Chapter 9 — Two Lifetimes to Be Perfect

Tham Nghien took two lotus-shaped lanterns and gave one to her: "The flower lantern can make wishes come true. You can write your wish on it and then drop it into the river." Lam Tri Thuc took the lamp, tilted his head to look at Tham Nghien's serious writing, then withdrew his eyes, picked up the pen and slowly wrote a few words on the lamp's surface. The two of them dropped the lanterns into the water and watched them drift away. Tham Nghien suddenly asked: "What did you write?" Lam Tri Thuc paused: "Hope everything goes well." She stopped for a moment and asked back: "What about you?" Tham Nghien lowered his head to look at her, in those eyes there was an extremely slow, extremely deep emotion gradually rising. He opened his mouth, his voice neither high nor low: "I hope you will be happy forever." Lam Tri Thuc's heart suddenly trembled, she frantically looked away. Tham Nghien tightened her grip and lowered his voice: "I know the previous events have hurt you a lot, so I'm not in a hurry. I'm willing to wait for you to slowly step out of the past, then slowly accept me." "If in the end you don't want to, the marriage can be canceled. I respect all your choices." Lam Tri Thuc lowered his eyes and looked at the water surface, remaining silent for a long time. At that moment, not far away, there suddenly came a chaotic scream: "It's not good! It's on fire! Get out of the way!" The crowd immediately rioted, running everywhere. During the chaos, I don't know who suddenly bumped into me. Lam Tri Thuc's foot slipped and his whole body fell straight into the lake. The cold lake water immediately swallowed her, cold air coming from all directions. It was as if she had returned to Princess Truong's palace in the past, when Murong Canh forced her to soak in water all day. That cold, she can't forget for the rest of her life. Her hands began to stiffen, her body sank uncontrollably. But at that moment, she heard the sound of water rolling up. Tham Nghien without hesitation jumped down and swam straight towards her. Through the opaque water, she watched Tham Nghien come closer and closer. In panic, the image of Murong Canh swimming towards her that day overlapped with the figure in front of her eyes. But this time, that figure did not pass by her side, but steadfastly swam straight towards her. He passed through the water, reached out to her, and firmly supported her sinking body. She looked at Tham Nghien's profile, as if she saw the scene in her previous life when he pushed open the door and rushed to hug her. Her consciousness gradually disintegrated, but there was no panic in her heart. She believes Tham Nghien will not let anything happen to her. Tham Nghien hugged Lam Tri Thuc and swam to shore, then ran like crazy towards the Tham residence: "Don't sleep, we're almost home." She lay in Tham Nghien's arms, listening to his words with worry, slowly closing her eyes. In her confusion, she heard Tham Nghien's panicked voice calling for the doctor. When I opened my eyes again, it was three days later. She tilted her head and immediately saw Tham Nghien standing guard next to the bed. His eye circles were blue and purple, his chin was covered with a layer of stubble, his clothes were still the same as he wore that day, wrinkled. Her finger moved slightly. Tham Nghien immediately recognized it and turned her head to look over: "You're awake? The doctor said that your body was seriously damaged. This time she fell into the water, cold air entered her body, and she needs to be more careful in nursing in the future." He paused for a moment, his voice lowered, full of self-blame: "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have taken her to the lake that day, then nothing would have happened." Lam Tri Thuc gently shook his head: "How can I blame you? Unexpected events no one can predict. The lotus viewing ceremony is very exciting, next time you will still take me along, okay?" Tham Nghien looked at her, his voice a bit hoarse: "Okay. Next time I will definitely protect you well and not let any unexpected things happen again." Mother Song leaned on her cane, carried a bowl of freshly prepared food, and walked in. Seeing Lam Tri Thuc awake, she breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank God, you're finally awake. Master Tham has not eaten or slept next to your bed for three days. No matter how much we advised, you didn't listen." Lam Tri Thuc's heart softened: "Go rest quickly. We have Mother Tong with us, it's okay." Tham Nghien shook his head and accepted the bowl

medicine from Mother Tong's hand: "Wait until you finish drinking the medicine, I will go to rest." He scooped a spoonful of medicine and brought it to her mouth. Lam Tri Thuc slowly drank each sip. The bitter taste spread in her mouth. Before she could even frown, a jam was put into her mouth. The sweetness gradually melts, overwhelming the bitterness that fills your mouth. She sucked on the jam, looked at Tham Nghien taking good care of her, and said seriously: "The day we released the flower lanterns, there were a few words I didn't have time to say." She clearly felt Tham Nghien's breath slow down, he looked at her a little nervously. “That day you said you were willing to slowly wait for me to step out of the past.” She looked into his eyes and said word by word, "I want to say, I walked out a long time ago." “I like Giang Nam very much, I also like you very much.” Tham Nghien's hand holding the bowl stiffened in place. After a long time, he opened his mouth, his voice incredibly hoarse: "Are what you said true?"