Chapter 3 — It's You Who I Wrote In My Youth

7 In any case, under my brother's "urgency", we finally took both him and Ta Du An to the medical room. Doctor Truong held a magnifying glass all day, sweating profusely. Finally, he found a tiny scratch, so he reluctantly applied two band-aids. Looking at my brother lying on the table, acting back and forth, I thought about it, then said: "Ta Du An, since you're here, let's get examined. What if there's a hidden injury?" Ta Du An shook his head: "It's okay, I'm used to being injured before, these scars are nothing." I was speechless, immediately thinking of his past situation: Being beaten red on the palm of his hand by the nanny in the children's home, and returning home to raise him, if he made a small mistake, he would be severely punished... So pitiful. My heart felt like it was being squeezed. At that moment, my brother slapped the table and stood up: "WTF! There's green tea here—" Before he could finish his sentence, the whole room simultaneously heard a crack! – the sound of a leg joint being out of position rang out clearly. My brother's face turned pale, he let out a cold breath, then fell back onto the bed: "S-maybe this time... you really twisted your leg." The doctor looked at him with extremely complicated eyes. And pulled out two more bottles of painkiller spray. Giang Ninh slammed the table and laughed, laughing until tears flowed from her eyes. But when her eyes glanced at Ta Du An's face, she suddenly froze: "Wait... Ta Du An? I think I've seen you before..." She suddenly clapped her hands and took two steps closer: "I remember! It's really you! Damn it—Ta Du An, it turns out you're still alive?!" She was so excited that she kicked away the chair my brother was sitting on. In the series of "pots and pots" sounds, my brother hugged his legs and lay on the ground, looking dumbfounded, while Giang Ninh's face turned pale, whispering: "Doctor, doctor... it seems like my legs are also—" Doctor: "..." This trip... was not in vain. The medical school is truly open today! 8 Leaving the medical room, Ta Du An and I each carried a bag of medicine for bruises and sprains, walking shoulder to shoulder. As for my brother and Giang Ninh—one twisted his left leg, the other twisted his right leg—accidentally became "living crutches", lagging behind, shouting as they walked: "Left leg, right leg, one two one! One two one!" Only then did I regain my composure from the chaos earlier. The scene where the male and female leads meet again after many years apart... Why does it look so different from my imagination? I curiously asked Ta Du An: "Do you and classmate Giang Ninh know each other before?" Ta Du An nodded: "We grew up together in an orphanage." …Is it over? Are you two male and female leads? Where is the solid bond that transcends time and years?! In my hot eyes full of "academic research" (actually waiting for a drama), Ta Du An pondered for a moment, his eyes briefly reminiscing: "Back then, she was the 'boss' of the children. All day long she led them to cause trouble, vandalize, and steal things from the kitchen. I did not participate." He paused for a moment, then summed it up: "She finds me fake, I find her noisy." I gasped. That's not right! Where is the line "saving each other in darkness"?! Ta Du An tilted his head and glanced at me: "It seems like you are very interested in my past?" “It's not like that, it's just a matter of asking.” – I smiled fakely, trying to avoid it. Ta Du An looked at me suspiciously, then suddenly moved a little closer: "Really?" That amazing face right away Zoom in right before your eyes. My heart skipped a beat. I hadn't yet figured out how to respond when my brother's pitiful scream rang out from behind: "Tham Tue! Stay away from it! The farther away the better!!" Immediately followed by Giang Ninh's shrill scream: "Mom, why don't you jump up—Ah!!" Boom! I turned around in surprise and saw that my brother and Giang Ninh had fallen into a messy heap on the ground, struggling to get up. 9 After that tragic fall, my brother was more seriously injured. Giang Ninh fell on top of him, so she was only slightly injured, but still had the strength to wave goodbye to us and limp away. I carefully helped my brother trudge home. Along the way, he pondered for a while, and finally spoke: "Little sister, do you think I've been very unlucky lately?" "Hey, life..." I lazily replied. "No, it's not bad luck! From the moment you sat at the same table with that guy named Ta, I saw something bad!" “Hey… you…” – I continued to cover up. “Tham Tue!” – My brother shouted in frustration. I put on a serious face and looked seriously: "Brother, you're wrong. You can't discriminate against him because Ta Du An used to live in a children's home, and even say he's an unlucky person, a comet! You're too much! I'm really disappointed in you!" My brother was stunned: "Did you say that?..." He thought silently and then said: "Sorry, Tue Tue. It's my fault. I didn't expect I would be so narrow-minded. Luckily, you reminded me... From now on, it won't be like that anymore." I nodded with satisfaction. As soon as I turned the corner, I immediately saw a familiar figure under the streetlight— Ta Du An! I quickly yanked my brother back a step. He was suddenly pulled and almost screamed. Luckily, I quickly covered my mouth: "Shh!" My brother immediately understood, and together with me, he gingerly bent down and stuck his head out to look. I only saw under the lamp, besides Ta Du An, there was also a short middle-aged woman.