Chapter 1 — Back Before Wishes Close

Hua Hoa Ninh opened her eyes and discovered that she had come back to life in the last thirty minutes before the university application registration system closed. Her fingertips trembled, she quickly logged into the aspiration system, on the screen displayed: 【Hua Hoa Ninh – 701 points – Tay Bac Technical Institute.】 Painful memories immediately flooded into her head. Before coming back to life, on the day she received her admission notice, she discovered that her wishes had been changed. The adoptive mother suffered from severe mental illness, became bedridden, and passed away in the hospital bed. Boyfriend Luc Trach Ngon defended his childhood friend Ha Ngu Dong, who secretly changed her wishes, causing this matter to be let go easily. And she, after a short long-distance relationship, was dumped by Luc Trach Ngon. After graduating, she could only go to the factory to work as a worker. In the end, she accidentally got caught up in the machinery and died... She quickly changed her wish to become Nam Thanh University. From now on, she and Luc Trach Ngon, who is from the South and from the North, will never meet again. … After changing her wish, Hua Hoa Ninh remembered her past life because her adoptive mother's illness became serious so she could not attend Luc Trach Ngon's birthday party, but now she appeared here. Opening her phone, she saw a message from the caregiver: 【Aunt's re-examination results are quite good.】 She breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, everything is still on time now. Luc Trach Ngon sat on the sofa, surrounded by people, Ha Ngu Dong sat next to him. Someone gave sunglasses from brand C, someone gave a backpack from brand D, and Ha Ngu Dong gave a custom-made Patek Philippe watch... Everyone present kept praising: "Wow, it seems like this is a global limited edition, Ms. Dong really paid for it, treating Mr. Ngon so well..." Someone intentionally raised their voice: "Of course, Ms. Dong and Mr. Ngon are childhood sweethearts, grew up together since childhood. If not, wouldn't someone keep clinging to Mr. Ngon? Let go, maybe he confessed his love a long time ago." With just one sentence, everyone's eyes turned to Hua Hoa Ninh. She wore faded, washed jeans, sitting alone in the corner. "Poor student, is this the gift you prepared for Mr. Ngon?" Someone grabbed the bag from behind her, opened it, revealing a light blue blessing bag neatly embroidered inside. "What is this? If you can't afford a gift, then don't give it anymore?" "The Luc family sponsors her five thousand yuan every month, yet she only gives this?" Amid everyone's ridicule and gossip, Hua Hoa Ninh lowered her eyes, hiding her injured fingertips from embroidery. She spent several days embroidering this blessing bag, staying up at night to embroider it. She even intentionally went to the temple to kneel and bow, bowing her head every step she took, just to pray for Luc Trach Ngon's peace and prosperity. But now, none of that matters anymore. Luc Trach Ngon accepted the gift and conveniently put it aside. Ha Ngu Dong's close friend said: "It's so boring, should we play truth or dare?" Everyone else agrees. The wine bottle rotated, the mouth of the bottle stopped in front of Luc Trach Ngon. Her best friend asked the question that everyone was most curious about: "Mr. Ngon, I'll ask for Ngu Dong. You treat Hua Hoa Ninh so well, what is your relationship with her?" Hua Hoa Ninh's eyes stopped on Luc Trach Ngon's face. His eyes lowered, his tone was indifferent: “You are normal.” You are normal. Hua Hoa Ninh's heart felt like it was being squeezed by a big hand, choking to the point that she couldn't breathe. "I told you, everyone in school rumored that you and she were dating, making Ngu Dong so sad that he wanted to die. It seems like it was just a misunderstanding." Her best friend breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Hua Hoa Ninh and said: "Do you hear me? Stay away from now on."

Mr. Ngon came out.” “Okay.” Ha Ngu Dong spoke up at this moment, his tone calm, "Hoa Ninh's family background is not good. If her mother hadn't begged the Luc family for help, A Ngon wouldn't have cared about her, right, A Ngon?" Luc Trach Ngon said "yes". Hua Hoa Ninh suddenly remembered the first year she met Luc Trach Ngon, when she was sixteen years old. Just relying on her achievements to pass the entrance exam to a key high school, she ran to the Luc family to tell her adoptive mother the good news: "Mom, I passed the exam!" The adoptive mother's calloused fingers stroked the gilded letters on the admission notice over and over, tears welling up in her eyes: "Good, good..." Luc Trach Ngon appeared at this moment: "Aunt Hua, I heard my mother say you are sick, do you want to quit your job?" Hua Hoa Ninh was stunned: "Mom, what's going on?" At this time, she learned that her adoptive mother had a very serious chronic illness, could not continue to do manual work, and the surgery cost was extremely expensive. She immediately decided: "Mom, I'm not going to study anymore, I'm going to work to make money to treat my mother..." Luc Trach Ngon said: "Aunt Hua, you and my mother are good friends, your story is also the Luc family's story. I will let the Luc family sponsor your daughter to go to school. You can rest assured to get medical treatment, no need to worry." When classes were divided in the first year of high school, she and he were in the same class. Luc Trach Ngon will proactively tutor her in her homework; When it rained, he would give her his only umbrella; When she had menstrual cramps, he would take advantage of the break to run out of school to buy ginger sugar water for her... In countless moments like that, her heart was moved. But she also clearly understood the distance between the two, so she decided to hide this feeling in her heart. The day the university entrance exam ended, he lit fireworks in front of her house and told her: "Hua Hoa Ninh, I like you." "Shall we date?" But now he says, they are just normal friends. The phone vibrated again, and she looked down. It's Luc Trach Ngon: 【Ninh Ninh, don't forget our confidentiality agreement.】 You actually said before: "Ninh Ninh, to avoid trouble, let's keep this relationship a secret." Now it seems that that trouble is Hua Hoa Ninh himself. Her existence, for Luc Trach Ngon, is a secret that can only be hidden very deeply. A bitter look flashed in Hua Hoa Ninh's eyes. She replied: 【From now on, you don't need to worry anymore.】 Luc Trach Ngon: 【?】 The next round, the wine bottle turned to Ha Ngu Dong. "Ngu Dong, is your first kiss still there?" Under everyone's curious eyes, an embarrassed look appeared on her face: "Not anymore." Amid the cheers, she spoke again: "At exactly 0 o'clock on June 6, I kissed A Ngon." Again, shrill screams rang out everywhere: “Is this an official announcement? The couple I pushed the boat with is finally honest!” “Kiss! Kiss!"... Amidst the noise, there was a ringing sound in Hua Hoa Ninh's ears. June 6 was her birthday. At exactly 0 o'clock, Luc Trach Ngon sent her birthday wishes. At that same moment, he was kissing Ha Ngu Dong. In the next second, Ha Ngu Dong kissed Luc Trach Ngon's lips. He did not refuse. Someone whispered: "Look, that poor girl's face is pale." Beautiful girls, born in heaven, is it the turn of a monster like her to object?" In the next round, the mouth of the bottle was pointed at Hua Hoa Ninh. "What I'm most curious about is the university entrance exam scores of our poor students, so that Mr. Ngon's family money won't be wasted!" Hua Hoa Ninh did not hide: "701 points." As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter: “Ha ha ha, are you dreaming? Normally, I always stand at the bottom of the class, so I'm lucky to pass the university entrance exam!

It's useless to try anymore. Ms. Dong ranked first in the class but only got 668 points, you got 701 points?" "Penalty! Punishment!” Hua Hoa Ninh looked at Ha Ngu Dong, her mind flashed back to the mid-term exam in tenth grade, when she won first place. That day after school, she was locked in the bathroom, Ha Ngu Dong's voice was extremely arrogant: "A poor student dares to surpass me? Next time, if you dare to take the exam higher than me, I have a hundred ways to make it impossible for you to stay at this school!” After that, she was continuously targeted. Gum suddenly appeared on the chair, tongues appeared in the cafeteria food, all kinds of rumors spread in the school... She could only deliberately control the scores. She must stay in school, must enter the best university, must make her adoptive mother proud. Ha Ngu Dong spoke up at this moment: "Hoa Ninh, it's okay for you to do poorly in the exam, but lying is a matter of dignity. Even if you go to college, people won't look down on you.” The big wheel moves, the needle points to the ice bucket challenge. Hua Hoa Ninh just spoke up: "I'm on my period these days, I can change..." Ha Ngu Dong said: "Of course not, the game must be absolutely fair." Luc Trach Ngon sat on one side, coldly looking at everything. Suddenly, a bucket of ice water poured straight down from his head. The cold air covered her whole body, causing sharp pain in her lower abdomen. Hua Hoa Ninh stood up and wanted to go, but was stopped again: "The game isn't over yet, where are you going?" The next round, the wine bottle was pointed at her again: "Say, is there anyone here you like?" Hua Hoa Ninh's lips turned white and her voice trembled: "No." She won't like Luc Trach Ngon anymore. Luc Trach Ngon squinted slightly, darkness swirling in the depths of his eyes. Someone shouted loudly: “Lie! Punishment!” “Who doesn't know that you secretly love Mr. Ngon? Classmate Hua, lying is a bad habit!" Another bucket of ice water poured down from her head. Because of the pain, Hua Hoa Ninh bit her lower lip, clutching her stomach, her face pale. In the next round, the wine bottle pointed at her again: "Third round, only choose the challenge." "Classmate Hua, choose a male student here, use your mouth to feed him french fries!" Hua Hoa Ninh was in so much pain that His consciousness was almost blurred. Only then did Luc Trach Ngon speak, his voice cold: "That's enough. The game is almost over, stop now.” He took off his jacket and covered Hua Hoa Ninh with gentle movements. Hua Hoa Ninh knew that this was just his possessiveness causing trouble. She reluctantly stood up: "I want to go home." Suddenly, Ha Ngu Dong's panicked voice rang out: "My necklace is gone!" "Everyone, quickly help me find if it fell somewhere, this is my mother's birthday gift, I really like it..." Her best friend continued: "Isn't it true that someone picked it up and intentionally didn't return it?" As soon as the words ended, everyone's eyes fell on Hua Hoa Ninh. "Why do you keep asking so quickly, it turns out you want to quickly take the evidence away!" "Hua Hoa Ninh, are you that short of money? I advise you to quickly return the necklace to Ms. Dong, otherwise don't blame us for not being polite!" "She kept holding her stomach, I saw the necklace was definitely hidden there!" Hua Hoa Ninh's whole body stiffened, the sudden slander surprised her, she immediately denied: "I didn't see any necklace..." Ha Ngu Dong's voice choked: "Hoa Ninh, I know your family is short of money, but you shouldn't steal other people's things. This necklace is worth six figures, if I report to the police, you will have to go to jail..." "Ngu Dong, you are too honest. The kind of person who lies over and over again like her, you still give her a chance. Just now she lied to us that she got 701 points on the exam, and then lied to us that she didn't like Mr. Ngon. The way I see it, just call the police!”