Chapter 5 — Being Falsely Accused of 680,000 Yuan, I Overthrew My Husband's Family

The hospital face-off is like peeling off layers of an onion. Stripping away the last layer of pretense of Truong Kien Quoc. From a "poor victim"... he became a laughing stock and was despised by everyone. That means overdoing it. He definitely... played his cards up. The next day after being discharged from the hospital, he stopped right in front of our house. The face was distorted and fierce, like an animal cornered.

"Vuong Tu Anh! Lam Van! You two have ruined my reputation... I can't live in peace!"

His eyes were bloodshot. My mother-in-law grabbed a broom and tried to rush in to chase her away, but I held her back. This time he came... not to cause trouble simply.

"Don't you guys want to cut ties with me? Okay!" He pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his chest, as if holding a trump card. "Give me 200,000 yuan! Give me retirement money! I will immediately break off the relationship and disappear!"

200,000 yuan. He... really opened his mouth like a hungry lion.

“Dream!” The mother-in-law was so angry that she was shaking. "There's not a single penny left in the house! It's all been destroyed by you!"

"Do not have?" Truong Kien Quoc laughed coldly. "If you don't have it, borrow it! Go sell the house! I don't care, 200,000 yuan, not even a penny is missing!"

“If not…” He trailed off, his evil eyes glancing at me and Truong Hao, “then wait until the house is ruined!”

Truong Hao mustered up the courage to take a step forward.

"Dad... can you stop causing trouble? We really don't have any money left..."

“Shut up!” Truong Kien Quoc shouted bluntly. "Refuse!"

He turned to me, his twisted smile filled with destruction.

"Lam Van, aren't you very talented? Very noble? Let me tell you something... let's see if you can still maintain that look."

My heart suddenly sank. A bad premonition arose.

"That year, to buy the house you two were living in, the deposit was not enough. Guess... how did it borrow from the bank?"

Truong Hao's face turned pale.

"Dad! Don't talk nonsense!" His voice trembled.

“Am I talking nonsense?” Truong Kien Quoc smiled even more proudly. “Who found a broker, faked proof of income, faked job information... to trick the bank into approving a loan, huh?”

That sentence was like a bomb exploding in my head. Fake documents... cheat on loans. I turned to Truong Hao. His avoiding gaze… was the answer.

"If this gets out..." Truong Kien Quoc slowly said, enjoying the fear on our faces, "not only will the house be confiscated by the bank, Truong Hao... you will also have to bear the crime of loan fraud. Tell me, is it considered criminal liability?"

Truong Hao's legs were soft. His whole body seemed to have been stripped of all its bones. This time, he was really scared. A person who has lived in his father's shadow all his life... when he hears the word "legal responsibility", he finally collapses completely.

“Thud” sound.

He knelt down. Kneel before Truong Kien Quoc.

"Dad! I beg you! Don't say it! Absolutely don't say it!"

He hugged his leg, sobbing like a lost child.

"Dad, you want money, we'll give it to you! We'll find a way! Just please... let me go!"

The mother-in-law looked at that scene, her lips turned purple, her body staggered and almost fell.

"You... you're so useless! Get up for me!" She pointed, but before she could finish her sentence, she choked.

Look at all. It's like watching a play that's both ridiculous... and tragic. I looked at the man kneeling on the ground, without any dignity left. I watched the father use his child's future as blackmail. In my heart— Second Finally, the so-called love... also quietly disappeared. This house... is rotten from the ground up. If we don't cut it off, if we don't uproot it... we will all be dragged to the bottom. There are no quiet days. The underground waves in my heart were rolling violently. But my face... was terrifyingly still. Under Truong Kien Quoc's proud gaze, and Truong Hao's pleading eyes— I slowly opened my mouth. The voice is not loud. But every word was so clear it was chilling.

“You want money?”

All eyes turned to me. I looked straight at him, the corners of my lips curling up into a very faint smile.