Chapter 12 — Final Record

Liu Zhenbang's performance was always as terrifying as it was. Just one day later, he placed a thick stack of documents in front of me, each page was like a knife to expose the past.

“Little Tinh Tinh, this 'Truong Thanh' fund... is a lot more complicated than we thought.”

I opened it, the first page was the founder's information, the name that appeared made me pause for a breath. Vuong Truong Thanh. Wang Shulan's father. I continued reading, the fund was established forty years ago, the entire family assets were sold to collect a huge sum of money, leaving only one heir. Vuong Thuc Lan. But the conditions for receiving the money... were so cruel that it was almost a curse. She can only touch that money if she gives birth to a male heir with the Vuong bloodline. Otherwise, she won't get a penny. I frowned, because Vuong Thuc Lan was married to Chu Duc Hai, her son had the surname Chu, so where did the so-called "Vuong family" come from? I flipped further, and the next thing that appeared was an old medical record, belonging to Vuong Thuc Lan herself, recording an abortion forty years ago. The reason... When I read that, my heart felt like it was being squeezed, because the name appearing in the file made all the speculations scarier than ever. Chu Duc Hai. Forty years ago, the two were lovers, she was pregnant, but the Chu family criticized Vuong Thuc Lan's situation so they forced Chu Duc Hai to marry a woman from another family. That was his first wife. And Vuong Thuc Lan... was abandoned. In desperation, she aborted the fetus, which, according to records, was a boy. I felt cold down my spine. A terrible thought began to spread in my head, like a toxin slowly seeping into my blood. I continued flipping. The next document is the profile of Chu Duc Hai's first wife, who gave birth to Chu Van Phong, but not long after committed suicide due to postpartum depression. And then... Chu Duc Hai married Vuong Thuc Lan. After getting married, she gave birth to another son. Chu Van Ban. If it stopped here, it would be a familiar story about a woman returning to regain the position she once lost. But the last page… is a DNA examination. The results showed that Chu Van Phong and Chu Van Ban were not brothers from the same father, but from different mothers. The mother... is Chu Duc Hai's first wife. As for Chu Van Ban's father... not Chu Duc Hai. At that moment, everything in my head seemed to explode, each piece of the puzzle came together to form a complete, terrifying picture. Vuong Thuc Lan was abandoned, she hated Chu Duc Hai, and spent forty years taking revenge. She indirectly caused his first wife to die, then solemnly entered the Chu family, bringing with her a child who was not his biological child. She made him raise someone else's child for thirty years without even knowing. And since then, she hasn't had any more children, because she doesn't need them anymore. In her eyes, the only bloodline of the Chu family is Chu Van Phong, and everything she does... is to bring her Vuong family back to life. The “Truong Thanh” Foundation requires a male heir with the Vuong bloodline, and the only way to do that… is through the next generation of Chu Van Ban. A grandson, named Chu, but in her mind, was a continuation of the Vuong family. That's why she's obsessed with "son" to the point of madness. That's why when she knew I could give birth to a daughter, she didn't hesitate to destroy everything. That's why she cooperated with Ly Mai, destroying my child, in exchange for a "perfect grandson" created according to her wishes. All... just to get the blood-stained money her father left behind. I held the stack of documents, the cold feeling from the soles of my feet spread straight to the top of my head, as if I was touching something inhuman. The woman I called “mother” for five years… finally used something to create her heart.

“Tinh Tinh, what are you going to do now?”

Luu Chan Bang's voice pulled me back to reality. I closed the document, my eyes returned to their ultimate cold state.

“Do what?”

I smiled, a smile without emotion.

“Of course, bring this gift… return it to them yourself.”

“Let them bite and tear each other apart.”