Chapter 9 — From now on, mountains and rivers do not match each other

“Luc Tram Chu, are you saying these words now, do you want to touch me?”

“I want you to know,” he reached out, gently grabbing my wrist — not touching the scar, “I'm not a completely heartless bastard.”

I pulled my hand back.

“It's too late.”

“I know,” his eyes darkened, “But I still want to say — sorry, Vu Vi. Sorry for making you suffer so much, sorry for not protecting you well, sorry for… not recognizing my heart sooner.”

I turned around, tears falling without warning. Five years of marriage, I have waited, hoped, and despaired. Now I can finally wait for this "sorry", but it's too late.

"Your injury has healed, please go." I turned my back on him, "Let's go our separate ways, that's the best ending."

There was no response for a long time. Early in the morning of the fourth day, Luc Tram Chu left. Didn't say hello, just left a note under the pillow:

"Vu Vi, thank you for saving my life. Once I have resolved the problem, I will officially come and say thank you. — Luc."

When Lam Da held the paper and gave it to me, his expression was extremely complicated.

“Will he come back?”

“Don't know.” I put the paper in a drawer, "It doesn't matter anymore."

But there is a small corner in my heart that has quietly loosened.

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Half a month after Luc Tram Chu left, Nhan Hoa Duong welcomed a special patient. It was an elegantly dressed old lady, helped in by two bodyguards. As soon as Master Tan saw it, he immediately stood up: "Lady Luc, why are you here?" Mrs. Luc Lao - Luc Tram Chu's grandmother, is the only person in the Luc family who has ever shown me good will.

“Old Tan, I heard that you have a doctor Khuong who is very good at acupuncture?” The old lady's voice was bright, "My old leg has a cold, it hurts so much that I can't sleep."

Teacher Tan invited her to sit down and waved to me: "Vu Vi, come here." I took the old lady's pulse and checked her knee.

"The cold energy enters the bones, the meridians are not clear. Need acupuncture continuously for half a month, combined with medicinal baths."

“Can it be cured?”

“It is possible to reduce it by seven points, but to cure it completely, you must change your living habits - spend less time sitting in the air conditioning, pay attention to keeping warm.”

The old lady smiled: "This girl speaks honestly. Then fix it." I give her acupuncture every day, doing acupuncture while talking. The old lady was very talkative, from Luc Thi's history of getting rich to her gardening experience, she told everything, the only thing she didn't mention was Luc Tram Chu. On the seventh day, she suddenly said: "Boy Tram Chu, lately it seems like he's become a different person." My hand that was holding the needle slightly stopped.

"Before, I worked online, but now I get off work every time. Before, social parties were pushed and pushed, but now I'm starting to be picky about the dignity of my business partners." The old lady looked at me, "Tell me, is it strange?"

“Everyone will change.”

“Is it because of you?” She asked directly.

I remained silent.

"Granddaughter, you left that year, I know. But at that time I was recuperating abroad, and when I returned it was already late." The old lady patted my hand, "That boy was trained to be an heir from a young age. He had to learn everything, but he didn't learn how to love others. His parents' marriage was also a commercial marriage, so he thought that's what marriage is."

“Old man human…”

“I'm not advising you to turn back,” the old lady said gently, “I just want to say, if you're willing to give him a chance, he... must have learned how to love others by now.”

When the acupuncture ended, the old lady stood up and gave me a brocade box.

“When you got married, I couldn't come home in time, this is my dowry to make up for it.”

I opened it, and it was a transparent jade bracelet with extremely good jade water.

“So precious…”

“Just keep it,” she insisted, “Just think of it as me representing the Luc family, making up for your disadvantages.”