Chapter 16 — Don't Touch An An

"You can withdraw the application to reissue the birth certificate." "An An's words cannot be counted as true, she is only three years old." "Don't be led by the lawyer." Tham Thanh Dao looked at the last sentence and immediately took a screenshot and saved it. She texted back. "I have submitted the results of her psychological evaluation." "If you continue to harass me, I will file a no-contact application." Ha Dinh took a while to text back. "You are her father." Tham Thanh Dao only replied with one sentence. "The status of being a father is not a passport to hurt the child." At nine o'clock at night, the homeroom teacher called. Her voice was very heavy. "Thanh Dao, your mother-in-law came to the office and made a fuss." Tham Thanh Dao sat up straight. "What did she say?" "She screamed outside the gate, saying you abandoned the children because you were going to training." "And said the agency forced you to get a divorce." "The security guard invited someone to leave." Tham Thanh Dao closed her eyes. "It's already caused more trouble for you." The director said: "The one in trouble is not you." "You're the one who's in trouble." Send me another copy of the relevant documents." "The legal department will handle her for disturbing workplace order." Tham Thanh Dao said thank you. After hanging up the phone, she opened her mailbox, gathered all the police report receipts, hospital diagnoses, court acceptance papers, and psychological evaluation opinions into one file. She never went online to complain about her injustice. Also don't vent your anger haphazardly. What you need is a chain of evidence. But not a temporary bit of comfort. But obviously Ton My Lan did not think so. Half an hour later, Tham Thanh Dao received screenshots sent by her colleague. In a small local chat group, someone shared a video. Ton My Lan is sitting and crying in front of the office gate. She cried and said that her daughter-in-law ran away to study elsewhere, causing her niece to be taken away, and now she is planning to throw her husband's entire family in prison. Below the video, someone began to curse Tham Thanh Dao. "That kind of woman is too cruel." "The child's father is also very pitiful." "A mother-in-law of this age has to kneel and cry in front of the office gate like that, there must be an injustice." Tham Thanh Dao stared at those words, there was not a single ripple in her eyes. Lawyer Phuong quickly called. "Don't speak up to clarify." "First send a warning letter from the lawyer, asking to remove the post." "Then collect the evidence that has been spread." Tham Thanh Dao replied: "I understand." Just as she was about to hang up the phone, someone suddenly knocked on the hotel room door. An An immediately jumped up from the bed. "Mom." Tham Thanh Dao pulled her behind her. Outside the door came the voice of a strange man. "Excuse me, is this Ms. Tham?" "I was entrusted by Mr. Ha Dinh." "He said if you don't sign the complaint form, we can only wait here tonight." 16 Tham Thanh Dao carried An An into the bed. She didn't open the door right away. The man outside the door knocked twice more. "Miss Tham, don't hide." "Mr. Ha said, tonight we must talk about the results." An An's face turned pale for a moment. The girl grabbed Tham Thanh Dao's nightgown tightly, trembling and whispering. "Mom, they're coming again." Tham Thanh Dao put the phone on the pillow. Video call with female colleague is still on. She lowered her voice and said: "Help me turn the screen back." The female colleague immediately nodded. Tham Thanh Dao turned on the recording, then called the hotel front desk again. "There is someone harassing me in front of my room door." "Ask the security guard to come up here immediately." The lobby manager's voice became tense. "Miss Tham, please don't open the door." "We'll be right up here." The man outside the door seemed to hear something, his tone became impatient. "Miss Tham, you do this."

This doesn't make any sense." "You didn't sign the petition, the Ha family won't let you live in peace." "The child has to go to school, right?" "You also have to go to work?" An An heard the two words child, tears immediately fell. Tham Thanh Dao hugged her, her voice was extremely gentle. "Don't be afraid." "This time, mom will make them pay." She went and stood close to the door, but did not open the door. "Your name is What?" There was a moment of silence outside the door. "Who I am is not important." "The important thing is that your husband asked me to come and send a message." Tham Thanh Dao said: "Then send me Ha Dinh's authorization letter." The man laughed coldly. "You know how to pretend." "Your husband said you are being spoiled by the lawyers right now." "Originally, the family closed the door and told each other that it would be resolved, so you insisted on tearing the matter into something like this." Tham Thanh Dao looked at the pair of black leather shoes looming through the crack in the door. "Ha Dinh told you to wait until I sign my name?" "Yes." The man answered very decisively. "He said you haven't seen the official yet." "He said you're most afraid of affecting the child." Tham Thanh Dao's eyes gradually turned cold. "Very good." "Let me say this one more time." The man seemed to realize something was wrong and immediately shut his mouth.