Name of the Beloved

That year, the love of Hoai Nguyet and Lo Phong could truly be said to be full of wind and snow. The eldest sister and the second sister in the dorm room all said that they didn't expect this girl to not fall in love, that once she falls in love, she makes people jealous, that she found the kind of boyfriend who makes waves in spring, admires lotus flowers in summer, is sad in autumn, and enjoys snow in the winter wind. Valentine's Day, Christmas, Nguyen Tieu, March 8th are all never missed. Candlelight dinners by the river are so romantic that they make everyone's eyes red.

Hearing that, Hoai Nguyet felt extremely sweet in her heart, only third sister Dang Duyen Duyen didn't think it was right. Hoai Nguyet is a simple girl, at home she is her parents' darling, in the dormitory she is everyone's youngest sister. It was not until her third year of college that she held the hand of a boy for the first time, of course that boy was the main one. is Lo Phong. That year, Hoai Nguyet was 21 years old, Lo Phong was already 27. A long time later, Hoai Nguyet realized that at 27 years old, Lo Phong could no longer be called a boy. Wherever Lo Phong goes, he is a sparkling diamond, has a good family background, and his parents are both university lecturers; Good education, graduated from a prestigious university in the US; good career, working as a lawyer at a famous law office; good appearance, absolutely considered a free-spirited jade tree in forestry. Thanks to these advantages, since high school he has been actively pursued by countless girls. His parents, one studying literature, the other studying civil procedure law, are both extremely serious people, but their son has a destiny that makes Professor Tan, his mother, extremely angry. headache. At that moment, Hoai Nguyet coincidentally came to the door. Hoai Nguyet's purpose for finding Professor Tan is extremely clear. In the second semester of my third year, friends in the dormitory spent all day discussing whether to take the civil service exam or take the graduate school exam. The Chinese Department is a public department, with no advantages when applying for a job. Hoai Nguyet's personality is naturally arbitrary. She feels that she is not suitable to be a lowly civil servant, so she does not dare to mess around in a state agency, but when applying to companies, most people only work as secretaries and students. So many years of literary history and literary criticism were completely wasted, so she was not satisfied. Therefore, she decided to prepare for graduate school. Whether doing homework or writing essays, Hoai Nguyet always tries her best, and indeed she gradually attracted Professor Tan's attention. One time, Hoai Nguyet hesitantly told her professor that she wanted to take the graduate exam, so when Professor Tan invited his graduate students to dinner, he often called her over. It was at a party at his house that Lo Phong met and immediately fell in love with Hoai Nguyet. Dang Duyen Duyen and Hoai Nguyet sleep on the bottom bunk. When Hoai Nguyet fell into love and couldn't find a direction, Dang Duyen Duyen always frowned and warned her that she could not love a lawyer, saying that ladies in divorce court liked to seduce young lawyers to have affairs with her. me. Dang Duyen Duyen's father is a lawyer. After the divorce, her mother married a beautiful young girl, so Dang Duyen Duyen has a deep hatred for this legal profession. At that time, Hoai Nguyet always said heartlessly, our Lo Phong will not be like that, he is not short of money. Only then did she realize how funny her sentence was. Men do not lack money to look for women. Although Lo Phong did not look for a divorced lady, he did seduce another woman. That woman ran to tell her that she was pregnant by her husband, and if she forced her to have an abortion, she would die along with the baby. Hoai Nguyet never thought she would actually commit suicide, because people who really want to commit suicide won't say it out loud. But her heart was cruel and cold. Lo Phong knelt in front of her and begged for a long time, but she still decided to divorce. That year she was 28 years old, her son Dau Dau was 3 years old. Hoai Nguyet is not from this city. After the divorce, her parents advised her to go back to her hometown and start over, but she couldn't bear Dau Dau. As long as she was in this city, she could at least watch him grow up. Dau Dau was given to Lu Phong to raise, the Lu family had a lawyer, and a teacher of lawyers, of course she couldn't dispute. But she didn't want to fight. Her teacher held Dau Dau with tears in his eyes and refused to let go. As a student, what else could she say? Lo Phong knew she was wrong, all the real estate and cash were given to her. Initially, they had a townhouse in the suburbs. They occasionally came to stay on weekends and usually lived in a 150 square meter apartment in an expensive subdivision in the city center. She couldn't bear to leave that townhouse, the vegetables in front and back of the house were all grown by herself, so she sold the apartment and completely threw it away like rags. In that apartment, she didn't know when there had been the smell of another woman. Just thinking about it made her feel nauseous. After knowing this, Lo Phong's face turned pale, knowing clearly that she had decided not to turn back. Hoai Nguyet used the money from selling the apartment and added a little money to buy two other apartments, one in a newly built house in the west of the city, 120 square meters, because it was a period of frozen real estate so the price was discounted. so many. Over the past few years, she has been influenced by Lu Phong a lot, thinking that depositing money in the bank is an unforgivable act of self-devaluation, and that only turning it into fixed assets is the best investment choice. Having this apartment can be rented or resold, you always feel more secure than leaving your money in the bank. Now, unlike before, she has to learn how to make money to take care of Dau Dau's future. Another apartment is an old 80 square meter apartment in the city center, close to where she works. Most importantly, downstairs there is a bus that goes directly to the adjacent house. When driving, Hoai Nguyet always feels stressed. She is a pure nerd. Although she has had a driver's license for 3 years, the number of times she has driven can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Over the past few years, Lo Phong has been very good to her. He bought all of her clothes, inside and out, and he took them wherever he went. During the divorce, Lo Phong wanted to give her the whole car but Hoai Nguyet did not take it, she felt that going to work by bus would be less worrying. "What's there to regret, that kind of scum!" Dang Duyen Duyen disappointedly lectured her, "Hoai Nguyet, now you have money and a house, start from scratch properly, 28 years old is not considered late, you can still be picky." Dang Duyen Duyen is a great beauty, her facial features are very beautiful, she is currently a television reporter, sometimes this face also appears briefly on the TV screen. Thuong Hoai Nguyet is still surprised, with her qualifications and beauty, it's not impossible to be a presenter, so why do she have to work as a reporter that no one knows about. "Idiot, do you think that you can be a host based on your good looks, beautiful face, and excellent qualifications as a student in the Chinese language department?" Dang Duyen Duyen appeared indifferent, "There must be support, if you are liked by any character in the station or by your superiors, people will naturally have to give way to you. It's a pity that this lady despises her." I want to serve those arrogant old men, it's so dirty." In the inner city, Dang Duyen Duyen has a 100 square meter apartment, of course bought for her by her father. She always spends money wastefully, in such a job position she always has to dress beautifully, and basically has nothing saved up. "It's the last time I get to tease the old man, so I have to be a little cruel." She looked very pleased, but deep down in her eyes, she looked hurt and couldn't hide it. After the divorce, Hoai Nguyet lived a very disciplined life, from Monday to Friday she went to work at a magazine editor, every other Saturday and Sunday she welcomed Dau Dau to her adjacent house, and spent the rest of the weekend with friends like Dang Duyen Duyen walks around drinking tea to kill time. After getting used to it, she felt that there was nothing bad about it, at least it was much more free and comfortable than before. Dau Dau goes to a 24-hour daycare center and only takes her home on Friday evenings. The three adults in the Lu family are usually very busy. When it's their turn to take their grandchild home on weekends, the grandparents wholeheartedly play with him, and also force Lo Phong to spend time with their son, which makes her feel a little uncomfortable. appease. She was most afraid that her child would be affected psychologically because of her parents' divorce, so she hesitated many times before, but now it seems that letting Lo Phong raise her child is not bad, at least she can force Lo Phong takes responsibility as a father. As for the future, she didn't want to think about what it would be like to wait for the woman to say that she was pregnant and give birth. A mother's love, anytime, anywhere, is devoted to her children. Surely that woman has already given birth? She thought coldly. Although because of Dau Dau's relationship, she often met Lo Phong, but Lo Phong was always very careful not to mention that woman's name, still not letting a drop of water slip through like before, hiding his love from her. Dau Dau pointed to his grandmother's house. Besides knowing that his father had left his mother for someone else, he had never even seen that woman's face. She speculated that this might be a compensation from her husband's parents for feeling guilty because she did not dispute. I wonder if that woman gave birth to a boy or a girl? She looked bewildered as she looked at the flower garden full of life and lush branches and leaves. When she gave birth to Dau Dau, the palace door was slow to open, and she was in pain for a day and a night. Lo Phong's impatient and pitiful appearance was still clearly visible before her eyes. Now, this pity is for someone else, thinking about this makes the corners of her eyes sting. "Mom, mom, you're too lazy to do anything." Dau Dau unhappily pulled the corner of her shirt, a pair of big dark eyes looked up at her, on her white face were two faint mud stains. Hoai Nguyet regained her composure, quickly opened the plastic bag in her hand and smiled approvingly, saying: "Look at Dau Dau, Mom has picked quite a bit! Is it enough?" After the divorce, because she could not get used to her new life, she focused on taking care of the flower and vegetable garden on the terrace. After Tet, she sowed peas and broad beans. By the 1st of May, the results had begun. After a week of returning, there were many very happy-looking fruits. When the series of townhouses in Kim Do flower garden started selling in the second phase, real estate was starting to fall into a period of decline. To attract buyers, the investor designed a flower garden of 100 square meters including the perimeter wall. Although it cannot be compared to the villas with 300 square meter flower gardens in the first sale, in the current real estate market, adjacent houses that can have such independent flower gardens are rare. When they bought this house, Hoai Nguyet was pregnant with Dau Dau. Lu Phong said that now, if the vegetables and melons do not have pesticides, they also have growth stimulants that are too standard. We will grow vegetables in this garden in the future. , ensuring your pet will be able to eat the safest vegetables and melons. Things are unpredictable, after only living for a year after renovating and installing the house, my beloved father has already found new happiness. Dau Dau poured the beans from his plastic bag into his mother's bag, looked for a moment, then shook his mother's head and said, "The teacher taught us to be generous when giving gifts to others. In case there are a lot of people in the neighbor's house, we give a little." maybe there won't be enough to eat." Hoai Nguyet looked at her son's mature appearance, smiled and said: "Good, good, good, mom picked some more. Dau Dau, are you thirsty? Let's go get a drink, okay?" The weather today is cloudy, neither hot nor cold, just the beautiful time of late spring and early summer. Cinnamon and jade orchid trees in the garden gently sway with the wind. The gentle wind blows fragrance from afar. I don't know which garden flowers are in full bloom. "Not thirsty. Wait until I finish picking beans and I want to eat ice cream." Dau Dau took the opportunity to make a request. He doesn't like to drink plain water. Didn't he work hard today? Of course he should be rewarded. "It's too cold, only in the summer can we eat..." Hoai Nguyet sat down to advise her son, but seeing the desire sparkling in her son's big, beautiful eyes, she immediately took off her helmet and armor: "Okay, okay, Let's just have a small cup!" Dau Dau smiled happily, not forgetting to flatter his mother: "Mom, are you tired? Do you need to rest for a while?" "Mom, I'm not tired, Dau Dau, let's pick some more, and when we're finished, can we also bring some to our grandparents?" She remembers that Professor Tan's favorite thing to eat is young peas. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not successful, but the relationship between teacher and student still remained. Tomorrow is the first day of summer. According to custom in this city, on the first day of summer you should eat beans. The kindergarten teacher gives the children homework: Bring gifts to visit the neighbors. Children are always very obedient to their teachers. Last night Dau Dau curled up in her arms and whispered to her, discussing with her what gift to bring. Hoai Nguyet racked her brain all night and finally remembered the beans. Silkworms in the garden are just being harvested. Although she has been here for more than a year, because she rarely comes here, she only knows that the house in the west is still unfinished, probably for speculation rather than living. The next house belongs to an old couple, who seem to have never been here since Tet. The house on the east side was completed more than half a year before anyone moved in. The female owner drove a red racing car, was about the same age as me, and several times stood on the other side of the wall and nodded to say hello. Dau Dau can only visit this house. This neighbor's flower garden also had a door but it was not locked like her house. Hoai Nguyet took her son's hand in. The garden was clearly designed meticulously by the architect, with rockeries and all kinds of ornamental basins, just looking at it you can see that it is expensive. What makes everyone even more surprised is that there are stone Buddha statues in the yard, both standing and lying, as well as bronze statues of men and women. Both the door steps and the porch are all antiques. Hoai Nguyet wondered how rich the people living in this house were, just the things outside this door were not ordinary. She picked up Dau Dau and rang the doorbell. At 4 p.m., she must have woken up from her nap, right? In her heart, she was still a little uneasy. People here are different from those in the inner city, most of them come here for the weekend, and they hate being bothered by others the most. There is no way to help my son complete his homework, so I have to try my best. After ringing the bell for a long time, there was no answer. Dau Dau's face fell in disappointment. Hoai Nguyet couldn't bear to look, so she put her son on the ground and comforted him: "The landlady of this house is not at home, I'll take you to another house. Look at it." See, that house in front is definitely occupied, look at the clothes hanging outside to dry." If you can't find a near neighbor, you have to find a far neighbor. As soon as mother and daughter turned around, the door behind them opened. "Who are you two looking for?" A man appeared behind the door.