Chapter 7 — My Forty Year Old Husband

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The fog gradually dissipates. My name is Ky An. Since I was a child, my mother remarried. But my stepfather was not good to my mother. To me, he only beat and scolded me. The neighbor who lived with his grandmother was picking up bottles by the garbage dump and saw me huddled next to the trash can. I obediently gave him the bottle that fell into the corner. I slowly followed him. From then on, every time my stepfather and mother argued, he took me to hide and used the money from selling bottles to buy candy for me. Later, his grandmother passed away, he was very sad, I still followed him, dragging a plastic bag full of bottles. Until one day, my mother couldn't stand it anymore, left me behind and went away. That day my stepfather beat me very severely and even tried to do immoral things to me. He rushed in, picked up a wooden stick and hit his stepfather hard on the back. Then he took my hand and ran away. He said: "An An, come with me, let's leave this place." I said: “Yes.” From then on, the two of us relied on each other and endured many hardships. He went from picking up scraps and bottles, to working for others, and then was given a job by his beloved boss. He earns money to send me to school, but he can only hold a book to study at night. Until the poverty alleviation support department learned of our situation and began to help. I completed the mandatory program, he worked and studied at the same time. As we grew older, he used the money he earned to raise me and send me to college. But since he saw that there was a clean and bright senior next to me, he started to have low self-esteem and started avoiding me. I didn't say much, just forced him to deal with it that night. He trembled and hugged me, saying that even if I regretted it later, he would not let go. From then on, to make our future better, he tried harder to make money. He started a business, no matter how many times he stumbled, he did not give up. When I was 21 years old, I scared Chu Dinh Quan to death. I saved a newborn baby from the flames, but the baby's parents died. That child is Chu Tu Due, only his gray-haired grandparents are left to raise him. I often take Chu Dinh Quan to visit the boy. Looking at two old grandparents taking care of a child, I remembered the time when Grandma Chu used to work hard to raise him. I told Chu Dinh Quan, if we have the ability and the opportunity in the future, we will adopt the boy. When I was 22 years old, Chu Dinh Quan's company began to develop and I graduated from university. Chu Dinh Quan and I registered our marriage. On the wedding night, Chu Dinh Quan hugged me and cried, saying that he was very happy, so happy that he felt scared, afraid that it was just a dream. I said why is it a dream, we will be happy forever, never separate from each other again. But that day, it was just a normal afternoon after the rain. I bought fruit on the side of the road, happily walked back home, but stepped in a puddle. Then, his dream was shattered.

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Fortunately, beyond time and space, we are still here. I opened my eyes and saw him next to the hospital bed, worried and impatient. He quickly asked me if I still felt uncomfortable, if I was hungry, then asked someone to bring food quickly. He said he was sorry for not protecting me well, saying that the person behind harming me, Giang Nhuoc Tuyet, had been arrested and would be punished appropriately. I looked at him busy, just pulled his hand back and gently said:

“Husband, you've aged so much.”

His whole body trembled, looking at me in disbelief. But right after that, he seemed to be hiding again What makes you want to withdraw your hand? I held tight and didn't let go, staring at him:

“Chu Dinh Quan, you have already lost twenty years of ours, do you still want to lose every minute and second of the future?”

He stood there, his whole body shaking, tears streaming down his face. For him, this was a twenty-year wait. He is 45 years old, and I am still a 22 year old girl. He has gray hair, and I am still young. So he just wanted to protect me well, but didn't dare to accept me. Self-righteously thinking that I should use a new name and identity to live a better life made me angry. I angrily slapped him, then heartbrokenly hugged him and kissed him.

“Chu Dinh Quan, we must cherish every day ahead.”

The bullet passed by for the last time: 【What! Oh my God! This insane girl is the male lead's father's wife who has been missing for twenty years!!!】 【No wonder! No wonder the atmosphere between them is so strange!】 【So this is the story of the male lead's parents!】 【Ah ah, it feels like I've missed so many details, I have to watch it again from the beginning!】

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On the car ride home, I snuggled playfully in Chu Dinh Quan's lap. The head rubbed against his face, wanting to hug him and take a bite: "Husband, are your abs still there? You don't have middle-aged beer abs yet, don't you..." I reached out and touched it, oh, it was still hard, segment by segment. He panicked and held my hand, squeezing me tightly into his arms, his voice hoarse: "An An, I can't stand it now, don't play with it anymore." I crawled into his arms and giggled: "Husband, why are you still so easily teased..." The car arrived at the villa, Chu Tu Due was waiting outside the door, I quickly became serious again. Chu Dinh Quan adjusted my hair and clothes, then led me out of the car. Sit on the sofa. Chu Tu Due knelt down in front of me and respectfully called me mother. Zhou Zirui was once the child I saved. Chu Dinh Quan remembered what I said and wanted to adopt the boy. After Chu Tu Due's grandparents passed away, Chu Dinh Quan adopted him. From a young age, Chu Dinh Quan told him everything, so he could understand that I was his mother. That day, Chu Tu Due took me home. You don't think I'm the mother who disappeared twenty years ago, but because I look a lot like the person in the photo. Therefore, a somewhat biased concern and care is born. That day, when Chu Dinh Quan saw me for the first time, he knew I had returned. Therefore, he misunderstood Chu Tu Due's actions, so he threw such a kick. Chu Dinh Quan chose to hide and suppress his feelings. Just tell Chu Tu Rui that I am your mother. Told him to respect and love me well. … When Giang Nhuoc Tuyet went to prison, one leg was disabled. Giang Trinh Tam still decided to go abroad and pursue what he wanted. Chu Tu Rui said he would wait for her. I changed my name back to Ky An, but to the 22-year-old Ky An. I met my old best friend again, one of the few people who knew I was once Ky An. There is another person who knows, it is Wei Vu Hang. When he saw me holding Chu Dinh Quan's arm, he smiled as if he understood. But when he saw Chu Dinh Quan, over forty years old, being controlled by me - who was both his brother and husband - to the point of obediently not daring to utter a single word, he still gasped in surprise. Recently in the business world, Hai Thanh is spreading one thing. The great businessman Chu Dinh Quan married a young girl in her early twenties. People say that Chu Dinh Quan is old and still loves young girls, that's the nature of men. People say that when I was young, I went down the wrong path, clung to power, had an impure mind, and sooner or later I would be hated. Some people also say that a man who is both handsome and rich is truly mmm mlem! People who met us exclaimed that this was not a young girl, it was clearly Mr. Chu's life. People who have never met people laugh lightly, saying that a man's love is only fleeting, that such a thing is not rare. Faced with all kinds of rumors, Chu Dinh Quan only announced one thing: transfer all assets and Chu Thi Group to my name. Declare, from now on I am your boss, you will work for me for the rest of your life. The whole Hai Thanh was shocked. (Complete)