Chapter 7 — After the Rain, Nam Son Still Has the Fragrance of Medicine

“Let me take you.”

"No need."

“Jian Qing!” There was finally panic in his voice. "You can't just leave like that. We can discuss the annulment. Auntie's matter can also be discussed. I'll handle Nhuoc Lan's matter. I'll give you a little more time."

I stopped walking.

“Did you ever give me time?”

“What do you mean?”

“From the time my mother was brought into the emergency room to the time she breathed her last breath... three hours and forty minutes.” I looked at him. "I called you, texted you, looked for your assistant, looked for your mother. Everyone told me... to wait a little longer."

Co Nghien Tri's hand holding the cardboard box gradually loosened.

“Thanh Thanh...”

“I've waited enough.”

I pulled the cardboard box and walked out the door. Just as the elevator door opened, a young girl wearing a black coat rushed out. Short, messy hair, just looking at it, I knew I'd run all the way here.

“Jian Qing!”

That's Duong Tue, my college friend. As soon as she saw the carton and urn of ashes, her eyes immediately turned red. She raised her head, pointed straight at Co Nghien Tri and scolded him.

“Co Nghien Tri, are you still human?”

From inside the house, Co's mother screamed.

"Who are you? How dare you run to someone else's house and cause trouble!"

Duong Tue pointed straight at her.

"I'm her friend. If you dare say one more word, I will post all the miserable things that happened here today to the residents' group, so that the whole area can see how you Co family forced people to death."

Co's mother immediately choked. Co Nghien Tri frowned.

“Duong Tue, don't make things more complicated.”

Duong Tue smiled coldly.

"More trouble? During your own engagement, you ran away with someone else's wife, and now you have the face to say that someone else is causing trouble?"

Tran Thieu stuck his head out.

“This girl sounds good.”

Duong Tue glared at him.

"You also shut up. Wife abusers have no right to interfere."

Tran Thieu's face immediately darkened. I pulled Duong Tue's hand. Duong Tue took the cardboard box from my hand and lowered his voice.

"My car is parked downstairs. Besides, the matter you asked me to investigate already has clues."

I looked at her.

“Say it now.”

Duong Tue glanced at the people in the house and deliberately raised his voice.

"That day, it wasn't like the hospital couldn't do emergency first. Someone called the nurse's station and said the Gian family wouldn't pay the hospital fees. They told the hospital to follow regulations and wait for family members to confirm before processing."

Co Nghien Tri's face immediately changed. Duong Tue looked straight at Co's mother.

“The phone number calling is the Co family's landline.”

Co's mother's facial muscles twitched.

“You talk nonsense!”

Duong Tue took out a printed copy.

“Here is the call record.”

I turned to look at Co's mother. Mother Co unconsciously took a step back, then immediately raised her voice.

"It's not me! How many people are in the house? How can you say it's me?"

My voice is very quiet.

“That day there were only me and Tham Nhuoc Lan in the house.”

Tham Nhuoc Lan suddenly raised her head.

"Sister Thanh Thanh, don't look at me. It's not me."

Duong Tue added another sentence.

"What a coincidence. The nurse said the caller was a young woman."

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Tham Nhuoc Lan. Tham Nhuoc Lan tightened Co Nghien Tri's sleeve.

“It's not you... it's really not you.”

I looked at her and asked a question.

“Tham Nhuoc Lan, finally my mother What did I do wrong to you?”

Tham Nhuoc Lan cried so much that she couldn't even stand, her mouth just repeating over and over that it wasn't her. Mother Co seemed to have found a way out and immediately pointed at Duong Tue.

“Do you hold a piece of paper and want to slander others? Who knows if it's fake?

Duong Tue was so angry that he burst out laughing.

“You are really like those sellers in the market who weigh too little and scold customers for being blind.”

Co Nghien Tri looked at the paper in Duong Tue's hand.

“Give it to me.”

Duong Tue immediately hid the paper behind his back.

“Do you deserve to see it? Gian Thanh called you twenty-seven times, have you heard even one call?

Co Nghien Tri was speechless. I held out my hand.

“Take him away.”

Duong Tue reluctantly gave the paper to Co Nghien Tri. After reading, his face became even more serious. That is indeed the Co family's landline phone number. The call time was also right before my mother was pushed into the emergency room. He turned to look at Tham Nhuoc Lan.

“That afternoon... were you at my house?”

Tham Nhuoc Lan cried and shook her head.

“I... I don't remember anymore. At that time, I was scared by Tran Thieu and panicked. Uncle told me to go home and rest, maybe I fell asleep."

Co's mother immediately helped.

“That's right. It's asleep. What if I call? I'm just asking about the situation, I'm not saying don't resuscitate."

Duong Tue immediately stepped forward.

“So you admit you called?”

Co's mother suddenly realized she had said something wrong, her face turned blue and white.

“Is it okay if I ask? The Gian family doesn't pay hospital fees, what's wrong with the hospital following regulations? I didn't know it would cause such a delay.”

I walked in front of Co's mother.

"In the nurse's desk's notebook, it is clearly written that the caller said I was a scammer and told the hospital not to let me scam money."