Chapter 4 — Light Age 17

9 During the whole class period, Giang Tu did not open his mouth to say a word, his state immediately returned to the same as when we first met. In the end, I really couldn't bear it. I picked up the pen and roughly poked his arm. Almost the next second, Giang Tu turned his head, and I saw light flash in his eyes. Oh, just like my little dog, if I just call, he and you will both look at me with those bright eyes. "In short, it's like this. Before that, someone with a bad heart intentionally told me that you were Bui Chau and made up a bunch of stories, so I got the wrong person." “But, even if we got it wrong, the time we spent together wasn't fake, right?” "You... you can't abandon me, I-" I don't know what I'm so impatient about, I'm so frantic that I can only threaten: "You said you would teach me, you can't quit halfway. If I don't get into a good university, I won't forgive you." Giang Tu suddenly bowed his head and searched for something in the desk drawer. After a while, he took out a thick notebook: "These are classic Math problems in recent years. I have come up with a few different solutions. The areas marked in red are simple, basic solutions that can handle similar problems. The areas marked in blue and green are more complicated. Although complex, they will help you understand the underlying thinking of that type of problem. If you understand it, you can solve all variations of this type of problem." Giang Tu's fingers gripped the notebook so tightly that it turned slightly pale. Throughout the entire class, he thought, self-reflected, and was finally forced to admit that he had nothing to show off, nothing comparable to others. The only things you can give me are these cheap things that few people need. Pausing for a moment, he said softly: "It's okay if you don't understand, I'll help you." He looked at me, and when he smiled, stars shone in his eyes: "Lin Uyen, I will help you. No matter what you want to do, I will help." I received the notebook, an entire volume thick. Giang Tu's writing is very beautiful, all handwritten, every page is clean and neat. “Thank you, Giang Tu.” You still talk to me, showing that you still want to be my friend. I pressed the notebook to my cheek, leaned over, curled my eyes and looked at him: "I will definitely read it seriously. Then we will still be friends, I will still go to school with you and come home from school." Giang Tu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded slightly. During recess, I called my dad and said that the Bui family was not bankrupt, but I got it wrong. My father said "oh": "That's good, I won't have to worry about you all day, I won't have time to call you." He paused for a moment, somewhat regretfully: "Then the matter of going to the door to ask for marriage... is difficult to discuss." The last class ended, and out of habit I patted Giang Tu on the shoulder: "Let's go!" Giang Tu did not move. I followed his eyes and looked over - Bui Chau didn't know when he had been standing at the classroom door. 10 Seeing me looking over, Bui Chau tilted his head and smiled, his voice natural: "Let's go, the driver is waiting outside." Only then did I remember, at noon Grandpa Bui called me, and I agreed to go see him with Bui Chau. Giang Tu bowed his head, packed a few more things, and said softly: "It's okay, I can go home on my own." I looked at Giang Tu and somehow remembered the time I picked up Vien Dau. It rained heavily that day, uncle A small dog, only a few months old, was soaked and abandoned on the side of the road. I suppressed the unusual feeling in my heart and followed Bui Chau out of there. The Bui family is very large, their old villa is heavy and elegant, completely different from my house. Grandpa Bui was very happy to see me and asked me all sorts of questions. But Bui Chau's mother didn't like me, and her face was not very pleasant when she saw me. On the way home, Bui Chau explained: "My mother's plan is like that, if we interact a lot, she will like you." I don't care - it has nothing to do with me whether she likes it or not, I have no intention of marrying her. Bui Chau suddenly waved his hand in front of me: "Ah, as for Giang Tu, you should stay away from him." Hearing Giang Tu's name, I was startled: "What?" He suddenly became silent again, as if he wanted to say something but stopped: "Nothing, that's all I remember." I was a bit upset, but in the end I still didn't say anything. 10 From that day on, everyone said that Bui Chau was pursuing me. He pursued it very seriously, completely without hiding it, to the point that everyone knew the relationship between me and him. “If people pursue their fiancee, it's called romance, understand?” "I thought Bui Chau despised this country fiancee, but who knew he liked it so much." "I heard that when Lam Uyen first arrived, he mistakenly recognized Giang Tu as Bui Chau, and treated him extremely well." "I told you, a poor guy like Giang Tu doesn't have such great blessings. It turned out to be a fake, that's why the great beauty Lam Uyen follows him around like a puppy." I didn't hear these words — because they were intentionally said for Giang Tu to hear. After gym class, I looked everywhere but still couldn't find Giang Tu. After searching for a while, it wasn't until I passed by two female students that I heard them say: "That's terrible, Quach Tu Minh and the others locked Giang Tu in the tool room, saying it was to make him remember his life." “Oh my god, should I tell the homeroom teacher?” "Well... if Quach Tu Minh finds out then we're screwed, it's not worth it to provoke, why would we bring trouble for Giang Tu's sake?" I immediately rushed towards the tool room, but Bui Chau stopped me on the way. "Didn't you say you would bring me water? I've finished the whole battle and I haven't seen you anywhere." I impatiently pushed his hand away: "Sorry, I have something to do now—" "Are you looking for Giang Tu again? Lam Uyen, you have to remember that you just recognized the wrong person. If it weren't for me, he wouldn't even be qualified to talk to you." “Bui Chau!” I calmly looked at him: "Maybe at first it was because I got it wrong, but later, the person next to me was Giang Tu, not Bui Chau. I could tell the difference." Bui Chau frowned: "What do you mean—" I didn't have time to listen to everything, like a gust of wind rushed straight to the tool room. That room is located under the stadium's stands. Once the door is closed, it's dark. Even if you stretch your hand out, you can't see anything. {Read the full story at Van Ha Tuong page} Luckily, when I arrived, Quach Tu Minh and the others were still there. I stepped forward, grabbed his collar, my voice full of threats: "Give me the key, or I'll beat you into a pig's head." Quach Tu Minh was originally the type to rely on his family to have some influence. His father had a relationship with the principal, so he was arrogant and overbearing everywhere. His face turned red, both embarrassed and angry: "Let go! Lam Uyen, you are so bold, do you dare to hit me?" What am I afraid of him? I raised my hand and gave him a slap on the ear: "Let's fight, but we still have to choose a day? Quickly give us the key." Lock here!” Even the scarred guy can't compete with me, let alone these weak and fat high school students. “Jiang Tu?” I pushed the door open and called loudly. Following the light streaming in from the opened door, I immediately saw Giang Tu lying on the ground, sweat drenching his forehead. Under his messy hair, his eyes were slightly opened, slowly looking towards me. 11 Only then did I realize that this was not the first time Giang Tu had suffered this situation. In school, the male students, leader Quach Tu Minh, often found reasons to bully him. Perhaps no one thinks that a boy's jealousy is just as scary as a girl's. Giang Tu is both good at studying and handsome. Even though his family is poor, he is still loved by many female students. However, every love letter sent to him, he refused. However, there are still many girls secretly paying attention to him. Quach Tu Minh and his friends immediately felt - a person at the "bottom of society", why were they so lucky? So they bullied him and even made up dirty rumors about him. One time, on the way to school, Giang Tu accidentally saved a child. Almost late for school, the child's mother drove the Bentley to take him to school. Unexpectedly, that scene was seen by Quach Tu Minh and others. So that day, the whole school spread rumors that Giang Tu was supported by a "rich lady". "I didn't expect Giang Tu to be that type of person. He looked clean and cold. Turns out he was clinging to older women for money." “I heard… he even did it… to please the old ladies.” "No wonder, I kept wondering where she caught sight of him, but it turns out she dared to take such a risk." Later, the matter became so noisy that the lady who went to Bentley had to bring a traffic surveillance camera to school to explain, so that Jiang Tu's reputation could be cleared. But the school only dealt with those who fabricated rumors, and did not even publicly announce them. This time was different — I dragged Giang Tu straight to the principal's office. “Tue Tue.” The first time Giang Tu called me by my intimate name, he pulled my hand back: "Don't cause trouble for yourself because of me." I didn't pay attention, just dragged him away. Giang Tu felt my anger, his tall figure was pulled down by me, but he remained silent and said nothing. Luckily, I hired someone to film the scene where I confronted Quach Tu Minh and his group, the words he said himself cannot be denied. I made a fuss, this cannot be let go. If it can't be resolved, I will post the video directly to Weibo. When I led Giang Tu out of the principal's office, my whole body felt refreshed and relieved. Looking back, I discovered that Giang Tu was still looking at me, his eyes filled with admiration, almost overflowing. I immediately puffed up my chest and pretended to cough a few times: "Remember to help me write a review." In the video, there was a scene of me hitting someone, but because I was saving people, I was only given a light punishment. Giang Tu smiled slightly: "Okay."