Chapter 73:

Pulling the drawer, taking out the red box from the inside, Thanh Thu's heart kept pounding.

Swiping the pendant around her neck, Thanh Thu seemed to be filled with something, she smirked, pushed the drawer in, wanted to leave the room, and gave the box to Quoc Minh.

But as soon as he opened the door, Thanh Thu was dumbfounded: "Mother, mother..."

Mrs. Tran stood in front of her room, smiled as if she didn't look at the box in her hand, humorously said: "Is it a gift from your friend, what is it, can you show it to me?"

Not daring to argue with her, and not wanting her to find out about strange things, Thanh Thu was a little apprehensive.

Ms. Tran opened the lid of the box, and in her heart, a warning bell 'not finished' rang in her heart.

"Ah, it's a men's watch", Mrs. Tran knows and also deliberately teased: "Does your friend have a special idea, giving your daughter a birthday gift, but choosing a men's watch?"

Embarrassed, she stammered: "yes, this name enjoys a bit differently, mom don't pay attention".

"You have to pay attention, it's related to my daughter", pulling Thanh Thu's hand, Mrs. Tran sat on her bed, clapping Thanh Thu's hand, her voice full of laughter: "Let me tell you, just now you and your father  I went for a walk in the garden, and I saw a very good thing."

Thanh Thu was startled, her soul went up to the clouds, smiled and asked: "What's the matter, what's the matter?"

Seeing that her daughter was scared to death, Mrs. Tran did not joke anymore, straight to the point: "I see a couple of lovers hugging each other very affectionately, the other daughter looks a lot like her daughter".

"Tell me, you're dating a boyfriend, aren't you?"

"Mommy?!"

"Did you guess correctly?", she suddenly changed her face and became serious: "Did something happen to you two?", just now, she saw the two of them having very intimate gestures,  She was only afraid that her daughter would be disadvantaged.

"Not yet!", knowing that she couldn't hide anymore, she really told Mrs. Tran everything, also told her how she felt, hoping that Ms. Tran would not forbid her relationship.  surname.

"Mom, I don't want to be engaged to Tran Hao", nor do I want to be engaged to someone else.

Ms. Tran was silent for a moment: "How is his family?", if her daughter said she didn't like it, she would not force her daughter to do as she pleased.

That engagement is just a joke between two mothers, if they really come together, there is a good thing, it doesn't matter if they can't come together, she doesn't pay too much attention to this.

What she cares about is whether her daughter is happy or not.

"I don't know well, I heard that his family is not very good", not daring to look at Mrs. Tran's face, Thanh Thu lowered her face, her voice getting smaller and smaller: "His parents are in the countryside,  and he's up here studying and earning money to take care of his family, and life..."

"I don't know him well, yet I dare to develop a relationship with him", the family in the countryside, most of them have a lot of outdated prejudices, she does not equate them, but rather  Believe it is better than nothing, she does not want her daughter to suffer: "Daughter, or leave, people in the countryside live very hard, you can get used to it, if you love too much you can't leave, it's a mistake.  All my life, baby."

"Mother, no, Quoc Minh is very good", for some reason, she always told in her heart that he would be very good to her, the two of them should be together.

But saying this, no one will believe it, because they will think, she is too loved to think like that.

"How good can it be?", like Mr. Tong, she lives with him, loves him so much, she still can't trust him, yet her daughter trusts others so easily.

She is Thanh Thu's mother, understands her character best, once she has identified something, she will not change her decision.

Knowing that she could not advise, Mrs. Tran did not want her daughter to be blinded by love: "you will see, love is not always rosy, don't trust someone too much", another story.  In return, she will hand it over to Mr. Tong to decide.

"I'm back," the boy was still waiting in the garden, his face a little pale.

Thanh Thu looked at his face and worriedly touched his hand: "Why are your hands so cold?"

"It's just that the wind is a little cold tonight, it will be over in a while."

Thanh Thu's face was not good, she grabbed Quoc Minh's hand with both hands, trying to warm him up, until the hand was no longer cold, she let go, Quoc Minh did not volunteer, reversed, took his hand.  her: "where's your present?"

She said she would go get him a present, but since she showed up, he hadn't seen her bring anything.

Speaking of which, Thanh Thu hurriedly groped her coat pocket, took the box and passed it to him.

"Is it a watch?", or a brand name: "too precious, I won't take it"

"I gave it to you, but if you don't take it, you don't like what I gave you?"

"No", a little awkward, he shyly: "My gift is not worth it at all, if you give me such a precious item, I will be embarrassed."

Thanh Thu was silent for a few seconds: "Do you want to clearly distinguish the difference between us?"

"You don't have it".

Thanh Thu: "If you don't like it, you can throw it away, it's a men's watch anyway, I can't keep it"

Black line.

So your brother is female?

Even though he thought so, how could he dare to throw her things away, so he had to respectfully accept them, in front of her, he meticulously and carefully put them on little by little.

Somewhat out of habit, he kept touching his wrist.

He doesn't like to wear a watch, because it feels entangled, inconvenient, and has to go outside to change batteries from time to time, so he never used it in his previous life.

Seeing that he was uncomfortable when wearing a watch, Thanh Thu worried and worried: "Don't you like it?"

"No, I just don't have the habit, you see, I don't wear a watch."

Thinking is also true, Thanh Thu can't help but blame herself: "So ...", also because of her, not finding out what he likes, giving gifts according to other people's opinions, making him uncomfortable.

"It's okay, you'll get used to wearing time", he raised his wrist, to her: "so, every time I see the time, I will think of you", and then kissed the clock face.
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