Chapter 2 — Back when I was 18 years old, I clung to you and never let go

5 I stand at the back of the class, considering the trash can as my companion. "The math problem that Giang Tham revised is very good. Can anyone do it now? Whoever gets it right will be exempted from doing math homework today." Old Truong rolled his eyes and looked down, many people began to get excited. Being exempted from homework is really exciting. The girl who transferred schools quietly asked Giang Tham how to do her homework. Giang Tham seemed indifferent, but still wrote out the complete solution for her. Just as she was about to raise her hand, Ky Tu, who had always been quiet, suddenly stood up. Step up to the podium, pick up the white chalk, and write the solution step by step on the board. The handwriting is neat and elegant, just like him. Old Truong looked at him with eyes full of appreciation: "Ky Tu can bravely go to the board to do the homework, teacher is very happy." “The solution is completely correct, so today's exercise——” “Teacher.” Ky Tu interrupted his teacher. His voice was very light, no emotion could be heard: "I'm a bit sleepy, I want to go to the back of the class and stand for a while." As soon as 6 Ky Tu came, I immediately grabbed him and pulled him to my side. "Ky Tu, you felt that I was lonely standing alone behind the class, so you came to stand with me, right?" Ky Tu stood straight, his body exuding an aura that prohibited strangers from approaching. I pouted: "I'm just joking, please pay attention to me." The atmosphere fell into silence again. In the end, I still couldn't help it: "Let me tell you a secret, seven years later we will get married, sleep in the same bed, and then..." Ky Tu suddenly coughed a few times. Old Truong glanced at him in warning. I immediately closed my mouth. When the teacher's eyes left, I continued: "You don't know, seven years later you will be very different from now, every day singing 'Hot Pure Little Cockroach' in front of me." Having said this, I felt that my mouth alone was not enough, and my hands began to move. "Do you know this song? You probably don't know, it won't be known until later. But I'm sure you will like it. Shall I sing it for you?" Actually, I just made up these words. Twenty-five year old Ky Tu is a very measured person, so he would never sing that song for me. Ky Tu couldn't listen anymore, so he interrupted me: "Aren't you sleepy?" I blinked: "Since you're here, I'm no longer sleepy? I want to talk to you. Aren't you curious about our married life? Let me tell you about it." "Don't act like you don't believe me, you have a birthmark the size of your pinky nail on your left buttock." As soon as he finished speaking, Ky Tu immediately glared at me, his face full of horror. I slowly looked down: "I told you, we are husband and wife, we still know that place, let alone anywhere else. I also know that you are between my legs..." Before I could finish my sentence, the school bell rang. Ky Tu quickly covered my mouth with his hand, preventing me from continuing to speak. I accidentally licked his hand. His eyes shook violently, as if struck by lightning, and he quickly ran away. It wasn't just one lick, what a big reaction. Sure enough, compared to the twenty-five-year-old Ky Tu who likes to argue about shady things in bed, this eighteen-year-old boy is truly two different people! I laughed and followed him: "Hey husband, don't go so fast, I can't keep up. Can you teach me how to do the exercises? These conical curves are difficult." too much.” Co Thi had just packed up her things to prepare to eat, tilted her head and asked me: "When did you study so hard?" My tone was filled with caution, as if I was about to betray the organization. I puffed out my chest and answered seriously: "High school students must study well, stop thinking about nonsense, and get good university entrance exams to have a future!" After speaking, I secretly glanced at Ky Tu: "Is that right, husband?" He was poked until he coughed twice. Co Thi had no choice: "Forget it, I don't even know how many ounces you weigh? Eat? I heard there's a new dish in the cafeteria today, let's try it." Co Thi pulled me out of class to get lunch. 7 At lunch time, Ky Tu had no intention of going to the cafeteria. He took out a rice ball from his bag, ate it, and flipped through his notebook to do his homework. When I returned from the cafeteria, Ky Tu was alone in the whole class. He sat neatly in his seat, attentively doing his homework. Suddenly a premium hamburger was placed in front of him. “Ky Tu, it's for you.” Right after that, I pulled out grilled sausages, milk tea, and a big bag full of snacks from the cafeteria. It's all put on your desk. “This is tuition, you cannot refuse!” I put my chin in my hand, full of dreams about the future: "Can you teach me Math?" Once we pass the university entrance exam, we go to the same school, so when we go to university we will still be together, and when we graduate, we will get married, we will avoid so many troubles! Ky Tu opened his mouth, intending to say something. But Co Thi suddenly appeared between the two of us, pulling me up: "Okay, okay, have you forgotten that you promised to walk with me?" Ky Tu was going to say something else, I don't know. Before leaving, I secretly glanced at him. Seeing him tearing open the sausage package and taking a bite, I felt secure and followed Co Thi out for a walk. 8 Not long after I left class, the boys in the class rushed in after eating. “I just saw Ha Thu in the canteen, completely stocked up, as if planning to empty the store.” “Is this your first time seeing it? Before he pursued Giang Tham, he didn't buy anything for him." “But today, it's clear that Giang Tham openly chose to sit with the class beauty. This time, Giang Tham will probably never accept anything she buys again. Choose a beauty queen or choose a loudspeaker, he makes a clear distinction." "I think today, Ha Thu chose Ky Tu as a table mate just to annoy Giang Tham. Who knows, those two people will definitely become a couple in the future." “But I have to say it again, Ha Thu is also pretty, hahahaha.” … Each sentence, each difficult sentence went straight into Ky Tu's ears. His face gradually became cold, and he felt angry for some reason. He wrapped up all the snacks and stuffed them into the drawer next to the table. 9 “Ha Thu, today is the day parents come to visit the school, whose family is coming?” Co Thi asked me while walking. Turns out it was exactly this day. I thought for a moment, lowered my eyes: "It must be my nanny, my parents have never been here before." Before, I just thought they didn't like me, but later I found out that since I was in middle school, they had divorced and now have new families. I am the most redundant person. To hide my loneliness, I kept talking, as if the more I talked, others would feel like I wasn't lonely at all. They rarely talk about my parents anymore. When they talk about me, they just say I'm a troublesome, temperamental child stubborn love is no different from a boy. From childhood to adulthood, besides Giang Tham, no one was willing to play with me. But in the end, it was Giang Tham who made me lose all my self-esteem right at the engagement ceremony. Because he wanted to successfully annul the marriage, he insulted me right in front of everyone, saying I was thick-skinned and clingy, using despicable tricks to be with him, and even presented all kinds of fabricated "evidence". That was the last straw that crushed me. Since that day, I have climbed up to the rooftop many times, imagining myself as a free bird, a carefree wind. It was then that I met Ky Tu. He is young and talented, and is the general director of a listed company. He said he was missing a wife, asked if I agreed, told him and I were high school classmates, and seemed to know each other well. He said that if I still couldn't find support in life, I could try relying on him first. "Ha Thu, what are you thinking? The bell is about to ring, let's go back to class." I retracted my thoughts: “Yes.” 10 After walking back to class, several male students were surrounding Ky Tu's seat, laughing and joking. Their dirty hands after playing basketball rested directly on Ky Tu's exercise book, leaving dirty marks on each page. “Ky Tu, who are you trying to scare with that face?” “Today I saw his father wearing torn shoes to the office, saying he was bringing gifts for the teachers. It was so funny ha ha ha, the teachers all looked green.” "Hey Ky Tu, tell your dad to stop embarrassing himself, you'll die from looking at the countryside." "Hey, he's here, that farmer is back in class, Ky Tu, your dad is calling you~" I looked out the door, a dark-skinned middle-aged man standing there. Wearing a wrinkled suit that doesn't fit you. Perhaps that's his best outfit. When I married Ky Tu, his parents had both passed away. When talking about his father, he never seemed embarrassed. He never felt humiliated that his father was once a manual worker, even though he is now a talented general. The only thing he regrets is that when he had the chance, he couldn't say more than a few words to his father. Father Ky Tu heard those mocking words, his honest face was somewhat embarrassed, his hands and feet fumbled, not knowing what to do. "Tieu Tu, I'll go first..." The wounds on Ky Tu's body today are from this incident.