Chapter 2 — Reclaiming the Future

Ly Khai got up and raised his hand to get the file. My mother is faster. She collected the documents, her eyes cold. "Do not touch." “These things have nothing to do with you people.” Ly Khai's face turned red. “Mom, I'm your son!” “Mom can't be that biased!” Mom asked again. “Mom is biased?” "My younger sister from middle school took advantage of the summer and winter vacations to tutor elementary school students to buy her own materials." “I've been working for five years, and I've never even bought a bag of rice to take home.” “Today I even forced him to go to the factory to feed his wife and children.” “You still say mom is biased?” My brother was talked to the point that he took a step back. Ha Man suddenly hugged her stomach. "Painful." “My stomach hurts.” My father immediately stood up. Ly Khai was also panicked. “Man Man, let's go to the hospital.” Ha Man gasped while looking at my mother. “If you don't give me a definite answer today, I won't go.” “I'll call the neighbors to come take a look.” “Let them see how you force a woman to get pregnant.” As soon as she finished speaking, my mother picked up the phone. "Okay." “As it happened, I also let the neighbors listen to the recording.” Ha Man's face changed. Mom opened the contacts and turned on speakerphone. But she didn't call the neighbors. She called Ha Man's mother. The call was quickly connected. The voice on the other side was very harsh. “Hello, in-laws, was Man Man bullied by your family?” My mother calmly spoke up. “Your daughter used the story of breaking the law to force my daughter to drop out of school.” “Do you know about this?” The other end of the line was silent for a moment. Then there was a cold laugh. “What's the point of a girl studying so much?” “Isn't it the right thing to do for him to go out and earn some money to help his brother?” I saw Ha Man breathe a sigh of relief. But my mother also laughed. “It turns out she teaches.” She turned on the recording function. “That's even better.” “Please say what you just said one more time.” As soon as the other end of the line started calling, my mother placed the phone in the middle of the tea table. At the same time, she pulled out a piece of paper from under the notebook. There were some big letters written on it. Agreement to rent a wedding house to live in. My brother rushed forward, his tone immediately changed. “Mom, why do you have this?” 03 My brother rushed to the tea table, his fingers shaking. My mother pressed down the agreement form. “Of course mom does.” “The wedding house is in my mother's name.” “At that time, I said I had just gotten married and was in a tight budget, so I asked my mother to lend me a place to stay.” “Mom made me sign a house loan agreement.” “White paper, black ink, two years.” My brother's face lost all color. Ha Man didn't pretend to have a stomach ache anymore. She stared at the paper. “What do you mean by lending to live?” “Isn't that house the wedding house Ly Khai bought for me?” Mom looked at Ly Khai. “You said that?” Ly Khai's lips moved for a long time. “I'm just afraid that Man Man doesn't feel safe.” Ha Man slapped his arm. “Ly Khai, did you lie to me?” Ly Khai did not dare to avoid it. My father impatiently stood up. "If the house is for the children to live in, just let them live. Now why are you taking it out and threatening them?" My mother pushed the agreement in front of him. “I didn't scare them.” “I just told them.” “Whoever the things in this house belong to is that person who has the right to decide.” She turned her head to look at me. “Nam Chi.” “Listen carefully.” "I scored 720 points in the exam not to be a money tree for anyone." “Your college, I'm worried.” “My tuition, mom pays.” “Go wherever you want.” My throat is sour. I held it in all night, at this point I was almost in tears. But I don't want to cry. I looked at Ha Man on the sofa. “Sister-in-law, just now you said it was useless for me to study.” “So do you know what it means to be ranked third in the province?” Ha Man gritted her teeth. “It's just a slightly higher score.” I nodded. "Correct." “Just a little higher.” “So high that the school will give a bonus.” “So high that universities will proactively contact me.” “It's so high that I don't need to go to the factory to find my own way.” Ha Man's face was very ugly. My brother suddenly grabbed my arm. “Little sister, don't say that.” “My sister-in-law is pregnant and emotionally unstable.” “She didn't mean it.” I bowed my head and looked at his hand. “Let go.” He didn't let go. “Girl, I beg you.” “Consider me helping you once.” I slowly raised my eyes. “Help me?” “Since childhood

Great, is it too little for me to help you?” "You failed your university course, I asked my mother to pay for the retake exam for you." "You don't have money for love, I'll lend you a scholarship." "You're getting married and you don't have anyone to help you, so I'll take a leave of absence to decorate the wedding room." "Your wife is pregnant, I make soup for her every week." I say every word. “But on the day I passed the university entrance exam, he told me to go to the factory.” Ly Khai's hand loosened. I withdrew my arm. “You.” “From today, your life is yours to take care of.” “Stop trying to extort money from me.” The living room was silent. Dad's eyes looked at me full of anger. “What are you talking to your brother like?” Before I could speak, my mother had already put the tea cup on the table. “It says it very clearly.” "From now on, whoever dares to force him to drop out of school must leave this house first." Ha Man suddenly burst out laughing. The laughter was very shrill. “Very well.” “The Manh family has money and you are talented.”