Chapter 4 — Six Weeks of Love

4“Familiar.” Luc Canh Trinh strode over, his eyes cold, "I'm her ex-boyfriend." Giang Dich Bach's face immediately changed. "Remind Mr. Giang," he coldly smiled, "Miss To... it's not simple." "Luc Canh Trinh!" I stood up angrily, "You're too much!" "What? Angry because you were exposed?" He did not give in, "The baby's father is still unclear, so he hastily found a replacement?" Giang Dich Bach's face turned pale: "Miss To, are you... pregnant?" Customers in the restaurant started looking back, I just wanted to find a hole to hide in. "Mr. Giang, sorry, I'll go first." I quickly grabbed my bag and ran out. "To Mac Han!" Luc Canh Trinh called after me, but I didn't turn around. Running out of the restaurant, heavy rain poured down outside. I didn't bring an umbrella, I could only hide under the awning, my tears mixing with the falling rain. Why do you treat me like that? Why do you have to humiliate me in front of others? “Get in the car.” Luc Canh Trinh drove over. “No need.” I turned away, not looking at him. "To Mac Han, stop being stubborn. You're pregnant now, what if you catch a cold because of the rain?" Finally, I still got in his car. The car was quiet, only the sound of rain pattering on the windows. "Why did you ruin my blind date?" I asked. "Because..." He tightened his grip on the steering wheel, "because I can't bear it." "Can't bear what? Don't you already have Lam Nhuoc Le?" "You and Nhuoc Le don't have anything!" He suddenly turned to look at me, his eyes full of pain, "Mac Han, that day we broke up... I had my own pain." "What pain?" He stopped the car, in the middle of the rain, telling the truth. "Do you still remember the story about my father being accused?" His voice was heavy in the sound of the rain. "Remember. Hasn't it been clarified already?" "Yes, but in the denunciation letter there is one more thing about you." He turned around to look at me, "People say you received a national scholarship because of your relationship with me. They even hinted that you were involved in bribery." I was stunned. “What? Why don't you know?” “Because I pressed it down.” He smiled bitterly, "But you know how scary rumors are. If this spreads, not only your studies, but also your future work will be affected." I finally understood. “So you chose to break up with me?” “I had to break up with you, so that everyone would think we were no longer related.” His voice choked, "You even intentionally got close to Nhuoc Le, so that others would think you had changed your mind." "Why didn't you tell me?" "What's the use of talking? It'll only make you suffer more." He reached out to touch my face, but I avoided it. "Luc Canh Trinh, do you know how miserable I have been in the past three months?" "I know, I'm also very miserable." There was a weakness in his eyes that I had never seen before, "Every night I want to call you, want to tell the truth, want to ask for your forgiveness. But I don't dare." "Why?" "Because I'm afraid you hate me. I'd rather let you think that I'm an adulterer, than let you know that it's all because of me implicating you." The rain was still falling, water droplets on the glass window blurring the world outside. "So now?" I asked, "Why do you say it now?" "Because I discovered I couldn't do it." He looked at me, with both despair and hope in his eyes, "I can't do it when I see you with someone else. Especially..." "Especially what?" "Especially when you're carrying our child."