Chapter 10 — After taking the university entrance exam, I transferred my household registration to my adoptive mother's house

Next to him was Lam Kien Quoc standing covered in sweat. In the corner was Lam Duyet, cowering, completely disoriented. The room still echoed with gunshots from Lam Hao's game. This is “family”.

My “family”.

I bent down to pick up Trieu's mother's thermos and cloth bag and turned to her. Trieu Que Lan stood up, not looking at anyone. I pulled the door open. Just as she walked to the door, Tien Le Hoa suddenly called out. The voice is not loud. But with choking sobs.

“If you walk out this door today…”

“Don't come back from now on!”

I stopped for exactly one step. But don't turn back.

“Originally, I never intended to come back.”

The moment the door closed, I heard the sound of Tien Le Hoa's body collapsing onto the sofa. Probably soft feet. While the elevator was going down, Trieu's mother kept holding my sleeve. She said nothing. But my fingers kept shaking. Down to the first floor, as soon as I stepped out of the building, the June sunlight immediately hit me like a tide. Mother Trieu took a deep breath.

“The words you just said…”

She raised her head to look at me. Tears were still on his face. But she laughed.

“I heard everything.”

My throat was so tight I couldn't say a word. Trieu's mother used her sleeve to wipe her face vigorously, then picked up the thermos.

“Go back and eat dumplings.”

“If it gets cold, it won't taste good anymore.”

I quietly walked behind her. The sun is very big. Her shadow is low and stocky. My shadow is long and thin. Two shadows stood side by side on the ground, quietly walking forward. The interview aired on Tuesday. I don't watch livestreams. Trieu's mother watched. She sat in my small room— No. 28 Bac Quan Street, Lieu Ha Town, Nghi Thanh District. An old house with a small yard. She stared at the phone screen, watching the entire news. After watching, she turned off the phone. Sit for a long time. Then he got up, went to the kitchen, and started kneading dough to make noodles. I know her heart is churning violently. But she never vented her emotions on others. The way she digested everything was always— When the bowl of noodles was placed in front of me, on top were two soft-boiled eggs and a handful of green onions. I quietly said "yes" and bowed my head to eat the noodles. But on the internet at that time... It exploded. The first place to explode was the city forum. Post title: 《The valedictorian of the natural science class in the whole province directly transferred his household registration to his adoptive mother's house, his biological parents were so embarrassed that they wanted to dig into the ground to hide》 There were more than four hundred comments below. The comment with the highest upvotes is:

"This is not the valedictorian. This is the Vengeance League."

Second comment:

"I died laughing. My biological mother, wearing a dress worth tens of thousands of yuan, sat and laughed in front of the camera. As a result, her daughter overturned the table on the spot. I sat outside the screen and heard this slap."

Third comment:

"Looking at my adoptive mother's floral shirt makes my heart ache. I sold tofu alone for more than ten years, raising a child abandoned by others. Only people like that deserve to be interviewed."

The fourth comment is a very long article, with more than eight thousand likes:

“After watching the video, I cried for half an hour.”

“When Lam Chu said 'the person you should interview is her', his adoptive mother's shoulders kept shaking."

“She didn't cry out loud.”

"And my biological mother's face next to me looks like she just swallowed a fly."

“This is not a story to inspire college entrance exams.”

“Here's a kid using six years of patience and a university exam to regain my life.”

“He's not slapping anyone in the face.”

“He's just… returning home.”

“Hello adoptive mother Trieu Que Lan.”

Then there are the big platforms. Hot search Weibo climbed to third place: #The valedictorian of the entire province moved his household registration to his adoptive mother's house# On Douyin, the clip from the interview exceeded more than twenty million views. The comment section almost simultaneously scolded Tien Le Hoa. Scolded him in all sorts of ways, citing poetry and books, with some commenting that his literary level was even higher than the college entrance exam essay. I went through some typical comments:

“Before you get points: stay home, remember to feed the hamsters.”

“After the points: my daughter! Mom knew right away you were good!”

“May I ask if you still need my face?”

"I would like to ask the adoptive mother of the valedictorian of the whole province, how can she teach her child so well by selling tofu all by herself?"

“Answer: it is definitely better than two people joining forces to destroy.”

“The dress my biological mother wore on the interview day is probably enough for my adoptive mother to buy tofu and sell for three months.”

Provincial radio reporter Tran Kha is also famous.