Chapter 2 — Rules of Thanh Lien Coc

I unconsciously grabbed the hem of his shirt, my voice almost dripping blood: "Bui Ngoc Duong, you are a miracle doctor, you have countless ways to detoxify her." "My father just died, his body is not yet cold. It seems like I beg you, don't do that to Mo Yeu." But has Bui Ngoc Duong ever paid attention to my prayers? He frowned and pushed me away: "The medicine is bitter, she can't drink it." My mother was seriously ill. She asked him for help, but he was indifferent. I had a miscarriage, prayed to him for a month of life, but he disappeared. My father was sick and dying. He prayed to him for a night of rest, but he acted as if he didn't see him. But now, he's worried that Mo Yeu won't be able to drink those bitter bowls of medicine. When he left, perhaps afraid that I would bother him and Mo Yeu, he specifically told his companion to lock the door: "Watch the lady carefully, don't let her run around." I collapsed to the ground. Outside the room the wind and snow continued, it was cold to the bone. I don't know how long it took, but the door was finally opened. Mo Yeu wore a red shirt, covered in red marks, standing before me like a winner. During these years, Bui Ngoc Duong used his hands to treat and save that person, researching countless medicinal herbs to preserve her beauty. She really looked like a little girl who had just reached puberty. Bui Ngoc Duong stood next to her, eyes full of caution, looking at me. As if afraid that I would suddenly go crazy and hurt his Mo Yeu. "What are you doing here?" As soon as he finished speaking, an unnatural light flashed in Bui Ngoc Duong's eyes. My heart suddenly tightened. Right after that, I heard Mo Yeu's soft, seductive voice: "My sister-in-law, recently I have been trying to make a new poison. Senior brother strictly forbade me to test the drug on myself anymore, but finding another living person to test the drug is too cruel. When I learned that my sister-in-law's father had just passed away, my senior brother agreed with me and promised me. My father's body let me try it." I looked at Bui Ngoc Duong in disbelief, suspecting that I had heard wrong. But Bui Ngoc Duong slowly nodded in Mo Yeu's expectant eyes. His voice was very light, as if he was rarely comforting me: "A Linh, your father is dead. It's best to let Yeu Nhi try the drug. If this drug is successful, using poison to treat poison can save many people." But it was because he wanted me to hand over my father's body. He refused to leave even his final rest to his father. All emotions, resentment, in this moment broke the dam. I pushed Bui Ngoc Duong's hand away that was about to hug me, almost screaming: "What do you rely on to make decisions for my father? What kind of humanity do you have, he's not a teacher, he's my father!" "You didn't even want to save his life, why did you force him to save someone else?!" "Bui Ngoc Duong, if you dare to touch my father today, I will die with you all." You!” I pulled down my hairpin and pointed it at them like a madman. Mo Yeu's eyes immediately reddened: "I'm sorry, sister-in-law, but it's for your own good." "I'm afraid I didn't know that every time senior brother went out, people laughed at me, saying that he was a genius doctor, the owner of Thanh Lien Coc, and yet he married the daughter of a gangster." "If your father can really cooperate with me to refine this potion, Everyone in the world will appreciate him. No one will laugh at him for being a gangster, and no one will say that he is not worthy of his senior brother." She said every word and every sentence, with great sincerity. But a sinister light flashed in his eyes. If it were before, I would probably be in the mouth of outsiders

said he could be worthy of Bui Ngoc Duong's efforts. But now, for me, Bui Ngoc Duong is nothing anymore. "No need. I will separate with Bui Ngoc Duong." "Today, I will leave the coc." "Trieu Tri Linh, it seems that you have really forgotten all the rules of Thanh Lien Coc!" "For the sake of a corpse, even such an excuse for separation can be said!" As soon as I finished speaking, Bui Ngoc Duong suddenly became angry. He took the brooch from my hand, even though his palm was cut open, he didn't pay any attention, just staring at me as if he wanted to see through me. I just felt a sharp pain in my neck, like being pricked by a needle. Immediately after that, consciousness became more and more vague. I responded, it was Bui Ngoc Duong. I tried to resist consciousness, shaking my head in panic: "I beg you, don't touch my father..." "He always treated you like his own son. You can't let him suffer such humiliation after his death. Consider me begging you..." Bui Ngoc Duong looked at me silently for a moment. Then turn your eyes away. In the last moment of consciousness, I heard him coldly order: "Carry people into the solitary room."... It was not until the next morning that I struggled to wake up. The medicine man was a little displeased and told me that my father's body had been returned and was placed in the hospital next door. I staggered past. The moment I lifted the white cloth, my world became completely dark.