Chapter 8 — 35 Currency Salary, Exchanged For An Entire Empire Collapse

He took off his hat. Revealing an unfamiliar face. But his eyes were extremely familiar.

"The one who should say thank you is me."

He replied softly.

"I've also been waiting for this day for ten years."

"Who are you anyway?"

I asked the biggest question in my heart. He looked at me. Speak up slowly.

"My name is Lam."

"My father was the General Engineer of the Truong Phong project that year."

He stopped for a moment. Red eyes.

"He's also..."

"The only passenger in the car that 'lost its brakes' that year."

I was stunned. My father's accident... He wasn't the only one in the car?

"Incorrect."

I immediately reacted.

"The accident report that year clearly stated that there was only my father in the car."

"Because my father was removed from the list of people in distress by Vuong Zhenhua."

The voice of the man named Lam was low.

"He didn't even appear in any casualty reports."

"Under Wang Zhenhua's manipulation, my father became a missing person."

"Living without seeing people."

"Dead without a body."

"He didn't want my father to become second to Uncle To."

"I don't want this to turn into a double murder case, making others more suspicious."

"So he hid it from my father."

My heart shook violently.

"What do you mean..."

The man named Lam looked at me and slowly said each word.

"My father is still alive."

"Where is he?"

My voice trembled. That's not the question. It's a confirmation. The man named Lam, Lam Phong, looked at my excited appearance. Complex sympathy appeared in his eyes.

"To Tinh, calm down first."

"Things may not be what you think."

He took me away from the cemetery. The car sped away into the night. But not towards any hospital or nursing home. Which ran to an old residential area located on the edge of the city. We stopped in front of a row of rundown apartment buildings.

"My dad is here."

Lam Phong said. My heart felt like it wanted to jump out of my chest. The person I'm about to meet... Is the person who should have met with my father ten years ago. He definitely knows what happened in the car that year. In addition to falsifying geological data. In the end, what else did Vuong Chan Hoa do? We walked up the rickety stairs that made a creaking sound. Yellow light shines on the patchy walls. Lam Phong stopped in front of a wooden door with peeling paint. He took out the key. A strong smell of herbal medicine mixed with a musty smell immediately came. In the dark room. There was only a small figure curled up in a wheelchair in the corner of the room. He turned his back to us. Like a lifeless statue.

"Dad, I'm home."

Lam Phong stepped forward. The voice is very light.

"I brought a friend to visit dad."

The wheelchair slowly turned around. Under the weak moonlight coming in from the window. I see a face. A severely distorted face due to sequelae of a stroke. The lines are almost curled together. Hoarse sounds came from his throat. Cloudy eyes stared at me. Inside was filled with fear and turmoil. Is this the general engineer of that year? This is the "living witness" that Vuong Chan Hoa kept hidden for ten years?

"He..."

"Why did it turn out like this?"

I asked with difficulty.

"Car accident."

Lam Phong's voice was very calm. Like telling a story of a stranger.

"In the accident that year, Uncle To died on the spot."

"And my dad was thrown out of the car."

"Serious head injury."

"Even if I can keep my life..."

"But from then on it became what it is now."

"Can't talk."

"Half of the body is paralyzed."

"The spirit is sometimes awake and sometimes unconscious."

I got it. Vuong Zhenhua held him back. Not out of kindness. One person is still alive. But can't open my mouth. Half awake, half unconscious. It's more useful than a dead person. He can hide this general engineer. Foreign affairs declared him missing. It's even possible to make up a story about him taking the money and running away. Just one less person who knows the truth. Another person could be dragged out to take the blame at any time.

"Vuong Zhenhua sends someone to bring money every month."

Lam Phong continued speaking.

"It's living expenses."

"But it's actually surveillance."

"After graduating from university, I tried every way to join the company."

"Start from the lowest position."

"Just looking for evidence."

"Avenge my father."

"And Uncle To."

"Those mysterious messages..."

"It was sent by me."

"I have installed someone next to Vuong Kun."

"I know every move he makes."