Chapter 4 — From Today I Only Speak the Truth

"The money to repair the car, the money for medical treatment, the compensation for lost income, you will pay little by little in the future." My mother suddenly burst into tears. "We didn't tell you because we were afraid that when you were young, you would have to carry those things with you when you grow up." "I asked why the people in the village said they had money?" "The people in the village are talkative, every time someone dies they say there will definitely be compensation money." "But they have never paid a penny on behalf of my family." Luong Uyen Ninh stared at the record of responsibility determination, her lips trembling. "This is fake." Hua Nghien was also panicked. "Old documents like this cannot prove the whole thing. There may still be another compensation..." I took out my phone and pressed the play button. In the recording, Hua Nghien's voice was very clear. "You can write a loan note. Anyway, making this a big deal is not good for anyone." Next was Luong Uyen Ninh's voice. "One hundred thousand." "You two gave me one hundred thousand, I will not continue talking online, nor will I go to Luong Tue's school to report." The face of the investigation team immediately became serious. Hua Nghien rushed forward and tried to steal my phone. I stepped back. Outside the yard gate, the voice of Khau village chief suddenly rang out. "Don't move!" He led the police from the town police station in. Police officer surnamed Tong. He looked around the yard and then looked at my mother's injured hand. "We received news that someone was fighting over property and secretly recording videos." I raised my hand and pointed to the porch. "There is a camera in my yard." Everyone looked towards me. Luong Uyen Ninh suddenly raised her head. It's an old camera I bought with money from my part-time job during summer vacation. I originally installed it because I was afraid of wild dogs biting chickens. Unexpectedly, the first thing it recorded was the human heart. When the surveillance camera was opened, Luong Uyen Ninh could not say a word. Images are recorded very clearly. As soon as Hua Nghien entered the house, she filmed, Luong Uyen Ninh rummaged through the cabinets. My mother just stepped forward to stop her from taking the cloth bag. Hua Nghien reached out to push her away, causing her finger to hit the corner of the cabinet. Then I pushed Hua Nghien because he prevented me from helping my mother. The video on his phone only cut the last few seconds. Policeman Song finished watching and asked Hua Nghien: "Are you saying they surrounded and beat you?" Hua Nghien's face turned gray. "I was tense at that time, maybe I misunderstood." I laughed coldly. "Were you also nervous when you cut the video?" Luong Uyen Ninh suddenly spoke up: "I just want to know the truth about my parents." Policeman Song looked at her. "If you want to know the truth, you can look up the records, you can ask the village committee, there are also You can use the legal route." "You led someone into the house and ransacked the cabinet, demanding one hundred thousand, and even threatened to go to someone else's school. Is that called wanting to know the truth?" The person from the investigation team also closed the document. One female officer among them coldly said: "Comrade Luong Uyen Ninh, in the interrogation document, you wrote that you were mistreated by your eldest uncle's family for a long time, and the whereabouts of the compensation money after your parents' death is unknown." "Now it seems, at least these words need to be verified." Luong Uyen Ninh panicked. "When I was a child, I really suffered a lot of resentment in their family!" My mother suddenly looked up. "What do you have to bear?" "You eat steamed eggs, my daughter eats pickles. You buy new documents, my daughter uses old books. You need a computer to go to college, and I have to sell garlic from two acres of fields." "You say you're resentful, okay." "Today I'll tell you one by one." Luong Uyen Ninh opened her mouth. But couldn't say a word. At this time, the head of the forestry station spoke up: "We would also like to make it clear. This time Luong Hau Son arbitrarily cut tree branches in the zoned area, the punishment is

reasonable." "But according to the results of the field inspection, no act of wood theft or deforestation for profit was detected over a long period of time." "The rumors spread online have been exaggerated."Exaggerated. Those three words are light. But the days when my family was cursed by people were not gentle. My father was pointed straight at people and scolded him for being a bloodsucker. My mother was scolded for faking illness. I was suspected of using orphans' money to go to college. Luong Uyen Ninh's face turned pale. She looked at my father. "Uncle, I don't know that year..." My father interrupted her. "If you don't know, you can ask." "But you didn't ask, you accused us first." More and more people gathered in the yard. Those who had previously praised her on the phone, were now silent. Police Tong took them to the station to take statements. Before leaving, Luong Uyen Ninh turned her head to look at my father. There was both panic and resentment in her eyes. It was as if the truth was not brought up by her, but because we deliberately brought it up to harm her. That night, Luong Uyen Ninh posted an apology video that caused her family to misunderstand.