Chapter 4 — My grandmother tore up my admission notice, and tore up my status as a Thien Kim Hao Mon

I took a step back. Whole body cold. Mom knelt down in front of me.

“Nien Niem... at that time, my mother was confused...”

I looked at her. Throat tight.

“That's why everyone won't let me go to Kinh Thi…”

“Is it because you're afraid the Tham family will find out you're still alive?”

Grandma immediately said:

“What if we find out?”

“Will they forgive us?”

Dad continued:

“I passed the exam as valedictorian.”

“Your name will appear in the newspapers.”

“The Tham family is a famous family in Kinh Thi.”

“They will definitely see it.”

I laughed. A cold laugh that even I found strange.

“So in my previous life…”

“Do you lock your children up to protect yourself?”

Mom raised her head.

“Previous life?”

I put my birth certificate in my briefcase.

"Not important."

Dad immediately rushed forward to grab it. Teacher Tran quickly blocked in front of me.

“Don't touch her!”

Dad pushed Mr. Tran hard. I immediately shouted loudly:

“Someone beat a teacher!”

The person on duty at the bus station heard the sound and immediately ran out. Dad immediately withdrew his hand. Grandma pointed at me and cursed:

“You ungrateful thing!”

“We raised you for eighteen years, so you repay me like that?”

I looked straight at her.

“Raising grandchildren?”

“Is it to wait for you to fail in your studies?”

“Or is it to wait forever for you to not be found by the Tham family?”

Grandma opened her mouth. But couldn't say a word. Mother cried and prayed:

“Nim Niem, don't go looking for them.”

She grabbed my sleeve tightly.

“The Tham family is very confused right now.”

“Even if you return... it's not certain that there will be someone who truly loves you.”

I gently withdrew my hand.

“Even so... that's still your problem.”

Teacher Tran took me back to school. On the way home, I always held the silver lock tightly in my hand. For the first time in eighteen years. I know one truth. I'm not Lam Niem. I am Tham Tri Ha. And in Kinh Thi. There was a family who had been looking for me for eighteen years. It's not quite dawn yet. People from the admissions office came to the school. After looking at my file and hearing the principal tell me the whole incident, everyone's faces became serious. One admissions officer said:

“Lam Niem, the admission notice must be kept by you.”

“No one has the right to accept or destroy your notice.”

My father stood at the office door and immediately spoke:

“I am his father.”

The officer looked at him.

“You are her foster father.”

“Even so, you have no right to decide your future for her.”

My father immediately choked. Right at that moment. Hua Tinh brought her father here again. As soon as Hua Tinh's father walked in, he smiled and offered cigarettes.

“Leaders, I just care about the students.”

"I heard that Lam Niem's identity is a bit problematic."

“Should the valedictorian interview be postponed?”

The principal's face was cold.

“The manager is being a bit too generous.”

Hua Tinh immediately said:

“What if she is not the real Lam Niem?”

“Won't the title of valedictorian be controversial?”

I looked straight at her.

“You want me not to go to college…”

“Or do you want the interviewee to change to you?”

Hua Tinh's face immediately turned red.

“Don't talk nonsense!”

“So what are you doing here?”

Her father quickly interjected:

“She's still young, she's a bit blunt in her speech.”

The admissions office person opened the transcript.

“The registration number, identification number and exam information completely match.”

“The exam results are Real."

Hua Tinh still intended to say more. But Mr. Tran looked at her and said:

“Hua Tinh.”

“I ranked second in the whole school, which is also very excellent.”

“Don't block your own path.”

Hua Tinh bit her lip.

“I just feel it's unfair.”

“If I get first place in the exam, what's unfair to you?”

She didn't answer. Right at that moment. Suddenly a low voice rang out outside the door.

“If she really is Tham Tri Ha…”

“So the one who suffers the most is the Tham family.”

Everyone turned their heads simultaneously. A middle-aged man wearing a gray shirt was standing at the door. Behind him were two other people. Just saw him. My mother immediately backed away. Grandmother's voice trembled slightly:

“The Tham family's butler…”

The man looked at me.

“Is there a small mole on your ankle?”

My father immediately rushed to stop me.

“You got the wrong person!”

But the man didn't even look at him. He just looked at me.

“Lin Niem's classmate.”

“My name is Uncle Tan.”

“Entrusted by the old man of the Tham family to find the lost child for the past eighteen years.”

The whole office was silent.

“What proof do you have?”

Uncle Tan took out a photo. In the photo is a newborn baby wearing a silver lock identical to mine. He said slowly:

“There is a word engraved on the inside of this lock.”

I took out the silver lock. Teacher Tran took it and gently opened the lock. There is indeed a small letter inside. The air in the room immediately froze. Grandma suddenly shouted:

“It's all fake!”