Chapter 4 — Back when I was 18 years old, I clung to you and never let go

15 On Monday morning, I don't know who reported to the school about the incident between me and Ky Tu. In the middle of class, I was called into the office. And then I met my biological mother again — Mrs. Ha. As soon as she saw me, without saying a word, she slapped me straight. Half of my face immediately burned like fire. "Your father and I worked hard to earn money, not so that you could go to grade 12 and fall in love! Where did you learn your bad habits? At first I thought you were just a little disobedient. Who would have dared to run to other people's houses on weekends? Look at you, are you still acting like a girl? Let's see who wants to marry you later!" I covered my cheeks with my hand, feeling ridiculous: "You never asked me the truth, you jumped to conclusions. You hate me so much that you don't want to waste any more time on me, right?" “Besides, is there anyone who wants me now?” I looked at this strange face and smiled faintly: "You and my father divorced a long time ago, you also have a new family, who needs me?" Mrs. Ha's hand trembled slightly: "How do you know?" That feeling of suffocation, I experienced it once in my previous life was more than enough. There was a flash of panic in her eyes. I don't know if it's because I'm worried that I'll know the truth and feel heartbroken, or because I'm afraid I'll beg for help, crying and asking for something. "Don't worry, I won't bother you. But I also hope that from now on you won't interfere in any of my decisions." "Okay." She was so angry that she knocked on the door and left. The office fell silent again. Teacher Truong sighed and dismissed the group of students chatting outside the door: "Ha Thu, go back to class." Before reaching the classroom door, Giang Tham chased after him: "Ha Thu!" “Ha Thu, stop!” I turned my head angrily: "Giang Tham, what else do you have?" He frowned and explained: "Your family's story... I didn't know before..." "So you're going to come and apologize to me? Is it apologizing for reporting me to Ky Tu to school, or apologizing for all the hurtful things you said to me?" "I will make it up to you. Now that the whole class knows about your family, I will transfer schools with you, okay? Even if your parents don't need you, I will stay by your side." Past life... He also said the same thing in his previous life. Just when I thought I had finally grasped the straw that saved my life, at the engagement party he turned on me again. He is exactly that type of person. Make decisions but don't take responsibility. Saying change is change, I've never thought about it carefully. I sighed: "No need, Giang Tham." "You can apologize, but I also have the right not to accept that apology. So I won't transfer schools." He couldn't believe it: "Do you really like Ky Tu?" “Besides having a slightly more beautiful face, what does he have that is worthy of you?” “Giang Tham, you won't understand.” Raise your head. A tall, thin figure stood right outside the classroom door. Ky Tu is waiting for me. He said: "Let's go to class." I smiled at him: "Coming now!" 16 “Ky Tu, why are you looking at me with those eyes?” I turned my brain around and started saying some teasing words again: "Are you upset with me?" "Quickly say it, you hurt me, right! If you're hurt, talk to me more often." Ky Tu immediately changed the subject: "The weekend test has been returned." I was a bit depressed: "Ah, there are so many mistakes..." Previously, I was also bad at studying, and thanks to family connections, I was able to go abroad to study at university. But now my mind is blank, I don't know How much must be compensated? While feeling sad, Ky Tu suddenly poked the back of my hand with his finger. “Listen carefully.” “I'll teach you.” I happily shouted: "That's great!" 17 During 12th grade, Ky Tu always patiently taught me to study. Gradually, I was able to make up for it. Practicing questions becomes more and more mature and proficient. Ky Tu also gradually started chatting with me, sometimes telling me some plans for the vacation after graduation, or asking me what I had for dinner. To help me cure the problem of "not knowing what to choose to eat", he also specially used scratch paper as a choice wheel. Every time he ate, he turned to which floor, and he would go to the cafeteria on that floor to eat. The day before the university entrance exam, the school let them off. When I got home, I started bombarding Ky Tu with hundreds of text messages that had no beginning or end. It's all sentences like: 【So stressful!】 【Help!】 【Really stressful!】 【So annoying, this song is so difficult!】 【I collapsed orz!】 …… Just meaningless sentences like that. Ky Tu also responded. 【Don't be nervous.】 【Don't collapse.】 I sent him back the screaming cat sticker. I'm used to him responding slowly. Because he rarely picks up his phone, I mostly treat his chat box as personal notes. But that night, he proactively texted me a message. He said: 【Wait until the university entrance exam is over, I have something to ask you.】 But very quickly, that message was revoked. But it's okay. I was able to take a screenshot. I didn't expect it, Ky Tu. It's not for nothing that I ate dinner seven years before you. 18 On the day the university entrance exam scores were announced, Ky Tu and I invited each other to go to an internet cafe near the school to check the scores together. He passed the exam as stably as expected, passing straight into the key school 985. "Even though the exam was a few points worse than yours, it was enough to get into a 211 school near your school!" Ky Tu rarely smiles. "YES." After checking the scores, the two of us walked out of the internet cafe. It was sunny outside, and Ky Tu naturally held up an umbrella to shade me from the sun. I hid under the umbrella and asked him: "That's right, before the university exam you said you had something you wanted to ask me, what is it?" Ky Tu looked at me in surprise. I'm afraid he forgot. So I took out a screenshot to show him. “Hey, right here.” Ky Tu stared at the phone for two seconds: "Did you take a picture?" I stuck the straw into the yogurt box and said, "That's right." “Quickly tell me, what are you going to ask me?” "Nothing." When it comes to being stubborn, I'm a professional. "I took a photo, don't ignore the debt!" Ky Tu's steps suddenly became faster. I followed: "Slow down, slow down, the heat is killing me!" Seeing Ky Tu slow down, I asked again: "So what do you want to ask?" On the road, there are many people passing by. The sound of wind, the sound of engines, and the sounds of people talking were mixed. Ky Tu suddenly stood up straight, turned to look at me, and asked seriously: "You said we would get married in the future?" It turns out he wanted to know what would happen in the future. "That's right. When I was 25 years old, you were the general director of a listed company, I was a famous lawyer, we were husband and wife." “25 years old is still a long time.” "Huh?" He looked at me and slowly said: "We don't get married until we're 25 years old. If we live to be 90 years old, then we only have 65 years to love each other. If we're destined to get married, then why not extend the time we love each other?" I laughed, deliberately teasing him: “Ky Tu, you Saying that makes me think you're confessing your feelings." “I'm really confessing my love.” Ky Tu quietly looked at me. “So Ha Thu, are you willing to be with me?” 19 My mind went blank for a while. Immediately after that, stupidly nodded repeatedly. Of course I agree! Once we're in love, I no longer have to worry that my teasing words will scare him away, and I don't have to hold it in anymore! Thinking of this, suddenly hot blood flowed from his nose. I frantically searched my bag for a tissue. Ky Tu had already given it to me. I mumbled my thanks: "Thank you." Then take out the mirror and wipe the blood stains. Ky Tu looked at me for a long time, the corner of his lips curved into a familiar smile: "What are you thinking about, why is your nose bleeding suddenly?" “No… it's nothing, it's too dry, it was too hot in the sun!” “It's really not because of any bad thinking.” The smile in Ky Tu's eyes became clearer. I tried to defend myself: "Hey, don't think nonsense, don't draw me in your head, I'm very pure!" “Wife, the word ‘pure’ has nothing to do with me.” I stared at him in bewilderment, stunned: "Husband, have you also come back?" 20 During the summer vacation, Ky Tu and I stayed at his house. Uncle Ky loves me very much and prepares many delicious dishes every day. The front porch is full of black sesame seeds and green beans. The lawn behind the house raises a few chickens and small geese. In the free afternoon, Ky Tu and I pulled chairs out onto the porch, sat, munched on melon seeds, and sunbathed. Late in the afternoon, the two of us changed clothes, carried bamboo baskets and went with Uncle Ky to pick agricultural products. The day passes very slowly. But very peaceful and gentle. “Ky Tu, it's great to meet you so early.” "So my life has had fewer detours and avoided bad things later." “Ha Thu.” “Every step in life has meaning, regardless of whether what has happened is right or wrong, good or bad, it all contributes to what we are now.” “What if we've never met? If you weren't so anxious to find a wife in your previous life, would our lives always be two parallel lines? Ky Tu quietly closed his eyes: "No. Whether we meet sooner or later, we will definitely meet.” Because... I love her, not because love gradually develops over time, but because I was moved as soon as I met her.