In the house, hearing his voice, he silently raised his head to see him and a young man who was a bit familiar with his eyes. When the second brother Canh Minh saw him, he immediately wished he was not very happy, gave his brother a look that scared him, a gentle hand patted his shoulder, his sister-in-law smiled gently like a teacher towards him to cheer him on.
Everyone was already sitting in the living room, the two children in the house did not rush into his lap, but they slowly walked over as if afraid that he would startle and timidly look at that round belly. Their eyes sparkled, wanting to touch it to see if it was real. Thanh Nhan glanced at his younger brother and then both of them looked at his uncle curiously, obviously a boy but pregnant.
Canh Yen pulled him to sit down, he was a bit bored with those serious eyes. Looking over at his dear sister, wide-eyed asked why he said all that. Cat Vy shrugged to show that it was not intentional. Dong Khanh saw that the atmosphere was not good, knowing that he was the bad guy who made his son pregnant, of course, he had to be responsible for them for the rest of his life. The child hugged Canh Yen to his chest, solemnly said: "Ignore everyone's ban, I've fallen in love with Yen, I will be responsible for her life."
The air fell into silence again, the footsteps of the maid could be heard in the distance. Because of this tense atmosphere, he was a little scared, looking at everyone seriously without saying a word, looking at his sister for help but his third sister glanced away and didn't care. For a long time, Grandpa couldn't help but laugh loudly, patted him on the shoulder, and said:
"Okay, this guy is okay. This little Yen will give it to you." After talking and laughing, he was really satisfied with him, good appearance, good job, good temperament. What else can I ask for, later my grandson has a partner next to him to avoid being alone in the night, having a small child running and jumping to make the whole family happy. Such a family is enough, loving each other is family. I bet this kid will do what he said he would.
Canh Yen heard him say that and wanted to hug him a few times, and his parents sitting across from him also smiled with satisfaction. He knew that his parents must have gone online or asked about him before the two of them came, his reputation was very good, of course, he received the satisfaction of his two parents. Canh Yen for some reason breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very lucky.
Glancing over at the second brother, he didn't know why his brows were so dark that he didn't seem very pleased with him. Canh Yen tugged on his shirt, making a very pitiful face to look at. Canh Minh didn't pay attention, didn't care about him in the slightest. People do business, of course, he knows some love relationships, he has a family early so he doesn't want to get involved, but Dong Khanh he knows is a relationship with many people. To put it bluntly, my younger brother is even more formidable, but the brother who always covers for his younger brother, and the name that suddenly appears will be the object for him to scrutinize. Unacceptable.
His mother looked at him and saw that he was so handsome like an actor, happily asked about all kinds of things, from time to time lamented about her mean little son. She smiled softly, looking at her interlaced hands over there, her smile even more reassuring. Knowing that my son has someone in his heart, is about to have a family of his own, will no longer do bad things, or do not think about things anymore. As a mother, she is very happy about that.
Talked a lot, asked about him, about work, or the future.
Canh Minh asked: "When are you planning to get married?"
"It's just a formality, let's take each other to register for marriage. At the wedding, invite a few friends to open a small party to announce it." Canh Yen also doesn't like the hustle and bustle, the wedding day is important, he doesn't want to turn it into a day to make money. Invite some old friends, invite a few acquaintances to have a glass of wine to celebrate, everyone is happy for them, not a few clichés.
The family did not comment on his intentions, they found it very good. Dad asked a little more about the family situation on the other side, intending to talk to each other when they are free. Although it is not a big job, it must have relatives on both sides. Suddenly remembering a problem that made him itch, he immediately asked: "Is the child a boy or a girl?"
Canh Yen stammered: "I don't know, I'm glad I didn't ask after giving birth."
"Whatever boy or girl. Let me find some good names for you." After saying that, I immediately turned on my phone to check if there were any names, I really couldn't wait to see my grandson's face.
Feel free to laugh and joke with each other a bit, get closer and call your father to call your mother, Dong Khanh is not forced to call Cat Vy as the third sister and Canh Minh is the second brother. Cat Vy heard someone older than her call her sister, but she didn't know what kind of taste she had, but she was sad over there. He laughs a little teasingly.
The family dinner was warm, and after eating, everyone went out to watch TV. On New Year's Day, everyone is very free, sitting and talking about something, or feeling too bored, they pull out a deck of cards to play and entertain on Tet. Canh Yen saw him smiling and laughed as well.
His family did not bring he is warm, let me and my family bring warmth to him. Canh Yen thought I don't know when he had such a thought, but he never found an excuse to deny it.
If you like it, what's the point of saying you hate it, right?
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On the third day of Tet, the four best friends gathered again, of course, this time they had to bring their lover to debut. I thought Bao Hieu would bring the young teacher Ho Tuan Duong, but who expected to bring an unexpected person, Phung Tien.
This Phung Tien is a very famous person, his age is approximately Dong Khanh. Outwardly handsome and handsome, many people want to fall into their hearts and beg for love. This guy is the chairman of a large corporation, he is very talented himself, his family is from the military, so money has power.
According to the information that Nhim has, that name Ho Tuan Duong is a bastard who slept with students, but Bao Hieu was discovered, so he hated it and didn't care anymore, he was accused and is now waiting for the court to judge. that judgment. As for the three who pursued him, he rejected one, one of them suddenly found his 'mistress'. Thanks to that, he realized who he liked and tried to love.
That's fine, to be honest, if Bao Hieu was serious, it would be fine. The love story he did not dare to say, but he knew that Phung Tien would not hurt his friend. I don't know where he got that belief, but from childhood to adulthood, he never looked at the wrong person.
Dinh Tu, of course, brought his sister. Four friends now all have lovers, no longer lonely in the middle of life. Canh Yen laughs happily, talking about what he plans to do next year.
He plans to rest until the baby is born, work as before, at home, send anything to the company later. Dong Khanh also agreed, if you want to go to work, then wait until the child is older, stay at home to work, not afraid of losing skills, and can earn more income by yourself.
Almost everyone has ideas for themselves, Bang Du and Dien Ky intend to buy a piece of land to plant trees to sell for spending money. Dien Ky herself has had research achievements and was sent by the school to study abroad for 5 years, intending to go at the end of next year. Every time I hear about this, Bang Du feels extremely sad, thinking about buying a house over there for 5 years, waiting for his wife to study.
The worst is Bao Hieu, he has a job, so all plans must be checked in advance. These two are both busy people, at most spending time with each other at night. Bao Hieu said it was okay, Phung Tien had no idea, saying that as long as he had a loved one next to him every night, he was fine. That said, those roads are full of thorns.
The only male and female couple was still bland as usual, with no love intentions at all. To say it like Cat Vy is, sweet night and day, love is love, think in advance what to do.
Suddenly, the phone rang, Bang Du frowned, opened it, heard the sound of crying in the distance, and a confused voice rang out: "Brother two and three are hospitalized for an emergency." He didn't stop listening, he stood up, hurriedly pulled Dien Ky to run away, his face was full of fear.
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The hospital was bustling, outside the emergency room was full of people waiting, when Bang Du arrived, he saw his daddy panicking back and forth, Tho was crying red with eyes still holding her face and sobbing in his papa's arms, Soc was impatient and wet, holding her sister and waiting. A tense atmosphere enveloped him, like a black curtain enveloping his whole house.
The emergency room lights are still on.
Dien Ky knew that he was very worried, quickly grabbed his hand and pulled him to sit on the chair. He is calmer himself, he knows that Uncle Lan's health is very bad, according to Bang Du, he just needs to go out in the sun for a bit and he will faint, recently he said again, just need to be over 50 years old. will be completely healthy, will not be sick anymore.
He remembered that there was only a week left until his birthday, the party had been planned, but he did not expect this to happen.
Bang Du panicked, he couldn't believe that everyone was so protected from the disease that his papa could still fall ill. It was like a doll being wound up, and when the rope ran out, it stopped and fell and couldn't get up. Burying his head on his shoulder, he heard the small cries of his two brothers, his heart was even tenser.
Suddenly, a hand gently stroked his hair, and Bang Du suddenly realized that he was still here. A little peace of mind, papa will be okay.
Dien Ky patted him, eyes still on the closed room, secretly praying that everything inside is fine, otherwise, Bang Du will hurt the two children will cry all their tears. You don't know what his illness is, but it's probably a very strange disease, and could cause him to collapse at any moment. He had heard him talk about this before, and he knew well that the family's biggest concern was for him.
"It's okay, he's very kind, God won't be unfair to you." Gently comfort. He seemed to hear his answer, his hand still holding his hand like a tranquilizer.
After a while, Canh Yen and the others also ran over. When she heard the news, Canh Yen was so shocked that she got pregnant, and immediately brought it to the emergency room always safe. Cat Vy coaxed the two children, everyone once again fell into silence and waited.
Everyone waits, waits, waits...
Almost 4 hours later, that door opened. Hoang Nguyen was the one who jumped forward, his arms were clenched into fists, his face was straight with fear, those black eyes were full of sorrow, wanting to take the pain of the one he loved.
He couldn't forget that scene.
The two were walking in the apricot forest, suddenly like a power outage, Lam Bang fell. The whole body was cold, the face was white, but the frowning eyebrows seemed to be resisting something. This person's illness was his illness. At that time, his mind was blank, he didn't know what to do but call the person's name.
Lam Bang... Lam Bang...
Lam Bang, please wake up, stop joking. Only 7 days left, only 7 days left...
The doctor came out, Mr. Diep and An Binh faced the pleading eyes of everyone outside, but didn't know what to say, Mr. Diep still walked over and said tiredly: "It's no longer critical. A week later, must do our best to follow up, not be late for a second." Just hope to completely overcome the danger of fate.
Mr. Diep and An Binh went back to their room to rest a bit, Lam Bang was still in a special treatment room that had not been allowed to visit relatives. But when they heard that they had passed the critical situation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Hoang Nguyen ran to do the procedures, he wanted to go in with Lam Bang. He was afraid of being alone, he would be afraid, he would be cold. He wants to be with you.
Seeing his overbearing daddy struggling so hard these days, Bang Du couldn't help but laugh, he squeezed his hand and mumbled: "Because of him, papa like this. If it wasn't for him forcing me to If papa gets sick, papa doesn't have to bear these things." He resented his daddy.
Dien Ky saw him for the first time, panicking to reassure him: "Nhim wakes up."
Bang Du laughed, he was extremely calm, just wanted to talk, held his uncle's hand, and said: "Ky, you know? My papa was raped by my dad when he was young. At that time he was still young. very young, only a few days past the age of 20, still very young. My daddy had sex with him, to the point that he didn't want to live anymore. My daddy was so oppressed that he became ill, and then he could not be treated anymore. "
"Once upon a time, I thought daddy and papa were great, they loved each other, they loved me. I always admired that feeling, until that guy told me everything. My daddy was a bad guy, really bad, bad. Why are you treating me like that? Then, every time he's sick, he makes a painful face? It's funny."
"You know what I was born to do? Just to hold my papa's feet, my papa was afraid that he would slip away from his control again. I was born like a rope that binds his papa's feet, let him. He can't run away anymore."
He talked, talked as much as his memories on behalf of his papa. The person he loved since childhood, the person who always smiled gently at him, the person who was always there to protect him, the papa he loved the most, but every time he was in pain, he couldn't share it.
He told many stories, from small to large.
Like, 17 years ago, he was only 7 years old.
That year, his papa was asked by the government to do something, at that time Nhim was young, Nhim didn't know that papa would be away for a while until papa investigated again, he found out that his papa was asked to be a spy to infiltrate. an international terrorist organization. At that time, daddy also went with papa.
The two of them had been gone for a long time, he clearly remembered that they had been gone for 3 months straight. No news, no one knows where they are. He overheard the conversation of some adults, his daddy lost contact with him.
Then, a month later, a younger brother was born. The newborn Soc was still red when he was picked up by Mr. Diep, he looked at the baby in the cradle and remembered where the two fathers were and did not know. Another two weeks passed, and his daddy returned home, but there was no papa. When asked, his daddy evaded, saying that he could not return when he was busy, and he also believed it.
Then another month, another month passed. By the time Soc was half a year old, he was able to crawl back and forth, but he still hadn't met his papa.
One day, my daddy said to take him and me to see papa. Going to a strange hospital, brought up to a very high floor until standing in front of the iron door, his daddy told him: "No matter what you say, or do, don't provoke to call a doctor, remember? "
He did not understand, until he carried Soc into that room, his papa was sitting with his back to the window, his hair has since grown to his waist, blowing in the wind. As if he heard the door open, he turned around, saw him, smiled as gently as before, said: "What a beautiful child, what is your name?"
The child, when he heard the papa he waited for so long, suddenly the day he met again did not recognize him. Heartbroken, he remembers crying at that time, asking his papa if he didn't remember him, but his papa just tilted his head in confusion, he said, "That's so, I don't have children yet."
He remembers falling into his papa's lap and crying, when Soc saw him crying, he cried along. Dad still gently coaxes them, but he doesn't remember him. Just like that every day he comes, bringing Soc. Soc is very spoiled, since being held by their papa, they will not let anyone carry them, crying and refusing to drink milk. Daddy has to hug every day to calm down a little, then cry again.
Daddy is also very grumpy.
Papa didn't like daddy, he never saw his daddy in his room. Papa also rarely mentioned him, seemingly avoiding him.
And then, nearly half a year later, the three memories have also returned to normal, but their health is no longer good. Papa is very sick, sick a lot, hot is sick, cold is sick, sick is not cured.
Bang Du was just as relaxed as he was radiating his frustration, he didn't cry, but his heart hurt like he was crying. Dien Ky sat next to him, still quietly listening to him tell his story, wrapped his arms around his back, and gently comforted him.
This is a golden time, Mr. Diep and An Binh don't seem to dare to go to rest, uncle Tam Kinh went out to visit and heard the news running back to coordinate with the team. Keep an eye on people, as long as you see a slight increase or decrease in blood pressure, you have to call someone to visit, everyone is very thorough and takes care of him.
A week is said to be very short, but for this family, it is a very long time. The struggle for life in the early days was not much, but from the fourth day, it was like fighting with the god of death. Dien Ky witnessed with his own eyes that he was as if he was fast asleep, but slightly frowned, and then suddenly had an uncontrollable convulsion.
Panic and crisis are things that everyone feels, until these days, Tho has become more mature, does not cry or coddle anymore, she calmly runs back and forth, worried about his papa. Sitting silently in the far corner, she did not dare to ask everyone how her papa was, she was afraid but hid it in his heart. She knows everyone is afraid.
When she was a child, she asked uncle Vuong Minh why her papa was sick, and he told her a strange story about a family that made a pact with a demon. A farmer, out of greed, went deep into the forest and prayed to a demon to give him money in exchange for his son. Money has, that son he does not need anymore, he will have many other children. The son who was traded as an object was constantly ill, then died at the age of less than twenty.
After that, every first son will be sick, sick from birth to death. They did not live past their twenties, becoming an obsession in the family. But the strange thing is that these people can't be thrown away by the family, just chased or hated, all money will be lost. The sick is like a bridge between the demon's magic and this family.
Time passed, this family was still rich, there were still sick people. Until one day a great master came to give the sick in the house a charm, remember that they will not be sick anymore, but cannot live past the age of fifty. But the other master said, if you live past the age of 50, you will no longer carry the curse and will be completely healthy.
She does not know if his papa is the next generation of that family, but he is afraid, afraid of losing his papa. Crouching in a chair, watching her daddy's face turn white, sitting in the distance, she knows that his daddy is extremely worried, extremely miserable. Two bothers couldn't help but walk around to erase the anxiety that was covering that.
An arm wrapped around it, it looked up, it was Ky. Dien Ky saw that the child was already red and dizzy but couldn't help but cry even more. Hold her in your arms and gently comfort her, this baby is still small, she shouldn't be able to hold back so much.
This golden time has many visitors, acquaintances, and close friends, who are anxiously looking at the other door. To Canh Yen a few days ago, she was shocked by a miscarriage and came to comfort her friend.
This is Saturday, the last day. Everyone watches the hours and minutes, the clock is running so slow that everyone holds their breath. That door has been closed for a long time, but there is no sign of opening, everyone is praying for it not to open.
Canh Yen leaned on Dong Khanh's lap to wait, he couldn't help but run over. Lam Bang, you consider him as your father, also loved and respected, now that you encounter such a thing, you can't help but worry and want to jump up. The watch on the hand was only 23 and a half o'clock, the whole day everyone stayed awake, not daring to accidentally fall asleep, everyone silently prayed for everything to go smoothly.
The clock ticked. The space was so quiet that it woke up, the big room contained a lot of people but no one said anything to anyone, all silently prayed.
The clock runs again, until the last minute is the time to fight the most fiercely with death, time passes by every second. People can't help but sob, the worry makes no one dare to think about the ugly future, but the more they don't want to think, the more they think about it.
Tick-tock, all looking at the clock on the wall, the last few seconds are like waiting for New Year's Eve to count the seconds. Everyone's heart is full of laughter, who thinks that just passing the number 12 is a friend, a brother, a papa of the people here who will still live without the torment of constant illness.
The second's hand gradually ran towards the number ten 12, only a few short seconds left.
5...4...3...2...1...0...
"The day is over." Someone whispered.
"It's over." Someone's voice is louder.
They all ran to the front door at the same time, and at the same time, the other door had just opened. Vuong Minh is not tired at all, still laughing and joking, as usual, nodding towards the hospital bed, since when did Lam Bang wake up. Still thin, still weak, wearing a baggy hospital gown, sitting on his knees talking to Mr. Diep. Lam Bang blinked her clear emerald eyes and looked at the door with a beautiful smile.
No one had time to respond, Hoang Nguyen rushed to hug him, Lam Bang felt his shoulder burn, hugged the other white hair, and said gently: "Now we can live together until our heads turn white already."
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In June, in the hot summer, the cicadas chirped loudly in the trees in the yard. In that beautiful little house over there, someone was shouting. Canh Yen had a stomachache and grabbed Dong Khanh's head and jerked it. Dong Khanh desperately wanted to die, quickly picked him up and jumped into the car, pressed the gas to the maximum, and ran to the hospital.
For the first time in labor, Canh Yen loved her mother even more. The pain wants to die over and over again, grumbling that she doesn't want to be pregnant anymore, I want to beat the name of the author that hurts me and dies.
The maternity hospital first accepted a pregnant male, so the team of doctors came very crowded. Everyone entered the delivery room, the doctor took him in. Dong Khanh was confused and held his hand, Canh Yen was in pain so he was very energetic, biting and breaking all kinds of things. The doctor below said that he took a deep breath and exhaled like, it hurts so much but who knows what. I don't know how long he's been inhaling, suddenly he feels cold and painful, and then the baby's heavenly cry resounds.
"Congratulations, that baby girl." The midwife took the baby, which had been washed, and brought it to him to hold.
Dong Khanh was overjoyed, hastily accepted, but was afraid that he would be too strong to hurt his child. Seeing this newborn baby still red and crying endlessly. Confused about being a father for the first time, he looked over at the boy who was still staring dreamily at the two of them. Dong Khanh leaned slightly and placed the baby in front of him on his chest. Canh Yen felt the weight, he reached out and gently touched his daughter, lovingly said:
"What's a girl?"
"Daughter."
"That's good, let's call it Su."
"Yes."
"Mom has chosen a few names for her daughter, I like the name Ha."
"So the name is Duyen Ha, Huynh Ngoc Duyen Ha."
"Ok, Huynh Ngoc Duyen Ha."
END.