Chapter 30
Peach Blood
The news of JK's family reunion spread throughout the caves and alleys. The world was still shaken by the news of Hoang Kim's accident, and then a violent earthquake shook the earth.
Everywhere, in every country, every person, every family, whether eating or chatting was speculating and analyzing the ambiguous relationship between JK and Hoang Kim's mother.
This bunch of people mocked Mrs. Hang made mistakes with JK in the past, so was afraid to face her ex-husband. JK said family separated the two so that she would not be embarrassed.
Other people suspected that JK treated his old lover badly and the two broke up. Later years, JK regretted, so he received his relatives to make up for it for his descendants.
Those who defend women and those who flatter JK split into two factions and attacked each other from the virtual world to the real worldly. The never-ending war of words broke out into a media war, with newspapers, reporters, and television splash water with the rain, creating a storm of global public opinion.
Ignoring the world cursing each other over things that have nothing to do with them, the dreamers unreal become JK's lost descendants . The perfect dream of strangers is the nightmare of JK "family members", Ngoc's mother and daughter watch the live broadcast in the hospital with melancholy:
"Yes, viewers, the news of Hoang Kim's accident is still shocking, the whole world is in an uproar the incredible story of JK reuniting his descendants after being separated for thirty years. It was the widow and three daughters, all of whom were not famous. But the person who gave birth to the widow is also the mother of the world-famous star Hoang Kim, Mr. JK revealed that he and Hoang Kim's mother were separated by both parents, let forced marry other people. Mr. JK and Mrs. Hang could not go home together because everyone had their own family. Now, JK only cares about his youngest granddaughter who is seriously ill, so what is the specific situation? Everyone listen to Mr. JK's story!"
The camera is pointed at JK and Luu Ly. The little girl looks at the camera lens blankly. JK rubs his granddaughter's head. The old guy smiles gently like a model of a kind grandfather:
- Hello everyone, today is the happiest but most painful day of my life. After thirty years, the fallen leaves have returned to their roots, but I had to receive a shocking news that my youngest granddaughter had cancer. The little girl's blood is super rare, rejects her relatives' blood and bone marrow, so cannot undergo a bone marrow transplant!
JK cried with red eyes, the old guy let the hot tears slide down his melancholy face:
- I am looking for a suitable blood and bone marrow donor. Whichever hospital in the world finds the bone marrow, I will reward them ten times the cost of the bone marrow transplant and promote their image to the world, the individual who donates the bone marrow will become the core in the JK corporation, enjoy preferential treatment over all other employees, the descendants of that person will inherit the position unconditionally!
The audience mourned the bitter fate that teased JK. The melancholy people were commiserate that the petite and cute little girl was tortured by the disease. The realists called directly to encourage the spirit. JK bowed her head and thanked. The maternal grandfather reminded his granddaughter to be grateful for that heart. Luu Ly turned to the camera awkwardly and greeted everyone with her hands folded across her chest.
The mother and daughter of Ngoc cried, frustrations the image of Luu Ly timidly leaning on JK's heart. The little girl smiled carefreely at her grandfather, and JK caressed the little granddaughter's cheek affectionately. "Emotion" strangled the hearts of Liuli's mother and sister, and their wounded hearts tightened when JK mentioned family:
- Family comes first for me! God is unfair to Liuli, I want to go against God's will and seek justice for my granddaughter! Please everyone help me fulfill my wish. Thank you!
The evil ghost preaching fairness is like spitting at Thanh Hang. Woman who suffer injustice to laugh until exhausted, laugh until eyes crimson red color of resentment. She laughed until she knew nothing, and her crazydie laughter suppressed bitter choking cries. The grieving mother looked at her son who was struggling to survive.
The older brother waits for death every day, every minute, every second, the weak breathing on the hospital bed erodes mother's hope. The enemy tramples on pain arbitrarily to win the heart of the person was he tortures. The fake face drives Sam crazy, the resentment ignites the burning smoldering fire of anger, he aggressive want to settle accounts the perpetrator.
Huge frustrated with his sentience son. But the toughness from a father who was unstoppable could even incite violence. Only loving mother could help him calm down. The mother quietly touched her son's shirt and gently grabbed it like invisible, but Sam couldn't lift his legs that were as heavy as carrying stones. His hands trembled, he rubbed his head twisted it, mouth twitched wanted to scream, he patiently suppressed the sound of resentment.
Hanna is close to Thanh Hang, and is sympathy to Sam and his father, even make the stone statue emotional. But everyone lives in the belly and dies bring along the secrets of life. Couples live in the same house and sleep in the same bed, but still have different dreams and hide their privacy; parents and children grope for each other in the invisible distance. In the past, that distance separated her family's emotions. Now that invisible barrier separates Hanna from the people she respects.
She is a pure flower that has not given off all its fragrance, the fragrance that has been imprisoned by reason in the rules of etiquette, the tacit rules force her to live according to the will of those who impose the idea a bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit, the idea of not losing any human heart has bound her from childhood to adulthood.
The maturity of body and mind inadvertently makes people who come into contact with her doubt that the pure flower is fake, moreover, the family of "someone's back shadow" lacks "flower shadow", gentle flower can't yet fully exuded fragrance in that warm nest.
The flower is glum because she is just an outsider. She cannot and has no reason to feel their sad about the unspeakable confide. The flower has to wait for the person she cares about to open his heart to her.
At this time, she cannot comfort and encourage, and should not be curious about family secrets.
The flower quietly exudes her fragrance next to the one she cherish.
The fragrance dissipates the pain just like calling the dream back to the mother, the "truth" will come and express confided for flower.
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The path led to the desolate suburbs, surrounded by only trees grow chaotically, no one approached it every day, but today the cold place was "warmed" by the scorching heat spreading in all directions, on every street in the magnificent Capital, people more than that of grass ants crawl behind reporters and radio stations.
Vultures tightly surrounded the shabby house. The dilapidated place made the devil too lazy disparage and the ghosts not sulking was the focus of national attention. The world contributed joy with the rain of like, the stormily shooting hearts caused a storm of sharing, relay live broadcast special program:
"Family reunion - joy and tears!"
The busybody crowds be on tenterhooks, armed with iPhones, iPads and tablets captured scenes more interesting than the festival: cameras and flycams flew around the house, flashes flashing continuously to take pictures of the car carrying JK to the gate.
He got off the car, greeted everyone. The crowd applauded congratulated JK. He thanked and went into the home of his relatives, JK couldn't remember how many times had been here, he had experienced enough joy, anger, emotional, hate in a strange place, and now it became familiar.
All emotions are buried in the joy of reunion. The simple happiness of ordinary people is still far away for JK. His relatives were treated harshly by him, and they still haven't forgiven father and grandfather.
A drop of peach blood is more than a pool of raw water. Even though the hatred is deep in the bones, the victim still finds it difficult to deny that he is the offspring of the perpetrator, and the perpetrator is the flesh and blood of the victim. It is difficult for the victim to purify the dirty blood flowing in his veins. Turbid blood is not raw water for her mother and daughter.
The old guy is a devil, but he is not a stranger.
The old guy is was peach blood.
JK is not afraid of the offspring going crazy against the guilty father, because if they impulsive, secrets deep-dug and tightly buried are in danger of being stirred up, the vultures tearing the family apart, the mother and Luu Ly become scapegoats for the feast of pecking corpses, but JK is still afraid that the joy of welcoming reunion is more terrible than resentment.
Desperation forces him to not care about traumatizing his offspring again. Willing person become demons let to be with angel. There is no turning back for those who regard family as their life. The old guy is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Whether it is the light of heaven or the fire burning in hell, he must go to the place that is waiting for him to feel the deep affection of his own flesh and blood.
JK slowly raised her hand, hesitating and making everyone tense, the silence broke out in a loud cheer, and everyone excitedly took photos of the door slowly opening, the male crowd full of praise for the God given beauty for JK's offspring, the female doubled excitement, admirers, and jealousy that fate had given her mother and daughter everything they had dreamed of.
- Beauty is better than any other beauty woman!
- What did she eat to look so good? Beauty has taken away all the beauty of others, honey!
- The Miss must be jealous!
Women and girls shouted like they had met a world super star:
- Kya, I wish I were her!
- So beautiful! - A sexy girl doesn't want must also be praised - I am girl who is still fascinated, not to mention a group of lustful men!
JK was proud to hear worldly people praising his offspring. Calm on the outside to drown out the storm that waves in heart. The old guy looked worriedly at his relatives, tiredness instantly adhesive indifference on the faces of the mother and daughter. But JK still laughing and introducing his offspring to the world, the old guy tried to deceive the worldly people, but it was a pity that the thin cloth covering the saint of eyes was torn by the flatterers:
- Bang Suong, Tuyet Lan, my idols, I love sisters!
- She is indeed the daughter of someone else's family!
- The children of a family is not alike feathers also alike wings!
Praise accidentally blew cold air at her mother and daughter, the cold air instantly froze the feeling of disgust, and then covered the cold face with frost. Greatest fear pushed the old guy from heaven to hell, and carved sadness on his dry old face.
After a night of nightmares, wrinkles traces spread on JK's face, but he was still happy in front of the public. The happiness of reunion erased the pain and helped him confidently share the happiness with the world.
Everything was ruined at the last moment, JK silently cursed the people who were busybody, patting his butt, the flattering words poured a bucket of cold water on JK's descendants, the cold water immediately froze the stiff smiles on the lips of the mother and daughter, the joy of reunion was drowned in the heart-wrenching cold. It was so cold that they lost all sense of the world around them.
The flash captured an image of these body without a soul, everyone from reporters to gossipers squinted and frowned at this unusual attitude. Loud whispers big and small echoed everywhere:
- It's strange, the family is reunited, but why is JK the only one happy?
- You see, the cold and heartless JK descendants treat their relatives as if they are their enemies!
- JK left his wife and children because his parents forced him to, he did not abandon his offspring, mother and daughter should not blame the person who gave birth to them like this!
Gossip is the savior who pulls him out of the cold ice cellar. Discuss turns into fear for the girls, mother and daughter worry that their families and "relatives" will be spit by the mouths and tongues of the world, burying the family in the quagmire of humiliation. Fear repels the indifference that spreads on the girls' faces, forcing the "descendants" to show "kinship" to greet "fathers and grandfathers."
Ignoring the forced smiles of her offspring and the suspicious whispers in the prying crowd, JK was as happy as if it were a festival, put her arms on the shoulders of her relatives. They body trembled slightly under the hands of the devil, was forced to draw a face that would please the world, but could not erase the disgust in her mother and daughter's memory.
The disgusting look of contempt flashed and then disappeared immediately. JK carefully video-called the hospital to let blindfold worldly people eyes. Luu Ly smiled brightly at her family. The little girl raised her eyebrows and looked at her mother and sister who were smiling gently.
That smile was soaked with bitter tears sadness because daughter - the younger sister became a tool to cover up the sin. Anguished hatred dyed their eyes red, the mother and older sister suppressed their anger and laughed with the little angel.
- Oh, why are mother and sister crying then laughing again?
Mother and older sister wiped away their tears and told lies:
- Mother and sister did not cry, our house was filled with cars, dust got into our eyes!
Lan sisters tried to swallow the grievances that were choking their throats, Lan said softly:
- I and mother smiling because you being having fun!
The crowd fell silent, the excited cheers disappeared in the quiet atmosphere, and the melancholy people secretly wiped away the sad tears of sympathy for the pitiful fate. People who doubted JK's family affection now bowed their heads in shame because of the pain of the family of exemplary man.
- Worried about Luu Ly, the mother and daughter are like lost souls!
- But why were they so cold towards JK at that time?
- Tsk, this old woman! JK family not yet painful enough? Why are you still have silly questions?
- That's right, I heard that the hospital hasn't found a suitable bone marrow yet, and Luu Ly only has three months to live. People are worried about their loved ones, so it's normal to feel melancholy and confused, anyone who loses his soul also create a cold feeling. Stop being suspicious, stop touching sadness!
The mother and daughter of Ngoc ignored all the discussions, they only cared about Luu Ly. JK ignored it as if he didn't hear it, the old guy happily chatted with his youngest granddaughter, the vultures would not let go fat prey, gathered in groups, quacking asked:
"Sir planning to have family reunion party?"
"Sir, where is the organization?"
"You are Mrs. Hang's ex-husband, and you are considered a Hoang Kim stepfather. Do you know Hanna Izumi?"
"Sir, I see your granddaughter looks familiar. It seems that Lan sisters were once national champions in martial arts and kendo?"
Everyone was amazed yelled, repeatedly pressing buttons to take photos and record Tuyet Lan and Bang Suong. The young men yelled frantically, express one's feelings to two princesses jade leaves and golden branches, beautiful and talented.
JK ignored a bunch of inelegant questions, and the last sentence hit the psychology of liking monumental and pride about relatives, he wanted to show off his obedient kind and talented granddaughter to the world, but the Lan sisters were not greedy for fame, the old guy had to postpone the joy by making an appointment:
- Thank you to everyone who has shown us care and love! Sorry, my family wants to chat after 30 years of separation, so I can't answer the interview. See you on the Internet. I will let you know the time later. Sincerely thank you!
The word cleverly chase away cause crowd loss of interest, and the disappointed crowd pulled each other leaving, there was no one around the house, JK said goodbye to Luu Ly, the old guy turned off the phone, tiredly take it off friendly mask.
The mother and daughter's stiff smile disappeared, and they went into the house silently. The door was not closed, the road was wide open, but the devil who was trying to become the dearest person was not welcome.
The devil wants to be one family with the angels, so the masquerading to be a human must become a normal human like everyone else, but the person who wants to be a human throws his offspring to the worldly people to eat meat hiding his sin.
The devil is still a devil.
Devils cannot become human beings, don't expect to wash away the sins that have dirty tainted peach blood.
JK entered the house and saw Anh Dao to watch laptop, she stood up to greet him, JK nodded in response, smiling slightly instead of thanking her for her advice to the mother and daughter of Ngoc. Anh Dao has close relationship with offspring, so last night JK called to ask her to persuade his relatives to accept him.
JK did not ask her for help, Anh Dao did not want to see old guy lose face in front of the world. The blonde patiently chose the pros and cons analysis, warning that if JK was exiled, they would all die with him, so they must accept the devil as their father and grandfather.
- I accept it no matter how the children torment, torture, and curse me! - JK lowered his head in melancholy, bitter sounds choked the hoarse voice - Please don't be cold to me!
The fierce screaming wind suddenly stopped, and the howls animal suddenly became silent. Nature, all things and the victims were silent. There was no anger, no curse, no chase away, only silence. Silence locked JK in a cold ice cellar.
It is better to be clumsy and sincere than to be wise and false, the intelligent old guy blames himself for being too wise and becoming false. The old guy miserable calculates, refuses to feel, listens to "reason mind", finally the false subtle leads to the premature death of sincerity.
Reason mind is the guiding light of JK's life. The moment the steel spirit was broken, the person who always despised feelings was sadly regretted, the proud hero JK never gave in to anyone, but now he bowed his head again.
Reason mind forced JK to force his offspring to accept him, the old guy gave up his sincere feelings and let reason please his relatives, the father wanted everything to be perfect in order to have hope of redeeming sins, unfortunately reason could not lead the way to the bleeding heart.
That heart is not far away.
But only feelings can touch it.
The girls quietly returned to their rooms. JK remained motionless, watching the shadows of his descendants, the old guy looked sadly at the unfinished meal of vegetables, melons, soy sauce and eggplant, the meager dishes had long been foreign thing to JK, now they became a luxury dream for those who longed to be with their descendants.
JK didn't want to show weakness in front of anyone, but bitter tears soaked his gloomy face, heavy eyes suddenly blur the picture of his children and grandchildren playing, and father enjoying happiness with a tray of light rice.
Cold food, an empty heart.
A person who is lonely in the home of relatives must walking alone and leave alone where he is not welcome.
This place welcomes "dearest person", do not accept the devil.
This dark place only illusions surround the minds of reason minds people.
This place without light, there is only cruel reality and no unrealistic dreams.
The devil is determined to return to being a human being and turn his dream into reality.