Chapter 3 — Mother Died, Father Repented

He pretended not to hear and continued to say:

“Vi Vi's health is not good, she can't stand the blow.”

“In the past, kicking mother and child out was also for the good of everyone.”

"That year your mother injured Vi Vi and Phong Phong, I did it just to get revenge."

"Furthermore, Vi Vi feels sorry for the suffering I suffered in the past, and wants to return with me to the place where we lived before."

When I heard this sentence, my palms turned cold. Just because of one sentence from Tuong Vi, the years that my mother and I tried to endure and get better, turned into a complete joke. I was so angry that I lost my voice:

“So what?”

“My mother and I have to sleep under bridges and on park benches, do we deserve this?”

Dad didn't say anything. I also didn't give him a chance to open his mouth anymore.

“Do you know how I survived after my leg was broken?”

“Do you know how my mother and I survived?”

Mom left empty handed, we have nothing left. The day I was kicked out, I tried my best to resist, but my father broke my legs. My mother panicked and took me to the hospital, wanting to find my father to borrow money for medical examination. But they were blocked outside the door and even chased away by guards carrying sticks. To treat my leg, during the day my mother worked everywhere as a hired laborer, wherever she needed someone she would come. A month later, my mother could not afford the hospital bills, so I was forced to leave the hospital. In the winter, we had no place to stay, so we slept on park benches. My mother gave me her only thick coat to cover me, but I was so cold that I coughed all night. Because the environment was so bad, my feet started to ooze pus and the fever came back again and again. That time my fever was so high, I almost fainted. My mother carried me and ran through several clinics, in the end she only had enough money to buy the cheapest medicine. From then on, my legs lost more and more feeling. Even if I have surgery later, I can only walk with a limp. As for the mother's body, it also collapsed little by little. Mother began to suffer from edema, dizziness, and eventually could not even stand. The doctor said that due to infection at the time of liver donation, the mother's remaining liver function had begun to seriously decline. The cost of surgery is up to five hundred thousand yuan (about 1.7 billion VND), and the cost of treatment afterwards is even a bottomless pit.

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Chapter 4 During that time, I made countless phone calls to my father. All of them had no one picking up the phone. But the military region's forum was filled with news about him and Tuong Vi. Auctioning a watch with sky-high prices, including a birthday cruise, hot news appeared one after another. Finally, I took my mother's critical notice and went to find him personally. But my father was extremely angry, standing from above and criticizing me:

“You've only been with your mother for a few days and you've already learned to lie?”

"Isn't she just trying to come back? Is it necessary to make such a fuss?"

He threw a card straight at my face.

"There's five hundred thousand in here, take it and get out, don't bother me and Vi Vi's last time."

The corner of the card cut my face. But I couldn't help but pay attention to the pain. I just thought, my mother was finally saved. Not long after, Tuong Vi went to the hospital. She stopped me in the hallway, her expression full of provocation:

“I already knew that your mother and Lam Xuyen brother were married. I also know that you are her daughter."

“I just used a little dirty trick, made Lam Xuyen brother fall in love with me like crazy, and even chased you and your mother out into the street.”

“If you're smart, don't come here anymore. My brother Lam Xuyen and I already had a son together, you're nothing now. If you still dare to stubbornly hold on and not let go, do you believe I will make your mother die in the hospital?

I got mad and rushed to push her.