Chapter 15 — Dawn After the Crack

The number of reads surpassed one hundred million in just four hours. The comment area exploded.
"What?? This is so absurd, my flesh and blood was stolen for twenty-eight years."
"It's Lam Thi Group, the business is three hundred billion. This lady is truly a millionaire."
"I've seen her designs, to be honest, even if she's not from the Lam family, her design ability is enough to stand firm."
“Wait, has her kidnapper been caught yet?”
“Seeing the news said that person was the hospital security guard that year.”
Tran Canh Tham also read the news at the top of the search. He called that night, his tone completely changed to someone else.
“Nien So, can we talk properly again?”
"Let's meet in court to talk about what needs to be said."
"Listen to my explanation - I really don't know what my father did. I married you because I liked you, not because of any arrangement..."
“Who instigated Vuong Loi's party?”
The other end of the line was silent for five seconds.
"It was my uncle who told me that a friend introduced me to a very good girl. At that time, I didn't know about these things..."
"Uncle, you know who I am. Your father knows who I am. Your whole family knows who I am. You're the only one who doesn't know?"
“I swear I don't know!”
"So do you know about the child in Phuong Di Nhien's womb?"
Silence continued.
“I do know.” He finally admitted.
“That's enough.”
She hung up. The next day, Trieu Toan brought a complete investigation report to Lam Tri Vien. Lam Niem So was also present.
“Tran Quoc Dong confessed.” Trieu Toan opened the report, "On the night of February 27, 1996, Tien Duc Hai went to the security guard on duty, Tran Quoc Dong, and told him to take the baby in crib number 3, area B of the newborn room out the back door at midnight. Tien Duc Hai was waiting at the back door to pick up the baby."
“Where did he take the baby?”
"Brought to Hai Thanh Orphanage. But not in the name of 'abandoned child', but in the name of 'unknown little girl'. That way the child will have no record of finding relatives in the orphanage's system, and when the police investigate the orphanage's list, she will be ignored."
“Why did Tien Duc Hai do that?”
Trieu Toan turned to the next page.
"This is the key point. Tien Duc Hai that year owed a sum of money from gambling, thirty thousand. The creditor was a man named Ton Bao Quoc. Ton Bao Quoc's wife had been barren for many years, and wanted to adopt a baby girl. Tien Duc Hai then forced his daughter to pay off the debt."
“Debt assignment.” Lam Tri Vien's hand trembled.
"Sun Bao Quoc received the baby from Tien Duc Hai, but then put it in an orphanage - because his wife later discovered she was pregnant, so she no longer needed this baby. The child stayed in the orphanage for three years, then was adopted by a couple named Hua."
“Those are my adoptive parents.” Lam Niem So said.
"Yes. The Hua family died in a car accident when she was sixteen years old, and the insurance compensation of 120,000 went to her biological son Hua Kien Quoc. From then on she had to live alone."
“So how did the Tran family find me?”
Trieu Toan pushed up his glasses: "This is the most important part. Although Tran Quoc Dong left with fifty thousand yuan, he still left a way back - he secretly took a photo of Tien Duc Hai picking up the baby, using it to protect himself. Later, through Tien Duc Hai's channels, he learned the whereabouts of the baby. Later, he told this story to his brother Tran Quoc Luong. Tran Quoc Luong at that time married Tien My Linh, the daughter of Tien Duc Hai. Tien Duc Hai.”
“So the Tran family always knows where I am.”
“Not just knowing.” Trieu Toan closed the report, "Tran Quoc Luong is a cunning person. He found information about finding someone from Lam Thi Group, compared information about her silver lock, thereby confirming her identity. He then made a decision - not to return her to the Lam family, but instead to marry her to someone from the Tran family."
"Waiting for one day to use this relationship to take over the assets of the Lam family."
"That's right."
Lam Tri Vien closed his eyes and sat motionless in the chair. Lam Niem So looked at each name on the report. Tien Duc Hai, Ton Bao Quoc, Tran Quoc Dong, Tran Quoc Luong, Tien My Linh. Five people, forming a chain. She was taken away two days after she was born, spent three years in an orphanage, lived in an adoptive family without any love for thirteen years, then fended for herself alone for twelve years, and finally was "arranged" to marry the son of the person who participated in kidnapping her. Twenty-eight years, like a trick
long bluff.
“Trieu Toan.” She spoke up.
“What business is Tran Quoc Luong currently doing?”
"He opened a construction materials company in Giang Thanh, with annual revenue of about two thousand thousand. Tran Canh Tham's current company is helping his uncle run business."
"So the day Tran Canh Tham came to Cam Lan to hand over the cooperation plan, he did it for his uncle."
"Yes. Tran Quoc Luong always wanted to get into Cam Lan's supply chain."