Chapter 9 — I Raised a Rich Second Generation in the Village

Those three simple words, like a weak but stubborn ray of light, ripped through the fog that had covered my heart for many years. She didn't give up. Pho An took out a letter from his pocket. He smoothed out the folds and solemnly handed it to me.

"Sister, this is... the letter Chu Tieu Vu wrote to you."

I looked at him in surprise. Pho An smiled softly: "Before joining the program, I contacted her. She looks much better. She said she had a lot of things to tell you, so she asked me to bring this letter."

“She asked me to tell you something, sorry.”

“And also, thank you.”

The night sky has become unusually clear, on a dark blue background, the stars sparkle like diamonds. Suddenly, a thin streak of silver tore across the sky, then another streak, two streaks... more and more, thicker and thicker. The meteor shower has started. The rain of stars fell silently, covering the entire hillside in a quiet, dreamy light. I gently stroked the letter in my hand, raised my head to look at that brilliant and romantic scene. A long time later, when the tail of the star rain also disappeared at the end of the night sky. I wiped the corner of my eyes, turned my head to look at Pho An, and smiled.

“Pho An.”

“Yes?”

“Thank you.” I said.

Pho An shook his head, his eyes shining strangely under the starlight: "No need to thank me."

“I'm glad I could help you.”

“When do you plan to return to Lam Giang?”

I lowered my eyes: "Maybe... almost." The painful past may not be erased, but there will always be people, there will be rays of light, through the dust of time, telling you that the little light you once emitted was not meaningless. And I, it seems, should try, from that shell of self-imprisonment, slowly coming out. Pho An nodded. He asked me: "Next time we see you, will you still recognize me?"

“Yes.”

I promise you: "The next time we see you, you will probably have become an adult." Under the starry sky. We talked endlessly.

“When you get home, talk to your parents properly, staying hungry is not the way.”

“Yes.”

“Talk calmly, don't argue.”

“Yes.”

“How are your study results?”

“Top in the major.”

“Oh, not bad, has your old style.”

“Are you hungry?”

“Hungry…”

“Let's go, go home and make dinner.”

“Okay!”

In the air, bullets flashed continuously. 【No, I already bought a membership so you can just show me this?】 【Confess! The meteor shower is falling, why don't you confess?!】 【Pho An, you're so confused! What are you waiting for?!】 【I see, maybe he's not hesitant at all. From the beginning, he didn't intend to confess right now.】 【Why?】 【Because in his eyes, right now he's not mature enough, not qualified to say he likes you...】 【So how long do we have to wait?】 【What's the hurry? With Pho An's mindset, sooner or later it will happen.]

15

The program 《Metamorphosis》 has finished filming. The entire film crew withdrew from the village in just one day. Not as lurking as when they arrived, they left very quietly, without a sound. The village returned to its previous quietness. I often hear people in the family where Pho Am used to live praising him in their free time.

“Although the young man doesn't talk much, he is a very good person.”

“My husband had weak legs and shaky hands. Before leaving, he even helped repair the cane.”

"That's right, I also bought a lot of things for my house. I heard they borrowed money from the film crew..."

I smiled and chimed in edge.

"Is that so? What a good child."

Then bowed his head and texted Pho Am: "Everyone is praising me so much." Pho Am: "Do you also praise?"

“Of course it's a lot of compliments.”

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A month later, I also left this village early one morning. A familiar senior sent me several emails in a row, saying that he had just opened a small law office and was seriously lacking people, asking me to help him. At first I was hesitant, but soon made up my mind. And answered him firmly. The day I returned to Lam Giang city, my senior personally drove to pick me up.

“Finally! Finally tricked you into coming back!”

I stopped while placing my luggage: "Donkey?" The senior hesitantly pushed me into the car, then told me the truth on the way. Their current law office isn't actually called an office yet. It's just a small studio, including me, there are only three people. All are starting again from scratch. The senior glanced at my face: "You're not angry, are you? Sang Ninh, don't worry, although conditions are still difficult now, I promise, in the future I will definitely..."

“Not angry.”

I smiled lightly: "On the contrary, I have to thank you for accepting someone like me." Senior: "You're so good, we can't be happier!" His pompous tone made me laugh.

"To be honest, I need some time to revive old knowledge..."

“It's okay.” The senior didn't care, "We trust you."

"Dear Duong University, up to now, Lam Giang University Law Faculty still has a legend about you." He paused for a moment, "But now it seems like there is an underclassman who is also very good, and may be about to break your record."

I heard that: “Oh?” The senior frowned as he remembered: "It seems like the family name is Pho... I forgot something." He absentmindedly said: "Let's go seduce him later, maybe we can trick one more person onto our 'pirate ship'."