Chapter 19 — After the Fire Ends, I Return

Tham Duat continued asking: "Who locked the door?" Trieu Minh was silent. Luc's father suddenly stood up: "That's enough! You Tham family set such a big trap, just to force me to bow my head? Tham Duat, your brother is dead, if you want to find the murderer, don't throw dirty water on me." Tham Duat stared at him: "Do you think I can only grasp this much?" Luc's father's face stiffened. Tham Duat took a bag of documents from the housekeeper: "The kitchen door lock was changed that year. The person who changed the lock was named Ton Chi. Three months ago, he was arranged to work as a security guard in the outlying province. When I found him, he claimed that someone told him to give the spare key to Luc Canh Xuyen that day." Everyone's eyes turned to Luc Canh Xuyen. Luc Canh Xuyen was stunned: "Me? I don't have it." Luc's father said in a serious voice: "Tham Duat, don't bite my son." Tham Duat threw a photo on the table. In the photo, a young Luc Canh Xuyen stands in front of the kitchen door, holding a bunch of keys. Luc Canh Xuyen took a step back: "I don't remember." I looked at him. The day the fire broke out three years ago, Luc Canh Xuyen was extremely drunk. He was stuck in the kitchen. When I rushed in, he was sitting next to the door, still clutching the keys. At that time, I thought it was the hotel key, but when I woke up, the keys were gone.

“Do you remember.” I spoke up.

Luc Canh Xuyen looked at me, his eyes filled with panic: "Hua Duong, I really don't remember."

“When I saved you, you were holding the key in your hand.”

His lips were white. Father Luc grabbed his shoulder: "Canh Xuyen, don't listen to him. You drank too much that day, you don't know anything." Luc Canh Xuyen slowly turned his head: "Dad, that set of keys... you gave me?" Luc's father did not answer. The answer was obvious. Luc's mother cried and screamed: "It's not like that, Canh Xuyen, your father won't harm you. He just wants to keep the Tham family's child, but he didn't expect you to step into that." Tham Duat's eyes darkened: "So you also know?" Luc's mother covered her mouth tightly. Luc's father slapped her hard: "Idiot!" This slap tore off the last layer of cover for the Luc family. Grandma Tham stood up: "Where is the person who called the police?" The people outside came in. Trieu Minh handed over all evidence. Luc's father wanted to leave but was stopped. Luc Canh Xuyen suddenly grabbed my wrist: "Hua Duong, I don't know. I really don't know my father did these things. If I knew, I absolutely would not let you get hurt." Tham Duat pushed his hand away. Luc Canh Xuyen's voice trembled: "Trust me for once, okay? That year when I woke up, everyone said Vi Vi discovered me. I thought you just ran in later. I didn't know you saved me." I stared at him: "You don't know a lot of things."

“So let me tell you.”

“I've said it before.”

He seemed to be out of breath, speechless. I continued: "I told you my back hurts, you told me not to be lazy. I told you Van Lan Hall is very important to me, you said I was greedy for vanity. I told Lam Vi to go too far, you said I was narrow-minded. Luc Canh Xuyen, it's not that you don't know, it's that you don't listen." Luc Canh Xuyen's eyes were red: "Duong Duong."

“Don't call me that.”

Him Let go, as if suddenly drained of strength. When being escorted away, Luc's father was still shouting at Tham Duat:

"Tham Duat, do you think you've won? Your brother can't come back, your Tham family isn't clean at all!"

Tam Duat did not move. Grandma Tham looked at him: "A Duat, take Duong Duong back to his room." I realized she had something she wanted to handle privately. * Returning to the room, Khuong Van followed and slammed the door.