The Tales of Thousand Stars, Chapter 4: Is there happiness in doing things for others?

The Tales of Thousand Stars 《นิทานพันดาว》 Nitaan Phan Daao
The Tales of Thousand Stars, Chapter 4: Is there happiness in doing things for others?

In the octagonal wooden pavilion in the midst of a beautiful garden there appeared the body of a young son of a former military officer lying on the trampoline with an iPad on. His mobile phone was broken which was the intention of them not finding him after escaping, uncle Thad, a jailer sent by her mother some days ago then took a taxi back home with as much excuse as possible.


'Tian met a friend. He wanted to show off a new car. Tian then went to try the car together.'

... Lady Lalita used her eyes to peek at the child until Tian felt porous, and would like to go in to smash him hearing the next sentence

'When we stopped at the gas station I thought to call mom. When I pushed the phone it fell down the water pipe first.' That's the end. He gave the witness to the object where the screen of the latest smartphone was completely dark, plus the blemish marks are really moist.

In truth, it was not that the mother's side would believe this story a hundred percent. But when he saw his son returned to safety without any damage she wasn’t too harsh to interrogate the truth. Then the defendant was told he shall not expect to not go anywhere. Including the need to endure complaining with a long concern speech from his mother until the eardrum was almost penetrated.

Tian turned around and idly for a while, then pressed the game off the tablet and opened a new browser to search for something. Slender fingers type unpredictably according to the brain.

... Saengthong Foundation

He chased the scrolling with his eyes, read the rough information and he saw that there was nothing different from telling the purpose of the foundation, the young student clicked on a web board named as a volunteer teacher. The more he read, the more he frowned in surprise.

It was almost like another world in which people born on a pile of money like gold never got to know.

Never knew that there would be a group of young people interested in volunteering to help fellow men without much hope for salary.

"The insta post..." Tian skewed his mouth insultingly, and choose to believe in what you think more

The maid has called him far from afar. She rushed to bring the cordless phone to inform her that it's a call from Taechin. Wasn’t really surprised why the doctor had to call the house number. Because until now he has not had the opportunity to go outside to buy again

"Hello, P’Tae what's up...?” The guy bored spoke.

"Calling to hear the whining." Taechin laughed in the throat. When he heard the cursed curse, the other responded

"How many are you expecting, right? I will hang up." He actually pretended to cut the line. If the caller doesn't whine.

"I'll talk about it first. I will say that next week I have many days off. That will take someone to buy a new phone”

"... P’Tae will come? Good? Boredom is bad for me." It would be, however, this doctor was able to ask Lady Lalita to take him out of jail.

"But first, do you have anything to confess?"




Suddenly Taechin changed the story. Even though the Lady had already told him about the good ones, gone, and even if there is evidence to show but Taechin doesn't believe it. Just one smartphone being ruined is the evidence. Why can't a millionaire like Tian buy a new one if he needed to ruin a phone to cover up for something?

"No... No" This seems to be said to be full of voice.

"Is there a secret? I hope you don't think of doing anything bad. "

Tian almost bitten his mouth until the blood clipped. Really hating telling his plans away he could only say "... There's no bad thing. P’Tae believe it."

"Be stubborn. Go ahead. Wait for me to go back to Bangkok. All secrets will be pulled out until you are transparent..." But then Taechin was quiet like someone interrupted the conversation suddenly. "... I called just for a moment, the nurse said that there would be a meeting with the head doctor so I have to go,”

"Okay, then you go prepare." Tian quickly cut short. But when looking at a webpage on the open iPad he slipped out the question to keep in mind.

"Doing things for others without expecting compensation. Does it make people happy?"

If you can see the other person's face from the end of the line, this was one thing Taechin never expected the young man would ever ask. At this moment Taechin's eyes opened wide like he was hearing horror stories that shook the nerves the most.

"Er..." He cleared. He pulled his consciousness back. Although he doesn't know that Young Tian Sopatsakul, a high-class boy who has never cared for anyone thinks, Taechin feels that this time he should give the other person a more serious response than to tease and annoy.

"Like I said to Tian when I said we should go to make merit, donating money or things to the orphanage. But I told you that donating money is enough. Why do you have to go by yourself to endure the difficult..." said that the young doctor and everything was a little still. As if he was trying to compose the words

"I just am saying that... If you don't try to do it, how will Tian know how doing things for others feel or if it does really bring happiness?"

The listener folded his lips tightly together. Before uttering a gentle whisper

"Or Tian is an unhappy person?"... Just because he has never done anything for others

Taechin instead gently smiled at that innocent saying, "No, not just that living on this side of the life we do not know the way of life of the other side of the world that is parallel to ours."

Before Tian found his words again those who were on the other end of the line had already requested to attend the meeting. A young student threw his head down to a trampoline bed, exhausted and full of confusion.

What is his world?

What about the other side of the world...

P’Tae could hardly say it, the doctor's students will like to think of all these complicated things as well and his smooth face and handsome expression express serious contemplation.

Although he is not a selfish person, he only knew to look after "Yourself" and that money can buy physical happiness for him, and what about mental happiness?

Light brown eyes looked away from the large, comfortable mansion. With many servants surrounded, ready to serve, like a castle on earth that everyone wanted to come to live with his parents, including his siblings socializing at the social events, he felt like what if there is no news about their family every day, until Tian sometimes feels different... and different.

Fame and being surrounded by people is not something that Tian has sought after reviewing all the past stories. Instead he found a small happiness that he had forgotten...

Just a short compliment from a nanny when he was able to repair a broken radio successfully when he was eleven years old, this caused the overbearing Mother to smile wide and cheeky.

Happiness... that was his happiness moment more precious than when he got a whole set of Gundam robots from his dad.




Ai’Tian! The young man slapped his forehead and curled himself. From then, he went bursting into the house to change clothes for jogging to reduce distractions. That day by day seems to be increasing to a near madness



... Patients who are in recovery have moved back to their own bedrooms on the second floor since they can walk on their own without having to help. This room is spacious, divided into a fully equipped home theater corner. Including other devices including special glasses for watching 3D movies and the latest XBox game consoles

Tian sat comfortably on his legs on the soft long sofa while using his hands to rub the towel onto his damp hair, water going back and forth. A long screen TV with a price of 100,000 baht. The animation from the cable channel that came from a random opened channel.

The young man laughed when he saw that it was a high society charity event that was brought together to show off jewels and fought over the bidding in shrill voices.

He watched a program that was full of flattered people of society. With entertainment in the mood ready to lift a glass of fresh orange juice to drink instead of canned beer as usual but upon hearing the announcer announcing the name of someone, Tian almost spit out the mouth water.

Image of middle-aged women wearing sweet pink silk dresses outstanding with a Siamese ruby chain surrounded by Steen diamond, walking upstage causing people who watch at home right now to scratch their heads and scratch their ears. He doesn't want to laugh at his mother. How many millions of donations have been raised for her to sing five songs in a row like this?

The son, barely holding back to laugh, Tian rushed to find the remote control on a small glass table in front of him to press off. Suddenly, his hand bumped into a pile of old books until they were falling. They are the belongings that he brought from that shabby house of Teacher Thofan.

He heard that bringing the dead stuff into your home is a bad thing... Tian waved his shoulders. Thofan was still not considered dead. Her heart was still beating in his chest.

For a moment he thought that he should take these things away, because he had kept them to no avail. The evil eye glanced through the strange pattern notebook first.

The young man picked it up for the first time. Hardcover book wrapped in mulberry paper in color decorated with brightly colored paper in the form of small and large stars, along with calligraphy and glue that says...

'Tales of Thousand Stars'

"Tales..." written like a lullaby

The light-brown eyes rolled back and forth, as though weighing. Before trying to open to read. Her handwriting is like a teenager with round head style, cute, dreamy girl style, not difficult to read

'Once upon a time Thofan's life begins with...'

When reading this, Tian felt that it would be more a story to tell about her life. Thinking that he shouldn't be reading someone else diaries therefore he thought to close it, but a piece of paper fell from that notebook

Not a paper... One photo

Secretly filmed pictures from a far away, but powerful... The back of the person is large, muscly, in a green camouflage uniform, carrying firearms and steadily walking on steep slopes. The sideways crescent that is hiding in the shadows is rising up, looking at the first light of the sun that emerges from the thick tree tops, as if 'he' saw the glimmering hopes that were waiting above.

At that moment, Tian felt the whole body trembling... if the heart would be pounding rapidly fast. His chest pounded, as if someone had hammered him the young student fell down on a sofa and felt an assaulting pain.




He tried to use his mind to calm his breath in and out of the rhythm deep into the lungs. Until the chest contracted and slowly shaped into a relaxed body, Tian rolled over and laid on his back. Then looked empty-handed into the empty ceiling. His hand still held the image of that soldier tight.

... Someone who is asleep in the memories of this 'heart'






~ the Fable of Thousand Stars ~



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T/N Till I get new chapters