Chapter 2 — Escape from the Trieu Family

“Your father doesn't agree?” “Yes. He wants me to study pedagogy, graduate and take care of my younger brother.” Ms. Luu's face changed. She opened the door wider, let me sit in, poured a glass of water. "I heard you say," she sat across from me, "Once admitted to the National Defense Technology University, the admission notice will be issued by the military. Even if my father wants to stop me, he can't stop me. At that time, someone will specifically come to pick me up, through a special channel."I nodded. I know these things. I didn't know in my previous life, but in this life I have investigated very clearly. "But," Ms. Luu changed her tone, "from now until the admission notice comes down, there are about twenty days left. During these twenty days, you have to make sure your father won't do anything too outrageous." I raised my head to look at her. Ms. Luu's expression was very serious: "I have taught many rural children. There are some parents... who will really do things that normal people would not think of. Hide ID cards, keep school admission notices, and even take their children to work elsewhere to create the truth." She paused for a moment. "Whose hand is your ID card in?" I was stunned. In my father's hands. In my previous life, my ID card was always in my father's hand. When using it, "borrow" it, and then return it after using it. "Miss, I..." Ms. Luu stood up. She pulled out a drawer and took out an envelope. "I have a part of the document. If your guardian keeps your ID card and refuses to cooperate with you to enroll in school, you can apply for a new one at the local police station. At eighteen years old, legally you have complete autonomy." She gave me the envelope. "But the best way is to take it back yourself. Don't make a big deal out of it, find a reason, first take the documents in your hand." I took the envelope. Palms sweat. In my previous life, the issue of ID cards never entered my mind. Because the me in my previous life never thought of protesting. “Thank you.” “Don't thank me.” Ms. Luu sighed, "687 points, third in the whole district. If this score is delayed, the person creating karma is not you." When I walked out of the school gate, the sun was already very high. Twenty days. I need to do three things in twenty days. First, get your ID card back. Second, protect your admission notice. Third, don't give my father any chance to stop me. In my previous life, I lost at the word "good". In this life, not anymore. Arrived home nearly ten o'clock. In the corn drying yard, my mother is stirring corn. Seeing me come home, she wanted to say it again. "Where did you go so early in the morning?" "Going to town to work." I didn't explain further and went directly to my father's room. Trieu Duc Phat went to play cards in the village, not at home. I had entered his room countless times in my previous life——sweeping, tidying, dusting. In the iron box on the top floor of the wardrobe, keep the family's household registration book and identity card. I opened the iron box. The household registration book is still there. The ID card only has one card——my father's. Mine doesn't have it. My heart skipped a beat. Did he keep my ID card separate? I quickly searched the drawers, under the pillow, under the mattress. None. When I left the room, my mother stood in the hallway, looking at me. "What are you looking for?" "Your ID card." My mother's eyes flashed. "At your father's place. Do you need it?" "Yes, fill out the necessary documents." "When your father comes home, ask him to get it." I looked at her, her eyes were avoiding. She knew my father had hidden his ID card. Maybe it was even suggested by her. I took a deep breath. "Okay. I'll wait for him to come home." Turned around and went back to my small room. Closing the door, I sat on the bed thinking for a long time. If you directly open your mouth to ask for it, he won't give it. Looking for an excuse to cheat and get it back? He's not a fool. Report to the police? Too intense, and the evidence is not enough. If he really makes a big deal of it, he can do something more extreme. Ms. Liu said

then, it can be reissued. But re-granting takes time. If you don't have the original ID card before the admission notice arrives, the enrollment procedure will be very troublesome. So there's only one way left——Let him take the initiative and be forced to hand over his ID card to me. At noon, Trieu Duc Phat returned. Carrying a strong smell of alcohol, he saw me picking vegetables in the yard and snorted and said nothing. He's waiting. Waiting for me to "understand" and come confess to him myself. In my previous life, I was exactly like that—I got angry for a while, then thought it through, felt "after all, it's my dad", and then compromised. He understood me so well in my previous life. Unfortunately I am no longer that me. Lunch is cooked by my mother. The cooking was not good, Trieu Kien Quan muttered two sentences, earning a glare from my mother. The atmosphere at the dining table was heavy, no one spoke. It wasn't until after eating that my father suddenly opened his mouth: "Minh Nguyet, come with me to my second uncle's house this afternoon." I raised my head. "Your uncle's fish pond needs help. I worked for two months during the summer vacation and earned more than three thousand. I've been saving up for school opening..." Speaking of "school opening", he himself stopped. Because the "opening" he said was the opening day of the "pedagogical university" in his heart. Not the National University of Defense Technology. “I'm not going.” “You——”