WEBVTT 00:00:12.502 --> 00:00:16.002 Welcome back to the 9th hour. 00:00:18.931 --> 00:00:22.411 Ladies and gentlemen, a week has passed, summer is coming. 00:00:22.931 --> 00:00:25.611 Apart from the hot sun and occasional showers, 00:00:25.951 --> 00:00:28.391 Summer is also the season of farewell for students, 00:00:28.851 --> 00:00:31.451 It is also the reunion season of former students, 00:00:31.871 --> 00:00:36.071 of adults who want to find some memories of their white shirt days. 00:00:37.426 --> 00:00:40.326 Speaking of class reunions, we adults are quite excited. 00:00:41.126 --> 00:00:45.196 I myself am also someone who often attends class reunions, meets old 00:00:45.196 --> 00:00:48.926 friends, and recalls the innocent memories of my carefree school days. 00:00:49.646 --> 00:00:55.003 Not only that, at class reunions, we old people often tease and laugh at the 00:00:55.003 --> 00:00:57.146 failed love affairs of our youth. 00:00:58.186 --> 00:01:01.266 But not all love affairs at school age are rosy. 00:01:02.386 --> 00:01:06.506 Today, Ban Biet Lap received a very long letter from a male audience member. 00:01:06.506 --> 00:01:10.686 He shared a story that was very surprising and made us think. 00:01:11.506 --> 00:01:15.346 It's a love story from high school, his first love. 00:01:16.286 --> 00:01:18.626 That love seemed destined, not indebted. 00:01:19.406 --> 00:01:23.832 But after the class reunion, they reunited after more than 20 years of not 00:01:23.832 --> 00:01:27.626 seeing each other, and they once again had to face unexpected secrets. 00:01:29.536 --> 00:01:34.683 And without making you wait any longer, let's get to the story after the class 00:01:34.683 --> 00:01:36.056 reunion right after this. 00:01:45.533 --> 00:01:48.312 I have made appointments with my high school class several times, because I 00:01:48.312 --> 00:01:52.373 have been away from home for many years, sold my house in the countryside and moved to the city. 00:01:53.413 --> 00:01:56.213 More than twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. 00:01:57.233 --> 00:01:59.793 Only a few old friends in the countryside still keep in touch. 00:02:00.713 --> 00:02:03.493 It's been nearly ten years since I started using social networks. 00:02:04.253 --> 00:02:07.513 From then on, I kept in touch with my old high school friends. 00:02:08.473 --> 00:02:13.373 But I'm also busy and introverted so I rarely go online. 00:02:13.373 --> 00:02:17.874 So, it wasn't until my old class monitor called me and invited me to a class 00:02:17.874 --> 00:02:22.093 reunion that I had the chance to reminisce about my student days in the countryside. 00:02:23.313 --> 00:02:27.815 At that time, I was still a young boy with many dreams and ambitions and was 00:02:27.815 --> 00:02:31.753 also one of the young men that many female friends secretly loved and missed. 00:02:33.533 --> 00:02:37.327 On the occasion of talking about high school reunion, I remember myself that 00:02:37.327 --> 00:02:39.953 year as well as most 17 year old boys. 00:02:40.793 --> 00:02:42.173 Also have first love. 00:02:42.173 --> 00:02:48.313 But unlike childhood love affairs, my love story brought a lot of pain. 00:02:48.833 --> 00:02:51.653 It was a love that I always buried deep. 00:02:52.153 --> 00:02:55.233 Because if I bring it up again, I still feel the pain intact. 00:02:55.993 --> 00:02:59.575 And that's also one of the reasons why I don't want to go back 00:02:59.575 --> 00:03:00.853 to my high school reunion. 00:03:03.547 --> 00:03:09.807 I am Hoai, Vu's first love, and Vu is not my first love. 00:03:10.807 --> 00:03:15.107 It's been a long time, more than twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. 00:03:15.887 --> 00:03:18.787 We're all grown up now, and as far as I know, 00:03:19.187 --> 00:03:23.264 Vu is now successful, has a beautiful wife, smart children, and 00:03:23.264 --> 00:03:24.747 everything that people desire. 00:03:25.307 --> 00:03:30.391 I also silently thank life for giving him everything, so that he can be happy, 00:03:30.391 --> 00:03:31.747 because he deserves it. 00:03:31.747 --> 00:03:36.131 Since finishing high school, I have studied abroad and then 00:03:36.131 --> 00:03:37.447 settled in Japan. 00:03:38.147 --> 00:03:40.447 I got married and divorced a few years later. 00:03:41.167 --> 00:03:46.627 I have a son, and everything is fine with me, at least that's how I see it. 00:03:47.527 --> 00:03:52.087 In recent years, when my son has grown up, my life has stabilized in a foreign country. 00:03:52.727 --> 00:03:55.707 I'm single and free, so I often go back to Vietnam. 00:03:56.567 --> 00:04:00.747 Meeting old friends, they still talk about him, that's how I know. 00:04:00.747 --> 00:04:06.572 But I just leave it there, I don't want to reconnect, because I don't know what 00:04:06.572 --> 00:04:11.670 to do, what to say to each other, after so many years of silence 00:04:11.670 --> 00:04:13.127 and refusing all contact. 00:04:14.489 --> 00:04:17.253 The class president called me again at the beginning of summer, saying I 00:04:17.253 --> 00:04:18.529 was too distant from my friends. 00:04:19.429 --> 00:04:22.113 This year the class organized the last event, because his family also 00:04:22.113 --> 00:04:25.467 immigrated, there was no one to host the event, so he also wanted to meet 00:04:25.467 --> 00:04:26.809 friends again before going to America. 00:04:27.929 --> 00:04:32.349 I also had some free time and wanted to visit some places in my hometown, so I 00:04:32.349 --> 00:04:33.909 agreed and set the flight schedule. 00:04:34.989 --> 00:04:37.749 Honestly, I'm a little scared of class reunions. 00:04:37.749 --> 00:04:43.099 My college class is an example. People come and show off everything they have, 00:04:43.099 --> 00:04:45.009 and everything they don't have. 00:04:45.909 --> 00:04:48.569 The group had nothing to sit back and praise the group to become a million. 00:04:49.469 --> 00:04:53.789 Just like that, alcohol, men and women began to reminisce about the past. 00:04:54.529 --> 00:04:58.889 Then those who used to have feelings for each other, now it's like fire near straw. 00:04:59.489 --> 00:05:03.499 What kind of people are you? Those who used to be ordinary and no one paid 00:05:03.499 --> 00:05:07.509 attention to them, but now have a little success and their appearance has changed a lot. 00:05:07.749 --> 00:05:09.669 There is also the matter of fat filling and talismans. 00:05:10.669 --> 00:05:13.709 And then, what happens after that, only God knows. 00:05:15.069 --> 00:05:17.849 Maybe I'm the type of man who is picky and difficult. 00:05:18.649 --> 00:05:21.846 So every year when I go to class reunions, there are a few friends who 00:05:21.846 --> 00:05:24.829 look at me with expressive eyes and longing, and then bring up old stories. 00:05:25.189 --> 00:05:29.269 When I got home and texted him to ask, my heart was still cold and emotionless. 00:05:30.509 --> 00:05:34.417 So, for me, class reunions are neither happy nor sad, they are just an 00:05:34.417 --> 00:05:36.929 opportunity to review the past and learn new things. 00:05:38.105 --> 00:05:41.058 On this occasion, I was also conveniently in Vietnam, so when my 00:05:41.058 --> 00:05:43.765 friends invited me to a class reunion, I did not refuse. 00:05:44.485 --> 00:05:48.512 I wasn't curious to ask who was on the expected list, I just saw that the old 00:05:48.512 --> 00:05:50.645 class monitor invited me to a common group online. 00:05:51.425 --> 00:05:55.814 I personally use my son's name as my username, so few people can 00:05:55.814 --> 00:05:57.165 guess who I am. 00:05:57.765 --> 00:06:01.250 Suddenly, I received a friend request from someone who was 00:06:01.250 --> 00:06:02.645 both familiar and strange. 00:06:02.645 --> 00:06:09.525 Vu, the short name and profile picture told me who sent the friend request. 00:06:10.385 --> 00:06:13.231 I suddenly stopped being confused and wanted to freeze, not daring 00:06:13.231 --> 00:06:14.525 to accept the friend request. 00:06:15.185 --> 00:06:18.745 despite the group members texting to invite me to be friends and reminisce about old times. 00:06:19.605 --> 00:06:21.685 He also sent greetings to the whole group. 00:06:22.265 --> 00:06:25.925 I remained silent, not because I was trying to be distant, 00:06:26.505 --> 00:06:31.565 but because I really don't know what to say and do when facing that person. 00:06:36.037 --> 00:06:39.297 When I was invited to join my old class's group, I felt a bit annoyed. 00:06:40.097 --> 00:06:42.517 But also do not want to show that I am distant, 00:06:43.037 --> 00:06:45.997 So I would like to say hello and reintroduce myself to you. 00:06:47.057 --> 00:06:49.997 Immediately, a series of accounts sent me friend requests. 00:06:51.057 --> 00:06:53.577 Suddenly stopping, I saw a familiar name. 00:06:54.777 --> 00:06:58.217 Vu Nguyen, and his profile picture is a rainstorm. 00:06:59.257 --> 00:07:01.997 Find me escape again, like missed a step. 00:07:02.837 --> 00:07:04.337 I recognized it was you right away. 00:07:04.337 --> 00:07:07.097 It must be you, not anyone else. 00:07:08.197 --> 00:07:10.877 I hesitated for a moment, then sent a friend request, 00:07:11.357 --> 00:07:13.377 because i set my account to private 00:07:14.357 --> 00:07:17.857 And I waited all afternoon to see if she would accept or not. 00:07:18.937 --> 00:07:21.637 I suddenly stopped and found myself reminiscing about something. 00:07:22.657 --> 00:07:24.697 If I accept, how about we be friends? 00:07:25.717 --> 00:07:27.637 What will I say after so many years of silence, 00:07:28.077 --> 00:07:31.397 and put away all the memories we had together in the beginning. 00:07:32.417 --> 00:07:34.317 What to say when all these years I persevered, 00:07:34.337 --> 00:07:36.337 email and call me, 00:07:36.337 --> 00:07:38.337 even though you left without a word of goodbye. 00:07:39.637 --> 00:07:41.637 Say I forgot what happened between us, 00:07:41.637 --> 00:07:44.977 and ask polite questions like old friends. 00:07:46.177 --> 00:07:49.017 I was confused by my own actions all day. 00:07:50.017 --> 00:07:53.857 Picking up the phone, wondering if she had accepted the friend request. 00:07:55.872 --> 00:08:00.246 Actually, I could have asked for your number in class and called you 00:08:00.246 --> 00:08:01.592 directly, but I didn't. 00:08:02.452 --> 00:08:05.512 I just wanted a polite message if possible. 00:08:06.992 --> 00:08:12.825 Even after so many years, my heart still jumps just because of a name that seems 00:08:12.825 --> 00:08:15.012 to be deep in the past. 00:08:17.607 --> 00:08:22.647 The day of the meeting came, I still didn't add him as a friend and didn't 00:08:22.647 --> 00:08:25.167 receive any calls from him like I thought. 00:08:26.067 --> 00:08:32.767 It turned out that everything was really buried. I was not happy, not sad, nor 00:08:32.767 --> 00:08:34.107 had any regrets. 00:08:34.987 --> 00:08:39.127 The things I once had with you, really weren't meant for the present. 00:08:40.267 --> 00:08:43.787 All these years I have been back to Vietnam, always thinking about you. 00:08:43.787 --> 00:08:49.127 However, I do not look for the past, nor do I have any illusions about old love affairs. 00:08:50.207 --> 00:08:55.939 I know I hurt you a lot. If you don't hate me, then maybe your tolerance is 00:08:55.939 --> 00:08:57.287 more than I thought. 00:08:58.507 --> 00:09:03.087 But I had my reasons and it hurt me to make that choice. 00:09:04.427 --> 00:09:09.780 I'm still too young, just a child slowly entering life, having to follow all the 00:09:09.780 --> 00:09:11.207 wishes of my parents. 00:09:11.987 --> 00:09:13.767 I, for the sake of class. 00:09:13.787 --> 00:09:18.226 I, because of my own misery, hid terrible secrets from him, chose the 00:09:18.226 --> 00:09:21.982 cruelest way, which was to disappear from his life and silently 00:09:21.982 --> 00:09:23.347 evaporate from this world. 00:09:24.667 --> 00:09:30.107 So, what reason do I have to connect with you now and what will I talk about? 00:09:31.147 --> 00:09:37.227 A few polite words or pretend the wound is healed and forget it all? 00:09:38.667 --> 00:09:42.827 I don't know what is right, so I choose to remain silent. 00:09:45.222 --> 00:09:49.702 People change over time, but some facial features remain the same. 00:09:50.942 --> 00:09:56.802 However, time or experience makes people more cautious or more casual. 00:09:57.682 --> 00:10:01.222 Those were the two extremes I noticed when I met more than 30 old friends. 00:10:02.402 --> 00:10:07.482 Considered a successful person in life, so you also care to ask me more. 00:10:08.802 --> 00:10:10.862 I just humbly share a little about myself. 00:10:11.782 --> 00:10:14.442 I have a business that creates jobs for many workers. 00:10:14.442 --> 00:10:19.599 A famous television wife and a daughter who has been active in the arts since 00:10:19.599 --> 00:10:21.662 childhood, so many people know her. 00:10:23.322 --> 00:10:27.341 Actually, everyone has known this for a long time, but because we haven't 00:10:27.341 --> 00:10:30.742 connected for a long time, we'll take this opportunity to ask. 00:10:31.962 --> 00:10:36.687 I just woke up and shared slowly, but sometimes still tried to 00:10:36.687 --> 00:10:38.262 find familiar figures discreetly. 00:10:39.562 --> 00:10:43.042 When I was almost disappointed enough to think she wasn't coming, 00:10:44.442 --> 00:10:45.442 I started looking for you from the entrance. 00:10:46.742 --> 00:10:51.272 You with the same fragile voice, with the familiar long hair like more than 20 00:10:51.272 --> 00:10:52.782 years ago, still the same. 00:10:53.502 --> 00:10:57.682 Still as familiar as ever, still not strange for a second. 00:10:59.162 --> 00:11:02.502 When everyone saw me, my friends ran out to shake hands and greet me. 00:11:03.642 --> 00:11:07.462 I know that some eyes are still watching my every move, 00:11:08.102 --> 00:11:11.542 so i calmed down and pretended nothing happened. 00:11:12.042 --> 00:11:13.702 Even though my heart is filled with joy, 00:11:14.442 --> 00:11:16.562 when that figure appeared, 00:11:18.035 --> 00:11:23.585 His hair was streaked with gray, perhaps due to bad blood, and his resolute and 00:11:23.585 --> 00:11:27.655 serious face was vaguely marked by crow's feet and forehead wrinkles. 00:11:28.415 --> 00:11:33.335 However, he is really the beauty of a mature man, the scholarly look of his 00:11:33.335 --> 00:11:34.975 school days has really disappeared. 00:11:35.715 --> 00:11:39.015 He is a completely different person from my memory. 00:11:40.155 --> 00:11:44.060 I greeted everyone and explained that I had to visit a relative and that 00:11:44.060 --> 00:11:45.455 it could not be postponed. 00:11:45.455 --> 00:11:48.075 Of course, everyone sympathized. 00:11:48.655 --> 00:11:52.555 This was my third class reunion with everyone and the first time in over 20 00:11:52.555 --> 00:11:54.895 years that he and I met face to face. 00:11:55.955 --> 00:11:59.615 I really feel empty inside and a little confused too. 00:12:00.555 --> 00:12:05.755 I was afraid he would come over and ask questions, because then I wouldn't know what to say. 00:12:06.655 --> 00:12:10.861 If you stay silent and ignore me, maybe that will make me feel 00:12:10.861 --> 00:12:12.155 safer and more comfortable. 00:12:12.775 --> 00:12:15.075 But he invited everyone. 00:12:15.075 --> 00:12:20.053 Each of us had a small glass, and he came to me, his warm voice like pine 00:12:20.053 --> 00:12:23.275 resin that year had whispered in my ear so many times. 00:12:24.555 --> 00:12:27.555 Hi Hoai, long time no see. 00:12:30.260 --> 00:12:32.540 Hoai looked up at me and smiled. 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:36.600 Hi Vu, are you still the same? 00:12:38.060 --> 00:12:41.320 She raised her small glass of wine, then clinked glasses with me and drank it all. 00:12:42.520 --> 00:12:44.580 The whole class knows about my love story with Hoai. 00:12:45.280 --> 00:12:47.760 Everyone thought this couple would be a couple. 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.720 Until Hoai disappeared and the whole class knew I was dumped brutally. 00:12:53.660 --> 00:12:57.480 I know those experienced eyes are watching us. 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:01.380 to see the mediocre drama of the old lovers come uninvited. 00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:05.940 I clinked my glasses and drank them down, then shook hands. 00:13:06.900 --> 00:13:11.060 A social handshake like the hundreds of thousands of handshakes I have had over the years. 00:13:12.400 --> 00:13:15.880 After shaking hands, I felt like a robot with a faulty chip. 00:13:16.500 --> 00:13:20.500 Started to have human emotions but still acted mechanically. 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:25.180 What more could I hope for anyway? 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:27.380 But honestly... 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:29.480 I really want to ask Hoai. 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:33.480 Why does Hoai use the social media account name Vu Nguyen? 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:36.480 The name that used to be sweet. 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:40.480 I said if we get married in the future. 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:46.480 The son will be named Vu Nguyen and the daughter will be named An Nguyen. 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:49.480 Vu Nguyen means first rain. 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:53.480 The sudden rain at school made us run into the rain shelter. 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:56.480 And our relationship began from there. 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:00.500 What do you mean by that name? 00:14:02.870 --> 00:14:08.914 As usual, through a few common stories and a few shares, almost everyone knows 00:14:08.914 --> 00:14:10.210 each other's situation. 00:14:10.810 --> 00:14:14.511 Although he didn't want to share too much, he also knew that I had settled in 00:14:14.511 --> 00:14:16.130 Japan since I was 18 years old. 00:14:16.750 --> 00:14:20.110 I have a son who graduated this year and is working in Japan. 00:14:20.790 --> 00:14:22.570 My Vietnamese name is Vu Nguyen. 00:14:23.450 --> 00:14:28.550 The class reunion turned to karaoke and then a late night farewell. 00:14:28.550 --> 00:14:33.550 You all have homes here, only you and I are two exiles. 00:14:34.350 --> 00:14:39.715 I don't know if it was fate or if the bad karma hadn't ended yet, but he and I 00:14:39.715 --> 00:14:41.410 ended up in the same hotel. 00:14:42.230 --> 00:14:45.390 We only found out when you told us to get a car to take us back to the hotel. 00:14:46.210 --> 00:14:48.350 It is true that the truth is right. 00:14:49.270 --> 00:14:53.629 However, the girls came to my rescue and said that I stay at 00:14:53.629 --> 00:14:54.970 this hotel every year. 00:14:54.970 --> 00:14:58.070 And in this province, that hotel is the best. 00:14:58.550 --> 00:15:03.550 Everyone sensed our distance, so no one teased us too much. 00:15:03.550 --> 00:15:08.350 Perhaps those who stayed behind saw in him, the moment I disappeared 00:15:08.350 --> 00:15:09.550 from his life, 00:15:09.550 --> 00:15:12.350 when both were still very happy together. 00:15:16.073 --> 00:15:19.887 Ladies and gentlemen, the love of the young couple has passed 17 years, 00:15:19.887 --> 00:15:21.353 each person has a destiny. 00:15:22.213 --> 00:15:25.093 Today's class reunion brought them together again. 00:15:26.193 --> 00:15:29.693 Coincidentally, this old couple were booked into the same hotel. 00:15:30.713 --> 00:15:31.853 What will happen? 00:15:32.713 --> 00:15:37.228 Please continue to follow our story, which will be broadcast this Sunday 00:15:37.228 --> 00:15:38.733 on Lao Dong TV.