Chapter 5 — Fate Dissolves In The Rain

"That's enough." I coldly interrupted her: "I'm very touched by your deep feelings for him, but let's stop here." "If you two get married, I will give my blessing." "If you two don't go back and forth with each other for the rest of your life, don't even think about coming to me to make up." I threw away the pot of tea I just brewed and said coldly: "You two, I never want to see you again in my whole life." 8 Huong Vien left crying. A week after she left, another guest came. I opened the door, outside was the Luc family. I was stunned, then smiled and invited them in: "Uncle, aunt." The relationship between me and them has always been very good. Aunt Luc also always loved me like her own daughter. When I and Luc Thoi Trach came home to eat, she kept pulling my hand, laughing so much that she couldn't open her eyes. "I thought my wooden block had never known love all its life, only the army and discipline in its heart. I was mentally prepared to see it alone all its life." "I didn't expect to be silent and trick the neighbor's old Deputy's daughter into becoming my wife!" At that time, looking at Aunt Luc's rosy face, I only smiled shyly. We just met at the beginning of the year. Yet not much time had passed, and half of Luc's hair had turned white. She squeezed my arm: "Son, young couples living together, how can anyone not quarrel? I don't need to show off anymore, I beg you, can you forgive Thoi Trach?" I pursed my lips. Before he could speak, Uncle Luc spoke up: "This is what Thoi Trach kept in his drawer, it's his most precious thing." "He said this is the thing he treasures the most." I saw that photo. It was the afternoon after I had just finished my university entrance exam, I went to visit him, and he was standing guard in front of the military zone gate. A butterfly landed on the brim of his hat. He still stood motionless, his eyes did not move. I clicked the camera and captured that moment. That night, Luc Thoi Trach came to me and coldly asked for the photo. "Photos are not allowed in front of the military zone gate. Give me the photo to destroy." I took out the film, tilted my head and smiled at him: "Okay, but can I use you in exchange?" "Do you have a girlfriend? If not, do you want one?" Luc Thoi Trach stiffly took the roll of film, walked out with his hands and feet in the same direction. Two minutes later, he returned with a serious face. He and I started loving each other at that time. But you told me that this photo would soon be destroyed. It turns out he was always secretly keeping it. Seeing my dismay, Uncle Luc also advised: "Young people have a few arguments, there's nothing they can't overcome." "The summer you risked your life to save Thoi Trach, we just learned about this. I don't believe that the feelings you have for Thoi Trach can be let go so easily." "If you're willing to turn around, our family won't mistreat you." They don't know that I'm not reminiscing about the past. "Actually, after the breakup, for a very long time, our family won't mistreat you." I couldn't hold the camera." I looked at the two elders: "After Luc Thoi Trach came to my academy to be a coach, what happened, he certainly never told you guys, right?" "Because of the so-called avoidance of gossip, on a heavy rainy day, he did not allow me to stand under the umbrella, and chased me into the rain." "The photo of me in a wet shirt was spread throughout the academy. If it weren't for the principal to help me suppress the matter, I probably would have been so depressed that I thought "At that time, after knowing what happened, the reaction of your son, Luc Thoi Trach, was..." I took a deep breath: "He said I was shameless, said I deliberately seduced him, failed and then blamed him." The two old people's faces turned pale for a moment. "That shirt-wet photo is like it's engraved in my head. Every time I pick up the camera, I have a feeling

The people around me are laughing at me." "It's not until I go abroad that I can pick up my life again." I said softly: "I won't go back to the past anymore. At least that painful and suffocating time was brought to you by Luc Thoi Trach." They didn't say anything more. Faced with the truth I presented, all advice became pale and powerless. 9 The Luc couple supported each other, walking trembling. Before leaving, Aunt Luc turned around and hugged me. She couldn't hold back her cry: "Son, you did the right thing. It's Thoi Trach's family who has wronged you." "But can you advise him? We really can't stand by and watch this child go looking for his death." I agreed. At New Year's, I returned to the country. It was still the same familiar gate, but the person standing guard was no longer the same. The person on patrol saw me, clearly surprised. He said something into the walkie-talkie and then suddenly ran over. "Sister-in-law! Did you come to find Mr. Luc?!” “He's at the hospital now, he'll be here immediately! Don't go first!" I was stunned: "I'm not going. This time I originally came back to find him." "Which hospital is he in?" When I reached the hospital room, before I even entered, I heard a commotion inside. "My sister-in-law is on her way! Mr. Luc, don't get excited!”