Chapter 5 — In the Sea of People, I Only Remember You

He probably didn't expect that that idiot Tang Tang, who once listened to those words, would one day bite back. Looking at his back in panic as he left, I suddenly felt strangely refreshed. Ta Canh Hanh patted my head.

"Not a bad performance. Let me reward you with braised pork for lunch."

Me: “…That's called a reward?” Ta Canh Hanh: "I eat, you watch. Spiritual reward."

7

Even though I appeared very tough on the outside in front of Lo Vu, my face blindness was indeed a serious problem. Especially after Ta Canh Hanh loudly declared "sovereignty", I immediately became the common enemy of all the female students in the school. The pranks kept coming. That day during physical education class, the teacher let the whole class move freely. I went to the equipment room to return the badminton racket. As soon as I entered, the door behind me slammed shut. Immediately after that came the sound of the door locking.

"Hey! Is there anyone? Open the door!"

I banged on the door and shouted loudly. Outside, there was the laughter of a few female students.

“Just stay in there, you deserve it for daring to seduce Ta Canh Hanh.”

"That's right, don't look in the mirror and see who you are. Is a blind person worthy of a male god?"

I was so angry that my whole body was shaking. The equipment room is located in the old school building, normally no one passes by, and the windows are high up, making it basically impossible to climb out. Phone... damn, left it in class. The sky was getting darker and darker, and the inside of the equipment room became dark and cold. Since childhood, I have been afraid of the dark, cowering in the corner, hugging my knees and trembling. Don't know how much time has passed. Suddenly there was the sound of rapid footsteps outside.

“Pop! Pop! Pop!”

Someone is kicking the door.

"Ly Tang Tang! Are you in there?"

It's Ta Canh Hanh's voice! It was as if I had grabbed a life-saving straw. With sobs, I shouted loudly: "I'm here! Ta Canh Hanh, I'm here!"

“Don't be afraid, stay back!”

There were several more loud explosions, accompanied by the sound of wood cracking, and the door was kicked open violently. Against the light, Ta Canh Hanh rushed in. He was sweating profusely, his eyes were cold as if he was about to kill someone. Seeing me cowering in the corner, the murderous intent in his eyes immediately dissipated, replaced by thick panic.

“Are you hurt?”

He rushed over, squatted down in front of me, examining me from head to toe. I shook my head, tears falling uncontrollably.

“I'm scared to death... I thought I'd have to sleep here again…”

Ta Canh Hanh immediately hugged me tightly. His heart was beating very fast, pounding, pounding.

“Sorry, I'm late.”

His voice was a little shaky: “I should have always watched over you.” Being hugged by him, I suddenly smelled a familiar scent. It's a light mint cigarette scent, mixed with the smell of sunshine and sweat. Very special, very makes people feel safe. I suddenly realized something. Although I couldn't tell who he was by looking at his face, it seemed... I remembered his smell.

“Ta Canh Hanh.”

I snuggled in his arms and sniffed: "You have a smell." Ta Canh Hanh stiffened, let go of me, and sniffed himself a little embarrassedly.

"Are you smelly? I just finished playing football..."

“No.”

I grabbed the hem of his shirt: "It's... your smell. I think, in the future, even if I don't see your face, if I can smell this smell, I'll know it's you." Ta Canh Hanh was stunned. In the room the device was dark, his eyes were surprisingly bright.

“Really?”

“Um.”

He suddenly laughed. That smile is more beautiful than any beautiful scene I have ever seen.

“So you have to remember that carefully.”

He came closer, the tip of his nose lightly touching mine.

“This is Ta Canh Hanh's exclusive sign, only version, no branches.”

When we walked out of the equipment room, we just happened to see Lo Vu rushing over. He saw Ta Canh Hanh holding my hand, his face darkened.

"Tang Tang, are you okay? I heard you were locked up, I was planning to come save you."

It's "heard" again, it's "planning". Forever one step slow, forever acting. I looked at him coldly: "No need anymore, I have Ta Canh Hanh."

8

The female students who locked me up were all punished. No need to guess to know that it was Ta Canh Hanh's hand. But I didn't expect that this wasn't over yet. At the end of the week, my parents suddenly called me into the living room with a serious look on their faces. On the tea table is a stack of photos. There are all pictures of Ta Canh Hanh being "intimate" with me these past few days, and there are also his "black files" - fighting, smoking in school. Lo Vu was sitting across from my mother, her face full of sadness and helplessness. My mother frowned tightly, looking at those photos, obviously believing it.

“Tang Tang, what is this about?” – My father asked seriously.

I was so angry that my whole body was shaking. This move of Lo Vu is very skillful, in the arena when he can't beat it, he plays the move "take the parent's route".

“Dad, Mom, these photos are all cropped, misunderstanding the nature!”

I pointed to the photo of Ta Canh Hanh "strangling" me: "This photo is when he taught me to recognize people's faces!" Pointing again at the picture of him fighting: "This picture is when he kicked the door to save me!"