Chapter 15 — After the Fire Ends, I Return

Lam Vi shouted: "On what basis do you sue me? The fire that year was not set by me!" My steps stopped. Luc Canh Xuyen also stiffened. The entire hall was silent, only the sound of the air conditioner running steadily. Lam Vi covered her mouth, realizing she had just said something wrong. I turned back to look at her: "I haven't told you what to sue you for yet." She stepped back: "I... I just said it casually." I walked forward step by step: "Lam Vi, the fire that year was not an accident, right?" Luc Canh Xuyen stood in front of her: "Hua Duong, don't guess." I looked at him: "Even now you still defend her?"

“I'm not an advocate, I'm…”

“What is it?”

He couldn't answer. Lam Vi suddenly cried louder: "Canh Xuyen, I'm afraid. Now she's married to Tham Duat, with someone backing her, she will destroy me." Luc Canh Xuyen still protected her in the end. I looked at his hand, suddenly I was too lazy to even give out anger.

“Luc Canh Xuyen, you really make me nauseous.”

I turned around and walked away. Tham Duat walked beside me. At the door, I heard Lam Vi's suppressed cry from behind: "Canh Xuyen, don't trust her. She just wants to steal you away." Luc Canh Xuyen did not answer. Before the elevator doors closed, I saw him look up at me. In those eyes, regret finally appeared. But it's too late. * On the way back to the Tham family's house, I put the USB on my knee. Khuong Van sat in the passenger seat and turned around to look: "Did you hear what Lam Vi said earlier? She absolutely knew there was a problem with that fire." Tham Duat drove, his voice calm: "Don't open that USB yet, it might have been tampered with." Khuong Van was stunned: "Do you know these things so well?" Tham Duat replied: "I will ask someone to handle it." I looked out the window.

"That year the hotel's kitchen caught fire, the investigation concluded that the oil pan temperature was too high. But when I walked in, what I smelled was not oil smoke."

Tham Duat asked: "What smell is it?"

“The smell of alcohol.”

Khuong Van took a breath of cold air: "So someone did it on purpose?"

“I told you when I woke up, but no one believed me.”

Tham Duat said softly: "Now someone believes it." His very quiet words made the pressure that had been weighing on me for three years relax a little. As soon as the car entered the gate of the Tham family, the butler came out to greet them.

“Sir, ma'am, the old lady is waiting in the living room.”

In the living room there is not only grandmother Tham. Tham Duat's Second Uncle, Second Aunt, several branch superiors, and Luc Canh Xuyen's parents were all present. Luc Canh Xuyen stood behind his mother, Lam Vi was also there, tears still on her face. Khuong Van scolded softly: "What an undispersed soul." Grandmother Tham sat in the chair, leaning on a cane.

“Duong Duong, come here.”

I walked forward. Luc's mother immediately spoke up:

"Hua Duong, you're really good. You forced Canh Xuyen to the point that my family couldn't hold the wedding, and also incited the Tham family to oppress the Luc family. Now you still want to drag Vi Vi into the fire of the past, what do you feel secure about?"

Before I could speak, Khuong Van exploded.

"Do you guys from the Luc family sell facial skin wholesale? Each layer is thicker than the previous one."

Luc's father was cold: "Miss Khuong, it's not your turn to speak here." Tham Duat glanced at him: "This is the Tham family." Luc's father's face darkened. Aunt Hai again hinted: "Dude, the Luc family has been a place of love for many years. It's not worth it because a new woman walks in the door and spoils the relationship." Grandma Tham looked at Aunt Hai: "Who do you think is worthy?" Aunt Hai immediately bowed her head. Luc's mother cried: "Old lady, please help judge. Hua Duong and Canh Xuyen have known each other for seven years, and on the verge of their wedding, they married Tham Duat. Isn't this an insult to our Luc family? We just want an explanation."