Chapter 23 — He promised to pick me up three months later

“Shining the Road.” “Until today... I know what I've lost.” 19 Bui Nghien knelt in front of the stone steps, rainwater flowing down his sideburns. I looked at him, not a single wave in my heart. Before, I couldn't bear to see him get hurt. As long as he frowns slightly, I will ask him if he is tired. And now... He kneels in front of my house, the only thing I feel is that he is blocking the path of this alley. "Master Bui, stand up." "Hoe Hoa Alley is not in front of the gate of the Marquis Palace, no one likes to see you act in love." Bui Nghien raised his head, his red eyes filled with blood. "I'm not acting." "Chieu Duong, I'm really sorry." I said calmly. "If regret is useful, officer There's no need for a trial anymore." His throat was choked. "I know my crime is hard to atone for after death." "But you said before, as long as I turn around, she will always wait for me." I looked at him quietly. "Those were Tham Chieu Duong's words before." "She... was abandoned by your own hands." His face was terrifyingly pale. I turned around to leave. He suddenly knelt down and took two steps forward, his voice trembling. "The baby's story... I dream about it every day." "I dreamed about him asking me why I don't need him." My steps stopped. The wind blew from the alley, bringing with it the cold air of early spring. I turned to look at him. "It won't ask you." "Because it hasn't had a chance to come to this world yet to ask a question." Bui Nghien's shoulder suddenly trembled. "Chieu Duong..." I interrupted him. "Don't bring it out to beg me." "You remember it now, not because you love it." "It's because you finally know, you have lost a bloodline that originally belonged to you." "But the baby is not a gift." your things." "Me too." Bui Nghien was still kneeling there, as if his whole body had been drained of strength. At that moment, a horse-drawn carriage appeared at the beginning of the alley. Tham Hoai Can got out of the car. His face was gloomy, and behind him were two elders of the Tham family. Tham Lam Chu immediately stepped up to block my face. "Father, don't you still think you're embarrassed enough?" Tham Hoai Can didn't even look at Bui Nghien, just stared at me. "Tham Chieu Duong, have you messed around enough?" I burst out laughing. "Who are you planning to ask for today, father?" He replied coldly. "I'm here to pick you up and take you back to the Tham family." "The clan doesn't agree about having a female household." "And the business." Since your mother left it behind, you should let the Tham family do the inventory from the beginning." I looked at the two clan elders standing behind him. Both of their faces showed the look of an elder. However... The greed in the bottom of his eyes cannot be hidden. I understand. The Marquis's side is being pursued by the authorities for debt collection. As for the Tham family... Finally, I couldn't sit still anymore. They are afraid that I will really build my own family. I'm afraid that those shops and businesses will no longer be under their control from now on. Tham Hoai Can continued to speak. "A woman like you, cannot maintain such a large inheritance." "Go back to the Tham family, father will take care of you." I nodded slightly. "Help me... and then hand it all over to Bui Nghien?" His face immediately changed. "Insolent!" I turned to look at Tham Lam Chu. "Brother, please go invite Master Tran." "Conveniently invite the official's bookkeeper too." Come here once." Tham Hoai Can shouted angrily. "Do you still want to sue father?" I looked straight into his eyes. "If father didn't rob me, of course I wouldn't sue." The people watching around became more and more crowded. What Tham Hoai Can was most afraid of was being laughed at by others, his face was extremely unsightly. He lowered his voice. "Chieu Duong, do you have to force me to this extent?" I also lowered my voice

voice. "Father." "It's the one who forced the child first." Finally, an elder of the Tham family spoke up. "A daughter's property is supposed to be looked after by the parents in the family." "Now that you are retired, you even have a female guardian. If you don't have someone to supervise, wouldn't it ruin the family's style?" I looked at him. "I used my own money to feed dozens of people in the shop, and yet it's called ruining the family's style." "The Tham family takes it." The inheritance left to her daughter by her deceased mother was given to her son-in-law to manage, and it was called taking care of it." "The mouth of the old clan, it seems, knows how to decide even more than the seal of the mandarins." A soft laugh immediately rang out in the crowd. The old man's face turned red and he shouted angrily. "You speak so sharply, no wonder you were abandoned by your husband's family!"