Chapter 1 — Canceling the Kiss Under the Peach Tree

The day Tiet Do brought me a pair of swallows as a bride gift, my sister slapped him straight in the face. "You dare bring something this sick and weak in front of my sister?" Tiet Do wasn't angry, he even raised his pair of swallows to tease her. "With such a fierce temper, I really don't know which unlucky person will marry you in the future." The two of them chased each other, pushed the door and ran out. The two swallows were left behind by Tiet Do. Suddenly freed, they flapped their wings and flew away. I quickly sent someone to chase after me. When he raised his head again, it was Tiet Do and Tham Lan
walked side by side ten steps further. Just now he was holding my hand, but now he naturally clasped his hands behind his back, his sleeves occasionally touching hers. As if we never existed. Everyone knows that Tiet Do is the most favored disciple, this year he has high hopes of competing for a position in the three divisions. Although Tham Lan is a woman, she has a generous personality and a great reputation. One is my fiance. One is my sister. We could still continue to pretend not to notice. If the exam book is in empty hands
It was just blown open by the wind. Lying on top is the peach blossom paper I stuffed for Tiet Do this morning. "Today the peach blossoms bloomed. As soon as I saw them, the first person I wanted to see with them was you." But at this time, there were three more small lines of text below. Tiet Do's handwriting is clearly visible next to her: "She's like that every day. It bothers me to write about chicken feathers and garlic skin. Bad writing, bad poetry, it's an eyesore." Immediately following was Tham Lan's response: "Sister has no knowledge. Other than treating you well, she
I don't know how to do anything." "Yes, I have a simple mind, I can only do these things." 01 I was stunned on the spot for a moment. Tiet Do and Tham Lan had already disappeared. No one cared if I could keep up or not. Holding the exam book in a daze for a moment, I decisively turned around and left. In the library, everyone knew me. Seeing me enter Tiet Do's hospital, everyone just laughed teasingly. "Miss Tham came to give things to brother Tiet again? It really makes others admire." I smiled, said nothing. Closing the door, I looked towards the table
book. On the right is a thick pile of paper, all of which are short letters I wrote to Tiet Do. Sometimes it's a poem. Sometimes it's just: "The weather is beautiful today." Other times it's a small flower that I conveniently pick from the side of the road and clip it inside. I once said, no matter where I go, I will always remember you. But this time. Behind those sheets of paper were a few lines of small letters. The elegant handwriting belongs to Tham Lan. The neat handwriting belongs to Tiet Do. "Sister is always cold on the outside, but I didn't expect to be so in love with you.
Are you touched?" "Thinking about it all day long, it's so annoying." My hand holding the piece of paper trembled slightly. A noise was heard from outside. It was Tiet Do. "Tham Thanh, are you in there?" I immediately put down the piece of paper. I grabbed the wet clothes and placed them on the back of the chair. "What's the matter?" Seeing me, Tiet Do breathed a sigh of relief. Then he frowned again. "Tham Thanh, in the future, can you not stop?" Are children like that anymore?” “Me and Tham Lan were leaving when we discovered she had disappeared. Did she know we were worried?
How much?" Worried? I looked at the bag of sugar cakes he was holding in his hand. Didn't say anything. Worried about me but still had the mind to buy sugar cakes. Does Tham Lan like to eat first? Tham Lan poked her head out from behind Tiet Do's back, hugged my arm coquettishly. "Sister, tonight I want to eat the fish you cooked." There was still the sweet smell of cake on her body. I instinctively avoided it. Tham Lan blinked. "Sister, what's wrong?" I bowed down. head. "I'm tired, let's do it another day." Tiet Do sneered. "She's sick every day, she doesn't do anything, but still
Are you tired?" Tham Lan rolled up her sleeves and pretended to hit him. "How dare you speak to my sister like that?" Tiet Do rolled his eyes. "What does it have to do with me if I say my wife?" The two were joking as they left the courtyard. Tiet Do still didn't forget to throw back a sentence. "Quickly send someone to the fish store to buy a live fish, it won't be fresh anymore!"02There's no fish at dinner. Tiet Do's hand holding the chopsticks paused for a few moments. seconds. "Where's the fish?" Tham Lan immediately shouted. "Sister kindly kept me here to eat, are you still picky about fish? Are not
Get out of here!” Tiet Do looked at her for a long time, then finally sighed. “You have no conscience. Just now, weren't you the one who insisted on eating fish, causing Thanh Thanh to have a hard time?" "Who are you talking about? Apologize to my sister!" Their chopsticks hit each other again. I sat next to each other, not saying a word. Obviously they were both protecting me. But in my heart, I was both bitter and choked. A meal without knowing what it tasted like. Midnight. I lit a lamp, went to the study room. Take the thick stack of peach blossom paper and go. Five
Last year, I was taken to my ancestor's house in Jiangnan to recuperate. During a heavy rain, I suddenly had a high fever. Tiet Do carried the doctor on his back and ran from the east side of the citadel to the west side of the citadel, almost being swept away by floodwaters. His grandmother said that although he came from a poor background, he was extremely talented. She immediately arranged a marriage contract for the two of us. After being engaged for three years, I wrote six hundred short letters. Initially, there was only his handwriting on the paper. I wrote: "It's okay if you don't pass the exam, I believe in your talent." He replied: "Thanh Thanh is calm,
My heart is at peace." But half a year later, Tham Lan arrived from the capital. Knowing that I was engaged, she insisted on going to see me. "You have to see who dares to compete with you for your sister!" When I left home, she was only ten years old. After five years of not seeing each other, our relationship is not close. But after all, Tham Lan is my biological sister. Thinking that in the future we will also become family, I immediately introduced the two of us. Unexpectedly, right away. The first time they met, they argued. Tham Lan stomped her foot angrily. "One guy
How dare you dream of my sister?" Tiet Do was also angry. "Are all the capital's young ladies so stubborn, only knowing how to disturb the family?" I flipped through each piece of paper, until I saw Tham Lan's handwriting for the first time. "My sister has a soft temper, you must not bully her." "What's boring, that's called three obediences and four virtues. Don't you men all want to marry a piece of wood like that?" "Even dogs don't bother to read women. You think only men can
discussing about heaven and earth?" "Hey, we are sisters. If you dare to compare us, if you let my sister think too much, I will beat you."... The last page was about the peach blossoms on the mountainside that had bloomed. I pinned a flower inside. Tiet Do wrote: "After all, she has never read a book, and when she saw the peach forest, all she could say was 'so beautiful'." Tham Lan replied: "Sister's health is not good, but she believes that a woman without talent is virtuous." "Forget it. After she marries me, I will leave her at home to take care of things
home. Leading me out will only make me lose face." I closed my eyes. I felt a little unable to continue reading. Tham Lan's words were really ill-timed. But Tiet Do's words broke my heart even more. I sat in the study for a long time. Then I had the strength to stand up. I took all the papers away, locking them in the chest under the bed. The next day, I didn't go to the library. Before, every morning I brought a box of food there, afraid that if he didn't eat well, it would affect his work. study. Then tuck it in again
him a piece of letter. Tiet Do didn't say much, just smiled at me. But I will be happy all day. I didn't come, Tiet Do immediately ran to the hospital to find me. "Why are you so cold? Did Tham Lan make you angry again?" I bowed my head and played with the embroidery thread in my hand. "No." Tiet Do frowned, but quickly relaxed. "Tham Thanh, it's just that you think too much, not as simple as Tham Lan." "If she angers you, just say it straight, no need to keep it in your heart and blame her." I stopped the needle. "I really don't."
What fun." Tiet Do sat down opposite me. "Tham Thanh, since last night you have shown your face. Tell me, where did Tham Lan and I offend you?" "Yesterday's couple of bridegroom swallows were let fly away, I will hunt two others to pay for it for you. What do you have to calculate with your own sister?" 03 "I don't calculate." "It's obvious that you are calculating." Tiet Do looked at me, his tone extremely certain. The next second, his expression stiffened. I placed a piece of letter on the table. Above was a poem I once wrote: "The south wind understands my meaning, blowing dreams
to Tay Chau." Tiet Do wrote: "It's starting again. Can she stop thinking about men all the time and find something to do herself?" His hand on the table trembled slightly. He immediately snatched the piece of paper. "You went through my things?" I said: "Explain." "On what basis did you touch my things?" His face darkened. I felt amused when I heard it. "Your clothes and living expenses are all provided by the Tham residence. Is there anything that belongs to you?" "So I deserve to be humiliated and supervised by you?" "I should ask you this question.
right." I tapped lightly on the table. "In the end, who insulted whom? Having been criticized by you and Tham Lan like that, do you think you respect me very much? "Tiet Do looked at me for two seconds. Then he tore the paper in half. "So you are angry just because of this?" He seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. As if my anger was just a small thing not worth mentioning. The pieces of paper were blown everywhere by the wind. "Okay, I'm wrong about this. I just think that after all, we are all one family, just looking at it is nothing. If
If she doesn't like it, I won't let her see it next time." After speaking, he reached out to hold my hand. I pulled my hand back. His expression immediately changed. "It's happened, what do you still want? Do you still want me to kneel down and kowtow to admit my mistake?" "What's the point of kowtowing? We still have more than a hundred copies left. Even if you hit your head until it bled, you still wouldn't admit all your mistakes." He looked at me for two seconds. "Me and Tham Lan just talked a few words." "Talked about how stupid, stupid and self-indulgent I am."
"Finally, he waved his sleeves and left, his face extremely ugly. "Tham Thanh, you're really unreasonable." I looked at his back. It wasn't that he didn't know why I was angry. It wasn't that he didn't know where he was wrong. He just felt that I wasn't worthy of him bowing down. 04 Tiet Do and I started a cold war. Grandmother knew about it and immediately sent someone to bring me the marriage certificate. "I'm just a scholar, you decide for yourself." Three days. Later, Tiet Do arrived. He had a wound on his face and was carrying two children in his hand
The swallow was alive. "I sat and lurked in the mountains for three days to catch it. Tham Lan said it was more beautiful than last time, reluctantly meeting the requirements." "Since she nodded, you brought her to her hospital, why give it to me?" Tiet Do tied the wings of the two swallows, and upon hearing that, he raised his head. "Tham Thanh, are you planning on causing trouble forever?" My eyes fell on the swallows. "I only feel that if she likes it, Then you should give it to her." "She just considers it for you." "Yes, consider it based on her preferences." Tiet Do
Using force to tighten the rope, the swallow angrily turned around and pecked him. "Originally, you like to write these bitter, whining things. No one likes to see it?" Tiet Do said impatiently: