Chapter 7 — Mom's Perfect Cousin

There is guilt, but also a feeling like a burden has been lifted. He became thinner and more emaciated. The wrinkles in the corners of my eyes are much deeper than before I left. Mother bowed her head, her expression could not be seen clearly. But her hand tightening the corner of her shirt revealed her tension and insecurity. Hieu Van sat next to his mother. His face was white and his eyes were red and swollen. Seeing me come in, it unconsciously retreated behind its mother. Like a frightened rabbit. The blue dress she is wearing is still the new outfit her mother specially bought for her. Wearing it now, it looks a bit funny. Little brother is not here. It sent me a message. “Sister, the house is left to you.” “I'm at school waiting for your good news.” I put my suitcase at the entrance. Change shoes. Step by step, I walked in front of them. “Is it crowded already?” I spoke up. The voice is not loud but extremely clear. It was so clear that you could hear the heartbeats of the other three people in the living room. No one said anything. I looked at Hieu Van. "Cousin." I call it. Its whole body trembled. Timidly raised his head. “Sister…” “Before you left, mother said I would take good care of this family for you.” I looked into its eyes. Scribble every word. “Now, I want you to report to me.” “What have you been taking care of these ten days?” Hieu Van's lips trembled. Can't say a word. Tears began to roll around in his eye sockets again. This is the weapon it is most proficient at. Unfortunate. It no longer worked for me. “Can't you say it?” I smiled. “It's okay, I'll help you remember.” “The first day, I cooked dinner.” “A fish so salty it's bitter, a plate of blackened ribs.” “It caused my father's stomach problem to return.” “It hurts all night long.” Dad's head bowed even lower. “The second day, I wash clothes.” “After washing my father's cashmere sweater of more than a thousand yuan, it shrank and turned into children's clothes.” “Dyeing my brother's two thousand yuan limited edition jersey into rags.” “Forcing my mother to pay my younger brother three hundred yuan to be able to coax him.” Mother's body began to tremble slightly. “On Tuesday, I cleaned the office.” “Consider your father's five million contract as waste paper and throw it in the trash.” “Almost caused my father to lose his job.” “Causing the cleaning lady at my father's company to search the landfill for a whole day and a night.” “Understanding Van.” I called its name again. “Is this what you call ‘knowing how to do anything’?” “Is this ‘a hundred times better than you’ what your mother said?” “I'll come to your house for ten days.” “The direct and indirect economic damage you caused has exceeded ten thousand yuan.” "Not including the risk of contract violation that your father's project may face." "The same emotional values and spiritual losses that my whole family had to spend because of you." “Now, I tell you.” “In the end, at what point are you better than me?” Hieu Van let out a loud cry, completely devastated. He threw himself into his mother's arms, crying loudly. "Auntie! I didn't mean it! I really didn't mean it!" Mother hugged it, her body stiffened. She wanted to open her mouth to comfort her. But I found myself unable to say a word. Every single thing I listed is true. These are things she saw with her own eyes and experienced herself. She couldn't argue. I looked at the two of them. Feeling a bit funny. “Mom, do you still think she's better than me now?” “Do you still want me to learn from her well?” “Do you still feel that welcoming her to our home was the right decision?” Mom's face is sometimes red, sometimes white. In the end, she said nothing. Just hugged Hieu Van, silently shedding tears. I turned my head to look at my father. “Dad, my question, what have you been thinking?” “Who does this family need?” Dad raised his head. The whole face was red. He looked at me, his lips moving slightly. A long time later. Just uttered three words. “Need a baby.” "Okay." I nodded. “If you need me.” “So from today onwards.” “This family is yours to decide.” 11 My first command. It was aimed at Hieu Van. “Pack up your things.” I looked at it. “For today, leave this house.” Hieu Van cried even more fiercely. He held his mother's arm tightly. "Auntie! I don't want to go! I don't want to leave you!" Mom also looked at me with pleading eyes. “Chu Nhien… she's just a young girl… tell her where to go…” “She already knows s

Who is it..." "Where to go is her business." “At worst, go back to the old place.” I said coldly. “When she comes here, she has a place to go.” “When you leave, of course you have a place to go back to.” "And whether she knows it's wrong or not, I don't care." “I just know that wherever she is, this family will not be at peace.” “Mom, don't forget.” I reminded her. “At first, it was my mother who was overjoyed to welcome her home.” "It was also my mother who pointed at my nose and scolded me." “Now, don't you want to clean up this mess?” Mother's face immediately turned pale. “Or.” I changed to another plan. “It's okay to let her stay.” “In these ten days, the total damage she caused was thirteen thousand eight hundred yuan.” “Tell her to write a debt note.” “When you pay it off, then you can leave.” “In addition, during the time she is at home we cannot eat and stay for free.”