Chapter 17 — After the Fire Ends, I Return

“Vi Vi, the day the fire broke out, didn't you say you were always in the lobby looking for me?”

Lam Vi desperately shook her head: "Canh Xuyen, listen to my explanation, I'm just passing by. I'm really just passing by." Manager Phuong placed another file on the table.

"Miss Lam, your name was not on the list of temporary service staff at Van Lan lobby that year. You wore the uniform of a hotel employee, but you were not an employee."

Luc's mother argued loudly: "What does this prove? It's just a photo, who knows if it was faked by Hua Duong?" Grandma Tham raised her eyes: "Madam Luc, be careful what you say." Luc's mother was about to continue speaking when Luc's father pressed her down hard. Luc's father looked at manager Phuong: "Where is the complete video?" Manager Phuong replied: "It has been handed over to the police for storage. This time the hotel does not dare to arbitrarily handle it internally." As soon as Lam Vi heard the word "police", her legs became weak and she had to hold on to the sofa. Luc Canh Xuyen walked towards her: "Tell me, what did you have that day?" Lam Vi cried and grabbed his sleeve: "Canh Xuyen, I don't know. I really don't know. Someone told me to bring that thing into the kitchen, saying it was alcohol to clean. I don't want to hurt you, why would I hurt you?" The living room was silent for a few seconds. Khuong Van cursed directly.

"You don't want to hurt him, so what does it mean that Hua Duong got burned like that? Is it a gift you just threw in?"

Lam Vi tightly covered her ears: "I didn't know there would be a fire! I didn't know!" I stared at her: "Who told you to bring it in?" She suddenly fell silent. Luc Canh Xuyen grabbed her shoulder tightly: "Say it!" Lam Vi cried out of breath: "I can't say."

“Why not?”

“If you say anything, your family will be ruined.”

Luc's father's face also changed: "Lam Vi, please speak clearly." Lam Vi glanced at Luc's father, then looked down again. I suddenly realized. This fire is not just Lam Vi's story. At the Luc family's celebration party that year, the Van Lan hall was packed with relatives, friends and business partners. The fact that Luc Canh Xuyen was trapped in the kitchen could not be a coincidence. I asked: "In that fire, who was originally intended to burn to death?" Lam Vi suddenly raised her head. Luc Canh Xuyen took a step back.

“Hua Duong, what do you mean?”

I looked at Lam Vi: "What she's afraid of is not that I'll find out that she set the fire. What she's afraid of is that I'll find out who's behind her." Tham Duat said to the housekeeper: "Report to the police." Lam Vi shouted: "Don't call the police!" She turned around and tried to run out. But as soon as he reached the door, two police officers in uniform entered. The leader looked at her: "Miss Lam Vi, please come with us." Lam Vi desperately clung to Luc Canh Xuyen: "Canh Xuyen, save me! You said you would protect me!" Luc Canh Xuyen's hands hung down at his side, motionless. Lam Vi broke down and screamed: "You can't treat me like that! If it weren't for me, you would have been turned into a pawn by your father long ago!" Luc's father shouted loudly: "Shut your mouth!" But it's late. Grandma Tham tapped her cane on the ground:

“Mr. Luc, it seems your family's fun is much bigger than I thought.”

Luc's father's face turned pale. Before being escorted away, Lam Vi still glared at me:

"Hua Duong, don't be complacent. Do you think Tham Duat married you because he likes you? Me We're also investigating that fire. He approached you because of the Tham family's item!”

Tham Duat's face darkened. I turned to look at him:

“Is what she said true?”

Luc Canh Xuyen seemed to have grabbed a straw to save his life: "Hua Duong, did you hear that? Tham Duat is not inherently a good person. He married you for another purpose.” All eyes in the living room turned to Tham Duat. Tham Duat did not avoid my eyes.

“I am indeed investigating that fire.”