Day… month… year…

– Why did you lie to me? Do you know that it will bring shame to the whole family? I told you if it is a son, keep it. If it is a daughter, abandon it. Because it will bring shame to me and this family. I told you so, but you still deliberately kept it. You have dared to lie to me for so long, where is the son? Tell me! Kill it for me!

– Brother! I beg you! It is our blood after all. Don’t do this to the poor child. – Her mother cried. – I beg you! Her child is innocent, don’t believe those baseless fortune-telling words, and abandon your own flesh and blood! I beg you!

– I don’t care, this consequence is your fault, you solve it yourself!

With that, the man left. Leaving the mother and child alone in the hospital, without food, without asking about them, without even taking care of them.

– Stop it, my child! Tai did not want to raise the child, so let his mother raise the child….

From that day on, he was forced to leave his mother’s arms and go live with his grandmother.

Time gradually passed, and everyone in the family forgot about his existence. No one remembered him anymore. His mother used to visit him occasionally, but now she did not come as often as before. She also did not care about him anymore.

Day…month…year…

– Hey guys! Let’s play hide and seek…

– Okay.

– So who closes their eyes first?

– Rock, paper, scissors for fairness!

The children all put their heads together to play rock, paper, scissors.

– Rock, paper, scissors… what do you get…? This does it come out.

… five… Ten… fifteen… Twenty… whoever can’t finish, open your eyes and look. One… Two… three…

It went into the old warehouse to find its friends, here, the grass had grown taller than its head, it was very difficult for it to step inside. Suddenly there was a rustling sound, a black shadow rushed towards it, covered its mouth, pressed it down on the grass, he was its neighbor. That person was six years older than it, his name was Duc, he was someone it admired very much, because he was handsome, studied very well, sang very well and was good at sports. Not yet over the horror, it saw, he started kissing all over its body, put his hand into its pants. It was scared, struggling in vain. A ten-year-old girl, how could she resist a sixteen-year-old young man. Struggling in despair, it kicked its feet wildly. Suddenly, that young man stopped. It gathered all its remaining strength, pushed him away and ran as fast as it could back home. Seeing it running like a ghost back home, its grandmother asked:

– What’s wrong with you? Why did he suddenly run like a ghost was chasing him?

He didn’t say anything to her, he ran straight into the bed, covered himself with the blanket, his small body trembling with fear.

Suddenly, Duc’s voice echoed from outside the house.

– Grandma! Where is Le?

– She’s in the house, she just ran back like a ghost was chasing her, I don’t know why. But why are you looking for her?

– Yes. I came to borrow her book.

– She’s in the house, go in and ask.

– Yes.

He heard footsteps approaching. He was scared, his body trembled when he felt someone sitting on the bed. He didn’t dare open the blanket, because he knew who it was.

– I forbid you to tell anyone about today’s events, okay! – A small threatening voice rang out. – Or I’ll kill you.

He unconsciously nodded under the blanket. He didn’t know if that person saw him nod or not. But he heard the sound of his footsteps fading away.

– Hello grandma, I’m home.

-Yes.

Day… month… year…

– Le come here, I’ll tell you!

She was still haunted by that day, she felt scared, scared of the young man standing in front of her. She timidly approached, whispering:

– Yes. You called me?

– Le! I like you. Since that day, I miss you so much, I can’t forget you. Be my girlfriend!

She was too young, so she didn’t understand what the two words girlfriend meant. She naively asked Duc:

– What is a girlfriend? We’re still friends.

– If you want to know, come here, I’ll show you what a girlfriend is!

She was scared and didn’t dare to come closer. Knowing she was scared, he gently reassured her,

– It’s okay, I promise I won’t do it like the other day. Come here!

She timidly approached, Suddenly he hugged her tightly, kissed her lips, and touched her all over. She was scared and struggled, biting his lips until they bled, the salty taste and fishy smell filled her mouth. He let her go, she ran away.

From then on, wherever she met him, she avoided him, despite his attempts to approach her, to comfort her, to touch her, to kiss her… His fear made her live a closed life, avoiding all men.

Day…month….year…

– Hu hu hu grandma! Come back to life! Come back to me! You left me, who will I live with? Grandma, wake up!

She cried and cried, then fell asleep without knowing it. When she woke up, it was already dark. Suddenly she heard her parents arguing:

– I don’t care, if you want to raise her, take her somewhere else to raise her. This house won’t accept her.

– I beg you! Now that her mother is gone, she has no other relatives but us. Please let her go home! It’s a pity to leave the child alone.

– You want him back, just take him back. If anything happens later, don’t blame me.

He said and left.

From then on, she returned home to live with her parents. But now, she became a stranger in the family, everything she liked had to be given to her younger sibling. She had to suffer everything, everything was taken away by her younger sibling. She had to endure bullying without daring to complain. If she was satisfied, it was fine, if she was not, her father would beat her mercilessly. There were times when her father stripped her of her clothes and chased her away. If it weren’t for the neighbors, who knows where life would have gone.

Her life gradually narrowed behind four walls. At school, she was an active, cheerful, and lively girl loved by everyone. But at home, she was a moving wall. Silent, neither speaking nor smiling. Saying yes, doing whatever she was told. She thought her life would go on like that, quietly growing up like that. But life is not as we wish…