Chapter 12 — Dawn After the Crack

Tran Canh Tham stood there, his face changing continuously.

“I don't know these things.” He finally let go of a sentence.

“You don't know?” Lam Niem So stared at him, "So about asking to divide living expenses, did someone say anything to you the day you asked to divide the money?"

Tran Canh Tham did not answer.

"Wait until she gives birth and then divorce." Lam Niem Chu repeated the WeChat message in a very low voice, "You even have a plan for how to dump me. Do you really not know anything?"

Tran Canh Tham's lips pursed tightly.

“This isn't over yet.” Lam Tri Vien took out his phone and dialed a number, "Trieu Toan, prepare documents, proceed with legal procedures tomorrow. Tran Quoc Dong, suspected of kidnapping and child trafficking. Tien Duc Hai, accomplice."

"Don't..." Tran Quoc Dong rushed forward, knelt down on the floor, "Mr. Lam, I beg you, back then I really didn't know the baby was your child..."

“Whether you know it or not, it doesn't matter.” Lam Tri Vien took a step back, not letting him touch his shirt, "The court will judge."

Tran's mother also knelt down: "Niem So, Niem So, I respect Canh Tham's love..."

“What kind of relationship does Canh Tham have with me?” Lam Niem So's voice was as cold as steel in the middle of winter.

She closed the door. In just 48 hours, things broke out beyond everyone's expectations. Trieu Toan's team worked with extremely high efficiency - the next morning, the case file of suspected kidnapping and child trafficking of Tran Quoc Dong and Tien Duc Hai was officially handed over to the police. That afternoon, Hai Thanh police turned over the old case file from 1996. Tran Quoc Dong was taken for questioning. When the news reached Tran Canh Tham's ears, he went crazy and called Lam Niem So more than a dozen calls. She didn't pick up any calls. After finishing the fourteenth call, Tran Canh Tham sent a WeChat message. Tran Canh Tham: I really don't know that my father did such things. I beg you, don't send my father to jail. Lam Niem So looked at the message and turned off the screen. In the evening, Tong Dao brought back a stack of documents.

"I have prepared the divorce lawsuit documents at the court for you."

“That fast?”

“What do you think I've been doing this month?” Tong Dao laid out the documents on the table, "The entire chain of evidence is there - evidence of adultery, history of conversations about money division, records of Tran Quoc Dong's involvement. With this situation, you filed for divorce, custody of the children belongs to you 100 percent."

“What about assets?”

"The house the two of you bought after getting married, most of the down payment was your pre-marital savings, and you also paid more than half of the monthly installments. According to the law on property division, you take at least sixty percent."

“I don't need it anymore.”

“I don't need the house anymore.” Lam Niem So said, "Divorce is clean and neat."

Tong Dao looked at her.

“Now you have enough support to say these words.”

"I always have support. It's just that before, my support was the word 'patience'. Now, I don't need to be patient anymore."

That evening, Lam Tri Vien arrived. He did not come alone but with two people - a middle-aged woman and a young man.

“Nien So, this is my uncle Lam Tri Phuong, this is my cousin Lam Can Vu.”

As soon as Lam Tri Phuong saw Lam Niem So, his eyes turned red, he walked over and held his hand tightly Miss.

“She looks so much like her sister-in-law, exactly like her.”

Lam Can Vu carried a few bags of things and placed them on the table: "Little sister, these things were prepared by the family for you and the baby." Lam Niem So opened the bags to see - newborn baby clothes, nutritious food for pregnant women, a complete set of components to assemble a baby crib.

“You don't need…”

“I haven't bought anything for you in twenty-eight years.” Lam Tri Phuong wiped away tears, "Let everyone make up for it."

Lam Tri Vien stood watching from the side, the corner of his mouth slightly curled up.

“Nien So, dad has something to discuss with you.”

“Dad, tell me.”

"Early next month your company will hold a press conference to launch the 'So Kien' brand. Grandpa's intention is to use that press conference to publicize your identity."

Lam Niem So thought.

“There's no need to show off like that.”

“Not to show off.” Lam Tri Vien said, "It's to protect you. Your identity has been made public, the Tran family will never be able to touch you again."

“They can't touch me anymore.”

"I know you can handle it. But you don't have to bear it alone." Lam Tri Vien looked at her, "Let the whole world know that you are a member of the Lam family, not to brag, but to tell all of them - the price they have to pay for hurting you, they cannot bear it."

Lam Niem So was silent for a while.