Chapter 16 — Breakfast Changes Destiny

The officer's eyes looked at him very sternly: "You wrote a paper to force children to come here and cause trouble?" Chu Kien Thanh still tried to argue: "I don't have it, it's because of the children..." Chu Vien suddenly raised his head: "It's true that dad wrote it. Dad said that mom's biggest fear is being bad-mouthed by others." Chu Kien Thanh's face turned pale: "Chu Vien!" Chu Vien cowered in fear. I looked at this boy who once criticized me for losing face in my previous life, and felt no joy in my heart, only extreme coldness. Half of the spoiled children are caused by adult infection. The officer said: "Tomorrow, come to the ward to reconcile. If you continue to cause trouble, you will be prosecuted for disrupting business order." Vuong Que Lan was helped by Chu Kien Thanh, still muttering curses. Chu Tieu Tue took two steps and turned to look at me: "Mom, can I learn to comb my hair?" I said: "Come tomorrow after school. Remember to bring your exercise book." Its eyes lit up, then it was pulled away by Vuong Que Lan. Minh Nguyet stood next to me: "Mom, will you let Tieu Tue come again?" "If he is willing to learn, I will teach him." I watched their backs fade away: "But no one is allowed to step on you anymore." Minh Nguyet nodded. The next day of reconciliation in the ward, the situation was much more exciting than I had imagined. Ly Thu Lien also came. She was dressed simply, holding a letter in her hand. As soon as she saw Chu Kien Thanh, she cried bitterly: "Mr. Chu, I can't bear the burden of unjustly killing someone else's child. Today you have to make it clear whether we have anything to do with each other or not." Everyone in the room all turned their eyes to Chu Kien Thanh. Chu Kien Thanh's face turned pale: "What are you doing here?" Ly Thu Lien slammed the letter on the table: "Here is the letter I wrote to you. I said that when I convince the wife to stay at home, I will welcome you in the door and help me take care of your mother and children. Now that the factory won't accept you, the neighbors will curse you, do you think it's over with a misunderstanding?" I looked at that letter and suddenly felt funny. In her previous life, she had the posture of a winner standing in front of my hospital bed. In this life, she pulled Chu Kien Thanh into the water first. The female officer picked up the letter: "Chu Kien Thanh, was this written by you?" He had beads of sweat on his forehead: "I'm just comforting her." Ly Thu Lien raised her voice: "You bought me a silk scarf, that's also a comfort? You asked me to come to your house to be friends with your mother, that's also a comfort? You said that Lam Xuan Duong doesn't understand anything, no matter how good his workmanship is, he still has to listen to you, that's also a comfort?" Chu Kien Thanh slammed the table: "That's enough!" I calmly said: "That's not enough. Let her continue." Ly Thu Lien turned to look at me, with hatred and panic in her eyes: "Lam Xuan Duong, don't be complacent. He said that the bronze mold your mother left behind will sooner or later belong to the Chu family. He also said, when the shop opens, I'll be in the front to receive customers, you'll be in the back making it, no one will know whose pastries belong." The room was so quiet that only the sound of the pen scratching across the paper could be heard. The officer's face darkened: "Chu Kien Thanh, your matter is no longer a simple family conflict." Chu Kien Thanh pointed his finger at Ly Thu Lien: "You are crazy! You don't want to see me live in peace!" Ly Thu Lien laughed coldly: "I don't want to see you live peacefully? The day you were suspended from work, you even told me to go find Lam Xuan Duong to ask for forgiveness, saying that if I just cried a little, she would soften. You think everyone is idiots." Vuong Que Lan was impatient: "Thu Lien, you can't harm Kien Thanh like that! He cared so much about you before." Ly Thu Lien wiped her tears: "He cares about you, he wants you to make a way out for him. Now I'm done."

Now that he's gone, he won't be able to rest in peace." I witnessed this dog-bite-dog scene, my fingers gently rubbing the rim of the bronze mold. The officer asked me: "Comrade Lam Xuan Duong, what are your wishes?" "Dividing assets. Minh Nguyet follows me. If Tieu Tue wants, she can come to my place to eat and do her homework after school, but she can't use that as an excuse to ask for money. According to Chu Vien, every month I will subsidize a portion of living expenses according to regulations, paying directly for meals at school, not handing over cash. Vuong Que Lan is taken care of by Chu Kien Thanh, I am no longer responsible for taking care of him." Chu Kien Thanh panicked and said: "What about the house?" "That house has money I spent to renovate it after getting married, I want to exchange it for half." I took out a few receipts that I still kept from my previous life, and now I tried my best to find them again: "Tiles, wood, wages, all were money given to me by my grandmother's family." He did not expect that I still kept these things. Vuong Que Lan scolded: "That is a dowry, if you bring it into the Chu family, it already belongs to the Chu family!" The officer said: "The dowry is not for your family to blatantly appropriate." Chu Kien Thanh looked around the room full of people, and finally softened: "Xuan Duong, do we have to be in a relationship?" I said: “Yes.” Next to Ly Thu Lien burst out laughing: "Brother Chu, you see, she is even more cruel than me."