Chapter 4 — Green Tea and I Pregnant at the Same Time

7 “Thanh Thanh, are you home?” Hearing the sound of footsteps, he immediately stood up, snow fell all over the ground. After a week of not seeing him, he looked darker, thinner, his face was yellow, his beard was jagged, his eyes were sunken... "Thanh Thanh, where have you been? I've been looking for you these past few days, do you know I'm very worried?" He walked over and wanted to hold my hand. I slightly moved away. He froze, looked at his hand and then at me: "Thanh Thanh..." "We broke up." "I don't agree." "The baby is no longer there." I handed over the surgical papers, "Our future is gone, please stop disturbing my life, thank you." He stood stunned for a long time, not moving. I searched for the key in my pocket, opened the door and walked inside, until the door clicked shut. He seemed to wake up and frantically knocked on the door. "Thanh Thanh, Thanh Thanh..." He said something else, but I couldn't hear clearly, there was a thick door between us. He refused to leave, the knocking on the door became louder and louder, I was afraid of disturbing the neighbors so I called the management. It was Minh's mother who came to take him home. I decided to move, returned the apartment, brought a few things with me and moved to another city, accepting DL's job offer. DL is a big company, the work pace is very fast, the competitive pressure is also great, I have no time to think idle thoughts. New job, new life, everything in the past no longer seems to have anything to do with me. Except for Le Can Xuyen, he is the first friend on my new WeChat list. Every day he reminds me to take my medicine on time over the phone. I don't reply to any messages. Because of those drugs, I left them in the motel room. Everything seems to be going well. Until Minh Hao's mother came to me, she no longer looked as bossy as before, clutching my sleeve, pleading. "Thanh Thanh, I beg you, come visit Minh Hao for a bit, he is in the hospital, he can't live anymore, I beg you to save him, Thanh Thanh..." 8Minh Hao took sleeping pills. Two months after I left him, he lay unconscious in the hospital, his body as thin as a skeleton covered in skin. But the person next to him to take care of him is still Dong Thien. She wore maternity clothes, bowed her head, her whole body was no longer as radiant as before. "Thanh Thanh, help me advise Minh Hao, now he won't listen to anyone, only you can save him, only you can save him..." Minh Hao's mother said, choking up. "Why you?" Only then did Dong Thien realize I had entered the room, her eyes were red, and she rushed towards me in anger. "You bastard, how dare you come here? Look at me." See how you hurt Minh Hao? Go away, go away!” Minh Hao's mother tried to stop her: "Thien Thien, calm down, I told Chu Thanh to come here, I told her to come." Dong Thien didn't listen at all, she threw everything she could at me. She looked at me with hatred, constantly screaming: "You bastard, I will kill you, I will kill you..." The hospital room became chaotic. Then I heard a "bang" sound. Minh Hao rolled down from the hospital bed. “Thanh Thanh, is it really you?” His thin face was filled with disbelief, trying to crawl towards me. But his body was full of tubes, and with every step he took, the devices beeped. Finally the doctor was called. It's director Le Can Xuyen. He chased Dong Thien and Minh Hao's mother out, then told me it was only half an hour, the patient needed enough time to rest to maintain his strength. "Thanh Thanh, is it really you? I'm not dreaming, are you really coming to visit me? You're really here." Minh Hao always held my hand tightly, afraid that if he let go I would disappear in a moment. “Why are you so stupid?” I looked at him, unable to hold back my choking

"I can't find you, Thanh Thanh." His voice was hoarse and scary, "Every day they argue in my ear, not letting me go look for you. Thanh Thanh, where have you been these past few days? Where have you gone?" I couldn't bear to look at him, so I glanced around the hospital room, which was decorated very warmly, with many baby posters on the walls. I once heard that when you are pregnant, if you look at many pictures of beautiful babies, you will also be beautiful when you give birth... I closed my eyes, then opened them, my eyes were filled with alertness. "It's almost four months, right?" I looked out the door, "In just a few months, you will be a father." Minh Hao suddenly froze. He looked at me and shook his head, but was speechless. "Minh Hao, we're done." I said seriously. "No..." He shook his head. "Dong Thien loves you very much." I interrupted him, "My parents are also very satisfied with her, she is pregnant with my child. In this world there is not only love, there is also intimacy and responsibility. Minh Hao, we cannot live only for ourselves." "Thanh Thanh, what about you? What will you do? Without me, what will you do?" He asked softly. “You'll be fine.” I looked at him and smiled, "Look, in the past two months, without you, I've still lived well, right? Minh Hao, not all love has a perfect ending. I used to love you, but that's just 'once'." His lips trembled slightly, speechless. “Minh Hao, I'm leaving.” I stood up, "Don't do anything foolish in the future, don't look for me, we should both have our own new lives." I withdrew my hand from his, turned and walked towards the door. "Thanh Thanh." He called me. My steps slowed down, but I didn't turn back. "If that's what you want, I will do what you want." I walked out, the door behind me slammed shut, it was also the moment I closed the past with the person I once loved. From now on, you will be a husband and a father, but will no longer have anything to do with me. Stepping out of the hospital gate, I don't know when it started raining outside. Raindrops fell on my face, it was cold. I wiped the drops of water running down my face, it was so salty. (story posted on Tieu Linh Nhi's page, anyone who reuploads it is a dog)