me. When news of the entire army under Co Than's command being destroyed spread, the whole camp did not dare to act. Only I didn't believe that Co Than died like that. He brought medicine and headed out to the battlefield alone. On the battlefield, bodies were so scattered that there was no place to put their feet. Snow fell for several days and nights, burying all the corpses, and also making my eyes hurt. But I didn't want to give up. Even though I was exhausted and my hands were bleeding, I still stubbornly turned over each body. Finally, when we got to the one thousand eight hundred twenty-first body, we found Co Than. He still had a trace of breath, I applied medicine to him while crying non-stop. I was so happy that I went crazy, luckily I came to find him, luckily I was able to save him. On the way back to the barracks, I fainted many times from exhaustion. It wasn't until I met Hua Uyen on patrol that I fainted with peace of mind. Before fainting, he held her hand tightly, pleading: "Save him, save Co Than..." Hua Uyen responded. But when I woke up, she became the benefactor who saved Co Than's life, and also became the hero who brought the general back, winning the respect of the entire camp. As for me, I turned into a female doctor trying to escape, but she caught me in the middle of the street. I explained to Co Than many times, but he did not believe me. He did not believe that a weak person like me could bring him back from the mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, nor did he believe that a strong and determined Hua Uyen could lie. I have told the truth hundreds of times, but it was all in vain.