Chapter 3 — Reciting Remembrance Find Mother

The hair on my whole body stood up, I turned around and ran, but two men still caught up with me and drugged me. When I regained consciousness, I was standing on the second floor terrace, below were crowded guests. Behind me is Tieu Lam holding her daughter. I had no strength left in my whole body, I could only try to stand up and stagger to get my child back. Tieu Lam's face was full of pity, but his eyes were extremely cruel.
“Okay, you go pick it up.”
I held out my hand. But the moment she placed her daughter in my arms, she let go. The scene seemed frozen. I rushed towards my daughter with all my might, but could only watch her fall. The small body was covered with a dazzling red color. Guests immediately shouted.
"What's going on! Is that Giang Dien Xuyen's wife? She killed her child!"
“The rumors outside are indeed true, she is truly a crazy person!”
Everything after that, I almost don't remember clearly. I only remember the burning feeling from the strong alcohol that Tieu Lam splashed on my body. And Giang Dien Xuyen's hand grabbed my shoulder, so strong that it almost crushed the bone.
"Co Dao! You are cruel enough! Because you want to leave me, you can even kill your own child!"
"Today I will complete it for you! Tieu Lam, call the police!"
“I will make her know what it will be like to anger me.”
He didn't give me a chance to explain, nor did he remember that I was allergic to white wine and had never drank alcohol before. In the end, the judge found me guilty of murder while under the influence of alcohol and sentenced me to five years in prison. Because of good reform, I was released from prison a year early. I left the painful city of Ho and came to Kinh city to open this tea shop.
“The story is over, I should take you home.”
I stood up, intending to take Niem Niem home. But she cried until she couldn't breathe, so she immediately hugged me tightly.
“But you didn't see it with your own eyes, how do you know your daughter has passed away!?”
“She is clearly still alive……”
My whole body was shocked, I couldn't believe it and bowed my head. At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open. The man in a black suit standing outside the door finally walked in. His eyes were full of blood, looking at me and then back at Niem Niem.
“Jiang Niem Dao, come here!”
Giang Dien Xuyen stood right in front of the door. Compared to five years ago, he became even colder and more serious. Only the emotions rolling in the bottom of his eyes were something I couldn't understand. We were a stall apart, looking at each other from afar. Time seemed to stop in this moment, there was only the sound of rain falling outside the window. Niem Niem ran to jump on him, hugging his leg. The little girl raised her crying face and her voice trembled:
“Dad, she is my mother, right?”
The girl suddenly reached out and took out the jade pendant that was worn on her chest: "Dad, look! You said this is what my mother left me! She is my mother, right?" The gentle light of the jade pendant hurt my eyes. That is my mother's relic, the thing I personally put on my daughter in the delivery room. Plus her name, Giang Niem Dao. All the coincidences came true, my daughter did not die. Tears immediately filled his eye sockets. I walked step by step towards Giang Dien Xuyen and Niem Recite. Giang Dien Xuyen's complicated eyes locked tightly on me, his throat moved, his voice was hoarse:
"When were you released? Why didn't you come back to find me?"
I don't answer your question. I just squatted down under his gaze, slowly reached out, and very gently stroked Niem Niem's hair. Tears finally became uncontrollable and slid down. Niem Niem immediately turned around and hugged me tightly, crying even louder:
"Mom! You are my mother!"
Giang Dien Xuyen looked at us, his lips moved slightly, as if he was about to confess. But I suddenly spoke up, interrupting what he was about to say. I tried to keep my voice calm, stroking Niem Niem's head while gently answering.
“Nien Niem is so good, I also really wish I was your mother.”
Niem Niem's crying suddenly stopped, she looked up at me incredulously. I cruelly looked straight into her eyes and slowly said each word:
“Nien Niem, your daughter has been gone for a long time.”
“You should live well with your father and new mother.”
I turned my eyes to Giang Dien Xuyen, her face did not waver at all.
"I heard Niem Niem say that today her father got engaged, I don't have any gift to give you."
“I don't like tea either.”
“Then I wish you two… a hundred years of happiness.”
Giang Dien Xuyen's body shook so slightly that it was hard to notice. He stared at me, with pain, confusion, and heavy questioning in his eyes:
“Are the words you just said to Niem Niem true?”
At this moment, a respectful but urging voice from the bodyguard rang out outside the door:
"Sir, Ms. Lam's side is ready, waiting for you for a long time, I..."
Giang Dien Xuyen did not turn his head, still staring at me, as if he must have seen something from my face.