Chapter 1 — After Reporting Card Blocking, Husband's Whole Family Went Crazy

My mother-in-law secretly withdrew 9,800,000 yuan (about 35 billion) of my clearance compensation money to buy gold. I told her to lock the card on the spot, causing her to collapse in the middle of the gold shop. Mother-in-law secretly withdrew 9,800,000 yuan of my clearance compensation money. Turning around, she took my brother-in-law to buy a whole set of pure gold phoenix crowns. I called to question her, and she was even more eloquent than the victim:

"How about you keep it for me? Money for a family, spending it on anyone is not spending it?"

I don't bother arguing. Directly report lost bank card. In the gold shop, the moment her mother-in-law swiped her payment card... She froze on the spot.

“The balance is not enough.”

Her face immediately turned pale. The employee standing next to him held back his laughter until his face turned red. My husband called, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he scolded me:

"You've made your mother lose face like this in front of the world, do you still consider yourself a member of this family?"

I directly threw the bank statement in his face:

“Open your eyes wide and look.”

“It's not my money that your mother stole.”

“But the lives of my entire mother's family.”

“Ding” sound.

I bowed my head and opened the phone. A transaction notification message from the bank appears. 【Your savings card extension 6478 at 11:35 spent 9,800,000.00 yuan at Chow Tai Fook. Remaining balance: 214.35 yuan.】 9.8 million yuan. My settlement compensation. It's the money my mother left for my younger brother to exchange his kidney. In that moment, the blood all over my body seemed to rush straight to the top of my head, then the next second it froze into ice. A few days ago, I conveniently left that card in the living room drawer. And for this house, besides me, only my husband Truong Vi and his mother have the keys. Truong Vi is at work and cannot be touched. So only the mother-in-law remains. I called her with shaking hands. The bell rang for a long time before someone picked up. The other end of the line was noisy and bustling, and there was also the sound of a salesperson enthusiastically introducing the product.

"Hello, Tieu Van? What's going on? I'm walking around with your sister, Tieu Thien."

The mother-in-law's voice revealed a clear triumph that she could not hide. I tried to suppress my anger, forcing my voice to be as calm as possible.

“Mom, did you take the bank card from my drawer?”

The other end of the line paused for a moment. Right after that, her voice immediately rang out with righteousness:

"Yes, I took it! So what? Isn't that money to compensate your family for the house? It's a waste of money. I took it first to buy some dowry for your sister."

"Dowry?"

“9.8 million yuan?”

My voice started to cool down.

“Oh my, why is this girl so calculating?” The mother-in-law raised her voice above the surrounding noise. "Tieu Thien is about to marry into a rich family. If her dowry is meager, how will she be able to raise her head to her husband's family in the future? I plan to buy her a set of golden phoenix crowns, add some jewelry, and marry her off to show off her dignity. In the future, people will still respect me - her sister-in-law - too!"

"If you spend money on a family, who is it worth spending on? I only do it for this family! When you are old, will Tieu Thien not be filial to you?"

I was so angry that I burst out laughing.

“One person?”

“That's my family's relief money…”

“Okay okay okay!” She interrupted impatiently. "I'm just keeping the money for you, use it first and then tell your husband to return it to you, right? There's not much going on! Mom's busy, hang up now!"

“Tut… tut… tut…”

The phone is disconnected. I stared at the screen, my chest heaving violently. Hold for me? Keep all the dowry for your brother-in-law, right? I don't call back anymore. Don't go crazy and cry. I just quietly stood up, walked to the window, and took a deep breath of cold air. After that, I used another phone and called the bank switchboard directly.

“Hello, I want to urgently block my bank card.”

“Yes, immediately.”

“Card number is 622…”

When reading out that memorized series of numbers, my voice did not tremble once. Card locked successfully. I put down the phone and glanced at the time. It's been five minutes since the transaction occurred. Large bank payments always have processing delays. Between the banking system and the store, there must be a confirmation cycle. In other words... The "successful payment" at this time is most likely still stuck in the middle of the road. I sat back down on the sofa, waiting quietly. Waiting for the drama about to explode. A public humiliation. So grand that even the gold shop has to remember it for the rest of its life. Twenty minutes later, my phone started vibrating frantically. The screen displays two words: Husband. I clicked to listen, turned on the speakerphone, and then conveniently threw the phone on the sofa. Truong Vi's voice immediately screamed straight from the other end of the line, his anger almost exploding.

"Tran Van! What the hell have you done?!"

He doesn't even bother calling me his wife anymore.

“What do I do?” I calmly asked back.

"Do you still have the face to ask?! My mother and Tieu Thien were at the gold shop when a whole bunch of people stood around watching the joke! You locked your card, right?!"

I replied so concisely that I didn't hesitate for a second. The other end of the line was silent for two seconds, as if choked by my calm attitude. But right after that, Truong Vi exploded even more violently.

"Are you crazy?! Do you know how much my mother lost face?! She just chose a set of golden phoenix crowns for Tieu Thien of more than eight hundred thousand yuan, plus a bunch of jewelry, a total of more than one million yuan! While preparing to pay, the staff reported that the balance was insufficient!"

"She didn't believe it. She tried again and again and it still didn't work! The whole gold shop stood there looking at her like a monkey performing in a circus!"

"Do you know what the staff said?! They said she was a fraud, coming to harass the store! Tieu Thien's face turned white on the spot, she stood there crying! My mother has never lost face like that in her entire life!"

"Tran Van, you did it on purpose, right?! You wanted the entire Truong family to be humiliated, right?! Do you still consider yourself a member of this family?!"

Every sentence and every word he said was like a sharp poisoned knife, cutting straight into my heart. He didn't ask why the money was touched. Don't ask why I have to do that. The only thing he cares about... is that his mother will lose face.