Chapter 20 — Both Lives – We Live Well

My younger brother couldn't bear to watch, so in anger, he beat him, then for fear of causing trouble, he left home and went far away. Although La Vinh Quan is not disabled, he still has a leg problem, and since then he has not been as good as before. His parents therefore resented him even more, arguing with his step-sister every day, and there was never peace in the house. The stepmother loved her son and wanted to risk her life arguing with the La family, but fortunately her father intervened in time, preventing it from leading to an irreversible situation. After hearing those stories, I just remained silent for a long time. There is no more joy in my heart, no more gloating. Just feel... Everyone is living the life they choose. There are roads that, from the moment you step on them, are destined to endure wind and rain. The resentment of the previous life is considered to have disappeared here. I don't want to ask anymore, I don't care anymore. Their lives... have long since ceased to concern me. I opened the window and looked at the afternoon sunlight falling on the eaves of Ta Palace. In the yard, the husband was teaching his children how to write, and the children's laughter rang out warmly. I suddenly understood... The most precious thing in a person's life is not winning or losing or giving back. But after all the turmoil, you can still peacefully live the life you want. I only know that... In both lives, I lived a good life. One day, Ta Truong Thanh returned from court, looking very tired. He said he had just captured a traitor named Tu Minh Chan. This person can create a medicinal powder that causes people to have diarrhea, rashes, and many other diseases. It took a lot of effort to find evidence to arrest him. Because he once used living people as experiments, causing murder, today he was beheaded immediately. As soon as I heard the name Tu Minh Chan, my heart suddenly shook. Because in a previous life... This person later created a plague. The epidemic caused ulcers all over the patient's body and spread throughout the South, killing tens of thousands of people and infecting more than thirty thousand people. The court sent many people to handle it, but they were all helpless and even got sick and couldn't return. After that, no official dared to accept the mission anymore. Just when the court was about to give up... Ta Truong Thanh, then a young Left general, proactively asked to lead people to suppress the epidemic. Ta Truong Thanh stayed in the South for seven years. In the first year, the epidemic stabilized. He then led researchers to find a cure, finally extinguishing the epidemic, saving more than 300,000 lives. In this life, that person was captured and executed. Avoid a major disaster in the future. That night, I dreamed again. In the dream, the fairy told Ta Truong Thanh that he had saved more than thirty thousand people and asked him what he wanted. Even if it means reversing the heavenly plan, it will help him do it. I heard Ta Truong Thanh say:

“I have a lady I like.”

“That lady lived a very miserable life.”

“She had to follow her husband to a far away place to suffer, and she also had to secretly help her husband handle cases and political matters…”

“She lives too hard.”

“If there is an afterlife…”

The fairy asked:

"What if there is an afterlife? Do you want her to marry you in the next life?"

Ta Truong Thanh replied:

“If there is an afterlife, please definitely find someone trustworthy and capable for her.”

“So that from then on... she can live gently a good life.”

The fairy replied: "What a roundabout thing, isn't that person you?" （END OF ENTIRE TEXT）