Chapter 3 — The Call of Youth

His voice rang right next to my ear, making me jump. Reflexively, I turned my head to look, but my ear accidentally touched the corner of Trinh Hoai Tu's lips. With a "whoosh", I felt my ears burning. At that moment, he blushed and my ears turned red. He blinked unnaturally, then moved his eyes, put the plate of food in his hand down in front of me, his voice still stumbling: "Eat... eat this, it's not spicy." After speaking, he returned to sit next to Ky Trach. I stared at the plate of food, took a piece to taste. As soon as I finished eating, my eyes immediately lit up. Sweet!! Even I didn't realize the corner of my mouth was curling up, I couldn't force it down no matter what. I threw away my bottle of sauce mixed with rice and just focused on eating that dish with rice. But the more I ate, the harder it was to hold back the tears in my eyes. It turns out... I still remember. Remember everything about me. 【Attention everyone, this is the first time a non-spicy dish appeared on the men's farming group's dining table!】 【At first Tieu Ngu's face looked like a dark cloud was about to gather, not knowing what brother Trinh said, she smiled brightly like a flower.】 【Don't ask, if you ask, it's Trinh brother coaxing his wife!】 In the afternoon, the roses in the greenhouse needed someone to help transport them. Roses have thorns, you must wear gloves. As soon as I received the gloves Ky Trach gave me, I heard Duong Vi's voice ringing next to me: "Are there any gloves left? I have a piano recital in a few days, I have to protect my hands." I paused in my movements, about to give her my gloves, but she smiled and shook her head, pretending to be concerned: "Girls have to protect their hands well, I'll ask for them from Trinh Hoai Tu. He has thick skin and rough meat, so sharing one with me should be fine." She ran to Trinh Hoai Tu, not knowing what to say, but he actually gave her a glove. My heart was immediately confused. So... are they really like what netizens say? They're actually still going back and forth, just because of work so they haven't made it public yet? As for your concern for me... just because of your childhood affection, not because you haven't forgotten me? At that moment, To Tieu Tieu spoke up: "Hey, I'm ready to livestream my sales, there are all these annoying goods around here." She glanced at me, her face filled with hatred for steel: "Normally you look so smart, why are you so confused now? Even Duong Vi's tricks don't recognize you. Why are you still standing there? If you don't come in quickly, your boyfriend will run away." Having finished speaking, she pushed me towards the greenhouse. I walked hesitantly, slowly approaching the two of them. "Trinh Hoai Tu, can I choose a pot of roses to take home? I like it very much." – Duong Vi lifted the flower pot and smiled brightly. But Trinh Hoai Tu coldly refused: "It's not my responsibility, you can buy it if you want it." I was a bit surprised, but in the end I still didn't dare to come closer. At that moment, Hua Pham was next to him carrying flowers, I walked over to help him. Not long after, Trinh Hoai Tu approached again, saying Ky Trach was looking for Hua Pham. I don't know when, Duong Vi was called away, leaving only him and me in the greenhouse. Now every time I see him I feel angry, but he still deliberately approaches me. “Trinh Hoai Tu!” I glared at him angrily, but he laughed. He shook the flower pot in his hand: "Do you like it? This pot is for you." I turned away and said angrily: "Why did you give the gloves to Duong Vi? Do you like her that much?" He immediately interrupted: “Don't Say nonsense, otherwise I'll sue you for defamation now. It was she who said she needed to protect those hands that play the piano. I'm afraid that if I don't give them to her, she might get hurt and turn around and ask me for eight thousand eight." He shrugged, his voice light: "Anyway, she likes to 'bump' to make trouble." My anger subsided immediately, but I still pretended to be angry: "Didn't you say you had to spend money to buy these flowers?" He laughed: “That was with someone else. As for you, I will raise it next to you, wait until the program ends and bring it back to you." “Send it to my house, okay?” He tilted his head closer, I had no room to dodge, I could only nod. Trinh Hoai Tu put the flower pot outside and asked me to go outside and carry it, saying it was too stuffy inside. I nodded and just turned around to leave when he called out: "Hua Tri Du, do you just need flowers?" I ran faster, just in time to crash into Hua Pham who was walking in. Seeing me in a hurry, he immediately asked: "What's wrong?" I shook my head and changed the subject: "What were you looking for earlier, Ky Trach?" Hua Pham was helpless: "Ky Trach said he didn't look for me, Trinh Hoai Tu must have misheard." Comments immediately exploded: 【Trinh Ca: Everyone who spies on my wife will be punished!】 【He did it on purpose! Trinh Hoai Tu is truly an old fox, protecting our Ca Bao!!】 【Two big CPs facing each other, I still choose Vi Tran, even though Trinh brother only gave the gloves to Vi Vi, obviously he loves her more!】 【But at that time, could the whisper of "programming language" have come out, I'm dying of curiosity!】 Dinner was cooked by Duong Vi, she almost completely catered to the boys' tastes. There weren't many dishes on the table that I could eat, so I just sat in a corner quietly mixing rice. Duong Vi stepped forward, her face full of guilt: "Tri Du, I forgot that you can't eat spicy food, what a mistake." This soup is not spicy, please drink some.” I quickly accepted the bowl of soup, smiled and said it was okay. But she still stood there without moving, I guess maybe she wanted me to taste her skills. I don't like drinking soup, so I just took a small sip and complimented: "It's delicious, you cook really well." I don't know when, Trinh Hoai Tu stood right behind me, like a bodyguard. It's really dazzling. I picked up a few pieces of fatty meat for him, wanting him to sit down and eat. Duong Vi immediately interjected: "Trinh Hoai Tu doesn't eat fatty meat." Ky Trach also chimed in: "That's right, Mr. Hoai Tu doesn't eat fatty meat." As soon as he finished speaking, Trinh Hoai Tu put those fatty pieces of meat into his mouth. Duong Vi was dumbfounded, I was also stunned. “I can eat it.” – he said simply. Suddenly, I was no longer in the mood to eat and I put down my chopsticks. In my memory, Trinh Hoai Tu was originally a person who liked to eat fatty meat. As for me, from childhood to adulthood, I hated fatty meat the most. Every time I eat with him, I take out that part separately, and he always eats it all silently, saying: "I like to eat, you can just leave it for me in the future." Every time that happened, I smiled and replied: "Trinh Hoai Tu, we really complement each other perfectly, it's fun to be with you." Turns out... he didn't like eating fatty meat. I don't know when, tears welled up in the corners of my eyes. I sniffed, my voice choked: "Idiot Trinh Hoai Tu." After dinner, I felt a tingling sensation in my body. At first I thought it was a mosquito bite from the countryside, but after spraying anti-mosquito medicine, it still itched intensely. I went to the light and discovered that my body was covered in rashes red. Only then did I remember — I seemed to be allergic. But for dinner I only eat white rice... There's also that bowl of soup! I quickly ran into the kitchen, Trinh Hoai Tu was washing dishes, just preparing to wash the pot of soup. The moment his eyes touched the pot, his face immediately tightened and he reflexively turned around to run out, but he bumped right into me standing at the door. For the first time, I saw a look of panic on his face: "That soup is eggplant soup. I saw you drinking it. Are you allergic? Is there any discomfort?" Everything in my head immediately connected - That day, in the kitchen, only Duong Vi and Hua Pham heard that I was allergic to eggplant. Tonight's dinner was prepared by Duong Vi alone. She knows that Trinh Hoai Tu doesn't like to drink soup, so he won't pay attention to what soup he's cooking today. Furthermore, the bowl of soup she gave me had absolutely no visible pieces of eggplant, so I couldn't detect it. A cold current ran down my spine. Thinking about it makes me angry - before that, I thought she was "nice". Luckily I only took a small sip, if I drank more I would have gone into anaphylactic shock and died. I reassured Trinh Hoai Tu: "Just a little bit, it's okay. I'll go buy you some medicine, it'll probably be fine." Trinh Hoai Tu immediately nodded and quickly drove into town to buy medicine. The program team also temporarily stopped recording. Anyway, if people intentionally dig up this story, the whole show might collapse. Therefore, the scene where I have an allergic reaction absolutely cannot be broadcast. The incident caused a lot of noise, causing many people to come and inquire. Among them, Duong Vi was the one crying the hardest: "Tri Du, I forgot you were allergic to eggplant. I just thought that that eggplant should not be wasted, I didn't expect it would harm you like this." Amidst the looks of so many people, I couldn't openly criticize her harshly: "It's okay, I didn't see a single piece of eggplant in the bowl of soup you gave me, it was just my negligence." In just that moment, all the sounds around me suddenly stopped. In that eggplant soup, there was actually a lot of eggplant. If it wasn't deliberately filtered carefully, it would have been impossible to "not see a trace of the eggplant" as I said.