Chapter 3 — After My Mother-in-law Bought Me a 3 Million Yuan Death Insurance Package

Trieu Loi nodded slightly, his expression not changing much.

"That's why I came to verify. Miss Tham, I need your cooperation to do two things."

“The first thing is to conduct a comprehensive health check to prove that you are completely healthy.”

“Second, if these documents are indeed fake, do you agree to coordinate with our company to open an internal investigation?”

“What does that mean?”

"Once we verify that there is an act of falsifying medical records to defraud insurance money, our company will coordinate with the police to establish an investigation. This is an act of insurance fraud, a criminal case."

Criminal sentence. I raised my head to look at Trieu Loi.

“You mean… she could go to jail?”

"If the evidence is sufficient, the conspirator will be sentenced to at least five to ten years in prison. The accomplice will be sentenced to at least three years."

I was silent for a long time. In the yard, there was only the sound of grape leaves being rustled by the wind.

"Mr. Trieu, I agree to cooperate. But I have one condition."

“You just say it.”

"Before you guys officially collect the net, this matter absolutely must not be known to Vuong Thuy Hoa and Tran Dai Quan. Their acquaintances throughout the village, as long as a little bit of information leaks out, they will immediately destroy the evidence."

Trieu Loi looked at me for a moment.

“Miss Tham, you are calmer than I thought.”

I didn't reply. Five years of marriage. Seven months are calculated. Three days ago I learned the whole truth. How calm can I be? It's just gritting my teeth and trying to resist. Trieu Loi stood up and prepared to leave.

"I'll arrange the health check and find a hospital they don't know about. Also, if you have any evidence of them forging signatures or documents, remember to keep it all. The more the better."

"I got it."

I saw him off to the gate. Before getting in the car, he turned around and said something.

"Miss Tham, before we officially collect the nets, what you need to do is just live as usual, absolutely don't reveal anything. Can you do that?"

He drove away. I stood in front of the yard gate, watching the black car turn into the village road, gradually disappearing behind the poplar trees. This is the first time… Someone told me I could counterattack. Don't have to beg anyone. Don't go crying and suffering. But it really makes them pay the price. I returned to the yard and locked the copy of the compensation application that Trieu Loi left in the iron box next to the stove. Then tie your apron, continue cooking fish, washing vegetables, and preparing rice for today's only guest. Do not reveal anything. But inside I began to silently count the days. Early the next morning, before I even opened the door, I heard a knock on the gate. It's Vuong Thuy Hoa. She wore a dark red flowered shirt, her hair was neatly combed without a single strand out of place, she was carrying a bag of fruit, and a smile appeared on her face.

“Tu Lan, are you awake yet?”

I opened the yard gate and looked at her. The last time we met was in front of the Tran family's house. I still remember that smile clearly to this day.

“What did you come for?”

"Look, you're talking to me so harshly. After all, we've lived together for five years. Can't I come visit you?"

She passed the fruit bag over. I don't accept. She didn't pay any attention, she went into the yard herself, sat down under the grape arbor and looked around.

"Business hasn't been good lately, has it? The yard is deserted."

“No need to worry.”

"I'm just worried about you. Tu Lan, I heard you two Today I ran everywhere, sometimes to the town, sometimes to the village committee. Your health is not good, stop torturing yourself.”

She was testing me. Trieu Loi's words immediately rang in his head. Don't reveal anything. I forced my expression down, making me look just tired and frustrated.

“I'm very healthy. She was the one who went around telling me I was sick. Vuong Thuy Hoa, what exactly do you want?

She sighed, acting as realistic as possible.

“Tu Lan, I know you don't want to accept it, but look at your face, how skinny you are. My mother is an experienced person, watching her child wither away day by day is very painful. Mom wants to discuss something with you.”

“What?”

“Doctor Chu in the village knows someone at the district hospital. Mom, can you help me book some specialist examinations? Go for a comprehensive check-up once. Money paid by mother. Don't try to endure it anymore."

Doctor Chu in the village. It was Chu Kien Quoc who opened the clinic next to the village committee. A thought suddenly flashed in my mind. Although the fake diagnosis paper was stamped with the district hospital's seal, the original disease description... most likely came from Dr. Chu's clinic.

“No need. I know how my body is.”

Vuong Thuy Hoa patted her thigh.

“You see, you're really stubborn! I only do this because I want the best for my child! Even though Dai Quan divorced his child, he still misses him very much in his heart. Yesterday he told his mother that if something really happened to Tu Lan, he would be tormented for the rest of his life."

I almost burst out laughing. Tran Dai Quan remembers me? What he remembered was that the other 3,000,000 yuan was there.

“I said no need. You go.”

Vuong Thuy Hoa stood up. The smile on his face faded a bit, but he still tried to keep it.

“Okay, if you don't listen, I'll have no choice. Mom left the fruit here, remember to eat it."

She walked to the yard gate, suddenly stopped, turned to look at me.

“Ah yes, Tu Lan. Has any stranger come looking for you recently?”

My spine immediately tensed. She was asking about Trieu Loi.

“No. My place is as deserted as Ba Danh pagoda. Anyone who has free time can come and look for it."

Vuong Thuy Hoa stared at me for three seconds.

“That's good. You're alone here, if anything happens, remember to call mom."

She left. I threw the fruit bag straight into the trash. Then took out his phone, dialed Trieu Loi's number, and texted:

"Today she came to investigate, asking me if there was a stranger coming to look for me."

After sending, I immediately deleted the chat history. I squatted in front of the stove to light a fire, each piece of wet wood was stuffed inside. The flames licked around the bottom of the pot, burning my face. Try to hold on a little longer. Three days later, there was a market in the village. I went to the market to buy spices. Passing by the tofu stall, I heard someone talking.

"That Ms. Tham Tu Lan, I heard she's not going to survive."

“Which Tham Tu Lan? Is that the homestay owner?”

“That's her. I heard that if I have cancer, I probably won't survive this year."

“Is it real or fake? Last time it looked normal.”

“Vuong Thuy Hoa said it herself. She even held the medical certificate for everyone to see. I heard it was liver disease, but found out it was in the final stage.”

I stood in front of the soy sauce counter, holding a bottle of soy sauce in my hand, not moving. Aunt Truong, who sells tofu, saw me and her face changed. She used her elbow to nudge the person next to her. The others lowered their voices, but their eyes were still glued to me. I put the bottle of soy sauce in the basket and left arrived in front of Aunt Truong's tofu stall.

“Aunt Truong, give me two pieces of tofu.”

Aunt Truong hesitated for a moment then took half a step back.

"Tu Lan... today's tofu is not very good. Go to another house to buy it."

A young wife standing next to him laughed softly.

“She was afraid that you would catch that disease.”

I looked straight into Aunt Truong's eyes.

"Aunt Truong, liver cancer is not contagious. Besides, I don't have liver cancer either."