Chapter 14 — Don't Touch An An

The investigator repeated again. "Did you tell him to pick up the child?" Ha Dinh raised her head, her voice was so low that it was almost inaudible. "I said, if the baby cries too much, we can take them back to the old house to stay one night." Ton My Lan suddenly stood up. "Dinh Dinh!" The investigator immediately stopped her. Tham Thanh Dao closed her eyes. Turns out it wasn't an unexpected incident. It's not a simple oversight. Ha Dinh knew in advance that An An would be taken out of the residential area. He just didn't expect that Ha Khai would hand the baby over to the creditors. The investigator continued to ask. "Why didn't you clearly declare this phone call to the police from the beginning?" Ha Dinh's pharynx moved up and down slightly. "I'm afraid of being misunderstood." Tham Thanh Dao suddenly laughed. "What I'm afraid is not a misunderstanding." "I'm afraid that I myself can't escape being implicated." Ha Dinh's face turned completely white. At this moment, another investigator pushed the door open and walked in. In his hand, he held a newly printed set of call data. "Ha Dinh's phone once deleted a call recording." "The technician has just restored it." "There is a sentence in the recording." "Take An An away for one night, and her mother will automatically have to come back." 14 When that sentence rang out, Ton My Lan's legs went weak, almost falling to the ground. Ha Dinh raised his head suddenly. "That's not my intention!" "I just want Thanh Dao to come back!" The investigator's face was very cold. "You let a debtor take the three-year-old child away." "After the child disappeared, you delayed reporting the case." "Do you think this is just a husband-wife conflict?" Beads of sweat appeared on Ha Dinh's forehead. "I didn't know Ha Khai owed that much money." Tham Thanh Dao looked at him. "Last night you defended him and said you wouldn't touch An An." "You didn't know he owed money, but you knew he was trustworthy?" Ha Dinh couldn't say a word. Ton My Lan suddenly cried. "My son is not a bad person!" "He's just afraid of his wife leaving him." "What man doesn't want to keep his house?" The investigator knocked hard on the table. "This is not the place for you to cry and make a fuss." Ton My Lan cowered, but still glared at Tham Thanh Dao. "Are you satisfied?" "My eldest son has also been harmed by you." Tham Thanh Dao was not hurt at all. she got angry. She just calmly said: "Please continue taking notes." "Ton My Lan blamed me on the spot, and intended to obstruct the interrogation process." Ton My Lan's face turned pale and gray. Lawyer Phuong sat next to him, recording every sentence and every word. The investigator turned on a recording again. Inside, the first noises rang out. Next, Ha Dinh's voice spoke softly. "Tieu Khai, please come here for a while." "An An keeps crying, it's bothering mom so much that she has a headache." "Please take her to the old house to stay temporarily for the night." "Don't let Thanh Dao know." "If she feels sorry for you, she will come back tomorrow anyway." The recording stopped here. The room was as quiet as paper. Tham Thanh Dao's heart felt like it was soaked in cold water. She used to think Ha Dinh was selfish. I used to think he was stupid. I thought he was not responsible. But she didn't expect that he could use a three-year-old child as a tool to force her to turn around. Ha Dinh's lips trembled. "I didn't expect something like this to happen." Tham Thanh Dao raised his eyes and looked up. "You didn't foresee the consequences, on what basis did you force An An to bear it?" Ha Dinh quickly said: "I didn't tell him to go find the creditors." "I really didn't." The investigator said: "Whether this constitutes another responsibility or not, needs further investigation." "But your act of concealing the content of an important call has affected you." seriously affecting the progress of investigation and solving the case." Ha Dinh's whole body turned to stone. Ton My Lan Lao

came and grabbed the investigator's sleeve. "Comrade, he is the child's biological father." "Is it okay if the biological father takes the child away?" The investigator withdrew his hand. "Family status is not a reason to exempt responsibility." Ton My Lan wanted to rush at Tham Thanh Dao again. Lawyer Phuong stood directly in front of him. "Mrs. Ton, please keep your distance." Tham Thanh Dao took out a note from the hotel from her bag. "There's one more thing." She recounted in detail the process of Ton My Lan calling relatives to the hotel to take the child away. Hotel call history. Application to keep cameras in the lobby. Testimony from the receptionist. The threatening note was stuffed under the door. With each evidence presented, Ton My Lan's face became more and more gray. The investigator asked her: "Who wrote this note?" Ton My Lan immediately denied. "It's not me." "I don't know any words." Tham Thanh Dao looked at her. "Then who told them to go there?" Ton My Lan gritted her teeth and didn't speak. The investigator looked at Ha Dinh. "Do you know?" Ha Dinh shook his head. "I don't know." Tham Thanh Dao took out his phone and turned on the recording of Conversation with Ha Dinh number 2. His voice could clearly be heard from inside. "I really didn't tell them to leave." "I can return the file to you."