Chapter 2 — In the Sea of People, I Only Remember You

The Ta family is a wealthy family in Kinh land. One drop from my fingers is enough for me to eat for the rest of my life.

“So… what do you want?”

Ta Canh Hanh pointed to the half cup of water on the bedside table: "I'm thirsty." I was stunned, quickly picked up the glass of water, and brought it to his mouth. He didn't open his mouth, just looked at me.

“My hands have no strength.”

I understand. It's because you want me to give you water. Retribution came quickly. I resignedly supported his neck and carefully fed him little by little. He drank very slowly. After drinking, he lay down again and calmly said:

“The doctor said this time my stomach was damaged, and from now on I can only eat ‘soft rice’.”

“Huh?”

“Next month, you'll take care of my three breakfasts, lunches and dinners.”

He looked at me: "If you still dare to leave a single peanut..."

“Don't dare, don't dare!” I raised my hand to swear, "Absolutely clean and natural, no chemicals!"

“More.”

His eyes fell on my face again.

“From today onwards, if you dare misidentify me again…”

He suddenly used force and pulled me closer, making me stagger almost face to face with him.

“I will kiss you in front of the whole school until you realize it.”

3

I was forced to sign an unfair contract titled "Exclusive Foster of Ta Canh Hanh". The next morning, I brought dark panda eyes and white porridge to the hospital. Ta Canh Hanh recovered amazingly, the redness was almost gone. This person is truly absurdly handsome. The eyebrows are high, the bridge of the nose is straight, when you don't speak it's okay, but when you open your mouth it's full of damage. I gave him porridge. He glanced at him: "Didn't poison you, did you?"

“No, no, I cooked it myself, stewed for two hours.”

Actually, my mother cooks. But my mother said, in order for the Ta family to avoid digging up my entire family's grave, this credit must be given to me. Ta Canh Hanh snorted and reluctantly took two sips.

“Lo Vu came to find you yesterday?”

He suddenly asked a question with no beginning or end. I was peeling an apple, my hand trembled, and the apple peel broke horizontally.

"No. Yesterday he took me to the hospital and then left, saying he had something to do at school."

Ta Canh Hanh's eyes darkened.

"The school has something to do? Or are you afraid of being responsible?"

I frowned: "Don't say that, Lo Vu is not that type of person. We grew up together, he is cowardly, probably too scared."

“Cowardly?”

Ta Canh Hanh seemed to hear a joke, threw the spoon into the bowl, a crisp 'clang' sound rang out.

“Ly Tang Tang, you are not only blind in your face, but also blind in your heart.”

I started to feel angry. Even though I made a mistake first, it wasn't enough to let him slander my childhood like that.

"Classmate Ta, whatever happens happens. It's my fault that I got the wrong person, but this has nothing to do with Lo Vu."

Ta Canh Hanh looked at me coldly and said nothing more. In the following days, I diligently delivered meals like a model employee. On the day Ta Canh Hanh was discharged from the hospital, I came to pick him up. As soon as I reached the door of the hospital room, I heard arguing inside.

"Canh Hanh, don't be too harsh. Tang Tang is simple, don't drag her into this."

It's Lo Vu's voice. I was stunned. Next was Ta Canh Hanh's languid voice: "Plain? Do you mean she's stupid, or are you easy to fool?"

“What do you mean?”

“Lo Vu, that day on the rooftop, were you really not present?”

What do you mean? Lo Vu was... present at that time?

“I don't know what you're talking about. By the time I got up, you had already fallen.” Lo Vu's voice sounded a bit panicked.

“So what?”

Ta Canh Hanh chuckled softly: "Then it's best for you to pray, hoping that Tang Tang will always be that stupid." The door was suddenly pulled open. Lo Vu saw me standing outside the door.

“Tang Tang… when did you come from?”

I looked at him, trying to find something from that familiar face. But I'm face blind. I only see two eyes, a nose, a mouth. It was impossible to even tell whether those eyes were guilty or worried.

“Just arrived.”

I lied and walked past him into the hospital room: "Ta Canh Hanh, the discharge procedures have been completed." Ta Canh Hanh stood leaning against the window, backlit, looking at me deeply. On the way back to school, the three of us didn't say a word. In my head, I kept replaying the conversation I just had. Was Lo Vu on the terrace at that time? If he was present, why didn't he stop me? Why do you let me feed peanuts to someone with allergies? I may be blind, but I'm not stupid.

4

After returning to school, Ta Canh Hanh became my deskmate. Arranged by the teachers, it was said that it was convenient for me to "take care" of the student who had just recovered from illness. Lo Vu sat at the back table. These past few days, I've been feeling cold on my back. Ta Canh Hanh really enjoyed being served by me, changing the dishes every day and asking me to bring him rice. Besides eating, he also developed a strange hobby — testing my ability to recognize people's faces.

“Who is the person in the red dress in the front?”

“Class monitor?”

“That's the English teacher.”

“What about the person wearing glasses on the left?”

“Academics?”

“That's my class's physical education assistant class.”