Chapter 11 — 26 Days My Husband Lived In The Attic

Just thinking about it makes my whole body cold. I decided not to tell Tran Dien about this for now. At least we can't say yet. I need to investigate clearly... What kind of person is Wei Tao? That afternoon, I started searching for information about "Wei Thao" online with the keyword "corporate security consulting". There are no exact results. No LinkedIn. No company website. No public trace whatsoever. A person who works as a security consultant... Almost does not exist on the internet. I changed direction of investigation. Look up the company name on the business card Tran Dien once saved on a USB.

“Global Security Service.”

This time I found it. Is a company registered in Hong Kong. Charter capital is ten thousand Hong Kong dollars. Established two years ago. The legal representative's name is: Wei Vinh Thao. Besides business registration information, this company has nothing else. No website. No social networks. No customer reviews. No project records. Just an empty company. I continued to look up "Wei Vinh Thao". This time I found an article from two years ago. The content reads: Former security company employee Wei Vinh Thao was investigated for suspicion of illegally buying and selling citizens' personal information, then the case was dropped. Below is a very short paragraph. Mentioning that Wei Vinh Thao used to work for the company "Thuan Thach Security". This company specializes in providing security consulting to many listed businesses. The customer list includes — Quan Hop Capital. I stared at those three words for a long time. Quan Hop Capital. Bui Chinh Tac's company. The old customer of the company Wei Thao used to work for... is Bui Chinh Tac. What does that mean? Best case scenario — Wei Tao actually has connections to Bui Chinh Tac's circle. So he clearly understood what danger Tran Dien was in, so he helped him. But the worst case scenario... is that Wei Thao was originally Bui Chinh Tac's person. If it's the latter... Then Tran Dien's entire "disappearance" plan was a trap from the beginning. Wei Tao helped him "disappear". But the reality is to control him. Give him a phone that can only contact him. Cut off all contact between him and the outside world. Arrange a “Speaker Tran” to video call with me every day. Let me think everything is normal. Won't go looking for him. Tran Dien thought he was hiding from Bui Chinh Tac. But in reality... He is always under Bui Chinh Tac's control. And that USB — That original data copy — is the real target. What Wei Tao wanted was not Tran Dien's life. It's a USB. He's still waiting. Wait for Tran Dien to tell himself where the USB is hidden. But Tran Dien never said anything. That's why he kept sending messages:

“Continue to wait.”

"Patient."

“Don't act arbitrarily.”

Three weeks ago he came to this apartment complex... Probably to confirm Tran Dien's location. Or directly search for USB. Then he disappeared. Maybe he got what he wanted. So there's no need to continue that drama anymore. Or to be more precise... Wei Tao was already preparing to collect the net. That thought made my back cold. I immediately drove home. As soon as I opened the door and walked in, I saw Tran Dien standing in the kitchen making cakes with Tieu Du. Tieu Du stood on a small chair, holding a whisk and stirring the dough so strong. And Tran Dien stood next to him, bowing his head and smiling at his child. A scene so peaceful that it almost makes people forget all the dangers outside.

“Tran Dien.”

I looked at him.

“I need to talk to you.”

As soon as he looked at my face, he understood that something was wrong. Bao Tieu Du continued to stir the dough himself and then followed me into the office. As soon as the door closed, I said directly:

“Wei Thao's old company used to have a business relationship with Bui Chinh Tac.”

Tran Dien's face immediately turned pale.

“Thun Thach Security.”

I looked at him.

“Sound familiar?”

“Stone Shield…”

Tran Dien's lips trembled.

“Wei Tao said he worked there before.”

“Thuan Thach's customer list includes Quan Hop Capital.”

Tran Dien's whole body was limp, he had to put his hands on the table to stand steady. I clenched the phone in my hand.

“The results of IP tracing from that phone are out.”

“There were two messages from ‘W’ sent from near this apartment complex.”

“Once three weeks ago.”

“Once two weeks ago.”

“No way…”

Tran Dien's voice is hoarse.

“He doesn't know you're here.”

“Are you sure?”

I stared at him.

“Did you ever reveal any information enough to deduce you were here?”

“You didn't say the specific address…”

Tran Dien tried to remember.